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Web Page Audit Results: 04-08-2020
This Is Your SWOT Board
First Meaningful Paint Speed
Mobile Speed Score
Web Page Authority
Content Word Count
EST: Reading Time
https: | SSL
Canonical URL
Video On Page
Keyword in Title
Keyword In Body
Keyword in META Description Tag
Keyword in h1 Tag
Empty Image Alts
Outbound Links
Social Media Stats
Schema Tags
Twitter Card Tags
Open Graph tags
Gzip Compression
HTTP Caching
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Where your web page is doing better then the competitions.
Where your competitors are doing better then you.
Where you nor your competitors have implemented or optimized.
Where you and the competition both have implemented.
First Meaningful Paint SpeedShow Competitors
It takes about 1.9 seconds for your page to load its primary content. Your site doesn't load important content faster then the top rank sites! You need to work on this immediately...
Step 1: Fix Render Blocking Items
Great job no rendering blocking items
Step 2: Compress ALL Files
Great job no Javascript items need compressing
Great job no CSS items need compressing
Great job no images need compressing
Step 3: Combine CSS
Consider combining non-critical CSS and utilizing JS to load them once the page has rendered by using the below code(replace the path and name of the l.href item with your actual combined css path and file name)
Is the time when page's primary content appeared on the screen. This is going to be the primary metric for user-perceived loading experience.
First Meaningful Paint
The Competition
Mobile Speed ScoreShow Competitors
Your mobile speed needs work, the top ranking websites for keyword twitter audit are faster
Step 1: Responsive Design
Your website and all its content should scale for any device and resolution regardless of device. Statistics show the last 3 years more mobile visits to websites then desktops. Test Your Site Responsiveness If you want to know how to create or edit your website to make it more responsive check out Google's Multi-Device [Responsive] Tutorial Here
Step 2: DNS Speed
Not all DNS providers are the same, while they provide the same service of connection the performance is unique. Every millisecond counts when dealing with website visitors and bounce rates. Test Your DNS Speed Fixing your DNS speed can be a bit tricky and will take trial and error. Start by having premium DNS. Consider a service like https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/ or a decent web hosting provider that includes faster DNS connects like DigitalOcean.com
Don't use shared hosting they are much slower then a VPS which you can utilize for about the same price of a virtual private server (VPS).
Step 3: Content Delivery Networks
Just like DNS providers every CDN has different speeds due to where caches/sites are located and as your user base grows from different locations of your country or countries you want to provide them with adequate speeds otherwise you will see higher bounce rates in those areas. Test Your CDN Latency If your CDN isn't up to speed, consider some of the really fast ones like Google CDN, Cloudflare CDN, or if you host on DigitalOcean.com they have a CDN for $5.00 per month called spaces.
Step 4: Notes & Tips
NOTES: All of the items inside of the FMPS also affects your mobile score so make sure those items are optimized!
- Lazy load images properly: How To Lazy Load Images
- Use the proper image formats. SVG images are normally lighter in weight and scale to size. But utilize the fastest format possible. Other fast formats include Google's webP and some PNG's
- Use a VPS or dedicated web hosting providers
- Other items that affect your speed will be covered in other sections of this audit such as AMP, Caching, and Compression
As more then 50% of all online visits come from you mobile phones, Mobile page speed can significantly impact the visitors experience.
Mobile speed scores are based on more than just loading time. Google evaluates a number of factors, including the relationship between page speed and potential conversion rate.
Mobile Speed Score
The Competition
AMP - Accelerated Mobile PagesShow Competitors
You need to get AMP pages, its a known fact Google is displaying AMP pages at the top of their results because they load better and provide a better experience for website visitors. And 0 out of the 2 top ranking sites have amp urls.
Step 1: Implement AMP Pages
If your website is Wordpress based its as simple as adding a plugin like AMP for WP. If its not on a CRM, Google has provided many templates you can edit and utilize to match your website View AMP Templates. Once you have an AMP page, on the Non-AMP version of that page you need to add this rel link to the head portion of the HTML page:
Which I am telling search engines that this page has an AMP version of it. So this URL would be different for every page.
Step 2: Validate
Now that you have an AMP page and its properly linked, you need to make sure its valid or it will be useless. Test Your AMP URL
The Accelerated Mobile Pages ("AMP") Project is an open source initiative that came out of discussions between publishers and technology companies about the need to improve the entire mobile content ecosystem for everyone -- publishers, consumer platforms, advertisers, creators, and users. Today, the expectation is that content should load super fast and be easy to explore. The reality is that content can take several seconds to load, or, because the user abandons the slow page, never fully loads at all. Accelerated Mobile Pages are web pages designed to load near instantaneously -- they are a step towards a better mobile web for all.
AMP Details
The Competition
Web Page AuthorityShow Competitors
You need to fix your page authority. Your score is lower then the average of the top 2 ranking for keyword: twitter audit.
Step 1: LSI and Personalization
You want to make sure your tags and data have a healthy mix of LSI [related terms] with uniqueness to every page. Don't keyword stuff and avoid using main keywords at the end of every tag. Utilize your brands name instead. Here are 2 decent sites for finding LSI terms:
Step 2:
Promote your website through PPC and Social media ASAP. You want to gather as many quality and relevant backlinks gradually increasing on a monthly basis.
Step 3: Content
If your content isn't unique and easy to read you might as well not worry about this page ranking because its a losing battle. Check your contents uniqueness with: copyscape.com
Many other factors affect your score which affect your rankings but we have those covered in its own sections so make sure you handle these before moving on.
PA is a score developed by Moz to predict how well a page might rank on search engines based on many factors like backlinks, trust, relevancy, spam, etc.
Page Authority Score
The Competition
Content LengthShow Competitors
Your word count is thin in comparison to the top 2 ranking websites for: twitter audit
Step 1: Research
Read the top website results for your keyword and take note of their content.
Make notes on the following:
- Weak and strong parts of content
- how they use media, bullet points and tabs to break up the content
- Outbound links
- Internal linking
- How many times they used the keyword in question if any
Step 2: Interlinking, OBL & LSA
Make sure that other pages on your website that are relevant to this content link to it and that you link out to other websites with higher page authority scores that are relevant.
If you site is about dogs there is no reason for it to have an outbound link or gain backlinks from a car repair website.
You also want to use synonyms for those links and sprinkled related terms for the keyword: twitter audit through out your content so that the theme of the content is clear to readers and search engines.
