A well-composed social media marketing strategy can have a tremendous impact on your bottom line. There are 2.8 billion active social media users worldwide. That's a huge potential for creating touch points with your audience, clients, and prospects. However, there have come up so many new social networks and media, that it becomes more and more difficult to keep up with the ever-growing pace of the social web. An omnichannel presence on multiple social platforms is a Herculean task for everyone, working with social media. But if you plan your social media marketing wisely you can make your social media activities and campaigns more effective and successful.
Your social media marketing strategy does not start or end with Facebook and Twitter. The social media world is very diversified and highly specialized. Take a look beyond the big and general networks and consider niche sites and special interest communities. With turning towards a more specific community your content is much more likely to catch attention.
Note: You think Google+ is dead? Google+ also has more than 3 billion registered users, and 4-6 million are quite active. So, most of your audience will most likely have a Google+ account. But above all, active profiles at Google+ have an influence on the ranking in the Google search engine.
And take a special look at Google My Business to push your content, posts, and campaigns with Google Posts directly to the top of the search results. Google My Business has been surprisingly underutilized by businesses and agencies. However, with many new features, Google My Business has grown from a simple business listing to a multipurpose service for businesses. Don't miss this great and free opportunity to share your content and engage with people who find your business in Google search.
Once you have selected your choice of networks for connecting with your audience, collect your followers. Turn your website visitors and also your existing customer base into followers. Make it easy for your website visitors and subscribers to follow you on your social channels. Make it also easy for them to share your content and images to their communities. Place social media buttons and icons to follow, like, share and comment on all posts and content on your website, on your blog and in your e-mails and newsletters to link to your social media channels.
Placing social media follow buttons on your site and in your emails, can increase the number of followers on your social media profiles and pages.
Add social media follow buttons for your social channels at the top of your blog or website, in your footer and on your contact page and add a call-to-action: Follow Me.
Add social media share buttons and bars at the top and at the bottom of each post or newsletter you are sending out.
Also, encourage your readers to share your images. If you have an infographic, place social media share icon on your images as well. Invite your readers to share your images or make it easy to embed your infographics on their blogs and websites by displaying the embed code.
Always use strong calls-to-action like Please Follow or Please Share.
Relevant content is THE currency in the social media universe. Only relevant and valuable content (help content or entertaining content) gets likes and shares. Considering that tons of content is published every day, your target audience has millions of options to choose from. Creating quality content that is highly relevant to your audience is the fundament for your social media marketing success.
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Visual content is more likely to get shares, likes, and comments than pure text messages. People remember visual information 65% longer than text information. So, visual content can generate additional reach and bring more traffic from search engines and social media to your website.
Illustrate your posts with graphics, photos or infographics.
Always share your social media posts with an image or as an image post. Image posts can have a huge influence on the reach and interaction with your posts. Also, image posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ have the advantage that the images are automatically transferred to the image galleries and are thus permanently available in the social media profiles.
Before you start creating new content for your social media communication, always consider re-purposing the content you have. To make the most of your content and your social media channels, re-purpose every single piece of content to create a multiple media portfolio. It will need less effort and resources for turning every single piece of content into several other media formats than creating new content. Each new media format can be cross-promoted on social media to catch as many eyeballs as possible for your content.
Turn your key facts and images into a slideshow and share it on networks like Slideshare and Scribd.
Screencast your slideshow into a short video clip with a link to your blog post and share it on YouTube and Vine.
Add voice to your content and turn your blog posts and articles into podcasts. Add the podcast to your blog posts or articles for readers who prefer to listen rather than to read. Share your podcasts on sites such as iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, and PocketCast.
Turn your White Papers or e-Books into a series of short posts or guest posts and refer to them in every single post.
Write a downloadable Checklist for your post and share them.
Create and share an Infographic with your post.
Re-share every single piece of content on your social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
Social media is a potent source to get more outreach for your content and to drive traffic to your business. However, each social network offers different options for promoting your content. Each network is used for different purposes and at different times. And the communities react differently to post formats. The more content formats you have in place, the more content channels you can fill and the more eyeballs you can reach.
Hashtags are essential parameters for linking your posts with current discussions (trending hashtags) or turning your social media posts into searchable content. But, hashtags don't work equally well on all social networks. They are mandatory for Twitter and Instagram, they work well for Google+, but they perform less for LinkedIn and Facebook. A well-considered use of strategically chosen hashtags can have a significant impact on the visibility and reach of your social media posts.
On some networks, you can also add @handles to reach out to specific users. Or, you can even add emojis to personalize your posts with emotions. You may also need to address your LinkedIn business contacts in a different way than your Facebook and Instagram followers.
Share your content on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.
If you have a business page on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, share your posts on your pages as well but at different times and days.
Also share your blog post with relevant groups and communities on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, but also share them on different days and times and use different messages tailored for each group.
Schedule your post multiple times on Twitter and on your LinkedIn timeline, but be more restrictive with Facebook and Google+.
Share your blog posts as Google Posts on Google My Business.
Also share a link to your blog post on social bookmark networks such as Diigo, Digg, and StumbleUpon.
Use #hashtags, @handles or emojis wherever they apply to join trending discussions and keywords or to reach out to influencers.
Syndicate your Content on LinkedIn Pulse, Medium, Tumblr, and Quora, but always make sure to re-publish your content a couple of days after you published the content on your blog. This allows the search engines to index your content first as original content.
Whatever you do on social media, most of the time your followers will stay passive and you'll need to nudge them into action. Wherever you post and whatever you post, always ask people to comment on your post, share their opinion or share your post. Sometimes you even need a strong call-to-action to prompt your readers to take action.
Comment on your post and add a question to encourage your readers to comment on your post or discuss your topic. Also, add the question at the end of your post to remind your readers to share their opinion.
Ask your readers to like your post, if it was helpful for them.
Tell your readers, that you value their opinion.
Ask your readers to share your post, if they like what they just read and they think it will help others as well.
Encourage your readers to subscribe to your social channels.
Social Media is all about sharing. And sharing your own content is a great way to get more outreach for your content. However, don't use your social media channels for "self-promotion" only. Instead, connect with other people and relevant sources in your industry and share their posts as well. Interesting content from other authors, businesses or thought leaders in your industry can add value and authority to your own content and turn your social channels into valuable sources for your community.
Curated content that might be interesting for your community also helps to make your social media channels more relevant as a useful resource for your audience. It also helps you to keep up with the pace of the Internet, without exhausting all of your resources on creating original content.
Sharing fresh and highly relevant content shows that your business is always up to date with leading industry news and trends. Sharing content from top influencers and thought leaders in your industry also demonstrates that you value content from others. By showing your appreciation, you increase the chance that influencers will also share your posts.
Follow the 2-3-5 rule for the perfect content mix: share 2 pieces of personal content, with 3 pieces of your relevant marketing content, and 5 pieces of curated content.
Collect and filter relevant articles by major thought leaders and news channels in your industry that will be highly relevant for your audience.
Make sure you select content that does not directly compete with but instead complements your own content.
By informing the content sources about your activities, you'll also get more attention for your content and channels. You can reach out directly to your content sources by adding @handles in the comments of your curated content.
Your social media marketing efforts can devour a lot of time and resources trying to keep pace with social media communication. Social media automation is a great time-saver for those companies who need to post content on various social media channels. Automation saves time and ensures a consistent stream of content on your social channels. However, don't let yourself be carried away by the convenience because social media automation can also turn your streams into lifeless, robotic streams of repetitive content.
Don't post the same content on all social channels, but always adapt your content and comments to the specific audience on each platform.
Use social media automation tools that allow you to customize your messages for each of your social channels to encourage engagement.
Use social media automation tools to schedule your content at different times and days across your social channels to target the best time for each audience and increase the lifetime of your posts.
Re-post your evergreen content from time to time, but consider the frequency rules of each social channel and audience.
Don't schedule too far ahead in order to keep track of your scheduled posts and keep your content up to date.
Don't automate everything. Use automation to help you with routine work, but always respond and interact personally with your community. Watch your posts for comments and reply to each comment in time.
Keeping track of your stats and social media marketing performance is crucial to get a better grasp of your audience's preferences. This will make it easier to create content that performs best for your business. Try different campaigns and compare them afterward. For example, compare different types of content, different times and days for your postings. By analyzing the performance and conversions, you'll get valuable information for your future social media activities.
Your social media statistics are essential to see how many comments, likes and shares your posts receive. Whereas people are relaxed about giving a like, the share count shows they value your content enough to share it with their own community. Comments on your post show that they actively interact with your content.
Analyze your blog and website stats for page views, page count, and reading time.
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Researchers Believe AirPods and Other Bluetooth Headphones Could Cause Cancer Due to Harmful EMF Radiation
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Apple's AirPods might be all the rage for the convenience they offer, but a certain section of researchers believe that they are not particularly safe and can cause cancer. Over 250 researchers have signed a petition addressed to the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressing their concerns about the EMF radiation emitted by AirPods and other similar Bluetooth earbuds.
Like almost all other wireless earbuds, AirPods rely on Bluetooth to talk to each other. Bluetooth in itself uses EMF to transmit data which has been found to be harmful. What's even worse is that with devices like AirPods, they are placed deep in the ear canal which leads to brain tissues directly being exposed to radio waves emitted from them.
"My concern for AirPods is that their placement in the ear canal exposes tissues in the head to relatively high levels of radio-frequency radiation," says Jerry Phillips, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He mentions tumors and other conditions associated with abnormal cell functioning as some of the potential risks. These risks are not restricted to AirPods. Existing evidence "indicates potential concerns for human health and development from all technologies that operate at radio frequencies," he says.
In the petition, one researcher points out the various health issues like neurological disorders and DNA damage that can be caused by exposure to EMF radiation over a period of time.
While one set of researchers believe that EMF is harmful, others believe that they pose no harm to human health.
"There are many thousands of papers of varying quality and relevance to health that point in all sorts of directions," says Kenneth Foster, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied the effects of wireless radiation on human health. While you could cherry pick data that paint Bluetooth and other wireless technologies in a scary light, "these arguments have no credibility," he says.
WHO and other major health organizations have already studied the side effects of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other wireless technology on human health and have not found any clear evidence of any potential risk.
It is important to note that the petition does not explicitly target AirPods. Instead, it targets wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth itself which have become increasingly important in this day and age.
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Q: C++ Function Call very slow I have written a recursive Branch&Cut algorithm, and am now trying to speed up the execution. I have noticed something very curious though: At one point I call a function to compute some vector of vectors. Using clock(), I measured the time spent on this function in the file where it is called as well as in the function itself. Visualization:
tic
foo(args);
time1 = toc

