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Providing virtual financial education for families and educators
As families and educators are adjusting to school closures and using virtual education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many are turning to Hands on Banking®, Wells Fargo's free, noncommercial online learning program.
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Like many parents, Brenda Wilson of Tuckasegee, North Carolina, is adapting to a new way of life. As the mother of 9-year-old twins Aiden and Addison, Wilson, who works full time for the State of North Carolina, has needed to take two days off a week to help her children with their schoolwork now that their education is being provided virtually. Wilson recently learned about Hands on Banking, Wells Fargo's free, noncommercial online learning program, and said it helps in times like this.
"It's very convenient that these resources and lessons are online," Wilson said. "You don't have to go anywhere and can do it on your kids' schedule. For a working parent, that's convenient. We can do it at eight o'clock at night if we want."
As families and educators are adjusting to school closures and using virtual education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many are turning to Hands on Banking for Youth, a free digital learning center for elementary, middle, and high school students to explore and practice money skills. Families and educators can access the interactive website, which does not include any endorsements or advertising, from any type of device, in both English and Spanish. Families can explore resources to learn together and start important money conversations helping to build positive financial habits. Educators looking for distance-learning activities can access resources and toolkits that align with educational standards for English language arts and mathematics for kindergarten through 12th grade.
With schools closed due to COVID-19, Brenda Wilson found new resources to teach her kids, Addison and Aiden, at their home in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. (2:23)
Brenda Wilson, Tuckasegee, N.C.:
We moved to North Carolina about three years ago. We were looking for a slower pace of life.
(come on)
Wilson:
So we bought a ten-acre piece of property that includes a farm. We have fraternal twins. They are nine-years-old. Addison, and her paternal brother is Aiden Wilson. Each of the kids have their own chores that they are responsible for. The more work they do the more money they get, and I didn't want that just laying around the room.
(child's laughter)
One of my goals was to have the kids start their own savings account and kind of understand some of that.
We have been very lucky throughout the COVID pandemic. My husband and I still work. I continue working full-time as well as now becoming essentially an educator. And so I called in to make an appointment with the branch, and they happily made the appointment. Our local branch went all out for my kids.
Lena Wolfe, Wells Fargo Community Banking:
I quickly realized that she was utilizing this as a learning lesson for her children, and I knew that this would be a great opportunity for us to introduce our Hands on Banking program.
She printed off the hard copies for us, but on there it had the website of where we could go to get the free resources.
Wolfe:
I thought that that's going to give the mother some peace of mind and also give her some additional activities that she could do with her children while she was at home.
(I think it would be a need.)
The Hands on Banking allows my kids to be exactly what it says, hands on.
(Sofa. Sofa is a want.)
It gives them real scenarios to be able to think through. There was one lesson where we were talking about the difference between wants and needs.
(Food is a need.)
You know we all want better for our children. They are in charge of creating the life that they want. Introducing that to a nine-year-old I think is going to lead to better decisions in the future.
"Parents are currently in a unique position where they're educating their kids and want to know what tools exist, and teachers are looking for virtual resources for their students and parents," said Darlene Goins, head of Financial Health Philanthropy for Wells Fargo. "As everyone is adjusting to a 'new norm,' we think it's great time for parents to talk to their kids about money — and for educators and students to use these resources. What's unique about the toolkit is we have two activities per lesson and multiple lessons per age group, so there's a lot of interactivity."
Under the three sections — students, educators, and families — resources are then organized by age group. For example, for fourth and fifth graders, there are videos, interactive exercises, and worksheets prompting parents to talk with their kids about their first job and how to give back, and for high school students, there are lessons on topics like insurance and budgeting.
Wilson's children help with chores on the family farm to earn money, and when they had earned $50, they were ready to spend it. Wilson told them another option would be to open a savings account and use the money saved to have some extra spending money for a family vacation to Hawaii.
"The biggest thing I want them to learn about is savings, especially in a pandemic," Wilson said. "I'm trying to set them up so they're never living paycheck to paycheck, so savings is my focus — and letting them make choices. All of us have made terrible financial choices by buying things you want and don't necessarily need. I would rather them learn about that at 9 with small purchases."
Addison Wilson visits Wells Fargo's Sylva, North Carolina, branch and meets teller Carol Rollins.
Photo: Lena Wolfe
At a recent trip to a local branch in Sylva, North Carolina, with their mother, Aiden and Addison decided to open savings accounts. While there, teller Leesha Rollar showed the children how to write a deposit slip and use a check register, and Branch Manager Lena Wolfe printed out Hands on Banking lessons for their age group about budgeting and savings, as well as certificates for when they complete the lessons. She also showed them how to find the resources online.
"As I met with them, a light bulb went off, and I thought, 'This would be a great time for Hands on Banking,'" said Wolfe, who has presented the money management curriculum in the past at local schools and churches. "COVID-19 has impacted so many people, and savings is a huge deal. Given the times we're in, I was thinking about how impactful it would be to be introduced to this at a young age. These are life skills everyone needs to know, and I am convinced financial success starts at a young age. It's our job to provide them with these resources."
Teller Carol Rollins helps Aiden Wilson as he visits Wells Fargo's Sylva, North Carolina, branch.
The Wilson family has already used Hands on Banking during their math lessons. "We're trying to get them to understand the value of currency, and we are teaching them about what essentially debit and credit are," Wilson said. "We teach them, 'If you buy this, how much is left in your bank account?' The fact that this is online interests my kids even more, and it's not just a math lesson. It's computer-based learning, and it helps them with their reading."
Teachers across North Carolina and the country are also accessing the Hands on Banking resources. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Business Committee for Education, which works closely with the state's Department of Public Instruction, was developing a website, The Navigator, to bring together members of the business, education, and workforce development communities for opportunities like guest speakers and apprenticeships. When schools began to close in March 2020, the nonprofit expedited its efforts. One of the resources the nonprofit is now providing for educators across North Carolina is Hands on Banking.
"We're going to have a lot of changes as a result of this pandemic that will be with us forever." — Caroline Sullivan, executive director of North Carolina Business Committee for Education
"One of the things I like about Hands on Banking is that it's separated by elementary school, middle school, and high school resources," said Morgan Crawford, a former educator who now works for the nonprofit. "It's laid out well, and it relates to our educational standards. Teachers love when they can easily align resources to the standards because they have to do that anyway."
The North Carolina Business Committee for Education reached out to 300 teachers in early April, and within days had heard back from about a third of them who said they were looking for ways to engage virtually with their students, said Caroline Sullivan, executive director of the nonprofit. Since then, the group has been trying to have as many resources as possible, and Sullivan said it appreciates having Hands on Banking.
"We're going to have a lot of changes as a result of this pandemic that will be with us forever," Sullivan said. "Educators are having to figure out how to use these resources, and it's a good opportunity for companies like Wells Fargo to connect with them."
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Laksa is easily one of the greatest dishes ever made; the combo of spicy, hot, and sweet is an all-out assault on the senses, and the perfect dish for chowing down come rain, hail, or shine!
So let's roll up those sleeves and get right to it; here's how to make a killer Laksa to wow your pals.
N.B—For this recipe we're using PappaRich's home made Laksa seasoning. You can buy authentic Laksa paste from all good Asian grocer stockists (I mean, who has the time to make their own?).
3. Cook for 5 mins until the paste is fragrant and the leaves have wilted. Set aside.
7. Pour in your curry mixture and give it a good stir!
8. Add in a pandan leaf, coconut milk and coconut cream, and stir some more.
9. Now for the best bit; plating up!
10. Put tofu pillows, bamboo shoots and chopped chilli in a bowl, then spoon over your laksa soup mix.
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Trayvon Was Black. It Matters.
Posted on July 17, 2013 by Geragos & Geragos
by Mark Geragos
It's one simple word: race. Prosecutors, used to demonizing young black males as violent predators of the night, weren't ready to fight for Trayvon Martin. By Michael Jackson's defense lawyer, Mark Geragos.
Did the George Zimmerman trial involve racist attitudes? Of course it did. Did the predominantly white jury reach the right verdict? Of course it did. Is the criminal justice system a racist institution? Of course it is. Do young black males disproportionately suffer the brunt of this criminal justice system? Of course they do. Did the media and politicians inflame the situation for their own purposes? Of course they did. Is this a conundrum easily resolved or reconciled? Of course it's not.
