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Turns Out The FTC Was Paying Close Attention To Revenge Porn Idiot Craig Brittain
from the and-the-results-are-in deptRemember Craig Brittain? He was the guy who set up a revenge porn site called "Is Anybody Down?," and got a lot of attention for also having a separate site called "Takedown Lawyer" which claimed to be a lawyer named David Blade III, who would get naked pictures taken down from Is Anybody Down for "just" $250. Of course, as multiple people noticed, there was a tremendous amount of evidence that Brittain and Blade were one and the same, which meant that not only was Brittain likely impersonating a lawyer (a no no), but also potentially engaging in extortion. Brittain then made some news trying to get some criticism of him taken down via a bogus DMCA notice... targeting posts at Popehat of all places. He should have consulted the "lawyer" David Blade for some advice on that one.
Brittain has popped up here and there over the past couple of years since that debacle. Back in early 2013, Ken "Popehat" White noted that the wheels grind slowly on investigations like those over Brittain's actions. But they do grind. And they've finally ground their way to a settlement decree with the FTC that says Brittain can never operate a revenge porn site again. It also calls out the whole fake lawyer scam. You can see all the details in the complaint and the settlement.
Under the terms of the settlement, Brittain is required to permanently delete all of the images and other personal information he received during the time he operated the site. He will also be prohibited from publicly sharing intimate videos or photographs of people without their affirmative express consent, as well as being prohibited from misrepresenting how he will use any personal information he collects online.Also, beyond just the official announcement about this settlement, the FTC put up two totally separate blog posts, in rather conversational tone, completely trashing Brittain and revenge porn. First is the one on the FTC's blog about "letting the facts speak for themselves" which starts out thusly:
And then on the FTC's "Consumer Information" blog, a separate post was put up with the title Is Anybody Horrified? which attacks the whole concept of revenge porn, first discussing the specifics of the Brittain case, before noting:
This post about the FTC's law enforcement action against Craig Brittain will be a little different. No bullet points parsing the nuances of complaint allegations. No tips and takeaways for savvy marketers. No admonitions about industry best practices. Given that the "industry" in question is revenge porn, the facts pretty much speak for themselves.
Mr. Brittain's now-defunct site – isanyonedown.com – featured an assortment of explicit photos and personal information about the people in the pictures. Why this FTC foray into the seamier side of technology? Because according to the complaint, what Mr. Brittain did violated the FTC Act. And when it comes to Section 5 violations, the FTC is most definitely not down with that.
But there's also a warning here for other revenge porn websites with similar practices: cut it out.In the FTC's complaint itself, there's some interesting stuff that suggests that, even if it grinds away a bit slowly, the FTC feels that it has the tools and power to take on (and down) revenge porn sites. The "unfair practices" that Brittain engaged in includes:
Respondent disseminated photographs of individuals with their intimate parts exposed, along with personal information of such individuals, through the Website for commercial gain and without the knowledge or consent of those depicted, when he knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would not be disseminated through the Website for commercial gain.That's rather interesting -- and I wonder if it's actually truly within the powers of the FTC to determine that, but I can't see too many people challenging it when the FTC is going after folks like Brittain. However, it does highlight how (contrary to the claims of some) we might not need new free speech suppressing laws to fight back against revenge porn.
Respondent's practices, as set forth in Paragraph 13, have caused or were likely to have caused substantial injury to consumers that is not reasonably avoidable by consumers and is not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or competition. These practices were, and are, unfair acts or practices.
That said, as Ken White notes, some may be disappointed that Brittain doesn't have to pay anything or isn't going to jail. But, White notes that punishment is likely to have an impact:
1. This suggests the FTC determined he had no assets worth taking.It goes on from there, but you get the idea. This will stick to Brittain.
2. If he violates the order, the FTC can file against him in federal court. The resulting civil/administrative process only bears the most remote resemblance to due process. It will be ridiculously easy for the FTC to shut down and confiscate any new enterprise he starts for the next 20 years. The clients I've seen be most mercilessly and thoroughly screwed without pretense of fairness have been FTC defendants in federal court.
3. Craig Brittain is now subject to a permanent and relationship-and-career-debilitating stigma. Employers, lenders, landlords and others won't necessarily pick up internet drama. But you can bet that they'll pick up on an FTC consent order. Craig may want to change his name to something without such baggage, like maybe Pustule Nickelback McHitler III.
Meanwhile, Adam Steinbaugh had already been working on a long and detailed post about the many lies and story changes from Brittain about the site and just who "David Blade III" really is. The FTC statement makes it clear that Brittain and Blade are the same, but Brittain has long denied that, though his reasoning always changes. You should read the entire Steinbaugh post, which is quite detailed, but here's a snippet:
Somehow, I get the feeling we haven't heard the last of Pustule Nickelback McHitler III.
From this, and elsewhere, we can glean some important 'facts':
- Blade "is an attorney", but Craig doesn't know if Blade is an attorney.
- Blade was actually a rival revenge porn site owner.
- Blade was "one of my buddies, they invented this lawyer" — a quote Brittain claimed is inaccurate, but you can listen for yourself:
- Craig has no gotdam idea who David Blade is, but he totally exists and there are people who know how to contact him.
- Craig doesn't know if David Blade exists, but he knows that "Dave" has "multiple children," so people really need to "stop fucking with Dave."
- Craig went to college with whoever created David Blade, but doesn't know the names of the people who are running the operation.
- Craig doesn't know who's involved, except for his "contact" — "James" and Craig doesn't know how to get ahold of them except through emailing "James."
- The whole thing was a new operation created by former employees of DMCA.com, which helps people remove copyrighted content from the internet. And they're in Canada, making it likely that they are actually hot models.
- Blade is actually some guy in India.
- Blade never actually existed, but was a "poltergeist", a "complete fabrication" created by his critics.
- Craig is totally not David Blade III, Esq. What's really made up here are emails sent by "David Blade" to a lawyer.
Filed Under: consumer protection, craig brittain, david blade, david blade iii, ftc, revenge porn, takedown hammer, takedown lawyer, unfair practices


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* CHANGED THE IMAGES, hope this works*
On the forum 'Switalba' started a topic about an Online Journal. Really liked the idea and concept, and started thinking about how to realize something like that. My first attempt was using xApi, but that failed due too lack of proper resources to get deeper into xApi. John a few days ago replied with links that promise more, so i for sure will dive onto that too. So when i failed in getting it done with xApi, i started searching for some good cloudbased database to easily connect with using javascript. My oh my, i really found a treasure !! Firebase (https://www.firebase.com ), a really well setup cloudbased database that is really easy and fun to use. I been working on this ( on and off ) for 2 days now, and allthough i have only scratched the surface of it, i had a connection with Lectora running within a half hour! Furthermore …. its realtime and incredibly fast. I do think i am gonna make a multi-user game sample to show on LUC.
Ok, back to the journal. Its a one page journal where a user can login/register, choose a badge/avatar and then write/read comments of other users that have been inthere. All is saved… quick and realtime… For now it is limited to saving 1 comment…if you change it, it will update it. All other users that have been inthere are shown as small avatars on the rightside…and you can click anyone of those to see the comments they added.
It is a proof of concept. No security on login whatsoever, but Firebase has good options there. A few other nice tricks inthere too… A lot of Javascript use, so as is, not for non-javascript users. Allthough i do think Firebase is that good, i could create some templates that use it, and are good reusable for less-experienced javascript developers.
Wish you all Big Eggs for Easter…

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Mohamed Salah was not a happy man when Chelsea equalised late on during Saturday's game.
The Egyptian's former teammate Willian looked to play the ball into the penalty area, but his mishit cross looped over Simon Mignolet and found it's way into the back of the Liverpool goal.
Salah, who scored to give the home side the lead earlier in the game, was understandably furious.
His reaction was caught on camera, and it may bring a smile to the face of the Chelsea faithful, who have suffered through his brilliant form so far this term.
Selling Salah may well have been a mistake by the club, but we wonder if he would have been regretting his decision to leave yesterday evening.
Salah's reaction when Willian scored Chelsea's equalizer. pic.twitter.com/Okl7DJX6DM
— Mootaz Chehade (@MHChehade) November 26, 2017


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Tom DeLonge Struggles To Make A Relationship Work In 'Kiss And Tell' Video
By Katrina Nattress
November 8, 2019
Angels & Airwaves "Kiss & Tell" video mirror's the song's lyrics as we see Tom DeLonge and his significant other struggle to keep their relationship alive. During the clip, the two take turns caring while the other one seems uninterested, until finally the girl has enough and literally pulls the plug while the singer is playing the song with his band.
"Kiss & Tell" is the second taste of AVA's upcoming album, following "Rebel Girl." The record is currently halfway done, and DeLonge plans to finish it after tour with hopes for a summer 2020 release. AVA also recently announced winter tour dates, which see the band traversing the east coast. Tickets for the tour are available now.
