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Sjoerd Wartena
Wie ben ik
I first encountered biophoton therapy when I had been suffering from Crohn's disease (chronic inflammation of the intestines) for 6 years. I had been taking medication for years that suppressed the symptoms, but did not remove the cause. After 4 or 5 treatments with the Starlight I felt much better and had more energy. Meanwhile my problems have disappeared and I no longer need medication. I also had respiratory problems and was allergic to cats. Since the treatment I have not been troubled by that any more either.
I was so impressed with the therapy that I decided to study and practise it myself
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Jenny de Puy
Who am I
After my history studies at Leiden University, I worked in a variety of sectors including health care, the KLM and events organisers. On account of health problems I had suffered from the age of 14, I had had a lot to do with acupuncture, as well as many other Western and non-Western medical treatments. So I have always been extremely interested in health and all manner of approaches to healing. I followed with great interest a variety of courses which focused on body and mind and the interaction between the two. After I had embarked on studies of Integrative Breath Therapy in Kleve, Germany (which included Voice Dialogue, NLP, Rebirthing, family dynamics, etc.), I decided to redirect my work and practise in a field with which I have an affinity.
I had suffered from a chronic inflammation of the kidneys for over 20 years. Every night I would wake up with pains in my back and bladder, and several times a month I had pains during the daytime in my hips that spread to my legs or even to my shoulders and arms. Examinations by specialists in various hospitals, by acupuncturists and classical homeopaths were to little avail. I encountered Biophoton Therapy through Sjoerd and, to my amazement, the problems cleared up after only five biophoton sessions - and ultimately never returned.
Consequently, the efficacy of the therapy fascinated me, not only because of my personal experience, but also because of other people's positive results. Biophoton Therapy applies sound, scientifically-based techniques combined with less Western ideas, the focal point being to cure the cause of a disorder and its inconveniences. That unique combination was decisive for me in reaching my conclusion that this was the most suitable working method for me. And accordingly, I enthusiastically embarked on studying the subject and gaining practical experience as a trainee.
My membership of the International Biontology Platform (IBP) enables me to keep in close contact with other therapists and with developments in this field. Moreover, I shall acquire a broader and deeper knowledge, not only as I gain more experience and develop my intuition further, but I will also enlarge my medical knowledge — and thus continue to grow in both Western and non-Western medicine.
My passion, and my chief reason for working with Biophoton Therapy, is my wish to help others to overcome pains and disorders in a non-invasive way. As a result these people no longer have limitations and will be able to enjoy life to the full.
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How to get here
You can use the Google Maps route planner for directions to my practice (click here) or come by public transport (click here). .


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I have never been a Hillary fan, but I have to say after watching her take the stage tonight at the Democrat Convention, I have a new found respect for her. After all the ups and down she has had to endure over the years in the public eye, to get up on stage and throw her weight behind Obama for something she really wanted and worked hard to get…its impressive. I don't care who you are. She put aside her own personal feelings for a greater good.
And I thought it was really nice to see President Clinton with a tear in his eye, watching his daughter introduce his wife. He should be proud (He is damn lucky they are still standing by his side.)
That being said, I thought her speech was crap. J Yes, she worked hard to unite the party and show how much she wanted Obama to win, but I still hated the speech. Who can argue against the Democrat message? Health care for all who need it, jobs for everyone who wants one, energy independence, bring our troops home with honor, care for our veterans, assistance for those who need it, restoring our place in the world. This message isn't that different then the Republican message. The difference is how we get there? (Devil is always in the details.) How much do you want your government to intervene in your daily life? How much do you want to give your government to intervene in your daily life?
Frankly I work with our government on a daily basis. Often times, I think I can do it better which is why I want less government and I want to keep the money I bring home.
I am SO tired of the democrat message: Say no to 4 more years of the same thing. Hope & Change. Let's face it, you can't walk into a company, having never been there, and hope to make drastic change. You want a change…elect someone who has bucked the system for 30 years, making changes on a yearly basis. Elect someone who isn't afraid to upset his own party, constantly crossing lines to enact bi-partisan legislation, fighting to enact reforms that his fellow politicians hated, and fighting back against earmarks in an attempt to reform the system. That is real change. If you think McCain will be four more years of the same, you need to take a look at the 2000 elections and the McCain Congressional record.
You want real change? Elect Bob Barr with the Libertarian Party or Chuck Baldwin with the Constitution Party

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Most people are able to ignore the constant stream of incoming stimuli, but this capability is reduced in those with low latent inhibition.
Low latent inhibition (that may resemble hyper-activity in early decades of the individual life) seems to often correlate with distracted behaviors.[9]
This distractedness can manifest itself as general inattentiveness, a tendency to switch subjects without warning in conversation, and other absentminded habits. […]
This is not to say that all distractedness can be explained by low latent inhibition, nor does it necessarily follow that people with low LI will have a hard time paying attention.
It does mean, however, that the higher quantity of incoming information requires a mind capable of handling it.
These individuals tend to sense other's pain and suffering as they are very sensitive persons.
Those of above average intelligence are thought to be capable of processing this stream effectively, enabling their creativity and increasing their awareness of their surroundings.
Those with less than average intelligence, on the other hand, are less able to cope, and as a result are more likely to suffer from mental illness and sensory overload.[10]
It is hypothesized that a low level of latent inhibition can cause either psychosis or a high level of creative achievement[11] or both, which is usually dependent on the individual's intelligence.[12][13]
There have even been similarities observed between the behaviors of autistic individuals and those with low LI[citation needed].
When they can not develop the creative ideas, they become frustrated and/or depressive.
High levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine (or its agonists) in the ventral tegmental area of the brain have been shown to decrease latent inhibition.[14]
Certain dysfunctions of the neurotransmitters glutamate, serotonin and acetylcholine have also been implicated.[15]
Low latent inhibition is not a mental disorder but an observed personality trait[citation needed], and a description of how an individual absorbs and assimilates data or stimuli.
Furthermore, it does not necessarily lead to mental disorder or creative achievement—this is, like many other factors of life, a case of environmental and predispositional influences, whether these be positive (e.g., education) or negative (e.g., abuse) in nature.


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Interview: Kevin O'Brien, GreatHorn
Currently CEO and co-founder of email security company GreatHorn, Kevin O'Brien is a frequent speaker, commentator, and author that advises customers and the public on data security and privacy issues. With 20 years of deep cybersecurity expertise, most notably with CloudLock (Cisco), Conjur (CyberArk), and @stake (Symantec), Kevin also serves as co-chair for the Mass Technology Leadership Council's cybersecurity group. Beyond security, he holds a black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido and is also an amateur wood worker.
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- Email Security
Leadership Articles
- Gartner: Of the 4 manager types, only 1 boosts employee performance 26% - There are four basic types of managers and their impacts on employee performance:
- Teachers - 7-9% positive impact on employee performance
- Cheerleaders - 7-9% positive impact on employee performance
- Always on - degrade employee performance
- Connectors - boost employee performance by 26%
- How to become a CIO thought leader - Experts discuss how CIOs and IT leaders can utilize successful thought leadership to distinguish and promote either their companies or themselves.
- Secrets of Success - How Divide and Conquer Strategy Generates efficiency to Systems and Boosts Productivity - The Divide and Conquer strategy is one of the most useful computer science algorithms that you can use in your daily life. The definition of Divide and Conquer Strategy classifies into two parts: First, to divide a big task into multiple smaller tasks, tackle each job individually. Second, use either one or combine those smaller tasks to reach the desired result. It's a successful strategy for the following life events:
- Divide Learning based on Breath instead of Depth
- Searching
- How to Look and Sound Confident During a Presentation - Tips to wow the audience:
- How to Look Confident
- Make eye contact
- Keep an open posture
- Use gestures
- How to Sound Confident
- Eliminate filler words
- Take time to pause
- Vary your pace
- How to Look Confident
- 2020 IT spending priorities — and the traps a cloud shift creates - In 2020, on-premise software accounts for 22% of technology budgets, while 25% are dedicated to SaaS, IaaS and PaaS. However, more than half of companies plan to decrease on premise-software spend, while 80% expect to boost SaaS and public cloud investments. The coming investment arises from companies' top-three technology initiatives:
- digital transformation
- cybersecurity
- cloud adoption.
- Failures must be expected in pursuit of digital innovation - Gartner surveyed 144 senior executives across industries and found that "digitalization misconceptions" tops the list of concerns, while "lagging digitalization" ranks second. Last quarter's top emerging risk, "pace of change," continues to rank high, as it has in four previous emerging risk reports. How ca organizations support digital innovation?