and
void foo(args) {
  tic
  //do stuff
  time2 = toc
}

My problem is that time1 is about 3 times larger than time2, which to me makes no sense at all. The actual function has a lot of arguments and is the following:
void allcomb( std::vector<int> &Vin,
              std::vector<int> &Vprev,
              Graph F,
              int t,
              const int n,
              const int numofdests,
              int Time_hor,
              std::vector<int> &truckdest,
              std::vector<int> &truck_dest_index,
              std::vector<int> &descroflabel,
              std::vector<int> &labelofdescr,
              std::vector<std::vector<double> > &short_path_time,
              std::vector<std::vector<double> > &short_path_fuel,
              double eta,
              std::vector<std::pair<int,int> >& next_hub,
              std::vector<std::pair<double,double> >& distanceto_next_hub,
              std::vector<std::vector<int> >& Choices )

I pass all the vectors by reference to avoid copying them, but maybe I am missing something? Or is it just generally slow to frequently call a function with that many arguments?
Also, entering the function uses more time than exiting it, maybe that's important.
If you need more information, please tell me.
Thanks and cheers, Christoph

The boost Graph object was the problem, thanks for spotting it :) runtime lowered by a factor of 10, perfect!

A: Although not so good design passing many arguments to a function will not slow things down significantly(assuming you pass everything by refference). However I notice you pass copies to some stuff in particular Graph F and that seems to be something that can be big.

A: Just a guess, but:
   time2 = toc
}

I'm guessing the culprit is the }. Say you have something like:
void foo(args) {
  tic
  SomeReallyExpensiveObject x;
  time2 = toc
}

in which case you're not timing the destruction. If you have loads of vectors inside in automatic storage, their destruction could take a long time.
Try this experiment:
void foo(args) {
  tic
  {
     //do stuff
  }
  time2 = toc
}

If the measured times are brought closer, that's the problem.