Watch the "Kiss & Tell" video and check out a full list of dates below.
Angels & Airwaves Winter Tour Dates
December 4 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
December 6 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
December 7 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center (KROQ Acoustic Christmas)
December 10 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagles Club
December 11 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
December 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
December 14 – Louisville, KY @ Old Forester's Paristown Hall
December 15 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
December 16 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
December 18 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
December 19 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
December 21 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion
December 22 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
January 16, 2020 – Toronto, ON @ Rebel
January 17 – Montreal, QC @ L'Olympia
January 19 – Wilkes Barre, PA @ F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
January 21 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
January 26 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
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St. Patty's Day is around the corner and this cupcake is just the recipe to put you in that magical mood! Check out this easy recipe and find your pot of gold over the rainbow.
Recipe by: TheseTimesofJoy
1 box of yellow or white cake mix
1 can of vanilla frosting
Blue food coloring
2 boxes of Sour Airhead rainbow candy strips
Mini marshmallows
Bake cupcakes according to the package directions. Let fully cool.
Mix the blue food coloring into the can of frosting and stir completely. Frost the cupcake.
Bend the candy strip into an arch and push into the frosted cupcake, forming a rainbow. [You may want to cut about an inch and a half off the strip for a slightly smaller rainbow.]
Put about four marshmallows on each side of the candy strip to create cute clouds that support the rainbow.
Do the same thing on each of the other cupcakes.
Enjoy your lucky rainbow cupcakes! I hope they are as delicious as they are cute!


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Sunset and Highland
Cop car, siren on, lights flashing, speeds through the intersection. Twilight sky, quarter moon, palm trees, and a warm breeze. A cliché – but still it's what's happening. Man walks out of drugstore carrying a twelve pack. Pan right. Wino lies on sidewalk laughing. Children run through parking lot.
Background: traffic noise. Time: 9:47 pm. Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010.
I've been out wandering for the last two hours. I'm sweating and the weather is hot. My apartment is unbearable in the summer heat. But really it's my thoughts I'm trying to elude while drifting through the alleyways of the neighborhood.
Dissolve to location: Carl's Jr. on the corner, ravenous pothead surveys menu, counts change, places order.
Street person digs in trashcan, pulls out crumpled wad of paper, inside a half-eaten burger. She looks around before stuffing it whole into her mouth.
Dude leans against a lamppost selling herb. Two youngsters make a buy and walk away fast.
It feels like everyone in the world smokes weed: bud, ganja, kush, mari-fuckin-wanna. At least all my neighbors do. As I walk home I pass through pungent haze billowing out of dim lit apartment buildings. The kids in the alley constantly puff. Beanies pulled low over their eyes, sitting on the curb, talking shit.
A parked car blocks a driveway. The glow of a cigarette illuminates the face of the passenger. A mumbled conversation heard when I near. A sense of menace as a man runs toward me. A dog barks, another siren in the distance. A girl laughs. I'm almost home. Edit to flashback.
My neighbor wakes me every morning with loud house music. The bass thumps the wall while a repetitious melody drones. Pillows wrapped around my head won't cut the noise. Reminiscing his glory days DJ'ing on the dusty Burning Man playas, my neighbor dances around his apartment and I contemplate homicide. When his dealer drops off more meth, the music gets louder. Some days it's constant. Others, the apartment is dark and silent.
Tonight we run into each other at the security gate to our building.
"Hey," I say and use my key to open the gate.
Twitching, spastic, my neighbor slips by, eyes cast downward.
"Hello," he whispers and runs into the alley.
This is the second time we've met, and the most we've ever talked. I tried to say something to him about the music once before as we passed in the courtyard, but he wouldn't stop. When the music is playing, it's useless to attempt communication. I've witnessed my other neighbors try. The crazy guy from upstairs pounded on dude's door so hard it shook the building. But he never answered. Muscle bound kid, covered in tats, from apartment 12, stood outside and screamed his ass off, then kicked a hole in the screen door. The music continued, the walls vibrated, no response.
The apartment manager's cat slinks off as I approach. Courtyard lights illuminate the trees and throw shadows across the walkway. Prefab televised laugh track leaks from an upstairs apartment. Out front, on the street, someone yells, "Cada uno lleva su cruz."
Tina is sitting on the front step of my apartment. Next to her, underneath the broken air conditioning unit, there's a bare patch of earth. Nothing grows there. I've thought about planting a small bush to fill the space. But it would probably die.
"Where you been?" she asks.
"Walking," I say as I open the door and turn on the light. The apartment is hot and confining. I close the blinds. We sit on the bed and I take off my sneakers.
"Finished reading your book," she says. Then runs her hand up my back. Stopping at my neck.
She leans her head on my shoulder and tells me everything that's wrong with it. She caresses me as she speaks. There are parts that confuse her. Things she doesn't like. So much she doesn't understand. I listen. I feel her touch. She could just as easily be talking about us.
I hear the TV from upstairs. The faint laughter becomes the soundtrack for my life.
Shift focus to memories.
Yesterday I was looking for a number in my phone and realized there were some I need to delete because the people were dead. Seeing their names reminded me. It was odd they were still in my phone but not on the earth. As if their numbers should somehow erase themselves.
Upstairs, floorboards creak as someone walks back and forth. Then I hear Tina's voice. She's telling me what she thinks works with my writing: the images, the darkness and despair. She sounds sad. Like she's reciting a eulogy. If I were to die, how long it will take her to delete my number? Maybe she'll get a head start and do it sooner.
"I have to go," she says.
"I know," I answer and reach for her.
Door closes. Room becomes darker. No one is touching me.
Background: television static. Time: 11:11 pm. Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010.
Fade to black.
Previously published in Prairie Wolf Press Review, Premier Issue: Volume 1, Spring (2011)
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You better look into the zionng on your property, if its zoned for multifamily then it would have to meet city standards, like fire escape from bedrooms, window size, window height from the floor.


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Legal issues are difficult whether you are bringing a case against someone or the other way around. Relieve some of this pressure by obtaining the services of a competent attorney. The better your lawyer, the better the likely outcome of your case. Use these tips as a starting point for finding the best attorney.
You always need to be researching a lawyer's history prior to hiring them. Not all practicing lawyers are successful. An attorney may have a valid license, but not be very good. Therefore, ensure you check out his or her record in order to increase your confidence that he or she is right for you.
Make sure you have a fee schedule for any lawyers you are thinking about retaining. The charges widely vary from lawyer to lawyer, so you need to know what is in store. There is nothing worse than losing representation once proceedings have already begun.
Did you know that your lawyer must keep all information you share confidential? That means they cannot share the information with anyone without your permission.
Do not be shy when it comes to questioning your lawyer. A good lawyer will explain in detail what he or she is doing and keep you updated. If your lawyer keeps you in the dark and won't explain how your case is going, it might be time to drop him like a bad habit.
Don't pick a lawyer if anything about them makes you uncomfortable. That is the case with their costs as well. Also, when it comes to the retainer, do not give the lawyer a blank check with your signature. Ask for estimates directly to control the costs before they get out of hand during the case.
Get recommendations from businesses for a good business lawyer. Companies who work with attorneys on a regular basis can be a good resource for referrals. If you know someone who works at a bank, for example, they into have some insight into estate lawyers. They will have experience with these lawyers and be able to help you.
Keep your financial situation in mind. Can you afford to go forward with your case? Research the types of fees you will absorb if you choose a certain attorney. Discuss your goals and your budget with any lawyer you are considering hiring. Understand what cost overruns are potentially there.
Only use lawyers you can trust. This is very true if you're trying to get a lawyer to deal with professional or business needs. They may ask for retaining fees and blank checks. Your financial fate is literally in their hands, then. Stay protected.
Be sure to quiz each lawyer thoroughly. During any primary consultation, a good lawyer will be able to address whatever questions you might have for them. They need to make you feel comfortable. Don't be afraid to walk away if they do not, it just means they're not the right choice for you.
With luck, you should now be more knowledgeable about what can happen during legal cases. It's important to find the right lawyer first. Having a great lawyer can make all the difference.…


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Chiefs' Dorsey mulling over options ahead of NFL draft
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The first few years John Dorsey was in charge of the Kansas City Chiefs, he was hampered by having traded picks away to acquire quarterback Alex Smith.
He has a full complement this year. And then some.
Even after trading a fifth-round pick to New Orleans to acquire former Pro Bowl offensive guard Ben Grubbs, the Chiefs have 10 selections in next week's draft. That includes a second-round pick for the first time under Dorsey, and four compensatory picks handed out by the league.
''I don't think it changes your approach in how you go about your business on draft day,'' Dorsey said Friday. ''I think the hard thing and most stressful thing is making sure you have the best player. I think you go about your business the same way as the first year.''
That first year produced some mixed results.