This is the amount of words found on a website page. The goal is to have a minimum of 700 words of killer content but may be more if your competitors are doing real content marketing.
Word Count Details
The Competition
Estimated Read TimeShow Competitors
Your web page takes about 1 minutes to finish reading which is faster to read then the competitions.
Your content sentiment analysis score is a 0.41, putting it on the positive side while the top ranking sites have an average score of 0.59
Very different reading times
There seems to be a significant difference between the time it takes to finish reading/viewing your web page and theirs. Take a look and see what you can do to better match theirs because its what the visitors are expecting.
By giving your readers an estimated read time you set the expectation of how much time users will need to view your content, thus allowing them to set that time aside just for you.
EST: Reading Time
The Competition
Readability [Flesch-Kincaid]Show Competitors
Your site is harder to understand then the competitions with a Flesch-Kincaid score of 44.8 and has 0 spelling mistakes.
You need to review your content and make it easier to understand. Try having someone who isn't an expert in what your writing about read it and critique it so that you can simplify it. Good job on having less spelling mistakes.
The Flesch–Kincaid readability test are designed to indicate how difficult content in English is to understand.
Readability Score
The Competition
https: | SSLShow Competitors
Excellent we found the ability to connect via https:// which means you have an SSL certificate
Great job, you've already implemented an SSL, move on to the next item.
When a website has an https:// in front of its web page url it is providing an encrypted link between its web server and your browser for security.
Having an SSL definitely improves trust by users and search engines alike and is a must.
SSL Details
The Competition
Social StatsShow Competitors
You have a total of 0 shares, while the top ranking websites for twitter audit average out to 544 social shares
Step 1: Share Analysis:
|Comp Site
|Your Site
Step 2: Action
Now that you know where you are weaker then the competition, you need to make sure you gain 10% more then them in all areas in order to really beat them at social media here are a few ideas.
Section 1: Find your competitors on the social media site and target their followers then
follow, friend, comment on their post, re-share and create dialogs with them 25 times per day!
Eventually they will follow and or friend you and begin to see your content
Section 2: Create a social media sharing plan where you share at-least 2x per day more then the competition consistently everyday at the same times. Only share items that reflect your sites core values and relevant content
Section 3: Find tags, groups and images about topics relevant to your website and comment, like, repin, and re-share at-least 25 times per day
Step 3: Assessment
Every month you MUST assess your progress. Your starting point will be 1500 direct touch points. You must note:
- How many followers you gain?
- How many followers you loss?
- How did your shares changed?
See what communication works best images, text, # hashtags, emojis, etc.
Review what actions taken you should increase or decrease productivity.
When you increase productivity of an action it should always be doubled
Never more then 1 section at a time. Otherwise it will be difficult to know where you are gaining the most benefit
These are numbers in regards to how many times unique individuals on that particular social media site have shared your content.
The more the better which leads to an increase in brand awareness and overall popularity
Social Share Details
The Competition
Schema Structured Data TagsShow Competitors
Schema tags found: 0
Competitor Schema Data Tags Found: 0.00%
Step 1: Implement Markup Tags
Utilize Google's Structured Data Markup Helper its free but requires you to be logged in. Once you put the code on your site make sure you test it here https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/
Google and Bing are starting to prioritize those who have structured data and you'll usually notice them at the top of the search engine results so that should be your motivation.
Review of Comps Schema
Metadata tags provided clues about the meaning of a pages data. It helps search engines better understand and categorize the items of your page.
Schema Details
The Competition
Twitter Card TagsShow Competitors
Twitter Mark Up Found!
2 out of 2 top ranking sites have Twitter Cards
Great job, you already have Twitter Cards implemented move on to the next item
Twitter markup tags provide you with the ability to optimize your pages content for Twitter sharing to help drive traffic to your pages.
By attaching media and specific data, Twitter cards will be added to Tweets when shared.
Twitter Card Details
The Competition
Facebook Open Graph TagsShow Competitors
Your web page, provides og metadata!
2 out of the 2 top ranking sites for twitter audit have the Open Graph protocol enabled.
Great job, you already have Open Graph protocol implemented move on to the next item
These tags provide rich information objects in a social graph.
By having og tags it allows your web page to have the same functionality as other objects do within Facebook.
OG Details
The Competition
Gzip CompressionShow Competitors
Great, your web server has Gzip compression enabled. 2 out of the 2 top competitiors serve compressed content!
Great job, you already have GZIP implemented move on to the next item
A compression algorithm that takes your files and makes them smaller.
By utilizing Gzip compression on your website server it allows faster loading of your page.
GZIP Enabled Details
The Competition
HTTP Caching DirectivesShow Competitors
Your caching directives need work. Your cache score is 0.36 while the top ranking sites average score for keyword: twitter audit is 0.64. The best possible score is a 1.
Step 1: Improve Your Cache Setup
Currently there are 1.579936 MB wasted due to improper caching.
Review these items and increase the max-age caching and utilize Etags.
|Wasted MegaBytes
When browser caching is enabled on a website, it allows for that website to load for you faster by storing certain components of that site locally and refreshing on set intervals.
Cache Score Details
The Competition
Robots.txt FileShow Competitors
A robots.txt was NOT found.
Step 1: Add A Robot.txt File
Simply open up a notepad and add the following text to it;User-agent: *
Allow: /
Now save it under the name robots.txt and store it in the root of your file server
You can also add a robots directive to the head portion of your html under a meta tag and this post does a great job at not only enplaning the options for a robots.txr file but the metadata portion as well: https://varvy.com/robottxt.html
Step 2: Comp Robot Analysis
These files are standards used by websites to tell website crawlers what NOT to scan or process.
Its an exclusion protocol that allows us to communicate with crawlers.
Robots Details
The Competition
Favicon IconShow Competitors
Your website doesn't have a favicon or isn't tagged properly.
Step 1: Get A Favicon
Simply upload your logo at https://www.favicon.cc/
and create a favicon its FREE!
Then download it and place it in your web server where ever you keep your images.
Step 2: Tag Favicon
Add the below to the head portion of your page
A favicon, is a shortcut icon used as website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, and is a file associated with a particular website.
