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<title><![CDATA[Bloggers Confrontation - Prueba 6]]></title>
<link>http://singevolant.wordpress.com/?p=225</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Como parte de la sexta prueba de Bloggers confrontation, me vi involucrado en la tarea de realizar ]]></description>
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<p>Como parte de la <a title="sexta prueba bloggers confrontation" href="http://www.xklibur.com/archives/2008/07/15/bloggers-confrontation-prueba-6/">sexta prueba</a> de Bloggers confrontation, me vi involucrado en la tarea de realizar una investigación sobre <a title="therror" href="http://www.therror.com/">Fael</a>, uno de los bloggers a quien más respeto y sigo de cerca desde hace un rato (jaja pero basta de adulaciones que él no es Juez). La verdad, fue muy divertido responder algunas de ellas y ver las historias que tienen detrás (para mí muchas fueron nuevas, ya que no soy <a title="love 4 clab" href="http://love4clab.com/">clabber</a>). Y sin más preámbulo, la investigación:</p>
<p>Las preguntas que la investigación debía responder son las siguientes:</p>
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<li>¿Cuáles fueron las declaraciones de Fael al perder contra Freddie en el primer torneo de Cristalab?</li>
<li>¿A raíz de qué hecho Fael utilizó emoticones sin pretenderlo?</li>
<li>¿Cuál es la palabra que más repite Fael?</li>
<li>¿A qué equipo de fútbol mexicano es fanático Fael y cuántas veces ha perdido una apuesta pública relacionada con ese deporte?</li>
<li>¿Cuántos torneos de ZSNES ha organizado Fael en Cristalab?</li>
<li>¿Cómo se llamó Fael en la era victoriana de Cristalab?</li>
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<p>Para encontrar las respuestas, hagan click en cada una de las carpetas. Eso los llevará a las hojas de la investigación. Si la imagen es muy pequeña para ser legible sólo necesitan hacer zoom, porque el tamaño original de los archivos es de un tamaño suficiente para ser leído.</p>
<p>[Como sé que son muy flojos, incluí los links a cada dirección mencionada en las hojas de la investigación, en orden de aparición]<a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/introduccionhalf.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-249" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder-intro.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links de la hoja de Introducción:<a title="finalizando estudios" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2008/jun/los_ganadores_de_las_becas_de_vfs">1</a>, <a title="therror" href="http://www.therror.com/">2</a>, <a title="corcholat" href="http://corcholat.com/">3</a>, <a title="copypasteado" href="http://copypasteado.com/">4</a>, <a title="ropero" href="http://ropero.org/">5</a>, <a title="cristalab" href="http://www.cristalab.com/">6</a>, <a title="marketing" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2008/feb/que_es_el_marketing_de_guerrilla">7</a>, <a title="videojuegos" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2008/jun/earthbound_ahora_en_espaol">8</a>, <a title="música" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2008/jul/el_trailer_de_rock_band_2_para_el_e3">9</a>, <a title="futbol" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2008/mar/la_crisis_del_america">10</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder1.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Link pregunta uno: <a title="declaraciones" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/viewtopic.php?p=88031&#38;highlight=&#38;sid=dfc28c1f271c78385aa24f7d48b5cafe">1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-233" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder2.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links pregunta 2: <a title="emoticones" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/t13409_icannabis.html">1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta-3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-234" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder3.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links pregunta 3: <a title="SIGH" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/t50323_feliz-cumple-fael.html">1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-235" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder4.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links pregunta 4: <a title="1er apuesta" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/t19012_faeeeel-soto-exijo-una-satisfaccion.html">1</a>, <a title="2da apuesta" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/t28985_fael-soto-exijo-una-satosfaccion---segunda-parte.html">2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta-5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-236" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder5.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links pregunta 5: <a title="1er torneo" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/viewtopic.php?t=12015&#38;start=0&#38;postdays=0&#38;postorder=asc&#38;highlight=zsnes">1</a>, <a title="2d0 torneo" href="http://www.therror.com/weblog/2006/jul/ii_torneo_de_zsnes_en_cristalab">2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://singevolant.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pregunta-6.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-232" src="http://singevolant.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/folder6.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>Links pregunta 6: <a title="Nickname victoriano" href="http://www.cristalab.com/foros/t44698-180_ye-victorian-cristalab~.html">1</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Néstor Kirchner le pidió a su esposa, Cristina, que renunciara a la presidencia de Argentina]]></title>
<link>http://marcialcandioti.wordpress.com/?p=990</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marcial Candioti</dc:creator>
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SEGÚN AFIRMAN LOS DIARIOS DE BUENOS AIRES
