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Zach Binder is Director of Marketing Operations at American Addiction Centers; he was previously Partner/Chief Operating Officer for RankLab.
When produced and utilized effectively, video content can quickly become the MVP of your marketing strategy. As the COO of an agency that builds engaging digital experiences, I've learned effective ways to give your audience something that's not only valuable to watch, but that conveys the important messages your business wants to communicate to a diverse audience. Whether your goal is product advertisement, building trust, delivering information, or pure entertainment, deploying a proper video strategy can invariably improve your conversion rates and engagement.
Use Short Videos to Inform
Businesses with easy-to-watch branded videos leave an excellent first impression on target audiences and outsiders. You wouldn't expect your audience to read pages and pages of writing, so why put it in your marketing? Condensing your information into a short and fun video gives viewers enough of what they need to know - and if that's not enough, give them a "Learn More" destination to visit. Whether your video is a tutorial or an overview of a company's mission, the best content is short and easy to digest. Ideally, you can consolidate what you need to say in less than a minute and include a good hook. Don't forget, you only have about 10 seconds to grab the attention of viewers. Think about how many favors you need to ask a person who has never heard of your business before.
Establish Trust With Testimonials
Video testimonials add a human touch to your business and support what you are telling your community about yourself. Ask real customers to make an appearance by telling their stories. Putting a human face to your brand will build a deeper connection with existing and new audiences. Include people who represent your target demographic. Your content will be relatable on a much larger scale and will show off the best parts of your business to the people you want to reach. Make every effort to validate the authenticity of your testimonials, lest you want to appear as if you've fabricated these stories. Viewers are more intuitive than you think, and spotting a bad actor has become second nature to anyone who has ever been awake at 3 a.m., mesmerized by an infomercial.
Collaborate With Influencers in Interviews
A topical interview or special appearance by a like-minded influencer is a great way to start discussions with your audience. Identify who your customers would want to hear from most. If your business has a food app, consider the popular bloggers and chefs you could speak with and ask questions that will give your customers new information to walk away with, associating your brand with a popular face your audience knows and loves.
Use a Call-to-Action
Videos are a great way to tell people about a new feature of your business that requires their participation, whether it's visiting a new website or asking them to vote for you in a competition. It can be short, sweet and simple with an "ask" at the end. You can use a video to explain why you need your audience's support. Check out Kickstarter or Indiegogo to watch examples of how a short video can sway an opinion and bring outsiders to rally for your business. One of the most well-funded campaigns on Kickstarter, with over $13 million pledges, leads with a 3-minute video about coolers. Do you believe in the power of video yet?
Transcribe the Dialogue
First, give your video a title that is both exciting and summarizes what you're sharing. A mysterious title can set up false expectations or be overlooked. Next, transcribe the contents of your video into useful content that can be used for other non-video platforms. Just as a listicle can easily be made into a video, transcribing the script or conversations from your video can extend the life of your content and provide added value in search engines. A video with consolidated information can also be added to and turned into a great article or quote.
The point here is to squeeze as much value out of the content. For example, if you were witness to a hilarious prank would you not retell it many different ways? Would you talk about it on social media, email the encounter to a friend, text someone about it, etc.? Don't let the content die with the final seconds of your video.
Plan Ahead
There is always an official holiday or special event to tie in with your video content and messaging. If you're patient and wait to release a special promotion, this pays off immensely. You'll have an easy time finding people who are already engaging in discussions relevant to your video. Look for special dates that align with your business and goals so that your content is a part of a bigger conversation happening at that time. Use hashtags, reach out to influencers and ask people to share your video for a maximum effect. Holiday and event-related hashtags may vary year to year, so be sure to check what's trending in real time when you are promoting your video.
Content First, Quality Next
The story and execution of your video are a top priority, but it's important to keep the quality consistent with your brand. If you're publishing a video blog, you don't need much in terms of budgeting or production. If your video is featured on the front of your website or has a call-to-action, don't let something like sound or graphics make or break the success of your message. A great background song or animation can make your video much more fun to watch. Holding the quality of your video to a higher standard will improve the viewing experience and help make a lasting impression.
Don't Limit Your Platforms
Publishing your video separately to platforms with analytics will help to show where your traffic is coming from. By separately uploading your video to Facebook, you can view clear metrics of views and engagement without letting those numbers get lost in a sea of shares. On YouTube, create an official channel for your business so that your community members can become subscribers and vice versa. If you must, geek out on platform solutions depending on the nature of your web presence.


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My apples have been picked and its time to make some good old homemade apple pie. I may never come close to my Grandma's delicious baking which was all done in her old wood burning stove. It was incredible how Grandma could bake bread, cakes, and pies in her wood burning oven. How did she know the temperature things were baking at?
Grandma's Old Fashioned Apple Pie
- For Filling
- 8-10 apples peeled and sliced
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Minute tapioca
- For Pie Crust
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp sugar
- ½ cup butter chilled
- ½ cup lard chilled
- 5-7 tbsp ice cold water
- For the Pie Crust
- Mix together flour, 1 ½ tsp. sugar and 1 tsp. salt.
- Using pastry blender, blend together chilled butter, lard and flour until crumbly (pea size chunks).
- Start by blending 4 tablespoons of ice cold water into the flour/butter/lard mixture.
- Add more water a tablespoon at a time until mixed and dough sticks together when pressed. Don't make too wet, just enough water to have dough come together.
- DO not overmix or your pie crust will be tough.
- Divide in half, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- While dough is chilling, in large bowl toss together apple slices, white and brown sugar, tapioca and cinnamon.
- Roll out pie dough to make two crusts that cover pie plate with about an inch excess.
- Place one in bottom of pie plate.
- Pile high with apple mix, cover with other pie crust, seal edges, cut slits for venting.
- Sprinkle top with white sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake 350 for about 1 - 11/2 hours until top is golden brown. Cover edge with a pie shield or foil if edge starts to brown too much while baking.
Use more or less sugar depending on how tart your apples are.
Put foil on bottom of oven in case pie leaks, change out tin foil if needed.
Some other great pie recipes to enjoy! No Bake Triple Layer Pumpkin Pie and No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Pie

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On February 9th 2019 The Elegant Classy Gentleman Team was invited to SBFW fashion week season 15, for fashion week press coverage of their event at the Harold Pratt House Mansion on 68th and Park Ave in Manhattan.
(Les Tout Petits)
Les Tout Petits by designer Lois Letzt, specializes in exclusive designer girls children clothes.
So many designers were showcased at this fashion show, it was a bit hard to keep up. The designer line up included: Angel T Apparel, Yasminings , CGC Apparel, Saint Ondres, UDS Clothing, King Arise Clothing, Majestic Clothing, 360Vintage, Sam The Label, L.N.Drew, Omari's Closet, Robert Greco Couture, Claudine Gordon, Isabelle Larue, IRoyalty , Chic's4All, Anca Design, Entldid , Zavaal, 424 Fashionz, II Kute iv Boutique, Belissimo Apparel, MCKENXIE, Rise Visions Clothing, Model Haven Boutique ,Ryan Lamar Designs , Mad Luxury , Maddy Lo, Poncho Palace, Tiffany Brown Designs , Different Society Clothing, and Project Fashion.
