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HALIFAX—The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers and the province's largest union have teamed up on a campaign to highlight what they say is a child welfare system in crisis.
Billboards and bus ads for their Child Welfare On The Brink campaign will run for several weeks starting Monday in the Halifax area and in Sydney, Cape Breton. The ads direct people to visit the campaign website and to contact the premier about a significantly underfunded child welfare system.
"What we're continuing to see is our members (social workers) on the ground going above and beyond their duties to try and hold this system together, but (what) we've continually seen is an erosion of our capacity to deliver social services in this province and that's due to underfunding of social services across the board," said Alec Stratford, executive director and registrar of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.
Stratford and Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union president Jason MacLean, which represents the province's child welfare social workers, hosted Monday's press conference at NSGEU headquarters in Dartmouth.
"There's a ton of overtime that's being put forward for social workers, but one person can't work day in and day out, 16 hours a day plus," said MacLean, who hears frequently from social workers who are so swamped with paperwork that they're tied to their desks.
"They're not able to get out into the field, they're not able to actually go out and visit families and assess families properly."
Stratford said there are fewer community resources available to help families and children in the system, and vulnerable Nova Scotians are facing "a complexity" of issues that make their cases more challenging.
"Social workers are there to work with those families, to find meaningful solutions, and without the supports and the resources to do that, they're struggling," Stratford said. "The goal today is to really raise the profile of child protection and child welfare in Nova Scotia, to say and to get Nova Scotians to demand more resources for it."
When the child welfare system is underfunded, Stratford said it has a significant and problematic impact on the education system, the justice system, and on mental health and wellness resources.
Last August, Stratford talked to StarMetro about a national report on the "brutal workload" faced by professionals in the child welfare system. He said the report rang true for Nova Scotia's social workers, who faced "really impossible" caseloads, increasing administrative burdens, and a lack of resources to support families.
On Monday, Stratford said the situation hasn't improved for Nova Scotia's social workers.
"They're running from family to family, from crisis to crisis, doing their utmost to provide meaningful, genuine, authentic care and that has taken a toll without the proper resources to be able to manage that," he said.
"Ultimately if we're going to see change here we need to see the political discourse change around the area of child welfare … It's something that we don't really have intentional discussion about and it's time that we do that because that's how this is going to change."
Therapist Jackie Barkley works on contract for the Department of Community Services to provide services to child welfare clients.
"Partly because the health care system is so backed up and there are court deadlines for people involved in the child protection system, they have to contract out therapists to work with their clients … to help resolve the issues that the court is requiring people to resolve to get their children back."
In the last 15 years, Barkley said social workers and their responsibilities have become more professionalized, the amount of time it takes to meet obligations to clients is greater, and standards are higher. While these are all positive changes, it means the capacity to meet those standards has been reduced.
"The perfect storm is happening in child protection right now," the social worker said. "Burnout with workers, new legislation with shorter time spans, less resources, and an increase in the challenges being faced by the clients themselves."
For example, Barkley often hears from clients devastated by visitation issues. When children are removed from their parents, the department is required to permit a certain number of visits each week so parents can sustain a relationship and build continuity if the children are returned.
"If I had a nickel for every client who says to me, day to day, 'My visit got cancelled this week, three of my visits got cancelled this week, my visit was supposed to be reorganized for next week but they don't have enough people to give me additional visits next week so now I haven't been able to see my two year old for three weeks,'" she said.
Barkley hopes the campaign will help facilitate change and start important conversations.
"The situation of child protection clients from the Black community and child protection clients from the Indigenous community in Nova Scotia are even worse than they are for child protection clients from the white community, and it's already horrible for them," she added.
"So when any system is broken, it is more broken for people who face challenges of racism and colonialism."


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In more ways than one.
As a generalization, the Thai people are more outwardly sweet than most cultures. It's evident in the way they greet others, including their own, by folding their hands while slightly bowing their heads. They are typically smiling, pleasant, and respectful. Compared to other societies, the sweetness of the Thai people stands out. The Land of Smiles, while it may be an outward appearance, is one of the many charms of Thailand.
One of the other attractions is the distinctiveness of their food. But, and it's a big but, over the past couple of generations, Thai's have embraced the use of sugar in most of their meals. Almost every prepared dish has sugar as an added ingredient. Even sautéed vegetables are sugared. Most savory dishes have added sugar. It's a phenomenon.
When I see young school-age Thai folk, it's evident that a large chunk does not appear in ideal physical condition. A bulk of them look out of shape, with more extra weight in the wrong places than young people should have, especially youthful Asians. If I didn't know better, I'd predict that Thailand is headed for a health crisis in the next few generations.
Out of interest, I took several Thai cooking courses at different Bangkok schools. In each, the students prepare and eat their individual dishes. In each, I declared that I wanted to cook without sugar. I was the oddball out in every workshop. In one class, six students were grouped together to prepare a dish, but I was castigated on my own due to my sugarless request. The chef in that school tasted the sugar-free chili paste, peanut sauce, and Tom Yam soup I had prepared and liked them all. Of course, she could have been fibbing to be polite. But then again she admitted she had eliminated sugar from her diet the prior year to slim down. An instructor in another school disclosed that her sister, a doctor, recommended that she stop cooking with sugar because it was unhealthy. (Hmm,…yet she continues to instruct cooking with sugar).
When I ask Thai chefs/cooks why they add sugar to most dishes, the answer almost uniformly is "it makes the food tastes better." Really? Adding sweetness to already flavorful food so it tastes even better? Couldn't that be considered a form of crafty trickery?
As a fan of Thai food, it's more than a little disconcerting to know that sugar is being added to most dishes. To be clear, I'm not referring to desserts and sweet treats, of which, as in most cultures these days, there are plenty. In Thai dishes, sugar is added to main meal dishes, those that typically don't have, or need, added sugar. Popular dishes such as Pad Thai and green papaya salad, (Som Tum) — both have added sugar. Peanut sauce used for sauteés — added sugar. Stir-fried vegetables — added sugar. Savory soups — added sugar.
The Thai food on the street is damn tasty. But to order a dish with no sugar is a challenge. When I do, the smile is replaced by forehead wrinkles. If sugar is left out, the tendency is to add more msg, Maggie seasoning, and/or honey. It's become reflexive to add processed flavoring to the food. There are so many natural spices available that adding a tablespoon or two of sugar and msg seems like overkill. And indeed it might be.