Néstor Kirchner le pidió a su esposa, Cristina, que ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>SEGÚN AFIRMAN LOS DIARIOS DE BUENOS AIRES</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Néstor Kirchner le pidió a su esposa, Cristina, que renunciara a la presidencia de Argentina</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">'Largá todo y andate, Cristina", le habría solicitado su marido</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Tras siete horas en el limbo, la presidenta llamó a un diputado: 'No voy a irme'</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Un ministro, consultado al respecto, rogó: 'No me pregunten sobre eso'</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;">JUAN IGNACIO IRIGARAY</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">BUENOS AIRES.- </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">El fantasma de la eventual dimisión de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a la Presidencia, que lleva sólo siete meses en el poder, asomó en Argentina durante algunas horas del jueves a raíz de la catástrofe política que atraviesa su Gobierno, enfrentado con el campo y la oposición.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El 'matrimonio presidencial' Kirchner había tomado como una auténtica 'guerra' a los ricos su plan de imponer un 'impuestazo' a las exportaciones de cereales. Y demonizó como "golpistas" a quienes se oponían por considerarlo inconstitucional y confiscatorio.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Pero después de </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">cuatro meses de protestas populares y 'cacerolazos'</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">, debieron someter el 'impuestazo' a votación en el parlamento y el Senado lo rechazó, con el insólito voto en contra del vicepresidente de la República, Julio Cobos.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Desconcertados y más solos que nunca, los Kirchner se atrincheraron en la residencia presidencial de Olivos, aunque hablaron por teléfono móvil y de esas conversaciones surgieron las informaciones sobre una posible dimisión.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">En su artículo "El día más triste y atribulado del kirchnerismo", publicado en el matutino 'La Nación', el analista político Carlos Pagni reveló que "de la única renuncia de la que se habló" fue de la de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>"</strong><strong>La ve</strong></span><strong><span style="color:#800000;">rsion fue alimentada por el propio Kirchner, que, todavía durante la tarde —según su entorno mas cercano—, machacaba: 'Largá todo y andate, Cristina'.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"> Ella, que se mostró todo el día tranquila, resistió y hasta habló de explorar un acuerdo con el campo", continúa la crónica.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Entonces el gobernador bonaerense Daniel Scioli —ex vicepresidente de Kirchner durante su presidencia de 2003 a 2007— se comunicó con Cristina Fernández para confirmar si pensaba volverse a casa, según Pagni.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">"Desmentí todo", le dijo ella al gobernador.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El diario 'Clarín' (el más vendido) se refirió al "clima de incertidumbre" en la residencia presidencial y mencionó que hubo "un cúmulo de versiones sobre la supuesta renuncia de la Presidenta junto con la de Néstor Kirchner a la presidencia del gubernamental partido peronista".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">"La versión se originó en un diálogo de Kirchner, conmocionado por la derrota en el Senado, con un dirigente social y con otros funcioanrios" acotó, y describió que "el asunto empézó a helar la sangre de funcionarios y militantes kirchneristas".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El diario</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;"> 'Página 12' (oficialista), en un artículo titulado "Rumores de renuncia", destapó que "la presidenta Cristina Kirchner había evaluado presentar su renuncia al cargo como respuesta ante el impacto institucional producido por el voto disidente del vicepresidente".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">"Ante esa incertidumbre, el peronismo pasó la jornada en estado de asamblea, hubo reuniones de diputados y senadores" hasta que el jefe del bloque peronista, Agustín Rossi, recibiera un llamado: 'No voy a irme', garantizó la mandataria".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El matutino </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">'Critica de Argentina' aseguró que la informción sobre la eventual dimisión de la Presidenta se mantuvo "durante siete horas" en los círculos políticos y empresarios y en las redacciones "como una sentencia irrevocable".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Renunciar io dar su brazo a torcer</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">"La versión comenzó a circular con fuerza después del mediodía y se disipó recién cuando la Presidenta arribó a la Casa Rosada, pasadas las 17.00 horas".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">"Por la mañana, Néstor Kirchner y su esposa se encerraron durante dos horas en la residencia de Olivos. En ese lapso, discutieron cuál era la estrategia que debían adoptar para salir del abismo al que cayeron cuando Julio Cobos se pronunció a favor del reclamo agropecuario".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">"Kirchner fue terminante: sostuvo que era mejor renunciar antes que dar el brazo a torcer",</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"> agregó el tabloide, y añadió que "durante esas dos horas, los Kirchner desconectaron los teléfonos móviles y no atendieron a nadie".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Este viernes a la mañana, el ministro de Justicia, </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Anibal Fernández</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">, fue indagado sobre el asunto por los reporteros durante un acto público y </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#800000;">reaccionó mal: "Por favor, no me haga esa pregunta...", rogó a los cronistas.</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/18/internacional/1216399243.html" target="_blank">Ir a Fuente Original: Diario El Mundo de España </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Me suck it devote]]></title>
<link>http://moniquelondon.wordpress.com/?p=11</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>moniquelondon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Godkväll.