Let's start with whether this trial involved racist attitudes. That's easy. There has already been a judicial determination that the prosecution was racist. Judge Nelson made a finding that the prosecution was exercising peremptory challenges in a race-based fashion. The race and cognizable class they were targeting? White women. After finding that the Florida prosecutors were targeting white women, her Honor used her discretion, based on a U.S Supreme Court precedent called Batson, to reseat two of the white women that the prosecutors kicked off the panel. Those two women later became jurors who voted to find George Zimmerman not guilty.
Faced with the prospect of trying this case to the only demographic that mattered—six women, five of whom were white—the prosecutors instead decided to play for the cameras. True homicide prosecutors will admit in private (and some brave souls will admit to the public) that the prosecutors in the Zimmerman case were appalling. Their histrionics were more appropriate for a bad episode of Law & Order. Even though the Zimmerman prosecutors had the advantage of pretrial depositions of witnesses, something absent in criminal cases in most jurisdictions other than Florida, they acted unaware of what witnesses were going to testify to on the stand. They put on witnesses who destroyed any chance of a conviction and sat idly by without obvious objection as the defense co-opted witness after witness.
The media, instead of wondering what case the prosecution was trying, fixated on complete nonsense like the defense lawyer's lame knock-knock joke in his opening statement.
The defense flawlessly made the prosecution witnesses their very own character witnesses for Zimmerman. The media, instead of wondering what case the prosecution was trying, fixated on complete nonsense like the defense lawyer's lame knock-knock joke in his opening statement. Most breathlessly speculated that the defense would never recover. Supposed legal pundits, who themselves have never prosecuted or defended a homicide case in their career, daily gave high marks to the prosecution for their made-for-TV theatrics. As long as there is an Esquire after the name, they could opine in front of a camera about how great the prosecution was doing.
It's like going to a dermatologist for a second opinion when you are told you have a brain tumor. And what does the public know? Then, lo and behold, the jury comes back with a not-guilty verdict, which was the only correct verdict based on the evidence that was presented.
These prosecutors were scared from the beginning. They were scared to put the case in front of a grand jury. They were scared to turn over evidence to the defense. Zimmerman's lawyer filed not one but six separate motions seeking sanctions against the prosecution for playing hide the ball. The judge even set a hearing post-trial on sanctions against the prosecution, which the media treated as just a normal part of the process. Instead of questioning why the prosecutors were repeatedly hiding evidence, the media just continued their cheerleading for the prosecution. The prosecutors were even afraid to put Trayvon Martin's father on the witness stand. They left that chore for the defense.
The collective response from the hallelujah chorus of legal dermatologists? The defense had made a huge mistake calling Tracy Martin to the stand, instead of chastising the prosecution for playing hide the ball once again. In their penultimate act of fear, prosecutors sought a lesser charge than murder, basically running away from their case in its entirety and abandoning George Zimmerman as harboring ill will and malice. Instead, they jettisoned their malicious racist theory in favor of one that argued Zimmerman was grossly negligent. And in their final act of cowardice, the state attorney, Angela Corey, waited until the jury was out deliberating to fire her IT employee whistleblower who revealed her office's prosecutorial shenanigans.
So why this inversion of the normal criminal roles of the prosecution and defense? It lies in one simple word. Race. Prosecutors are not used to calling the Trayvon Martins of the world, or any other black youth, a "child," or characterizing their comings and goings to the store as innocently buying Skittles and watermelon tea. They are used to demonizing young black males as violent predators of the night. Historically, prosecutors in Florida thought nothing of seeking the death penalty for 15- and 16-year-old black "children" when they were prosecuting them. It took the U.S. Supreme Court to slow that process down, so that the 17-year-old "children" had to become 18 year-old "adults" before they could be sent to "Old Sparky," the Florida death chamber.
Is it any surprise that years of this prosecutorial conditioning now leaves the prosecutors sounding almost schizophrenic and plastic when they describe a 17-year-old black male as a "child"? Go into any criminal courtroom in America in any metropolitan city and see the customers the prosecution is serving up. They are predominately "children" of color. Politicians and prosecutors use race as a strategy as part of their everyday currency. Is it any surprise that the public follows along? Think Willie Horton. Think President Obama talking about Trayvon looking like his son, if he had a son. Think George Zimmerman seeing a young black male with a hoodie who must be a punk who gets away with it. Think five or six white women who must have been wondering to themselves who was the prosecution and who was the defense.
Mark Geragos, head of Geragos & Geragos, is one of the most recognized criminal defense attorneys in America, whose high-profile clients have included Michael Jackson, Susan McDougal, Scott Peterson, Chris Brown, Winona Ryder, Gary Condit, and Mike Tyson. He has served as a regular legal analyst on CNN, Fox, and is the author of Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works … and Sometimes Doesn't (2103) with Pat Harris.
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Coffee is My BFF- I own this travel mug. I loved coffee before kids, but after kids it is neccesary to keep them alive.
Cocktail ring– A more luxe gift but as a Mom of 2, I have been in labor a total of 60 hours and Colette's birth separated my pubic bone (an agonizing pain & recovery). A ring does not seem like much.
Copper water can– maybe since it is pretty, I will water the plants more?
Concrete & Copper vase– So beautiful.
Copper hanging planter– this is so cute!!
Blush Pink tote bag– Because Moms have to carry tons of crap everywhere.
Candle– Prosecco rose- because that sounds like it smells delicious and the container is beautiful.
Rose spray– I live for this stuff, another item I own. A spray of this refreshes you instantly.


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Made in Space, NanoRacks Team for CubeSat Development & Deployment
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, August 11, 2015 (Made in Space/NanoRacks PR) — Made In Space, the space manufacturing company, and NanoRacks, the premier provider of commercial low-Earth orbit services, are partnering to provide a transformative new service for CubeSat developers: the Stash & Deploy satellite deployment service.
The Stash & Deploy service will leverage NanoRacks' heritage in CubeSat deployment and Made In Space's in-space additive manufacturing capabilities to deliver on-demand satellite manufacturing, assembly, and deployment to the space environment. A variety of standard and customer-specific satellite components will be cached aboard a satellite deployment platform, such as the International Space Station. These components are "stashed" for rapid manufacture of CubeSats. Made In Space's Additive Manufacturing Facility will be used to create custom structure, optimized for both the space environment and customer need.
"This is a fundamental shift for satellite production," says Andrew Rush, president of Made In Space. "In the near future, we envision that satellites will be manufactured quickly and to the customer's exact needs, without being overbuilt to survive launch or have to wait for the next launch."
As envisioned, customers will easily and quickly design their satellite or request a satellite be designed based on their requirements. Once designed, the optimized structure is created on orbit and the necessary components are integrated. The satellite will then be deployed into low Earth orbit. The entire assembly and deployment process will occur in a fraction of the time necessary to build, manifest, launch and deploy satellites from the ground, For the first time, incredibly valuable responsiveness will be available to satellite operators. "Stash and deploy opens a new chapter in space utilization," believes Jeffrey Manber, CEO of NanoRacks. "Looking out a few years this option may be more desirable than launch and deploy."
The Stash & Deploy service makes on-orbit assembly and deployment of small satellites a powerful option for operators looking to push the envelope of modern space development and deploy hardware faster than traditional CubeSat deployment. "Made In Space was founded with the belief that one day entire spacecraft will be manufactured in space. With Stash & Deloy, NanoRacks and Made In Space make the first step towards this goal," says Made In Space's CTO and Co-Founder, Jason Dunn.
The first steps of the Stash & Deploy service will be available Q1 2016. To explore further the Stash & Deploy service, contact rpournelle@nanoracks.com and business@madeinspace.us
About Made In Space
Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) was founded in 2010 as the world's first space manufacturing company. MIS was contracted by NASA to design, build, and operate the 3D Printing In Zero-G Experiment (3D Print) on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. 3D Print became the first machine to manufacture off-Earth. Controlled from a mission operations center at MIS HQ in the NASA Ames Research Park, the device allows for hardware to be digitally sent to space and printed out. By the end of 2015 the company will launch a new 3D printer, the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF), to provide hardware manufacturing services to both NASA and the U.S. National Laboratory onboard the ISS. As the first commercially available manufacturing service in space, the AMF will put the capability of off-world manufacturing in the hands of space developers everywhere.
About NanoRacks
NanoRacks LLC was formed in 2009 to provide commercial hardware and services for the U.S. National Laboratory onboard the International Space Station via a Space Act Agreement with NASA. NanoRacks' main office is in Houston, Texas, right alongside the NASA Johnson Space Center. The Business Development office is in Washington, DC., and NanoRacks' now has a new office in Silicon Valley, California. The Company has grown into the Operating System for Space Utilization by having the tools, the hardware and the services to allow other companies, organizations and governments to realize their own space plans.