- Think like a startup, including smaller teams and developing minimal viable products
- Everyone must have 'permission to disrupt', especially executives


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Laser tag is an exciting and fun-filled game which can be played both by young and old. The dynamics of the game is bound to enthral all those who take part in it. Laser tag birthday parties are very popular because they ensure that kids will have a great time with their friends. In this blog post, we will discuss a few tips on how to plan a perfect laser tag party for your kid without having to bear too much inconvenience or costs.
- Choose the Perfect Venue: Choosing the perfect venue for your kid's laser tag themed birthday party can be a challenging task. You can choose a laser tag arena with a fully equipped zone providing gamers with the necessary equipment required to play. Certain laser tag arenas also provide refreshments to the gamers ensuring they have a fun and fulfilling time. Selecting the perfect laser tag arena in terms of the number of people the place can accommodate, the kind of equipment it provides and the overall safety are a few factors you must consider.
- Set a Party Theme: A theme-based party is something which your kid will truly enjoy. Children are very fond of science fiction, superheroes and fantasy, so setting a theme-based party on one of those might be a great decision. You can also use your imagination and come up with something original. If your child is vocal about what he/she likes then you can organize a party in accordance with those preferences.
- Create a Guest List: Once you have zeroed in on the venue and the theme of the party you must make a list of people whom you wish to invite. Before you send out the invites you must ask your child the list of friends they want invited. Call or text their parents informing them about the day and also make sure to know whether they can make it on that particular date. Ensuring their availability will guarantee that your child is not left heartbroken on a special day.
- Prizes and Rewards: Have some rewards and goodies for the winners of the laser tag game. This is a smart way of engaging the participants in the game and it will make them try harder to succeed. In the end, you would want to ensure that everyone had fun at the party.
In order to make the most out of your child's special day, you can organize a laser tag birthday party. Though a bit unconventional, it'll be a fun and fulfilling experience. Something they will remember for a long time.


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Question: I really liked Rick Schroder on NYPD Blue. But I can't remember what show he was on as a little boy. What was it? Kate E., Union City, Ind.
Televisionary: You're thinking of Silver Spoons, Kate, which ran on NBC for four years beginning in September 1982 and continued for another season after that in first-run syndication. Young Schroder played Ricky Stratton, who was raised by his divorced mom before moving in with his wealthy dad Edward (Joel Higgins), a fella possessed of Arthur Bach-esque qualities (except for the excess boozing this was a family show, after all).
As is typical of shows revolving around a photogenic kid, however, Schroder was anything but the "little boy" you refer to, influence-wise. When he spoke, people on the set listened.
Take the time a TV Guide reporter was on the set as a scene was shot with Edward facing off against his dad, played by the esteemed John Houseman (The Paper Chase). Very few actors would tell Houseman how to play a scene, but that didn't stop Schroder from advising him on how to hang his coat, hat and umbrella on Higgins' arm rather than the nearby rack, as it was written. "I've got an idea," Schroder said, stopping everyone. "I think it would be funnier like this." He demonstrated, all agreed and that's how it was shot.
(Full disclosure: It's not like Houseman had much emotional or career investment in the show. When he was asked to do the role, Schroder had already charmed millions in the big-screen tearjerker The Champ and co-starred with Alec Guinness, another star of Houseman's stature, in a TV-movie version of Little Lord Fauntleroy. "Well, if Alec can do it, I better give it a shot," he said.)
Silver Spoons was created as a Schroder vehicle after the success of The Champ and after Schroder earned a 1979 Best New Male Star Golden Globe for his work in that movie. And his adult co-stars Higgins and Erin Gray, who played his dad's secretary and eventual wife, knew it well.
"Spoons is Ricky's show," Gray said in 1983. "He's in the position of responsibility. When he wants something to go a certain way, he speaks up. He's at the helm of the set. He's still a child but he has to assert his authority from time to time."
The downside of that, of course, was growing up on a set and missing out on some of the street smarts other 13-year-olds picked up in everyday life. "It amazes me how naïve he is," Gray said. "People are always telling off-color stories on the set and Ricky listens and is always whispering to someone, 'What does that mean?'"
But even if Schroder was naïve in those years, his mother Diane certainly wasn't. She knew how to look out for him and his interests, and was always on the set, from the time he was three months old and did his first commercial through his ads, modeling, movies, TV-movies and Spoons days. "I work 10 hours a day with Ricky," she said. "I have high demands on him and on everything he is in. The people we work with know that Ricky will never be allowed to say a word or do a scene that would compromise our principles. They know that if they ever tried anything like that, we would be on the next plane home."
Mom's vigilance was justified, judging by what she and her son had to contend with over the course of his early career. For example, the lad was tricked into auditioning for The Champ. "We had been invited to test, but weren't interested because the picture would take 10 weeks and blow the family's summer," she explained. "Then one day Ricky and I went to be interviewed for a toothpaste commercial. When he came out parents are never allowed in with the kids he said, 'Mom, that wasn't for a toothpaste, that was for The Champ'."
After that, young Schroder did a videotaped interview with director Franco Zeffirelli without the actor or his mom knowing it was being taped and then they were pressured to sign a seven-year contract in order for him to get the part. Mom and son threatened to walk, and only then did he get the role without any additional tricks being played. So it's not like Mama Schroder was defensive without reason.
It all worked out in the end, though, with Schroder going on to other, more interesting roles in his adult years (Lonesome Dove was a particular high point). Which is good, since though Silver Spoons was a bonafide hit in its day, it didn't prove to be all that memorable over time (and you'd no doubt agree, Kate, since you couldn't even remember the title).
TV Guide reviewer Robert McKenzie said it best, I think, when he called the series "a half-hour meringue... but once tuned in, it has attractive actors, jokes about sex, some carefully placed hugs... and there goes another half hour."


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TORONTO--The chief executive of infidelity website Ashley Madison's parent company Avid Life Media has left, just over a week after hackers leaked data about millions of its clients in a massive cyber assault.
Avid Life said on Friday the departure of Noel Biderman was by "mutual agreement" and its existing senior management team would take over until a new CEO is appointed.
On Aug. 18, hackers who claimed to be unhappy with its business practices released the Ashley Madison customer data, and police probing the breach said it had sparked extortion attempts and at least two unconfirmed suicides. The data dump contained email addresses of U.S. government officials, UK civil servants and workers at European and North American corporations, taking already deep-seated fears about Internet security and data protection to a new level.
"This change is in the best interest of the company and allows us to continue to provide support to our members and dedicated employees," the Toronto-based company said.
Biderman, styling himself the "King of Infidelity," had been the company's primary pitchman but the married father of two has not made any public appearances since the attack. His exit could help appease investors and business partners but would do little to placate subscribers or the public, said Dan Hill, president of strategic communications firm Ervin Hill Strategy.
"Given the number of battles they are fighting that are so significant and high profile, I don't see how this is going to move the needle for them," he said.
He said Avid Life would have to find a replacement fast. "You can't run an organization through a crisis by committee," he said.
Biderman founded Ashley Madison in 2001 and Avid Life Media acquired it in 2007. A second data dump by the hackers released thousands of Biderman's emails and other company documents. Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the data, emails or documents.


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Amidst all the changes ABC made to its schedule yesterday, canceling half a dozen of its shows and announcing several new ones to take their place, a few series seemed to be left off of this grand TV merry-go-round. Most notably, the network was cagey about two of its more critically appreciated comedies: freshman series Speechless, and third-season sitcom Fresh Off The Boat.
But fans of either series need wait no longer for their happy news: Both shows will be returning for the Fall 2017 season. Variety reported the news for FOTB, while star Minnie Driver made the Speechless announcement via Twitter.


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TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE: HZN), one of the world's leading manufacturers of branded towing and trailering equipment, today announced the promotion of Jay Goldbaum to the Company's general counsel.
With his elevation to the general counsel role at Horizon Global, Goldbaum is now responsible for leading the Company's global corporate development function, and will continue to lead the Company's legal and compliance functions. He most recently served as Horizon Global's legal director and, prior to joining Horizon Global, Goldbaum served as associate general counsel – commercial law for TriMas Corporation.
"I am exceptionally pleased to recognize Jay's contributions to the Company with his promotion to an expanded role with the Company," commented Mark Zeffiro, president and chief executive officer of Horizon Global. His dedication to moving the Company forward and leading the legal function at Horizon Global, paired with his in-house and outside counsel experience, make Jay the right leader for this important role. He is a well-rounded executive with a global perspective who has demonstrated an impressive track record executing against our global business strategy, driving our corporate development activity and protecting the Company's intellectual property. The entire Horizon Global management team and our Board of Directors look forward to working closely with Jay in his expanded role as our Company continues to progress on its key financial priorities and furthers its focus on delivering shareholder value."