Favicon Details
The Competition
Canonical URLShow Competitors
Your web page, provides a preferred / canonical URL for search engines while 1 out of the 2 top ranking websites have rel=canonical
Great job, you have a canonical url
Your Canonical URL: https://www.whoranksfor.com/twitter
Its an HTML element tag that tells search engines that this is the preferred version of a web page so that it doesnt think the www.yoursite.com is hosting duplicate content on yoursite.com
Canonical Details
The Competition
Error's On this Web PageShow Competitors
Great job no errors found on your page. The top ranking websites for twitter audit average out to 43 errors
Great job, no errors found, move on to the next item
Website errors not only affect the usability and user experience it will affect your rankings as your bounce rates increase and the time between when a user clicks on a result, and when the user returns from that search engine results page.
Errors range from broken links, missing images, failing to load a CSS and JS resources, etc.
Error Details
The Competition
Video On PageShow Competitors
Your web page has 1 videos, while 1 of the 2 top ranking websites have videos for the keyword: twitter audit
Great job, a video was found on this page, move on to the next item
Its a known fact by industry leaders that having a video on your page increases conversions.
Video Onsite Details
The Competition
Keyword Found in TitleShow Competitors
Target keyword: twitter audit was found in title tag. 2 out of the top 2 ranking websites have the keyword in their title tag.
Great job, your title tag has your target keyword, move on to the next item
The title tag is the HTML element used as the headline for you web page on search engines. Your target keyword should be found here.
Title Tag Details
The Competition
Keyword In Body TextShow Competitors
Target keyword: twitter audit was found in the body text of this page.
1 out of the top 2 ranking websites have the keyword in their HTML body.
Great job, your body text has your target keyword, move on to the next item
The HTML Body Text is the main content of your web page.
Keyword in Body
The Competition
Keyword in Meta Description TagShow Competitors
Target keyword: twitter audit was found in the meta description tag. 1 out of the top 2 ranking websites have the keyword in their meta description tag.
Great job, your title tag has your target keyword, move on to the next item
The meta description tag is placed in the head section of your web page. It summarizes your content and used by search engines to it on search engine result pages.
You'll often hear people saying it should be 160 characters but a simple Google search proves this wrong. We've seen up to 286 characters.
Meta Description Tag
The Competition
Keyword in h1 TagShow Competitors
Good you have an h1 heading tag and your target keyword: twitter audit was found in the heading tag.
NONE of your competitors have the keyword in their h1 tags, this is low hanging fruit and you should make sure you do have the keyword: twitter audit in your h1 tag.
Great job, your h1 tag has your target keyword, move on to the next item
The h1 tag is the most important heading tag in your HTML because its the main headline for your content.
h1 Details
The Competition
Backlink CountShow Competitors
Your website has 89 backlinks, which is less then the average competitor.
The average backlink amount of the top ranking websites is 114983.
Step 1: Build Quality Backlinks
Only put effort into getting backlinks that are relevant, have higher PA scores and receive traffic. Backlinking is about quality NOT quantity!
Your backlink profile should look naturally occurring and have a variety of text and formats.
Never put effort into 'No-Follow', profile, or comment type backlinks unless they have real traffic or contribute to the conversation from a perspective of more then link value.
Backlink Variation Ideas
- Non-branded keyword with or without URL in the front or end of anchor
- Branded keyword with/without URL in front or end of anchor
- URL only - with or without brand
- Image/Infographic Backlink
- LSA with or without URL, with/without brand in front or end of anchor text
- No-follow/do-follow
Backlink Acquisition Ideas
- Guest post on sites that have website traffic, most of these will charge a fee but it can be worth it due to the exposure of your brand and expertise to a new audience. If you can't afford it try exchanging blog post but with a 3rd party blog not with the same one
- Find broken links and let the web master/site owner know
- Share articles with influencer's who share similar content
- Set up a round table experts content post and most will share it on their web page and social media sites
- Donate media projects [create infographics/images/video for a relevant pages]
Here are a Guest post websites you can use found through our Guest Post Search Engine
|Websites Accepting Guest Post
A backlink is when a website post a URL of your web page on theirs.
Search engines see this as a vote for scoring a web pages ability to rank for certain keywords and content.
Backlink Details
The Competition
RedirectsShow Competitors
No redirects found, good job.
Great job, your web page doesn't redirect. Move on to other items.
A redirect is when you attempt to open a URL but are directed to a different page. It leads to a poor user experience and looks very unprofessional.
Redirect Score Details
The Competition
Image altsShow Competitors
Great job, you have no empty image alt tags. Within the image alts we didn't find your keyword, Its a good idea to have it sprinkled in there once on the page within this tag.
No missing alts. Move on to other items.
The alt attribute is an alternate text for an image that can't be displayed for any reason. This tag is not meant for keyword spam, use it to provide detailed data about the image.
Img Alt Details
The Competition
OBLShow Competitors
You have 15 external links.
The top ranking websites for twitter audit have an average of 32 outbound links.
Good, you have an OBL but consider adding your keyword inside the anchored text of one of the external links
Its a website URL/link that points to another website. On some marketing blog's you will see it call an OBL.