To date over 200 payloads have been deployed by the Company on the International Space Station and our customer base includes the European Space Agency (ESA) the German Space Agency (DLR,) the American space agency (NASA,) US Government Agencies, Planet Labs, Urthecast, Space Florida, NCESSE, Virgin Galactic, pharmaceutical drug companies, and organizations in Vietnam, UK, Romania and Israel. Our customer base has propelled NanoRacks into a leadership position in understanding the emerging commercial market for low-earth orbit utilization.
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"The World's Wonder Oil Pool" attracted investors, drillers, and Hollywood.
A 1918 oil discovery on a small farm along the Red River in Texas launched a drilling boom that would bring prosperity — and inspire a Hollywood movie starring Clark Gable, who was a teenager working in nearby Oklahoma oilfields.
On July 29, 1918, a wildcat well drilled by the Fowler Farm Oil Company revealed an oilfield beneath the small cotton-farming town of Burkburnett in North Texas. The subsequent exploration and production frenzy arrived two decades before "Boom Town," the popular 1940 MGM movie it inspired.
A detail from a circa 1919 "General view, Burkburnett oilfield" panoramic gelatin silver print (9 inches x 95 inches) courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The Fowler No. 1 well was completed at the northeastern edge of Burkburnett, which had been founded in 1907. The town (once called Nesterville) had been renamed by President Theodore Roosevelt, who had hunted wolf along the Red River with prominent local rancher Burk Burnett.
Burkburnett was a sleepy farm town quickly transformed into a small city by the North Texas oil boom, according to the Burkburnett Historical Society.
Although Wichita County had been producing oil since 1912 (thanks to a shallow water well discovery west of town), Fowler's decision to drill a well on his farm – an attempt called "Fowler's Folly" by some – brought hundreds of petroleum companies to Wichita County.
A collection of 1930s oilfield photography by Farm Security Administration photographers can be found at Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Fifty-six drilling rigs were at work just three weeks after the original oil strike at a depth of 1,734 feet. By January 1919, the Burkburnett population had swelled to 8,000 people – and a line of derricks two-miles long greeted new arrivals.
Detail from Library of Congress circa 1919 photo by Almeron Newman Photographic Company: "Burkburnett, Texas, the world's wonder oil pool, showing eight months phenomenal development, viewed from the northwest side, opposite Fowler farm."
The Burkburnett oilfield joined earlier discoveries in nearby Electra (1911) and Ranger (1917) that helped make North Texas a worldwide leader in petroleum production (learn more in Pump Jack Capital of Texas).
The popular 1940 movie resulted from a Cosmopolitan magazine article, "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett," which was based on the 1918 oilfield discovery.
By the end of 1918, Burkburnett oil wells were producing 7,500 barrels per day. By June 1919, there were more than 850 producing wells in "the world's wonder oilfield."
Nineteen local refineries were soon processing the crude oil. The town's unpaved streets were lined with newly formed stock offices, brokerage houses, and autos stuck in the mud.
Twenty trains ran daily between Burkburnett and nearby Wichita Falls. Yet another highly productive Wichita County oilfield was then discovered, bringing more prosperity for North Texas. But eventually, the oil boom died out. Affected by the Great Depression, Burkburnett's population declined during the 1930s. By 1939, the town had a population of less than 3,500. At the same time, the movie "Boom Town" was adapted from a Cosmopolitan magazine article, "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett."
The 1940 MGM feature starred Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr and Claudette Colbert. It was nominated for two Academy Awards. At the time of the 1918 Burkburnett discovery well, Clark Gable was a 17-year-old roustabout working with his father William Gable, a service contractor, in an oilfield outside Bigheart, Oklahoma.
In 1922, Gable would collect an inheritance from his grandfather and leave working in the Oklahoma oil patch for good. His father was reported to have said, "I told the stubborn mule if he left me this time, he need never come back."
Today, Burkburnett's population exceeds 10,000, thanks to agriculture, continued production from its historic oilfield – and the 1941 establishment of nearby Sheppard Air Force Base.
Among Burkburnett's tourist attractions are the Bluebonnet Festival in April – and the Felty Outdoor Oil Museum.
F.T. Felty Jr. in 2005 maintained antique "spudders" and other machinery from the North Texas oil boom first collected by his father for the family's Felty Outdoor Oil Museum of Burkburnett, Texas. Photo by Bruce Wells.
Wichita Falls Skyscraper Shaft
A footnote of the North Texas oil boom is the "World's Littlest Skyscraper" in Wichita Falls. Just 40 feet tall with 118 square feet per floor, it has survived since 1919.
"World's Littlest Skyscraper."
The building is a monument of the boom town era – and a Philadelphia con man who convinced oilmen (who were desperate for office space) to approve fraudulent blueprints. J. D. McMahon disappeared after collecting $200,000 and completing his promised "skyscraper." The fine print his investors overlooked noted a scale in inches – not feet.
"Apparently too busy to keep an eye on construction, investors ultimately found themselves owners of a building that looked more like an elevator shaft than high-rise office space," notes Carlton Stowers, author of "Legend of the World's Littlest Skyscraper."
"The completed building's outside dimensions were a closet-sized 11 feet by 19 feet. Stairwells that led to the upstairs floors occupied 25 percent of the interior," Stower says. "Dallas and Houston may have sparkling skyscrapers so tall that they require oxygen in the penthouses, but has Ripley's Believe It or Not ever paid them attention?"
The brick building has become a Wichita Falls landmark. Today it attracts oil-patch knowledgeable tourists. The city also is headquarters for the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
High-resolution panoramic photographs of the historic oilfield can be found at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division's Burkburnett, Texas, "the world's wonder oil pool, showing 8 months phenomenal development."
The American Oil & Gas Historical Society preserves U.S. petroleum history. Become an AOGHS supporting member and help maintain this energy education website and expand historical research. For more information, contact bawells@aoghs.org. © 2020 Bruce A. Wells.
Citation Information – Article Title: "Boom Town Burkburnett." Author: Aoghs.org Editors. Website Name: American Oil & Gas Historical Society. URL: https://aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/burkburnett-oil. Last Updated: July 26, 2020. Original Published Date: April 29, 2015.
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IWF -Common Core No More?
Based on recent headlines it appears that the ranks of those who think the feds are capable of schooling American children are dwindling.
As part of the 2009 stimulus package, the Obama administration and special interest groups began pushing for nationalized Common Core standards. Obama's Secretary of Education Arne Duncan basically made the states an offer he knew they wouldn't refuse: if you ever want to see your part of the $4.4 billion in Race to the Top funding (paid for by state citizens via taxes), then adopt "voluntary" nationalized Common Core standards.
Years later state and other officials have gotten around to reading the fine print, and lo and behold! Common Core nationalized standards aren't so voluntary, rigorous, or inexpensive after all.
Previous Common Core implementation cost estimates peaked at a measly three times more than the entire Race to the Top pot at around $12 billion. Now it appears states will have to spend close to $4 implementing nationalized standards for every $1 dollar they took as part of this federal Faustian deal, now projected to cost $16.7 billion.
By last year, most states had adopted the standards, known as Common Core, and it seemed a foregone conclusion that the United States would join countries like France in having a uniform curriculum. But what a difference a year makes. Today, a full-blown epidemic of buyer's remorse has taken hold. Popular resistance is rampant and bills to pull out of Common Core are making their way through multiple state legislatures. … In just the past few weeks, Indiana lawmakers agreed to pause implementation of Common Core. Ditto in Pennsylvania. Michigan's House of Representatives voted to defund the effort. And the national standards are under fire in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah.
Folks like former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod are fond of disparaging Common Core criticisms as highly partisan and "idiotic." In reality there is growing bi-partisan consensus that nationalizing academic standards is a bad idea.
Which leaves one last question: Would the last state to leave Common Core please lock up?


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A few weeks ago the Cohens finally wandered to the National Gallery to see the Pompeii exhibit.
A reconstruction of villa life in the resorts frequented by wealthy Romans, Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples is quite a treat: a mixture of artifacts and reconstructions, with plenty of space to wander and just enough signage to inform the masses while keeping them moving. Bacchanals and hermaphrodites aplenty please the adults, while cutesy items are there for the kids (e.g. the famous cave canem mosaic "doormat" had been recreated, and you had to step over it to enter a reconstructed villa).