Smart people who study cognitive neuroscience know that sugar is a deceptive drug and acts on the brain the same way that cocaine, opioids, and for that matter, any other pleasure substance does. The more we have, the more we want, and the more it takes to satisfy us. Credible researchers have shown that the world's consumption of sugar has grown almost exponentially over the last few hundred years. Concerning evolution, that means we've just started gorging (overdosing?) on sweetness. During that same time, we've seen a parallel increase in lifestyle diseases, as well as epigenetic disorders (which we now know are hereditary).
In a savory dish, it can be hard to detect the addition of a teaspoon of white sugar. Sure the dish tastes good. Everyone in the world loves a subtle touch of sweetness. We gobble down good tasting food without a second thought. But if we are to believe an extensive body of recent evidence showing that processed sugar in our diet promotes toxicity and has detrimental long-term health effects, then it may be prudent to pay attention. All foods have natural trace amounts of sugars. So if food can't stand on its own without the added sweetness, then the results may eventually turn slightly sour.
In the ideal world, we'd see a revolution in Thailand with the elimination of sugar as a key ingredient. But given that won't happen anytime soon, the Thai's will stay double sweet.

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Friday, October 12th 2012, 6:08 pm
A battle for the fourth place spot in the Summit League takes place on Saturday at the Case Soccer Complex on the Oral Roberts campus as the Golden Eagles play host to Indiana's IUPUI Jaguars at 8 p.m.
The two squads enter the conference match with a win and two losses each in Summit League play. IUPUI (4-8-2) was victorious on the first weekend of the conference schedule over Eastern Illinois, 2-1, while the Golden Eagles topped Fort Wayne in week two, 5-1.
ORU trails the overall series with the Jaguars, 8-9, but came out on top during the 2011 campaign.
The Jaguars are led by the conference's top goal scorer Kyle Hyland. A senior, Hyland enters the weekend with eight total goals, tops in the conference with 45 shots and is tied with the most points in the league at 18.
Hyland was named the conference player of the month for September, the conference announced earlier this week.
Saturday's contest will be a test for the Golden Eagles, as the home team will have the task of putting the ball past the top keeper in the conference. Freshman Eduardo Cortes has been getting the job done between the posts all season, recording a conference high 80 saves.
However, despite have the conference's top keeper in the saves category, the Jaguars have allowed 24 goals, while only scoring 13 of their own.
The match will begin a stretch where the Golden Eagles will host five of their final six regular season contests, and three straight within a seven day period. On Tuesday, they play host to the No. 8 team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Oklahoma Wesleyan, and take on Eastern Illinois next Saturday evening.
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KDSG appoints new Commissioner of Finance, Accountant-General
A reshuffle has been announced in the management of the Kaduna State Ministry of Finance. The ministry has not had a substantive commissioner since the resignation of Suleiman Abdu Kwari became effective on 7th January 2019.
A government statement disclosed that Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Finance. Alhaji Saidu is one of the original 13 commissioners cleared by the Kaduna State House of Assembly in 2015 and he took the position of Commissioner for Local Government in the first cabinet. He was appointed Chief of Staff in December 2016.
Alhaji Saidu's mandate, according to the statement, is to restructure and reposition the Ministry of Finance within the shortest possible timefor the challenges of the second term of the Nasir El-Rufai government.
He will be assisted in that task by Mr. Idris Samaila Nyam, the erstwhile Permanent Secretary in the ministry, who has been appointed Accountant-General. Umar Waziri, the former Accountant-General, becomes Managing Director of the Kaduna Investment and Finance Company. The most senior director in the ministry will act as Permanent Secretary until further notice.
The government statement also disclosed that Dr. Salisu Suleiman, the Principal Private Secretary, will cover the duties of the Chief of Staff in the absence of Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu.
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The police on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, a 44-year old man, Martins Ugwu Okpe, who allegedly cloned his friend's credentials, with which he gained employment as a medical expert for about nine years with the Federal Ministry of Health.
Okpe was accused of stealing certificates of exemption of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level), all belonging to Daniel Davidson George.
He was accused, in a five-count charge brought against him, of claiming ownership of the certificates and tendered them before the Federal Civil Service Commission in Ebonyi State upon which he was offered a temporary letter of appointment dated August 30, 2006. He was arrested in June.
A recent verification of professional skills of resident doctors, conducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on June 4, 2015, allegedly revealed the accused person's true identity.
Okpe was said to have risen to become the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja chapter.
Count one of the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/296/2015 reads, "That you Martins Ugwu Okpe, male, aged 44 years, of the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on or about March 13, 2006 at unspecified hour in Karu, Abuja of the Abuja Division committed stealing; and did steal certificate of Bachelor of Medicine of Surgery and National Youth Service Corps certificate of exemption dated February 8, 2005, with serial number 000027400 all property of Mr. Daniel Davidson George, being the certificate awarded to him by Academic's Senate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State dated August 29, 2002, and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 383 and punishable under section 390 of the Criminal Code Law."
According to the charge, Okpe's alleged offences are contrary to sections 383 and 486 of the Criminal Code law and punishable under sections 390 and 467 of the same law.
Okpe, of average height, was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt embossed with the sign: Africa against Ebola, produced by the Federal Ministry of Health's ad hoc committee on Ebola Virus Disease, where he served during the outbreak of the disease in the country last year.
Okpe pleaded not guilty to the charge, following which Justice Gabriel Kolawole granted the accused person bail in terms and conditions agreed upon by both the prosecution and defence lawyers, Malik Taiwo and O. O. Otemu.
Taiwo, who had filed a counter-affidavit to Okpe's bail application, withdrew it in court on Tuesday.
Justice Kolawole granted bail to the accused in the sum of N1m with two sureties in the same amount.
The judge said the sureties, who should be in the employment of either the federal or state, must be not less than Grade Level 12. The court ordered that he should be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja, pending when he is able to meet the bail conditions.
Police arraign alleged fake doctor employed by FG
The police on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, a 44-year old man, Martins Ugwu Okpe, who allegedly cloned his friend's credentials, with which he gained employment as a medical expert for about nine years with the Federal Ministry of Health.


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Who We Serve
The Combat Wounded Coalition provides program services to combat-wounded warriors who have received the Purple Heart, veterans injured in the line of duty while training for combat operations and warriors diagnosed with PTS and TBI directly linked to their combat operations.
Our Vision
The Combat Wounded Coalition's vision is to ensure every wounded warrior realizes their full potential.