OBL Details
The Competition
- https://www.twitteraudit.com/ OBL List: https://twitter.com/Nesakko https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2FNesakko&text=Check%20out%20%40Nesakko%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/db48029111 https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2Fdb48029111&text=Check%20out%20%40db48029111%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/javi_mellado https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2Fjavi_mellado&text=Check%20out%20%40javi_mellado%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/RayioM https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2FRayioM&text=Check%20out%20%40RayioM%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/kaostoxiko https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2Fkaostoxiko&text=Check%20out%20%40kaostoxiko%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/rire_metal https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2Frire_metal&text=Check%20out%20%40rire_metal%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/irenevigil10 https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitteraudit.com%2Firenevigil10&text=Check%20out%20%40irenevigil10%27s%20audit!&hashtags=twitteraudit https://twitter.com/davc https://twitter.com/grossnasty
- https://www.follows.com/blog/2017/10/accurate-twitter-audit-checker OBL List: https://follows.com/ https://follows.com https://follows.com/twitter https://follows.com/free-followers https://follows.com/faq https://follows.com/blog/ https://follows.com/blog/ https://follows.com/contact https://follows.com/twitter https://follows.com/blog/ https://follows.com/blog/category/twitter https://follows.com/blog/2017/10/accurate-twitter-audit-checker https://follows.com/blog/2017/10/accurate-twitter-audit-checker https://follows.com/blog/author/james-parsons https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+Accurate+is+the+Twitter+Audit+Follower+Checker%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker https://bufferapp.com/add?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker&text=How+Accurate+is+the+Twitter+Audit+Follower+Checker%3F https://twitter.com/MagicRealismBot https://twitter.com/pentametron https://twitter.com/congressedits https://follows.com/blog/2015/12/creating-auto-retweet-bot https://support.twitter.com/articles/76915 https://www.twitteraudit.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_significance https://fakers.statuspeople.com/ http://botornot.co/ https://botometer.iuni.iu.edu/#!/ https://follows.com/blog/2019/01/guide-instagram-follower-instagram https://follows.com/blog/2016/02/apps-remove-fake-followers https://follows.com/blog/2016/09/audit-clean-following-twitter https://follows.com/blog/2018/10/facebook-showing-accurate-counts https://follows.com/blog/2017/10/accurate-twitter-audit-checker#comment-263 https://follows.com/blog/2017/10/accurate-twitter-audit-checker#comment-403 https://follows.com/twitter https://follows.com/ https://follows.com/twitter https://follows.com/instagram https://follows.com/facebook https://follows.com/free-followers https://follows.com/faq https://follows.com/blog/ https://follows.com/contact https://follows.com/terms https://follows.com/privacy https://follows.com/twitter?=monthly https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+Accurate+is+the+Twitter+Audit+Follower+Checker%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker https://bufferapp.com/add?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffollows.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2Faccurate-twitter-audit-checker&text=How+Accurate+is+the+Twitter+Audit+Follower+Checker%3F


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After months of political posturing, the U.S. Senate finally agreed on Monday to allow debate on stalled legislation that would delay dramatic flood insurance rate increases hitting homeowners across the nation.
The 86-13 vote on Monday night paves the way for the Senate to fully debate the issue over the next two days, with a potential final vote coming as soon as Wednesday.
Both Florida Sens. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, and Marco Rubio, a Republican, voted to advance the bill.
The proposed legislation (S1926) would delay for up to four years the massive rate hikes that have been hitting Florida property owners since last fall. That would be enough time for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to complete an affordablity study on the impact of the rate increases.
The bill would also require FEMA to re-evaluate its re-mapping program, which could raise the risk level -- and with it, premiums -- on thousands more properties.
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said the bill, which he sponsored, has a simple goal.
"It is a bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation to ensure that families will be able to afford flood insurance so they can stay in their homes; businesses can stay open; and property values won't plummet," he said.
The delay would not affect vacation homeowners or properties that have had repetitive flood losses.
While supporters of the delay were happy to see the bill finally moving in the Senate, the outlook in the U.S. House remains murky. For the bill to become law, it must pass both the House and the Senate and gain the president's approval.
Earlier this month, House Speaker John Boehner told the Associated Press that the Senate bill was not likely to be brought up in the House. Instead, House Republicans are looking for an alternative version that could provide delays in the rate hikes for a shorter period and leave intact changes aimed at improving the nation's flood insurance program so it can handle the next major catastrophe.
In 2012, Congress overwhelmingly passed a law to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to address a $24 billion debt in the program after Hurricane Katrina. Those reforms require people living in high-risk areas to pay more "actuarially sound" rates for coverage. As it is now, some argue that taxpayers are subsidizing lower flood insurance rates for some property owners in flood-prone areas.
But even those who supported those goals say they are stunned by how high the rate increases have been. House and Senate members report some properties face 10-fold increases in rates.
"Unfortunately, the increases have been anything but manageable," U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said.
On the Senate floor, Nelson said the rates have potentially severe consequences. "It's hurting our economic recovery just at the moment in which the real estate market is coming back all along the coast of America, as well as along the rivers and lakes, the very places that flood insurance is necessary for a homeowner or business," Nelson said.
Nelson, gesturing toward the House, said that with the Senate finally moving on the measure, "the problem is going to be at the other end of this hallway."
Boehner released a statement earlier this month defending the original reforms passed in 2012, but offering some support for relief.
"While I don't support repealing the 2012 law, we're listening to members and the alternative ideas they are offering on this issue," Boehner said. "There have been ongoing discussions with members, and the House may consider changes to the law in the weeks and months ahead that both help homeowners and protect taxpayers."
Senate votes to debate flood insurance rate hike
After months of political posturing, the U.S. Senate finally agreed on Monday to allow debate on stalled legislation that would delay dramatic flood insurance rate increases hitting homeowners across the nation.

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2012 marks the return of Le coq sportif to the roads of the Tour de France. Next summer to celebrate its 130th anniversary, the brand will be supplying all the leaders jerseys- the yellow jersey, green jersey, the polka dot jersey and white jersey.
More than just a partnership, it is also a choice of the heart, evidence that confirms the commitment of Le coq sportif to cycling yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The 2012 yellow jersey is a subtle blend of authenticity and modernity. It incorporates clean lines, fitted sleeves above the elbow, and a flat sewn collar that mirrors the jersey produced by Le coq sportif for the Tour in 1951. The positioning of the logo is directly inspired by the jersey of the Tour 1972, won for the fourth consecutive year by Eddy Merckx
Looking good guys, Bring on 2012!


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Gift a Cuddly Teddy as a Symbol of Love on Teddy Day
With first three days of Valentine Weekbeing celebrated with great fervour and excitement, comes the fourth day, the Teddy Day. The fourth day is yet another day filled with romance, love and cuteness for the couples.
Teddy Day is a day meant for exchanging cuddly and adorable soft Teddy bears between couples. The teddy acts as a symbol of love between the two and it is said to give an effect of the other partner's presence. Hugging the teddy is tantamount to hugging your partner and can relieve the ache felt whenever you crave for your partner's company.
The bigger and softer the teddy, more is the impact felt by the individual yearning for the presence of his or her companion. The teddy becomes a happy reminder of the good times spent together and strengthens the faith in the relationship or perks up the relationship if it has turned monotonous.
Shops stock a number of soft teddy bear toys of differing sizes and colours to suit the preferences of every individual, especially girls.The sight of a cute teddy never fails to impress all girls who do not mind an addition in spite of having their closets full of them. The 10th February, Teddy Day is just wonderful!
Image Gallery: About 30 images found for the requested topic in this category.


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Mountain View may soon have to be called "Google View."
The search giant is expanding its physical footprint in the South Bay city by investing in another office complex.
Google purchased the 240,000-square-foot Landmark at Shoreline office complex for $100 million for its employees.
The new campus will house up to 960 Googlers and it is located next too Google's main headquarters.
