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Apple had three favorite typefaces: Myriad, Lucida Grande and Helvetica Neue. Now there's a new favorite: Avenir. It has appeared simultaneously OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6—which means you will see it featured in the next iPhone. More »

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NEW YORK, July 30 | Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:12pm EDT

NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR and Co LP agreed to pay up to around $200 million to take a one third stake in oil and gas company Comstock Resources' position in the Eagle Ford shale in south Texas.

Under the terms of the deal, KKR will pay the equivalent of $25,000 per acre of its stake as Comstock develops the roughly 26,000 acres it has yet to drill of its Eagle Ford shale holdings.

The companies said in a statement that KKR has committed to participating in the next 100 wells and can continue to participate beyond that.

Comstock will continue to hold all of the interest in the wells it developed before March 31.

The Eagle Ford shale field has become one of the hotter U.S. oil exploration regions in recent years. According to a study by energy consultancy IHS, Eagle Ford may be a better find than the prolific Bakken shale in North Dakota, as typical wells in the south Texas prospect gush more oil than those in the northern Midwest.

KKR and other private equity companies have had success with energy investments. Last year, Marathon Oil Corp struck a deal to buy oil and gas properties in Texas' Eagle Ford shale field for $3.5 billion from KKR and Hilcorp. With the sale, KKR nearly tripled the investment it made just a year previously.

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Jenna Talackova peers wide-eyed into an elevator mirror.

?I should have worn my other contacts,? says the transgender Vancouver beauty queen, sighing.

Heading up to the rooftop patio of a West End apartment building Saturday to talk to The Sun about her tough upbringing, ?wild child? teen years and current role as Pride Parade grand marshal, she has appearance on her mind.

Talackova, 23, has just returned from a whirlwind trip to Toronto, where she filmed the pilot for her coming reality television show.

?The Jenna Talackova Project,? she says, looking out across a 14th-floor vista encompassing English Bay and downtown Vancouver. ?It?ll just be me doing day-to-day stuff, judging a pageant, going to Mexico, you know.?

Aside from a new agent and a manager, Talackova?s learning the celebrity trade from an acting coach. Soon she?ll be flying to New York City to promote high-end shoes, like the nude pumps on her feet, in a Stuart Weitzman commercial directed, her publicist says, by James Franco.

Her new jet-setting lifestyle almost makes her role as grand marshal at the Aug. 5 Vancouver Pride Parade seem tame.

Before that gig is her appearance alongside Mayor Gregor Robertson Saturday evening at the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks display.

?Just don?t touch him,? says publicist Rory Richards.

?He?s cute but ....?

?Ew, are you talking about our mayor?? Talackova says, smiling.

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Less than a year ago, the would-be model-actress was in a very different headspace.

?I was seeing psychics ... because I was kind of depressed with my life,? she said.

Since then, she?s been booted out of and subsequently reinstated in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, changing the rules in the process and making headlines around the world to become an icon for the transgender community.

?I feel so blessed, I can?t even believe what?s happening in my life right now,? she says.

Talackova had been disqualified in March for not being a ?naturally born female.?

But the leggy blond, who had sex-reassignment surgery at 19, refused to back down. She sought legal counsel and argued the controversial decision constituted discrimination.

In a surprise reversal, the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump, not only re-entered her; it allowed all transgender women to compete in its worldwide competition, modelling its rules after the Olympic system.

The response wasn?t all positive, however. Talackova recalls some blowback from feminist groups opposed to the beauty pageant concept, which they say reinforces outmoded gender roles and objectification of women.

?Some of us like Miss Universe pageants, some of us don?t,? Talackova says. ?Those people that don?t want to don?t have to compete.

?It?s all fake, anyway, the hair extensions and that, but it?s fun. You only live once, why not have fun with it??

It?s been a long journey for Talackova, born with the given name Walter and raised on the southeastern edge of Vancouver.

The baby of the family, Talackova grew up in a single-parent household with three half-brothers.

?We were a whole tribe,? she says. ?I lived with my mom, mama?s girl, clearly.?

Talackova says she was an engaged, athletic child, but rejected ?boys?? activities and played feminine make-believe, Sailor Moon wand in hand, at every chance.

?I did dance, I did drama. As you can see, I?m kind of a drama queen.?

She bounced around high schools, attending Windermere, Killarney and South Hill before graduating a year behind her class.

?I was kind of a wild child in high school. I went out a lot, I was kind of a social butterfly, and I was always getting into trouble.

?My math teacher ? because I hated math ? would hold my purse when I?d go to the bathroom just to make sure I?d come back,? she says.

Looking back, Talackova says the incongruity between her appearance and what she calls her ?essence? contributed to her restless behaviour.

?My physical body wasn?t matching what was going on inside this whole little world .... In my head I have always been a female,? she says. ?I knew from a very young age.?

Talackova began taking estrogen pills at 14 to counteract her body?s development.

?My mom didn?t understand. So I stayed with my dad for a month just to prove that this was how it was going to be.?

She says the experience eventually gave her family a more open-minded outlook, but believes more support for next-of-kin would ease the transition process, which is otherwise covered financially under the health care system.

The operation itself Talackova had at 19, travelling to Montreal to go under the knife of a renowned sex-reassignment surgeon.

?It feels like such a numb, horrific feeling,? Talackova says, recalling the after-effects. ?It?s extremely painful and sore and you can?t walk. You faint a lot.?

She says enduring the ordeal, which involved staying at a housing centre with other people undergoing sex reassignment, bonded her with new friends and strengthened her identity.

Talackova, a status native whose mother hails from the Lake Babine Nation near Burns Lake, says she draws on her aboriginal heritage for her sense of self.

?I always pray to the Creator every night for the last seven years, even if it?s a quick one. I give my gratitude and try to stay grounded,? she says. ?And that has a lot to do with the native traditions.?

Now a role model herself, Talackova looked to Harisu, a transgender South Korean pop superstar, when she was growing up.

?I was always so inspired by her. And now that I?ve been given this platform, it?s my obligation to get that awareness out there,? she says.

In order to transmit awareness of transgender issues, Talackova continues to take advantage of social media, using it to promote LGBT causes and encourage those struggling with their identities or sexual transitions.

?My Twitter account, my Facebook, my fan page,? she says. ?You live this life once, I always tell them, and if you?re not living it happy you?re not serving yourself and you?re not serving your family or the people around you by being miserable.?

