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How to Get 80+ Comments on Your Next Blog Post
This post is by The Blog Tyrant. My blog is only 22 posts old but I already get close to 100 comments on most of the articles I write. I recently wrote about how to increase conversions and got over 250 comments in about six hours. It’s a surprising amount. photo credit: aqsahu So why [...]
Paulo Coelho Books Banned In Iran... So He Offers Them As A Free Download
There are few successful authors who have jumped in and embraced what the online world allows you to do more than Paulo Coelho. Three years ago, we wrote about his efforts to "pirate" his own books and how he found that it only served to help his sales. He's also talked up the importance for authors of setting ideas free to help them spread. He's also gone even further than that with cool experiments like having his fans make a movie out of one of his books, via a sort of crowdsourcing methodology.
Esahc points us to a recent situation in which Coelho heard that his books were suddenly being banned in Iran for no reason (despite having been published there for over a dozen years), and his immediate response was to rush to get versions of his books that have been translated into Farsi up on his site for free downloads. He also sought the assistance of the Brazilian government to find out why the books were banned (as he notes, nothing changed in the books, so it doesn't make much sense) and, eventually, the Iranian government claimed that it's not censoring his books, even though his official publisher in the country claims otherwise. Either way, it's interesting to see that his immediate response to being censored was to release the books for free as quickly as possible.
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Esahc points us to a recent situation in which Coelho heard that his books were suddenly being banned in Iran for no reason (despite having been published there for over a dozen years), and his immediate response was to rush to get versions of his books that have been translated into Farsi up on his site for free downloads. He also sought the assistance of the Brazilian government to find out why the books were banned (as he notes, nothing changed in the books, so it doesn't make much sense) and, eventually, the Iranian government claimed that it's not censoring his books, even though his official publisher in the country claims otherwise. Either way, it's interesting to see that his immediate response to being censored was to release the books for free as quickly as possible.
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How Cancer Changed My Blog
This post is by Karl Staib of Work Happy Now. I was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer. Yes, the dreaded c word. It?s probably not what you are thinking. I don?t look at this health issue as an anchor. I look at this as an opportunity for growth. I?ve been blogging for over three years. [...]
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Marines in Afghanistan Find That Solar Panels Save Soldiers' Lives
Marines With ExFOB Marines and sailors of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment pose with their Afghan national army counterparts in front of a solar power generator at Patrol Base Sparks, in Sangin District, Afghanistan. Photo by Gunnery Sgt. William Price/USMC
A battalion of Marines in Afghanistan is going green, using solar panels to reduce their energy consumption and thereby reduce the things they carry - and even save lives.
The Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment arrived last October at Forward Operating Base Jackson, outside Sangin, Afghanistan, with an array of solar equipment. The battalion's generators typically use more than 20 gallons of fuel a day, but the Marines have cut that to 2.5 gallons a day, according to Staff Sgt. David Doty, who maintains the gear.
Saving generator fuel can cut down on the number of convoys the Marines must make to fueling stations, and therefore lessen the chances of becoming a target. The 3/5, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., lost more than a dozen Marines right after deployment last fall, including nine men killed by IEDs over a four-day period in October.
"A refueling vehicle becomes a screaming [easy] target," said 1st Lt. Daric Kleppe, commander of 1st Platoon, India Company.
The solar array is called an Experimental Forward Operating Base, ExFOB, and involves several different solar panels for a variety of uses, according to a news report by the Marines. The Solar Portable Alternative Communication Energy System, or "SPACES," is a small, portable solar panel that can be used to power small items like a radio. There's also a PowerShade, a large solar tarp that fits over a Marine's tent to power his lighting system, and the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy System, or "GREENS," which can power four computers at a time, enough for a whole platoon's command center. The ZeroBase Regenerator, seen in the above photo, is a six-paneled array that funnels energy into a single battery, powering more than 20 lighting systems and 15 computers throughout the night.
The setup has plenty of obvious benefits - for instance, during long patrols in Helmand province, the Marines can use their solar tarps to recharge their radio batteries, leaving more room to pack ammunition.
Sangin, located in southwestern Afghanistan, is one of the country's most violent districts, with a strong presence from the Taliban and opium traders. American armed forces replaced British troops in the region in September.
Source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-01/solar-panels-help-marines-cut-fuel-use-90-percent
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