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Are people generally rational or irrational and has that changed over the course of history?
Rationality is the operation of reason; the weighing of options and assessing benefits over costs in the process of attaining goals or solving a problems.
Should we work towards replacing other functions of thought with rationality and seek to maximize rationality in our decision making?
If so, what are some ways we can maximize our rationality and more importantly, how can we facilitate the rationalization of others without them being offended? So often when I am having a discussion of beliefs with someone, they are offended to hear when I disagree and this leads to not only a lack of understanding, but a conversation that benefits neither party. Sometimes this leaves a stain on the relationship. It seems primitive that someone would be offended at the notion that they might be wrong. Personally I value the chance to be told I am wrong, because only two things can happen out of that: 1. I will learn something, or 2. I will teach something. Either way society is better off; overall knowledge will have increased; and thus overall welfare will have increased.
So riddle me this people of The Atheist Nexus: How can we align the people around us more closely to logic and effective thought processes without burning bridges and coming off narcissistic?
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I think it all comes down to having a thorough, polite, and respectful conversation. Explain your position, and be clear, and don't be a dick. I think people tend to lean toward the position that makes the most sense.
It is rarely that simple in my experience. Maybe I haven't mastered the "not being a dick" part. But joking aside, I think many people want to be right more than they want to find truth and so refuse to disagree constructively. Is there a way to help those people overcome their fear of being wrong?
If the discussion you are having is about "faith", you have a bigger challenge than your associate taking offense. Underlying the conversation between you two people, is a third, imaginary presence. This invisible absence is mentally menacing your opponent with the threat of everlasting hell, while you are calmly proposing the concept of 'no god'. In the mind of your opponent, just contemplating certain ideas is a sin - a thought crime - the sentence for which is eternal fire and brimstone. You have freed yourself to think any thought you want. Your opponent is hampered by the celestial thought police.
I was talking generally, but of course faith was in the back of my mind when I was constructing the question. Excellent point though. Thought crime is menacing indeed; a fallacy of intention based ethics. So what do you propose is the best course of action? Are you saying we should first question the illegitimacy of their ethics before we can challenge their metaphysical beliefs?
No Andrew, I'm just aware that some of the folks that I have thought were attentively debating these metaphysical topics, were really internally reciting the "Lord's Prayer" to prevent my evil thoughts from besmirching their holy souls. You can lead a fool to knowledge, but you can't make him think.
I refuse to accept that! I was a Catholic for most of my life and a few key people changed my mind. No doubt I was willing to listen. But what is the essence of an effective approach like the one that was used on me?
"You can lead a fool to knowledge, but you can't make him think." As clever as this little quip was, I cannot merely dismiss someone as a "fool". As a lover of truth and a lover of society I cannot give up by giving credit to such oversimplifications. We must convert all theists to free thought! We need to brainstorm this, there is a way. Call me an optimist, but we have a duty to help these people if it is in our power, do we not?
I'm sorry, Andrew. I do not want to discourage you. I'm a cynic. Of course many people are open to reason. I don't really think all believers are fools either, just fooled! Some times I have a little success when I sincerely ask some of those unanswerable questions that led me to reject belief in god. Sometimes questions about the apparent lack of justice and compassion in the church's teachings, and in the bible narrative will get a person thinking.
I do not think that people should be offended when they are shown to be wrong, but there is certainly a visceral response in many cases. I think that many people have a need to be right, and that they react emotionally to defend their beliefs.
I once had a conversation with a friend in which he had asserted that it made perfect sense for the full moon to affect human mood and behavior, appealing to the analogy of human bodies to the Earth by percentage of water (biological tides argument). I argued by applying Newton's Law of Gravitation to show that the moon's effect on a human body was negligible compared to other, nearby masses (disregarding the fact that water in human bodies is bounded in much smaller regions, the fact that perigee and apogee of the moon do not necessarily correlate with moon phase, etc.). He responded "Well, if you believe THAT...." in reference to Newtonian physics. He was telling me that his beliefs were immune to change. Such people will disregard even the most basic and demonstrable evidence if it contradicts a cherished belief. And religious beliefs are much more important to most people than the "Full Moon Effect."
I agree that the "don't be a dick" rule should be paramount. However, I have become convinced that true believers in any false idea will be offended no matter how the news is broken to them. The goal, I think, should be to invest energy in constructive dialogue with people who are open to new evidence and who have a willingness to admit to being wrong. All skeptics are bound by this rule, as we are incapable of holding beliefs that have been demonstrated to us to be false. If a person is able to accommodate a sufficient degree of cognitive dissonance to forbid changing a belief, conversation is fruitless.
You bring up a pretty big challenge here. What I've seen as the fundamental issue in changing opinions, and one that's not entirely obvious in most cases, is that physically wrong and mentally wrong are distinctly different concepts which can be perceived in dramatically different ways.
Rationality is usually seen as a tool for discovering physical truths; that is, making mental representations of the world more accurate, and therefore more reliable for planning purposes. However, while people will easily adopt ideas which fill an empty space, they will often violently resist replacements to their current ideas. Why?
Because mental truth is the measure of psychological stability an idea or set of beliefs provides, not the accuracy with which it represents the external world. As all our ideas tie together into a single personality, excising an old (and physically wrong) idea is like remodeling a building; you have to shut it down, tear pieces out, and do quite a bit of work to get it back in shape, without knowing that the effort will be worth it until the project is complete.
So people will often react in a hostile fashion if what you argue is physically true but mentally wrong, such that if they evaluated it honestly they would know they needed to modify their beliefs, but doing so would reduce their mental coherency by disrupting dependent ideas and connections. Recognition but inaction does its own damage (mental stress), so the most effective response is to reject the validity of your argument outright, despite its physical truth.
This makes the solution pretty clear: if you want people to listen, ideas must be conveyed with mental truth for the given audience. This holds regardless of whether your message has physical truth to it, so your intellectual responsibility (given your goals) is to combine both types of truth.
You cannot, however, expect physical truth to stand alone unless you're willing to wait the decades or centuries for it to 'drift' to a receptive audience (of which none may currently exist).
Wow. Thank you this helps a lot. I don't think I've ever heard a metaphor to describe this so perfectly as the building remodeling. Did you invent the idea of physical vs mental truths?
Please elaborate on how to convey ideas with mental truth
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Jochen Mayerl
posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 2:16 am
I want to determine power using a model with two continous latent variables measured by categorical indicators and two exogenous observed variables. The estimator is WLSMV.
