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Vanessa Van Petten, teen author of the parenting book "You're Grounded!," writes RadicalParenting.com along with 60 teen writers, ages 12-20 to help parents and adults get an honest and open view into the world and mind of youth. Van Petten, now 25, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Emory University in May of 2007, the same month, her book "You're Grounded!" launched and was named in the "Top 5 Hottest Books" on Amazon it's first month.
•Her site contains thousands of articles, videos, screencasts and live chats with Van Petten, teen writers and trendsetters from 34 different coutnries to offer parents a win- dow into the daily lives of their teen and tween kids. She shows parents how to talk with their screen-obsessed net generation children about everything: including safely using Facebook, smoking pot, High School dances, oral sex, and gives them tips from actual teens.
•Van Petten is now on an international speaking tour and was chosen as one of the top 100 Bloggers to watch by Women's Magazine.
•Radicalparenting.com is read by thousands of teens and parents daily. In January 2009 she spoke at the Consumer Electronics Show at the session "Teens and Social Networking."
•She was featured on CNN, CBS 4 Miami and Fox 5 New York and has been in the Wall Street Journal, Teen Vogue, MSN Money, Good Housekeeping Online, Atlanta Insite Magazine and the World Journal. She has been an expert on Playboy Radio, KBUR, WCOJ Philadelphia and more for giving a young perspective on awesome parenting.
Vanessa's Mission Statement: To improve parent-teen relationships by providing them with new perspectives, stories and neutral places to communicate. This will help families build strong relationships that promote healthy attitudes and lifestyle behaviors in this generation of young adults.
What Makes Vanessa Different: One of the reasons so many communities have brought Vanessa to speak is because she is young enough to know where teens are coming from and have them open up to her and she is old enough to respect and translate for parents. She also interacts with thousands of teens on a weekly basis, her research studies, one-on-one work and position in the media give her a platform to understand youth in a very different way.
Radical Approach: Vanessa teaches, applies and is currently doing research on the principles of Dr. Paul Ekman on human lie detecting and emotional reading. She often teaches audiences–both teens and parents, how to read facial microexpressions, be a human lie detector and excel at social literacy to be able to read who they are communicating with. Vanessa has found this essential to her help for teens and parents. Parents learn to better understand their teenager and kids grasp the importance of social literacy to prevent bullying, cliques and miscommunication with their parents. This makes for lively and unique presentations.
See our media page for clips, reviews and testimonials. Also see Vanessa's Consulting.
- Social Literacy: Anti-Clique, Argument Prevention and How to be a Human Lie Detector
This program is unlike any other parent or teen workshop. Ranging from audiences of 12 to 600 Vanessa teaches participants how to use a totally new form of communication to radically change the anger/guilt cycle, clique formation and the decline of teen empathy.
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"My wife and I were so impressed with the topic and your presentation.
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I have a much better understanding of what taking away a cell phone or computer means to our son when he's grounded. It makes some of his behavior (good and bad) more understandable. (He's glued to YouTube.)
I was slightly skeptical that a young person like you could provide helpful parenting advice. In an era when a seven-year-old can give relationship advice (true story), I thought you had to be older and be a parent first. Boy, was I wrong. Your insight was gold to us and we will always appreciate your information.