Ser ni att jag ändrat en sak? Numera är det bara moniquelondon.com som gäller. Känns ]]></description>
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<p>Ser ni att jag ändrat en sak? Numera är det bara moniquelondon.com som gäller. Känns mer proffsigt.<br />
På tal om proffsigt, eller snarare oproffsigt. Devote har tagit bort mitt konto med alla mina gammla inlägg helt.<br />
Känns inte så kul att allt bara försvann sådär men aja screw them. När man ber om hjälp får man inget men såfort man ska sticka så är de blixtsnabba med att sparka ut en.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The traffic thing]]></title>
<link>http://rjjago.wordpress.com/?p=1501</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rjjago.wordpress.com/?p=1501</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some talk on teh interwebs about traffic et al &#8230;
First off the &#8216;Top 25 Canadian Politica]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009119.html">Some talk on teh interwebs about traffic et al ...</a></p>
<p>First off the 'Top 25 Canadian Political Blogs' list combines influence with traffic.  So sites which get less traffic may be ranked higher than others because of their elevated Google Page Rank.  It's explained in full at the top of the page.  It's not a list of the sites with the most traffic, not only that, it's a mix.</p>
<p>Here are my top 10 referrals from the last 30 days - do they say anything about the relevant strength of right versus left blogs?</p>
<p>I think they <em>do</em> say that right blogs tend to have more traffic - and also that their readers are more engaged to click through a link to a new site than readers on left blogs.  Mainly because the lefty blogs tell you what to think, as opposed to the right blogs that direct you to a site and ask you what you think.</p>
<p>You tell me:</p>
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<li><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30681_Louvre_to_Open_Islamic_Wing">Little Green Footballs</a> - 3,267 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://smalldeadanimals.com/archives/008969.html">Small Dead Animals</a> - 1,609 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://ezralevant.com/2008/07/were-number-four.html">Ezra Levant </a>- 999 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://hotair.com/headlines/">HotAir.com</a> - 941 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://steynian.wordpress.com/">Steynian.Wordpress.com</a> - 280 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/garth-turner-si.html">Western Standard Blogs</a> - 193 referrals [right]</li>
<li><a href="http://drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com/2008/06/conservative-black-ops.html">Dr Dawg</a> - 183 referrals [left]</li>
<li><a href="http://abandonedstuff.com/2008/07/01/top-canadian-blogs-for-july-2008/">Abandoned Stuff </a>- 137 referrals [green]</li>
<li><a href="http://canadiancynic.blogspot.com/">Canadian Cynic</a> - 133 referrals [left]</li>
<li><a href="http://bluebloggingsoapbox.com/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=2401:just-in-case&#38;catid=17:politics">Blue Blogging Soapbox</a> - 130 referrals [right]</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog about where you live ]]></title>
<link>http://guycook.wordpress.com/?p=25</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>guycook</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Blog about where you live  See more at my BlogCatalog Profile and announce your blog there too.
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<title><![CDATA[Public Servants Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://objectdart.wordpress.com/?p=384</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got a request from someone who’s moving into a public service role to outline some dos and don’ts in respect of social media and the government job, so thought that I’d put up some of the best references I’ve seen around the place. I also thought that I’d generally repeat a few things I learned when first moving into the public service (the only real game in town if you’re a Wellingtonian, other than Wellywood or Silicon Welly).</p>
<p>The first thing to note is that there are good resources. I’ve found Jason Ryan’s postings at  the <a href="http://www.psnetwork.org.nz/blog/" target="_blank">NPSC blog</a> to be invaluable. If you’re really keen on the use of social media, and you think your new agency could use some, or could use some guidance, then get yourself over to the <a href="http://blog.e.govt.nz/">SSC</a> (State Services Commission) and hunt about for the guidelines. They have a community of practice that you could refer to as well. Finally, there are sites like <a href="http://www.sosaidthe.org/" target="_blank">So Said the Organisation</a> that talk about the experiences of other jurisdictions, and the British government seems to have published a Guide really recently, which I can't find just now (and would appreciate someone linking to.)</p>
<p>If you’re not predisposed to doing a bit of research before you get into the blogging, podcasting, twittering, wiki editing, or other things I’d been doing, then the <strong>GOLDEN RULE</strong> when using social media is:</p>
<p><strong>DO NOT</strong>, under any circumstances, <strong>BE A DICK</strong>.</p>
<p>It’s pretty much that simple. The wonderful thing about social media is that it allows you to express yourself freely, and to engage with people all over the world, online. The very real risk this poses is that anything and everything you do or say is permanently recorded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_cache" target="_blank">Google Cache</a>. Consequently, if you find yourself having a bit too much coffee in the morning, and you’re the type to blow your stack about things like, for example, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29" target="_blank">trolls</a> saying outrageous things about people you might know, then if your response to that troll will be visible to the whole world.</p>
<p>Why this is a problem is the complicating factor of the <a href="http://www.ssc.govt.nz/display/document.asp?DocID=6292" target="_blank">Public Service Code of Conduct</a>. Basically the Code can be interpreted to say that you are a representative of the government when speaking in public. You should recognise yourself that the internet is a very public space. Likewise, the Code says that you should maintain the confidence of both Government and Opposition. This obviously means that you’ll need to make sure that your opinions, assuming that you’re putting your opinions online, which is not always a good idea, are politically neutral.</p>
<p>You should be able to get the idea from this short run-down. What it all boils down to is the application of common sense. Just don’t go doing things that could embarrass you, and<em> the boss you’ve disclosed your social media activities to, </em>i.e. operate a "no surprises" policy.</p>
<p>Easy-peesy.</p>