My question: Is it possible to apply your method determing power using a Monte Carlo Study described in your paper "How to Use a Monte Carlo Study to Decide on Sample Size and Determine Power" (Structural Equation Modeling 2002, 9(4), 599-620) to my model described above?
If not, which procedure can be used to determine power using a model with categorical indicators (WLSMV)?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:40 am
Following is Bengt's answer to a similar question:
"Your model has dependent variables that are categorical and therefore the Satorra-Saris method which uses the non-central chi-square as you describe it is not applicable since it requires maximum-likelihood estimation while Mplus only offers weighted least squares estimation for such models. So, you have to do a Monte Carlo study using a population covariance matrix. Parts of this matrix can be obtained from your estimated model, under the RESIDUAL output. In this output you find the estimated covariance matrix for the residuals given predictors (say R) and the estimated slope matrix (say S). SAMPSTAT will produce the sample covariance matrix for your predictors (say C). The population matrix P
that you need is then obtained as:
which can be computed by say SAS IML. Alternatively, you can obtain P using path analysis rules applied to your estimated model and using C, which might be simpler if you are not used to matrices.
In your Monte Carlo analysis using the population matrix P, you can misspecify your model as you suggested. The proportion of replications in which the chi-square test rejects the model at the 5% level is the estimate of the power to detect the misspecification. For example, in the table below, this value is .046."
Expected Observed
0.990 0.988
0.980 0.970
0.950 0.934
0.900 0.884
0.800 0.768
0.700 0.678
0.500 0.464
0.300 0.282
0.200 0.190
0.100 0.092
0.050 0.046
0.020 0.016
0.010 0.010
Larry DeCarlo
posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 10:46 am
I have a related question. In using Monte Carlo with categorical data and multiple groups, is it possible to specify DIFFERENT cutpoints across the two groups?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:00 am
In Version 2, it is not possible. In Version 3, it will be possible.
posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 - 11:39 pm
after reading the Muthén & Muthén paper on power estimation published in Structural Equation Modeling (2002) and also that on this website I'm wondering if there's an example with categorical indicator available. I've tried something out and got the following response: -Unknown class label: %C#1% - after I've added thresholds for categorical data to the example which is printed on p.14/15 in one of the paper mentioned above.
Could you recommend an example?
Thanks heaps.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 6:14 am
Find an example in the user's guide similar to what you want to do. Then use the Monte Carlo counterpart of that example as a starting point. These examples come with Mplus and are also available on the website.
Note that we used TYPE=MIXTURE with one class in the paper even though we were not doing mixture modeling. This is because at that time Mplus only had Monte Carlo facilities for mixture. The Monte Carlo facilities have since been increased.
Andrea Newman
posted on Monday, July 23, 2018 - 7:00 pm
Hi there, I am trying to use the tables in the paper, "How to Use a Monte Carlo Study to Decide on Sample Size and Determine Power", to determine power based on my sample. I am confused about the number of indicators in my model. In my model, I have 8 categorical variables:
1. Gender: male, female
2. Poverty status: above, below
3. Age: early middle, late middle, and older adult
4. Disability status: seeking, on disability, not on/not seeking
5. Literacy: below 5th, 6-11, above 12th
6. Education: no degree, HS degree, above HS
7. Employment: partial, full, not employed, retired
8. Race: Black/African-American, White/Caucasian
I am confused if I have 8 indicators or if I have 22 indicators.
Thanks so much,
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 2:27 pm
You have 8 variables that are either binary, ordinal, or nominal.
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Under the proposal, students attending four-year schools would be awarded scholarships in the following amounts: $2,000 for freshmen, $3,000 for sophomores, $4,000 for juniors and $5,000 for seniors. Students attending two-year schools would receive $2,000 per year.
Students currently receive $4,500 to attend a four-year school and $2,250 to attend a two-year school — 27,088 students at four-year schools and 5,741 students at two-year institutions have lottery scholarships.
HB1295 stipulates students already in the program would continue to receive those amounts while students entering the program in the 2013-14 school year would receive the tiered amounts.
The bill seeks to prevent the lottery scholarship program from becoming unable to meet its obligations in 2014.
In December, the legislative oversight committee on the lottery recommended reducing the scholarship amounts to $3,300 a year for four-year schools and $1,650 a year for two-year schools. Key presented a plan for tiered scholarships before the committee but got no support for it there.
Rep. Mark Perry, D-Jacksonville, co-chairman of the oversight committee, warned House members Monday that Gillam's bill "would drastically impact probably the middle-income kids as far as their choice to attend a four-year university."
But Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, said a tiered system should improve scholarship retention. Under the current system, too many recipients drop out after the first year "and we've burned off a lot of money in an ineffective way," he said.
"By rewarding students for completing one year, then two years, then three years, what we're saying to our kids is, go to school, stay in school, get your degree and you'll be the beneficiary," he said.
Rep. John Walker, D-Little Rock, asked Gillam if a racial impact study had been done for the bill. Gillam said none had, but he said if one is needed he would be willing to have it done while the bill is in the Senate.
Meanwhile in the Senate, House Bill 1037 passed, 25-7. Known as the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the measure by Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, would ban an abortion after 20 weeks, the point at which the legislation maintains a fetus typically is able to feel pain.
A Senate committee last week amended the bill to include exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The version that previously passed the House with 75 votes exempted only pregnancies that threatened the life of the mother or physical impairment of the mother.
The bill must go back to the House for consideration of the Senate amendment.
"This bill is law in seven states already," Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said while presenting the bill on the Senate floor. "It is constitutional and it is based on Nebraska law."
Opponents in the Senate noted the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, established 24 weeks as viability for an infant, and they said neither the American Medical Association nor any other research-based medical organization has ever validated that a fetus feels pain at 20 weeks.
Also, Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, said abortions at 20 weeks or later in a pregnancy are extremely rare and only occur when there is a problem with the fetus.
"Nobody keeps a baby in the womb for 20 weeks expecting to have an abortion," she said, adding that the state should not tell a woman at that stage of a pregnancy what she should or should not do.
Other bills that passed in the House on Monday included:
—HB 1017 by Rep. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, to allow school districts to adopt curriculum standards for academic study of the Bible. The bill passed 79-3 and goes to the Senate.
—HB 1187 by Rep. Nate Bell, R-Mena, to prohibit public servants and governmental bodies from spending public funds to support or oppose a ballot measure. The bill passed 79-2 and goes to the Senate.