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persuasion 179
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Anne Elliot 179
"But I ought to have looked about me more,"
Novel: Persuasion
Character: Anne Elliot
"Do you see that in my eye?"
"Mr Elliot!"
"Are you acquainted with Mr Elliot?"
"I was not at all aware of this. You never mentioned it before. Had I known it, I would have had the pleasure of talking to him about you."
"I should be extremely happy; I hope you cannot doubt my willingness to be of even the slightest use to you,"
"but I suspect that you are considering me as having a higher claim on Mr Elliot, a greater right to influence him, than is really the case. I am sure you have, somehow or other, imbibed such a notion. You must consider me only as Mr Elliot's relation. If in that light there is anything which you suppose his cousin might fairly ask of him, I beg you would not hesitate to employ me."
"No,"
"nor next week, nor next, nor next. I assure you that nothing of the sort you are thinking of will be settled any week. I am not going to marry Mr Elliot. I should like to know why you imagine I am?"
"My dear Mrs Smith, Mr Elliot's wife has not been dead much above half a year. He ought not to be supposed to be paying his addresses to any one."
I can readily believe all that of my cousin. He seems to have a calm decided temper, not at all open to dangerous impressions. I consider him with great respect. I have no reason, from any thing that has fallen within my observation, to do otherwise. But I have not known him long; and he is not a man, I think, to be known intimately soon. Will not this manner of speaking of him, Mrs Smith, convince you that he is nothing to me? Surely this must be calm enough. And, upon my word, he is nothing to me. Should he ever propose to me (which I have very little reason to imagine he has any thought of doing), I shall not accept him. I assure you I shall not. I assure you, Mr Elliot had not the share which you have been supposing, in whatever pleasure the concert of last night might afford: not Mr Elliot; it is not Mr Elliot that --"
"Do tell me how it first came into your head."
"And has it indeed been spoken of?"
"No. Was not it Mrs Speed, as usual, or the maid? I observed no one in particular."
"The whole history,"
"She could not make a very long history, I think, of one such little article of unfounded news."
"But,"
"though there is no truth in my having this claim on Mr Elliot, I should be extremely happy to be of use to you in any way that I could. Shall I mention to him your being in Bath? Shall I take any message?"
"I think you spoke of having known Mr Elliot many years?"
"Not before he was married, I suppose?"
"And -- were you much acquainted?"
"Indeed! Then do tell me what he was at that time of life. I have a great curiosity to know what Mr Elliot was as a very young man. Was he at all such as he appears now?"
"This must have been about that very period of Mr Elliot's life,"
"which has always excited my particular curiosity. It must have been about the same time that he became known to my father and sister. I never knew him myself; I only heard of him; but there was a something in his conduct then, with regard to my father and sister, and afterwards in the circumstances of his marriage, which I never could quite reconcile with present times. It seemed to announce a different sort of man."
"Nay,"
"I have no particular enquiry to make about her. I have always understood they were not a happy couple. But I should like to know why, at that time of his life, he should slight my father's acquaintance as he did. My father was certainly disposed to take very kind and proper notice of him. Why did Mr Elliot draw back?"
"you sometimes spoke of me to Mr Elliot?"
"This accounts for something which Mr Elliot said last night,"
"This explains it. I found he had been used to hear of me. I could not comprehend how. What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! But I beg your pardon; I have interrupted you. Mr Elliot married then completely for money? The circumstances, probably, which first opened your eyes to his character."
"But was not she a very low woman?"
"Indeed, my dear Mrs Smith, I want none,"
"You have asserted nothing contradictory to what Mr Elliot appeared to be some years ago. This is all in confirmation, rather, of what we used to hear and believe. I am more curious to know why he should be so different now."
"Thank you. This is full proof undoubtedly; proof of every thing you were saying. But why be acquainted with us now?"
"Can you really?"
"Colonel Wallis! you are acquainted with him?"
"My dear Mrs Smith, your authority is deficient. This will not do. Mr Elliot's having any views on me will not in the least account for the efforts he made towards a reconciliation with my father. That was all prior to my coming to Bath. I found them on the most friendly terms when I arrived."
"Indeed, Mrs Smith, we must not expect to get real information in such a line. Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left."
"He certainly did. So far it is very true. At Lyme. I happened to be at Lyme."
"you tell me nothing which does not accord with what I have known, or could imagine. There is always something offensive in the details of cunning. The manoeuvres of selfishness and duplicity must ever be revolting, but I have heard nothing which really surprises me. I know those who would be shocked by such a representation of Mr Elliot, who would have difficulty in believing it; but I have never been satisfied. I have always wanted some other motive for his conduct than appeared. I should like to know his present opinion, as to the probability of the event he has been in dread of; whether he considers the danger to be lessening or not."
"I am very glad to know all this," said Anne, after a little thoughtfulness. "It will be more painful to me in some respects to be in company with him, but I shall know better what to do. My line of conduct will be more direct. Mr Elliot is evidently a disingenuous, artificial, worldly man, who has never had any better principle to guide him than selfishness."
"She had seemed to recommend and praise him!"
"I am extremely glad, indeed,"
"particularly glad that this should happen; and that of two sisters, who both deserve equally well, and who have always been such good friends, the pleasant prospect of one should not be dimming those of the other -- that they should be so equal in their prosperity and comfort. I hope your father and mother are quite happy with regard to both."
"Such excellent parents as Mr and Mrs Musgrove,"
"should be happy in their children's marriages. They do everything to confer happiness, I am sure. What a blessing to young people to be in such hands! Your father and mother seem so totally free from all those ambitious feelings which have led to so much misconduct and misery, both in young and old. I hope you think Louisa perfectly recovered now?"
"That cannot be much to your taste, I know,"
"but I do believe him to be an excellent young man."


Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., is the ranking member on the House Budget Committee. This article first appeared in CQ.
We begin the 2018 budget process facing arbitrary and irresponsible spending caps that threaten our security, our economy, and our nation's standing as a global leader of research and innovation. Yet, the budget proposal put forth by President Donald Trump on Tuesday does not respond to this simple truth. In fact, it will take our country in the opposite direction.
I've also been hearing from countless people outside the halls of Congress who are alarmed by the essential programs targeted for cuts under the president's preliminary budget. I agree with them that cutting funding for health research, environmental protection, housing programs and diplomacy initiatives, to name a few, is damaging and wrong.
Just how dire is the situation for non-defense programs? Even before the president's additional cuts, the non-defense discretionary spending limit for 2018 is $2 billion less than it was in 2016, in nominal terms. But that 2018 level represents a more significant cut to purchasing power. If the inflation rate turns out to be what the Congressional Budget Office projects, the 2018 cap represents a reduction of nearly $30 billion compared with 2016. As a percentage of the economy, funding for these programs would match the lowest levels since the Eisenhower Administration.
We need to get to work on a new agreement to make investments that will pay off now and in the future; investments that will create economic growth — including infrastructure, education, and scientific research — and protect our national security. Each time that austerity level caps have been place, we have reached bipartisan agreements to mitigate them based on the principle of parity — increasing defense and nondefense programs by the same amount.
As Republicans in Congress determine how they will deal with the budget caps this year, I hope they will remember that national security and economic security are intertwined. We have the responsibility — and the opportunity — to invest in both nondefense and defense spending, boost economic development, and guarantee that every American family has the chance to build a better future. As former CBO Director Doug Elmendorf recently pointed out in our Facebook Live conversation, it's particularly wise to fund these needs now, when interest rates are low, and we can maximize the return on these investments.
We should not let politics stand in the way, particularly when we have already demonstrated an ability to work together this congressional session. Earlier this month, the House and Senate finished the spending bills for fiscal 2017. The legislation was the product of bipartisan negotiations, responsible compromises on both sides of the aisle, and was approved with strong bipartisan support.
We need to summon that governing attitude again. Just as we've raised the caps on a bipartisan basis before, if we value the strength of our nation, we must raise them again. If we care about the long-term success of our country and our people, we cannot shortchange the next generation by leaving behind an ill-prepared workforce, a crumbling infrastructure, and a stagnant economy. The United States has always been the global leader of new research and discovery, a driver of innovation and new industry. It is unacceptable to abandon that now.