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<link>http://kavel.wordpress.com/?p=187</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An Apology for misleading information...]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jennie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I wrote a post talking about the new Welsh monsoon season. OK, I was really bad at g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago I wrote a <a href="http://jenniepowell.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/summer-holiday-versus-the-welsh-monsoon-season/" target="_blank">post talking about the new Welsh monsoon season</a>. OK, I was really bad at geography, really really bad at geography, and my limit of understanding of weather is that rain is caused by water evaporating and wind is caused by magic. So, my understanding of monsoons are limited to the fact that they generally involve wet weather, and they have a clothes shop named after them. So, I was glad to read this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7498603.stm" target="_blank">informative article on the BBC news website</a> telling me that in fact all our rain is just rain, as a monsoon can only happen on the Indian subcontinent. So, you learn something new every day, and the rain feels so much better now that I know that it's just another British summer*. The boys and I have adopted a 'don't care' attitude about the weather now, and plan to go out every day whether it's wet or dry. We have plenty of dry clothes and towels in the house, if the worst comes to the worst, and we're all happy to change into pyjamas if needs must!</p>
<p>*And I know that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but sometimes it is the only thing that comes to mind (such as when I feel like I might sprout roots from my feet if we have much more damp weather)</p>
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<link>http://bigchase.wordpress.com/?p=746</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigchase</dc:creator>
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<em>^ Photography by <a href="http://www.natemumford.com/gallery.php">Nate Mumford</a>. Part of a <a href="http://www.rit.edu/sportszone/">Sportszone</a> ad campaign for RIT's varsity athletes.</em></p>
<p>It's taken me quite some time to get my act together and post a good amount of my work from this past school year, the 07-08 academic onslaught as I would like to consider it.  The year was filled with unhealthy sleep habits, zombie like states during critiques, enough energy drinks to fuel me for life and an appreciation for anyone willing to cut me a deal on printing costs.  I was happy to be a part of some of my first experiences directing advertising campaigns and joining the collaborative efforts of fellow designers at the Rochester Institute of Technology.</p>
<p>I found myself happily joining the ranks of <a href="http://www.rit.edu/sportszone/">Sportszone</a>, an award winning RIT program that covers our sports programs and broadcasts episodes on ESPN and another local sports channel.  Check out their website <a href="http://www.rit.edu/sportszone/">here</a>.</p>
<p>I am also the current art director for <a href="http://elevenmagazine.wordpress.com/">Eleven Magazine</a>.  The magazine is the combined efforts of several intellectual individuals from the university who have combined their efforts to create a fashion/lifestyle magazine to enrich the minds of our select demographic.  We aim to inform and support our readers with food for thought.  Take a look at our <a href="http://elevenmagazine.wordpress.com/">blog</a> for now, I proudly stand behind the authors included on the blog.</p>
<p>Those were just a few items that kept me entertained and sleep deprived.  It was quite the busy year and I've taken what I learned in stride and now hope to apply it to the cliental work provided by <a href="http://www.whitebicycle.com/">White Bicycle</a> in the beginning of August.  I was lucky enough to connect with the gentlemen at the Buffalo, NY design studio and became their third designer.</p>
<p>I hope you can all take a moment to view my work below, since I've worked very hard on the collective work you see executed.  It may be easier to view the work on my <a href="http://www.coroflot.com/ryanhaigh">Coroflot profile</a>, however the images below will appear much bigger once clicked, than those on Coroflot.  I wish all of my college colleagues and recent graduates the best of luck.  It's a competitive world, but if it weren't for such tenacity, we would never strive to be better designers!</p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/1.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/1small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-750" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/2.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/2small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-751" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/3.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/3small.jpg?w=138" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-752" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/4.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/4small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-757" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/5.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/5small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-758" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/6.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/6small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-759" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/7.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/7small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-764" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/8.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/8small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-765" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/9.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/9small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-766" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/10.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/10small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-772" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/11.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/11small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-773" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/12.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/12small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-774" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/13.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/13small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-780" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/14.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/14small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-781" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/15.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/15small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-782" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/16.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/16small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-786" /></a> <a href="http://bigchase.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/17.jpg"><img src="http://bigchase.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/17small.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="96" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-787" /></a></p>