I enjoyed the multiple histories evoked by the exhibit, the last third or so of which focuses on the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum during the 18th century. Just when the value of a classical education was at a high point, classical Greece and Rome (the societies upon which contemporary Europe considered itself built) began sending messages up from deep below that foundation, up from the depths of the distant past, validating and feeding the Graeco-romanaphilia of a latter day. The excavation of Pompeii was so spectacular that the site quickly became a required stop on the Grand Tour. Here, after all, was a little slice of the classical past, seemingly unmediated by intervening centuries, a direct experience of temps perdu (though in actuality as much a reconstruction as the Pompeii exhibit at the National Gallery: still, the objects of everyday life were there to be glimpsed as if time istelf had preserved them tenderly).
My family will be in Rome for a week this summer, so expect a blog post on Pompeii itself as a tourist destination. To get ready for the experience, I have been reading the National Gallery exhibit catalogue (which is excellent) and The Last Days of Pompeii by Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, which is not so great (too! many! exclamation points!! and way too melodramtic) ... but which stoked an obsession with secrets proffered by the earth that resonates very well with my current research project.
I went to Pompeii with a dreamy history obsessed friend just after we'd both finished our MA in medieval studies. It was great. I also fell completely in love with Romanesque churches. And sunshine. And sparkly oceans. You'll have a brilliant time. Ah... the south of Europe is just the best.
I need to get to that exhibit. I've seen exhibits on Pompeii before, but I'm sure they're all different, right?
And I'll be looking forward to your blog from Pompeii ... and from Rome too, right? You have to blog from Rome. My brother and I were there for a few days in the Summer of '06. Unfortunately, what I remember most is that we had horrid weather. It was overcast and rainy almost the entire time. And one day it hailed! In June! Despite all that, though, I fell in love with the place. I remember being on a tour of the Roman Forum and the tour guide told us that the stone paths underneath us were from the 1st century B.C. Everyone nodded and moved on and I stood there, staring at the ground, thinking "Cicero walked on these stones!"


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Illegal waste carriers risk fines after new rules came into force which allow the Environment Agency to levy a £300 penalty on any business without the correct documentation.
Since Monday (April 2) waste carriers or brokers must prove they are registered with the Environment Agency within seven days of a request. If they fail to do so, a fixed penalty notice (FPN) can be issued.
Environment Agency head of waste Liz Parkes said: Use of FPNs will encourage businesses to comply with the law, particularly in the areas of hazardous waste and waste transportation. FPNs will also help in our fight against illegal waste activity, allowing us to target our enforcement resources on tackling more serious environmental crimes.
By law, companies in England and Wales must be registered with the Environment Agency if they transport waste. Local authorities already have powers to issue FPNs.
Parkes added: We want to encourage businesses to comply with the law and stamp out illegal operations so that the only ones left are those that care about the environment.


On the photo you see the front and back side of my little woven patch.
Auf dem Foto sieht man die Vorder- und Rückseite meines kleinen Werkstücks.
On the photo you see me threading the loom in one direction.
Auf dem Foto sieht man, wie ich den Webrahmen in der einen Richtung bespanne.
Then I thread my cardboard loom in the other direction.
Dann bespanne ich meinen Papp-Webrahmen in der anderen Richtung.
That's the way my cardboard loom looks at the back side.
So sieht mein Papp-Webrahmen auf der Rückseite aus.
Now I'm weaving in one direction.
Jetzt webe ich in der einen Richtung.
And here I'm weaving in the other direction.
Und hier webe ich in der anderen Richtung.
After having finished with weaving I crochet an edging to neaten the edge.
Nachdem ich fertig gewoben hatte, habe ich eine Umrandung dran gehäkelt, um den Rand zu veräubern.
The first photo shows back and front side of the finished little piece.
Das erste Foto zeigt Vorder- und Rückseite meines fertigen kleinen Stücks.
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I continued to play around with the Crazy Daisies. It is so much fun and I'm working on a Crazy Daisy Scarf. On the photo you see my scarf.
Ich habe noch weiter mit den Wickelblumen herum gespielt. Es macht so viel Spass und ich arbeite an einem Wickelblumen-Schal. Auf dem Foto sieht man meinen Schal.
One thing I found out is that I love the little flowers much more without any edging. Therefore I'm joining them while working.
I'm measuring the yarn and wind the daisy. In doing so I'm pulling the thread immediately through the loops of the previous daisies using a blunt tapestry needle.
It takes a little longer, but this way I don't have to assemble later and avoid the problem of hiding the ends.
Eine Sache, die ich festgestellt habe, ist, dass ich die kleinen Blumen ohne Umrandung viel schöner finde. Darum verbinde ich sie, während ich daran arbeite.
Ich messe das Garn aus und wickele meine Blume. Dabei ziehe ich den Faden direkt durch die Schlaufen der vorigen Blumen, indem ich eine stumpfe Stopfnadel verwende.
Es dauert etwas länger, aber ich brauche nicht hinterher alle zusammen zu fügen und vermeide das Problem, die Enden verstecken zu müssen.
The other thing I played around with is another cardboard loom. In my first Crazy Daisy entry I used a cardboard version of the ice-cream-lid-loom.
Later I found other daisy looms and created my cardboard version of it. It works very well.
Die andere Sache, mit der ich herum gespielt habe, ist ein anderer Pappwebrahmen. In meinem ersten Wickelblumen-Beitrag habe ich eine Pappversion des Eiskremdeckel-Webrahmens verwendet.
Später fand ich einen anderen Wickelblumen-Webrahmen und gestaltete meine Pappversion davon. Es funktioniert prächtig.
My cardboard loom consists of 2 cardboard disks. I taped them together and put 12 pins between both disks. I can then wind a daisy and when finished I pull the pins out. For the next daisy I put the pins back in my cardboard loom.
Note: I found out, that the disks must be very tightly taped, otherwise the pins fall out.
I always use the same pin holes and this way the tape won't be damaged. I used my well taped cardboard loom over and over and don't have any problems with the pins.
This way I can make my loom on the spur of the moment in the shape and size I need at the moment. I also tried a square one and the square daisies looked also nice.
Mein Pappwebrahmen besteht aus 2 Pappscheiben. Ich habe sie mit Klebeband zusammen geklebt und 12 Stecknadeln zwischen die beiden Scheiben gesteckt. Ich kann dann meine Blume wickeln und wenn ich fertig bin, ziehe ich die Stecknadeln 'raus. Für die nächste Blume stecke ich die Nadeln wieder in meinen Papp-Webrahmen.
Hinweis: Ich habe heraus gefunden, dass die beiden Scheiben sehr fest miteinander verbunden werden müssen, sonst fallen die Stecknadeln heraus.
Ich verwende immer dieselben Nadellöcher, auf diese Weise wird das Klebeband nicht beschädigt. Ich habe meinen gut geklebten Webrahmen wieder und wieder verwendet und habe keine Probleme mit den Stecknadeln.
Auf diese Weise kann ich mir meinen Webrahmen spontan herstellen, und zwar in der Form und Größe, die ich gerade benötige. Ich habe auch einen quadratischen Webrahmen probiert und die Blumen sahen auch nett aus.
We're drinking much apple juice and milk – and they come in tetrapaks. We must have 'produced' tons of it!
Therefore I love the idea of recycling at least on of them into an coin purse.
Wir trinken viel Apfelsaft und Milch – und die kommen in Tetrapaks. Wir müssen im Laufe der Zeit Tonnen 'produziert' haben!
Darum finde ich die Idee toll, mindestens eines davon als Portemonnaie zu recyceln.
I found an ingenious way to make my own Airbrush tool.
I haven't tried it yet, but I think of using it with the cut-out letters from my letter stencils.
Ich habe einen genialen Weg gefunden, meinen eigenen Airbush zu machen.
Ich habe es noch nicht ausprobiert, aber ich möchte es mit den ausgeschnittenen Buchstaben meiner Buchstaben-Schablonen verwenden.
As I saw this tutorial on how to make vellum spirals I was amazed: such beautiful paper spirals and so easy to make!
On the photo you see my spiral with changing directions.
It looks so frail against the light.
The tutorial is in German, but there are explaining pictures (you must look at the PDF file!).
Take a piece of vellum paper (I used some sandwich paper).
Cut a triangle from the vellum paper.