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Lois Walpole: Weaving Ghosts
Fri 24 May 2019 – Sun 8 Sep 2019
Lois Walpole: Weaving Ghosts is an exhibition that focuses on ghost gear*, basketry skills and sustainability. The work of Lois Walpole is intrinsically linked to the materials used to create it, and tells a powerful story of our attitude to the environment, exploring the artist's personal history to express universal issues. Using ancient and almost forgotten basketry techniques, Walpole's cheerful, colourful vessels belie a deeper truth and stand as silent testaments to the problems facing our planet.
From the artist, "My great grandfather was a fisherman and crofter on the island of Yell (one of the larger Shetland Islands, the most northerly islands in the British Isles). He had 13 children, which was not unusual at the time, and he was necessarily resourceful. He made his own ropes and baskets from the materials he found around his home, which at the time was straw, marram grass and field rush. Today, washed up on the beach below his house are plenty of strong colourful polypropylene ropes and assorted plastics, commonly referred to as 'ghost gear', that he would have been excited to find and would have made good use of. It is these materials combined with some natural leaves and rushes from the same locations, that all the objects in the exhibition are made of - I do not buy materials."
The discovery that plastic could be made from hydrocarbons in oil, which made these polypropylene ropes and plastics possible, was the same discovery that proved to be a major contributor to the demise of rural basketry traditions in Britain and elsewhere. Many of the ropes and containers used in fishing and farming that were once handmade out of natural materials, are now manufactured quickly and cheaply out of polymers and plastics. The two things are inextricably linked and this connection is a major source of inspiration for this body of work.
The exhibition is made up of installations and individual items, and is a deliberate mix of both functional and conceptual pieces in order to create a visual dialogue about both basketry skills and material values. Whilst these skills are no longer required to create the baskets and ropes that were once the tools for living, they are transferable in many ways and as such it is beholden on us to use them in creative ways in order to preserve this valuable empirical knowledge for future generations.
*'ghost gear' is the name that has been internationally given to all the ropes, nets and plastic debris that finds its way into the sea, most of which, but not all, is there as a consequence of commercial fishing practices. It is not only polluting the environment but is also dangerous for shipping and wildlife.
Lois Walpole was born in London of Anglo Scottish heritage. She graduated from Saint Martin's School of Art, London with a BA (Hons) in Sculpture in 1975 and obtained City and Guilds qualifications in Basket Making from the London College of Furniture in 1982. In 2003 she completed a Doctorate in the Design department at the Royal College of Art in London. Since 1982 she has worked full time as an artist/ basket maker taking part in and curating national and international exhibitions, working to commission, designing for production, teaching and writing. From 1972 to 2005 she lived in London. Now she divides her time between the Shetland Islands and the Charente, in south west France, where her studio is based.
Main Image: (Detail) North Atlantic Drift (2014 - 2019) © Lois Walpole
Install photography © Corey Bartell Sanderson
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\section{Universal function derivation}
Eq. 1 in Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky} was derived in~\cite{Schmookler:2019nvf} by modeling $F_2^A$ as:
\begin{eqnarray}
\begin{split}
F_2^A|_{HV} = & (Z-n_{np_{HV}}^A)F_2^p + (N-n_{np_{HV}}^A)F_2^n \\
&+ n_{np_{HV}}^A (F_2^{p*_{HV}} + F_2^{n*_{HV}}) \\
= & Z F_2^p  + N F_2^p + n_{np_{HV}}^A (\Delta F_2^{p_{HV}} + \Delta F_2^{n_{HV}}),
\label{Eq1}
\end{split}
\end{eqnarray}
where $n_{np_{HV}}^A$ is the number of HV $np$-SRC pairs in nucleus
$A$, $F_2^{p*_{HV}}$ and $F_2^{n*_{HV}}$ are the modified proton and
neutron structure functions, and $\Delta F_2^{p_{HV}} =F_2^{p*_{HV}}
- F_2^p$ (and similarly for the $\Delta F_2^{n_{HV}}$). All of the
functions $F$ depend on $x=Q^2/2m\omega$.  This assumes that almost
all HV (i.e., high momentum) nucleons belong to $np$-SRC pairs and
neglects the contribution of $nn$ and $pp$ pairs.  This approximation was shown
experimentally and theoretically to be good to better than 10\% \cite{Duer:2018sxh}.  The corresponding UMF is given by:
\begin{eqnarray}
\begin{split}
F_{univ}^{HV} &= n_{np_{HV}}^d \frac{\Delta F_2^{p_{HV}} + \Delta F_2^{n_{HV}}}{F_2^d}\\
&=\frac{\frac{F_2^A}{F_2^d}-(Z-N)\frac{F_2^p}{F_2^d}-N}{(A/2)a_2-N}
\label{Eq2}
\end{split}
\end{eqnarray}

Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky} compares $F_{univ}^{HV}$ with what they
claim to be an equivalent expression for the high-LD assumption
$F_{univ}^{LD}$.
Their function, Eq. 2 of
Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}, can be obtained by assuming the UMF is
related to the modified EMC-SRC correlation between the slope of
$R_{EMC}^A$ for $0.3\leq x_B\leq0.7$ and $R_2
\frac{A(A-1)}{2NZ}$~\cite{Arrington12}. However, there is no
theoretical justification for equating this expression with the
left-hand side of Eq.~\ref{Eq2}. Thus, it cannot be consistently
compared with $F_{univ}^{HV}$.

To consistently compare $F_{univ}^{HV}$ and $F_{univ}^{LD}$, Eq.~\ref{Eq1} needs to be re-written for high-LD pairs, which include $nn$ ($n_{nn_{LD}}^A$) and $pp$ ($n_{pp_{LD}}^A$) pairs:
\begin{eqnarray}
\begin{split}
&F_2^A|_{LD} =  (Z-n_{np_{LD}}^A-2n_{pp_{LD}}^A)F_2^p + \\
&~~~~~~~~~~~~~(N-n_{np_{LD}}^A-2n_{nn_{LD}}^A)F_2^n +\\
&n_{np_{LD}}^A (F_2^{p*_{LD}} + F_2^{n*_{LD}}) + 2n_{pp_{LD}}^A F_2^{p*_{LD}}  + 2n_{nn_{LD}}^A F_2^{n*_{LD}} \\
&~~~~~~~~~= Z F_2^p  + N F_2^p + \\
&~~~~~~~~~n_{np_{LD}}^A [ (1+\frac{Z-1}{N}) \Delta F_2^{p_LD} + (1+\frac{N-1}{Z}) \Delta F_2^{n_{LD}}],
\label{Eq3}
\end{split}
\end{eqnarray}
where  $n_{pp_{LD}}^A = n_{np_{LD}}^A  \frac{Z(Z-1)}{2NZ}$,
$n_{nn_{LD}}^A = n_{np_{LD}}^A
\frac{N(N-1)}{2NZ}$~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}.

As $\Delta F_2^{p_{LD}}$ and $\Delta F_2^{n_{LD}}$ have different nucleus-dependent coefficients, unless one assumes a constant relation between them, Eq.~\ref{Eq3} cannot be used to extract an equivalent UMF to $F_{univ}^{HV}$ (i.e. equation that has the same left-hand side as Eq.~\ref{Eq2}) .

If instead we assume symmetric nuclei ($N = Z$) we get Eq. 2 of Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}:
\begin{eqnarray}
\begin{split}
F_{univ}^{LD} = n_{np_{LD}}^d \frac{\Delta F_2^{p_{LD}} + \Delta F_2^{n_{LD}}}{F_2^d}
=\frac{\frac{F_2^A/A}{F_2^d/2}-1}{\frac{A(A-1)}{2NZ}R_2-1}.
\label{Eq4}
\end{split}
\end{eqnarray}

Therefore, the difference between $F_{univ}^{HV}$ and $F_{univ}^{LD}$
comes primarily from the use of Eq.~\ref{Eq4} (that is only comparable
to $F_{univ}^{HV}$ for {\it symmetric} nuclei) for {\it asymmetric}
nuclei. This is done by defining the isoscalar-corrected EMC ratio $R_{EMC}^A=\frac{F_2^A/A}{F_2^d/2}/C_{isospin}$ and assuming that $R_{EMC}^A$ for asymmetric nuclei equals $\frac{F_2^A/A}{F_2^d/2}$ for a symmetric nucleus with the same $A$ but $Z = A / 2$.

This assumption is unjustified, especially if the EMC effect in
asymmetric nuclei is flavor-dependent. Moreover, it is not
consistently applied to $F_{univ}^{HV}$, which leads to an artificial
difference between $F_{univ}^{HV}$ and $F_{univ}^{LD}$.  This difference is largely
driven by the $(Z-N)\frac{F_2^p}{F_2^d}$ term that was
artifically removed from $F_{univ}^{LD}$ but not from
$F_{univ}^{HV}$. This is inconsistent with the flavor dependence being
studied and casts doubt on the entire HV – LD comparison of
Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}.