Talackova also looks to her boyfriend, whom she conscientiously keeps out of the limelight, for support.

?He?s always believed in me. He loves me for me, my essence, not my history,? she says. ?And he?s a comfortable heterosexual male.?

As for the week ahead in Vancouver and her grand marshal role: ?It is liberating. It?s amazing,? she says.

?I never said I wanted to be an advocate, it just went on my lap. And I will share my story for the kids, not for anything else, just for the kids, because I wish I had that.?

But for now: ?I need to go home, finish my Brazilian butt workout, because I only did half of it, and I need to take a nap, get ready to go to the fireworks and write my speech.?

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Jackson, MS-- A Jackson couple said their big wedding plans were dashed by a white church in Crystal Springs because they are black.

Charles Wilson said it was a huge disappointment that he and his wife couldn?t get married at the mostly white Crystal Springs church they attended because of the color of their skin.

?I feel like it was blatant racial discrimination,? Wilson said today in a phone interview.

Wilson said that he and his wife Te?Andrea had sent out invitations and the printed program with their wedding date of July 21 at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs.

But the couple had to change their plans after some members of First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs didn?t want the black couple to be married there, the pastor told WLBT.

The church?s pastor, Rev. Stan Weatherford, married the couple, but moved the ceremony to a nearby church.

Weatherford acknowledged some members of the church were concerned about the black couple being married in the church. No black couple has been married in the church in recent memory.

Wilson said he had been attending the church for about a month and his now wife had been attending for more than a year.

?Prior to this, I had been telling people how nice they were here,? Wilson said. ?It makes you reevaluate things.?

The church pastor said he was surprised by the reaction of some church members.

"I didn't want to have a controversy within the church and I didn't want a controversy to effect the wedding of Charles and Te' Andrea. I wanted to make sure their wedding day was a special day," said Weatherford, according to WLBT.

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UPDATE:

The U.S. economy expanded by 1.5 percent during the second quarter, topping expecations for a 1.4 percent gain, new data out of the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows.

Nonetheless, the government figures continued show that the nation's economy is on uneven footing and losing momentum.

During the first three months of the year, the country's gross domestic product expanded by a revised 2.0 percent, moderately faster than the pace seen today.?

Economists have been highlighting the somewhat stalled pace of growth over the past several months as a series of data points have been lackluster.

"Over the past year the US economy, as weak as it has been, has outperformed its peers," Eric Green of TD Securities said ahead of the report. "Coupled with pervasive risk aversion stemming from Europe, and a Fed that has chosen maturity management over balance sheet expansion, it has led to a 13.5% gain in the USD (DXY) since the last annual revisions to GDP."

Aiding growth was a jump in personal consumption of non durable goods and exports.?

Exports advanced 5.3 percent in the second quarter, accelerating from the 4.4 percent gain at the start of 2012.

Non durable goods and services jumped 1.5 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively. Sales of durable goods declined 1.0 percent during the period.

Government spending continued to decline, with total expenditures off 0.4 percent. That's a deceleration from the 4.2 percent fall recorded in the first quarter.?

In current-dollar terms, the BEA said the nation's economy expanded 3.1 percent, or $117.6 billion, to $15.595 trillion.?

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Below, the full release.

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Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2012,
(that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.

The Bureau emphasized that the second-quarter advance estimate released today is based on
source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see the box on page
3). The "second" estimate for the second quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on
August 29, 2012.

BOX._____
The estimates released today reflect the regular annual revision of the national income and product
accounts (NIPAs), beginning with the estimates for the first quarter of 2009. Annual revisions, which
are usually released in July, incorporate source data that are more complete, more detailed, and
otherwise more reliable than those previously available. This release includes the revised quarterly
estimates of GDP, corporate profits, and personal income and provides an overview of the effects of the
revision.

The August 2012 Survey of Current Business will contain NIPA tables and an article describing
the revisions. These NIPA tables will be available on BEA?s Web site at www.bea.gov by August 3,
2012.
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FOOTNOTE.______
Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise
specified. Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Percent
changes are calculated from unrounded data and are annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (2005)
dollars. Price indexes are chain-type measures.

This news release is available on BEA?s Web site along with the Technical Note and Highlights
related to this release.
________________

The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from
personal consumption expenditures (PCE), exports, nonresidential fixed investment, private inventory
investment, and residential fixed investment that were partly offset by a negative contribution from state
and local government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

The deceleration in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected a deceleration in PCE, an
acceleration in imports, and decelerations in residential fixed investment and in nonresidential fixed
investment that were partly offset by an upturn in private inventory investment, a smaller decrease in
federal government spending, and an acceleration in exports.

Motor vehicle output added 0.13 percentage point to the second-quarter change in real GDP after
adding 0.72 percentage point to the first-quarter change. Final sales of computers subtracted 0.07
percentage point from the second-quarter change in real GDP after adding 0.02 percentage point to the
first-quarter change.

The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,
increased 0.7 percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 2.5 percent in the first.
Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.4 percent in
the second quarter, compared with an increase of 2.4 percent in the first.

Real personal consumption expenditures increased 1.5 percent in the second quarter, compared
with an increase of 2.4 percent in the first. Durable goods decreased 1.0 percent, in contrast to an
increase of 11.5 percent. Nondurable goods increased 1.5 percent, compared with an increase of 1.6
percent. Services increased 1.9 percent, compared with an increase of 1.3.

Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 5.3 percent in the second quarter, compared with
an increase of 7.5 percent in the first. Nonresidential structures increased 0.9 percent, compared with an
increase of 12.9 percent. Equipment and software increased 7.2 percent, compared with an increase of
5.4 percent. Real residential fixed investment increased 9.7 percent, compared with an increase of 20.5
percent.

Real exports of goods and services increased 5.3 percent in the second quarter, compared with an
increase of 4.4 percent in the first. Real imports of goods and services increased 6.0 percent, compared
with an increase of 3.1 percent.

Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment decreased 0.4 percent
in the second quarter, compared with a decrease of 4.2 percent in the first. National defense decreased
0.4 percent, compared with a decrease of 7.1 percent. Nondefense decreased 0.3 percent, in contrast to
an increase of 1.8 percent. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross
investment decreased 2.1 percent, compared with a decrease of 2.2.