Our Mission
The Combat Wounded Coalition's mission is to inspire our wounded warriors to overcome. We accomplish this through direct programs and connections to other vetted organizations through our four program pillars: pride, power, purpose and peace. Another CWC mission is to provide clothing modifications to wounded warriors in need.
We offer support through Wounded Wear, our unique line of apparel for anyone who wants to show their patriotism and appreciation for the sacrifices made by our warriors. We also honor families of the fallen with opportunities to participate in events with our heroes.
Families of the Fallen
The Combat Wounded Coalition's Families of the Fallen Program, as part of its mission, is committed to providing support to families of service members who:
- Were killed during combat operations or hostilities against the United States
- Died due to complications from injuries received during combat operations or during hostilities against the United States (including accidents and exposures)
- Were killed during training missions in preparation for combat operations
- Were lost to suicide as a result of post traumatic stress following service in DOD-identified combat theaters
Due to the focused scope of our mission, we do not have the resources to support families of service members who died as result of natural death, crime, routine military training, accidents, illness or suicide not directly linked to combat experience.
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The Combat Wounded Coalition™ is a nonprofit organization (tax ID – 27-0426467) that inspires combat-wounded warriors to Overcome through four program pillars - Pride, Power, Purpose and Peace. The CWC provides free Wounded Wear™ clothing kits and clothing modifications to combat-wounded warriors as part of our Pride program as well as raising national awareness of the sacrifice that built our nation. The Power pillar is built around demonstrating to our warriors that despite their injuries, there are no limitations. We do this by pushing them outside their comfort zones through signature events like Jumping for a Purpose where we take wounded warriors and Gold Star family members skydiving. Additionally, through our Power program, we are always looking for other vetted partner organizations to get our warriors back out, living greatly and overcoming the physical and invisible wounds of war.
Our last two pillars are built to help our combat-wounded warriors discover Purpose in their new lives and, ultimately, find Peace. CWC believes the greatest gift we can give our warriors is to help them find their new Purpose after military service and the impact of war. We accomplish this through our initial warrior database questionnaire, as program recipients identify needs under our four-pillar pipeline. Whether through outdoor empowering activities or support with housing, education or employment, the CWC will help make connections to vetted and proven for-profit and nonprofit organizations who can help fulfill these needs. Our last pillar is to help our warriors find Peace from the invisible wounds of war by identifying individuals looking for mental health support. We then connect them to key, national organizations that are providing ground-breaking non-pharmacological treatments to help them fight against traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress.
Lastly, the CWC has developed and launched the Overcome Academy™, a curriculum-based program of leadership, resiliency and communication skills for wounded warriors. The program is designed to get them back into their communities as leaders by working with schools, businesses and youth mentorship programs. Through the Overcome Academy we strive to turn our wounded warriors into the next greatest generation.
The Combat Wounded Coalition has a 6,600 sq. ft facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, a lean paid staff and an all-star team of patriotic volunteers to facilitate the accomplishment of our mission.


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REHAU Surfaces Play a Key Role in Warehouse Condo Kitchen Remodel
"The REHAU laser edgebanding is the best you can get. With a matte surface, it's certainly better than I can do on my own, and it's actually pretty remarkable that they can edgeband metal. I had complete freedom to design the look and feel, and I knew REHAU's products could help me achieve what I was after."
-- Nic Frost, owner Nic Frost Cabinetry
Nic Frost | Security Warehouse Lofts | Minneapolis
Over the past decade, the Minneapolis North Loop neighborhood has transitioned from a gritty, industrial warehouse area north of downtown to a trendy mix of retail, residential, restaurants and to top it off - Target Field - widely recognized as one of the top ballparks in Major League Baseball.
The purchase of a condominium in this gentrified neighborhood comes with its own kind of pressure to present a hip interior design that suits the start-up feel permeating the buildings in the seven-square-block district. Nic Frost, owner of Minneapolis-based Nic Frost Cabinetry, embraced that challenge when given free rein by a new owner of a condominium in the Security Warehouse Lofts on Washington Avenue.
Not only was the condominium's kitchen completely remodeled, it was relocated. "It was sitting in a dark corner," Frost explains. "Two walls were removed, it was expanded across the entire unit and now the kitchen sink sits under a big, beautiful window that overlooks downtown Minneapolis."
The expansion included the addition of cabinets and a granite-topped island with a walnut veneer. The color palette centers on black, brown and the gray of the kitchen's stainless steel appliances and door fronts. Frost used REHAU's matte surface for the kitchen's 19 matte black cabinet doors, drawer fronts and side panels on the perimeter of the kitchen. RAUVISIO metal was used for four cabinet doors that have a brushed stainless steel finish.
RAUVISIO metal offers a true metal surface in both natural aluminum and brushed stainless steel finishes. The cabinet doors feature matching metal on all surfaces, giving it the appearance of a solid metal door. The metal surfaces are bonded to a particle board core using PUR glue.
Frost had used REHAU in previous projects. "I brought the REHAU products to the owner and said, 'this is how we can achieve an ultra-matte surface that is durable and the best finish you can get,'" Frost says. He is also a big fan of REHAU LaserEdge™ seamless edgebanding technology.
"The REHAU laser edgebanding is the best you can get. With a matte surface, it's certainly better than I can do on my own, and it's actually pretty remarkable that they can edgeband metal. I had complete freedom to design the look and feel, and I knew REHAU's products could help me achieve what I was after."
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When you've got an offer that might generate leads, it can usually boost your business performance. This piece provides useful insights on learning to drum up real leads. Follow the advice below to start generation leads you can convert into profit.
Use tested methods and reviews to create more leads. If there is data supporting your claims, people will buy from you. Show them how good your product is, and that others are enjoying it, and you may very well make a sale.
If you're trustworthy, you'll get way more leads. Don't use cheesy offers, hyped-up offers, or screaming ads. Instead, tell consumers why your offer will be beneficial to them. You are more likely to gain people's trust if you're truthful with them.
If you are using digital advertising, develop landing pages for your potential leads. Targeted landing pages are often more effective than people being led to the main site page. You are giving them the information that they wanted in the first place. Add in a contact form, too, and you should see your leads soar.
Know the value of new business leads. However, there will be some leads that are inappropriate for a particular campaign. Which target audience are you after? Don't market to anyone else. You can achieve success if you pick the right leads.