In addition, Arrington and Fomin logarithmically fit the
$A$-dependence of the slopes of $F_{univ}^{HV}$ and $F_{univ}^{LD}$ (Fig.~3
\cite{2010arXiv1012.3754A}) in order to show which one is
more consistent with $A$-independence.  However, they failed to note that a
one-parameter constant fit to $dF_{univ}^{HV}/dx$ already gives a $\chi^2$/dof of $0.83$
and their two-parameter over-fitting gives $\chi^2$/dof of $0.34$
(Fig.~\ref{Fig:fit}).  For $F_{univ}^{LD}$ constant and logarithmic
fits give reduced $\chi^2$/dof of $1.3$ and $1.5$ respectively, again
indicating that a constant fit is more appropriate~\cite{2010arXiv1012.3754A}.

\begin{figure} [t]
\includegraphics[width=0.9\columnwidth, height=5.5cm]{Fit.pdf}
\caption{One-parameter fits
of the UMF slopes $dF_{univ}^{HV}/dx$  (red) and $dF_{univ}^{LD}/dx$ from
Eq.~\ref{Eq4} (blue) versus atomic number $A$.
The shaded bands indicate
the 68\% and 95\% confidence intervals.
Though these constant fits fully describe both UMF slopes,
in Fig. 3 of Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}
the authors add yet another fit parameter leading to
over-fitting the data, see text for details.}
\label{Fig:fit}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure} [t]
\includegraphics[width=0.9\columnwidth, height=5.5cm]{three_regimes_np_pp.pdf}
\caption{QMC calculated ratio of $np$ / $pp$ pair density as a function of pair separation (points) for $^{12}$C (circles), $^{16}$O (squares) and $^{40}$Ca (stars)~\cite{wiringa14, Lonardoni:2017egu}, compared with calculations~\cite{Cruz-Torres:2017sjy} of SRC-dominated densities (blue) vs. uncorrelated pairs with (green) and without (red) accounting for Pauli exclusion.}
\label{Fig:combinatorics}
\end{figure}

\section{Combinatorial  scaling}
The combinatorial relations assumed for $n_{np_{LD}}^A$,
$n_{nn_{LD}}^A$ and $n_{pp_{LD}}^A$ are also questionable. LD and HV
correspond to different dynamical pictures as HV pairs are
predominantly $D$-wave while high-LD have increased $S$-wave contributions.

Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky} assumes the high-LD ratio of $np$ pairs
to $pp$ pairs, $\rho_{np}^A(r)/\rho_{pp}^A(r)$, equals
$NZ/[Z(Z-1)/2]\approx2$ for symmetric nuclei.  However, ab-initio
calculations for $^{12}$C, $^{16}$O and $^{40}$Ca~\cite{wiringa14,
  Lonardoni:2017egu} indicate that this ratio is only 2 at large-r ($> 3$ fm), but
increases at small-r ($< 1$ fm) by a factor of 2 to 4 (see
Fig.~\ref{Fig:combinatorics}), implying a much smaller $pp$ and $nn$ pair
contribution at small-r.

Therefore the contribution of high-LD $pp$ and $nn$ pairs should be
reduced from the simplistic combinatorial calculation by a factor of 2
to 4, reducing the difference between $F_{univ}^{HV}$ and
$F_{univ}^{LD}$ from a factor of 2.5 to about 1.5.  Furthermore, in
the spin-0 channel, even for asymmetric nuclei, calculations show the
same abundances of small-$r$ $nn$, $pp$, and $np$ pairs, contrary to
combinatorial expectations~\cite{Weiss:2016obx}.

Recent work~\cite{Lynn:2019vwp} even showed that $NN$-pair scaling
coefficients at small-$r$ are the same for a remarkable range of $NN$
potentials (i.e, they are scale- and scheme-independent) and
consistent with measured values of $a_2(A/d)$ without requiring any
combinatorial scaling.

\section{Pair c.m. motion corrections}
Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky} also distingush between scaling of HV
and high-LD pairs by defining seperate scale factors: $a_2$ (HV) and
$R_2$ (high-LD). The two are related by a multiplicative factor
arrising from the center of mass (c.m.) motion of SRC pairs.

c.m. motion effects can increase the measured $(e,e')$ cross-section
ratio that is used to extract $a_2$. Correcting for this enhancement
is reasonable. However, it should be applied in the extraction of the
relative number of either high-LD or HV pairs and requires detailed
modeling of the nuclear spectral
function~\cite{Ciofi07,Weiss:2018tbu}. The application of this
correction only for the high-LD case, again, leads to an artificial
difference between the two approaches.

Quantitatively, Ref.~\cite{Arrington12} estimated the c.m. correction
to be 20\% for medium and heavy nuclei, using a simplistic
one-dimensional smearing of the deuteron momentum distribution. This
procedure ignored the three-dimensional nature of the problem and,
most importantly, the phase-space correlations that significantly
affect the measured electron scattering cross section. A more detailed
study~\cite{vanhalst12}, accounting for these and other effects,
suggested a 70\% correction factor.

\section{HV vs. LD scaling}
QMC calculations extract pair distributions in both coordinate
($\rho_{NN,\alpha}^A(r)$) and momentum space
($n_{NN,\alpha}^A(k)$). These densities were shown to both factorize
as~\cite{Weiss:2015mba,Weiss:2016obx,Cruz-Torres:2017sjy,Weiss:2018tbu,ryckebusch15,CiofidegliAtti:2017xtx,CiofidegliAtti:2017tnm,Alvioli:2016wwp,Alvioli:2013qyz,neff15}:
\begin{eqnarray}
\begin{split}
n_{NN,\alpha}^A (k>k_F ) = C_{NN,\alpha}^A \times |\psi_{NN,\alpha}(k)|^2 , \\
\rho_{NN,\alpha}^A (r<1 fm) = C_{NN,\alpha}^A \times |\psi_{NN,\alpha}(r)|^2 ,
\label{Eq5}
\end{split}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\alpha$ marks the pair spin-isospin state and
$\psi_{NN,\alpha}$ are zero-energy solutions of the two-body
Schrodinger equation for state $\alpha$. Their $k$- and $r$-space
representations are related by a Fourier transform that does not
change their normalization. $C_{NN,\alpha}^A$ are nucleus-dependent
scale factors that (A) account for the many-body dynamics and (B) are
the same in both $k$- and $r$-space for all spin-isospin channels.  This
single scaling factor at both small distance and large momentum is
inconsistent with the Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}  concept of small-$r$, low-$k$ correlated
pairs.

Eq.~\ref{Eq5} was
shown~\cite{Weiss:2016obx,Cruz-Torres:2017sjy,Weiss:2018tbu} to
reproduce QMC calculations at high-$k$ and small-$r$ to ~10\% for $A$ = 4 –
40 nuclei and describes electron-scattering data using the same
scaling factors $C_{NN,\alpha}^A$ as obtained from the QMC
calculations.

Therefore, ab-initio calculations do not support the existance of
different high-$k$ and small-$r$ scaling factors as used by
Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}, showin complete physical equivalence in
the many-body dynamics of HV and high-LD pairs.

\section{Conclusions}
The underlying cause of the EMC effect is an open question with far
reaching implications for our understanding of QCD effects in the
nuclear medium.  The original observations of the EMC-SRC
correlation~\cite{weinstein11, Hen12} and UMF
extraction~\cite{Schmookler:2019nvf}, raises an interesting and
relevant question about the mechanism driving this physics.

We explained that inclusive electron scattering data fundamentally cannot answer this question and pointed to a collection of quantitative issues with the analysis of Ref.~\cite{Arrington:2019wky}.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Award Numbers DE-FG02-97ER-41014, DE-FG02-94ER40818, DE-FG02-96ER-40960, and DE-AC05-06OR23177  under which Jefferson Science Associates operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the Pazy foundation, and the Israeli Science Foundation (Israel) under Grants Nos. 136/12 and 1334/16.
\end{acknowledgments}