The change in real private inventories added 0.32 percentage point to the second-quarter change
in real GDP after subtracting 0.39 percentage point from the first-quarter change. Private businesses
increased inventories $66.3 billion in the second quarter, following increases of $56.9 billion in the first
quarter and $70.5 billion in the fourth.

Real final sales of domestic product -- GDP less change in private inventories -- increased 1.2
percent in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 2.4 percent in the first.

Gross domestic purchases

Real gross domestic purchases -- purchases by U.S. residents of goods and services wherever
produced -- increased 1.8 percent in the second quarter, the same increase as in the first quarter.

Disposition of personal income

Current-dollar personal income increased $140.5 billion (4.3 percent) in the second quarter,
compared with an increase of $199.9 billion (6.3 percent) in the first.

Personal current taxes increased $24.9 billion in the second quarter, compared with an increase
of $30.0 billion in the first.

Disposable personal income increased $115.6 billion (4.0 percent) in the second quarter,
compared with an increase of $169.9 billion (6.0 percent) in the first. Real disposable personal income
increased 3.2 percent, compared with an increase of 3.4 percent.

Personal outlays increased $59.9 billion (2.1 percent) in the second quarter, compared with an
increase of $143.1 billion (5.2 percent) in the first. Personal saving -- disposable personal income less
personal outlays -- was $475.3 billion in the second quarter, compared with $419.5 billion in the first.
The personal saving rate -- saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- was 4.0 percent in
the second quarter, compared with 3.6 percent in the first. For a comparison of personal saving in
BEA?s national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board?s flow
of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Current-dollar GDP

Current-dollar GDP -- the market value of the nation's output of goods and services -- increased
3.1 percent, or $117.6 billion, in the second quarter to a level of $15,595.9 billion. In the first quarter,
current-dollar GDP increased 4.2 percent, or $157.3 billion.

BOX._________
Information on the assumptions used for unavailable source data is provided in a technical note
that is posted with the news release on BEA's Web site. Within a few days after the release, a detailed
"Key Source Data and Assumptions" file is posted on the Web site. In the middle of each month, an
analysis of the current quarterly estimate of GDP and related series is made available on the Web site;
click on Survey of Current Business, "GDP and the Economy."
_____________

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Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts

The revised estimates, which begin with 2009, reflect the results of the annual revision of the
national income and product accounts (NIPAs). These revisions, usually made each July, incorporate
newly available and more comprehensive source data, as well as improved estimation methodologies. In
this annual revision, the notable revisions primarily reflect the incorporation of newly available and
revised source data. For example, the revised estimates of profits reflect newly available Internal
Revenue Service tabulations of tax returns for corporations for 2010 and revised tabulations for 2009.

Because of the additional data shown, tables 3, 11, and 12 are each divided into two separate
tables -- 3A and 3B, 11A and 11B, and 12A and 12B. There are also a number of special tables that
compare the revised and previously published estimates for selected periods: table 1A shows the
percent change in real GDP and related measures; table 1B shows revisions to current-dollar GDP, to
national income, and to the disposition of personal income; table 2A shows contributions to the percent
change in real GDP; table 4A shows the percent change in the chain-type price indexes for GDP and
related measures; and table 12C shows revisions to corporate profits by industry.

With the release of the annual revision, statistics for selected NIPA tables will be available on
BEA?s Web site (www.bea.gov). Shortly after the GDP release, BEA will post a table on its Web site
showing the sources of major current-dollar revisions to the annual estimates for 2009?2011 for each
component of GDP, national income, and personal income. The August 2012 Survey of Current
Business will contain NIPA tables and an article describing the revisions. The August 2012 issue will
also contain an analysis of the "advance" GDP estimate for the second quarter of 2012 ("GDP and the
Economy").

This section of the release discusses the highlights of annual revision, including the newly
incorporated source data and changes in methodology and presentation.

Summary of revisions

For this annual revision, the revisions are limited to the period from 2009 to the first quarter of
2012.

* For 2008?2011, real GDP increased at an average annual rate of 0.3 percent; in the previously
published estimates, real GDP had increased at an average annual rate of 0.4 percent. From the
fourth quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2012, real GDP increased at an average annual rate
of 1.5 percent; in the previously published estimates, real GDP had increased 1.4 percent.

* The percent change in real GDP was revised up 0.4 percentage point for 2009, was revised down
0.6 percentage point for 2010, and was revised up 0.1 percentage point for 2011.

* The revisions to the annual estimates for 2009?2011 reflect partly offsetting revisions to the
quarters within the year. For example, for 2009, the annual rate of change in GDP was revised
up 1.4 percentage points for the first quarter, was revised up 0.4 percentage point for the second
quarter, and was revised up 0.2 percentage point for the fourth quarter, while the growth rate for
the third quarter was revised down 0.3 percentage point. For 2010, the annual rate of change in
GDP was revised down 1.6 percentage points for both the first and second quarters, while the
growth rates for the third and fourth quarters were each revised up 0.1 percentage point. For
2011, the annual rate of change in GDP was revised up 1.2 percentage points for the second
quarter and was revised up 1.1 percentage points for the fourth quarter, while the growth rates for
the first and third quarters were revised down 0.3 percentage point and 0.5 percentage point,
respectively.

* For the 13 quarters from the first quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2012, the average revision
(without regard to sign) was 0.7 percentage point. The revisions did not change the direction of
change in real GDP (increase or decrease) for any quarter.

* For 2008?2011, the average annual rate of growth of real disposable personal income was
revised down 0.1 percentage point, from 0.2 percent to 0.1 percent.

* From the fourth quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2012, the average annual rate of increase in
the price index for gross domestic purchases was 1.6 percent, the same rate of increase as in the
previously published estimates. The average annual rate of increase in the price index for
personal consumption expenditures (PCE) was 1.8 percent; in the previously published
estimates, the price index for PCE had increased 1.9 percent. The average annual rate of
increase in the "core" PCE price index (which excludes food and energy) was 1.5 percent; in the
previously published estimates, the "core" PCE price index had increased 1.6 percent.

* The percent change in real gross domestic income (GDI) was revised up 0.1 percentage point for
2009, was revised down 0.5 percentage point for 2010, and was revised down 0.2 percentage
point for 2011.

* National income was revised down for all 3 years: 0.1 percent for 2009, 0.2 percent for 2010,
and 0.5 percent for 2011.

* Corporate profits was revised down for all 3 years: 1.4 percent for 2009, 5.4 percent for 2010,
and 6.0 percent for 2011.