Cut a narrow, right-angled triangle from cardboard (best look at the explaining pictures).
Lay the cardboard triangle on the vellum paper triangle as described by the explaining pictures and fold the paper along the cardboard triangle. Then turn the vellum paper triangle and fold the paper again.
Continue as long as you like/as possible.
divide in halves every second fold after having finished etc.
I intend to use those spirals in the future on cards, tags, in altered books and so forth.
I'd love to know about your experiments with folded spirals.
Als ich diese Anleitung für Pergamentpapier Spiralen sah, war ich begeistert: so wunderschöne Papierspiralen und so einfach zu machen!
Auf dem Foto sieht man meine Spirale mit wechselnden Richtungen.
Sie sieht so zart aus gegen das Licht.
Die Anleitung ist auf deutsch mit erläuternden Bildern (Ihr müsst die PDF-Datei ansehen!).
Ich habe vor, diese Spiralen in Zukunft auf Karten, Tags, in Altered Books usw. zu verwenden.
Ich würde mich freuen, von Euren Experimenten mit gefalteten Spiralen zu hören.
But then an idea stroke: How easy to make this from plaster!
Aber dann hatte ich eine Idee: Wie einfach, das Ganze aus Gips zu gießen!
img 1: Take a toilet paper tube and cut in rings about 4-5 cm height (appr. 1.5 – 2 inches). I did this with the sharp knife on the photo.
Bild 1: Eine Toilettenpapier- rolle in 4-5 cm hohe Ringe schneiden. Ich habe das mit dem scharfen Messer auf dem Foto gemacht.
img 2: Wrap foil around, but let one side open. Fix the foil with elastic.
Bild 2: Folie drumwickeln, aber eine Seite offen lassen. Die Folie mit Gummi befestigen.
img 3: Fill the forms with plaster to a height of about 2,5 cm (about 1 inch). When full, insert a previously cut piece of cardboard as separator.
Bild 3: Die Formen mit Gips bis zu einer Höhe von etwa 2,5 cm füllen. Wenn sie voll sind, ein vorher zurechtgeschnittenes Stück Pappe als Trenner reinstecken.
Let harden (about an hour).
Aushärten lassen (ungefähr eine Stunde).
img 4: When the plaster went hard, but everything is still wet, tear apart the cardboard tube and break the 'plaster coin' where the separator cardboard stuck.
Bild 4: Wenn der Gips hart geworden, aber alles noch sehr feucht ist, die Pappe abreißen und die 'Gipsmünzen' an der Stelle, wo das Trenner- Pappstück steckte, auseinanderbrechen.
img 5: Rub the cardboard rests away.
If your photoholder piece is uneven, now is the moment to fix it: Simply scratch away what you don't like with the back of an old knife.
Bild 5: Die Reste der Pappe wegrubbeln.
Wenn das Stück uneben ist, ist jetzt der Moment, das zu korrigieren: Einfach mit der Rückseite eines alten Messers wegkratzen, was einem nicht gefällt.
img 6: You can embellish them in so many ways.
I painted them immediately with watercolours, but you can also wait until thoroughly dry.
Bild 6: Jetzt kann in vielerlei Weise verschönt werden.
Ich habe sie gleich mit Wasserfarben bemalt, aber man kann auch warten, bis sie durchgetrocknet sind.
img 7: When dried I stamped them and varnished them with medium gel.
Bild 7: Als sie trocken waren, haben ich sie noch gestempelt und mit Medium Gel lackiert.


Gas projects are currently subject to the Clean Energy Act, the so called "carbon tax". Under the current federal legislation, thanks to the Jobs & Competitiveness Program, gas producers were granted a substantial carbon cost assistance being 66% of industry baseline emissions from 2007/8, declining at 1.3% per annum.
This is adding to a declining rank of Australia's competitiveness, which – according to the World Economic Forum – fell behind New Zealand's as of 2013. Australia's competitiveness is only in the top brackets for food and pharmaceutical exports, financial markets, macroeconomic situation and the capacity to innovate.
The Coalition claims that the current scheme is an expensive way to reduce carbon emissions. Their alternative – Direct Action – seeks to achieve reductions using a reverse auction, a kind of competitive grant, to buy abatement for their Emissions Reduction Fund.
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This show was part of my 70's childhood,but still it was the most fakeness live action series ever depicted for the minds of the Saturday Morning youth. The series was called "Shazam!",and it was produced by Filmation Productions and it was on CBS-TV from 1974-76 and continued in repeated episodes throughout the rest of the decade. Even though,it was part of Captain Marvel was played by two different actors(Season 1-3 by Jackson Bostwick,and in Seasons 3-4 by Bruce Davey who went on to do a numerous array of TV shows and specials) the special effects were some of the hokeyest ever where in one scene our hero is flying through the air(but WE kids know he was connected to a wire with a fan blowing through him under a very low budget of lets say,around 50 to 70K),and others(like they travel the country in a Winnebago in the same exact neighborhood where they last were just up the block from the previous episode) that were a laughing stock. But lets just say that the series from the early 70's has found a home,and its part of TV Land's late night line-up for LOST forever series and sitcoms. Catch it on TV Land!
NOTE: Coming soon to TV Land,more of the best/worst of the live action Filmation genre series from the 1970's continues including LOST shows like "Isis"(starring former Vogue 70's fashion model Joanna Cameron in her first and ONLY TV "Saturday Morning" series),"The Adventures of Thunder","Ark II","Jason of Star Command",and "Space Academy"(which stars Jonathan Harris of Lost In Space,James Doohan of Star Trek,and Pamela Ferdiyn of Lassie). Don't Miss It!
Because this series and Isis (1975) were produced by the same company, both series would often have crossover episodes.


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Sergey Lavrov: The Interview
March 29, 2017 Topic: Politics Region: Eurasia Tags: RussiaU.S.-Russia RelationsDonald TrumpSyriaUkraineIran
An "absolutely artificial hysterical situation was created" in U.S.-Russia relations—but not quite yet a Cold War.
by Sergey Lavrov
Paul Saunders, associate publisher of the National Interest, interviewed Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday, March 24, 2017, in Moscow. Their wide-ranging and blunt conversation, which lasted over an hour, covered topics from Ukraine and Syria to the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the future of U.S.-Russia cooperation.
Question: I'd like to start by asking you about your forthcoming meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson; we've read in the press that the two of you may be meeting soon.
Sergey Lavrov: So they say.
Question: Could you perhaps tell us about your expectations and goals in dealing with Secretary Tillerson?
Sergey Lavrov: Well, after the American election, soon after Election Day President Putin and President-elect Trump talked over the phone. It was a good but very general discussion touching upon the key issues in our relations, and of course the key international issues. And they agreed that they would continue being in touch, and after the inauguration they talked again, and they reconfirmed the need to look for ways which would be effective in handling international problems. And of course to see what could be done to bring the bilateral relations to normalcy. They also agreed that Mr. Rex Tillerson and I would look into the agenda in some more details, and would also discuss the preparation for the presidential meeting which should take place when both countries, both leaders feel comfortable.
And we met with Rex in mid-February in Bonn on the margins of the G-20 ministerial meeting, and covered quite a lot of the bilateral agenda. I briefed him about the relationship on bilateral issues with the Obama administration, the problems which accumulated during that period. We did not go into the substance of this, I just briefed him so that his team, which is still being assembled, could take a look at these issues and determine what kind of attitude they would have on them. And we discussed Syria, Iran, the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East in general, relations between Russia and the West. It was a very general, but rather substantive discussion, obviously it was the first contact and Mr. Rex Tillerson is just getting into the shoes of his new capacity. We discussed the possibility of personal meeting and have been continuing these discussions. As soon as we finalize them it will be announced.
But my feeling is that from the point of view of personal relationship, we feel quite comfortable. I feel quite comfortable, I believe Rex had the same feeling, and our assistants should work closer, but of course this could only be done when the team in the State Department is complete.
Question: Of course. If I could follow up on your answer there, you mentioned bringing normalcy to the U.S.-Russia relationship. What do you think "normal" is?
Sergey Lavrov: "Normal" is to treat your partners with respect, not to try to impose some of your ideas on others without taking into account their own views and their concerns, always to try to listen and to hear, and hopefully not to rely on a superiority complex, which was obviously the case with the Obama administration. They were obsessed with their exceptionality, with their leadership. Actually the founding fathers of the United States, they also spoke of their leadership, and they believed that the American nation was exceptional, but they wanted others just to take the American experience as an example and to follow suit. They never suggested that the United States should impose, including by force, its values on others.