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Students create 3D doll crutch to match girl's own appearance
Updated: Feb. 28, 2017 at 6:23 AM CST
(Source: KAIT)
Hannah's letter from Santa (Source: KAIT)
(Source: Jill Sanders)
MONETTE, AR (KAIT) - A Region 8 girl, who simply wanted a doll to look like her, got exactly what she wished for thanks to some EAST students.
When Hannah Hawkins was diagnosed with transverse myelitis her family was forced to adapt to a new normal.
John Eric Hawkins, Hannah's dad, said it affected them greatly.
Now nine-years-old, the family has adjusted.
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It's an autoimmune disorder which causes Hannah to walk with a crutch.
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The EAST students at Buffalo Island Central helped make Hannah's wish become a reality. Cadyn Qualls and Logan Lawrence were at the center of construction.
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Lawrence designed each piece on a computer program and then printed it using three different 3D printers.
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Lawrence printed multiple crutches in different colors to match different outfits.
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Hawkins said Kit, Hannah's doll, eats breakfast with them and even goes to church wearing outfits that match Hannah's.
The memory of Christmas morning is something he wouldn't take back.
"It was really special," Hawkins said.
The BIC EAST class is in the running for the state's top honor, the 2017 Timothy R. Stephenson Founder's Award.
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Craig's List (and similar sites that we'll lump with "CL" for simplicity's sake) can be a great clearing house for excellent deals on snowboarding gear….if you know what you are getting.
When you buy a new snowboard setup, there's usually plenty of information available about it. You can talk to people in shops (often the best place to buy snowboard gear) and you can look things up online (also good due diligence) to find out what type of riding potential boards and bindings are designed for, what size you should be riding, flex ratings to be able to match up bindings and boards, etc. When you purchase on CL it's rare to be able to learn much of anything about what you are buying.
Some people are of the mindset that having your own gear is better than renting. In most cases I would agree with that. Just the consistency of having the same setup every time can make things a lot easier (and quicker not having to deal with rentals). But if the gear is beat up, not fit for your size, ability, or the type of riding you want to do, then it can be more of a hindrance than a help.
The materials that make up boards will break down over time and you lose response, pop, and structural integrity of the board. So buying a second hand board that is 15 years old and beat to crap isn't a good purchase. Buying a board because you like the graphic without knowing anything about it is not a good purchase. When you are learning to snowboard, buying a super stiff board that is too big for you is not a good purchase. In these cases you should really go to your local shop for help.
Don't underestimate the value of a good snowboard shop. Not only will they get you matched up with a board, boots, and bindings appropriate for you. They will fit you for boots and get your bindings mounted up.
This is not to say that you can't score good stuff on CL. You definitely can. We advertise pretty much all of our stuff on CL and a lot of it represents a great deal. But we back up our listings with knowledge. We ride what we sell. The only used boards we sell are ours, so we can tell you all about them. If you have questions we are here to answer them. And you can be assured that you are getting a quality product because we don't sell junk. There are other people who advertise new or close to new stuff on CL because they are switching up their gear, they can't ride it any more for whatever reason, or they need the cash. So we're not saying you can't get a good score.
We are saying buyer beware and know what you are getting. Learn a bit about rocker and camber. Learn about the flex of boards and how they affect your ride. Learn about what you need for the style of riding you want to do. Learn about how a specific board matches up with your ability level. And learn about the appropriate sized board for your size (spoiler alert, it's not about your height, it's about your weight).
Bindings…most people focus on the board and the bindings are an afterthought. You want to make sure that you arematching your snowboard and bindings up. Generally speaking stiff boards go with stiff bindings. A soft board wants soft bindings. If they match up well, the whole will greater than the sum of its parts. If you are purchasing bindings on CL, inspect them. Make sure the baseplates, heel loops, and highbacks are in good shape. No cracks or anything else that would compromise their integrity. Check ladders and ratchets to make sure they're not stripped and the ratchets are smooth with no blown springs. Make sure the straps are in decent shape so they're not going to break on you. Your bindings are pretty important since they connect you to your board. Also make sure if you are buying them separately that the bindings have the right discs for your board's inserts.
Boots…buying used boots kind of rots. It rots less than renting boots that have been worn by a million different people, but used boots have been broken in for someone else's foot, and they will never be fit specifically for you. Some boots can be heat molded and that can help if you can remold them for your feet. But if you have to invest in one piece of new gear, boots are arguably where you should spend your bucks. If your feet are unhappy, you will be unhappy so at the very least make sure they are a good fitfor you.
When you purchase new boots you want them to be snug because they will pack out, the liners will compress over time so the boots should be snug when you first put them on so once they do compress they are the right fit. When you are buying used boots they have likely already packed out so you want to make sure they are comfortable as they are and that your heels don't lift up.
If you know what you are looking for, great…let loose on those sites. If you are just starting out and don't understand all of what's out there, you should probably learn more before diving in head first. And just because a setup is new doesn't mean it's going to be an appropriate setup for you. Don't dismiss your local snowboard shop for great deals either- especially on past seasons' snowboarding gear. When they are trying to clear things out you can find good bargains. Specialty shops also tend to stock some reasonably priced gear aimed toward beginners so you can have a better than rental experience without completely breaking the bank.