Eric Fisher was the first overall selection, but he's struggled to adjust to life as an NFL left tackle. Tight end Travis Kelce and running back Knile Davis, both chosen in the third round, have turned out to be wise moves - in particular, Kelce has shown flashes of becoming the kind of transcendent talent that the Chiefs once had in Tony Gonzalez.
The rest of the draft has largely been a bust. Nico Johnson is no longer on the roster, Mike Catapano and Sanders Commings have been held back by injuries and illness, and Braden Wilson didn't make it to training camp before he was cast aside.
Asked to summarize that draft, Dorsey replied: ''The one, the two threes, have turned out to be pretty good players. And if I had to do it all over again, this is a quarterback-driven league. You need a quarterback. I have no problem giving up a second-round pick for Alex Smith.''
Last year's draft also produced some highs and lows.
First-round pick Dee Ford, an outside linebacker, struggled to get on the field with Justin Houston and Tamba Hali in front of him. But cornerback Phillip Gaines, running back De'Anthony Thomas and offensive guard Zach Fulton, a sixth-round pick, all played crucial snaps as rookies.
''Each position has their different degrees of how fast they can get up to speed,'' Dorsey said. ''The demands of each position vary, and it also comes to the person - what their makeup is, how fast they can grasp the system. I think the hardest thing for young guys when they come from college to the pros is how they grasp the playbook.''
Dorsey said that's a factor, among many others, when he sets his draft board, a process that is nearing its conclusion with the first round set to begin Thursday night.
The Chiefs' offensive coaches met Thursday to discuss various prospects, and Dorsey met with coach Andy Reid, owner Clark Hunter and team president Mark Donovan on Friday. Defensive coaches will meet soon, and the special teams folks will give their input on Monday.
''What you want to do is get as much input as you possibly can with regards to how people see specific players,'' Dorsey said. ''You listen to everything and filter through everything.''
With more than 150 players on their draft board, that's no easy task.
The Chiefs have the No. 18 pick in the first round, and they're widely expected to target a wide receiver, offensive lineman or cornerback - three areas of need. But given the number of choices they have this year, Dorsey also has some flexibility to move around for the first time.
In other words, predicting where the Chiefs go in this year's draft is difficult.
''I think for the organization, you try to keep all your options open,'' Dorsey said. ''The hard part is when you move up, are you making the right move up? Those are the things you sit and think about on a daily basis.''


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Always Go With The Minimum Viable Product
Minimum Viable Product is a concept that emerged in the web apps and statups segment. According to Eric Ries, one of the pioneers of this practice, "the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort."
In other words, the minimum viable product is the simplest form of your product/service that can be launched in the market and tested with real customers. There are many advantages associated with this strategy. First of all launching new products becomes a lot faster, as you won't need to work on all the features and details. Second, it becomes a lot cheaper. Third it allows you to iterate and adapt along the way, answering to customer feedback and making sure your product is aligned with the market needs. Last but not least, going with a minimum viable product allows you to identify products and ideas that are doomed to flop anyway, and to drop them sooner and before spending too much money on them.
The interesting thing is that the concept can be applied to virtually any segment or market. Website and blog development is one of them. If you are planning to launch a new blog, for instance, you could go with a minimum viable product to understand whether or not such idea has potential.
This means you would buy a domain name, install WordPress, load a free theme and start writing posts as soon as possible (possibly all these four things on the same day). After that you would start doing some guest posts and promoting the blog, and within a month or two you should already be able to tell if the topic/approach you picked has potential. If you decide it has, then you can start spending more time/money into the blog (e.g., getting a custom theme designed, spending money into paid advertising, launching an ebook or content and so on).
I wish a knew this concept a couple of years ago. On more than one occasion I spent a lot of time and money on ideas I had for websites, only to realize after a couple of months that they had no potential whatsoever….
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8 Responses to "Always Go With The Minimum Viable Product"
Minimum Viable Product concept atleast it able to help you forecast about it until you do have lot of experience to forecast yourself which topic for the blog will be attractive and so on.
HP van Duuren
Thanks for your Post,
Yeeeeaars ago….,
I had to make a computer program as an assignment, and I was inclined to add a lot of 'Fun Stuff' on it, than I realised that it would take to long to ever finish it, so I decided to first create something that was simple, and something functioning. I never even had any time left to add much of the 'Fun Stuff' I had
in mind for it.
'So, I do think it's a good approach
to first have something or a Basic
– >> Proto-Type << – that's working'.
The same with my – Home Business Lifestyle Blog – I first made it a little to complicated. So now I made a 'Proto-Type' with a little less 'distreactions'. It might still be a bit to Busy and needs improvements, or a little more 'Under-design' although I do
think that it's now already a lot better than it was.
Feel free to 'Beta-test' my Blog.
I would be Happy to see your Feedback.
All the Best,
To your Happy – Blogging – Inspiration,
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Ya, that's about playing safe. If you don't succeed you don't have much to lose. And of course if you succeed, you can appreciate yourself on your success with something you started at a minimum investment.
Great thought.
Dinesh @ DailyBlogMoney
Thats the good way and I follow.
All just to try with minimum money and time, if it works, lets go with it , otherwise just drop.
Your example is excellent. I see some people ending up nothing after spent more money on blog design, great product launch, PPC campaigns. But, no use at the end.
Internet is a place we can'tr guarantee anything, better go with Viable Product.
Margaret Adams
I think this is a very valuable piece of advice.
It's so easy to over-complicate things and to add a bit more to an idea for a product and a bit more . . .
Before you know where you are you have created something that is really complex, difficult to describe and impossible to sell.
You say: "I wish I knew this concept a couple of years ago." I wish I could apply the advice today.
Matt Giovanisci
This post really hit me. I am working on a social network and built the whole thing, but it was really bare. So I decided to reconstruct the whole thing by first, building what the whole thing would look like, then going back and adding all the code to make it work.
This article is saying, I should have launched the bare bones version to see if it was worth putting more time and effort into.
So I think I'm gonna restructure my product a little.
I have designed the whole thing, but I might take out some features that I know will take me a lot of time and money to build and just focus on what needs to be finished to launched. The bells and whistles can come later once I know there is a market for my product. I can spend time promoting instead of building these features, which is what I'm better at anyway.
Thanks for the article, it was insightful for me.
Vivek Parmar
blogs are the perfect medium to promote any product. If you have marketing skills you can sell anything within no time.
Write as much as you can, promote it and create a buzz about this product on web and finally this buzz helps you to get as much sell as you thought off only in dreams or virtually
Daniel Scocco
And how is this related to the post 🙂 ?
- Daniel Scocco
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Later, you traitor,
You always delay,
Fine 'till tomorrow,
Is all you can say.
Later says wait,
Let's not do this yet,
Best to postpone,
Perhaps to forget.
Buy now pay later,
No need for distress,
Get all you want,
Without all the stress.
Later looks lovely,
Free from all pains,
Put offs are gorgeous,
For hope still remains.
But sooner or later,
We have to take chances
And live in the moment
To make our advances.


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Crafting Your Core Message
For some business owners, it's a struggle to clearly explain what it is you do, especially if your business is unique or you are trying to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Often, we explain what we do, but not how it'll benefit the person we're talking to. We need a clear way of saying, "This is what I offer and this is how it will help you."
Whether you are marketing service or products, classes or mastermind groups, you need to have a quick, precise way of explaining your offer.
Forbes contributor Carmine Gallo suggests three steps to map your message in 30 seconds or less:
1. Write a short headline with the one well-defined message you want to send to potential customers. What is the single-most important thing you want your audience to know about your product, service, brand or idea? What do you do and who do you help? If this is all the customer knows about you, does it give him or her a clear picture?
Hi, I'm Karyn. I'm a business-building consultant for micro entrepreneurs.
2. Expand on that message with three important benefits.
I help people expand their reach, increase their revenue and decrease overwhelm.
Put steps 1 and 2 together, and you have your 15-second commercial. If potential clients walk away from the conversation hearing only that, they have a good idea of what you do and how you might help them.
3. Support those points with additional benefits (or examples). Come up with three examples, stories or statistics that reinforce your statements.
I'm a business-building consultant for micro entrepreneurs. I help people expand their reach, increase their revenue and decrease overwhelm. I teach people how to get known in their market, package and price their offerings for maximum profit, and create cohesive action plans to get it all done efficiently.
Here's another example:
Hi, I'm Joe. I facilitate a mastermind group for baby boomers who are getting ready to retire. Through brainstorming, support and accountability, we help you to find clarity on your goals, make the best decisions, and move forward. You will walk away knowing that the retirement you envision is not only possible, but that you're designing and taking active steps every single day to making it a reality.
Use This for Networking and Marketing Launches
It's easy to see how this would be useful in a networking situation where you have to quickly explain your business to someone when they asked the dreaded question, "So, what do you do?"