"Horizon Global is one of the very best towing and trailering companies in the world," commented Goldbaum. The Company's innovative products and technologies and its impressive portfolio of brands contribute to the global team's efforts to deliver products that perform for our customers around the globe. I am very pleased by the vote of confidence from Mark and our Board of Directors, and I am excited to accept this expanded role and look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead for our Company."
Goldbaum earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and his Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law in East Lansing, Michigan.
About Horizon Global
Horizon Global is the #1 designer, manufacturer and distributor of a wide variety of high-quality, custom-engineered towing, trailering, cargo management and other related accessory products in North America, Australia and Europe. The Company serves OEMs, retailers, dealer networks and the end consumer as the category leader in the automotive, leisure and agricultural market segments. Horizon provides its customers with outstanding products and services that reflect the Company's commitment to market leadership, innovation and operational excellence. The Company's mission is to utilize forward-thinking technology to develop and deliver best-in-class products for our customers, engage with our employees and realize value creation for our shareholders.
Horizon Global is home to some of the world's most recognized brands in the towing and trailering industry, including: BULLDOG, Draw-Tite, Fulton, Hayman Reese, Reese, ROLA, Tekonsha, and Westfalia. Horizon Global has approximately 4,700 employees in 67 facilities across 21 countries.
For more information, please visit www.horizonglobal.com .
Horizon Global Corporation
Christi Cowdin
Director of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
(248) 593-8810


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|Eric Duckman
First Appearance:
April 3, 1973 (age: 30)
Duckman N. Disguise
Nicknames: Duckman, Dad, Dod
Mr. Duckman (Legalfather/ Stepfather)
Private Investigator
Angry, Hostile, Impulsive, Lazy, Irritable, Devious, Promiscuous, Protective, Fearful, Incompetent, Sarcastic, Self-pitying, Short-tempered, Self-involved, Impatient, Energetic, Blunt,
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Eric Tiberius Duckman, or simply just Duckman (voiced by Jason Alexander): The title character is portrayed as a lazy, incompetent, self-serving, morally unscrupulous, sexual deviant. The fact that he is also remarkably clueless (as a parent and detective) is much comic fodder for the character.
He is a widower; when his wife Beatrice died, she left their house to her sister Bernice, so as to ensure some sort of stable environment for her and Duckman's three children: Ajax, Charles and Mambo. Though frequently taking his children for granted, Duckman honestly loves and cares for them. He graduated high school in 1976, and is also a graduate of Don Galloway Detective School and has a detective license from Panama signed by Manuel Noriega. Duckman is an Aries, born April 18. Duckman wears glasses which contain his eyes. They can be removed like normal glasses, taking his eyes with them. His glasses stay up, even though he has no ears (something that Cornfed once observed with fascination). Duckman often uses his catch phrases, "What the hell are you staring at?", "Hommina hommina how wah", "Whatever" (whenever right by his kids) and his trademark scream of "D'wah!" He is the only main character not to wear clothes.
DVD Bio Edit
On the Duckman DVD collection, Duckman's bio is given as the following;
- Private dick and family man
- His detective licence is from Panama, signed by Manuel Noriega
- Widowed after he accidentally caused the death of his wife, Beatrice, and force to co-habitate with his hateful sister-in-law, Bernice and his kids
- Cowardly, slovenly, lazy, bumbling, arrogant, and selfish with little self-respect
- A fallen idealist who envisions himself as someone who tries to make the world a better place
- Struggles with being labeled as an animal
- Responsible for the deaths of both his wife and his father and for King Chicken's crossover into a life of crime
Duckman Loves:
- His kids.
- Cornfed Pig.
- Women, Lots of women. And their breasts.
- Red meat, smoking and booze.
- Ranting about everything that's wrong with society.
- His wife Beatrice.
Duckman Hates:
- Struggling to connect with his kids.
- His sister-in-law, Bernice.
- Political correctness.
- The fact that red meat, smoking and booze are all bad for him.
Family and RelationshipsEdit
Cornfed Edit
Cornfed is Duckman's extremely loyal and extremely competent partner, which makes up for Duckman's extreme incompetence. The two first met in high school in the 1970's and parted ways after graduation, leading very different lives. They crossed paths again shortly after the death of Beatrice's first husband Richard. She'd been having an affair with Duckman prior to this and after the funeral Duckman searched the world for her (despite her being at her house.) While in a New York airport he came across Cornfed who was a baggage handler at the time. He suggested looking for her at her house and promptly drove Duckman there, as he was trucking there for his other job anyways. They met for the third time shortly after Duckman had recieved his detectives licence, and Cornfed was nearly done getting his. Cornfed was working a night shift at a bakery Duckman was in, when a crazed gunman came in and attempted to shoot him, Cornfed took the bullet for him. Immediately after as Duckman called 911, he saved him from choking and then from being shot again, taking two bullets for him. At this time Duckman invited him to be his partner.
Duckman and Cornfed have a strong and solid friendship, as shown in numerous episodes. Duckman does tend to take advantage of Cornfed and in turn Cornfed looks down on Duckman for both his lack of skills and dubious morality. Duckman has been known to betray Cornfed on several occasions, but Cornfed is always loyal to Duckman. Even when it seems he has betrayed Duckman, it is always part of a clever rouse.
Beatrice Edit
Duckman's late wife. They met while Duckman was working as a photographer, sent to take photographs of the covered bridges in the small farming town Beatrice was living with her then husband Richard. After crashing his car into a cow, Beatrice ran over to help him, and invited him into her home. Duckman wasn't aware of Beatrice's marital status, as Richard happened to be out of town that week. Beatrice and Duckman immediately connected and were extremely attracted to each other. The two began what Duckman didn't know was an affair. Once Richard returned home, and Duckman learned he was her husband, he left their home dejected. Although he left he found he could not get Beatrice out of his mind and decided to tell Richard of the affair. However, due to a heart condition hearing the news ended up killing him. After his death Beatrice confessed that she was never in love with him, and after an unnessesary wild goose chase on Duckman's part, the two were reunited. It turned out that Duckman had impregnated her, and they soon were married. When she revealed her pregnancy, she was already about eight weeks in, so presumibly the wedding took place after Ajax's birth, as she was not pregnant at the wedding. In The Once and Future Duck however Duckman's wedding to Beatrice was said to be eighteen years ago, which would be three years before Ajax was born. An explanation for this could be that her first pregnancy miscarried, or was still-born. It is unclear when exactly they moved to the city, but they lived in their current house about five years later, when Charles and Mambo were babies. She died about ten years later, and not much is known about the time in-between.
Duckman's love for Beatrice is the strongest in his life, aside from maybe his love for his children. After her death Duckman continued to love her extremely deeply, going so far as to say that he will love her until the day he dies. Despite how lustful and flirtacious Duckman is, it took him a great amount of time to be able to start seeing other people after her death due to the guilt of betraying her, and of being partially responsible for her death.
Bernice Edit
Duckman would seem to have nothing but contempt for his sister in-law Bernice. Rightfully so as she is often abrasive, demanding and abusive towards him. On rare occasion one might admit that they love the other, or almost admit it at the very least. Bernice moved in after Beatrice died to help raise her nephews. The house was transferred to her name thanks to Beatrice's will, and due to this or at least partially she has little to no respect for how the family's home life operated before she moved in. She promplly changed the family's diet, routine and kicked Duckman out of the master bedroom. Because of her loathing of Duckman, she has taught his sons, particularly Charles and Mambo, to disrespect and ridicule their father. Duckman keeps a photo of himself, Beatrice and Bernice from their wedding on his work desk, and has torn out Bernice's face on it.
Duckman and Bernice once got drunk in a hotel room together and slept together. The two were both disgusted by this and agreed to never speak of it again. Interestingly, in Duckman's original USA movie, based loosely on his real life, he named the film's femme fatale and love interest Bernice, making her the sister of the Duckman character (rather then sister in-law), hinting some type of possible attraction to her on some level, and also playing into his incest kink.
All that is known about Bernice and Duckman's relationship priar to the start of the series is that she was in his wedding party and that he accidentally kissed her at a party once, mistaking her for Beatrice.