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CHRISTINE – ARNIE'S REVENGE
Posted on December 20, 2013 Updated on January 19, 2014
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Chrysler's "Most Beautiful Engineer," and the industry's forgotten sexist history
By Justin Hyde | Motoramic – Fri, Dec 13, 2013
Lucille Pieti
Last week's promotion of Mary Barra to chief executive of General Motors marked a major milestone of the first female CEO of a global automaker. What may be just as remarkable was how Barra made the climb: as a mechanical engineer, a field once all but closed to women in Detroit. Sixty years ago, the Motor City's most well-known female engineer was promoted for her looks into a television model rather than allowed to work in the field she'd chosen — and the forgotten history of Lucille Pieti, once dubbed "Chrysler's Most Beautiful Engineer," demonstrates what's changed, and what hasn't.
Pieti was a Detroit native who showed a flair for math and science in high school, and after graduating high school in 1944 signed up for engineering at nearby Wayne University (now Wayne State.) Pieti was popular — she was named Miss Wayne U her last year — but also harassed; male students would play pranks like painting her drill press pink, and engineering professors would suggest that "girls" who graduated would have promising careers as secretaries, if they didn't get hitched first. At 18, Pieti also began a co-op program with Chrysler, the traditional route for engineers to join the automaker which was poised to rebound in the years after World War II.
How rare was Pieti? When she graduated in 1950 with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering, she was not just the only woman in a class of about 300 engineers, but perhaps the first woman to get that degree from the school. Two years later, a national survey found that 0.17 percent of the nation's engineering graduates were women; Pieti was literally one in a thousand. She told Parade magazine in 1954 that getting hired by her Chrysler boss even after six years of co-op work was a challenge, despite a labor shortage: "The toughest part was convincing him to see me and then to give me the job. The rest of the work was nothing that any woman couldn't handle as easily as a man."
But Chrysler, like most industrial companies of that era, had no plan to give Pieti or any other woman the same career opportunities as her male coworkers. Instead of traditional engineering assignments, Pieti was sent to the technical writing department, a ghetto for the few women in the field with no chance of advancement beyond marriage. And it was while doing internal presentations that her bosses came up with the idea of capitalizing on Pieti's beauty.
"If you think of a mechanical engineer as someone who sports greasy overalls and a colorful vocabulary, Lucille would be an educational experience for you. Modish and slender, she has a soft voice, come-hither hazel eyes and dainty white paws tipped with rosy nail polish." That was the women's editor of the Miami Daily News in 1953 ahead of Pieti coming to town with Chrysler's "New Worlds In Motion," a mini-auto show that Chrysler barnstormed around the country. Pieti was often a star attraction, tasked with explaining tech advancements in layman's terms while Chrysler touted the beauty of its single, twentysomething engineer to the press. (Among the cars she promoted: the Dodge LaFemme, a model the company said was made "By Special Appointment to Her Majesty… the American Woman.)
From Cars magazine, July 1953
Pieti proved adept enough at working the crowds that Chrysler decided to raise her exposure further. In Apri 1954, Chrysler's Plymouth division signed on as sole sponsor of a new CBS sitcom, "That's My Boy." For commercials, the company moved Pieti to Hollywood, and had her perform live, televised versions of the talks she gave on the road to actors. As Edward Malone noted in his 2010 history, she stood in a garage set, wearing tailored white overalls, occasionally with grease streaked on her face for emphasis. Pieti's fame soared, and she made an impression in Hollywood: "If you're an example of what's being turned out in Detroit, I'm going back working on the assembly line," Groucho Marx said.
And while there's no records she ever turned down a Chrysler assignment, she rejected all offers to dump the engineering career she'd now been chasing for nearly a decade in return for a shot at stardom. "I'm just the slide rule type," she told a Detroit newspaper while staying at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "Without the micrometers and the calipers and the tools of my trade I'd be a pretty lost girl."
Cars magazine, July 1953
Here's where Hollywood would rewrite Pieti's narrative with her using her fame to make her dreams come true and stump the old-boy network. But Pieti's story was written by Detroit instead; when"That's My Boy" was cancelled in January 1955, Chrysler simply moved Pieti back to her writing job, with the additional tasks of answering customer complaint letters — work that she increasingly saw as a waste of her engineering talents. After getting engaged to her husband, petroleum engineer Jim Milne, Pieti quit Chrysler in September 1955. She got married, raised two children, and returned to engineering in 1977, this time for an oil company in Saudi Arabia. She died in 2011 at the age of 84.
Today, women make up a quarter of engineering, science and technology graduates, and Barra joins a growing list of women who've used their technical degrees as a stepping stone into the executive suites. Yet among automakers, Barra remains an exception; there's few other women in line for roles such as CEO; there's no other woman at another automaker who oversees vehicle development as Barra did for GM. The path ahead may not be as clear as it should be, but for today's young Lucille Pietis crafting a career in engineering, they have far more examples of how to avoid getting lost along the way.
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Congratulations to : Rick Appleton and Suzan Appleton, on the purchase of their beloved 1966 Mustang pro stock Art prints !
1966 FORD MUSTANG PRO STOCK ART PRINT BY DANNY WHITFIELD
I wrote to Rick how this project was by far one of the most interesting and fun drawing I've done all year. Some of you may remember the post I made last week about the drawing I did in 1975. It was a 1968 Mustang I did for a guy in my shop class. That was the very first drawing I ever got paid for but the best thing about it was, drawing all those modifications on it. Well this project reminded me of the same thing. I haven't done a pro stock like this since 1994 and that was a 1969 Roadrunner. So as you can see I got a real charge out of this and went the extra mile on as much detail as I could see. Rick and Suzan run the Blue Oval Gang on Facebook with tons of Fast Fords and Hot Mustangs. Check it out if you get a chance. Ricks is also going for all three views.
1966 FORD MUSTANG PRO STOCK ART PRINT BY DANNY WHITFIELD FEATURING THE AMERICAN FLAG
It was this drawing I did way back in 1975 that Rick's Project reminded me of. So many memories associated with this drawing.
1968 Mustang drawn by danny Whitfield in 1975
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Congratulations to : Don Dickey, on the purchase of his 1971 Custom Mustang Mach-1 Art Print!
Gorgeous 1971 Mustang Art print by Danny Whitfield- Buy it here!
Rick is one of the few who like me, really like the 71's to 73 Mustang's. Who sez you can't like a "Big Beautiful Bodied" Mustang? Gorgeous from top to bottom. Get a custom print of your car today at The Automotive art of Danny Whitfield
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The 1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 428 Twister Special that sold for $107,000 in Kansas City.
David Newhardt photo, courtesy of Mecum Auctions.
While every muscle car enthusiast knows about the Mustang Mach 1, the 1970-only "Twister Special" version may be unfamiliar to those located outside the Midwest. Mecum Auctions knows its customers, however, and based on its success with a pair of Twister Specials in Kansas City last December, the auctioneers returned with a new pair of regional Mustangs for 2013. Lightning did indeed strike twice in the same location, as both Twister Special Mustangs offered this year again cracked the sale's top-10 list.In an effort to increase Mustang sales in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ford offered its pony car in several regional special editions. Those in California received the GT/California Special, those in Colorado received the High Country Special, and in 1970, Ford dealers in Kansas City received the Mach 1-based Twister Special. Available with either Cobra Jet 428 power or 351 Cleveland power, each of the 96 models built (48 with the 428-cu.in. engine and 48 with the 351-cu.in. engine) came painted in Grabber Orange with unique "Twister Special" graphics. Each featured a blueprinted engine and came loaded up with performance options instead of the usual luxury items, though buyers could choose between manual and automatic transmissions.
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The 428-cu.in. Cobra Jet V-8. David Newhardt photo, courtesy of Mecum Auctions.
Grabbing the fourth spot in this year's Kansas City top-10, a Cobra Jet 428 Twister Special with just 9,365 original miles sold for a hammer price of $107,000. Built on October 16, 1969, the car came equipped with the C6 automatic transmission and the factory Drag-Pak option, and included extensive documentation dating to the car's original MSO, Ford invoice and title. Fresh from a recent restoration, Mecum never described the car as "numbers matching," perhaps indicative of a former life lived in quarter-mile increments. While the selling price was good enough to be among the sale's highest, it fell $33,000 short of the amount realized for a similar-condition Cobra Jet 428 Twister Special in last year's sale.
1970 Ford Mach 1 Cobra Jet Twister Special 1970 Ford Mach 1 Cobra Jet Twister Special 1970 Ford Mach 1 Cobra Jet Twister Special 1970 Ford Mach 1 Cobra Jet Twister Special 1970 Ford Mach 1 Cobra Jet Twister Special