But you can also use this same exercise for all your marketing. You need to come up with your Core Message in these types of marketing situations:
- When you're describing your services on your website
- When you're writing an article or blog post
- When you're putting together a speech or a class
- When you're launching a new product
- When you're writing a proposal or white paper
Not comfortable with your writing skills? Use the same outline to create a vision board. Cut out pictures and words that explain your business, and arrange them in a map that helps bring clarity to your message.
Mapping your message, whether with words or pictures, will help you move beyond telling people what you do to clearly explaining what results your customer can expect.
Remember, when crafting your message, make sure it is short and clear, and that you can say it in 30 seconds or less. (If you can say it in 15 seconds or less, you win the prize!) Too much information could confuse the person you're speaking with. This message will become your elevator speech at networking events, and your marketing message to potential customers. It'll be the core message you use when launching a new product, service, class or mastermind group.
36 Responses to "Crafting Your Core Message"
Thanks for the simple method to put together your 30 second commercial. You are so right, it's hard to describe what you do (especially as an entrepreneur when you do so many things!)
Much appreciated Karen.
28 May 2013 at 5:31 pm
- # Greg Morantz
Very simple and easy. I rewrote mine in about 5 mins. Here it is:
Hi, I'm Greg Morantz and I'm the President of Morantz Mortgage Finders. We help people find the right mortgage, at the right rate, and clear up the craziness of which paperwork you need. We've helped thousands of people through the maze of mortgages so they could sleep nights.
What do you think, Karyn?
28 May 2013 at 5:33 pm
Karyn – this was very useful and I too have just rewritten mine.
Hi, I'm Caroline. With my sister Davina we show small business owners how to use graphics software to make their own images, even if they're not artistic.
We help business owners save time and reduce frustration in the learning process by using clear and simple instruction and help them increase their reach by having professional looking visual content.
What I really found helpful was that you gave practical suggestions and people don't always do that. Thanks.
29 May 2013 at 6:55 am
Truthfully, after years of being in business, this is the best explanation and exercise I have seen for answering the often dreaded question of "what do you do?".
This has been particularly challenging for me because I am a systems and processes expert – it's something everyone needs, but it's not sexy like branding, marketing and social media.
In 2 minutes, here is what I came up with so far – brackets allow for expanding my answer:
"I am a business results expert and I help speakers make more money with less stress [by focusing on what they do best and automating or delegating the rest][so they have more time to enjoy their success]"
Thanks for another great post.
I will send my clients to this one for sure, so they can say something besides, "I am a speaker". 🙂
29 May 2013 at 7:18 am
I like the three step plan idea but am concerned about the language.
Please tell me people don't really use words like overwhelm as a noun or say envision when talking to people. What wrong with see or in this case want……
29 May 2013 at 7:19 am
This is one of the most simple and direct methods I've seen for describing this. Here's my newly rewritten version using this model:
"Hi, I'm Lori. I'm a career transformation coach for professionals who are suffering from career burnout. I help people embrace their unique strengths and skills and leverage them into a thriving and satisfying career that pays."
I am always so tempted to describe more, and use more words. But I see here the key in your model is to focus on the bottom line benefit – the real outcome that they get – not the details of how we get there.
29 May 2013 at 10:59 am
I LOVE the 15 second idea… Love it!
Hi, I'm Debra Carr image coach, consultant and founder of Image for MEN. I assist men in polishing their business and personal Communication, Appearance, and Actions. After working together, they find they work, communicate, date and dress with confidence.
I welcome your thoughts Karyn! What a great exercise with everyone to learn from!
29 May 2013 at 4:15 pm
How is this, Karyn?
Hi, I'm Dave Berman. I'm a hypnotherapist and life coach. I help people eliminate self-sabotage, become unstuck and live their dreams by lining up thoughts, feelings and actions. My clients [stop smoking, lose weight], and learn to use the mind/body connection intentionally to their benefit.
Like Dr. Montae above, I used brackets to indicate where I might swap out examples depending who I'm speaking to.
29 May 2013 at 4:30 pm
Great… and simple… process to help small business owners tell their stories in 500 words or less. Simplicity is key. As you mentioned, get the most important things out first, then if time permits, add more information. We've all been at tons of networking events where we are looking for an escape when someone who doesn't realize what they do begins their life story… and never gets to the point.
Reading your article made me realize that I should probably be creating these short 'commercials' for other areas in my business like speaking, training and maybe even top KPIs.
Terri Maurer
29 May 2013 at 5:40 pm
- # Debra Austin
Thank you for sharing a simple formula for crafting a great 30 second commercial and sharing some great examples.
29 May 2013 at 10:31 pm
Thank you for your suggestions, and I'll polish it further. I'm sure others will agree, we certainly have learned quite a bit from this!
29 May 2013 at 10:56 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Karyn. How is this now?
Hi, I'm Dave Berman. I'm a hypnotherapist and life coach. I teach people to use the mind/body connection to get unstuck, eliminate self-sabotage and live the life of their dreams. With their thoughts, feelings and actions all lined up, my clients [stop smoking, lose weight, and get relief from chronic pain].
30 May 2013 at 2:16 am
Hi Karyn,
I hope it's not too late to squeeze in my core message. I needed help crafting my new marketing message as I wanted to incorporate the coaching part. I really appreciate your article and made sure I bookmarked it 🙂 Thanks Karyn! Here's mine:
"Hi, I'm Cherry Reyes and I'm a tech professional organizer specializing on information management for home-based small business owners. I help people become more efficient, gain financial clarity and stay success-driven. I provide specialized assistance with information technology, enable them to make smarter decisions with their finances through bookkeeping, and as their life coach, I help them stay focused and achieve their goals."
07 Jun 2013 at 1:03 am
Karyn, sorry I missed your second reply. Reflecting on your question, I think "live the life of their dreams" is a phrase that seems OK in writing but probably not verbally. I'd probably say something like "achieve big goals."
07 Jun 2013 at 6:16 pm
Hi Karyn, thank you so much for replying. I really need help on this one!
I added the "tech" since most of the service I can provide has to do with technology when it comes to managing their client information, documents and finances (which may include scanning, paperless solutions, cloud storage, database and bookkeeping). I can help them to be more efficient by using better tools (other than Excel for instance). I can also help them manage their documents the traditional or "hybrid" way, but I didn't know how to incorporate it with my message (since I added the "tech"). I wanted to add the coaching part to let people know that there is that beyond just the organizing.
07 Jun 2013 at 9:35 pm
Thank you so much Karyn! I'll reflect on it more 🙂
08 Jun 2013 at 12:33 am
This is challenging me (and fun at the same time), let me try one more time 😀
Hi, I'm Cherry Reyes. I'm a professional organizer and a bookkeeper. I work with home-based small business owners. I can make your working environment a more peaceful place, help you find stuff faster and relieve you from the tedious task of tracking your finances. By creating a system that works for you, clutter can be eliminated much quicker, you'll have a more efficient way to manage your documents and you wouldn't have to stress over the shoebox of receipts for tax time.
Thanks again Karyn! 😀
10 Jun 2013 at 12:03 am
Good tips. I'm going to try this.
10 Jun 2013 at 10:27 am
This is so awesome! You are instrumental to our success. Thanks a million 😀
10 Jun 2013 at 1:04 pm
- # Pierrette
Hi Karyn,
First, I want to say thank you for your post. I always appreciate your nuggets of information.
Second, am kind of late on this assignment but, it's better late than never.
Here goes my 30 seconds intro:
"Hi, I'm Pierrette, your Dream Builder Coach for those who "Dream New Beginnings". I bring clarity into your dream, empower you to develop a plan while earning doing what you are passionate and design for. Pierrette your Dream Builder Coach".
I will welcome your input. Thanks
12 Jun 2013 at 12:19 pm
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Vacation rentals - Pula-Stinjan, Croatia
We have put up a number of criteria for houses that are particularly suitable for a holiday with children, giving you less to worry about and less to pack. All these houses have good bedrooms for kids, well equipped and spacious kitchens, and great comfort so you can spend the precious holiday hours enjoying each other's company. All these facilities are also included in the rental: - Swingset - Sandpit (the sand is changed each spring) - Raised chair - Cot - At least three playthings (pushcart, football goals, Play-Station or similar)
With this holiday home, all the usual expenses are included in the price, so it is both easier and cheaper to go on holiday. 'All inclusive' means that: - Bedsheets and towels are included When renting a holiday for more than a week, the bedlinens will be replaced once a week. - Final cleaning incl. - Electricity, water, and heating incl. - Tourist tax incl.
Focus on outdoor living with quality garden furniture, barbecue, terrace etc
You are not allowed to smoke in holiday homes marked with this symbol. dansommer cannot guarantee, nor control that the smoking ban is upheld, but we expect all of our guests to do so.