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text: Went down to FedEx Field in DC with some friends for the newest iteration of Ford ST Performance Academy. This time with both the Focus ST and Fiesta ST. My thoughts on the ST's driving experience? Well, I know I went in to this event a little cockier than I should have. I thought, "Hey, I autocross my own Fiesta so driving a boosted version of my car will be cake!" WRONG. I really should have taken the first lap to feel out the car instead of pouncing on it to get two hot laps in. The first corner and slalom were like a knife through butter and fell just short of perfect - after that - not so much. I tried to push it like I would my own car and overshot the next corner really badly; mowing down a whole slew of the marker cones. As per the rules we were given at the outset; going as badly off course as I did got me pulled from driving duty. I took it; it was my own fault. Lesson learned. The Fiesta ST is going to be a great car, and is NOT to be underestimated. I can only hope I get a redemption drive at some point before they hit dealer lots so I can see what it's really made of! But enough about the handling... As far as fit and finish goes this car has it nailed down. We had the chance to ogle a test car that a Ford Engineer brought to Carlisle this year and everything that wasn't quite ready then has been polished to a shine. The partial leather Recaros are the ONLY option you should be going with as far as I'm concerned. They are superb. All the new controls inside fall easily within reach and the 6-speed is just as smooth as the one in the larger Focus ST. Here is my lap in the Fiesta ST gone wrong, lol. In retrospect, I think I got really out of shape because I punched the throttle and was expecting the car to understeer a little like the Focus ST.... but as you can see in the video I slide out through the cones in an entirely neutral manner. Almost straight sideways in fact. Neutral handling = very good, if not unexpected in this case, lol.


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Our eyes were glued to the television set that day when the tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma. A day that started out like any other. Children dropped off at school .. sent on their way with a hug and a kiss. Mothers rushing off to work or perhaps hitting the gym before starting their day of managing their home and family. Fathers grabbing a cup of coffee on their way to work already thinking of that 11:00 meeting and are they prepared for it. Retired people going about their daily routine with their four-legged companions keeping them company.
And then it hit. Midday, in the midst of our everyday routines.
It hit us, too. The complete shock and helplessness.
But in true American spirit we rallied around and started to dig in and dig out. We found ways to help our fellow "neighbors" even though we are sprawled across this great country of ours. A friend of mine has started Hope For Oklahoma
"A collection of online individuals coming together to raise funds to support our friends in Oklahoma." Artists that have sent in their best work to be bid on in an online auction going on now and ending this Friday. Please visit this site and see everything available!
Another way to help is to visit
Central Oklahoma Humane Society
So many animals displaced due to the tornado.. so many animals in need of medical attention. This past Saturday, I held my second garage sale.. purging household items that I no longer need or can use in this much smaller home we are moving to. It was a huge success, thankfully, and with half of the proceeds I am sending in a check in memory of my girl...
... Annie. I always wanted to do something for other dogs in her honor. My heart still misses her terribly.
And what if the Hope For Oklahoma or the Central Oklahoma Humane Society aren't quite the right fit for you? Then, my last suggestion is to put your two hands together and pray. Pray for those in need. There is so much power in that!


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Rare Music DVDs!
I'm a UK-based collector of pop & rock music on TV & video, specializing mostly in artists from the 50s, 60s, 70s and early 80s. I've been collecting since 1981 & trading world-wide since 1985. Listed here are just some of my vast archives.
Many of the DVDs listed on this blog were compiled by myself: I always try to get the best quality material (many of my DVD compilations have been upgraded and/or extended several times). As well as the "greats", I also enjoy compiling / collecting DVDs on less obvious artists that most other collectors ignore.
I'm always looking for more footage or upgrades, so if you have a list get in touch via the email address above. Please note that (with a few exceptions) I do NOT generally collect interviews, documentaries or audience footage - just TV performances, promo videos, movie excerpts and professionally filmed concerts.
Friday, 22 May 2015
TRACEY ULLMAN on DVD
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Now here's a treat! As well as being a highly successful comedienne, she also had a brief but successful pop career during the mid '80s when she was signed to Stiff records. This DVD covers that period + a couple of years either side of it, and is in mostly excellent (or near) quality. A fun collection ("retro" before it was fashionable!).ReplyDelete
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- JWM Dalrymple 35
- GO Jones 22*
- AGR Loudon 0
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Malinga to Strauss, FOUR, driven off the back foot wide of thirdman to the fence, it was bit short
Malinga to Trescothick, FOUR, a push from Trescothick, goes to the cover fence in quick time, good shot
Vaas to Strauss, FOUR, edged wide of Jayawardene at first slip, good ball there moving away, Malinga at thirdman fails to stop it, the ball goes into the fence
Fernando to Trescothick, FOUR, wide outside the off stump, Trescothick cuts it nicely to cover fence, good shot
Fernando to Trescothick, FOUR, another cracking cut to cover fence, good shot, bad delivery from Fernando, has been bit wide
Fernando to Strauss, FOUR, good shot from Strauss, it was in the slot, comes nicely on the front foot and drives well in the gap to extra-cover fence
Vaas to Trescothick, FOUR, driven back in the air past Vaas, it was hit hard down the ground to the fence, good shot, the Umpire just got of the way.