Consider privacy and opting out when sending out a newsletter. Be sure to be aware of leads that state a preference to not receive additional offers or communications. Do not waste time on those who are not purchasing.
Check that you are getting original leads in your campaigns. It is common to buy leads quickly without checking for duplicates. For example, you could end up paying multiple times for the same leads. Make sure that when you target a certain number of leads, each one is unique and get maximum exposure.
You can generate leads using incentives, because a lot of folks will act when there is an incentive for them to do so. If someone needs what you're selling, incentive can cause them to buy from you instead of the competition. Provide an additional incentive to choose you, and your lead base will explode.
Talking with businesses in the area that are similar to yours can be very helpful. For instance, a landscaper might talk about about seasonal flowers. If you are a personal trainer, you could advise workers about keeping fit while they work full time. Make your skills a needed service for others.
Long-tailed keywords may be of use to you. Never use a lot of them, but since they are targeted to a specific consumer these could really be helpful to you. Trying several different ones will help you figure out which work best.
Knowing how to pursue lead generation can determine your success. No matter your business sector, knowing how to develop leads will keep you connected to solid prospects. This article should give you the direction you need to have a successful business.
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Pharmacyclics, Inc. presented data on ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA), both as a single-agent and in combination with other treatments, during the 51st American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held in Chicago, IL.
IMBRUVICA is currently approved for the treatment of those suffering with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) which have already received at least one prior therapy; for all CLL patients with the a 17p deletion (part of chromosome 17 has been lost); and for all patients (including treatment-naive) with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
This drug is an oral, first-in-class and once-daily therapy whose purpose is to inhibit a protein called Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) which stops the signaling pathway that allows malignant B cells to multiply and proliferate. IMBRUVICA is the only product with 3 Breakthrough Therapy Designations and is currently being assessed either alone or in combination with other treatments to address blood cancers. So far, over 6,100 patients have received treatment with IMBRUVICA in clinical trials conducted in 35 different countries.
"We look forward to sharing promising data at this year's ASCO that examines the use of IMBRUVICA across a broad range of hematologic disease settings from our clinical studies. Addressing difficult-to-treat hematologic and solid malignancies remains a top priority for us and our development program is designed to help establish IMBRUVICA as a backbone of therapy across a broad range of histologies," said the Head of Oncology at Pharmacyclics, Danelle James in a press release.
All abstracts presented can be consulted here; among them two specific studies addressing lymphoma can be found:
- A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase III Study of rituximab with or without ibrutinib for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia. (Abstract TPS8599)
Poser Session: Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Disorders. Sunday, May 31 at 8:00 a.m. CDT in S Hall A.
Lead Author: Meletios A. Dimopoulos, M.D., National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
- A Phase III Study of ibrutinib in Combination with Either bendamustine and rituximab (BR) or rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) in Subjects with Previously Treated Follicular Lymphoma or Marginal Zone Lymphoma. (Abstract TPS8601)
Poser Session: Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Disorders. Sunday, May 31 at 8:00 a.m. CDT in S Hall A.
Lead Author: Nathan Hale Fowler, M.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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I have mixed feelings about this book. I had high hopes for it and couldn't wait to start reading it, as I'd loved One Day when that came out. The writing was really good, the story was good, but the best part was the last 50 pages and when 300 pages precede that….well, it was incredibly slow. And not very compelling. And took me forever to read. Fortunately Melissa told me that it picked up once it hit the halfway mark, so I stuck with it. And that did prove to be true, but half a book is a lot to slog through just to get to the picking up part.
The story is told by 50-something rational scientist Douglas. His wife of almost 25 years, Connie, has said she'd like to leave him, but not quite yet. First they embark on a planned Grand Tour style vacation with their only son, Albie. Douglas tells about the trip, alternating with stories of when he and Connie met and the early years of their marriage. They were an unlikely couple-he so stiff and rational, she a passionate artist. But somehow they fell in love and genuinely loved each other. The way Douglas is written you can see why he might be unlikable to some people, but I definitely aligned myself with him and felt like his wife and son were terrible to him. And when Connie leaves the trip early and Albie runs off on his own and Douglas decides to track him down across Europe I couldn't help but think why bother? Your son is a total ass to you and everyone picks on you.
I really felt like the last 50 pages of the book were the best-adding new depth to the characters, their relationship and the novel as a whole. I should have known from One Day that there would be some sort of surprise (to me), and indeed I was startled by some events at the end (I wouldn't call it a surprise or twist ending.)
It was a pretty melancholy book and a slow read and that combination just made it almost painful and dutiful to get through. But why did I continue? I really admired the way certain parts were written and I did want to find out what happened to Connie and Douglas (Albie, not so much.)


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Yazidi activist claims President Obama's statement that a military evacuation of Mount Sinjar was no longer necessary encouraged Isis militants
A leading Yazidi politician said yesterday that he was preparing to make a last stand in his home village in northern Iraq, as members of the religious minority warned that another massacre of civilians by the extremist militants of the Islamic State (formerly Isis) showed that the crisis was far from over. The United Nations said it was trying to confirm reports of the worst single atrocity against Yazidis since the Islamic State offensive began on 3 August, with two separate sources saying up to 400 men had been executed in the village of Kocho after refusing to convert to Islam.
Last night, Kurdish forces backed by US air strikes were attempting to retake control of the Mosul Dam, which helps power parts of northern Iraq, with some eyewitness reports claiming a ground offensive had been launched as part of the operation. Eleven fighters from Islamic State, which has controlled the dam since 7 August, were said to have been killed. The strikes came a day after Barack Obama said it was no longer necessary to carry out a military evacuation of Mount Sinjar – where tens of thousands of people had been trapped by militants earlier – since many people had managed to escape following US air strikes.
But a leading Yazidi activist, Dr Mirza Dinnayi, who had spoken to Kocho's senior official before the massacre, claimed there were still 25,000 people in the area and described Mr Obama's remarks as "a very big mistake".
When the US said that the siege of Sinjar was effectively over, "this encouraged Islamic State to attack 24 hours later", he told Jonathan Rugman, of Channel 4 News. "We had a massacre yesterday [and] could have another."