Revisions to the 2009-2011 estimates

The percent change from the preceding year in real GDP was revised up from a decrease of 3.5
percent to a decrease of 3.1 percent for 2009, was revised down from an increase of 3.0 percent to an
increase of 2.4 percent for 2010, and was revised up from an increase of 1.7 percent to an increase of 1.8
percent for 2011.

For 2009, the largest contributors to the revision to the change in real GDP were upward
revisions to state and local government spending and to inventory investment. For 2010, the largest
contributors to the revision were downward revisions to nonresidential fixed investment, to PCE, and to
inventory investment. For 2011, the largest contributors to the revision were upward revisions to PCE
and to inventory investment; these revisions were partly offset by downward revisions to state and local
government spending, to federal government spending, and to nonresidential fixed investment.

The percent change from fourth quarter to fourth quarter in real GDP was revised up from a
decrease of 0.5 percent to a decrease of 0.1 percent during 2009, was revised down from an increase of
3.1 percent to an increase of 2.4 percent during 2010, and was revised up from an increase of 1.6 percent
to an increase of 2.0 percent during 2011.

For the period of contraction from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the second quarter of 2009, real
GDP decreased at an average annual rate of 3.2 percent; in the previously published estimates, it had
decreased 3.5 percent. The cumulative decrease in real GDP (not at an annual rate) was 4.7 percent; in
the previously published estimates, the cumulative decrease was 5.1 percent.

For the period of expansion from the second quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2012, real
GDP increased at an average annual rate of 2.3 percent; in the previously published estimates, it had
increased 2.4 percent.

The percent change from the preceding year in real gross domestic income (GDI) was revised up
from a decrease of 4.0 percent to a decrease of 3.9 percent for 2009, was revised down from an increase
of 3.6 percent to an increase of 3.1 percent for 2010, and was revised down from an increase of 2.0
percent to an increase of 1.8 percent for 2011.

The percent change from the preceding year in the price index for gross domestic purchases was
revised down from a decrease of 0.1 percent to a decrease of 0.2 percent for 2009, was revised up from
an increase of 1.5 percent to an increase of 1.6 percent for 2010, and was unrevised at 2.5 percent for
2011. For the corresponding quarters, the largest downward revision was 0.6 percentage point for the
first quarter of 2011; the largest upward revision was 0.4 percentage point (for both the third and fourth
quarters of 2010).

Current-dollar GDP was revised up $34.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, for 2009; was revised down
$27.6 billion, or 0.2 percent, for 2010; and was revised down $18.3 billion, or 0.1 percent, for 2011.
The percent change from the preceding year was revised up from a decrease of 2.5 percent to a decrease
of 2.2 percent for 2009, was revised down from an increase of 4.2 percent to an increase of 3.8 percent
for 2010, and was revised up from an increase of 3.9 percent to an increase of 4.0 percent for 2011.
Current-dollar gross national product (GNP) (GDP plus net receipts of income from the rest of the
world) was revised up $26.0 billion, or 0.2 percent, for 2009; was revised down $7.7 billion, or 0.1
percent, for 2010; and was revised down $12.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, for 2011. Net receipts of income
from the rest of the world was revised down $8.8 billion for 2009, was revised up $19.9 billion for 2010,
and was revised up $6.4 billion for 2011. The revisions to net receipts of income -- which affect GNP,
national income, corporate profits, net interest and miscellaneous payments, and personal income
receipts on assets -- resulted from the revisions to BEA's international transactions accounts (ITAs) that
were released in June. (An article describing the revisions to the ITAs was published in the July 2012
issue of the Survey of Current Business.)

National income was revised down for all 3 years: $15.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, for 2009; $28.7
billion, or 0.2 percent, for 2010; and $62.3 billion, or 0.5 percent, for 2011. For 2009, downward
revisions to corporate profits, to net interest, and to rental income of persons were partly offset by an
upward revision to nonfarm proprietors? income. For 2010, a downward revision to corporate profits
was partly offset by an upward revision to nonfarm proprietors? income. For 2011, a downward revision
to corporate profits was partly offset by upward revisions to nonfarm proprietors? income and to
supplements to wages and salaries.

Corporate profits from current production -- profits before tax with inventory valuation and
capital consumption adjustments -- was revised down for all 3 years: $19.7 billion, or 1.4 percent, for
2009; $97.7 billion, or 5.4 percent, for 2010; and $115.8 billion, or 6.0 percent, for 2011. For 2009,
downward revisions to profits of domestic financial corporations and to profits from the rest of the world
were partly offset by an upward revision to profits of domestic nonfinancial corporations. For 2010 and
2011, downward revisions to profits of domestic financial and nonfinancial corporations were partly
offset by an upward revision to profits from the rest of the world.

Profits before tax was revised down for all 3 years: $15.2 billion for 2009, $3.2 billion for 2010,
and $42.2 billion for 2011. The before-tax measure of profits does not reflect, as does profits from
current production, the capital consumption and inventory valuation adjustments. These adjustments
convert depreciation of fixed assets and inventory withdrawals reported on a tax-return, historical-cost
basis to the current-cost measures used in the national income and product accounts. The capital
consumption adjustment was revised down for all 3 years: $7.0 billion for 2009, $94.9 billion for 2010,
and $71.2 billion for 2011. The inventory valuation adjustment was revised up $2.6 billion for 2009,
was revised up $0.4 billion for 2010, and was revised down $2.5 billion for 2011.

Personal income was revised down for all 3 years: $63.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, for 2009; $51.6
billion, or 0.4 percent, for 2010; and $43.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, for 2011. For 2009, downward
revisions to personal dividend income, to rental income of persons, and to personal interest income were
partly offset by an upward revision to nonfarm proprietors? income. For 2010, a downward revision to
personal dividend income was partly offset by upward revisions to nonfarm proprietors? income and to
personal interest income. For 2011, downward revisions to personal dividend income, to government
social benefits to persons, and to farm proprietors? income were partly offset by upward revisions to
nonfarm proprietors? income, to supplements to wages and salaries, and to personal interest income.