Ajax Edit
Duckman's oldest son. Ajax is a daddy's boy, and feels a stronger connection to his father then to any other member of the family. Subsequently, Duckman feels as though Ajax is the only one in the family he truly connects with and can relate to. Despite this strong emotional bond, Duckman's selfishness often prevents him from making time for Ajax. He is however extremely protective of him, as shown in Ride the High School and It's the Thing of the Principal, where in he attempts to stop Ajax from becoming his Vice Principal's child groom, as well as numerous other episodes. Duckman finds it difficult to watch Ajax cry. Ajax is also a classic "Distressed Dude" archatype, basically a male "Damsel in Distress." Although Duckman's entire family is often held hostage or threatoned by the show's numerous villains, Ajax is targeted the most frequently. Duckman will always risk everything to save him, and can many times be his sole motivation for solving a case or taking down a criminal.
Charles and Mambo Edit
Duckman's youngest sons. While they love him as a father, they do not see Duckman as someone worthy of their respect and often ridicule him and run him down. Quite often, they also express apathy and disdain for him and it is also mentioned on one occasion that they "turn against him on a weekly basis". This fact distresses Duckman, and sometimes leads him to question whether or not they love him. Like with Ajax, Duckman is extremely protective of them, but often lets them down. He has great difficulty remembering Mambo's name and has missed a handful of events that were important to the twins, such as their eleventh birthday and numerous tuba recitals. Because of Charles and Mambo's high intellect, they often look down on those not as smart as them, especially Duckman. Despite this, Charles and Mambo are shown to have a similar protectiveness over Duckman, and admire his knowledge on certain subjects such as romance and the imperfection/perfection paradox. They continually pressure him to be a better role model for them, something he tries to comply with but usually fails. They want Duckman to be someone they can respect and look up to, but find he doesn't measure up.
Angela Edit
After calling 911 because Mambo was choking, Duckman fell in love with the operators voice. She later called back to check up on Mambo, as he was the first life she helped save. They arranged to meet and when they did Duckman discovered she was extremely ugly but was deeply in love with her. After punching a waiter at a restaurant for his reaction to her face, Angela decided to get a makeover. This makeover offered her a career as an enormously successful supermodel. Because of this Duckman felt she was now too good for him and that he would be holding her back, so he broke up with her. When they meet again in a later episode it's obvious they are still in love with each other, but she can't stay with him, as she decides she needs to do some soul searching first, due to the guilt of being involved with the Beautex Corporation.
King Chicken Edit
Duckman and King Chicken were rivals since high school. Because Duckman was (initially) the less popular of the two, he would regularly encourage the kids who picked on him to pick on King Chicken to divert the teasing from himself. Because of this, King Chicken vowed to isolate Duckman from the rest of the world, the way he was isolated in school. Now as adults, he is Duckman's arch rival using many schemes to try and accomplish this goal, with often involve kidnapping Duckman's family and various disguises. In Cock Tales for Four they almost reconcile, but fall out again shortly after.
For some reason there is a strong amount of sexual tension between the two men. Duckman often thinks King is hitting on him, when he isn't. ("You've got the best seat in the house.") At the dinner party, Duckman implies he wants to be intimate with King Chicken but is denied. In Where No Duckman Has Gone Before, King Chicken disguises himself as a sexy female alien wishing to pleasure Duckman. After he pulls off his mask, Duckman asks if they can still have sex. At the end of the episode, they almost make out with each other, before the scene abruptly cuts away and the entire episode is revealed to be Leonard Nimoy's dream.
Fluffy and Uranus Edit
Duckman's office secretaries. He can't stand them due to their fuzzy feel-good demeanor, and their "obnoxious" political correctness. Nearly every episode they appear in Duckman kills them for unintentionally irritating him, but as Uranus explained in the first episode, they can survive nearly anything due to being stuffed. However, many occasions show them being killed for the most flimsy and/or shallow of reasons, such being nice or even merely asking for a vacation. In Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat Duckman is arrested for their murder. In Forbidden Fruit Duckman takes great advantage of the two's hospitality and they actually stand up to him, telling him "Get the fuck out of here, Mr. Duckman!"
Childhood Edit
Duckman did not have the best childhood. Growing up he was subjected to various patterns of abuse, neglect and bullying.
His father was cold and distant and may not have actually liked his son all that much. Duckman did not spend much time with his father unless he was being spanked as punishment for misbehaving. When he was six years old he stole some candy from a local store. When his dad found out, he wrote a note and sent Duckman to take it to the Cheif of Police. The note requested the police lock him in a jail cell for a few hours to teach him a lesson, and Duckman was locked in alongside real criminals. The Chief of Police fell and hit his head, going into a coma shortly after and as nobody else knew why the child was locked up, they didn't let him out. Duckman's father did not come and get him for 16 months. His father died shortly after this, and it's suggested that Duckman may have been unintentionally responsible for his death.
Duckman's mother was extremely neglectful of him, often leaving him alone for weeks at a time and rarely remembering his name. Although apparently she insisted the two of them bathe together until he was 15 years old and a therapist put a stop to it.
As a child, a man once offered him a lollipop in exchange for sexual favors, an offer that the young Duckman accepted. According to the Duckman video game, he was also molested by his scouts leader and one of his mother's lovers. In Duckman Comics #5, Duckman tells Cornfed a story of the time his favorite uncle took him for the weekend and ended up showing him hardcore pornography.
Much like his own three sons, Duckman was bullied and left out by his peers growing up for reasons never quite understood. When he was ten he would sneak away from school and go home because he couldn't stand to be there. He did not make any friends until high school, where he befriended Cornfed. In high school, Duckman singled out King Chicken, as he too was bullied, Duckman would turn the kids attention from him to King Chicken to avoid being bullied. This caused his lifelong grudge against Duckman, although it didn't help Duckman escape, because when King Chicken wasn't around, the others went right back to picking on him. When he was sixteen years old a teacher named Ms. Finch had sexual relations with him. After this she "went to live with the nuns", presumably out of guilt. Duckman also had sexual relations with his Home Economics teacher.
Sexuality Edit
When it comes to sex Duckman is not only desperate, but very particular as well. Duckman's sex life mostly consists of ogling women on the street, constant verbal and sexual innuendoes, masturbation, hardcore phonographic videos, magazines, and books as well as a vast collection of sex toys. Some of these include blow-up dolls, handcuffs, vibrators and custom non-marking bondage ropes. He is a regular patron of nearly every strip club in town, and will sometimes resort to spending the retainer for a case on table dances. In America the Beautiful he went for lap-dances before breakfast.
Duckman is extremely kinky. Some of his turn-ons include fictionalized incest, dressing in drag, particularly women's underwear. He is apparently well versed in this particular practice, as he was able to give Charles and Mambo expertise makeup advice and offered to let them borrow some of his Revlon eye shadow, Tawny bronzer and light egyptian foundation. Duckman also engages in bondage and S&M. Duckman seems to be strictly a submissive in bed and enjoys being tied up, spanked, electrocuted and hit with a suitcase. He once broke the washer by using it as a vibrator.
He is also bisexual and isn't at all hesitant to have sex with other men. In Not So Easy Riders he sells his body to a man for $10000. He was also a prostitute while in prison, having sex with wealthy businessmen for thousands of dollars at a time. In Road to Dendron, after being poked in the lower back with a sword, which he assumed was an erect penis, his response was "Hey, none of that now. Let's at least talk first." He also apparently hangs out in the bus station men's room, from which he once returned with an extremely powerful vibrator. While on trial, facing the death penalty, King Chicken remarked to him "I can't wait to see you dangle." Which Duckman misread as sexual, and was flattered King Chicken would be interested in him in that way. He also once had sex with Charlie Rose and regularly has erotic electrocution sessions administered by a guy named Randy. In Westward, No! he becomes involved in a romantic relationship with a man he meets while stripping who turns him into a successful showgirl.
In college he starred in a sex tape with a zebra.
Character Conception Edit
Duckman was originally created by Everette Peck as a leading character in his comic strips, meant to represent the disgruntled every day Joe. In these strips Duckman is much crueler and harsher, with very little redeeming qualities. In these strips Beatrice was alive and Duckman had no problem with cheating on her or ogling other women. He also found his children to be nothing more then annoyances, and showed even less loyalty to Cornfed.
The strips description of Duckman's character was; The Duckman hangs on scratching out piss-poor living with his pard "Cornfed", his complaining Pig Friday. At home Duckman gets no relief.