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Bower and Christensen came up with the term 'disruptive technologies' in their Harvard Business Review article, 'Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave' (1995: 43-53). Disruptive technologies can be viewed as early stage catalysts for change, and fundamentally destabilising of an existing equilibrium – be it a method, technology or product. Today, one such technology heralded as being disruptive is 3D printing*, or 3D manufacturing. In part, what is considered disruptive depends on its context and the scale or type of change; let's remind ourselves that humanity has a long history of technologies causing radical global change (e.g. wheel, steam engine, Jacquard Loom, Gutenberg printing press, internet). Whilst 3D manufacturing has yet to happen to any form of impactful scale, and indeed may not do so, its very concept allows us to imagine the implications of post-industrial manufacturing for the ways we might wish to develop future Art and Design higher education (HE). Central Saint Martins' students are already creating possible scenarios, by connecting the present and the future.
In an earlier post about social and technological futures and arts higher education I suggested that Central Saint Martins has a wealth of insights, critical questions and creative future scenarios generated by our student cohort every year. As such, CSM is in an extremely fortunate position to imagine, explore and critique multiple potential futures for Art and Design higher education. I also suggested that it is important for us to dedicate ourselves to the exploration of our complex potential socio-technical futures, and how arts and design educators help to shape, as well as proactively respond to them. For example we could ask, 'how might Art and Design HE take place when all information has been dematerialised into a distributed and networked virtual global environment?' or, 'what are the preferential future scenarios for Art and Design education in a world rich with intelligent and connected objects?' (today's students will help to design and make these possible futures).
So, to get the ball rolling I studied the recent final degree projects of 65 postgraduate students from CSM's MA Industrial Design, MA Design, and MA Textile Futures courses. Having gathered a set of themes often used in Futures discourse, I looked at the students' work to see how/if their research interests connected. In doing so, I found that there were three main areas where a large amount of research was undertaken: Science, Engineering and Technology; Environment, and Society. Of course, it's recognised that these thematic breakdowns are not exclusive, and there are student investigations that cut across multiple areas. However, for the purpose of this quickfire inquiry-on-the-fly, this process is valuable.
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Science, Technology and Engineering
- Neocraft: Humanising the machine: the fate of craft in a digital and technological era.
- Next in Line: how can we preserve and ethically bequeath digital possessions in their original form?
- Gather3D: imagines a future scenario of a return to small-scale, exclusively digital manufacturing.
- Scent-ography: how can we archive memories through captured scent?
- Extraterrestrial Acoustics: how can acoustic discoveries in the exploration of planet Mars inform sonic understanding on Earth?
- Mutual Interspecies Invitation: new forms of objects to be shared by humans and animals.
- Disquiet Luxurians: challenging assumptions of material rarity and luxury.
- Smart by Nature: how can we create a more sustainable future by harnessing smart sensing systems in nature?
- Questioning the Orders of Furniture: provoking the viewer to question society's habitual behaviours and routines.
- Borrowed Landscape in Jewellery: linking worn jewellery to the landscapes and environments that surround it.
- Mundane Biomimicry: can a critical exploration of mundane biomimetics lead to innovation and generate sustainable approaches to sustainable design?
- From Creatures: addressing contemporary issues of over consumption.
What this exercise reveals is the weight of 'evidence' we already have at-hand to inform sets of creative future scenarios. It also shows the large thematic gaps that could benefit from investigation through our imaginative and unique lenses – such as Politics, Globalisation and Economics – as well as key themes that CSM's students (and staff) pursue but that are not part of the usual Futures discourse. The next step will be to enable some delightful collaborations that explore possible and preferable educational, social and technological futures, and then to ask questions that allow us to imagine, and work towards shaping, the kind of future Art and Design higher education system we want. If not us, then who?
*At Central Saint Martins we have 3D printing machines that are used by students across the College for myriad projects. 3D printing adopts an additive layer manufacturing process – using 3D CAD software to represent digitally each cross-section of the artifact. The object is printed, or grown, by fusing the cross-sectional layers of deposited powder material with a laser (there are a number of links at the bottom of this post that provide both text based and video explanations of the process). 3D printing has been part of the prototyping process for years, but it is the possibility of 'manufacture' that is causing frenzied speculation – understandably. Whilst it is argued that the technology is yet to transform manufacturing, many posit that in the next two decades it will. The United States has established a significant research and development programme to fund additive manufacturing and associated technologies.
Interesting links and references
MA Industrial Design http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/courses/postgraduate/ma-industrial-design/
MA Design: Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery http://csm-ma-design-2013.com/
MA Textile Futures http://www.textilefutures.co.uk/
CSM 'What's the point of art school?' http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/csm-culture/events/whats-the-point-of-art-school/
Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave by Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business Review, January-February 1995
3-D printing: The new industrial revolution Barry Berman, Business Horizons (2012) 55, 155—162
Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University, 222 Weller Hall, Hempstead, NY 11549, U.S.A.
Open-source 3D printer for food creation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQni3wb0tyM
3D Printers in Schools https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-3d-printers-to-boost-stem-and-design-teaching
The emergence of 4D Printing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gMCZFHv9v8
Hyperform 4D Printing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGeGI9qxBAs
3D Bioprinting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D749wZSlb0
Science Museum 3D Printing http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/plan_your_visit/exhibitions/3d_printing_the_future.aspx
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Calhoun, Conklin, Cook likely high picks in '16
The folks giving out awards for offensive line play may have missed it this season, but the folks evaluating NFL prospects didn't – Michigan State sophomore left tackle Jack Conklin played like a first-round pick and may be the first tackle drafted if he decides to leave after next season.
That's how ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. sees it, anyway – a 2016 first round that could include Conklin and MSU teammates Connor Cook and Shilique Calhoun.
"I think he's a first-round-caliber player, yes I do," Kiper said on a teleconference today when asked if Conklin, a third-year sophomore and second-team All-Big Ten pick, would have been a first-round pick in the 2015 draft. "Brandon Scherff from Iowa, there's not much separating Scherff from Conklin. Some may even think Conklin's a more highly rated player. So yeah, he was on my radar, I thought maybe he'd come out because he's got such a high grade. But by going back, you're looking at the elite of the elite. Jack Conklin has a chance to be a very, very high first-round pick. Certainly the first offensive tackle off the board. Great player."
Likewise, Kiper said, Cook has a chance to be the first quarterback taken if he takes another step as a fifth-year senior in 2015 for an MSU team likely to start in the top 10 in the national rankings. And Calhoun could go from Kiper's projection of first-round fringe this year to top-15 in 2016.