(Designer: Original Crackage)
(Photos by: Natasha Swartz)
During the SBFW fashion show intermission, The Elegant Classy Gentleman team mingled with the guests. designers, models and vendor brand ambassadors much to our delight!
(Photos by Natasha Swartz)
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The Elegant Classy Gentleman team would like to thank The 1 Wine and Classic New York Beer for their outstanding beverages and outstanding hospitality!
Please join us next time as we continue to give you coverage of the hottest fashion showcases in New York.
Credits: Photos by: Natasha Swartz & Mike Strange
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History of Kota
Kota, formerly known as Kotah, is prominent city in Indian state of Rajasthan. Situated on the Chambal River, the city of Kota was once the princely city in the region. During 12th century the region was under Rao Deva who belonged to Hada clan. Rao Deva was the chieftain of that community. It was Rao Deva who later brought the surrounding territory under his control and established the Budi and Hadoti and thus Kota and the surrounding region became the main place of ruling for Bhill communities. Later on the chieftain of Hada community lost to Bundi ruler Jait Sigh.
During the early 17th century the Mughal Emperor Jahangir handed over Kota to Madho Singh the son of Rao Ratan Singh and thereafter Kota came to be known as an independent state. Under the rule of Madho Singh, Kota grew large in area and became richer and more powerful. Maharao Bhim Singh who was holding the Mansab of five thousands and was the first one in the dynasty to have been honored with the name Maharao played a vital role in the history of Kota. Later on Kota came under the control of the British who continued to rule it until Aug-1947 when India got independence.


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Pustovalov, Leonid
Pustovalov, Leonid Vasil'evich
Born July 26 (Aug. 8), 1902, in Moscow; died there Nov. 15, 1970. Soviet geologist. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1953 and member of the CPSU from 1944.
Pustovalov graduated from Moscow University in 1924. In 1928 he organized and headed the geochemical laboratory of the Moscow Division of the Geological Committee. From 1934 until 1962 he was a professor in the subdepartment of the petrography of sedimentary rocks at the Gubkin Institute of the Petrochemical and Gas Industry in Moscow. From 1943 to 1953 he was head of the division of the petrography of sedimentary rocks at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and from 1953 to 1960 he served as deputy chairman of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces (SOPS) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and headed a number of multipurpose expeditions. In 1961, with the assistance of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Ministry of Geology and Protection of the Earth's Interior of the USSR, Pustovalov organized the Laboratory of Sedimentary Minerals (LOPI), which he directed until 1970.
Pustovalov's principal works deal with the petrography and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks. In 1940 he published the monograph The Petrography of Sedimentary Rocks, for which he received the State Prize of the USSR in 1941. The book stimulated research on the formation of sedimentary rocks and sedimentary minerals. Pustovalov worked out hypotheses on the differentiation of sedimentary material and the periodicity of sediment accumulation and developed the idea of sedimentary geochemical facies. He received the Order of Lenin, three other orders, and various medals.
REFERENCEAbramovich, E. L., et al. "Leonid Vasil'evich Pustovalov (1902–1970)." Biul. Moskovskogo ob-va ispytatelei prirody: Otdel geologicheskii, 1971, vol. 76, no. 6.
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Data requires citations for the same reasons journal articles and other types of publications require citations: to acknowledge the original author/producer and to help other researchers find the resource.
A dataset citation includes all of the same components as any other citation:
- author
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- year of publication
- publisher (for data, this is often the archive where it is housed),
- edition or version
- access information (a URL, DOI or other persistent identifier)
JMIR journals used to prefer to cite data via WebCite (See What is WebCite?), because this also creates an archive of the dataset; however, since December 2018 this is no longer mandatory due to WebCite phasing out its service to the community.
We are now recommending to use DataCite instead.
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Name: Rufus Redblade
Which book/world do you live in?
I live in Ilmar, which I understand is featured in Of Blood and Scales – which itself is in Here Be Dragons Bundle and Heroika – Dragon Eaters. I suppose you could say it's part of my chronicle – although I have never met the bard who sang the song, nor the scribe who penned it.
Tell us about yourself: (Name, race/species, etc.)
I am a Griffin-rider. We used to protect the Archduke and his household before he was murdered. One might say we failed, but a man may be killed in many ways which do not look like murder.
The Griffin-riders are, I suppose you would say, airborne cavalry. We have fought with monsters, men and sometimes magic, but since the new religion has swept the land we were disbanded, now we are scattered. I am now, officially, a mercenary. But I work for the Archduchess Silena if she requires me. I make my money where I can these days.
How do you see your world?
Before the Followers of Arun spread their lies it was a pleasant enough world for a warrior. Border skirmishes, battles with rival houses for the Ivory Throne. The late Archduke brought peace, hard won and hard fought. We maintained the peace, and kept the lands free of monsters, such as hydra. The old gods were more…understanding. Arun is a jealous god and his Followers zealots, one does not disparage Arun's name in public. There have been a great many…purges.
I have a remarkable, strong and intelligent woman in the Archduchess, and one whom eclipses all other women. I have loyal companions and a fine, courageous griffin. I have money enough to live, and food in my belly. The world is not as bad as it might be for me. Even if I now have to live on the edges.
What part do you play in this tale?
The young princess – who is the last remaining heir – is dying. If she does not live there will be bloody civil war. Peace is worth the cost of my life if it maintains the throne in the correct hands. Silena is regent, and fair, but a woman has never ruled the land. Times must change, but many are loath to see it. I must find a cure for the malady, the curse on the young princess. The Archduchess rightly trusts few and prayers to the new god have brought no response. We must seek the old ways. We must kill a dragon to save a throne.
Do you consider yourself a good person/creature?
Define good. I have taken life in battle, that makes me a killer. I have turned away from the state religion and dabbled in forbidden magic, that makes me a heretic, I have brought about the downfall of a noble house – some would say that makes me a traitor. Good and bad are defined by who is asking, and where he is standing.
Do you follow any religion?
If anyone asks I pay homage to Arun, same as everyone else. In truth I hedge my bets. I have paid homage to the old ways and the old gods. When a man is a warrior and especially a Griffin-Rider one must murmur a prayer to whoever is listening and hope they look favourable on the unworthy such as myself. Religion can be dangerous.
What is your favourite colour/food/music (pick one)?
I have never really thought about my favourite colour. I like good ale and mead, soft bread, firm cheese and good meat. I have eaten far worse.
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Tales of dragons, their friends and their foes.
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Eating vegan in Toronto used to be a bit of a challenge, but in recent years animal-free cuisine has become as normal as riding your bike to work.
Here are 9 vegan restaurants that will make you forget why you ever consumed animal products in the first place.
If you've decided to go vegan but are having a hard time giving up all the delicious meaty comfort foods of you childhood, Hogtown Vegan is here to help you. With vegan versions of (un)chicken n' waffles, wings, and mac and cheese that as good as the original, you won't miss your former eating habits at all.