And the Obama administration was clearly different. Actually, long before Ukraine, long before Crimea, in early December 2012, there was an OSCE ministerial meeting in Dublin. And Hillary Clinton was secretary of state and was the head of the delegation, we had a bilateral meeting with her, she was trying to persuade me on something which was a difficult issue on the agenda, but I recall this situation because in the margins of this ministerial meeting she attended a meeting in the University of Dublin, and she delivered a lecture in which she said something like: "We are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent the move to re-Sovietize the former Soviet space." December 2012.
What kind of action she was considering as the move to re-Sovietize the space, I really couldn't understand. Yes, there were discussions about Ukraine, about Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia, forming the Customs Union, and if this was the reason, then of course it showed very obviously the real attitude of the Obama administration to what was going on in the former Soviet space and the area of the Commonwealth of Independent States, its obvious desire to take over this geopolitical space around Russia without even caring what Moscow might think.
This was the reason for the crisis in Ukraine, when the U.S. and European Union bluntly told the Ukrainians: either you are with us, or you are with Russia against us. And the very fragile Ukrainian state couldn't sustain this kind of pressure, and what happened happened: the coup, and so on and so forth (if you want I can discuss this in some detail later). But my point is that they considered normal that the people in Obama's team should call the shots anywhere, including around such a big country as the Russian Federation. And this is absolutely abnormal in my view.
At the same time, when we visited Venezuela with our naval ships, they were raising such hell, as if no one could even get closer to what they believe should be their backyard. This mentality is not adequate for the twenty-first century. And we of course notice that President Trump is emphasizing the need to concentrate on U.S. interests. And foreign policy for him is important as long as it serves the United States' interests, not just some messiah projects doing something just for the sake of showing that you can do it anywhere. It's irrational, and in this he certainly holds the same position as we do in Moscow, as President Putin does, that we don't want to meddle in other people's matters. When the Russian legitimate interests are not, you know, involved.
Question: You just mentioned at the end of your statement that the United States shouldn't meddle in others' affairs, and obviously many Americans today feel that Russia has meddled in American affairs, in the 2016 election. Your government has denied that. But how do you explain what happened in the United States? Do you feel that Russia had any involvement or any responsibility at all for what transpired?
Sergey Lavrov: I believe that these absolutely groundless accusations—at least I haven't seen a single fact that this was substantiated. I believe these accusations were used as an instrument in the electoral campaign, which for some reasons seemed to the Democratic Party to be an efficient way to raise support among the American people, playing on their feelings that no one shall meddle with American affairs. This is a Russophobic instrument. It was a very sad situation because we never wanted to be unfriendly with the American people, and apparently the Obama administration, the elite in the Democratic Party, who made every effort during the last couple of years to ruin the very foundation of our relationship, decided that the American people should be brainwashed without any facts, without any proof. We are still ready to discuss any concerns of the United States.
As a matter of fact, in November 2015, long before this hacker thing started, we drew the attention of the U.S. administration to the fact that they kept hunting Russian citizens suspected in cybercrime in third countries, and insisting on them being extradited to the United States, ignoring the treaty on mutual legal assistance which exists between Russia and the United States, and which should be invoked in cases when any party to this treaty has suspicions regarding the citizen of another one. And this was never done.
So what we suggested to them in November 2015, that we also don't want to see our citizens violating law and using cyberspace for staging all kinds of crimes. So we would be the last one to try to look aside from them. We want them to be investigated and to be disciplined. But since the United States continued to avoid invoking this treaty on legal assistance, we suggested to have a meeting between the Justice Department and the Russian prosecutor-general, specifically at the expert level, on cybercrime. To establish confidential, expert, professional dialogue to exchange information.
They never replied; when we reminded them that there was a request, they orally told us that they were not interested. But in December 2016, more than one year after our request was tabled, they said, "Okay, why don't we meet?" But this came from Obama administration experts, when they already were on their way out. Some technical meeting took place; it was not of any substance but at least they responded to the need to do something about cyberspace.


This is a guest contribution from Josh Steimle.
I've had the privilege of my writing being published on Forbes, Mashable, TechCrunch, Time, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Entrepreneur, and several other publications, and if you aspire to see your writing in mainstream publications like these, perhaps there is something in my story that will help you get there.
The writing I've had published has brought me speaking opportunities, a book deal, and more than 1000% growth for my business. I've been able to interview and network with my marketing and business heroes, all in the last two and a half years. Prior to that, my writing had never appeared in a mainstream publication. I was just a guy nobody had heard of, posting here and there on my blog, with a small handful of readers. This is the story of how everything changed.
I started blogging before blogs existed. There wasn't any strategy. I didn't have a plan. I just enjoyed writing. When I started blogging I didn't care if anyone read what I was writing. I wrote for myself, and if anyone else enjoyed it, that was icing on the cake.
In the first 10 years I wrote over 700 blog posts. I didn't write consistently. I might blog 10 times one week, and then not blog for a month. Sometimes I didn't blog for several months, and then I would return with a flurry of activity.
I wrote about entrepreneurship, and the experiences I was having. Most of my writing didn't attract any comments. Occasionally some of my writing, like my post about 75 ways to tell you might be an entrepreneur, seemed to strike a chord. But my blog never brought me any business. No client ever contacted me and said "I was reading what you wrote on your blog and I want to hire your agency!" No publisher ever asked me to compile my blog posts and turn them into a book. As near as I could tell, the people reading my blog were mostly family and friends, and I was ok with that.
Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time and despite this, you almost mess it all up anyway.
In 2012 I was talking with Cheryl Snapp, a friend of mine who runs a PR agency. She had helped me get an article published on the Fast Company website after I told her I wanted to get some logos from big publications to display on my company website, you know, in an "As seen in…" section. I noticed Cheryl had written some articles for Forbes, and I casually asked her how she landed that gig. She explained to me that Forbes had a few hundred paid staff writers, but several hundred unpaid "contributors" who wrote for free. She told me she thought it was worth asking to see if Forbes might be interested in me as one of their contributors. "If they take you on, you need to write an article once a week. My editor from Forbes is coming to town in two weeks, I'll introduce you!" she told me. That sounded cool. There was just one problem. I was really busy already. I didn't think I had time to write an article every week. Thank heavens I kept my mouth shut.
10 years of blogging with nothing to show for it but my own self satisfaction, and the next thing I know I'm writing for Forbes.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. But if you only have one basket, take good care of that basket [tweet that!]. My first goal when I started writing for Forbes, the one I repeated to myself every time I submitted a new post, was "Don't mess this up, don't mess this up, don't mess this up." But I did mess up–twice. The first time was when I posted something about politics. Tom told me to never do that again. He made it clear I was brought on to write about entrepreneurship and I should stick to my subject. Another time I mentioned in a public forum that I was getting too many requests from startups that wanted me to write articles about them. The way I worded my complaint made it sound like I was too busy to write for Forbes. Tom found my comments, and told me since I was too busy we might as well part ways. I pleaded my case, explained what I meant, and he gave me another chance.
With Forbes I had all my eggs in one basket, which was a distinct improvement over having no basket at all. But I realized it could disappear at any moment, and it would be a good idea to branch out and write for other outlets and leverage my work at Forbes to do so.
My first attempt was to get into TechCrunch. I wrote an article about a tech company, submitted it, and it was rejected without comment. I asked for feedback, and I got one sentence. I didn't understand what the sentence meant, and still don't, but I recognized one thing–different publications are looking for different things. What works for Forbes isn't what works for TechCrunch or Mashable, and as a writer it's best to respect those differences rather than try to convince an editor they don't know what they're doing. As it turned out, the article that wasn't the right fit for TechCrunch was the right fit for VentureBeat.
Each publication sits within a hierarchy of sorts. Forbes is a top tier publication. Your hometown newspaper is somewhere lower. Even though I could publish everything I wrote in Forbes, I tried to spread my writing around as much as I could, just in case. I figured even if I somehow lost Forbes, I would then have evidence of my writing in many other places, and I could use that to pitch other top tier publications. I moved downward in the hierarchy and wrote for regional and niche publications you may not have heard of, like the South China Morning Post (the "New York Times of Hong Kong"), Hong Kong Business Magazine, Marketing Magazine, and TechinAsia.