Disposable personal income (DPI) (personal income less personal current taxes) was revised
down for all 3 years: $66.4 billion, or 0.6 percent, for 2009; $52.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, for 2010; and
$44.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, for 2011. Personal current taxes was revised up for all 3 years: $3.2 billion
for 2009, $0.9 billion for 2010, and $0.3 billion for 2011. The percent change from the preceding year
in real DPI was revised down from a decrease of 2.3 percent to a decrease of 2.8 percent for 2009, was
unrevised at 1.8 percent for 2010, and was revised up from an increase of 1.2 percent to an increase of
1.3 percent for 2011.

Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments --
was revised down $22.0 billion for 2009, was revised down $26.5 billion for 2010, and was revised up
$4.8 billion for 2011. For 2009 and 2010, downward revisions to PCE accounted for most of the
revisions to personal outlays. For 2011, upward revisions to personal interest payments and to PCE
were partly offset by a downward revision to personal current transfer payments to government. The
personal saving rate (personal saving as a percentage of DPI) was revised down for all 3 years: from 5.1
percent to 4.7 percent for 2009, from 5.3 percent to 5.1 percent for 2010, and from 4.6 percent to 4.2
percent for 2011.

The statistical discrepancy is current-dollar GDP less current-dollar gross domestic income
(GDI). It arises because most components of GDP and of GDI are estimated independently. GDP
measures final expenditures -- the sum of consumer spending, private investment, net exports, and
government spending. GDI measures the incomes earned in the production of GDP. In concept, GDP is
equal to GDI. In practice, they differ because they are estimated using different source data and
different methods.

As a result of the annual revision, the statistical discrepancy as a percentage of GDP was revised
up for all 3 years: from 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent for 2009, from less than 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent for
2010, and from a negative 0.2 percent to a positive 0.2 percent for 2011. For 2009, the revision to the
discrepancy reflected an upward revision to GDP and a downward revision to GDI. For 2010 and 2011,
the revisions to the discrepancy reflected downward revisions to GDI that were larger than the
downward revisions to GDP.

New source data

The annual revision incorporated data from the following major federal statistical sources:
Census Bureau annual survey of manufactures for 2009 (revised) and 2010 (preliminary); Census
Bureau annual surveys of merchant wholesale trade and of retail trade for 2009 (revised) and for 2010
(preliminary); Census Bureau revised monthly indicators of manufactures, of merchant wholesale trade,
and of retail trade for 2009?2011; Census Bureau annual surveys of services for 2009 (revised), 2010
(revised), and 2011 (preliminary), and of state and local government finances for fiscal years 2008
(revised), 2009 (revised), and 2010 (preliminary); Census Bureau monthly survey of construction
spending (value put in place) for 2009?2011 (revised); Census Bureau quarterly services survey for
2009?2011 (revised); Census Bureau current population survey/housing vacancy survey for 2011;
federal government budget data for fiscal years 2011 and 2012; Internal Revenue Service tabulations of
tax returns for corporations for 2009 (revised) and 2010 (preliminary) and for sole proprietorships and
partnerships for 2010; Bureau of Labor Statistics quarterly census of employment and wages for 2009?
2011 (revised); Department of Agriculture farm statistics for 2009?2011 (revised); and BEA's ITAs for
2009?2011 (revised).

Changes in methodology and presentation

The annual revision also incorporated improvements to estimating methodologies, including the
following:

* Beginning with the estimates for 2010, data from the Census Bureau?s expanded service annual
survey (SAS) are incorporated into the annual estimates of PCE categories for ground
transportation for intercity buses, taxicabs, private urban transit systems, school bus
transportation, and "other" road transportation. Newly available SAS data are also incorporated
into the PCE estimates of water transportation; both ground transportation and water
transportation are included in the PCE category public transportation. In addition, newly
available SAS data are incorporated into the PCE estimates of commercial and vocational
schools and into the PCE estimates of water supply and sanitation services. Similarly, beginning
with the estimates for the first quarter of 2011, data from the Census Bureau?s expanded
quarterly services survey (QSS) are incorporated into the quarterly estimates of most of these
same PCE categories. As a result, the percentage of quarterly PCE services that are based on the
QSS has increased to 42 percent.

* Beginning with the estimates for 2010, retail motor vehicle inventory investment is derived using
a weighted average of private industry data on motor vehicle unit inventories and of inventory
data from the Census Bureau?s retail trade surveys. This methodology is used for both the
annual inventory investment estimates and the current quarterly extrapolations of inventory
investment. Prior to this methodology change, estimates of annual inventory investment were
based solely on retail trade inventory data from the Census Bureau, and the current quarterly
extrapolations were based solely on the unit inventory data. This new approach takes into
account differences in the scope and coverage of these two data sources and makes the annual
and current quarterly methodologies more consistent and should result in smaller revisions
during annual revisions.

* Beginning with the estimates for the second quarter of 2012, data for the "preliminary"
composite refiner acquisition cost of crude oil from the Energy Information Administration are
used in place of the producer price index for crude petroleum as the indicator for the estimates of
the refiner crude acquisition cost, which is used in the estimation of a number of important series
of private inventory investment and their corresponding inventory valuation adjustments.

* Beginning with the estimates for the first quarter of 2009, revised seasonally adjusted foreign
trade prices are incorporated on a "best-level" basis into BEA?s chained-dollar estimates of
exports and imports. The revised prices reflect BEA?s work with the Census Bureau?s Foreign
Trade Division to develop more consistent measures of chained-dollar exports and imports.

* A new group of tables is introduced on BEA?s Web site to show GDP, GDI, and other major
NIPA aggregates (including GNP and various command-basis measures) side-by-side. Most of
the measures in these tables are already available in other NIPA tables. The new tables are
intended to facilitate comparison of these major aggregates.

?

* * *

BEA's national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current Business;
and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov. By visiting the
site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and announcements.

* * *

Next release -- August 29, 2012, at 8:30 A.M. EDT for:
Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2012 (Second Estimate)
Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2012 (Preliminary Estimate)

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Comparisons of Revisions to GDP

Quarterly estimates of GDP are released on the following schedule: the "advance" estimate, based on
source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency, is released near the end of the
first month after the end of the quarter; as more detailed and more comprehensive data become available,
the "second" and "third" estimates are released near the end of the second and third months, respectively.
The "latest"? estimate reflects the results of both annual and comprehensive revisions.

Annual revisions, which generally cover the quarters of the 3 most recent calendar years, are usually carried
out each summer and incorporate newly available major annual source data. Comprehensive (or benchmark)
revisions are carried out at about 5-year intervals and incorporate major periodic source data, as well as
improvements in concepts and methods that update the accounts to portray more accurately the evolving U.S.
economy.