This downtown organic vegan staple offers everything you could want in a vegan restaurant without any of the pretentiously high prices we've come to expect from high quality organic food. It's a win-win for those looking for a healthy, tasty place to eat out.
This award-winning vegan bistro serves up Asian-inspired animal-free food while also offering gluten and wheat-free options, should you be so inclined. Their all-vegan dessert menu is something else – would you like your milkshake with cookie or pie in it?
The long-running veggie and vegan chain recently expanded to its fourth location at Eglinton and Yonge, and the wave of Fresh-obsessed eaters continues to grow. This is the perfect place to take those friends of yours who think they could never eat a meal that doesn't contain meat. They will quickly change their tune.
This made-from-scratch Annex veggie spot brings Jamaican cuisine to life, and while it's more of a takeout spot than an eat-in restaurant, you'll want to stop by regularly for the well-priced, constantly changing menu.
If you're looking for a higher-end night out, Grasslands offers a variety of gorgeously prepared vegan options that also allow you to choose from gluten-free, nut-free and wheat-free options. Their vegan desserts are worth the trip alone.
If Chinese food is your favourite but animal products are a no go, Buddha's is your new favourite home away from home. Get your fix of traditional dishes like General Tao's Chicken with imitation chicken in place of the actual bird.
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This plant-based, organic, gluten and refined sugar-free restaurant has been serving up delicious vegan food in Toronto since 2002 – before it was trendy, so they know what they're doing.
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What is Humid-Continental Climate?
There's a lot of things to think about when driving in a humid-continental climate, such as wondering what the heck a Humid-Continental Climate is. HCC is the interior of continents between 30–60 degrees latitude, usually above the 40 degree line north of the equator. These regions are less exposed to sunlight, so the temperature typically doesn't get as warm when compared to the southern hemisphere.
One of the main attributes with HCC is a wide range of temperatures, so you'll likely experience low cold temperatures and high warm temperatures. It's also one of the few climates that experiences all four seasons in the year.
We made a driving guide for each season so you know what to do when the weather changes. Jim Sampson Motors also offers multiple services when you find yourself in need of making adjustments and changes to your Volkswagen vehicle for each season.
Warm and Humid Summer
During the summers, it's always important to check your air conditioning's performance before traveling. Not only does it help with overall comfort and convenience, but it also affect people who are in poor health or are sensitive to heat, so it's best to check up on your vehicle's A/C every summer.
If you still have winter tires on your vehicle, it's also best to switch to your summer or all-season tires. Driving with winter tires during the summer deteriorates the threading on them easier because of the gravel, making it more difficult for you to drive in the ice & snow when the time comes.
Cool and Dry Autumn
Conversely, putting on winter tires during this time of the year is a great idea! Not only does it keep you ahead of the appointment-booking rush once the snow hits, but the leaves on the road can also freeze and get slippery along with black-ice exacerbating the problem.
Also, the climate during autumn is more prone to fogging making the roads less visible. This is a good opportunity to check whether your low beams are working, as your high beams reflect off the fog and make visibility worse.
Cold and Harsh Winter
The most important thing you can do while driving in the winter is to drive slow. The conditions make driving very difficult, and you're much more prone to collisions. This is the best way to mitigate any accidents while you're driving, along with keeping a watchful eye on the road.
And if you don't have winter tires at this point, have them on soon. Winter tires were designed to provide better traction on ice and snow, as well as push water and slush out so it's important to drive with them on.
Warm and Wet Spring
What's important with driving in the spring is to not rid yourself of your winter accessories just yet. The weather in the springtime is very volatile and subject to changing back and forth between warm and cool. It's best to keep your winter tires on until the temperatures average around 15 degree-Celsius in the week.
In the meantime, some things you can do to prep for the warm summers are to make sure your windshield wipers are working as well as maybe checking how your engine oil is doing. In addition, one thing you should watch out for while driving is for potholes on the road, since they typically form out of leftover hazards during the winter.
We hope this guide was helpful and that you know what to do when the seasons change (we're also glad that we all know what HCC is now). From all of us at Jim Sampson Motors, have a safe drive! Come say hi at our showroom, or book an appointment with us if you think you need service for any of the topics we mentioned above. We're available all-year round!


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Aleksandra Kurzak announces:
Today is my birthday, and the most happy one, so let's make it official...We are expecting BABY!!!
Congratulations to soprano and tenor.
Lovely news - although I'm guessing they won't be inviting Angela to the christening?
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Faye |
07 August 2013 at 03:42 PM
Suppose there is an obvious angelic choice of godmother.
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Vecchio John |
07 August 2013 at 03:51 PM
Aleksandra is the divine soprano and the true woman.
Good Health, dear Aleksandra!
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Zoya |
07 August 2013 at 04:37 PM
Félicitations et beaucoup de bonheur encore et toujours !
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Anne-Marie |
07 August 2013 at 06:50 PM
Sincères félicitations et du bonheur encore et toujours à tous les deux .
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Anne-Marie |
07 August 2013 at 06:52 PM
Bon Anniversaire Aleksandra avec un magnifique cadeau à la clé un BEBE Merci à vous de mettre votre carrière entre parenthèses pour quelques mois pour offrir à votre amoureux ,le plus royal cadeau Beaucoup de bonheur à tous les 2 Gina
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Gina |
07 August 2013 at 09:03 PM
Anyone know when they wed?
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Rudolf |
07 August 2013 at 10:35 PM
Congratulations indeed to the couple and best wishes for the new baby.
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Gi |
07 August 2013 at 10:57 PM
I'm not sure if his divorce is finalised yet - anyone know? Here's hoping for a big OTT fairytale wedding and lots of glossy photos in the French equivalent of Hello magazine.
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Faye |
07 August 2013 at 11:14 PM
They won't invite her, she'll turn up anyway, then curse the baby who will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and sleep for a hundred years.
Oh, hang on, that's ballet not opera...
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Deborah |
07 August 2013 at 11:17 PM
Oh, to be a fly on the wall chez Morticia....
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08 August 2013 at 01:57 AM
Yes, that's exactly what I thought might happen too.
Can just imagine her in that black frock being wheeled on by those evil-looking giant rats...
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Faye |
08 August 2013 at 01:59 PM
I think even Morticia will have problems thinking of some way to upstage this happy news story....unless she decides to sing Salome stark naked?
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Faye |
08 August 2013 at 02:02 PM
Dear friends! Don't forget - the thought is material...
Of course Aleksandra took the very brave decision, in the all relations, but her decision is very right. And we must send to her baby the light thoughts only.
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Zoya |
08 August 2013 at 03:48 PM
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Last night I got to see 'This is It', the film of rehearsals for Michael Jackson's abandoned O2 Arena stage spectacular. The film was interesting but went on for too long and lacked much of a narrative. Jackson came on as a kind of body-popping android / phantom of the opera figure who spoke in such a whimper that he frequently needed to be subtitled. At 50, he struck me as the kind of oldest adolescent on the block. 'This is It' was all about the show and not much about its creator. The film reminded me of how he sat so much at odds with the rest of his life, but how he used his perfectionism to transmute that angst – and various pop culture genres – into some fine music.