At the same time I kept trying to make lateral moves. VentureBeat was one of those. Then I got in with Entrepreneur, which has been another great outlet for me. One of my recent articles on Entrepreneur was syndicated by Time, allowing me to claim that publication as another big name in my quiver. And I kept on pitching TechCrunch, as well as Mashable, but to no avail.
My intro to Fast Company and Forbes came through a friend. Similarly, when I got into TechCrunch and Mashable it would also be because of who I knew. I had submitted work to Mashable before, but without any response. Then, through pure serendipity, my agency hired a part-time writer who happened to have written some pieces for Mashable. I told her about my desire to write for Mashable, so she put me in touch with her editor. I pitched the editor on a piece I had written, it was well received, and then…that editor went on maternity leave for two months. I'm all about maternity leave and babies, but I wish I would have gotten my article submitted a week earlier. For the next two months I couldn't do anything but wait.
When the editor returned she reviewed my article again and published it. I was in! Now that I have a relationship, I still have to submit articles, but I get feedback rather than the silent treatment. But that doesn't mean everything I write gets in. One of my pieces was rejected, due to Mashable having published too many articles on a similar topic lately. No problem, I just published it on Forbes instead, where it has received 30,000 views. For me, that's pretty good, since most of my posts attract around 4000 views. That's another benefit of writing for a bunch of places–if it doesn't work in one place, you can pitch the same content somewhere else. And Forbes always has my back. That's why they end up with 80% of my writing.
TechCrunch was also a personal connection. After reaching out to several writers there and trying to get feedback on why I was getting rejected, I gave up. But then I happened to meet a TechCrunch writer, started a correspondence with him, and then met him in person for dinner. My intent wasn't to pitch him on anything, but I was curious to know more about TechCrunch. It wasn't until months later when I was writing a story for Forbes that I realized I had something that might be a good fit for the big TC. I sent it to my friend and asked him if he thought it was something TechCrunch would be interested in. The next thing I knew he had given it to his editor, his editor contacted me, and then it was published. Oh wait, that's not quite how it happened. In reality his publisher told me the article wasn't the right fit but, but…he said if I rewrote it (and he gave me some specific tips) then it might be. I rewrote the article, resubmitted it, and then it got published.
That's the start of my story. But yours doesn't need to take 10+ years, or even two, to come to fruition. Things are a bit clearer in hindsight, and if I had to do it over again, here's the 7-point plan I would put into action.
Blog. Yes, I would still set up a blog, but I would focus in on one niche topic. Become the expert on that one topic, and resist the temptation to write about anything else. Do this well enough, and the publications may come to you and you can skip all the other steps.
Start niche. When you start reaching out to get published elsewhere, start locally, or with a niche publication, and work your way up. Use your blog as evidence you can produce the kind of content they want.
Leverage. As soon as you get three or more pieces published in one place, leverage that to get into another, slightly up the totem pole, until you get to a top tier publication. Then leverage your work sideways. At this point, it's easier to approach editors because they can see they don't have to test you, because someone else has already done that for them.
Educate yourself. I got a pitch today from a company that wants me to write an article about them for TechCrunch. The problem is, their business is definitely not something most TechCrunch readers would be interested in. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the guy who sent me the pitch doesn't read TechCrunch, or he would also know this, and he never would have pitched me. If you don't regularly read a publication, don't count on being able to pitch them successfully.
Keep pitching. I gave up too easily with TechCrunch and Mashable. I was saved only by coincidental meetings with people who could and were willing to help me. What I now realize is that I probably could have gotten in with both of them two years ago if I had been willing to write five articles for each one, rather than writing one or two and then giving up. Remember, it's never a waste to write an article. If it gets rejected, just publish it somewhere else. If nobody else will publish it, you've always got your blog.
Once you get in. For good heavens, feed the editor! She didn't bring you on so you could write one article and disappear. Keep sending content on a regular basis and keep the relationship alive.
If you're focused, you can execute this plan within six months and be writing for just about any publication you want.
Josh Steimle is the CEO of MWI, a digital marketing agency with offices in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Pitch him @joshsteimle.
Sometimes it's who you know in the industry still matters a lot! Lucky or not, your guide is useful for aspiring writers. Though I'm sure editors get a ton of pitches daily. How will you be able to make yourself stand out?
Really interesting, Josh. I like the part about feeding the editors. In my effort to get lots of diverse clippings, I've been guilty of hit and run. I also like leveraging the writing. Freelancing's a lot like climbing a ladder. You start small and work your way up. Great advice. Thank you.
Thanks so much for sharing your story. I've been blogging and freelancing for years without much direction, mostly due to a lack of strategy and in more recent years, discouragement. This is sure to help immensely.
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Networking, then some networking and finally some more networking. That's what it's all about in the blogosphere.
Depressing stuff, if all it takes to climb to the so-called "top" is schmoozing.
I know what you're saying, and it is a little discouraging, but that's not what he wrote, you know? In the rest of the story, he talked about how he paid his dues for years: started a real business, wrote hundreds of blog posts about entrepreneurship, etc.
And how do you suppose he got to know people in the industry? It's because he worked for many years at his business and met a lot of people along the way.
I mean, did you notice how he got articles published in mid-level and top Hong Kong publications? How did that happen? If he only "knew people" but wasn't an experienced professional in his industry, nobody would have published him.
Come on, bro. Let's not sulk about it. If we want to succeed, we need to earn it. If you want to meet the right people, then you have to work hard to get on their level.
Congrats dude! I've not been published by any of these big boys yet I find something neat happening; some folks are lumping me in with Darren and Neil Patel and Jon Morrow and Zac Johnson as one of the top blogging bloggers out there. I usually tell them NOT to mention that I bribed them ;) I kinda think it's heresy, me being noted on these lists, but if any one thing I happened to fall into helped me make top blogger lists it's been telling my story. That makes me stand out. That makes you stand out. That raises folk's eyes, regularly, if you're telling your story, in your voice.
Making friends also rocks if you plan on gaining a rep online or if you want to land fab writing spots. My wife and I met with a dear friend – Shannon Hernandez – when we were in Bali, and when wifey asked Shannon how she landed the HP gig, Shannon asked her if she was interested in writing for them. A few weeks later she was writing for HP after Arianna sent Kelli (the wife) a personal email. Neat. I am so focused on my blog and eBooks and courses that the big media outlets are not part of my strategy, but I appreciate your rocking insight Josh. Thanks for sharing with us.
I may have missed it so apologies if I did but at the beginning you talk about 'unpaid' contributors. Does that mean you are not getting paid for any of this content? I'm sure there are loads of other benefits to being published on those sites but sounds like you are almost full-time writing. Is it paying off?
Great writing! Just awesome. I like the Network part most. Thanks for the advice.
Great article and very well put. It's difficult to achieve the piece de resistance but if you aim extremely high then anything below will not be disappointing. This point you said which i believe is the single most crucial advice anyone can receive: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket.". Spot on!
Thanks for sharing your story, Josh.
I hope to one day get up to that level too, but I have a lot of work to do just to get to the point where your story began.
I don't think you got lucky at all. You paid your dues for many years, getting an education, building your business and networking within your industry. You definitely earned it, man.
Hoping to read more articles from you soon.
This was hell of a journey that you went through but surely for any writer looking to get recognized this is one of the must read articles.
I am more of a vlogger than writer, but still this article is a very interesting case study of how pitching to the right people and not giving up can yield such amazing results!
Thanks for this post, keep up the good stuff!
Great tips, Josh! I just started a second business in a new niche and despite having some recognition in biz #1 it's a bit of "starting from scratch" in biz #2.
This was one of the best articles I have read till date. I have approached Mashable and Huff Post India to write for them but haven't heard till now. But after reading your article I deduce one important thing that I need to read them regularly to understand what they write and how to impress them. I have one question though and it would be great if you guys can tell me – How shall I go about creating an effective pitch for these publications like Huff Post or Mashable or Forbes or for that matter any other publication.
This is very inspiring, Josh. I can feel that you really love to write and you are good at it that is why big clients are attracted to your works. Yes, there is a small percentage of luck, but the real reason for your success, the way I see it, is your determination to succeed. Thank you for sharing that, just like every one of us, you also have difficulties. Nevertheless, this article encourages us to continue with our passion and stay focused and we can be successful too.
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This year the SiriusDecisions Summit is back in Las Vegas and promises to live up to its reputation of being "the must-attend B2B event" of the year. The schedule gets an added boost this year as SiriusDecisions combines the Sales Leadership Exchange with its already robust agenda of glitzy keynotes, mind-bending track sessions, and hands-on workshops that are sure to keep you energized.