<p><em>Photography credit for a few of the above projects goes to <a href="http://www.natemumford.com/gallery.php">Nate Mumford</a>, <a href="http://www.kristenkochanski.com/">Kristen Kochanski</a> and <a href="http://www.rit.edu/news/?v=45686">Breanna Dobbe</a>.  Nate is responsible for the photography in the last two rows, Kristen is responsible for the Folli Hair Care campaign and Breanna is responsible for the New York Magazine cover and spread.</em></p>
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<link>http://davidsaidit.wordpress.com/?p=94</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidlind</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[STOP THINKING!!!!!!]]></title>
<link>http://stuff123.wordpress.com/?p=162</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>musicgrrl123</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stuff123.wordpress.com/?p=162</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Crap I can&#8217;t stop thinking about all that stuff that happened earlier with my bff. I was fine ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crap I can't stop thinking about all that stuff that happened earlier with my bff. I was fine DURING the convo but now I'm thinking about it and it sucks. I really want to stop thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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<link>http://gregbashore.wordpress.com/?p=276</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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I think this buzz-word concept is a strange one. Because there&#8217;s no playing around when it co]]></description>
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<p>I think this buzz-word concept is a strange one. Because there's no playing around when it comes to hard training. Hard training isn't a game. It's a battle. Because what is always at stake is your life!</p>
<p>For people that don't take training seriously... that's a game. You know the types. Those you see in and out of the gym balancing on bosu balls and using their spinning cycles as a couch to watch tv- and as a perch to spy for real LIVE BREATHING girls walking around! The locker talkers. And I'm not limiting this to "trainees." I went into my campus gym a couple of months ago. Great facility and brand spanking new, but something was missing... a power rack.</p>
<p>When I asked the "trainer" behind the counter why they didn't have one he looked at me like I was crazy. "A what?" he said completely bewildered. "You know," I tried to break it down for him: "It has four posts, and safety bars. You use it to safely do squats, benches, rack deadlifts, and pretty much everything else." "Oh," he said still questioning himself. "We've got one of those." And he pointed me at a Smith machine!</p>
<p>This kind of "game" mentality is akin to playing paintball. Sure it might hurt a little, but you're around friends and you KNOW you're walking off the field no matter how much you get hit.</p>
<p>This is not hard training. Hard training involves something deeper. The KNOWLEDGE that you CAN'T mess up. The knowledge that you ARE fighting for your life. You are lifting that weight and eating right because it sustains your life! Because you don't want to be a fat pig outside of the gym. Because you don't want to be crushed by that ton of iron inside the gym.</p>
<p>Because you don't want the collateral damage of cluster bombing yourself with heart attacks, obesity, cancer, emphysema, and several other nasties. Because you want to roll through the streets confident with a Sherman tank, not wheezing atop a moped. And to those who say it is a game, because you can have fun. Sure. You can have fun. You should have fun.</p>
<p>If this stuff doesn't excite you, or you're doing it to prove something to SOMEONE ELSE, you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. You do it for you. To know you can continue to press on. To know that you can take the hill, and have the courage to fly in the face of society's heavy machine gun fire of dirty living, drugs, and shitty food all around you. But you are courageous to know that you WONT get hit. Because you are a friggin' superhero. You are bulletproof.</p>
<p>What if there's an emergency and you have to save someone else's life- OR your own! Then will you think it's all a game? You are Captain America in battle. Your own Hulk or Superman. You CAN bounce back.</p>
<p>And you can do it because you are strong. And nothing will stop you or hold you back from that. The bodybuilders, the strongmen, the power lifters, the athletes, the gym rats. These are the superheroes. And these are the soldiers of the T-Nation army. And you know what...</p>
<p>they'll win the battle. Because everyone else refuses to fight.</p>
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<link>http://dianea.wordpress.com/?p=1552</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, hello there, I&#8217;m back! I have so much to tell you I don&#8217;t know where to begin. The]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, hello there, I'm back! I have so much to tell you I don't know where to begin. The new haircut? The holiday plans? My meeting up with an old friend? The lovely walks?  No, it has to be my excuse for my absence. After #2 son's graduation, he came back home with me and we have been hanging out together before he heads off again. It's been a nice reminder of how life used to be, having a boy with a bottomless pit for a stomach in the house again, it's been one long round of cooking, food shopping and laundry, movies, music and cooking. And more laundry.</p>
<p><a href="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/graduate.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1553" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/graduate.jpg?w=233" alt="" width="233" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>The graduation ceremony was a great thrill for me and the rest of the family. I thought I would explode with pride. My son looked so handsome in his gown (minus cap, you will notice. Apparently, the graduates had been throwing them into the air for photographs after the ceremony and it was thought that was too dangerous - someone had hurt their eye a year or so ago, so political correctness prevailed and they were banned apart from in the official studio portraits - utter madness.)</p>