The somber starting and somewhat contrived first interviews seemed odd, and general lack of audience was strange, but there was also something glorious about seeing it all so half finished. I think the 'Thriller' segment began to show what might have been and it was nice to see a great female guitarist in action too. For me, though, while the film had its moments, it was neither a great insight into the man nor the best summation of his gifts.


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Ex-Nebraska PA announcer Pleads Not Guilty To Theft
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The former public address announcer at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium in Lincoln has pleaded not guilty to theft and other charges.
Patrick Combs is accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from two elderly women. Court records say Combs has waived formal arraignment and asked the court to enter pleas of not guilty.
Authorities say Combs spent about $363,000 of the women's money on cars, home repairs and gifts. He's charged with two counts of theft and one count of attempted theft, abuse of a vulnerable adult and unauthorized use of a financial transaction device.
His attorney, Bob Creager, has said police and prosecutors rushed to judgment and filed unfounded charges against Combs. Creager says Combs was a lifelong family friend of one of the women.


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Talk:Main Page
This is a "talk" page. Feel free to add notes, comments, and suggestions related to the Main Page. It's handy if you sign your note, like this: - Rob.
For a shortcut, you can type "~~~" (that's three tildes), which should give you: Rob
...or four tildes "~~~~" gives you: Rob 02:22, 20 November 2005 (Eastern Standard Time)
Rob I am starting this here. Should this instead be a new article or done somewhere else? Or do articles get put out for everyone in the world to see? IowaEagle
Right where it is is good for now. We can move it to its own page later when the Main Page starts to get really full. Rob 21:54, 20 November 2005 (Eastern Standard Time)
I moved all the general wiki-related stuff to its own page now that we've actually got AMC-related content on the Main Page. This is a good example of the way wikis tend to evolve; somebody adds something to a page, so old information gets moved to a new page and linked from the existing one. Rob 21:59, 20 November 2005 (Eastern Standard Time)


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March 30
(2010-148336) 4:12 a.m.: Someone broke the glass door on Las Primas Meat Market on Winter Rose Drive and snatched several packs of Newport cigarettes, but didn't take any money. They probably would've just spent it on smokes anyway.
(2010-149822) 10 p.m.: A guy was at the corner of Frazier Avenue and Lily Street when someone hopped out of a red truck and pulled a gun. The guy ran and got shot in the back. But he hitched a ride to the hospital — not in the red truck — and got away with minor injuries.
March 31
(2010-150477) 12: 01 a.m.: Surely no one would be so mean as to steal an old woman's silver collectible spoons, would they? Down in the 400 block of East Pine Street, yes, they would.
(2010-150323) 6:25 a.m.: Somebody climbed a six-foot fence topped with barbed wire at United Site Services on South Orange Blossom Trail and forced open a bathroom door. Nothing was taken. Maybe the burglar just needed to leave something instead.
April 1
(2010-154028) 10 a.m.: Vandals pried open a porch panel on an empty house in the 500 block of Wavecrest Drive, and once inside they smashed holes in walls, splashed paint around, and broke the stairs, mirrors and thermostat. April foul!
(2010-159518) 11 a.m.: Someone cut the copper coils out of a man's air conditioner in the 700 block of Springdale Road, ruining the $6,000 unit.
(2010-153167) 9:05 p.m.: Two guys in ski masks pulled a gun at the Citgo on Lake Margaret Drive, took the money and ran.
April 2
(2010-153437) 12:10 a.m.: A man told police that a mugger hit him and tried to take … something. He wouldn't say what and wouldn't press charges. So why bother reporting it, dude?
(2010-153976) 3:30 a.m.: Two guys cut through the gate behind Sam's Supermarket on Columbia Street and stole metal shelves worth $1,500. Members of the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things are suspected.
(2010-154712) 6:19 p.m.: Cops used the excuse of a turn-without-signaling to stop a bicyclist on West Jefferson Street. They say he had 19 pieces of crack inside a ChapStick container in his pocket, and took the $478.20 he had on him. He was charged with having drugs with "intent to sell" within 1,000 feet of a place of worship. What, can't they keep pastors off the stuff?
(2010-154758) 7:35 p.m.: While doing a traffic stop in the 900 block of South Kirkman Road, police noticed a "suspicious bulge" in the passenger's pants. "Passenger was found to be in possession of 85.7 grams (3 ounces) in his groin area," Officer Paul Foster reports. Three ounces of what? Ummm … nevermind. Don't answer that.
April 3
(2010-155422) 2:14 a.m.: One man threatened another with a loaded gun at Crickets on South Semoran Boulevard, but it doesn't seem to have impressed anyone all that much: "After a brief struggle, the subject was secured and the handgun was eventually retrieved," Officer Jason Engelhardt says.
(2010-155607) 5:24 a.m.: A car thief tried to run down a cop and his dog in the 4400 block of Medallion Drive, bailed out shortly afterward and was soon tackled in Rosemont Community Center park. He faces a load of charges.
(2010-156415) 5:30 p.m.: Police answering a home invasion call in the 5100 block of Letha Street found two men coming out of the house. They told the one in batting gloves to get on the ground, and the other to get back inside. Inside the house officers found a stolen gun and picked up one man on outstanding warrants for attempted murder, robbery and failure to register as a sex offender.
(2010-156896) 11:30 p.m.: A man told police he was walking through Sky Pines Apartments on North Lane when his drug dealer knocked him around, took his keys and $25. You just can't trust anyone these days.
April 4
(2010-157210) 2:13 a.m.: A guy said he was walking through a parking lot in the tens block of North Garland Avenue when he was jumped by a bunch of others. They beat him unconscious, took two shots at him and sped off in a Chevy Impala.
(2010-158183) 8:41 p.m.: A guy cleaning his gun in the 7300 block of Mardell Court "became distracted" and blew a hole in his left palm.
April 5
(2010-158867) 8 a.m.: Somebody stole roofing tile from Steppi Roofing on Old Winter Garden Road. Makes sense.
(2010-159486) 8:30 a.m.: Someone sawed off aluminum railings and a handrail, and pinched off copper tubes from an air conditioner, at Stage Equipment And Lighting on 36th Street, but they left some railings and air conditioners untouched for the next guy. How generous.
(2010-160135) 11:40 p.m.: Insecurity at the Security Inn! This time a bandit made it inside the West Colonial Drive hotel, roughed up the clerk and took off on foot — carrying the whole cash register.[email protected]


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Climate talks wrap up with progress on Paris rulebook
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Global talks on curbing climate change wrapped up Friday, with delegates and observers claiming progress on several key details of the 2015 Paris accord.
The two-week negotiations focused on a range of issues including transparency, financial assistance for poor nations and how to keep raising countries' targets for cutting carbon emissions.
"We are making good progress on the Paris agreement work program, and we are on track to complete that work by the deadline," Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama told diplomats hours before the meeting in Bonn, Germany, was due to conclude.
Bainimarama, who presided over the talks, faced the challenging task of reconciling the often conflicting positions of rich and poor countries, especially when it comes to what each side needs to do to curb climate change.
By late Friday, two main issues remained unresolved: the question of how far in advance rich countries need to commit billions in funding to help developing nations, and a dispute over whether Turkey should have access to financial aid meant for poor countries.