The table below shows comparisons of the revisions between quarterly percent changes of current-dollar
and of real GDP for the different vintages of the estimates. From the advance estimate to the second estimate (one
month later), the average revision to real GDP without regard to sign is 0.5 percentage point, while from the
advance estimate to the third estimate (two months later), it is 0.6 percentage point. From the advance estimate to
the latest estimate, the average revision without regard to sign is 1.3 percentage points. The average revision
(with regard to sign) from the advance estimate to the latest estimate is 0.2 percentage point, which is larger
than the average revisions from the advance estimate to the second or to the third estimates. The larger average
revisions to the latest estimate reflect the fact that comprehensive revisions include major improvements, such as
the incorporation of BEA?s latest benchmark input-output accounts. The quarterly estimates correctly indicate the
direction of change of real GDP 97 percent of the time, correctly indicate whether GDP is accelerating or
decelerating 72 percent of the time, and correctly indicate whether real GDP growth is above, near, or below trend
growth more than four-fifths of the time.

Revisions Between Quarterly Percent Changes of GDP: Vintage Comparisons
[Annual rates]

Vintages Average Average without Standard deviation of
compared regard to sign revisions without
regard to sign

____________________________________________________Current-dollar GDP_______________________________________________

Advance to second.................... 0.2 0.6 0.4
Advance to third..................... .2 .7 .4
Second to third...................... .0 .3 .2

Advance to latest.................... .3 1.2 1.0

________________________________________________________Real GDP_____________________________________________________

Advance to second.................... 0.1 0.5 0.4
Advance to third..................... .1 .6 .5
Second to third...................... .0 .2 .2

Advance to latest.................... .2 1.3 1.0

NOTE. These comparisons are based on the period from 1983 through 2008.

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ORIGINAL:

Here we go.

The major data point of the month is just minutes away: U.S. Second Quarter GDP.

Economists polled by Bloomberg forecast the economy expanded by 1.4 percent in the second quarter, below the 1.9 percent pace recorded in the first three months of the year.

Personal consumption is also expected to decelerate, increasing 1.3 percent.

This report may be muddied as the Bureau of Economic Analysis revises at least three years of data.?

Earlier this week,?Bank of America?Economist Michelle Meyer?told Bloomberg TV?that estimates from 2009 and 2010 "would likely still be lower, implying an even larger output gap, and, hence more slack in the economy."

The announcement is scheduled for 8:30 a.m.

Here's what to look for in the report >

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-q2-gdp-2012-7

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U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recognized by pedestrians at Grosvenor Place in London, July 27, 2012, as he was forced by gridlock traffic to walk from his hotel to the Irish Embassy to meet with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny.

By Lawahez Jabari, NBC News

TEL AVIV ? After his gaffe-laden trip to London, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is probably looking forward to a warmer welcome on the next leg of his foreign tour: Israel.

Arriving in Jerusalem on Sunday, Romney is hoping the visit will highlight what he argues are the sharp contrasts?between himself and President Barack Obama?in their approach?towards U.S.-Israeli relations, as well as Iran.?

In a speech earlier this week, Romney accused Obama of "shabby treatment" of Israeli leaders, saying ?the people of Israel deserve better than what they have received from the leader of the free world,? and promised to take a tougher stance against Iran.

Their differences extend to their personal relationships. The frosty relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama has created a perception that U.S.-Israeli relations have deteriorated. But Netanyahu has a warm relationship with Romney that goes back nearly 30 years, when both worked as advisers at the Boston Consulting Group in the 1970s.

This will be Romney's fourth visit to Israel, his most recent was last year ? when he said at?a conference that Iran's leaders "represent the greatest threat to the world since the fall of the Soviet Union."

On the other hand, Obama has faced harsh criticism for not visiting Israel during his presidency, although he took a similar trip to Romney?s during the 2008 campaign. And historians note that during his two terms in the White House, Ronald Reagan never visited Israel, while?George W. Bush only visited Israel in the seventh year of his presidency. ?

Recent polls suggest that Jewish votes in key battleground states, like Florida, are not a sure thing for Obama come November. Although Obama won 78 percent of votes among Jews in 2008, according to exit polls, that support seems to have weakened. A recent Gallup poll of voters released in June showed that 64 percent of registered voters support Obama versus 29 percent for Romney. Those votes could be critical in what may be a close race, analysts say.?

On the eve of Romney?s trip, Obama signed a bill on Friday to strengthen U.S.-Israeli military ties and reassure Jewish voters of his administration?s ?unshakeable commitment? to the country.?

NBC News spoke with a number of Israeli and Arab analysts, as well as?representatives of Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad in Israel, to get an idea of what they think of Romney?s visit. See their answers below.

How will Romney's visit affect public opinion amongst Israelis?

Shimon Schiffer, Chief Political Commentator for Yediot Ahranot, Israel?s most popular daily newspaper: They are aware of the competition between Obama and Romney. It is a dangerous and delicate situation because Netanyahu identifies with Romney and he is also very close to one of the Republican donors in the party. [He was referring to the billionaire GOP supporter Sheldon Adelson]. I don?t think that what we will see here is a healthy relationship between Israel and the White House for the Democrats. If I was in Netanyahu's position, I wouldn't ask Romney to come now.

President Barack Obama signed the U.S./Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act saying the legislation underscores America's unshakeable relationship with Israel, in an attempt at upstaging his political rival Mitt Romney who will head to the country Saturday. Sen. Joe Lieberman discusses with Andrea Mitchell.

Hillel Schenker, Democrats Abroad: The Israeli public traditionally views the Democratic Party as the American party most devoted to Israel. It was a Democratic president, Harry Truman, who welcomed the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and another?Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who devoted so much presidential time and energy to facilitate the Israel-Egyptian peace treaty in 1978. Even after his visit Romney will remain an unknown quantity to the Israeli public, so his visit will not alter Israeli attitudes towards the Democratic Party. ?

First Read: Obama: White House's Israel play

How will Romney's visit impact voters in the U.S., especially in swing states like Florida?

Mark Zell, Republicans Abroad: While the current president was seeking to appease the Muslim world with his 2009 Cairo address and in his visits to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, he has ignored Israel in his travels and has sought to bully Israel into making concessions against its own national interests. A Romney visit will show voters who are concerned about the state of Israel that?a Romney administration will revitalize the Israel-American alliance.?