Maharoof to Trescothick, FOUR, good shot, sweetly timed, Trescothick drives well in the gap between extra-cover and mid off, ball races to the fence in quick time.
Maharoof to Trescothick, FOUR, another wonderful shot, driven on the up in the gap, ball races across the turf to extra-cover fence, Trescothick finding the gaps very well
Maharoof to Pietersen, FOUR, this time he gets it to the on side, played in the air wide of Jayasuriya at midwicket to the fence, good shot
Malinga to Collingwood, FOUR, drifting down the legside, Collingwood gets bat onto it and ball runs down fine to the fence, good start for Collingwood!
Maharoof to Collingwood, FOUR, fraction short on the off stump, Collingwood picks the length quickly and pulls it handsomely over mid-wicket fielder, ball runs away to the fence
Fernando to Collingwood, FOUR, good length ball on the off stump, Collingwood charges down the track and lofts it straight and wide of the mid-on fielder, excellent shot and eases some pressure
Jayasuriya to Bell, FOUR, uses his feet and takes it on the full and plays to the midwicket fence, good shot, england looking to up the tempo
Bandara to Bell, FOUR, spins wide and too short, cuts well behind point, ball races to the fence, well played, a welcome boundary
Vaas to Dalrymple, FOUR, drives well over the extra-cover to the fence, good strike from Dalrymple
Vaas to Dalrymple, FOUR, low full toss, hits it wide of extra-cover to the fence, good shot
Vaas to Dalrymple, FOUR, full and bit wide outside off stump, drives, gets the edge to thirdman fence
Fernando to Jones, FOUR, full and on the legs, Jones makes room, Fernando follows him, plays it well past the short fine leg to the fence.
Malinga to Bell, FOUR, smashed over the extra-cover, full and straight, Bell makes room and drives well in the air over the fielder to the fence, good shot
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The Comparison of Energy in Take and Body Weight EXERCISE (E-MECHANIC)
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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Myers CA, Johnson WD, Earnest CP, Rood JC, Tudor-Locke C, Johannsen NM, Cocreham S, Harris M, Church TS, Martin CK. Examination of mechanisms (E-MECHANIC) of exercise-induced weight compensation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Jun 7;15:212. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-212.


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• The Bakery & Cereals market in Sweden is driven by the Bread & Rolls and Cakes & Pastries categories. • The high income level of Swedish consumers is driving the demand for premium Bakery & Cereals products.. • Hypermarkets & Supermarkets are the most preferred destination for the purchase of Bakery products in Sweden, followed by Food & Drink Specialists. • The overall Bakery & Cereals market in Sweden is highly fragmented, with the presence of a large number of small and artisanal players in most of the categories, except Cookies. • Bags/Sachets made of Flexible Packaging are the most commonly used packaging material for Bakery & Cereals in Sweden.
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Google Announces New Features for AdWordsby Katie Merchant / Make a Comment
"It's no longer about devices. It's about connecting people to the content they care about, whether online, mobile sites, or on apps" – Jerry Dischler, Vice President of Product Management for AdWords.
Nobody could easily attribute that phrase to the announcement of Google AdWords' new features which are being rolled out over the next few months. In fact this visionary, quasi-philosophical, statement would sound more at home at the unveiling of a new world-changing product, not the announcement of some relatively small feature changes to AdWords. But that's the nature of digital announcements – they come accompanied by such pomp and circumstance that it's difficult to determine the potentially revolutionary advances from long-awaited ones.