Holiday homes marked with this symbol have an internet connection. The internet connection can be limited to a certain number of GB, or may be a paid connection. In the house description you can see which type of connection is offered (wireless, using a LAN cable or a USB etc.)
These holiday homes have quality garden furniture, so you can really enjoy the terrace or balcony. These houses have newer garden furniture from wood, aluminium, iron, wicker, or plastic. In case of iron or plastic furniture, there will usually be good quality cushions. The amount of garden chairs matches the allowed number of people for the holiday home. The houses will usually also have a barbecue, and at least at least one parasol pr. table. - Depending one the size of the house, there will also be sunchairs (does not apply to houses in Norway and Sweden): - Holiday homes for 2-5: 2 sunchairs - Holiday homes for 6-7: 3 sunchairs - Holiday homes for 8-9: 4 sunchairs - Holiday homes for more than 10 occupants: 5-6 sunchairs
Holiday home with some sunbeds and outdoor wellness, e.g. outdoor pool or a Balinese bed
At dansommer you can rent a selection of holiday homes that have popular indoor activities such as table-tennis, pool, and airhockey. We call these houses 'Activity houses' and they are perfect for a holiday at any time of the year - also when it is raining or snowing. Almost the best part is that the activites are free, no matter how much you use them.
With dansommer there is no surcharge for bringing your pet on your holiday. Our four-legged friends are welcome in all holiday homes marked with this symbol. You can bring 2 pets unless the house description states otherwise. If you want to bring more than 2 pets, please contact the dansommer sales department first.
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House description
This holiday home with a pleasant garden and a pool is in a quiet suburb. It has a covered terrace with a barbecue. The house has 2 residential units that are spread over two floors and are connected by an external staircase. Each housing unit has an air-conditioned living room, a kitchen and a dining room. This property with parking space is fenced. Do enjoy your well-deserved holiday and discover many tourist attractions in the area.
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- Building material: Stone
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- All year round insulated
- Electric heating
- Consumption costs incl.
- Air conditioning cold/hot
- Fenced plot
- Garden furniture
- Parking on the site (3 spaces)
- Barbecue
- Outdoor kitchen
- Swing
- Trampoline
- Seesaw
- Slide
- Private outdoor swimming pool (24 m2)
- Outdoor Whirlpool bath (4 persons)
- Sauna
- Wireless internet
- Pool open May - end September
- Billiards and darts
- Satellite
- CD player
- 1 DVD player
- Football game
- Kitchen: Hot and cold water
- Electric cooker
- Refrigerator
- Cooker hood
- Freezer Box (20 l)
- Coffee brewer
- Microwave
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Not suitable for youth groups
- 1st floor
- 2nd floor
- Activity room
- Basement
- Bedroom
- Carport
- Conservatory
- Covered Terrace/Balcony
- Door
- Fitness
- Ground floor
- Kitchen
- Living room
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- Staircase
- Swimming pool
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- Distance shopping:800 m
- Distance restaurant:1000 m
- Nearest city:4 km
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It has been a couple of years since we really started to make the most out of Twitter. Since then we have experimented with a live Twitter feed on our homepage and alongside our blog articles. We have hired a dedicated social media producer. And most recently we joined the Twitter Promoted Products beta.
I don't want to talk about Promoted Products just yet, as we're still making sense of things, but we've been using Google Analytics to measure Twitter since we started the @econsultancy account and I have a few insights to share. And some numbers too…
I'd like to start with a few caveats.
Firstly, Econsultancy is a B2B-focused brand and our audience, goals and tactics are somewhat different from those of a B2C company. I'm sharing this information mainly because that's what we try to do, but also to attract more insight from people like you.
Secondly, I don't think you should read too much into some of these numbers. Not yet, anyway. There is a real customer engagement story here. It's not all about the easy-to-spot numbers, but sometimes about how they're interpreted. See my wishlist at the foot of this post for what we should also be looking at.
Thirdly, we haven't truly optimised our site to make the most of Twitter referrals. Our Twitter account is largely powered by our blog content, and blog articles are certainly not the best converting pages on our (or any) site. We plan on doing a better job of integrating the Twitter API in the months to come, to create new functionality that will increase onsite engagement.
Ok, so onto what we measure…
This is the easiest and most obvious thing to measure, as far as social media is concerned. Let's take a look at the last 30 days worth of data:
Now let's see how this compares to the same period in 2010?
Note that 'Twitterfeed' is shown as the top referrer. These are links that have had a tracking code appended to them (shown in bold) before we shorten and push them out onto our Twitter stream, e.g…
As such, we might surmise that visitors who enter via our 'Twitterfeed' links are either following @econsultancy on Twitter, or may have stumbled upon a retweet by somebody who is.
Further analysis shows that 'Twitterfeed' referrals have a higher average order value than both 'Twitter.com' (which can be defined as non-'Twitterfeed' links on Twitter.com) and also – perhaps surprisingly – customers referred via natural search. This backs up my hunch that customers who have clicked on our Twitterfeed links are far more highly engaged than those who visit via 'Twitter.com' (ditto search). And also that it pays to engage, as the theory goes.
Other year-on-year observations…
- The percentage of new visitors referred by Twitter is increasing. Perhaps not surprising given Twitter's vast growth.
- The overall volume of visitors is also going up… but then again we have been active in Twitter's Promoted Products beta, and have bought traffic that way. That will account for some of this near-30% growth.
- Relatively few visitors find their way to Econsultancy via the Twitter mobile site. This number seems low, but then most of us use Twitter clients on our smartphones. Mobile users tend to be new visitors.
- Time on site is falling. This could be due to any number of factors, particularly our content.
What we're especially interested in is whether or not this is new revenue, or revenue generated by existing Econsultancy users who use Twitter to stay tuned into to what we're doing (much as they might once have done via email, which remains a powerful channel for us).
So, to find out we can look at the New vs Returning Visitors data via an advanced segment called 'Twitter Referrers'. This data is for the last 12 months, to provide us with a bigger sample (in this period more than 382,000 visitors were referred by Twitter). You can see that 41% of Twitter referrals were classified as 'New Visitors':
Now it's time to see what 'New Visitors' contribute to our revenue. There's a big drop off here, between New and Returning visitors…
So roughly 60% of our Twitter visitors are a) Returning Visitors, and have previously been on the Econsultancy website, and b) Returning Visitors generate 90% of the transactional e-commerce revenue we allocate to the Twitter channel.
It may seem like Twitter isn't all that great for Econsultancy as far as new customer acquisition business is concerned, and that we should be having a major rethink. But scratch beneath the surface and there's much more to it than that. It's not at all easy to dismiss Twitter as a source of value to our business.
Firstly, the key thing to note here is that we're only counting e-commerce revenue, which is defined as transactions that take place onsite. Visitors who become customers typically buy subscriptions, book training courses, or sign up to paid events. All of these things have a modest value, typically less than £2,000.
Higher value purchases tend to be invoiced, and e-commerce revenue, as defined by our Google Analytics filter, doesn't include anything paid via an invoice. So if you're a new visitor who subsequently asks Econsultancy to create and deliver a global in-company digital training programme, or who sponsors one of our major events, then that's not going to be counted by Google Analytics if you ask to pay by invoice. These things fall outside of the boundaries of 'e-commerce', as far as our tracking is concerned.
Also, we do not include advertising revenue in e-commerce revenue, because it can't really be considered as 'e-commerce'. Econsultancy isn't massively reliant on advertising: we normally show one ad in the sidebar of our blog pages, and that's pretty much it. That said, I can tell you that Twitter users have accounted for at least £30k in ad revenue over the past year.
As such I'm in no doubt that that revenue derived from Twitter users is in the six-figure range, which is enough to justify the effort and the budget we spend on it.
What we're less clear about is whether the 90%-10% Returning-New ratio is consistent across the invoiced revenue. If anything I'd expect the higher value accounts to be more likely to be based on existing relationships, rather than new ones. That said, we can allocate around 40% of advertising revenue to new visitors referred by Twitter.
No more charts, for fear of overkill, and to maintain just a little mystique, but here are some more findings:
Twitter visitors are becoming more valuable. In February 2011 Twitter visitors were worth, on average, 14p per visit value. That's twice as much as they were worth in February 2010, though is currently about a third of the average site visitor.
We can see that Twitter visitors typically spend less than the average customer (£84 vs £116). Search traffic lives somewhere between the two, with customers referred by a search engine spending around £100 on average. Search volumes are of course significantly higher.
Twitter visitors convert to customers about 56% less than the average site visitor. Search traffic is, perhaps rather obviously, twice as likely to convert as Twitter traffic. I do think that Twitter is becoming more important as a search tool, at least as far as my own behaviour is concerned, but that it remains largely a browse-based medium (unlike Google, which requires a keyword query in order to be useful, and is much more intent-orientated).
Measuring hard metrics such as traffic and sales is just the start. We must step back and see the bigger picture when measuring social media.