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TURKMENISTAN: Detained Baptists threatened and insulted
Law enforcement officers who broke up the Sunday morning Baptist service in Balkanabad on 11 May forcibly took all those present to the police station, where they threatened and insulted the Baptists, a church statement reaching Forum 18 News Service reported. "What's the point in talking to them, they should be put in a bus and shot!" the Baptists quoted one police officer as telling them. This latest raid on the Balkanabad church came the same day as the Sunday morning Baptist service in Turkmenbashi was raided. "We are not conducting any special campaign against Baptists," Yagshimurat Atamuradov, the country's senior religious affairs official, insisted to Forum 18.The same day that officials broke up a Baptist Sunday morning service in the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashi (see F18News 15 May 2003), the service of a Baptist church in the western town of Balkanabad was also broken up. About a dozen law enforcement officers "burst into" a private apartment in Balkanabad where the service was being held on 11 May, local Baptists reported in a 15 May statement reaching Forum 18 News Service. The Baptists were detained by force in police headquarters where they claim they were subjected to insults and threats. Balkanabad's public prosecutor refused to tell Forum 18 why the service had been raided, while Turkmenistan's senior religious affairs official denied that the authorities were conducting a campaign against the Baptists.
"Between ten and 12 people in uniform and in civilian clothes literally burst into the room and ordered us to leave the building," the Baptists reported. "The service was still under way, but the law enforcement officers ordered that it stop." The Baptists claimed that the police began to apply "physical force, even on children" to turn everyone out of the building, "paying no attention to the cries and screams of the children".
All those present at the service were taken to police headquarters, where they had to give their names, work and home addresses and nationality. They were then photographed without any option to refuse. "A sister with four children refused to be photographed, but was told that she would not be allowed home unless she consented. They threatened her 10-year-old daughter, who was born in Russia, with deportation to Russia on her own."
The Baptists claim that senior police lieutenant Govkher Kurbanova went so far as to voice her "true feelings" for the Baptists: "What's the point in talking to them, they should be put in a bus and shot!" She also voiced the "slanderous fabrication" that Baptists practise child sacrifice, an echo of Soviet propaganda against Protestants.
"We don't want to believe that the attitude of the local authorities to believers represents the view of the state as a whole," the Baptists wrote in their 15 May letter of complaint to Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov.
Reached by telephone on 22 May, Balkanabad public prosecutor Nogai Tashliyev refused to discuss the case. "If you want us to answer your questions about the Baptist incident, then send us your questions in writing and we will look at them and maybe then we will reply," he told Forum 18 and then hung up without warning.
The chairman of the government's Gengeshi (Committee) for Religious Affairs, Yagshimurat Atamuradov, was also reluctant to speak to Forum 18 on 22 May. "We are not conducting any special campaign against Baptists," he insisted from the capital Ashgabad. "The law forbids the activity of unregistered religious communities. Let them collect the 500 signatures they need for registration and be registered, and then they can meet." When Forum 18 commented that it is not possible for the Baptists to collect that many signatures, Atamuradov responded: "That's not my problem. The law is the law." He then hung up.
Despite Atamuradov's claims, Turkmenistan's religion law does not require registration before religious communities can function. However, officials act as though it does and penalise unregistered religious communities.
Both the Balkanabad and Turkmenbashi congregations raided on 11 May belong to the International Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians/Baptists, which rejects registration on principle in all the former Soviet republics where it operates. Its congregations in Turkmenistan face constant harassment from the authorities, which regard all their activities as illegal.
The Balkanabad church has faced repeated raids on its services in recent months and children of church members have been interrogated in school about their faith (see F18News 11 April 2003).


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EQ for character matrices
This document is under construction... --Jpb15 12:13, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
Encoding evolutionary character matrices using the EQ format (PATO formalism) currently presents some problems that may need to be resolved. I will try to describe the issues here.
The EQ format provides a "phenotype statement" documenting the phenotype of an individual organism (usually a genetic mutant). The anatomical structure being described is represented by the Entity term chosen from an anatomical ontology, and the aspect of that structure being described is the Quality term, chosen from the PATO ontology. These phenotype statements usually describe the value the mutant exhibits:
E="dorsal fin" Q="round" --> This fish has a rounded dorsal fin.
Evolutionary phenotype descriptions are often formatted as a character matrix. For a given set of species, a list of distinguishing characters is formulated, and species-specific value for each character is entered into the matrix. In this situation, each character (column in the matrix) represents an entity and attribute, and the character state cells contain values. Here is a graphical depiction of the relationship between evolutionary characters and the components of the EQ system:
The character (a column header in the matrix) is composed of an Entity and a Quality representing an attribute (e.g. "shape"). Values for this character are entered into the cells (e.g. "round). So you can see that the Q of EQ is represented in both the character and the character state. When EQ is used to describe mutant phenotypes, typically only the value is stated, since one can traverse back through the PATO hierarchy to find ancestor terms representing attributes - "round" is a child of "shape".
Clearly, evolutionary characters and character states can be represented using an EQ system as mutant phenotypes are. However there is a major difference in the two data models: the data formats being developed for mutant phenotype EQ statements store only a list of phenotype value statements, with no place to reference an independent character. So you may have a data set like this:
|dorsal fin
|dorsal fin
|dorsal fin
|pectoral fin
If these fish are different species, you can see that there are 2 values for the character "dorsal fin shape", 1 value for "dorsal fin color", and 1 value for "pectoral fin color". But nowhere in the existing EQ data formats is the character stored. We had to infer it from the PATO hierarchy to generate a matrix like this:
|dorsal fin shape
|dorsal fin color
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Nasi Pecel / Pecel Rice - Blitar - East Java
Pecel rice is one of the unique food culture East Java.vegetable when served with Present.a spices made from beans, brown sugar, lime leaves, chili and sauce taste.
The classic Javanese spicy peanut sauce.
Make it up in large batches because it will stay fresh in or out of the refrigerator for weeks. Then mix a few tablespoons with warm water whenever you want some gado-gado or nasi pecel.
1½ cup raw peanuts
10 small red chilis
2 large red chilis
2 tsp asem tua [mature tamarind]
6 lime leaves
2 cloves garlic
2 thumb-sized pieces of kencur
2 tsp salt
about ¼ cup gula jawa [palm sugar]
1. Fry peanuts in oil for about 3 minutes
2. Crush peanuts to a fine powery paste in a lemper
3. Remove peanut mixture to a separate container
4. Crush remaining ingredients in a lemper
5. Add peanuts and mix well.
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In comparing 2016 team payrolls, the Mets sit squarely in the middle, ranked 15th of 30 teams. At the top are the Dodgers ($248 million) and Yankees ($228 million), followed by the Red Sox and Tigers, each just a whisker under $200 million. The next group of teams with payrolls ranging from $158 million to $172 million includes the Rangers, Angels, Cubs and Giants.
This top tier of eight expensive teams is off-set by a bottom tier of frugal teams that includes the Brewers ($64 million), Rays ($67 million) and Marlins ($74 million), all with payrolls roughly equivalent to two Zack Grienkes. The only other three teams below $95 million are the small market A's and the rebuilding Reds, Phillies and Braves.
The next tier from the bottom includes seven teams with payrolls ranging from $96 million to $105 million. This group includes the Astros, Indians, Diamondbacks, Pirates, Padres, and Twins. The Rockies and White Sox sit at $113 and $114 million respectively. Square in the middle of the pack, with payrolls ranging from $130 million to $150 million are the Royals, Mets ($135,188,085), Blue Jays, Mariners, Nationals, Cardinals and Orioles.
The top teams all have something in common – dead wood contracts. Yes, three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw has a monster salary, but by WAR standards, ROI and every other standard you can think of, he's worth every nickel. The reason the Dodgers payroll is out of control is because they're paying hasbeen Carl Crawford and the injured Andre Ethier a combined $39 million. The Yankees are paying the once great and now pretty lousy CC Sabathia $25 million this year.
The Mets have no such albatross, despite recent discussions about David Wright. While we are all concerned about the ability of our captain to play through spinal stenosis, declining range and power, it's far too early to lump our $20 million dollar player into the hasbeen category. Wright is still just 33 and, though in limited time, did play reasonably well last season. Wright also plays an important role as a clubhouse leader and team ambassador. While hard to quantify, that's got to be worth something. He still sells jerseys too. Hopefully, he can stay reasonably healthy in 2016, play a solid third base and give us a good OBP and a fair number of doubles and homers. Wright is our second highest paid player this season behind Yoenis Cespedes.