Hillel Schenker, Democrats Abroad: Many of them will have severe problems with Romney's opposition?to choice for women, to national health care, to Warren Buffett?s proposal for raising taxes for the ?one percent? (that he belongs to) while pandering to the Tea Party and Christian evangelical right.

The fact that former New York Mayor Ed Koch has declared that he will campaign for Obama in Florida will have a greater impact on Jewish voters in Florida than the visit by Romney to Israel. ??

Yoram Ettinger, former Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, D.C.?
The decision by Romney to highlight Israel as a unique ally of the U.S. will enhance his standing amongst most Americans ? Christians and Jews ? as evidenced by recent polls, which document increasing American support of Israel. It will have particular impact on voters in critical battleground states such as Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina,?Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.

How do you rate Obama's presidency with regard?to relations with Israel?

Mark Zell, Republicans Abroad: The Obama administration has been the most hostile to?the state of Israel. The Obama administration has not only been hostile to Israel, but dangerously inept in handling the entire region. Obama has made it a point to create "daylight" between America and its loyal Israeli allies, and a as result has left Israel isolated and twisting in the wind. Whether publicly humiliating the Israeli prime minister, or making what should be automatic vetoes of anti-Israel initiatives contingent on squeezing concessions from the Israelis, this administration has signaled to the world that it is open season on Israel.

Obama has also mishandled the entire region. He poisoned the atmosphere of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process by making untenable demands on Israel. While obsessing over housing starts in Jerusalem, he has helped facilitate the takeover of Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood, allowed the Hezbollah takeover of Lebanon and done nothing in Syria as it bloodily disintegrates and loses control of its chemical weapons arsenal. Worst of all, Obama has dithered on Iran, thinking he could make progress just through engagement. The Iranians are happy to talk with him ? as they cross one red line after another on their march towards nuclear weapons.

Hillel Schenker, Democrats Abroad:?He provided Israel with more security for its security needs than any previous president, $3.1 billion. And financed the ?Iron Dome? program which protects civilians in the Israeli south, while putting together a coalition which is using diplomacy and sanctions to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

He also declared in Prague his vision for an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace, based on the two-state solution, as a cornerstone for peace and stability in the Middle East. Candidate Romney remains an unknown quantity, so it is difficult to predict what a Romney presidency would be like.

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts talks about the Jewish vote with Matt Brooks of the Republican Jewish Coalition and Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of the non-profit organization J Street.

Yoram Ettinger, former Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, D.C.:?Obama considers Israel to be the aggressor and the Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular to be the victims. Obama does not believe in confronting rogue regimes, such as Iran, but rather engaging them in diplomacy and sanctions. Obama is the first American President who shares no affinity to Judeo-Christian values, which are cherished ?according to American public opinion polls ? by 80 percent of the American public.

What the World Thinks of US? Israel

What can Romney offer Israel that Obama has not delivered?

Hillel Schenker, Democrats Abroad: We have no idea what candidate Romney can offer Israel. Hopefully, he will not back the ideas of his major donor Sheldon Adelson, who has opposed the two-state solution concept which is at the foundation of bi-partisan Democratic and Republican approach, as well as the international community's approach.

Simon Schiffer, Chief Political Commentator for Yediot Ahranot, Israel?s most popular daily newspaper: Israelis want to hear a commitment towards Israeli security especially with regards to Iran. They also want the American embassy to move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But I don?t think Romney will act differently as a president. We have to remember that cooperation between Israel and the U.S. in intelligence, security and defense has never been this high as it was during the Obama administration. But there is a difference between how to deal with the Palestinian issue and how to deal with Iran.?

What are the Palestinians looking for in Romney that Obama has not delivered?

Dr. Issa Hassan Abu Zherah - Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy, Al Quds University: We know that U.S. foreign policy has its factors ? the complicated elements that affect foreign policy, the three main factors are: Middle Eastern oil, free trade and the security of Israel. We know the unique relationship between Israel and the United States. ?

The way in which Americans will formulate their policies after the events of the Arab Spring is what is important to Palestinians?There are three main factors affecting Palestinians: Palestinians don?t believe in the peace process; secondly, they aren't happy with Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority) and have seen nothing after two decades of negotiations; thirdly, many have turned their eyes to the Islamic project. They don?t care about anything anymore?For them the American candidates are a choice between worse and worse. I think the Arab Spring will be in Palestine next.?

What will Romney be discussing in his visit?

Hillel Schenker, Democrats Abroad: Essentially it will be a concentrated crash course on Middle Eastern realities today. He will be trying to accomplish in a very short time what Obama has been doing on an on-going basis throughout his presidency.?

Yoram Ettinger, former Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, D.C.: The recent seismic developments on the ?Arab street? highlight Israel's role as the only reliable, stable, predictable, capable, democratic and unconditional ally of the U.S., which offsets the lower U.S. profile in the Middle East and expected cuts in the defense budget.

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In Krystyna Faroe?s newly released novel ?Elanclose? the reader is pulled into the Science Fiction/Fantasy world of the post-apocalyptic year 2032.Its release in June 2012 coincides with the final year of the Mayan calendar, which some predict to be the end of the world.?Elanclose? involves the reader in the lives of the survivors of ?the Devastation? an apocalyptic event that has destroyed almost everything and occurred in the year 2026.Only children aged twelve years and under survived the destruction.Now six years later the older children are aged eighteen, they have developed their own clans and are content with life until an unknown called Kisin threatens them all.The author?s character Kisin is also linked to the Mayans, named after the skeletal death god who was banished to the underworld in Lacandon religion (Lacandons are descendants of the Maya).As in the Lacandon religion Kisin is angry and demanding of those around him.Kisin threatens to destroy the clans with his technological skills, overwhelming the protagonists whose lives are relatively simple. The cruel strength that Kisin wields is one they do not understand and cannot ignore.Following his directions they embark on a dangerous journey.

The novel ?Elanclose? presents us with a world of re-growth after vegetation has been destroyed and all animals wiped out.We are presented with the fact that things do not stay the same.Often in times of duress adaptation takes place to create something stronger.A more durable plant grows; trees that are stronger and more resilient.This also applies to the children, they have learned without guidance from adults on how to live, build and plan.The clans have developed their own laws, follow their own logic, but when they are all drawn together they find their ideas are not the same, nor are their rules.