For example, I haven't (yet) measured the accrual of inbound links and any acceleration in link velocity since we started to seriously use Twitter. I'd like to be able to do that, to see how all of the chatter and retweeting on Twitter flows out onto other sites, and how that affects search rankings and referrals.
I haven't yet looked at the softer brand metrics. I know for a fact that Econsultancy's brand positioning and reach has improved in the past two or three years, which just so happens to coincide with the rise of Twitter (and our adoption of it as a platform). I just don't know exactly how much it has improved, nor what the value of that might be.
I'd like to be able to split out Twitter users in more detail, for example by Twitter client, e.g. 'Tweetdeck' vs Twitter.com. I have a strong suspicion that advanced Twitter users behave differently from Twitter.com users.
I've mentioned Twitter Search, which is a) useful but b) rather limited. As such we're watching the rise of Google Realtime closely and will soon start tracking it in Google Analytics, to see what proportion of Twitter-related traffic may originate from it.
And finally, I want to look at the customer lifetime value of new visitors referred by Twitter, to see whether they're any more or less loyal than the average Econsultancy subscriber.
There are all kinds of other things to share with you, and plenty more that I'd like to be doing, but for now let's wrap this up. I'd love to hear about your own experiences of making sense of Twitter. Do leave a comment below.


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Many of the roads in Pennsylvania are back roads and highways. Many of these run through difficult terrain, including cliffs, streams, ponds, rivers, and drop-offs into forests and fields. These roads are often protected with guardrails that run along the side of the road. However, many times these guardrails do more harm than good.
If the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) installs faulty guardrails, guardrails with dangerous designs, or guardrails that are not strong enough to keep cars from running off the road, the state may be held liable for injuries these guardrails cause. If you or a loved one was injured by a car accident involving a dangerous or defective guardrail, talk to our Philadelphia defective guardrail accident lawyers today. The Philadelphia injury attorneys at The Reiff Law Firm offer free consultations on new cases. Call (215) 709-6940 today to schedule your consultation.
Injuries from Defective Guardrails in Pennsylvania
The purpose of a guardrail on the side of a road is to both pad the impact and prevent cars from running off the road in an accident. These railings are often installed when there are embankments or steep drops along the side of the highway or a bridge. Some guardrails are ineffective at keeping cars on the road, and cars may burst through the rail during a crash. Other times, the guardrails are too firm, and they stop cars too quickly. Instead of slowing them and padding the crash, the guardrail becomes a solid, stationary object the car crashes straight into.
Another serious problem comes from the design of the guardrail. In some cases, the end of the guardrail is embedded in cement, padded by water barrels, or curved down toward the ground to prevent injuries. Others are designed with ends that curve into a "boxing glove" shape in an attempt to pad collisions with the end of the railing. Unfortunately, some of these designs are extremely dangerous. When a car crashes into the end of the guardrail, the guardrail may puncture the window or body of the car and spear through the length of the car. This can cause death or serious injury to drivers and occupants.
Any car accident comes with a tremendous risk of injury. Some may be less serious than others, but unfortunately hundreds of Pennsylvanians are killed each year in car crashes. In some cases, dangerous or defective guardrails contribute to the injuries car accident victims face. Especially in cases where a guardrail spears through a car, drivers and passengers may suffer severe cuts or puncture wounds from the railing. In many instances, the victim may even be impaled by the guardrail. Without prompt emergency response and medical treatment, these kinds of wounds may be fatal or cause significant internal injuries.
Suing the Government for Defective Guardrails
Pennsylvania's legal history shows that the courts have, historically, blocked lawsuits for guardrails. In the 2000 case Dean v. Department of Transportation, the PA Supreme Court blocked a car accident victim from suing PennDOT and the PA State Government for failing to erect a guardrail on the street. The plaintiff claimed that a guardrail would have prevented the accident from being as bad, but the court refused the claim. Instead, they ruled that the State had no duty to erect guardrails.
When suing for injuries, you usually use a theory of "negligence." This requires showing that the defendant owed you a duty to keep you safe, but they breached that duty. If the duty led to injuries and other harms, you may be able to receive compensation from the negligent parties. Without a duty to erect guardrails, the courts could not hold the government liable for the injuries.
In 2018, the PA Supreme Court clarified the rules, declaring that a car accident victim can sue when the state erects defective or dangerous guardrails. In Cagey v. Commonwealth (2018), the PA Supreme Court held that when the state chooses to erect a guardrail, it is responsible if that guardrail turns out to be defective or dangerous.
This means that now, Pennsylvanians have a clear right to sue the government for defective guardrails. Any time a guardrail fails to do its job or increases the injuries in an accident, the victims may sue the state for injuries or death. The compensation from these lawsuits can help pay for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and the economic effects of losing a loved one.
Pennsylvania Injury Lawyer for Defective and Deadly Guardrail Victims
Defective or dangerous guardrails, especially those with a "boxing glove" design, have no place on our roads. If you or a loved one was injured, of if a loved one was killed in an accident involving a dangerous guardrail on a Pennsylvania road, talk to an attorney today. The Reiff Law Firm's Philadelphia guardrail defect lawyers offer free consultations on injury or wrongful death cases. For your free consultation, call our law offices today at (215) 709-6940.


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Commuters vent frustration on parking
While Minister Alan Kelly viewed the packed out car park of Portlaoise train station last Thursday February 21, one customer spoke of her plight as she desperately tried to find a parking space.
"I travel to Dublin regularly for meetings. I live near Camross, and my husband has to drive sixty miles to drop me off and collect me. It is a very serious problem," she said.
The busy stations sees 55 commuter trains stop daily, but has only 110 parking spaces.
Anyone arriving after 8am has no hope of finding a spot, and staff are receiving daily complaints.
On this particular day, the lady had no choice but to drive, and was actually parked illegally waiting in hopes that someone might drive out of a space, before her train pulled in to the station.
Eventually she gave up and drove to the Dunnes Stores carpark, facing a ten minute walk back, with barely time to catch her train.
Another Portlaoise rail commuter who has previously complained about the lack of adequate car parking at Portlaoise train station, welcomed the Minister's visit.
"It's about time, the car park size doesn't reflect the size of the commuter belt.
"I hope this leads to some answers, if there was more parking available, people would definitely jump on board," said the commuter, who like others, has recently begun to park his car in the nearby Heritage Hotel's multi storey carpark instead.
Last November he described the daily scene of drivers parking so tightly together in the train station carpark that cars get damaged.
"People are squeezing into spaces at the risk of damaging their cars.
"I have seen them park up against the barrier and climb out the passenger side, it's like something out of Inspector Gadget, Iarnród Eireann are not addressing the issue.
"People are really getting fed up, " he said.
If drivers attempt to park outside the carpark, they can find their car clamped with a €120 charge on their return home he said.
"People park their cars on the Mountmellick road, leaving them at risk of getting damaged," he added.


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How to connect deeply with the love of your life
How well do you know your spouse? Do you know his or her heartfelt desires and aspirations in life? Use these questions to get to know him or her better.
How well do you know your spouse? Do you know his or her heartfelt desires and aspirations in life? When you finally have some time to sit down with your spouse without the children around, do you still find yourselves talking about the issues your children face at school, the aluminium sliding door that needs fixing, the colleague you can't get along with, your credit card bills and a list of other "oh-so-unromantic" topics?
You share your life;why not share your thoughts
Your spouse is the person you share your innermost thoughts and feelings with. Over the years of being married, we all fall into a rut of familiarity and often take each other for granted. Why not start dating your spouse again? Check each other's calendars and pick a date that is mutually workable for both parties. Once a date has been fixed, don't let anything else take priority over this date.
You don't have to plan anything extravagant. It can just be an evening walk in the park or a night indoors without the tv switched on. The main thing is to steer off conversations that are "romance-busters" such as anything to do with the kids, house, job or money. "What does that leave me? I can't think of anything to talk about!" you ask.
Here are some simple conversation starters:
1) If you had a whole day to yourself without any commitments, what would you be doing?
2) If money wasn't an object, where would you like to go for a holiday?
3) What was your happiest childhood memory?
4) What made you sad this week?
5) If you were granted 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
6) What was your happiest moment this week?
7) Did you see, hear or read anything this week that really touched and moved you?
8 ) If you could redo or change something this week, what would it be?
For those of you who are already dating your spouse on a regular basis, these questions may seem too preliminary for you. You could then try the following more indepth questions. Remember, the aim here is to know and understand your spouse better and therefore, it shouldn't be an interrogation!
Indepth questions to ask
1) What do you think are my 3 greatest strengths as a person?
2) What are my 3 greatest weaknesses?
3) What can I do or say to make you feel loved?
4) What first caught your eye about me, during our courtship? Do you still feel the same way now?
5) When we are apart, what do you miss the most about me?