<p><a href="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/graduation2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1566" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/graduation2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p>My two sons and my ex and I, had a great few days in Leeds, it really is a fun city with lots of great shopping  (unless you are shopping with/for two very fussy sons - and I thought women were supposed to be bad!) and restaurants. We had one particularly wonderful dinner at a restaurant called <a href="http://www.anthonysrestaurant.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anthony's</a> which was a bit 'Heston Blumenthal' if you know what I mean! Every dish had at least one ingredient that made you say 'What?!' (risotto of white onion, parmesan air and espresso? Or poached quail, pea sorbet, cocoa, morels? Or how about my dessert of apple parfait, pork filo and sage ice cream?) We were all totally amazed at how delicious it all was, in fact we would go so far as to say it was one of the best (if not <strong>the</strong> best) dinner we had ever eaten.</p>
<p>Since we returned, #2 son has spent his days fishing in the river which runs through our garden - amazingly he actually managed to catch a fish yesterday (which he threw back). I don't know who was more surprised #2 son, me or the fish! He saw an otter in the river while he was fishing but by the time he had shouted me to come and look, it had gone - probably terrified by the loud shouting coming from the river bank :-)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ben_fishing.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1557" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ben_fishing.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="296" /></a><a href="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ben_fish.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1556" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ben_fish.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="379" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We did manage to spot a fox in the field next to my garden. Apparently, it has four fox cubs which we haven't managed to see yet but the mother fox comes out every evening for a walk around the field. We managed to catch some shots of her including this one of the fox eyeing up a crow which seemed quite oblivious.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://dianea.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/fox1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1560" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/fox1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="297" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I love the view into the field, as do some others it seems...</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://dianea.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/birdfence.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1561" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/birdfence.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="302" /></a><a href="http://dianea.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/catfence.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1562" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/catfence.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="235" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We have had a really fun time since we got back from Leeds. I'm very conscious that these times together are going to be much rarer in the future. My nest will be well and truly empty. On the bright side I will have lots of time to make books and play tennis... (knee is finally better, by the way). I have been working on a photo album which I am making as a gift for a friend whose daughter is about to give birth to a little girl - my friend's first grandchild. Here is a sneak preview.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://dianea.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pinkpolkadotalbum.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1564" src="http://dianea.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/pinkpolkadotalbum.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="347" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">By the way, an update on my garden furniture saga. PayPal finally decided in my favour and have refunded me £500 which is the most they can, the balance is still to come from the dodgy seller, (Gemma at Land of Sofas) so I'm not holding my breath. I was contacted by someone else who read about my problems here, she had also bought furniture from this wretched woman but had been too late to file a claim with PayPal, so she stands to lose all her money.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">When I was searching for alternative garden furniture, I found a web site selling the same furniture, under a different name (<a href="http://www.homelivingonline.co.uk/Products/List.aspx?type=wicker&#38;gclid=CMqg7ZiTypQCFQuH1Qod5hCLlQ" target="_blank">Home Living Online</a>) but I could tell from the telephone number that it was the same people. Please do not buy from this company. I have reported them to the Trading Standards people and I hope that they will stop them from swindling any more unsuspecting customers.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Well, it's nice to be back blogging and I have missed my visits to my blogging friends - thank you for your concern at my absence, but fret not!  #2 son is off on holiday next week so the house will be quiet again and I can get back into a routine. Books and blogging here I come....</p>
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<link>http://cubejungle.wordpress.com/?p=60</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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(use me&#8230;don&#8217;t abuse me)
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>(use me...don't abuse me)</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">As if it isn't bad enough that I am forced to spend 8-9 hours a day in this cube jungle with all of you, I now have to wonder who leaves behind the butt resin on the restroom toilet seats. I realize that this sounds crude, but how would you like being the one to walk into a restroom stall and see it first hand?  </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Why is it so hard for adults to pick up after themselves? I'm trying really hard not to judge here and not ask where this "resin" is coming from. Instead, I only ask that after you are finished with your "business," you turn around, flush the toilet and make sure that you didn't leave anything behind. It's only fair to everyone else. This also goes for you <em>lovely ladies</em> who must enjoy peeing on the toilet seats and/or leaving your "business" un-flushed for everyone to see. Whether you're acting out because you weren't held enough as a child or are doing it for attention in hopes of receiving some kind of praise for a <em>job well done, </em>it needs to stop.  Outside of the K9 world, marking your territory is seen as just plain gross.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">They say that men are dirtier than women, but the women I work with seem to be working really hard to catch up!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">You can dirty-up your bathroom all you want at home, just please pick up after yourself in the restroom at work.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lyndsay</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm by no means a pro yet, but I'm getting the hang of this blog thing. I've been poking around on the tag surfer, trying to find blogs to read. Anyone reading this is more than welcome to offer their suggestions.</p>