Is our unpredictable 2015 savior really worth the $27.5 million we'll be paying him this season? We'll find out. But, as we know, Cespedes' value transcends his on-field performance. For one thing, the ROI is tremendous. From the moment the Mets front office shocked their fans and the baseball world by ponying up the big bucks to bring back Cespedes, ticket sales increased significantly. It delivered a clear message to fans that ownership was committed to winning. Cespedes is also a drawing card, the type of exciting player that people pay to see. Additionally, Cespedes provides a feared right-handed power bat that balances our lineup and offers those hitting around him the opportunity to see better pitches to hit. David Wright and Lucas Duda, in particular, benefit greatly from having him in the lineup.
The next highest paid Met in 2016 is Curtis Granderson at $16 million. After the season he had last year, and the way he's established himself in the leadoff spot, in the locker room and as an all-around good guy, few would argue with this value. After the big three, the Mets are paying a combined $26 million for our veteran shortstop combo and fifth starter. These are reasonable sums, as are the arbitration awards to Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Jeurys Familia and Addison Reed and the modest salaries for free agents Antonio Bastardo and Alejandro de Aza and Jerry Blevins. Juan Lagares is earning $2.5 million, reasonable even for a fourth outfielder. The rest of the roster is all earning below $1 million for the 2016 season.
All things considered, the Mets payroll is about where it should be. Wright's contract may be a problem for us down the road, but as long as it's the only one, we'll be okay, particularly if we get the playoff revenues we're all anticipating.


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The care quality commission has been doing the rounds of care homes, and has made some positive findings. Seems that there are more good quality providers, and that has to be good news. There is still much to be done though.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), as the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England works to make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and they also encourage care services to improve.
The CQC monitors, inspects and regulates services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and publishes their findings, including performance ratings to help people choose care.
To find the best providers, and sometimes the worst – they visit providers of personal care, support at home and supported living services to find out what is being done, delivered and the effect it has on people in their care.
Often when they find outstanding centres, it is based on the fact that they are using creative and innovative methods of encouraging people to express their views and make choices about their care. The centres who demonstrate a strong commitment to promoting people's independence, and to driving positive lives also score well.
It may seem obvious, but the best care homes and residential homes develop care plans which take into account people's history, family relationships and religious and cultural needs.
The best centres recognise people's past achievements, before they entered care, they engage with their interests and encourage them. In these centres staff go the extra mile to make sure the needs of service users are met. At the heart of the CQC vision is the fact that everybody has a right to good care.
In an industry which can often draw negative attention focused on poor care, it is important to recognise where care is good and to celebrate the services that are getting it right. Some care providers do things well through innovative ways of working or by doing the basics well.
Others can learn from them and solutions should be shared across the system. There are so many innovations, new techniques, new thinking and ways of doing things, that the best carers are those able to ensure they know what is going on, and of how to fit that into their own homes and care home management systems.
The most recent CQC State of Care report has shown that there is considerable variety in the quality of care provided in England. Perhaps one of the most interesting observations is that the best centres are those which are looking to learn, and which acknowledge there is always room for improvement. See the full report here http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170420_celebratinggoodcare2017.pdf
They care or residential homes are often proactive, seeking feedback on their services and learning from concerns and complaints. The CQC report includes a collection of short case studies illustrating some of the qualities shown by care providers that are rated good or outstanding overall. It also shares the views of some people responsible for care quality and what they do to drive improvement.
They found that good leadership is a central part of improvement, and that improvements in the quality of care people are receiving are happening despite tight financial constraints and increased demand across the sectors.
Also important is the way care services in an area work together, as well as how they adopt new technology and innovations, such as news delivery and discussion groups.
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The SpyFu dashboard is laid out using a navigation bar across the top with tabs for SEO Research, PPC Research, Keyword Research, Backlinks, the List Builder, Tracking, and Reports. There's plenty SpyFu can perform throughout the spectrum of SEO tooling, but with this particular review we are focusing on its own ad hoc lookup capabilities. When a business is looking to identifying the best possible search engine results pages (SERP) to target with an optimization strategy, keyword-driven investigation is your legwork to get pages to rank higher. Management capacities and keyword recommendations are built in throughout SpyFu, but I began in the Keyword Research tab.
When testing each tool, I used the same set of five Keywords to see how outcomes differed between every one of my competitors. The five key words that I used were IT consultant , digital advertising, internet shopping, pcmag, and small business accounting. I chose this mixture to simulate real-world terms that businesses might search for (including publishers such as PCMag) as well as to discover associated search results and vulnerable competitor websites.
I found that after conducting searches on my five test terms SpyFu creates and structures its key word results and metrics somewhat differently than Moz Pro, KWFinder, or Ahrefs$82.00 in Ahrefs. Rather than populating a table of associated keywords with Page Authority (PA) and Domain Authority (DA) metrics along with stats on cost per click (CPC) and key word difficulty, SpyFu brings a far more apparent correlation with how much money a key word could be worth. After searching"digital advertising," for instance, another navigation bar appeared across the top of their results page further breaking down the search results. You can then drill down into keyword summary, related keywords, advertiser background, status background, traffic, key word group, and SERP analysis. That is just for one key word showing SpyFu will the most granular deep-dive research into data of all the tools I analyzed.
Atop the results, SpyFu gave me not CPC for the Keyword, but a daily and monthly cost breakdown as well as how many unique advertisers had appeared on the key word in the past year. I got exactly the same level of cost breakdown when I clicked on the Related Keyword, which also enabled me to narrow results employing a left-hand filter menu to a specific price every day, daily investigation volume, difficulty rating, and much more.
In the bottom of the key word results was that the SERP analysis. This broke down every URL in the search results page, though KWFinder and Moz Guru both offer a more detailed breakdown in this respect. SpyFu focuses. Results like the Advertiser History chart, a lengthy list and complex diagram of the ads appearing on that search page as time passes, was a bit too in the weeds for me as a newcomer SEO tool user. However, for advertisers and digital marketers, SpyFu can be a gold mine. Seo Know How
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With SpyFu Kombat you can look at overlapping and website Certain key words For up to 3 websites. For your PPC version you may also find a chart which goes over a span of a couple years demonstrating the overall amount of keywords being bid on by all three sites. You may also rollover the graph to find keywords specific to just 2 of those websites if you are feeling the 3rd website might not be doing as good a job (or vice versa) as two of the other websites. It will also show you the PPC budgets of those sites in addition to the number of organic keywords rank in the top 50 results for said keyword.
When you click an area of the circle graph it will show you that the Key words in whatever bucket you click, towards the right of the chart. It is possible to view and download those keywords for your own use. As you can see I'm on the advertisements tab however, the options are comparable once you click on the natural tab (on the top box, the organic one at the underside shows you complete organic keywords).
Switching between the organic tab and the ppc tab (as well as the Total # of organic search phrases + PPC ad budget must also give you an idea of which of the bigger sites are more into the PPC or SEO aspect of things which can be a fantastic barometer to check at if you happen to be focusing on a single area on the other hand.
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SpyFu Classic is the"flagship" segment so to speak. This is Where you input one domain on the home page and are presented using a slew of data including:
– Daily AdWords PPC Budget
– Links through to SpyFu Kombat
– Typical Position of Ads vs # of Clients
– Estimated Value of Organic Traffic (estimated traffic using a factor of CPC factored in)
– Paid Traffic Compared with Organic Traffic Estimates
– Subdomains (useful for looking at the way the website might split parts of the principal domain, perhaps a good spot to look for niche keywords???)
– Top Ten Paid Key Word w/ Keyword Advertisement Background (links through to complete Keyword Advertisement History instrument )
– Complete Paid Keywords
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– Top Ten Organic Results with Title, Meta Description
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– Related Concepts (according to semantic relationships)
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Keyword Management and Reviews
Keyword direction is baked in to SpyFu throughout the platform. Within each of its three main research tabs–SEO, PPC, and Keyword–you will find choices in the drop-down menus for both SEO and PPC-specific keywords, and Keyword Groups. The Keyword Groups attributes in each tab are fairly similar, populating a table with monthly search volume, CPC, difficulty rating, and monthly price. All these are SpyFu's four chief metrics where key word research is concerned. On the left of the table are either the keyword you have researched and grouped yourself, or high keyword group tips from SpyFu. On the top right of this table you can subsequently add selected key words to lists, or export your selected keyword within an Microsoft Excel file, CSV, or PDF. This basic keyword category performance is similar to SEMrush$99.95 at SEMrush and implemented better in Moz Professional and KWFinder.
Where SpyFu's key word management capabilities really stand Out are at its List Builder and Tracking tabs. Additionally, this is where SpyFu makes its deep connection between SEO and client relationship management (CRM). In the List Builder tab, there is a Top Lists section with targeted lists of domain names and key words like"Domains That Pay the Most On AdWords," keywords with the maximum CPC. There is also a listing of the most expensive keywords, which you can then filter by state, industry, or a specific web-based technology: Ad buying platform, affiliate marketing, email advertising, and online shopping cart are a few of the choices.