Signatories of the Paris agreement want to keep global warming significantly below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. That goal won't be achieved unless countries make further efforts to sharply reduce carbon emissions caused mainly by the burning of fossil fuels.
Observers say the U.S. delegation played a largely constructive role during the talks, despite the Trump administration's threat to pull out of the Paris accord.
While one group of American officials led by White House adviser George David Banks raised eyebrows by hosting a pro-coal event during the talks, a second group consisting of seasoned U.S. negotiators quietly got on with the painstaking job of refining the international climate rulebook, said Elliot Diringer, a veteran of such U.N. meetings.
"It's a smaller team but a strong team," said Diringer, who is the executive vice president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a Washington think tank. "From all accounts they have been playing a constructive role in the room advancing largely the same positions as before."
Ottmar Edenhofer, chief economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, cautioned that while the Bonn talks might be considered a diplomatic success, little concrete progress has been made on tackling what he called the "coal trap."
"We are being pressured by the mass of available coal: it's very cheap on the market but it's very expensive for society because of air pollution and climate change," he said, noting that Japan, Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia plan to keep investing in coal-fired power plants — a major source of carbon emissions.
Environmental groups voiced disappointment at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's failure to announce a deadline for her country to stop using coal, even as other nations such as Canada, Britain and France committed to a phase-out during the talks.
Leadership hopes are now being pinned on President Emmanuel Macron of France, who is hosting a climate summit in Paris next month to mark the second anniversary of the landmark accord.
Further low-level talks will take place over the next year in order to present leaders with final drafts for approval at the next climate meeting in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018.
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We have restructured our retail and leisure business to operate as a single, dynamic and cohesive entity in the interests of more finely responding to the current challenges, and opportunities, facing today's market place.
Previously, the partnership's retail and leisure offer was split into Agency, Development and Lease Consultancy services operating from four of our six offices. Now, the function will combine these services into a single nationwide team as supplemented, where necessary, by the advice of our Investment, Asset Management, Town Planning and other related services. The new retail and leisure offer, with associated services, will be across the entirety of our office network.
The new Retail and Leisure Group focuses on all areas of the sector, including food and beverage, and offers its clients a comprehensive service from deal origination through acquisition, development management, lease consultancy and disposal/exit. As part of its remit the team is addressing an increasing demand to advise and devise strategies to let vacant space, or boost the appeal of new developments or existing schemes, in the face of an ever changing market as fuelled, at least in part, by online competition. Through the combination of our national skill base and regional expertise the new Group has already been successful in working with, amongst others, operators and landlords to either source the right floor space opportunities or attract an appropriate and robust tenant mix across a number of schemes.
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Alfred is supported by fellow Equity Partner, Russell Smith, in managing the Group. Other partners include Tim Holt and Richard Curry. A number of new appointments throughout our office network have also been recently made within the Group, including Henry Lang in Bristol, Matthew Guest and Jonathan Jones in Birmingham, Thomas Ball in Manchester and Rebecca Hughes in Edinburgh. There will be more to come.
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I'm just getting started and have had no problems getting a simple OpenCL test program (written in C) compiling and linking on our Linux box using the local NVIDIA cuda dev install.
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I've checked in /etc/OpenCL/vendors and can see a single nvidia.icd file containing a reference to libcuda.so - and this DLL exists and is readable in /usr/lib.
I've also confirmed that simple native cuda test programs compile and run on this machine (containing a Tesla C2050 card) without any issue.
So as far as I can tell, everything is set up fine and should be working.
Is anyone please able to advise as to why the call to clGetPlatformIDs is not returning?
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Blake Lively Posts Adorable Childhood Photo With Jason Priestley
Blake Lively totally wins Throwback Thursday.
The 28-year-old actress took to Instagram to show off this super cute photo childhood photo of herself tightly hugging actor Jason Priestley.
"#tbt to when Serena Van Der Woodsen and Brandon Walsh were a thing," Blake joked, shouting out their beloved Gossip Girl and Beverly Hills, 90210 characters. "Shh don't tell @robynlively," she joked.
WATCH: Blake Lively Shows Off Her Amazing Body in First Post-Baby Bikini Shots
Priestley, 46, previously dated Blake's older sister, 43-year-old actress Robyn Lively, who's best known for her role in 1989's cult classic Teen Witch.
WATCH: Tori Spelling Reveals She Had Sex With Jason Priestley, Got Shannen Doherty Fired From '90210'
ET caught up with Priestley last May to talk about his book, Jason Priestley: A Memoir, when he opened up about his '90s heartthrob status, and the legendary on-set 90210 drama between his co-stars Jenni Garth, Tori Spelling, and Shannen Doherty.
"They were three teenage girls working in a high-pressure situation," Priestley recalled. "They did the best they could. Everybody did the best they could in those situations and I really didn't see all that much."
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From the vines to the bottling, Maison Veuve Amiot controls the whole process of elaboration in traditional methods with a constant concern for quality.
Each stage of the elaboration is the subject of particular attention: selection of wines, drawings, bottle fermentation and aging in tufa caves, disgorging, dressing. To ensure its development, Veuve Amiot has just increased its galleries by more than one-kilometer, bringing it to six.
We suggest visiting our centuries old caves, discover our facilities at the forefront of modernity and tasting our prestigious vintages.
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Catalogue accompanying the Ben Uri centenary exhibition held at Somerset House, London, in 2015. It features highlights from Ben Uri's usually hidden collection, offering a unique visual survey of a century of intersection with 'Art, Identity and Migration'.
It charts a fluid engagement with British and European art and the transition from traditionalism to modernism through artists including the pre-Raphaelite, Simeon Solomon; the first Jewish Royal Academicians, Solomon Hart and Solomon J Solomon, and the early colourist, Alfred Wolmark, the so-called father of the 'Whitechapel Boys'. This group includes painters David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Jacob Kramer, as well as (by association) the sculptor Jacob Epstein, First World War poet-painter, Isaac Rosenberg, and the only 'Whitechapel Girl' Clare Winsten, all of whom made a distinct contribution to early British modernism.
Women painters have long been strongly represented in the collection and include Lily Delissa Joseph, Amy Drucker, Clara Klinghoffer, Chana Kowalska and Irma Stern. The European context ranges from School of Paris masters Marc Chagall and Chaïm Soutine to those from Weimar Germany including Max Liebermann, Ludwig Meidner and Lesser Ury. George Grosz's savage visual satire contrasts with works by refugee artists from the era of National Socialism, including Martin Bloch, Eva Frankfurther, Josef Herman and Arthur Segal.
The postwar era ranges from School of London masters, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff and R. B. Kitaj to printmaker, Michael Rothenstein RA, abstractionist Bernard Cohen, contemporary realist Daniel Quintero, photographer Dorothy Bohm and sculptor David Breuer-Weil. As Ben Uri moves into its second century, works are also included in a range of new media by contemporary international artists from the fields of film, photography and installation, completing this rare glimpse into a distinctive and visually-compelling world-class collection which simultaneously addresses ongoing issues of 'Art, Identity and Migration'.