"Little surprised he opted to go back," Kiper said of Calhoun. "I thought he would have been in the first-round mix. Next year, with all the junior defensive linemen that came out (this year), if he can – obviously, consistency for all these guys is very important. Improving your pass rush technique. All those things, if he works on and he brings together, he could be a top-15 pick next season. So he can improve from being a late-one, early-two, to being a top-15 pick by going back."
Kiper also considered Cook a possible first-round pick this year, but consistently said he should return for another year to improve his stock.
"There were some throws that needed to be delivered accurately at times that weren't," Kiper said today of Cook. "He's the kind of guy, with his size and his arm, he can make all the throws, he can beat you from the pocket very effectively. He'll work hard. I think Cook could go into next year and be right there. There's a lot of sophomore quarterbacks that are gonna become junior quarterbacks – Christian Hackenberg one of them, at Penn State, and several others. (Trevone) Boykin from TCU is a real good player. Cardale Jones at Ohio State, we'll see how he does next year, if wins that starting job. So there's gonna be competition, but (Cook) has got a chance to be the first or second quarterback off the board next year."
Conklin's father, Darren Conklin, said late in the season that no serious consideration would be given to leaving this year, in part because the family wants Jack to get his degree. Next year, Conklin will replace Calhoun and cornerback Trae Waynes – who did leave early and is projected as a first-round pick this year – as the MSU underclassman with a decision to make.
"That really helps Connor Cook, getting him back," Kiper said of Conklin. "It helps Mark Dantonio to keep this thing going at Michigan State. So they lose some real good players but getting Conklin back, getting Cook back really assists them moving into next year. You lose those two and you're basically kind of rebuilding. You get those two back along with Shilique Calhoun, that really is beneficial."
Asked about other MSU players, Kiper said he projects receiver Tony Lippett in the fourth round; safety Kurtis Drummond in the fourth or fifth; running back Jeremy Langford in the fifth or sixth; and linebacker Taiwan Jones and defensive end Marcus Rush as potential late-round picks.


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After their exciting morning tour at the Monterey Bay Aquarium a few weeks ago, the interns wanted more. Saturday, June 8, the interns grabbed an assortment of sleeping bags, mattress pads, and pillows and decided to sleep with the fishes—that is, spend a night at the aquarium.
Once checked in at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sleepover, the interns were able to wander among the tanks and admire the creatures. Some, like octopuses, are more active at night. They put on quite a show for the interns as they swam by, suction-cupped along the glass walls, and spread their tentacles far and wide.
The interns were entranced by the jellyfish and could have stayed all night, but unfortunately, while jellyfish don't need to sleep, interns do!
Although the sleepover is open to the public, the MBARI interns were allowed to sleep in the Vanishing Sea Life exhibit, where they'd be able to watch the bottom of the Open Sea exhibit. Tuna, dolphin fish, a stingray, and even two sea turtles took turns trying to lull the interns to sleep, but it was counting the shimmering, swirling school of sardines that finally put them under.


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Should Homer Simpson ever try to smuggle his unqualified identical twin brother into work in his stead, a new biometric identification system that will be used to secure nuclear plants is sure to prompt a "D'oh!" or seven.
The technology, which comes from a Japanese firm called Sagawa Advance, is sufficiently accurate to be able to tell identical twins apart – a massive advance on current technologies, which famously can't tell Jessica Alba from a plank of wood. Oh, wait…
Anyway, Sagawa's thing uses an infrared scanner to analyse 40,000 data points on a face before comparing the details against a database of people it already knows. If there's no match then access to power plants, medical factories and other sensitive areas is easily denied.
Sagawa plans to sell the scanner and database computer set for ¥6 million ($60,000) later this year, with a view to shifting 40 units in its first twelve months.
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Saturday, 1 January 2011
Happy New Year !!
ramsgate harbour in the (not rising from the fog yet) early morning sunrise..
remnants of New Year Celebrations were evident everywhere...
our New Year's walk took us through the village of Pegwell
into the countryside. (I thought of Micki but did not carry a carrot for the horses.. which was just as well as soon I saw a big sign saying 'don't feed the horses'!)
Pegwell Bay nature reserve is lying on the edge of a disused hovercraft site but has a beautiful beach lying at the bottom of the cliffs which are towering over it..
It is good this stretch is a nature reserve and protected, as in the marshy waters of the bay, many migrating birds have a rest before continuing on their journey. Here a few oystercatchers standing inbetween the seagulls.
Whenever a manmade structure gets abandonned, nature takes over again. Through the cracks in the concrete of the abandonned hover port, lilac bushes and grasses grow in abundance, making for a surprising landscape..
Can you imagine cars waiting to board here in the heyday of the hovercraft?
A bird with Very orange legs risked coming quite close.. (I have to look up what it is.. not sure at the moment..)edited: It's a redshank, thanks Julie!
And flocks of smaller birds also flitted about. Settling on the mud en masse...
(a sort of sanderling maybe?)
only to fly off just a second later..
The sun seemed to symbolize the start of this year... It's trying to break through to make it a sunny one... but still a bit of a struggle...
I hope that for those of you who had a brilliant 2010, the coming year will be even better. For those for whom it was a thoroughly terrible year (and sadly, there are quite a few too...) I hope that the sun may shine through the fog and come out bright and strong and make 2011 a year to remember for all the good things that happened!
I will leave you with another beach shot. May 2011 be the best year ever !!
14 comments:
- Terrie Sandelin said...
Oh, what a beautiful place you live in! Thank you again for the incredible photography -- and wishing you the best in this new year.
- 1 January 2011 at 15:40
- Me and Ma said...
Fantastic photos marg, Happy new year to you xx
- 1 January 2011 at 15:51
- Julie said...
What a lovely walk you had this morning tho' it looks very cold. I think the orange legged bird could be a redshank.
Here's to a wonderful 2011 for us all. Take care, Juliex
- 1 January 2011 at 15:51
- Shasta Matova said...
I really enjoy seeing your gorgeous pictures of a landscape that is nowhere like my own. Happy New Year to you as well.
- 1 January 2011 at 16:32
- Molly said...
Happy New Year!! I'm constantly amazed by the beauty in your surroundings. Hope you and your family have a happy and healthy and productive 2011!
- 1 January 2011 at 16:37
- myBearpaw said...
Thanks Marg, your photos are fabulous as always. I feel I know Ramsgate so well! Maybe 2011 will be the year I get to visit! I hope you will have a great 2011 too!
- 1 January 2011 at 18:19
- Cat said...