— HB 1300 by Collins, to make the security plans of public water systems permanently exempt from the state Freedom of Information Act. The bill passed 84-0 and goes to the Senate.
—HB 1252 by Rep. Mark Biviano, R-Searcy, to allow private universities to create and maintain law enforcement agencies to enforce state law on campus. The bill passed 84-4 and goes to the Senate.
—Senate Bill 92 by Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to eliminate the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes committed against minors. The bill passed 83-0 and goes to the governor.


text: SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — William Kamkwamba, co-author of The New York Times bestselling book "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope," is scheduled to speak at the commencement ceremony of Berwick Academy's class of 2013 on June 8.The ceremony will be held outside Fogg Memorial at 10 a.m.Through his book, co-authored with Bryan Mealer, Kamkwamba documents his life as a young boy growing up in a village dominated by famine and economic hardship in Malawi. After dropping out of school in 2001 due to financial constraint, Kamkwamba pursued education on his own by reading books at the local library. His initiative and passion for learning gave him the idea to build a windmill using limited resources. His creation would end up providing his village with electricity. Head of School Greg Schneider commented, ""I am so thrilled that William Kamkwamba has agreed to become our commencement speaker this year. The story of 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' has had such impact on our Upper School this year. The messages of creativity, entrepreneurship, environmental stewardship, and diversity are all present in William's story. Berwick Academy wants to continue on a path of progress in all of these important strategic areas."Kamkwamba has spoken in front of audiences at the 2008 World Economic Forum, TED, and educational institutions all over the world. Important leaders, scholars, and educators have praised him for his hard work, ambition, and determination to change the world despite all the obstacles.Upper School Director Shiela Esten, ""The greatest experiences we can give to our students involve opportunities for direct exposure to what they are learning and thinking about. Having read William Kamkwamba's book as a community and having him come to expand on his story and message in person will be truly unforgettable. We are so fortunate to engage with Kamkwamba's entrepreneurial spirit as a means of inspiring our own."William Kamkwamba is currently a student at Dartmouth College. For more information on Kamkwamba and his book, please visit: http://www.harpercollinsspeakersbureau.com/speaker/william-kamkwamba. aspx.


text: Hark, friend! Let us… help… each other. We live in a time of altruism on Catan. We give away resources to help lagging players. We move the robber to isolated locations to ensure the safety of our fellows. We even go out of our way to connect our roads with our neighbors' networks. Has everyone gone nuts?


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2. All lots are put up for sale subject to any agreed reserve price imposed by the seller. The Auctioneers and Vendors reserve the right to bid for each Lot and to alter the Lotting as may be considered necessary, and to withdraw any Lot or Lots from the Sale.
3. The full purchase money for each Lot is to be paid at the fall of the hammer. The declaration of the name of the buyer shall be deemed a full and sufficient acceptance of the Lot, which shall then be and remain in every respect at the absolute risk of the respective buyer or buyers thereof, and shall be removed from the place of sale at the buyer's expense, and taken with all faults and errors of description, the Auctioneers not holding themselves responsible for the correctness of the description, the genuineness or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in any Lot. The Contract of Sale is to be deemed in all cases as made exclusively with the Auctioneers, and the payment is to be made to them alone.
4. No Lot or Lots shall be removed from the premises on which the sale is held until paid for, nor shall any person be allowed to retract his or her bidding, but must give his or her name and residence on demand. No Lot under any circumstances to be removed during the hours of the sale but all Lots must be removed within five working days of the sale. No relaxation whatever can be made to this condition. Should any damage be occasioned by any buyer to any property of any Vendor which is either reserved or unsold, the buyer shall make good the same or pay a sum in damages which may be agreed between the Auctioneers, as representing the Vendor, and such buyer, or failing agreement as to said damages, the amount shall be settled by the Auctioneers whose decision shall be final.
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Cash - Lindsay Burns & Company accepts cash payments up to £5,000.00
Bank transfer - All bank transfers must state the relevant paddle number (found on the top right of your invoice, if you are unsure of this number please contact the office) If transferring from a foreign currency, the total Lindsay Burns & Company receive must be the amount due in pounds sterling after a currency conversion. All transfers must include anticipated bank charges. Our bank details are available on request.
Credit card and debit card payments -There is no charge for using a debit cards and credit cards. Lindsay Burns & Company does not accept card payments over the telephone or internet, only in person on the premises (unless agreed with the auctioneers prior to sale).
6. It is hereby expressly stipulated that all sales be cash transactions at the fall of the hammer. Notwithstanding this a bill statement may be delivered to the buyer at the end of the sale, for the convenience of such buyer, no stamped receipt shall be required by such a buyer. Except at his or her own expense.
7. If any buyer shall fail to comply with the above conditions or any of them, the Auctioneers shall be at liberty to recover in full the amount outstanding for the Lot or Lots bought by such buyer, together with a 5% administrative charge, and all costs, charges and expenses incurred; or to re-sell any Lot or Lots bought by such buyer, either by public or private sale, and the full amount of the purchase money at the present sale, or the deficiency (if any) arising from the second sale together with all interest, cost, charges and expenses, shall be made good by the defaulter.
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Detroit Tigers win third straight AL Central title.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Max Scherzer earned his 21st win and the Detroit Tigers clinched their third straight AL Central title, beating the Minnesota Twins 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Torii Hunter's single followed a leadoff triple by Austin Jackson in the first inning, and that was all Scherzer (21-3) and the Tigers needed to start the party.
Scherzer gave up two singles in seven innings. Jose Veras and Drew Smyly teamed up for the eighth and Joaquin Benoit worked the ninth for his 24th save in 25 tries.
A few dozen Tigers fans in attendance at Target Field cheered from their seats while the players mobbed Benoit in front of the mound after he struck out Josh Willingham to end the game.


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City: Drivers not paying red-light citations in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho's red-light program isn't reeling in the revenues that city leaders thought the program would.
Many drivers are not paying their citations. City leaders thought about 80 percent of drivers would pay, but the real number is around 57 percent.
That number is similar to what Albuquerque saw before its program sank into the red.
"I think if we start to see a decline in revenues where the program is not paying for itself anymore, then we'll have to evaluate whether we want to keep that program anymore," said Rio Rancho Mayor Tom Swisstack.