Even more exciting than the addition of the Sales Leadership Exchange is the expanded content strategy and operations track led by Christine Polewarczyk, Service Director, Content Strategy and Operations for SiriusDecisions. You may remember her from our three-part Q&A series and our Right3 webinar last spring.
Trying to build out a schedule that covers everything you want to learn can be pretty daunting, so let me do it for you! Check out the events below, and you'll be sure to find a Kaposter there, too. We live for this stuff!
Kick off the conference with a session designed to teach you the fundamentals of SiriusDecisions concepts, frameworks, and terminology for content operations. These sessions run for 30 minutes, with four sessions running concurrently across three time slots with a 10-minute break to move between sessions so you can join the Content Strategy and Operations when it's most convenient for you.
Featuring Kristin Fallon of GE Power, you will not want to miss this exclusive look into how GE Power conquered its content chaos by leaning into its tech stack to break down organizational silos and increase the efficiency, accountability, and ultimately the ROI of global content production for both marketers and communicators.
Cameron Caswell of Synopsys dives deep into the age-old conflict between sales and marketing. Find out how Synopsys found the magical unicorn of sales and marketing alignment and even walked away as friends.
Take a breather from all the amazing knowledge just imparted to you, and grab a refreshing beverage. The Welcome Reception is a great time to really walk the Marketplace without having to hold your lunch plate. Stop by the Kapost booth at #114 to play some Plinko and win some fabulous prizes, like a Patagonia backpack and a GoPro HERO!
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Christine Polewarczyk and Phyllis Davidson of SiriusDecisions will introduce the Content Factory Framework, explain the core components of a next-generation B2B content production hub, and outline content factory key performance indicators that B2B organizations need to implement for success.
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SiriusDecisions client and SiriusDecisions Program of the Year award winner Christine Elliot of Crowe Horwath LLP will present her work and share her story so you can learn about what it takes to accomplish outstanding results.
Natalie Poull of Anaplan is a SiriusDecisions client and SiriusDecisions Program of the Year award winner. In this session, she'll dive into the details of her work so you can learn what she did to earn this recognition. Shoutout to Natalie!
B2B marketers won't want to miss this: SiriusDecisions' Phyllis Davidson and John Grozier will discuss the conundrum that, while more than 50% of B2B organizations are centralizing the content function, many still have critical gaps in content strategy, content management, and content creation competencies.
This lab uses the new SiriusDecisions Scope of Content Strategy and Operations Model and assessment tool to help you rate your centralized B2B content team across four dimensions of content maturity in order to understand what gaps to fill to take your content team to the next level.
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While most companies have engaged in some version of transformation, the question is, do they truly understand what "digital," "transformation," and "digital transformation" mean? Are companies at risk of merely following a trend without considering their specific circumstances and the full scope of investment and impact the desired change will have?


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I hope this really comes out… or even better, I hope a real studio pays attention and an awesome feature length film comes out. Someone should call up James Cameron… Imagine that!!
i would hope that James Cameron actually played the game to be producing a film based off it… lol.
then it would be so. so. epic!!


Meet Aaliyah Christina….Aaliyah is an artist who has lived in Chicago for 6.5 years. She first visited Sweet Water Foundation in June of 2018 and has been activating The Commons through dance and collaboration since then. Aaliyah has developed relationships with the SWF team and surrounding community. She worked alongside the core team to build dance floors and learn the principles of farming. SWF is excited to introduce Aaliyah as its first Human-in-Residence. Through this role, she will curate events, programs, and opportunities for artists to engage at The Commons. Read on to learn more about Aaliyah.
I was born in Ruston, Louisiana. I moved around a lot as a child because my mom was still in college and my dad was living in Texas. When I was 3 or 4, I moved with my mom to Maryland. I lived with my mom through high school, but I say I'm a tristate person because I went back and forth between Louisiana, Texas, and Maryland. I moved to Chicago in 2012 to go to college. I was a dance major and fiction writing minor at Columbia College from 2012-2016. After I graduated, I stayed in Chicago because I felt like I had found myself here. I found my voice, my vision, and my chosen family here - the things and people that make me feel like I can succeed as a well-rounded person and not just half a person.
I value art that speaks to you - whether that's inside or something you want to get interested in. I call myself an "Improv Mover." I'm not an expert or specialist in any specific form of movement, but just delve into the things I've been trained and learned to do. I'm not the best with choreography. I can move the way someone wants me to move, but I am not my full self unless I'm doing what my body tells me to do. I am also a curator. As a curator, I'm all about the informal comfortable space. I try to create vibes of self care, self reflection, and comfortability in whatever space I curate. I also call myself an "artivist." I'm very outspoken about social justice whether it's to do with police brutality or queer identity, I always try to make sure those voices are at the forefront.
My roommate Ambér and I have been living in the neighborhood for two years. Sweet Water Foundation is literally right around the corner from our place and we didn't know it existed. We were supposed to visit for the first time to watch our friends Keyierra and Keisha and my former mentor Onye Ozuzu perform at SWF's First Annual Juneteenth Celebration. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it for Juneteenth, but we decided to visit after. We had no idea what we were walking into!
My first visit to SWF reawakened my connection with nature. At the time, I was struggling with being detached from ancestry and nature. I grew up in rural areas - far away from any city or skyscrapers. Since I moved to Chicago almost 7 years ago, I've been detached from nature. My introduction to SWF reaffirmed my connection to land and earth and soil. A few weeks after that first visit, I went to one of my mentor's home/farm for a retreat. I had a huge spiritual experience during that retreat. I felt like I was surrounded by and living in nature again. Even though Ambér and I have lived in the neighborhood for two years, this was the perfect moment in time to discover SWF. I don't know if I would have felt the same thing coming here a year ago.
My friends and I have been activating the Thought Barn since June. The first time I visited SWF, the weather was perfect and I felt like we couldn't just visit SWF and not do anything about it! A friend of mine from Columbia curated a workshop that centered around re-aligning yourself, taking care of yourself, knowing who you are, and connecting with others and who they are. I think it would have felt more tangible and heartfilled of it had been in the Thought Barn than in a studio. We began to visit The Commons every week to activate the space and invite people to join us.
Moving forward, my role at SWF will be a Human-in-Residence. With that role, I want to continue introducing more artists to the space and curating events, workshops, and pop-ups in this community on the south side of Chicago with the people who live here. Links Hall is a performance/dance space in Roscoe Village on the north side. It is an amazing place that we love as a dance community. Links Hall has created amazing programs and opportunities for artists and artists of color, but it is not always accessible for artists on the south side. Roell Schmidt, Links Hall Executive Director, wants SWF to become a hub like Links Hall for artists on the south side. I think I could be the bridge since I do live right down the street. I love being here so I am excited to see how my role develops as a Human-in-Residence.
Can you tell us about your role building dance floors at SWF?
Onye Ozuzu explained to me why Project Tool was created. She wanted Project Tool to be something tangible in response to the experiences she was feeling mentally and psychologically. Building dance floors became something Onye could channel all her energy and aggression into. Sometimes, we're stuck in our heads and we can't get out of it. Project Tool is this perfect moment to look outside of ourselves and realize we created something beautiful out of feelings, moments, and experiences. I like to use my hands, but I don't always have the opportunity to do so. Onye presented me with the opportunity to use my hands and learn how to build the dance floors. I felt very accomplished and learned.
I knew how to use some carpentry tools from a shop class I took growing up, but I was so far removed from using them that I had a lot of anxiety and fear about using them. Rather than coming in with an attitude of "oh i know these things", I was trying to be an open vessel and learn from the SWF team.
Did you develop relationships through the process of making dance floors?
I already knew the dancers in Project Tool and had already garnered relationships with the SWF Team like Keith, Armani, Devontae, Howard, and Emmanuel through our activation of the floors over the summer. Coming into Project Tool and building the floors built a stronger bond with everyone. We worked together in a comfortable and brave space. We were able to work and have conversations. Whether we were having fluffy conversations or charged and intense ones, it was never hostile because we were all willing to listen to each other.
What is your favorite memory of being at Sweet Water Foundation?
One of my favorite moments was our first activation of the Thought Barn. Marceia, Keisha and I were listening and watching each other. The sunflowers and amaranth were out and beautiful and the wind wasn't too bad. It felt good to connect with people we didn't know and reconnect with each other as sister friends.
If you could describe SWF in one word, what would it be?