Oh Marg - here's wishing us all a wonderful 2011 - at least we know it can't possibly be any worse than 2010 - it's a start of a new decade!
(in your words) I hope that the sun may shine through the fog and come out bright and strong and make 2011 a year to remember xxx
Thank you for your wonderful wonderful friendship throughout 2010 xxx
And here is hoping to meet you in 'real life' in 2012
- 1 January 2011 at 18:44
- Micki said...
What a gorgeous place! Funny, how the horses made you think of me. Well, we are always feeding Bobbi horses, and I am always posting about it. Maybe that is it.LOL Anyways, I did enjoy al of the pics....absolutely beautiful place!
- 1 January 2011 at 19:28
- Mrs Flying Blind... said...
Happy New Year - I believe you that you 'found' that champers bottle - it didn't cross my mind that you thought it would make a good picture after your last breakfast-time swig!! Hic x
- 1 January 2011 at 19:50
- Liz said...
Thanks for taking me on your walk Marg, great shots. Have a wonderful 2011...
- 1 January 2011 at 21:20
- Susan said...
Great photos Marg- we have missed them!! Can't pick a favorite, they are all stunning! A happy new year and may 2011 be a good one for you and those you love!
- 2 January 2011 at 00:31
- Unknown said...
Looks like you had a great New Years Day, what a lovely walk - Happy New Year to you all
- 2 January 2011 at 09:34
- Catherine said...
Thanks for the lovely photos from your walk! Always so interesting to see other peoples surroundings. Here's to a better 2011 that's for sure! It's only just occured to me that's its a new decade too. Dah!
- 2 January 2011 at 11:08
- Jo said...
Loved the walk around Ramsgate, took me back a few years, though I don't think we would have found Champagne more like a bottle of beer....life has moved on. Yes, lets hope 2011 will bring health wealth and happiness to all. Thanks again Jo
- 2 January 2011 at 18:52


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The Gorgeous Annette Vadim is 'Carmilla' Karnstein who is jealous of her cousin Leopoldo de Karnstein's (Mel Ferrer) upcoming engagement to the beautiful Georgia Monteverdi (Elsa Martinelli).
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Trump visit: We've confronted the Special Relationship
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Donald Trump's cancellation is an embarrassment for both sides of the Special Relationship, argues Chris Nineham
Few can believe Trump's given reasons for this second pullout. A full itinerary had been drawn up for the trip, including a visit with the Queen and a Winston Churchill theme night. Doubts about the budget for the new embassy build could hardly have been the issue. No doubt tensions between the two leaders were a factor but in the end what was decisive was that the majority of people in Britain profoundly disapprove of Trump's values and antics and a significant number of them are prepared to take to the streets to express that disgust. Even the Daily Mail suggests potential protests were 'a major factor'. If it hadn't been for the commitment of hundreds of thousands to take to the streets in the event of his coming we can be sure that Trump would have travelled to what is widely regarded as the US's number one ally by now.
It is a serious embarrassment to both the governments involved that Trump has visited fifteen countries before coming to Britain and that there is still no trip in the diary. It is partly a measure of the political disarray in both Whitehall and Washington. It also points to the fact that protest and mass mobilisation can prevail and can face down even the most powerful. But just as important it reveals a political dynamic in Britain very different to the one often portrayed by the commentariat. Britain is a country with widely held left-wing views in which the traditional automatic and unquestioning acceptance of the special relationship is a thing of the past.
Partly this is about revulsion with Trump himself. He is, of course, a uniquely xenophobic, reactionary and irresponsible President. But it also has deeper roots. It stems from the Bush/Blair partnership and the toxic legacy of the Iraq War and the other military adventures in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and beyond. It is a product too of the dreadful experience of the free market, big business policies that have been promoted by a series of presidential and prime ministerial partnerships over the last few decades. As well as finding expression in the diverse anti-Trump movements, this radical and internationalist mood is one of the drivers of Corbyn's ascendancy.
No surprise perhaps that as foreign wars and neoliberal economics have fallen into disrepute, the Anglo-American political axis that has promoted them is looking shaky. It is an extremely significant development though. The transatlantic alliance has led to untold damage around the world. It has always been a relationship of domination by the US but at the same time provided successive UK governments with an alibi for all sorts of malpractice.
As well as continuing to prepare to scupper another possible visit by Donald Trump in the autumn, we should be doing everything we can to bury the special relationship itself by demanding an end to US-led foreign policy over Saudi, Iran, North Korea and elsewhere. The victory over this visit is a challenge to the still common view that the Labour leadership should tone down its anti-war positions in the search for more votes. It suggests in fact that Labour has real space to develop a new, independent and less catastrophic foreign policy with public support. That would be making history.
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When I utter this specific string of five words, I see fear in my husband's eyes, I hear it in his voice, and, I swear, I smell it oozing from his pores. The words in themselves are innocuous; it's what they represent that scares him.
Some husbands panic at "We have car insurance, right?" Others tremble at "Mother's coming for a visit!" And a few quake at "Honey, I think I'm pregnant."
Not my husband. First, he doesn't let me drive that often. Second, my mom won't leave home for more than three hours at a time. And, third, we've decided to wait to have kids.
[That's a joke for those who are looking at my profile photo and wondering if I'm delusional.]
"What could those words possibly be?" you ask. The five little words that strike fear in my husband's heart are . . .
"Hey, I have an idea!"
He tries to hide the terror, but his subtle body language tells me otherwise: the slumping shoulders, the eye-twitching, the convulsing, the hand slapping his forehead, or his head banging against the wall. He thinks I don't notice, but I'm observant, if nothing else.
I don't know what his problem is. My "hey-I-have-an-idea" ideas have been good ones, if I do say so myself.
- Begin an online publishing syndicate. [I admit working twelve hours a day and watching $13,000 go down the cyber drain was not the most fun we've had.]
- Create an art piece to draw attention to our living room's cathedral ceiling. [Can you believe he took issue with lifting and hanging my 4-foot by 8-foot masterpiece built of wood, tile, and stone?]
- Start Party of One, A Fellowship for Those Tired of Dining Alone. [Some found it unusual that I asked my husband of four years if I could start a group for singles. Who knew?]
- Initiate a marketing campaign for my fellow literary clients—all 154 of them. [Sheesh. All I asked him to do was take pictures of the books individually on our bookshelf; size the photos; create individual Facebook cover photo banners; Photoshop e-books into the bookshelf; and, oh, create the nonexistent book spines for these e-books.]