The second Twister Special available to Kansas City bidders this year was a 351 Cleveland-powered example, described as one of 39 built with this engine and an automatic transmission. Also the subject of a recent and thorough restoration, the car was reportedly unearthed in the barn of a Missouri farmer who had owned the car for two decades. As with the Cobra Jet-powered Twister Special, Mecum was also careful to avoid using the phrase "numbers matching" in regards to this Mustang, which hammered at a price of $82,000. That's a significant drop from the $130,000 price realized for a comparable 351 Cleveland-powered Twister Special during last year's sale, but good enough to place this year's car at number six on the top seller's list.
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1968 Camaro Convertible Custom 1 off Show Car
Posted on December 4, 2013 Updated on January 19, 2014
HOT CUSTOM 1968 CAMARO PRINT BY DANNY WHITIFELD
HOT CUSTOM CAMARO PRINT BY DANNY WHITIFELD
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I just got my copy today!
---AJ has a wa-loli kimono pattern (two sizes SD and MSD)!
You can pick up a copy or subscription at http://hautedoll.com if you haven't already!
Nice! Are these actual magazines, or just an e-zine?
I'm Aimee Cummings... and you can see Knife (my Shiwoo) in the article. It's my first article in a magazine and I'm super excited!!!
Good morning everyone! The Haute Doll website has been updated with our June 2007 edition which has just mailed to Club Members and subscribers!
Ellowyne Wilde's popularity is soaring with the Spring, 2007, releases!
So, just who is this singular sensation that has the doll collecting world talking up such a storm? HD sat down with Integrity designer Jason Wu for the scoop.
Visit "Pretty Power"--known online as ROBOCHRIS--in Kyoto and Osaka.
From lavishly beaded bodices to artistically gathered skirts, Elizabeth Fenton of Brooklyn, New York, painstakingly recreates classic bridal couture for 16-inch dolls.
Haute Doll presents a sparkling selection of exclusive wedding day designs from five top doll jewelers.
What do you think about bride dolls? JL and KR ramble on. They give their opinions on everything-from Franklin Mint to Jun Planning, Ashton Drake, Mattel and Tonner. No One is safe from this dynamic duo's opinions.
Renowned doll aficionado and photographer Gina Garan collaborates with CWC Tokyo to bring us Tuesday, Butter, Nico and Violet--the ginagirls.
Gone, but not forgotten, Siyi Lin brings Natalia back in paper doll form.
You may know Sam Danson as the talent behind Halo Repaints and Empire Fashions. What you don't know is that you may have seen her on your television screen long before you heard of Halo or Empire.
One of Cindy Wibowo's trademarks on her OOAKs is cool Afro hair styling. Her Afros range from tame to wild. Here's 33 steps to help you create yours.
Meet Choi Jung Ra (known as Ciel) and Choi Sun Ra (known as Kyante), the visionaries who created Musedoll. What started out as an act of love, to help Kyante buy Ciel a BJD, turned into a solid partnership and business as they prepare to offer their first complete boy-doll...Re-Che.
Welcome to our little Resin Hearts world. In this chapter, Aleric visits Jeni in her studio and Jeni seems more than a little flustered.
Part three of this series showcases the doll makers that have distinguished their sculpts with new or unusual features to improve pose ability or stability. In addition, several tutorials show you how to make modifications to enhance posing.
In September, 2005, a new Asian Ball-Jointed Doll (BJD) company opened its online doors. Its first dolls were small (18-30cm) and offered irresistibly adorable faces. Over a year and one-half later, Latidoll has expanded its range and won the hearts of many doll fans all over the world.
Sherri covers all of the factors that should be considered when buying wigs.
What do dolls mean to the people who create them? What is inside an insider's collection and why do they still collect, if they do?
Adorable girls walk in a secret garden in frothy confections of beauty. Dress your SD13 and MSD sisters in matching empire dresses, accented with lace and beads.
The August 2007 edition has been mailed off to our current subscribers through the postal service. As always please allow a minimum of 4-6 weeks for delivery for Periodical mail.
This issue we are featuring a Traveling photo contest! Information will be posted on our website on Monday, June 4th.
Haute Doll Exclusive Balenciaga Spring/Summer 1955 inspired gown by Christopher Stoeckel & Brett Fowler will be offered in the Boutique!
Our Haute Exclusive doll for the August 2007 edition is a gorgeous Peak's Wood Sky BJD doll that was designed by Valerie Zeitler.
We will also be offering gorgeous Haute Doll Limited Edition ensembles in the Young Marie Antoinette inspired collection from Doll Heart. Gowns, wigs, hats and shoes are limited to 20 of each style and we are also offering fans and masks which are limited to 40 each of each color (black and white). Orders will be taken beginning June 15th. You may preview this collection in the Exclusives section of our website starting on Monday. All items will appear as "Sold Out" in our Boutique section for our new Exclusive Sky and garments until June 15th. We will open orders on our website (or by phone) on the 15th during normal business hours.
What else are we covering in the August issue? So glad you asked! Here's a Sneak at our Contents page highlights!
In The Pink: Getting to know Pinky:st--Amanda Szewczuk--You're cruising down Fashion Doll Avenue, looking for something new. Just before you hit the major intersection of Figure Boulevard, you find a new and sparkling road before you. Welcome to Pinky Street! These little 10 cm. plastic darlings are happy straddling the line between figure and fashion doll.
Squeaky Monkey Blythe Fashions-- Michael Williams--Tiffany Bauer creates fabulous custom clothing for Blythe, the hipster fashion doll. She offers an adorable Blythe pattern, along with fabulous photos of her work.
Ellowyne Wilde Reluctantly Agrees to Her Own Column--Debra DeForte--Ellowyne has graciously agreed to let us be "flies on the wall" in one of her therapy sessions with Dr. Bantam, an exclusive for Haute Doll magazine.
Pania Cope OOAK Silkstone Barbie Repaints--Michael Williams--Pania Cope makes stunning retro-style fashions that adorn her beautiful Silkstone Barbie dolls, which she repaints in the vintage Barbie, Bild Lilli style. Her designs are becoming hot items in the elite world of OOAK doll artistry.
Momoko Paper Dolls-- Siyi Lin-- Four pages of Momoko CCS06AW in Odd Girl Out and Kimono.
Mad About Maddie--Carmen Varricchio--Mego's circa 1967 cut-rate competitor of the Barbie doll, Maddie Mod is a chipmunk babe with sawed-off bangs, lifeless, dead center eyes and a closet full of cheap cartoon couture. And some people are crazy about her!
Fletcher Harris Pattern Company--David Gorley--The Fletcher Pattern Company started in June 2006 and releases designs in collections, just like in the fashion design world. Pages 62-64 offer and exclusive pattern for 12-inch Fashion Royalty and 16-inch Tonner dolls.
Super News & Paris Chalk White Display--Charles Fegen & Desmond Lingard--With Syb-a-Festo and Paris behind them, what will this rockin' duo think up next and where in the world will the next event be?
Artist Extraordinaire Vanessa Tull from Star Studio--David Hutton--Go behind the scenes in an exclusive interview with Vanessa Tull from Star Studio.
It Takes Three--Kathleen Rowell--"Marie" Photography: Jenise Mah-- The number three has long been associated with magical properties - countless fairy tales feature three wishes, three princesses or three daughters. It took three unique artists--Valerie Zeitler, Doll Heart and Peak's Woods--using all of their magic talents to create this issue's scrumptiously rich Haute Doll exclusive.
Amazing Graces--Kathleen Rowell--There are two amazing women name Grace who have built their own unique businesses around the things they love. Grace Szczepaniec founded Jpopdolls and Grace Castillo began by distributing "Eye Candies" in the United States.
The Gift...Chapter 3 of A Resin Heart's Romance--Stephanie Gazell--Welcome to our little Resin Hearts World. Chapter Three finds Aleric and Francie up to something special for Jen's birthday.
Coming Soon--Ernesto Padro-Campos & Emerson Taymore--Nothing can beat a good poster to sell a movie. Be it on a billboard, in a subway station or at a bus stop. In this special tribute to Hollywood, created exclusively for Haute Doll magazine, many familiar faces reappear playing imaginary stars in imaginary movies that could be in a theatre near you.
Charmed, I'm Sure: Meet Mattel's Charmin' Chatty--Barry Sturgill--What's a little girl talking doll doing in a fashion doll magazine? Plenty...a line of fashion play sets were also introduced, each with its own two-sided record, giving Ms. Chatty and her owner a whole new dimension of play situations.
Chatty Cathy Vs. Cuddly Cathy--Linda Bosque--Slugging it out over trademark issues began early at Mattel, Inc.
question for any hautedoll people here. i ordered my issue about 2 and a bit weeks ago but still haven't received it yet. What should i do?


Dishwasher Granite Counters, Central Air.
Great 4 bedroom, two bathroom apartment located in the center of West Chester Borough. No need to cook as you are mere steps away from some of the best restaurants in town. Recently renovated with newer appliances and bathroom fixtures. Hardwood floors add warmth and charm. Central Air Conditioning, Dishwasher, Washer and Dryer in the unit.


You know the drill by now how our sales work. But, if you're new to The Enriched Stitch, either stop by the shop or if give us a call to place an order. Please refer to the frame number BELOW the canvas when you call so we can locate the canvas you're looking for as quickly as possible.
If we can't answer the phone, make sure to leave us a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can. 203-210-5107 The sale starts Thursday December 7 and ends on the 16th.
All in stock accessories are also 20% off during this sale. Unfortunately I can't photograph everything in the store. So you can let us know if there's something you're looking for and we can see if we have it.
If we have your credit card on file, you can email us your order and we can get it right out to you. Have fun looking through all of our fabulous canvases!
Phew! That's a lot of pics! Call the shop if you'd like to treat yourself to something this holiday season!