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In his spare time, he can be found on the golf course, or depending on the season, watching the Atlanta Braves Class A affiliate Rome Braves at State Mutual Stadium or the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators hockey team at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth.
Jay played on the first hockey team fielded by his high school and has participated in adult hockey leagues during the 1990's. Some years back, he began collecting game used items from all the professional hockey teams that have called Georgia home. Jay created the Georgia Hockey Museum, a website dedicated to preserving the history of profesional hockey in Georgia.


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4400 East Oakwood Drive Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Way back in March of 1991 a small group of John Deere
enthusiasts got together to toss around the idea of being part of
the Iowa State Fair show. One day of the fair was to feature the
classic restored tractors displayed on the grand concourse of the
fairgrounds. Invitations were mailed to known tractor enthusiasts
around the state of Iowa. The response was good and it was decided
to form a committee to go ahead with the planning.
As all good things happen, it took a lot of work and thinking to
get all the details worked out. How many people with tractors would
we really get? Will we be able to set up in time? A lot of
questions and wondering how things would go. Well, the day arrived.
We were to have the tractors on the grand concourse by 8 a.m. ready
for show. We made it with time to spare. It was a grand sight to
see all of the restored tractors lined up wheel to wheel. Well,
that was 1991.
Now it is spring of 1992 and the question has come up as to
whether or not the State Fair show should be planned again. The
response was overwhelming to do it again. The committee was formed
and planning was started for one of Iowa's largest annual two
cylinder shows. One thing that needed improvement over last
year's show was the rope holders that were used around the
tractors. We had rented this equipment the year before. With a
little scrounging and donating, the pieces were found to make the
rope posts. The plan was to make enough posts to hold the rope
around 70 John Deere tractors. There had been 63 units in our show
last year. The plan was for more this year. After a lot of cutting,
welding, bolting and painting, the posts were finished. They looked
great. How would they look on show day?
A prelude to the Iowa State Fair is a grand parade the night
before the fair starts. Some of our two-cylinder enthusiasts had
been part of the parade in 1991. They had pulled floats through the
parade. This year they thought it would be nice to go through the
parade as a unit. A dozen to fifteen tractors would be good. It was
also decided to build a float that would represent the hobby of
restoring two-cylinder tractors. A couple of fellows in the group
went to work on that right away. Their work turned out a great
little two wheeled trailer with a crankshaft, two rods with pistons
and a flywheel mounted on it. Of course, it was painted John Deere
Parade day is here. The first part of the Iowa State Fair is
about to begin. The weather for the parade is great. We are unit
129, about half way back. A local TV station is going to broadcast
the first hour and a half of the parade. We are hoping to get on TV
this year. We had twelve tractors and the float ready to parade.
The parade started at 6 p.m., right on time. We waited and waited.
At 7:25 we moved into our position in the parade line. We
didn't make TV this year. Maybe next year we can have an
earlier position. There was a big crowd to watch the parade, and it
went well for our group. No one had to be pulled through this year.
Last year we had to help one tractor through.
State Fair show day is here. It is Wednesday, August 26. We are
to have the tractors lined up and trailers parked by 7 a.m. We
managed to get everyone in place at the proper time. We put out our
rope holders and stretched the rope around the tractors. It all
looked great.
With the rope in place, it was decided we needed a 'rope
cop.' With this idea in mind, and a badge and water pistol in
hand, one member of the group set out to find the perfect 'rope
cop'. Well, the person was found and awarded the tools he
needed to do his job.
Now if it would just warm up. This is August in Iowa. It is
supposed to be hot. But, it didn't warm up. It was jacket
weather all day. Despite the cool weather, the crowd was a big
We took count of the tractors. There were 67 John Deere tractors
lined up wheel to wheel. With the green and yellow rope stands and
yellow rope, it was impressive.
We had a good variety of tractors. There was a scale model
'D' all the way to a huge model 830 rice tractor. There
were several industrial tractors which, by the way, are not green
and yellow. The oldest tractor was the Waterloo Boy Overtime
tractor. It was late teens or early twenties vintage. All of the
tractors were beautifully restored.
This particular day of the fair was dedicated to older Iowans. A
lot of those older folks told us stories about their experiences
with early farm tractors and equipment. That is a lot of what
restoring an old tractor is all about: swapping stories and meeting
At the end of this day, we were to move our tractors to another
part of the grounds and continue the display through Sunday. Not
all exhibitors could stay but, we ended up with about thirty
tractors that did. Moving the tractors drew a lot of attention.
There is something about a two-cylinder tractor that attracts
attention. It must be the POP-POP of the exhaust.
Some of the owners stayed with their tractors for the duration
of the fair. Here again, more stories were swapped.
The second annual Iowa State Fair extravaganza went well. After
it was over it was resolved that this was a worthwhile event and
there would be interest again for next year.
A special thanks goes out to those of you who restore old
tractors and implements and then take the time to share the results
of your labor with other people. Without you and your efforts, a
show of this type would not be possible.
Submitted by the combined efforts of: Wendell Shellabarger,
Steve Holand, Harold Shearer, Chuck McCain, Merle Hoppenworth, Paul
Lehman. Photos by Max Bechtol.


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Meet SPASH basketball player TJ Schrank
STEVENS POINT – Chances are TJ Schrank won't dazzle you with a thunderous dunk during a game.
Nor will Stevens Point Area Senior High's senior 5-foot-9 guard likely put on a lights out shooting exhibition from behind the 3-point line.
What Schrank brings to the court for the highly-regarded Panthers are a lot of intangibles and a willingness to do whatever it takes to make his teammates better players.
All he cares about is making sure he does his part to make sure SPASH can become the best team possible and along the way develop his game to its fullest potential.
"I try to give the team energy off the bench and try to find ways to make us better," Schrank said. "I might not necessarily be the main focus of our team with all the good players we have, but I try to play the game how the coaches want it to be played."
When Schrank gets his minutes, he attempts to put all of those attributes to good use and do his part to make sure the Panthers pick up a 'W' when the final horn sounds.
One of the primary responsibilities for Schrank in practice is to serve as part of the scout team.
Even though you might not be in the starting lineup or get a lot of minutes what keeps you coming to practice and playing basketball after the long grind of a football season? I've played organized basketball since I could and that passion for the game has never died and I'm not ready to give it up yet. I'm going to keep chugging along as long as I can and have fun with it.
What has been the highlight of your basketball career up to this point? I would have to say the (regional championship) game last season against Oshkosh North. Just to be part of that experience and how we played so well against one of the best teams in the state. I talked with Trevor (Anderson) after the game when he broke the (single-game school) scoring record, and he was still dumbfounded.
Who has been your role model growing up and what lesson have they taught you that you think you will take with you the rest of your life? That would have to be my mom. She has always been around for me, my dad has too, but she's been even more involved and comes to all the games. She has set a good example for me and my sisters to show us how important the small things are. She has taught me to treat others how you want to be treated in all aspects of life.
If you could meet anyone in the history of the world, dead or alive, to spend some time with, who would you choose and what would you like to find out about them? I think I would like to meet Lou Gehrig and I would want to learn what his life was like when he was diagnosed with that disease and how he fought through that internally.