- I convinced him to join the critique group which meets at our house, you know, just to help out. Now he has an anthology of short stories published called, Premium Mixed Nuts.)
Hmm . . . Hey, I have an idea!
Since my husband is so good at executing my ideas, I think I'll make him a nice meal today before he gets any of his own ideas about that singles group.
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So now that the dust has settled and Google Instant has changed the way we search (I'm kidding), how have you been impacted by Google Instant?
Traffic down?
Long-tail not converting?
Branded searches up?
Well chances are the impact on your site has been minimal. That is providing that you have a clean site that is easily crawled by the search engines and that the content that you are serving up to your visitors is useful and informative.
That's not to say that Google Instant will not have an impact on how people find your site in Google. While I personally find Google Instant a tad distracting, it has made me change my search habits albeit slightly. I consider myself a pretty savvy searcher, after all I work in the Search industry, so chances are if I have changed my search habits perhaps the typical Google searcher will have as well. I should mention that for the most part I have Google Instant turned off.
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The prime organic real estate within Google's organic search results has become even more important. Being in the top three in Google is ever so important now (not that it wasn't in the past).
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or Universal Search has again become even more important. Items such as videos, news releases, images, local search results will now attract eyeballs more than ever. As you type your search query into Google, you can expect to see various universal search results populate your results. Chances are people may be more inclined to click these items. Was this part of the mandate with Google Instant? To get users to engage more with Universal results? Your guess is as good as mine, but
Page titles and page descriptions (read: title tags and meta descriptions) are extremely important and probably more important than ever. Google still bolds related keywords in their results, so having optimized page titles and descriptions is a must.
What is the Impact of Google Instant on Organic Keyword Research?
I'm glad that you asked. The impact of Google Instant on organic keyword research is actually a positive one. Here are five areas where Google Instant will have an impact on organic keyword research.
Keyword Education
- If anything Google Instant will force users to pay more attention to the search suggest functionality. However, just out of curiosity, I wonder how many people look at the keys as they type as opposed to looking at the search suggestions or search bar? Regardless, people will be taking note of the search suggestions that appear. For site owners and marketers this means leveraging this as a keyword research tool. For searchers, this means being educated on related topics as they search. It is really a win-win for everyone.
Slight Shift in Keyword Strategy
- where it once made sense to optimize for head, torso and long-tail, the focus might shift to an in-between aka torso strategy where the phrases being optimized are not too general in nature but are not necessarily five or six word long phrases either. I still believe that long-tail is important even after Google's MayDay update. Head phrases will always drive a lot of traffic, but the trick is to find the sweet spot. At the end of the day, you need to provide content that your audience is seeking. Incorporating proper keywords does not change, you just have to get smarter with your keyword selection and optimization efforts. Optimize for your user first and the search engines second.
Page Titles must, must, must be Optimized
- once your conduct your keyword research, you need to focus on proper keyword placement within the title tags of our site's pages. Important and relevant keywords should appear near the beginning of your titles. Your page titles should be reflective of the page copy and where possible leverage secondary key phrases to support your primary phrase. Finally, ensure that each and every page that you optimize has a unique and compelling title.
Page Descriptions Need to be Well Optimized
- your meta description needs to be optimized and not just optimized, but well optimized. Keyword placement within your page description is important, but do not get carried away. Avoid diluting your descriptions with too many key phrases. Remember, meta data is simply data about data and the engines do use this in part to determine the topic of a given page. Try not to confuse them. Place relevant keywords near the beginning of you description and try to make every description somewhat unique. Remember that typically the engines will display around 170 characters, but Google in fact will index upwards of around 1,100 characters from the meta description.
Integrate Paid and Organic Keyword Strategies
- is your left hand working with your right hand? If you have not yet started doing this, ensure that your paid and organic keyword baskets compliment each other and work together. Google Instant means that if you're not in the top three, you may have to leverage paid initiatives to gain the visibility that you once had, even if you are found on the first page of results. Frankly, I find it annoying that Google may indirectly be forcing the need to rely on paid tactics when users still click on an organic results 60-70+% of the time. Relevancy of results can suffer as the outcome. While your organic keyword list may be a variation of your paid keywords, it is important to cross reference both.
As you can see Google Instant does not necessarily have a profound impact on your organic keyword research efforts. Google Instant simply heightens the importance of good old fashioned keyword research and the need to really pay attention to exactly what it is that your audience is looking for. Providing informative keyword rich (but not spammed) content will continue to drive qualified traffic to your site, which in turn should help acquire and generate the leads that you are so tirelessly working for.
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When the Word Leads Your Pastoral Search by Chris Brauns should be required reading for churches who are seeking a new pastor. This work stands in sharp distinction to much of the material in print that focuses on the pastoral search process.
This book is distinct in three respects. First, as the title indicates, the Word of God is the basis for finding a new pastor. Indeed, this immediately catapults the book to the top of the list.
Second, Braun's work is distinct because it is militant and non-pragmatic. Instead of driving a pastoral search with the typical categories that demand a pastor to possess an outgoing personality, specific education and expected abilities, this book encourages churches to find a man of God who will preach and teach the Word of God without compromise.
This leads to the third distinctive mark of Braun's book, namely – the call to find a strong preacher of God's Word. Paul sets forth the critical imperative, "Preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching" (2 Tim. 4:2, ESV).
The author includes helpful questions to ask during an interview and helpful suggestions for setting the tone to make a pastoral candidate feel welcome.
Strongly recommended.


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Floyd County Supervisors are expected to follow their regularly-scheduled first meeting of the month Tuesday with a budget work session that should reveal a little of what our local government will need to meet and pay expenses for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1.
A requests for budget increases come in from several county departments — including the school system, sheriff's office and commonwealth's attorney — the county will face the very real need to raise taxes on property owners and look for other ways to enhance revenue.
Like many cash-strapped county residents, Floyd's government lives literally from paycheck to paycheck and those checks only come in twice a year when real estate taxes come due and officials keep a line of credit on hand to help cover expenses until taxes can be collected.
With the school system taking two-thirds of the budget and rising crime rates and increased court days stressing the costs of law enforcement in the county, the board of supervisors faces tough decisions on deciding what to approve in the budget requests and how to pay for what is finally approved.
Currently, it takes a little over $30 million a year to run the government, school system and related functions in Floyd County. The county's current tax rates are among the lowest in Virginia, but they may have to change when it comes time to make the tough decisions.