6) On a scale of 1 to 10, where do you think our marriage fare? And why did you choose that score for us?
7) What areas in our marriage have we mastered and are really doing well in?
8 ) What areas in our marriage needs improvement?
9) What is your greatest act of love for me?
10) In your opinion, what is my greatest act of love for you?
Some of these questions may bring about sensitive answers or comments which you may not be prepared for, depending on the health of your marriage. Take it slow if you are new to the idea of dating your spouse again. Keep to light hearted questions and save the "heavy" stuff for when you are more comfortable with each other on your dates. These questions are, of course, not carved in stone and you don't need to ask your spouse the entire list all in one date! That may prove to be too much to handle!
These are just conversation starters to allow both of you to enjoy your time together as a couple, rather than parents or partners in financial accountabilities. The main purpose for dating your spouse is to enjoy each other's company and to renew your love for each other. After all, marriage requires a lot of hard work and commitment. Both of you deserve to have some time off from all your duties and obligations and just relax and let your hair down.
Remember, you don't have to wait for Valentine's Day, birthdays or anniversaries before you can go on dates. Plan a date regularly, be it weekly, fortnightly or monthly, depending on your schedules. Be excited about the date, make an effort not to talk about the regular topics (remember the "romance-busters"?) and relive your early days of courtship through each and every date.
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I would like to find a better way to save, each day, a copy of a row of data called "Daily Totals" from one sheet to another without using copy and 'paste special'
I made a spreadsheet to calculate daily food intakes of calories and nutrients, with the bottom row dispalying the "Daily Totals" of calories, macros, nutrients, vitamins etc.
I use the same sheet each day, overwriting the previous entries, keeping only a copy of the bottom row ('Daily Totals').
I use copy and 'Paste Special' (to a another sheet) to keep a record of the bottom row ('Daily Totals') each day.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- When filling out a paper registration form versus registering online, does all the information on the form need to be filled in?
For 5K entrants, all information on the registration form must be completed.
- Is a signature required for each entrant?
Yes, if the entrant is under 18 a parent signature is required.
- Can you register online?
Yes, online registration is easy and recommended. Registration opens Nov 1, 2020!
$25 through Feb. 5, 2021 (No processing fees!)
$30 from Feb 6 through Feb 25, 2021 (No processing fees!)
$35 from Feb 25 through Feb 27 at 8:30 am
- When does the online registration close?
Online registration closes at 8:30 am on Saturday, Feb 27.
- Do PTAs and campuses receive credit for online registrations?
Yes, PTAs and school campuses will receive credit for any online registration that designates their school.
- How much do PTAs and Campuses receive?
PTAs receive $3.00 per entrant that designate their campus.
School Campuses receive $2.00 per entrant that designate their campus.
- Can participants register the day of the run?
Participants can register at the run for $35. School credit will be given for day of run registrations as long as they designate a school on the registration form.
- Do children in strollers need to be registered?
No, there is no fee for children in strollers.
- Can I get a refund?
Entry fees are non-refundable, including the event of inclement weather. Your entry fee will be considered a donation to the Foundation For Allen Schools.
- What is the Sleep-In registration?
The Sleep-In registration allows individuals to donate to the Foundation without having to participate in the event. This is a good option for someone who cannot attend the run but wants to support your school and help you reach your goal. Some families sign up relatives from out of town, such as grandparents. This is also popular with teachers. Sleep-In registration is available online, and entrants receive a Race Packet with a t-shirt.
- What is a Race Packet?
The Race Packet contains the t-shirt, numbered race bib (with tracking chip for 5K) to wear at the run, information, coupons, and items from Eagle Run sponsors and community businesses
- Do all entrants receive a t-shirt?
All entrants will receive a t-shirt. Entrants who submit the entry form by Jan 31, 2021 will receive a t-shirt in their requested size. After Jan 31, sizes may be limited.
- How do entrants get their t-shirts and bibs (Race Packet)?
T-shirts and race bibs will be included in the Race Packet and will be available at Packet Pickup.
You may pick up your Race Packet on Feb 24 or Feb 25:
Allen ISD Administration Building (612 E. Bethany Drive)
February 24: 11 am - 7 pm (Wednesday)
February 25: 7:30 am - 6 pm (Thursday)
Any packets not picked up at Allen ISD Administration Building be available at the run.
Race Packets will be available for pick up on race day, starting at 7am at the Packet Pickup Tent. We recommended picking up before race day to avoid long lines.
- How are run results tracked?
5K entrants will receive a numbered bib with a timing tag attached. Run results are categorized by gender and age and are available at www.AllenEagleRun.org - Timing provided by Compton Time and Measure.
- Is the Fun Run/Walk timed?
No. The Fun Run/Walk is an untimed run/walk. (approximately one-mile)
- Is it okay to walk in the 5K?
Yes, you can walk and/or run in both the fun run and 5K race.
- What if an entrant loses their bib/timing tag?
Lost bibs will be replaced at the Information Booth the day of the run. A fee will be charged for lost bibs/timing tags.
- I registered for the wrong event. Can I change events?
Yes. Visit the Information Booth the morning of the run to make the changes
- Do Fun Run/Walk entrants receive a bib?
Fun Run/Walk entrants will receive a "Fun Run" bib. They do not receive a timing tag.
- Can I bring my dog?
No, the Allen Police Department strongly discourages pets at the event.
- Can my child ride his/her scooter or skateboard in the Fun Run?
No, scooters and skateboards will not be allowed. Small children are welcome to ride in strollers.
- Can participants dress-up at the run?
Participants are encouraged to show school spirit at the run by wearing school colors, holding banners and pennants, wearing bandanas, etc.
- What awards are given out to Schools?
Highest Percentage of Participation
2019 - Preston Elementary (1st place: $1,000)
2019 - Green Elementary (2nd place: $750)
2018 - Preston Elementary (1st place: $1,000)
2018 - Green Elementary (2nd place: $500)
2017 - Boon Elementary (1st place: $1,000)
2017 - Green Elementary (2nd place: $500)
Outstanding, Extraordinary, Creative Promotion
2019 - Evans Elementary ($750)
2018 - Kerr Elementary (tie: $750)
2018 - Rountree Elementary (tie: $750)
2017 - Marion Elementary (tie: $750)
2017 - Ford Middle School (tie: $750)
Highest Number of Registration
2019 - Preston Elementary (207 entries)
2018 - Allen High School (396 entries)
2017 - Ford Middle School (331 entries)
2017 - Ereckson Middle School (304 entries, 2nd place)
- What awards are given out at the run?
5K: Finishers will receive a participation ribbon.
Medals will be given out for Overall male/female & Masters male/female
Top 3 male and top 3 females for each age group 8 and younger, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-19, 20-24,and every 5 years to 80+
Fun Run/Walk: All participants will receive a participation ribbon.
- Who benefits from the Eagle Run?
School PTAs will receive $3 per registration received through their school (online and day-of entries that designate a school).
- Campus programs will receive $2 per registration received through their school (online and day-of entries that designate a school).
- Allen Council of PTAs proceeds are awarded as scholarships to graduating AHS seniors.
- Foundation For Allen Schools proceeds are awarded as scholarships to Allen ISD teachers, educational grants, and other Foundation programs.