Name something on your bucket list you absolutely have to get done before you turn 40: That would definitely be to take a road trip across the country with a bunch of friends. I'm hoping we can do that this summer when we go to my aunt's place on a lake in Oklahoma to spend some time there.
Tell us something about yourself the average person might not know about you? Of late I've become an avid reader. I've read four books that were 500-plus pages in the last month. Ever since I had to do this one book report I found an author (Vince Flynn) I really like, and I've been getting all his books.
Do the initials "TJ" have an special significance? It stands for Thomas James. When I was younger, I didn't like the name Thomas, and my mom started calling me "TJ" and it just kind of stuck.
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TJ Schrank
School: SPASH
Class: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Family: Father, Jay; Mother, Deb; Sisters, Ashley (13) and Alli (10)
Favorite subject: Physics
Favorite food: Apple pie
Favorite cartoon character: Sponge Bob Square Pants
Favorite super hero: Batman
Favorite all-time movie: "The Blind Side"
Favorite TV show: "Impractical Jokers"
Favorite pro athlete: Derek Jeter
Favorite pro team: Dallas Cowboys
Favorite basketball player: Paul George
Favorite vacation destination: Orlando, Fla.
Favorite hobby: I like to read, play sports, fish and golf


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This week Google announced it will be retiring its 'Trusted Stores' program and introducing something that's arguably better. Google launched a new accreditation program for mobile sites. The search giant is cracking down hard on fake Google Maps listings.
Google has put new measures in places to thwart fake news. It's gotten slightly more difficult to advertise on YouTube. Lastly, we learned more about when Google's mobile-first search index will be rolled out.
More details about each of these top stories are included in this week's SEO & SEM news roundup.
Google Introduces Verified Customer Reviews
Google is retiring its Trusted Stores program, but it's introducing something new to take its place which could end up being even better. Businesses with an online store can now take advantage of verified customer reviews.
If you're thinking Google already has a review system in place, you're partially right, but this new system is different. Users have long been able to leave reviews on a business's Google listing, but those reviews are not "verified." Technically, anyone can leave them whether they've patronized the business or not.
Google's new 'Customer Reviews' are verified to have been left by people who have actually made a purchase from the business's website. That's also why this review type can only be used for businesses with an online store.
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Setting Up Customer Reviews
This new service is completely free to use, all it requires is a Merchant Center account. After signing up, you can then have customers opt-in to receiving an email survey after they complete a purchase from your site.
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- Sign in to your Merchant Center account (or sign up if you do not have an account).
- Select "Merchant Center programs" from the dropdown in the upper right-hand corner.
- Click "Get Started" in the Google Customer Reviews card and accept the Program Agreement.
- Add the survey opt-in code to your website.
After this process is complete you will also have the option to add the badge code for display on your website wherever you want.
Google Mobile Sites Certification
Google has introduced a Mobile Sites certification program which offers anyone the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise in creating sites for the mobile web.
Becoming Mobile Sites certified requires passing an exam. Successful completion grants you a printable certificate and a listing on your Google Partners profile showing you've passed the exam.
The exam consists of 65 multiple choice and true & false questions, covering basic to advanced concepts. A score of at least 80% is required in order to pass. Google has provided a helpful study guide you can review before taking the exam.
The study guide consists of 4 modules:
- Mobile sites and why they matter
- Improving mobile site speed
- Creating an effective mobile UX
- Advanced web technologies
As you can see, there's an entire module dedicated to mobile site speed, which should go to show how important that is in 2017.
Once you've completed the exam, you can put your certification right up there with the AdWords, Analytics, and other such accreditations from Google.
Google Cracking Down on Fake Maps Listings
Google recognizes there is rampant abuse going on within Google My Business, which extends to Google Maps and Search. This involves bad actors registering fake listings with the intent to defraud businesses or extort customers.
Google has released new data which details how it has been working to keep fake listings off Google Maps. On a positive note, the search giant has been able to reduce the number of fake listings by 70% from an all-time high in June 2015.
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- Prohibiting bulk registrations at most addresses.
- Preventing businesses from relocating a great distance from their original address without additional verification.
- Detecting and ignoring intentionally mangled text in address fields designed to confuse Google's algorithms.
- Adapting anti-spam machine learning systems to detect data discrepancies common to fake or deceptive listings.
Google says it is now able to detect and disable 85% of fake listings before they appear. As a result, less than 0.5% of local searches lead to fake listings.
Google Tries to Thwart Fake News
Back in October, Google introduced a 'Fact Check' label within the Google News section. Now that label is being rolled out to the main set of search results pages.
The 'Fact Check' label indicates a piece of content includes information which has been fact checked by the publisher and other fact-checking organizations. A new search snippet will be used for qualifying pieces of content.
The new search snippet includes information on the claim, who made the claim, and how true the claim is. Here's an example:
Publishers have to meet a strict set of criteria in order to receive the new 'Fact Check' snippet:
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In addition, publishers must be using the Schema.org ClaimReview markup on pages where public statements have been fact checked. Most importantly, publishers will only receive the 'Fact Check' label if Google's algorithms have determined they are an authoritative source of information.
New YouTube Advertising Policies
Google is increasing its efforts to ensure ads do not appear alongside questionable YouTube videos. Its latest effort involves blocking ads from appearing on channels with less than 10,000 total views.
Google has been facing a bit of a YouTube advertising crisis after several top US brands recently pulled their advertising from YouTube when ads were seen appearing next to controversial videos. To prevent this from happening in the future, Google doesn't want to give just anyone the ability to display ads on their YouTube content anymore.
With the new 10,000 view threshold, Google is making it more difficult for channels to display ads. The idea is that questionable and/or controversial videos will not find a wide audience. Therefore ads will likely not end up appearing on channels publishing the controversial content.
Google's Mobile-First Index Likely Not Launching This Year
Back in November, Google introduced the idea of switching to a mobile-first search index. That would mean first crawling and indexing the mobile versions of web pages, rather than the desktop versions.
Since then, we've been waiting for further announcements on when this mobile-first index may roll out. Just recently there has been word that we may not even see it until next year.
Google's Gary Illyes mentioned at the Next10X conference that he doesn't think the mobile-first index will launch in 2017. He noted this will be the biggest change in search in the past 9 years, and it is still "quarters" away.
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Veneto occupies the gap between the Dolomites and the Adriatic. To the east is the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The population of Veneto's largest city, Venice, is swollen with tourists. Veneto is Italy's fifth largest region in population, 8th in land area.
Most tourists don't get out of Venice unless they tour the Palladian villas stetched out along the Brenta riviera or have managed to stay on the east side of Lake Garda. The Veneto is an important wine country. Winter sports enthusiasts crowd into resorts like Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Po delta offers bird-watching and nature photography. Spas like the Terme Euganee (Euganean Spas) make you happy and pretty.
The Veneto has lots to offer, including a rail line from Turin that's like a necklace strung with gems like Vicenza, Verona, Padua and Venice.