Alongside Leading Lists, there is a dedicated Company Leads tab. This basically acts the same way as a search: You enter a location, key words and businesses, and refine results using filters like AdWords budget and SEO clicks. The research then returns a list of leads with that site's monthly advertising budget and accessible contact information that can then be exported into your CRM or lead management system. I'd like to view SpyFu proceed a step farther with this and integrate its own SEO lead lists directly using a stage like Salesforce$75.00 at salesforce.com, but this instrument is already ahead of the curve. SEMrush has a beta generation instrument, but that is the closest any optimization product I tested comes to exactly what SpyFu offers.
But, SpyFu included AdWords Templates as Portion of a Google AdWords campaign. The templates include prewritten ads for groups . The templates can be downloaded by users from the SpyFu site and upload to an AdWords account.
The platform also includes deeper SEO campaign direction With its SpyFu Project Manager tool. SpyFu made this as a project management(PM) feature within the SEO platform for tackling integrated key word study and rank monitoring within a campaign. My SpyFu is just accessible paid programs (not the free trial), but it lets you install multiple projects tracking grouped keywords plotted against SEO position, traffic value, ROI, and a number of different metrics. All you need to do is open the My SpyFu menu and include a new project. It's the best and only case in this roundup of SEO-focused PM.
There's also the Tracking tab, which lets you choose You 've identified and start ongoing tracking that keyword ranking changes and reports back together with domain positions. I was also able to set up custom SEO reports in a few simple steps: Enter a domain name and choose if to run a report on SpyFu's suggested custom key words or domain key words. I entered my five custom keywords in a field, picked up to five opponents' URLs, and then was given the option to run a one time report or a report.
This Type of analysis that is aggressive is just another area where SpyFu stands out, as it also has a tool called"Kombat" that's offered in the SEO and PPC Research tabs. In the domain of PCMag, I typed in Kombat along with the tool built an interactive information visualization that showed where PCMag's top keywords overlapped with our competitors. There is also what SpyFu calls a"keyword world," list CPC, CTR, monthly cost, and monthly clicks for core keywords and advocated keywords. This study breakdown is another feature which will help unearth ways to acquire an SEO edge. Seo Know How
With the SEO performance of its product, SpyFu has introduced a study tool named Nacho Analytics, which provides access to different sites' web analytics. Through this stage, you can see sections , time-of-day traffic, and behavior.
Keyword Ad History
You will be shown by keyword Advertisement Background, through color coded bars frequently the Key words appeared in a domain's PPC campaign along with any modifications in the ad copy (all of which may be exported into excel). It shows a year's worth of information up front and goes back to 2006 via the Bonus History Button.
So it is fairly straightforward, and that's exactly what I like about SpyFu Tools. No over-reliance on"in-house metrics" it's only"here's the advertisement history of the key word", plain and simple. If you see a keyword being advertised on by a PPC advertiser that is good consistent you can look to employ that ad copy technique to some niche market of that keyword. If I had been advertising for"hotels in Oklahoma" I would pay attention to what ad copy was successful, as time passes, for that main/core keyword"resorts".
Domain Ad History
Domain Ad History Is like Keyword Advertisement History except it shows the History of a domainname.
This instrument is useful in looking at keywords that have been effective for Your opponents (or larger players on your market ) and which ones they attempted and left (which could be ones that you prevent from the gate). All of this presumes the domain you're currently researching is competent PPC advertiser.
Keyword Smart Search
The Keyword Smart Search tool in SpyFu utilizes semantic term relationships, Publicly available keyword data, and PPC campaign information to return a list of keywords associated with the keyword(s) (up to 10) you input. You could also filter by CPC, search volume, as you can see, and you might also exclude key words.
For me personally, I would rather use the PPC keywords and the Organic key words found In SpyFu Classic or SpyFu Kombat. I like to use other tools for pure keyword research (Google tools, Microsoft Ad Center Intelligence, and Wordtracker). Mostly, I feel SpyFu is at its best when used as a competitive research tool versus a keyword research tool. Seo Know How
Pricing and Plans
Since I said, SpyFu's Basic plan starts at $33 each Month when billed annually (or $39 per month ). Though, unlike other tools in this SEO tool inspection roundup, for example Moz Guru and KWFinder$12.00 at KWFinder, SpyFu doesn't cost by search results. All programs have an infinite number of backlink , key word, keyword group, domain name, and competitor/domain comparison search results along with data export. The performance you get with SpyFu for your cost is an important element in why we gave it an Editors' Choice, and the search volumes make the tool much more attractive for ad hoc study that is keyword.
That is not to mention SpyFu doesn't cap anything. The Basic Program provides you a potential of 250 sales leads and domain contacts, along with 5,000 weekly tracked keyword positions, together with 10 domain reports and 10 pay-per-click (PPC) reports through SpyFu's AdWords Advisor tool. The $78-per-month Professional program (also $58 a month when billed annually) lumps contacts and leads to 500 and weekly tracked keyword rankings to 15,000, along with custom-branded reports and accessibility to SpyFu's application programming interface (API).
Ultimately, SpyFu has added a $199 per month Team plan (billed annually, or $299 month-to-month) with 2,000 sales leads and domain contacts, 40,000 weekly monitored keyword rankings, and five user logins. SpyFu also comprises a 30-day money-back warranty. Overall the firm has really slashed on its pricing since our review, making it all the more attractive to SMBs.
I find their tools helpful for competitive search. I don't use Their Keyword Smart Search much as explained above but the number of information which They give (in a straightforward fashion) in the price points that they give is very A combination that is nice. SpyFu makes its way Every project. Seo Know How
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Hooked on Classroom Blogging
By Rachel Peters
In February 2007, Earthwatch Institute invited me to participate in
a program called Live in the Field,
which would take me to Vietnam in
May to help scientists study butterflies. During my time abroad, I was
expected to communicate with my
students via the Internet and satellite phone. In addition, I would be
required to write and submit a lesson
plan based on my trip, take photographs, keep a journal, and create and
maintain a blog for the expedition.
The research for this particular
expedition was butterfly diversity and
population changes in Tam Dao National Park outside of Hanoi. It was
easy to work in a science unit on butterflies. The more challenging aspect
would be teaching my students about
Vietnam. My students and I were going to have to learn together.
I knew that corresponding with
my students while in Vietnam was
going to be a powerful and meaningful way for students to build awareness and interest in the land and the
people of that country. I was sure
that by engaging my students in the
geography, culture, and the plight of
the Vietnamese people—who share
many of their same dreams and hopes
for the future—they would develop
an appreciation and respect for Vietnam that would hopefully transfer to
other countries and cultures. I figured
that starting a blog would be a new
real-time multimedia tool that would
connect students to my trip. (See 10
Reasons You Should Blog below.) The
challenge was making it interesting to
9- and 10-year-olds.
To introduce Vietnam to my students, I read aloud chapters from
fact books and discussed Vietnamese
fables. I introduced games that taught
them to identify Vietnam and the
surrounding countries on a map. Together we learned a few Vietnamese
phrases and had contests to see who
could remember facts about the country. I brought in Vietnamese food,
decorated my room with images of
Vietnam, and shared my search for a
cheap flight. I drew my travel route
on a map, and the students helped me
plan what to bring. This was the easy
and fun part. But I still hadn't created
my blog.
10 Reasons You Should Blog
It's free.There's no charge formost accounts, andmost don't even haveadvertising.
It's a quickand simple way toshare ideas, photos,and thoughts.
You don't needto fill out paperworkbecause you'renot using the district'sserver.
Students can access
it anywhere they can
log on to the Internet.
You can use itin place of yourweekly newsletter.


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Sadie Lee
Sadie Lee's imaginative paintings were first bought to the wider public attention when her double portrait 'Erect' was selected for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1992.
As well as showing in the BP Award at the National Portrait Gallery, Sadie has had several one-woman shows nationally and abroad. These include 'Venus Envy' at Manchester City Art Gallery and 'Dying Art' - Ladies of the Burlesque' at the National Portrait Gallery. This was a series of portraits of former striptease stars from the 1940's to the 1970's, now elderly and retired, posing in revealing costumes from their stripping past.