- Creates a Family Fun Event
- Promotes a Healthy Lifestyle
- Promotes School Pride
- Creates a Fun Community Event


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text: Updates from Jasmine! BIG update this week! The biggest news of course is it's our annual "Black Friday" SALE from now until the end of Monday night. 25% OFF all our prints, canvases, limited editions, open editions, masterpiece editions, etc. up at Strangeling.com - just use code: THANKS2015 during checkout! Those of you with the 10+ Patreon membership can also use your own discount codes on top of the sale, so you guys get 35% off! =) My friends at StrangelingUK.com are doing the same 25% OFF sale too - for today only - they are in the UK but ship worldwide and can mail anywhere in time for Christmas. They have lots of other fun stuff like statues, scarves, merchandise, books, everything - same discount code: THANKS2015 Our StrangelingEmporium eBay Store HERE has a storewide 25% from now through Monday night too, the discount is already automatically applied up at eBay, hundreds, thousands to choose from. My lovely "Alice in a Van Gogh Nocturne" Masterpiece Limited Edition Canvases are now SOLD OUT. We have the very last one - #5/5 - up for one "last chance" auction on eBay here no more will ever be made. We still have open edition canvases and glossy paper prints for her though, and YES you can get the 25% off on these ones at Strangeling.com HERE Coloring Book UPDATE: Yes, we sold all those first 50 advance copies almost immediately (within minutes) from my website earlier this week. So those 50 are gone, and we need to wait until February when we get more when the book has been "officially" released. You can place pre-order today for autographed copies on my own website HERE . Or if you don't care if it's not autographed, I recommend pre-ordering at Amazon or at the Book Depository (Book Depository is offering free worldwide shipping, awesome deal) HERE - they ship anywhere, and have excellent prices. And finally - I have a lovely new batch of ACEO cards up for auction on eBay, each with bidding starting at just a penny. You can see them all here - many are from paintings you probably have never seen before! BLACK FRIDAY SALE Use CODE: THANKS2015 during checkout 25% Off prints, canvases & even limited editions HERE Our annual sale has begun at Strangeling.com - The discount code this year is: THANKS2015 - It will get you 25% OFF all prints, canvases, limited edition canvases, masterpiece edition canvases, etc. If you have the 10+ level Patreon discount, you can use your additional 10% OFF code too, getting a whopping 35% off. You can enter both codes during checkout. Our sale runs all the way through the end of Monday. We ship WORLDWIDE. We're also doing 25% OFF in our eBay store (seller ID: StrangelingEmporim ) you can see all that here - no extra discounts for Patreon there, 25% OFF is applied immediately. Do your holiday shopping now. It's the cheapest time of the year, and still plenty of time for all of us to get your orders to you (anywhere in the world) in time for Christmas, etc. if you are not on Patreon, you can sign up here (click the Become a Patron button) - - and if you are already but not yet a 10+ pledge level, you might want to upgrade within the next couple days, so you'll have time to get your additional discount code (you get a 10% off prints & canvases at Strangeling.com year round, and it works in conjunction with sales all the time too). It's easy - you'll see me (and any other creators) on the left side of your home page and a hyperlink that reads "edit pledge." Click that, choose $10+ and VOILA, you'll get the additional discount code to use. Even if you just buy one canvas print, or a handful of paper prints, it is WELL worth the discount to sing up (today for example if you bought a Masterpiece canvas you would save $200+ immediately, for only a $10 membership fee. Do it!) StrangelingUK Black Friday Friday ONLY - worldwide shipping - same code: THANKS2015 Bags, calendars, statues, books, clocks, games & more HERE My friend Paul who runs the website StrangelingUK.com is also accepting the discount code THANKS2015 for 25% OFF today (Friday) only - while located in the UK, he also ships WORLDWIDE. He has lots of cool stuff I myself don't sell, like the Nemesis Now figurines (!!!) - be sure to check it out. The new scarves are up there, glass clocks, bags, jewelry boxes, pillows, so many nice things that are HARD to find here in the US. Take advantage of today's sale, he can ship anywhere in the world in time for Christmas! December Original Painting GIVEAWAY All Patreon Members will be automatically entered, join HERE Winner will be chosen December 15th randomly from my Patreon members. Here is my next GIVEAWAY - an ORIGINAL PAINTING - open to all Patreon members - sign up here - - WORLDWIDE, international patrons are welcome! One Patreon supporter will be selected randomly on Tuesday night, December15 at 8pm EST! It is open to all levels of Patreon subscribers, worldwide, even just the $1 level. She is a Tiny Treasure with a beautiful red haired fairy- measuring 3"x3" acrylic painting on wood, there is a hanger on the back so you can pop her right up onto your wall! In addition to the monthly original painting giveaways there I'll be doing lots of smaller giveaways like autographed figurines, coloring books, etc., definitely check it out. You don't need to do anything special to enter, I'll just be picking a member up at Patreon randomly. This painting is not for sale, it will be given away, and I will ship it anywhere in the world. Each month a new original acrylic panting will be given away on the 15th of the month. All members of mine at Patreon will be entered automatically, as long as you are a member, you will be entered. If you are not yet a member, just click this link and hit the "Become a Patron" to sign up , from only $1/month to subscribe and you always get entered in all the giveaways =) And remember - if you get the $10 pledge level, you'll get the bonus 10% off on all sales (like this Black Friday sale for example, you'd get 35% OFF). New ACEO Cards All up for auction this week - click HERE to see I've been working hard on a new batch of ACEO cards. They are now all up for auction - each bid starts at just one penny to give everybody a chance. Click HERE to see them all. ACEO cards are trading card sized (2.5"x3.5") miniature one of a kind canvas prints. I make only ONE card of each painting, ever. I number them #1 out of 1 since I only make one. Each is hand embellished by me, signed & numbered 1/1 in acrylic paints, authentification is written by me on the backside of each card. A great way to collect artwork if you are on a budget or running low on wallspace! Many of these are of paintings you may not have seen before, as I always make an ACEO card for each mini painting and tiny treasure I do as well as the larger paintings. Since those tend to sell immediately at art shows and live events, the ACEO cards are usually the only time anybody in the rest of the world gets to see these artworks! Enjoy!


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St Pauls and the Millenium Bridge at Night,
St Pauls and the Millenium Bridge at Night, London, UK
The Square and the marketplace from Cafe France
The Square and the marketplace from Cafe France, Marrakech, Morocco
Looking down the streets
Looking down the streets in Paris, France
Sunrise Camel Ride
Sunrise Camel Ride, Merzouga, Morocco
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, a must see on any Iceland adventure, Iceland
Merzouga Luxury Desert Camp
Merzouga Luxury Desert Camp, Merzouga, Morocco
Fountain Spray by Tower Bridge, London.
Lakeside Reflections
Lakeside Reflections, Toronto, Canada
Xmas Markt Mvment
The Fun Fair at the Toronto Christmas Market, Toronto, Canada
City of Arts and Science Valencia
City of Arts and Science Valencia, Spain
5.2 Best British Holiday Locations - London - Paul K Porter
Views over Westminster, London, UK
Pick a street
Overlooking Paris from the Arche de Triomphe, pick a street. France
Marrakech Market at night
Marrakech Market at night, Marrekech, Morocco
Jokulsarlon, Where the glaciers meet the ocean. Iceland
Lost. Reflections on Lost Lake, Whistler, Canada
Comings and Goings over Tower Bridge, London.
Marrakech Sunset
Marrakech Sunset, Marrakech, Morocco
Moroccan Souk Trading
Moroccan Souk trader selling their wares. Marrakech, Morocco
Cuba Blues
The Sun is up, the window is down and the arm is out. Havana Cuba
Small person Large Landscape,
Small person Large Landscape, Merzouga, Morocco
Gebel Tal Halfa
Salt plains at Gebel Tal Halfa
Jokulsarlon Splashes, Iceland
Wood Grain Sunset
Wood Grain Sunset, Malta
Taxi Please !
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In my 'old life' I was a chartered civil engineer and director of a business. That was all left behind to focus on deep inner calling. In the process I met Sue my spiritual companion and wife. My life, our lives are totally transformed. The blessings continue to unfold. The conscious awareness of pure consciousness which I call Spheres Of Light emerged on 22 August, 2011. The true Self which referred to itSELF AS Infinite Silence appeared in a profoundly deep meditation on 26th May 2014. There was no sense of any person or body in this.
Philip experientially realised the nature of the True Self which he refers to as Infinite Silence and shares this profound gift with the world through direct experience, Spiritual Inquiry, Infinite Touch and via this website and other outlets. The sharing has reached all continents and he has held events in the UK, Iceland, Greece (Corfu and Crete) and Amsterdam.
That awareness of pure consciousness (Spheres Of Light) was explored deeply with friends and together we created the Spheres Of Light Foundation to share it with the world. It has transformed many lives. I've witnessed many a miracle with it. Sometime after this, in two separate meditations in 2012 it emerged that: "Spheres Of Light is a Genesis Meditation" and then that "I am the wolf that laid The Golden Egg." As you can imagine, I wondered what on earth the second message meant. It's not in a form of language one naturally uses day to day! The higher consciousness that is part of me knew though I would immediately go to my Native American animal symbols book to look up wolf. Wolf, it turned out, was a "Teacher" in this context one who goes out, receives messages and shares them with the family. Family, in this context, being anyone who wishes to share in the insights and gifts on this site.
The Golden Egg was a bit more of a puzzle and after a second reminder I found it. The Golden Egg was Spheres Of Light itself the Golden Egg of creation and hence a Genesis Meditation. A powerful creative force.
It was a short while after all this that the Realisation emerged.
This site is dedicated to sharing the simplicity, beauty and power of it with the world in an Open Source way.
The domain name to this site: www.GatewayLocation.org emerged some years before in a dream 2006/7. It had never felt right to use it until the full Self Realisation emerged. Now is the time. The Gateway and the Location to the Self is in me, IS me and it is YOU. For we are all One!
Self Realisation IS Life's Greatest Gift unto itSELF, for we are that LIFE.
I used to have a video here showing the amazing 'cascade' effect of reintroducing wolves back to Yellowstone National Park in the US. For some technical reason it can't always be seen now but the link is here and you can see it on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q
The same type of cascade effect happens as you raise your consciousness and transform you life. It affects everything around you!
With Gratitude to Sustainable Human (http://sustainablehuman.me) for their work and for allowing people to share this wonderful video freely.


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