The map shows the major cities of the Veneto, which stretches from Lake Garda to the Adriatic. The orange line from Lake Garda to Venice (Venezia) represents the Autostrada A57, an extension of A4 that runs from Turin to Trieste. The main rail line from Turin to Trieste parallels this road. This makes the Veneto all the more convenient for a long vacation. Relax on the shores of Lake Garda, see opera or a play in the Verona Roman Arena, sip wine in the walled city of Soave, see Palladio's town Vicenza, discover the origins of modern medical practices in Padua, see the Palladian villas along the Brenta canal around Mira, and head into everyone's favorite canal city, Venice. All on a road or single train line. At the beginning and end of all this there are airports.
The chunk of land that juts into the Adriatic below Chioggia is the Po Delta. Great place to go if you like wetland parks and boat tours.
The Villa Foscari, called "La Malcontenta" stands near the Naviglio del Brenta, the navigable canal that connects Padua with Venice.
From here you head west along the canal, passing Oriago and Villa Allegri, to the clot of villas surrounding the town of Mira, the Barchessa Alessandri, Villa Bon Tessier, Eco Museo "Ad Mira Brenta" in Villa Principe Pio, the Barchessa Valmarana and the Villa Widmann, which has an information point for the villas. Heading toward Dolo, you'll pass the Villa Brusoni Scalella, Villa Tito, and Villa Badoer Fattoretto. Heading toward Stra, the first villa you come across is the one we recommend seeing, the Villa Nazionale Pisani is a stunner, the grandest of them all, containing one of Italy's more interesting gardens, including the hedge maze called the Labyrinth of Love. It's difficult. You can imagine lovers heading off with a bottle of Prosecco and getting romantically lost before the woman in the central tower spots them and tells them the way out. Yes, you can make use of her, too.
The villa Pisani has a mere 114 rooms, don't expect to visit them all. It's big enough for heavy-handed rulers: Napolean once owned the villa, and Hitler and Mussolini first met in person here in 1934.
Other villas in and around the town of Stra include the Villa Foscarini Rossi, the Villa Benzi Smania and the Villa Sagredo.
Looking for a hidden gem in the Veneto? Try Marostica. It has a fabulous central piazza, a strange one. You see, in the front, there's a checkerboard. Yes, Marostica is famous for a human game of chess played in front of 4,000 people in September.
Marostica has two castles. It is known for its cherries, which you can taste on the last Sunday in May during the Cherry Festival.
Chioggia is on the map because I like it. You can drive many of the streets there, even though, like Venice, it's got canals. At the heart of its historic center is a long piazza full of bars and restaurants, the Corso del Popolo. It's got a good vibe. Chioggia also has a great, historic fish market.There's lots to see and do:
Of course you can't talk about the Veneto without mentioning Venice. The colors of Venice might startle you. The fountain of free wine that fueled the famous boatmaking in the Arsenale will astound and amaze you ("At its peak, wine consumption for each worker seems to have peaked at 5 liters a day.") Think about it while you snack on the grilled Scallops or Moeche (Soft Shelled Crabs of Venice). Head to the Lido for a swim, or, at the right time, the Bienale di Venezia. You can also do some pretty amazing stuff with Walks of Italy, like Dine Around Venice: Authentic Food & Wine Experience with Moonlight Gondola Ride. Plan your trip:
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Don't forget that what's on this page is just a tiny sample of what's in the Veneto. While you drive along, there are walled cities like Mantagnana, which offers a stunning Palio (horse-race and costumed procession) on the first Sunday in September.
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Mrs Sita Venkatraman is a well known figure in South Indian Circle in London; she held key posts in associations such as South Indian Society and London Sath Sangam. Her husband Mr Venkatraman (of Air India) used to pick us up for Veda class in Sindhi Mandir on Sunday mornings.
(Maamii- Aunty; Maamaa- Uncle in Tamil)
She has been teaching music, Tamil and scripting and directing dramas. She has many talents and still active at her ripe old age. But in this write up I want to highlight only her talents in Acting.
She was an inspiration for people like me. I acted in four dramas in London; all main roles!!!
In Pygmalion of Bernard Shaw, I was the professor and Famous Tamil actress Radhika was the flower vendor. It was a radio drama for the BBC adapted in Tamil by my boss Shankar in the BBC Tamil service Tamilosai. And Sita Mami also acted in that drama. We were all taken to Covent Garden in London and the BBC team took our photos and sent them to all Tamil News papers around the world.
25 years ago I acted as one of the three heroes in Humpty Dumpty and raised 2000 pounds for South Indian Society. (Please see the link below).
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Following the tremendous success of it, we were asked to raise money for Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan in London. I acted in one more drama there and another 1500 pounds was raised. And others were skits.
On the Sri Lankan side Mr Balendra and my BBC friend Tarcisius were producing Tamil dramas. But for Tamil, Sita Mami is the only person who pioneered Tamil drama in London before the influx of Sri Lankan refugees
So, all credits go to Sita Mami for acting and producing Tamil dramas when Tamil was a rare commodity in London. Tamils were rarer still and Tamil vegetables and Tamil food were the rarest of commodities 40 years ago.
Some time ago I met Sita Mami to get the history of Tamil drama and she gave me some pictures. She also wrote an article about her acting in my newspaper Vanavil/Rainbow in Tamil. It was in year 2000.
Mrs Sita Venkatraman and her Tamil friends started London Kalaik Kuzu (London Arts Group). Her article in my Tamil Magazine 'Vaanavil' gives the following details:
Mrs Sita Venkatraman, Mr Vedanarayanan, Ritu Sarmaji, Mr Kanthan, Mr Krishnaswami, Mr Sambamurthy, Mrs Jaya Srinivasan and a few others formed a drama group London Kalaik Kuzu and staged a drama during Deepavali at YMCA under the Chairmanship of Mathur Sri Krishnamurthy of Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, London. Each one of the actor and actress spent his or her own money to stage the dramas in the beginning.
During next Deepavali and Pongal two more Tamil dramas were staged. They decided to stage at least two dramas every year and they did it for long.
Few of the dramas were based on Chennai Tamil dramas by famous people. They were adapted to suit the London audience and it was done with their permission.
The dramas Mami could remember now ( in 2000) are the following Tamil dramas:
Mangalam Jaya Mangalam, Thankik Kudithanam, Manam Our Kurangu, Samiyarin Mamiyar, Asaiyirukku Thozil Pann, Vilayattu Vinai Achu, Nallathor Veenai, Sari Gama Patha Nisa and Humpty Dumpty (by Giri)
Two of the dramas were done just to raise funds for Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan and London Murugan Temple. Birmingham Tamil Sangam and Brindavan Society invited them to stage these dramas as well.
In short, Sita Mami has been a force behind the Tamil Acting in Britain.
Here are the pictures:
The pictures haven't got many details. I see only one caption dated 9th July 1983 titled Tamil Comedy 'Saamiyaarin Maamiyar' at Bhavan. (Literally translated it would be 'Mother in Law of an Ascetic')
I heard from her that Mr Veda Narayanan, Mr Panchanathan, Mr Lakshmikanthan, Mr Murali Rao, Mrs Jayashri Srikanth and others acted with her in some of the dramas. She has always played a key role in every drama.
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