Her most recent project 'And then He was a She' consists of painted portraits of Holly Woodlawn, regarded as the world's most famous drag queen. Holly Woodlawn was one of Andy Warhol's Superstar drag queens and is best known as Holly, the first character in Lou Reed's infamous hit, Walk on the Wild Side. 'And then He was a She' has been exhibited in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow and will travel to Berlin in October 2010.


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After making its presence felt in Smartphone and Television market, Micromax is all set to enter the laptop market in India. The Indian Company which is famous for offering some excellent smartphones at a much affordable prices launched the new Micromax Canvas Laptab and with this device, the company is aiming to mark its presence in the ever competitive world of laptops.
The Canvas Laptab is powered by Intel Atom Processor Z3735F and Windows 8.1 and MS Office 365 worth INR 11,000 comes pre-installed with the device. The device offers some very smart design, HD touch display and a unique in-built 3G SIM slot for offering excellent mobile data connectivity. The device is considered as the new milestone in Indian technology market as it brings together three pioneering companies which are Micromax, Microsoft and Intel.
Other features of the device include smart search, optimized battery usage, customization, improved application performance and refreshed notification system. The device will get free Windows 10 upgrade whenever it will be available. There is a 10.1 inch IPS touch display and a powerful 7,700 mAh battery which can deliver up to 10 hours of backup.
It is powered by a 1.8 GHz processor and 2GB DDR3L RAM which means users can enjoy a seamless multimedia experience when playing games, watching videos or surfing the internet, without the problems of device heating and lag. It is equipped with 2MP front camera and a 2MP rear camera for video calling.
Commenting on the launch Mr. Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics Limited, said, "At Micromax, we have always believed in bringing the best in class and innovative devices to the consumers and have always aimed to bridge the gap between actual consumer device requirement and available device offering and hence, the Laptab promises to bridge the same at a very consumer friendly price point. Today's launch marks our entry into the PC segment, where we intend to drive category growth and not only garner an available market share. We believe that our vision complements the initiatives for Digital India, and we will be launching a range of exciting products over the next few months in the category."
Key Specs of Micromax Canvas Laptab:
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A tribute to all the ladies who proved they're tougher at Bangalore Ultra 2010
You ran, you supported, you made the Ultra 2010 memorable...hope this inspires more women to run and stay fit. Thank you ladies for the smiles, the thank-you's and of course the occasional stares...now you know why i was clicking you! Don't you wish you'd smiled? Lol


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We've talked a bit about how you are showing up in the world. The big "a-ha!" moment comes when you realize that how you show up in the world is a CHOICE- you are not trapped in a fixed way of being.
By changing who you are being, you automatically shift how you are showing up in the world.
Let's look at how we are being in the light of the Three Pillars: Being Present, Living in Full Responsibility, and Personal Power.
First off… are you being present? Or are you deeply involved in the "monkey mind" chatter in your head? Your constant internal conversation takes you out of the present moment (affecting your interpersonal communication and evaluation skills), and it causes you to see things through the filters of your internal conversation (which often consists primarily of distorted representations of past events). The more present you become to the situation you find yourself in, the more practical access you'll have to the foundational competencies you learned about being a teacher.
Being present requires the force of conscious awareness, but it can be achieved as simply as taking a deep breath and stilling the internal dialogue, if only for a few seconds.
In the light of the second pillar- are you taking full responsibility for who you are being, the circumstances around you, and the reality you are constantly creating? Who you are being comes across loud and clear in the world of responsibility. Enemies of full responsibility are complaining, blaming, and excuses. Listen to your casual conversation. Is it peppered with any of these three responsibility avoiders? If it is, you have a clue as to the places in your thinking where you are not taking full responsibility.
Complaining is simply our response to situations that we don't like – but we don't want to take the risk or effort to change them. Think about it- no one complains about things that they can't change. Do you ever hear people complaining about gravity?
Blaming is an effort by our mind (conscious and subconscious) to keep "looking good". If we don't fix the blame on someone or something else, we worry that it may fall on us and make us look bad. When you blame, who you are being is someone who is abdicating some level of control, giving away your power.
Excuses… well, we all know about excuses. And I think we would all agree we don't want to be the person who is always making excuses.
Is who you are being in line with being fully responsible?
The third pillar is Personal Power. Who you are being is directly related to your level of personal power. And your level of personal power is directly dictated by your core beliefs: beliefs about yourself, beliefs about others, and beliefs about the world. Any time you hear yourself say the words "I am…" or "People are…" or "Life is…" pay close attention to what comes after, because what comes after will be a direct affirmation of one of your core beliefs.
If you believe that you are shy, who you are being in any given situation will be vastly different from someone who has the belief "I am outgoing". If one of your core beliefs is that people are inherently good and trustworthy, who you are being will contrast with someone whose belief is that people are bad or untrustworthy.
It is a worthwhile exercise to find out what your core beliefs are- many beliefs we have we are unaware of.
Your personal power is simply a gauge that shows up through who you're being… a gauge that measures what you believe is possible.
So, who are you being? In this moment, in moments of conversation, in moments of working with your students? In the language of some of the basic competencies of teaching:
And, perhaps most importantly, who you are being will directly correlate with how you show up in the world.
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Maxi Skirts Solving "What to Wear?"
Mar 28, 2014 02:40PM
By Don Kindred
Debbie with her eye-catching line of Maxi Skirts.
by Maggie Zeibak
How many times have we wailed, "I've got nothing to wear"? Nothing in the wardrobe fits the occasion and we long for some elegant ubiquitous piece of clothing to jump out, fit perfectly and make us look like a million dollars. Now, our fairy godmother has waved her magic wand and pushed Debbie Bridgeman of Kamea Clothing to introduce her eye-catching line of hand-made maxi-skirts to San Clemente.
Entrepreneurial tales are always fun to read and especially when we have a local cottage industry right here in town that is threatening to take off beyond someone's wildest dream. That someone, Debbie, has been in business just a year and it all started when she was wearing a skirt she'd made and a woman asked where she got it. She ended up making her one and then some of her friends. Word of mouth produced more orders and when she invited her friends over to her house, they loved them too.
"I've sewn since I was really young. I have been given the gift of creativity from my mom, aunt and grandmother. These wonderful and talented women have inspired me throughout my life to be creative and make beautiful things. I am so grateful to have them in my life. I personally make each skirt although because of demand, I have a sewing helper. I shop in Los Angeles and handpick each fabric for its individual color and texture - there is an amazing range of florals, animal and tribal prints, solids, stripes and lace effects. Working with the fabric, I like to run the patterns or stripes in different directions to give the garment a one-of-a-kind and individual look.
I feel that each of us should be able to express our own style and individuality with our choice of clothing. There is nothing generic about any of us and our clothing shouldn't be either. There are so many different patterns that continue to change so each person can find something they absolutely love. My one-size skirts are unique because I do not make more than seven of the same pattern of fabric and even then they are not exactly the same. This way, you won't ever see your friend wearing the same thing."
An adjustment was needed in talented Bridgeman's life once her sewing life started to take off. A wife, and mother of three children, they love to spend time going to the beach and surfing. Balancing her job as a Property Manager at Coast Property Management where she's worked for the past 20 years alongside her mom, Nancy Majerick, she now spends her free time in a world of scissors and threads expanding her inventory at Kamea Clothing. Kamea is a Hawaiian word that means "one and only" which describes her business and product perfectly, focusing on the one and only you.
"My customers range in age from 12-70-years-old," Debbie went on to say, "I am happy to say that I have several return shoppers. I have met many wonderful women who have been extremely supportive of my love to be creative and they keep coming back for more. It still surprises me! The retail price range is around $60-$65 which is very affordable, especially when you discover that this is an adaptable garment. The skirt turns into a dress when pulled up, and when worn as a skirt, the fold-over waistband allows you to lengthen or shorten as you like. They machine-wash and hang dry; all of my skirts are so comfortable and versatile they can be worn with flip-flops for hanging around or with heels on a fancy night out.
The multiple panel design allows the skirt various options and fits just about any figure because they are designed to accentuate a woman's body and flatter her natural curves. I choose high quality fabric that is very forgiving and it enables Kamea skirts to have the perfect fit."
These make excellent gifts for any occasion and Debbie is happy to gift wrap also. Being a new small business she's all about customer service and she wants her customers to be happy with their stylish look. She designs and makes them so that you can express your own style and individuality. Drop into local boutiques that have them in stock; Salon Zinnia, Lincoln Street, Divine Inspirations and Bijou.
To see these maxis, visit Kamea Clothing www.kameaclothing.com.
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The skirt turns into a dress when pulled up, and when worn as a skirt, the fold-over waistband allows you to lengthen or shorten as you like.