<p>Monday I handed in my resignation. The topic of my job and business all together requires it's own post. Considering I don't have a strong vodka tonic and a cigarette handy, that will have to wait. My last day is the 31st of July. After that I'm on vacation and then back in school. Hell <em>yeah</em>.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fefalcao08</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Com o intuito de identificar a relação da imprensa com a internet e a web colaborativa, a LBVA Com]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Com o intuito de identificar a relação da imprensa com a internet e a web colaborativa, a <a href="http://www.lbva.com.br">LBVA Comunicação</a> realizou um estudo, “Jornalismo na Era Digital”, para avaliar a opinião dos jornalistas com relação aos blogueiros não-jornalistas. A credibilidade é posta em dúvida no resultado da pesquisa, que declara que 40,4%, dentre 604 entrevistados, desconfiam dos blogs mantidos por não-jornalistas como uso de fonte de consulta e ainda 13,2% disseram que jamais consultam blogs destes tipos.</p>
<p>Além das opiniões sobre os blogs, a pesquisa apontou que 60% dos entrevistados afirmam manter páginas pessoais e 10,2% têm contas no <a href="http://www.flickr.com.br">Flickr</a>; quase 60% revelam que passaram a escrever para a mídia online, mantendo a atividade jornalística anterior, com o crescimento da internet; 45,3% escrevem matérias para sites de seu interesse; 40,2% produzem artigos para veículos online; 76,2% vêem as fontes digitais como complemento para o trabalho de apuração de informações; 55,1% dos entrevistados iniciou o desenvolvimento de alguma atividade jornalística nos últimos anos; e praticamente todos os profissionais entrevistados declaram que o jornalismo tornou-se mais dinâmico com a expansão da internet.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Nerd's Creative Juices]]></title>
<link>http://bigchase.wordpress.com/?p=742</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigchase</dc:creator>
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Paul Stonier aka The Type Nerd has included a brilliant video on his blog most recently.  It&#8217;]]></description>
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<p>Paul Stonier aka <a href="http://paulstonier.wordpress.com/">The Type Nerd</a> has included a brilliant video on his blog most recently.  It's a YouTube video that plays off the idea of "<a href="http://paulstonier.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/creative-juices-harvest/">creative juices</a>" in quite a literal sense.  Pure hilarity and artistic genius, take a look! Great find Paul.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Harford Police Department's Social Media Experience]]></title>
<link>http://socialmediagovernment.wordpress.com/?p=93</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>matthewbingram</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Nancy Mulroy - Harford Police Department&#8217;s Public Information Officer
 
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><strong>Speaker:</strong> Nancy Mulroy - Harford Police Department's Public Information Officer</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><strong>Topic:</strong> From the past to the present: How to gain social media success</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Nancy is a former attendee of the social media conference and in a very short amount of time after attending she has been able to bring social media to the Harford Police Department. She emphasized the "one step at a time" approach. At first the Dept. brought RSS feeds to the websites and she sold the local press and media on their use vs. conventional listserv technology. It took approximately a week to develop the RSS feed with a few hours from an internal developer.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">As the possible benefits of social media became apparent, police chief Daryl Roberts started a blog to gain trust with the community, work with people and address the need for help solving certain crimes in the area.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Nancy recommended using a three E approach when changing your organization:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Explore</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Engage</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Enlighten</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Nancy's involvement came in part with the Web Governance Committee and gaining buy in. By taking a lead in web governance Nancy was able to apply her new knowledge and guide discussions on development.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><strong>Key Points:</strong></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Use multi-purpose content</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;">Don't reinvent the wheel - add social media (e.g., comment features) to existing sites</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><strong>Resources:</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><a href="http://chiefdarylkroberts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chief Roberts' Blog</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><a href="http://www.hartford.gov/police/default.htm" target="_blank">Harford Police Website</a></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Retenciones en Argentina: La Presidenta Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cedió totalmente ante las Instituciones Democraticas y la Lucha de la mayoría de los Ciudadanos Argentinos]]></title>
<link>http://marcialcandioti.wordpress.com/?p=978</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marcial Candioti</dc:creator>
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Tras la derrota en el Senado, el Gobierno suspendió las retenciones móviles


Lo anunció esta ta]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Tras la derrota en el Senado, el Gobierno suspendió las retenciones móviles</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Lo anunció esta tarde el jefe de Gabinete, Alberto Fernández. Fue por un decreto de la Presidenta, en el que retrotrajo los derechos a las exportaciones al nivel que había en noviembre de 2007. Así, volvieron a ubicarse en un 35% para la soja y 28% para el trigo. En la norma, Cristina volvió a criticar la protesta del campo y a defender su derecho a subir las retenciones.