Swisstack said the program has paid for itself and generated some money. However, Redflex, the red-light camera operator, has warned cities that revenues tend to drop dramatically as time goes on simply because drivers change their habits.


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Decoration Day
Memorial Day was not yet observed in 1863, but if it had been, it would have fallen on Monday, May 25th. The first Memorial Day was in 1865, and observed by freed slaves to recognize dead Union soldiers. It was originally called Decoration Day, with the graves of the soldiers being decorated with flowers picked from nearby fields.
On May 25th, 1863, Manley Stacey, a soldier in the Union Army was seeing his father for the first time since he volunteered about nine months earlier, in August, 1862. Arriving on Saturday the 23rd, his father had come to Camp Hayes in Centerville, Virginia to spend a couple of days with him. It was a little more than a month before Manley would see battle for the first time at Gettysburg. For their visit, Manley got a pass and he and his father went and stayed in Washington DC together, parting in Washington on the night of May 28th.
So they spent what would have been Memorial day weekend together. They only saw each other one more time after that, when Manley got a short furlough to visit home later in September. Manley Stacey died, accidentally shot, on December 26, 1863.
Here are Stacey's letters home from May 26th and May 29th, 1863:
May 26th 6,30 AM
Dear Mother
We have been in so much excitement for the past few days, that I have not written as much as I should have done. I was very glad, on Saturday, to see Father. I had just been down in Swimming, & had washed my Shirt, & had nothing on but my Blouse. I was looking rather rough, but then they could see how we work it. Every day, since they have been here, we have run around the Country. I think Father has enjoyed his visit, very much. The Col has been very kind he has excused me from Duty every day, & has signed our Passes for Washington. I am very glad they have come down, it has done me a great deal of good, both the rest & the visit. I am expecting a great deal from my Trip to Washington, & think the change, will benefit me, At any rate, I shall feel more like doing my Daily Duty.
I should have been very glad, to have seen you here, & think the change would have done you a great deal of good. I had no idea you thought of coming, or I should have written & urged it before. I think I shall succeed in getting a Furlough in August, that is if we remain in this Camp. Then I shall have be 21 in August also. I am very much obliged for the things you sent, the Sugar, Tea, Stockings, Collars &c &c. all of which I wanted. I am now equipped for the Summer, I suppose Father has told you all about his Travels. There is one thing that I am sorry about that is, that we could not go on the Bull Run field.
Love to all
Will write soon again
Camp Hayes
May 29th 8 PM
Dear Father
Well we here in Camp again, which makes me feel at Home again. After you left last night I got my supper, & went around the City a little, then Slept at our Boarding house all night. This morning the first thing, after Breakfast, we went up to the Provost Marshals, to get our Pass, to cross the River. The office was closed up so we made up our mind's to run the risk of the one we had. Then we got our Figures & letters. We then met Capt Perry of Co B, at Williards, who told us we could go on the Train from Alexandria, at 3 PM.
So we concluded to take the 1 oclock Boat, & look around the City a little. We then went to Mr Tafts, at the Patent Office. we then went through there, From there we went to the Smithsonian Institute. There we had a splendid time, I was very sorry that you had not visited there. At 1 PM we took the Boat for Alexandria, & had a very pleasant trip across the River. At 3,15 PM, we took the Cars, & arr at the Mills about 5 PM. We arrived in Camp about 6,45 PM, walking all the way.
Things are all right in Camp. On Monday next, we have got to move our Camp, over by the Mass Battery. You know where we saw the Brass Pieces. The Col, thinks it is healthier down there. In the City today, Capt Perry, told us, that it was reported, that Brig Genl Hays, had Marching Orders for Louisiana & he thought the Brigade would go with him. The Chaplain says there is nothing in this that we have only got to move a short distance.
May 30th 5 AM. I have just had a good nights rest, & feel a little better. Byron & Albert, have got to go on Picket today, The boys are all well, but very tired. We are to be paid off, next Tuesday, so we are in plenty of time. My visit to the City has done me a great deal of good, I am very glad you came down here, both on my account & yours. I met Dr Vosburg in Alexandria, last night, on his way to the City. Mr Millard did not charge me anything for Board, they invited me to come there & stay, when ever I came to the City.
Hoping you will return home all safe, & will soon recover from your Trip. Love to all


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On April 15th, Paper Smooches will release their newest set called "Spring Groves" and I am here today to help promote this sweet set! This is the sixth stamp set from their "Kismet collection". Here is what I created with this super cute stamp set!
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (kraft)
Jewels: Kaiser Craft
Heidi Sonboul - http://queenofpaper.blogspot.com/


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Tihari; Pride Of Hawaii
Our Model Of The Day
Where She's From: Tihari Johnson was born and raised in
The beautiful young model is now a junior at
Where She's At: "I have big dreams and love to do what I do," she says. "I have very high expectations and I'm hoping that I can meet them. I see big things coming my way. I know that it will take time, patience and hard work but I believe in myself. I really want to take my modeling and singing career to the next level; I've been waiting for it my whole life."
"It hurts me that because of my skin color it's harder for me to get into the modeling industry; the color of my skin has always been an issue to people and it just makes me sad, but I just keep my head up high and try to be strong," she says, when asked about some of the challenges in the industry.
"I'd have to say that I am most proud of my accomplishments in school. I am the first on both my mom's and dad's side of the family to graduate from High School; Romulus High, with honors and to attend college. I am most proud to know that I have made my family happy and given them hope."
"I always believed that wisdom is far more beautiful than just looks and riches; of course, I want it all but I know some very beautiful women in my family who aren't considered the model-type women in the world but are very beautiful in my eyes because of their great wisdom."
"I'm not into name brand clothing. I didn't grow up with much so I just like nice things; comfortable clothing or I just like to keep things nice and simple. But for makeup I don't use much just like to use bronzer to add a glow to my face and mascara to bring out my eyelashes, no preference as long as it works. for perfume I like to use Vanilla smells because they're sweet like me."
Tihari's Words Of Wisdom: "Never let anyone or anything hold you back from your dreams and what you believe in; keep striving and never change for anyone, stay true to yourself."
Tihari's Secrets Of Success: "I am a very determined person and I don't stop until I get what I want. If I believe that I need something then I keep fighting until I get it."
Tihari's Favorite Films: "One of the movies I like is an island movie called The Legend of Johnny Lingo; I love that movie because it reminds me of my Samoan culture. My other favorite movies would have to be Déjà vu, and Crash."
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