The author?s characters develop in subtle but definite ways.The reader becomes aware of their advancing maturity and education as they lose their naivety.Their experiences mold them, producing the good and bad within them.The author plays with situations and her character?s responses; in doing so she whisks the reader away and skillfully places them in the character?s place to experience the emotional turmoil they must overcome.As the characters show integrity and strength in exciting and moving incidents, the reader becomes entangled in their sensations and emotions, eventually becoming happily exhausted by the sweeping events they are pulled into.

Krystyna lives in rural Ontario where she practices organic farming.Moving from the city she enjoyed the learning curve from being a white collar worker to a worker of the land.The experience encouraged her to write about the events and also create the post-apocalyptic novel ?Elanclose?.Krystyna says ?I felt the values of the land, nature and the balance of things were being lost.By starting from a new beginning I was able to make an imaginary world that realized the significance of the natural elements and their importance but as with the real world a utopia is short lived, and the fight to keep it is always on going.?Krystyna has published books and articles in North America and internationally; she is presently working on her follow up to ?Elanclose? with her sequel ?Aqueous Passage?.

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Online video adds to the publishing mix which provides the means to communicate with all the power of face to face communication with all its associated subliminal messages.

The motivating power of face to face communications is not restricted to the boardroom or the town hall. YouTube is leveraging the transmission of skills that cannot be transmitted just with words.

You can?t show someone how to dance with text.

Video transmits the non verbal such as facial expressions, gestures, passion and eye contact where serious magic happens.

Reading and writing are fairly recent inventions whereas face to face communication has been honed by tens of thousands of years of evolution.

?What Gutenberg did for writing video is doing for face to face communications?.

Video enables people to view how something is done, then emulate and finally innovate.

Radical Openess

The hardest part though is being prepared to open up and expose yourself to the world. Content needs to be set free and giving away your secrets is part of this new paradigm of radical openness!

Credibility is achieved through the display of your skills via your content whether it is carried by music, words or video. Visibility is achieved by building online tribes and followers and sharing with them your ideas.

So what can you do to stand out on a very crowded web?

1. Tap into your passions

Some people know from the first awakening of awareness, what they will do for the rest of their life. We all have an inkling of what we love. What keeps you up late at night, what do you read about, what makes you leap into your car and drive for hours?

2. Leverage your innate abilties

What are you good at? Reading, learning, loving, writing, video production, speaking, cooking or running? This is where you start. Along the way you will discover other skills that you didn?t know you had.

3. Build your Soapbox

This can be a Facebook page, Google+, Tumblr or a WordPress blog. My pulpit of choice is WordPress technology, with my own domain and self hosted. It is mine, I own it and I have control.

I like that.

Don?t hand over the keys to your house to a social network that can cut you off or ask you to leave without as much as an explanation. Owning beats renting!

4. Start

This is where the rubber hits the road.

I remember reading a blog post on Hubspot and it said even if you aren?t exactly clear on what you should be publishing just start. This could be writing, creating YouTube videos, posting fashion photos, Publishing images of your art or paper folding or creating infographics.

In short create content. Don?t wait for the design and branding to be perfect. The refinement can happen on the journey as the crowd tells you what works and what doesn?t.

Just do it!

The magic is in the movement.

5. Know your audience

Understand the persona of the audience(s)who you are targeting.Don?t over complicate this, the audience will become clearer over time. You will hear their voice and see their shadows. You will sense what they want.

Just listen.

6. Educate

?How to? articles are always popular. It is the fastest growing category on YouTube. Educate with stories. A story?s power is twofold. It provides knowledge of how to act and inspiration which is the motivation to act.

Don?t underestimate people?s desire to learn.

7. Inform

In your target niche people want to know what is happening. Keep them up to date with the latest facts, figures and news. Articles that provide insights into the latest industry news will keep your audience coming back for more.

8. Inspire

Show people the potential to change their life and show them a future with potential and let them know that dreams can come true.

A vision is vital.

7. Stay on topic

We are all tempted to go off on tangents. You need to keep asking yourself ?does my audience want to read about this?. You can try new angles but the crowd will tell you via the retweets, Google plus ones, shares, likes and comments what they like and don?t like.

Focus is vital.

8. Keep it simple

As you build knowledge through researching, reading and creating you will be hit with the ?Curse of Knowledge?.

?The better we get at generating great ideas?new insights and novel solutions?in our field of expertise, the more unnatural it becomes for us to communicate those ideas clearly. That?s why knowledge is a curse.?

So keep the message simple and clear of ?industry speak? and acronyms.

9. Market and promote everywhere

Create a brand and presence on the large vibrant social networks. Publish and promote your content from your blog to as many social network platforms as time and resources allow.

Be ?ubiquitous?

10. Build for search engines

Google with its latest updates called ?Panda? and ?Penguin? is valuing unique content that receives social votes, whether that is a ?plus one? on Google, a ?Like? on Facebook or a retweet on Twitter. Use WordPress plugins like ?SEO all in one? or ?Yoast? that create search engine friendly titles, descriptions and tags that make it easy for Google to crawl your site and show up in search engine results.

11. Build your tribes

Tap into the power of reciprocation. Follow people on Twitter and they will follow you back (some of the time). The great content on your homebase (blog) and the essential engagement with your followers will help you build a tribe. Be real and be willing to show the human side of your self.

Open the hood and reveal your secrets and the tribe will leap in.

12. Communicate with multi-media

Everyone learns differently. The younger generation prefers a short video. Baby boomers would rather read an article. The LinkedIn types like powerpoint presentations on Slideshare.

Provide the same content in a variety of media.

13. Hone your writing skills

If you want to write then you need to ?read?. Writing can be learned. The basics are vocabulary, tempting headlines and well structured articles.

Tempting visuals (eg Infographics) will add a little bit of content contagion.

14. Be relentless

I can?t stress too much how important this is. Producing content once a month isn?t going to cut it. It is like flying plane.

Full throttle for takeoff until you reach cruising altitude.

How About You

Are you visible online? What has worked for you in getting attention? Is it video or is it writing articles and blog posts?

Have you tapped into the power of writing great headlines? Do you need to build a larger and more engaged tribe.

Look forward to hearing your stories.Content

Image by Trace Meek

Source: http://www.business2community.com/branding/how-to-move-your-brand-from-invisible-to-visible-0230564

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