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;">A un día y medio de la derrota en el Senado, y con fuertes críticas a los productores rurales y a los legisladores de la Cámara alta, la Presidenta firmó esta tarde el decreto que da marcha atrás con la resolución 125 y otras normas asociadas, lo que deja atrás el esquema de retenciones móviles que había instalado el 11 de marzo. </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Con la limitación de la vigencia de esa resolución, el Gobierno pone en vigencia las resoluciones 368 y 369 de noviembre del año pasado, que fijaban en un 35 por ciento fijo el pago de los derechos de exportación de soja. En los hechos, Cristina Kirchner retrotrae la situación al día previo al inicio del conflicto. </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El anuncio fue realizado por el ministro de Economía, Carlos Fernández, y por el jefe de Gabinete, Alberto Fernández, aunque sólo tomó la palabra este último y se limitó a la lectura de la norma. </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Los fundamentos del decreto forman casi un resumen de los argumentos y las quejas del Gobierno para ruralistas y legisladores en los últimos días. Justifica que las retenciones móviles fue creada porque "la igualdad de oportunidades es un eje" del Gobierno y en la intención de "procurar mayor equidad en las relaciones económicas y en la distribución del ingreso". </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El decreto insiste con la "repercusión del crecimiento de los precios internacionales de alimentos". Y asegura que esto "aleja la posibilidad de adquirirlos a los sectores populares".</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Luego aparecen las duras críticas a las entidades de productores agropecuarios. La norma, que regirá cuando sea publicada en el Boletín Oficial, expresa que el esquema de las retenciones móviles "fue pretexto para un violento lock out que inició una escalada de cortes de ruta, desabastecimiento, acciones verbales y físicas". </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">También el Congreso se lleva su parte de las quejas oficiales. El decreto diferencia las acciones en Diputados y en el Senado. De la Cámara alta, donde el oficialismo consiguió aprobar la ratificación de las retenciones por siete votos, asegura que se pudo "acordar un proyecto". Pero de los senadores manifiesta que "sólo pudieron lograr un empate", minimizando la decisión del vicepresidente Julio Cobos de votar en contra de la iniciativa oficial y evitar su sanción. </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">El Gobierno se lamenta en el decreto –a pesar de que el propio Néstor Kirchner fue uno de los más activos en ese sentido- que el Congreso haya sido objeto de "presiones" durante el tratamiento del proyecto oficial y que el debate se haya dado "en un marco de agresiones". </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Esos argumentos forman el núcleo central del prólogo para la limitación de la vigencia de la resolución 125 y de las que la ajustaron con, por ejemplo, sistemas de compensaciones. Y se pone en vigencia los aranceles de noviembre de 2007, con el 35 por ciento fijo para la soja, el 28% para el trigo, el 10% para el girasol y el 25% para el maíz. </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><br />
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</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Así, queda atrás el esquema de retenciones móviles que desencadenó el virulento conflicto que desde hace más de cuatro meses convulsiona al país, y que incluyó masivos actos y contractos, carpas en el Congreso, una fractura de hecho en el oficialismo, paros agrarios y numerosos cortes de ruta. Ahora se abre el interrogante acerca de qué tipo de consenso se podrá construir, tras semejante desgaste, para una nueva resolución.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Fuente:</span></strong> <a href="http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/07/18/um/m-01717782.htm" target="_self">http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/07/18/um/m-01717782.htm </a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Nota del Blog:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;"> El Ex Presidente Néstor Kirchner cuando comenzó el conflicto con el sector agropecuario manifesto que:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">´´Los quiero ver de rodillas¨</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Poco a poco el Gobierno de su esposa, la Presidenta Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, fué cediendo hasta el día de la fecha, en que finalmente tuvo que resignar su postura totalmente.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">La Resolución 125, ya no es inamovible, como se expresó infinidad de veces por el Gobierno.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">La Resolución 125    , ya no existe, ha sido derogada por el Decreto 1176 del Poder Ejecutivo.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Le pregunto al Ex Presidente  Néstor Kirchner:</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">¿ Quien quedó de rodillas ahora? y ¿quien a sido el responsable del desgaste absurdo de la Presidenta Argentina?</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Mi  interpretación es: Usted Sr. Ex Presidente Néstor Kirchner, haga un paso al costado. Es latimosa y avergonzante su figura, queriendo opacar y perjudicar como lo a hecho a la Sra. Presidenta.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Usted es un Ex Presidente, si quiere volver vuelva, vaya a elecciones, o que lo designen en este Gobierno, pero no desgaste más a la Presidenta de los Argentinos. </span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Tomese un baño de Humildad y de no Soberbia, no confrontación, no ideología, no vivir en el pasado, no sembrar la DIVISION entre ARGENTINOS, y deje a Gobernar a la Sra. Presidenta.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Vistos los resultados obtenidos es lo mejor que puede hacer.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Cordialmente</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000080;">Marcial Candioti </span></strong></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you realize how hard it is to keep my cool when I just want to scream!!!AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!I thought ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you realize how hard it is to keep my cool when I just want to scream!!!AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!I thought I was doing good with the whole 16 thing but wow I'm kinda losing it right now!!! She's keeping things from me again. She's over here making comments about like ugh you biotch and stuff like that. So of course I ask what she's talking about and she says NOTHING it's nothing. Well I get on her account and see what she's talking about. She messaged the guy I hate about she needs his number because she lost it or whatever and she says it's nothing blah blah blah. I was like wow you're supposed to tell me everything and blah blah blah. Well then she finally says ugh he messaged me and I messaged back but he didn't reply to the question I had. I know that SHE messaged HIM so why lie about it. I told her I'm fine with all this stuff. I just don't want her lying to me and everything would be fine. Then the "first love" guy added realize on his profile and she got pissed for SOME reason because supposedly it's her song and he knows that and just wow. She didn't want to tell me that part either!! So yeah that's all just wanted to vent a little bye!</p>
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