Web Design v Web Content: Should We Be Debating?by Hannah Revill / Make a Comment
It's an age-old debate when looking at the factors that make a website a success. On one hand there is the attraction of a cutting edge design, leading the way with innovative ideas to engage and stimulate the user visually and practically. On the other hand, there is the attraction of unique content that can engage users, allowing them to find the website and keep them coming back. Amidst all this debating among designers, developers, SEO folk, UX consultants and content marketing specialists, I can't help feeling that the obvious being missed. Rather than debating which one wins, surely the two should be implemented into a balanced strategy that sees the two working harmoniously together. That's certainly an approach we take here at Wickedweb.
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The digital marketing arena is alive with acronyms: SEO, PPC, CPC, CPL, API, B2B, CTR, DM – still with us? Granted, it can all be a bit overwhelming to businesses, but there's one acronym, that's certainly worth remembering and that's SEO - unless you want to miss out on a slice of the pie in terms of online traffic that is.
Google's secret update - a monster or myth?by Hannah Revill / Make a Comment
Google Panda, Google Penguin - it's starting to sound like Google has developed a penchant for famous animation films. The global algorithm-loving power-house has seemingly ticked off DreamWorks and Warner Brothers in their major algorithm updates from the past two years. Are we to expect Pixar next with Google Monster? Maybe that's not so far-fetched, what with their mysterious no-named algorithm update on 25th June that was arguably nothing, but that sent SEO Moz stats through the roof, recording some of the highest spells of unsettled weather among rankings.
Google Monster, as it will affectionately be known inside the walls of Wickedweb, certainly split the crowd in the SEO world, with some SEO peeps claiming it was nothing (backed up by the lack of pandemonium in the SEO forums), but others considering it the 'silent but deadly fart of the SEO world' that dramatically changed rankings overnight among specific industries. A monster update that had virtually no warning, other than a heads up from Google's Matt Cutts that there would be a series of weekly "Panda Dance" update. What we were expecting, were Panda aftershocks. What we seemingly got however (depending on your source of information), was more like a fresh earthquake; unexpected and unforgiving.
What do we know about Google "Monster"?
SEO forums SEO Book and SEO Chat have been pretty quiet, suggesting they aren't overly concerned about this update. Other forums talked about the update being a temporary glitch with Google (highly unlikely, but we like their optimism). SEO Moz however tells a different story. Their weather tracker is a report detailing turbulence in the Google algorithm world; the hotter and stormier the weather, the more disruption among Google's rankings. The day after the mysterious Google Monster update, MozCast weather tracker registered a whopping 113.3°F, the highest it's been since 13th December 2012 (102.2°). Major update Penguin 2.0 on 22nd May 2013 registered just 80.7°F.
So What Was Affected?
Naturally rankings for some industries are more volatile than others, but those largely affected by this phantom update included home and garden, computers and consumer electronics, occasions and gifts, apparel and real estate industries. The update saw rankings shift majorly overnight, with brands that had fairly consistent positioning on page one, randomly dropping off the first page, replaced by results that were either non-industry brands, such as news sites, or brands that had previously been indexed much lower.
We can perhaps understand the promotion of news sites that boast well-written, well-researched content, attracting a plethora of natural and quality backlinks. We know the game well enough to acknowledge that quality content is required to give a site authority, which in laymen's terms means abstaining from pilfering, duping or paraphrasing other internet guru's literary handy-work (she says, desperately trying not to over-quote facts from Moz Blog). Sites that rode the Penguin 2.0 wave successfully without being 'Penguin-slapped' were testament to the fact they were engaging in good practices, but the major shift of brands from this subsequent update is alarming. Some suggest this is a penalisation of partial match domains (PMDs), whereby sites were slapped for over-optimising their domain names with top keywords. The pattern shows these PMD sites as being the most affected by this update, with an example from Moz showing the decline of limo service companies that used the word "limo" in their domain, whereas limo service sites without this keyword in the domain were promoted to higher positions.
The penalisation of PMD provokes a white hat - black hat debate where SEO practice is concerned. On one hand, optimising a domain with relevant keywords could be understood as reinforcing a brand within its respective industry and therefore white hat as SEO practices go. From a black hat view however, it could be seen as manipulation of Google in a bid to game the system; something that the algorithms are getting more sophisticated at recognising. After all, if Google is favouring recognised brands with author rank, advanced content and natural link-building, surely brands shouldn't need to use keywords in their domain names. You'd think.
So What Can We Expect Next from Google?
Predicting Google's next move is like predicting the UK weather. We can make predictions based on trend formation, but we don't have the full picture on what's coming. It's generally a guideline that is governed by the intermittent drip-feeding of 'white hat practice' guidelines by Google's Matt Cutts, which are then analysed, interpreted and tested by SEO wizards everywhere. Ultimately though, as long as sites maintain a hierarchical approach, whereby they aim to satisfy the user over the search engine, they should weather the storm well and win the game.
About the author...
I'm Hannah – a 30-something mother of one from the sunny seaside town of Folkestone, Kent. My Wickedweb journey started in early June this year, when I joined the busy Media team as an SEO content specialist, although I have since been honing some skills on the technical side of SEO.
I have a real "work hard, play hard" ethic and so when I'm not busy working on client websites, or training at my local boxing club, you'll usually find me a) over indulging in food and drink, b) listening to and/or playing house music very loudly or c) spending quality time with my daughter and generally behaving like CBeebies presenter Justin Fletcher (just Google him…it's frightening).
Mainstream SEO - by Senior Search Manager, Richard Lyneby Katie Butler / Make a Comment
As Wickedweb's Senior Search Manager, Richard Lyne is well placed to discuss developments, changes and updates from the world of SEO. Below, Richard has outlined just how mainstream SEO has become and how some companies are still making fundamental mistakes…Over to you Richard:
I had a conversation with a couple friends the other day about the Penguin update. That's not that unusual when you're speaking to people who work in web, but when you're talking to a Kent-based wedding photographer and an instructor from a dance school in Tunbridge Wells, you realise that something's amiss. Or not.
I must admit, I didn't expect the conversation and I certainly didn't start it. But there I was, on a Sunday afternoon, talking SEO with non-SEO'ers and explaining what I do for a living to people who didn't respond with "que"?!
"Localised keywords…"
"Link base needs improving…"
"We can see from Google Analytics…"
I didn't make any of these comments and it's great to see that SEO has now infiltrated the mindset of all aspiring business people.
SEO is no longer a dark art; a niche field where SEO'ers are treated like wizards. SEO has passed the introduction phase, is racing through growth and heading towards the maturity phase of the product lifecycle. More people know about SEO and more people know how to do it, sort of.
However, whilst SEO has become mainstream and at the forefront of the marketing mix, so many businesses get carried away talking about pandas and penguins and forget to pay attention to the basics (sadly no animal references here). We often see fundamental mistakes made by large organisations that have had SEO Strategies in place from day 1. So, our biggest piece of advice is to get the fundamentals right first.
At Wickedweb we are lucky enough to meet and work with some great clients and we love showing how and where we can add value. Other agencies feel that it's more important to discuss "the latest algo update" and whilst we bring up-to-date best practice into the project, we have spent years on what we feel makes the biggest impact. SEO is the starting point for 99% of projects at Wickedweb and we have had it installed as a core part of our process flow for a long time. We've seen the results of this, measured the impact of Panda and Penguin and are pleased to see that algorithm updates improve our clients' SEO. So don't chase the tail of the latest update (yes an animal reference!), focus on what has always been important in SEO and you'll reap the rewards.
Best Practice in Design & Buildby Stuart Wells / Make a Comment
Stuart Wells, Managing Director at agency Wickedweb talks to Figaro Digital about best practice within design and build - Article by Jon Fortgang - Figaro Digital
"If you build it," runs the line in baseball drama Field of Dreams, "they will come."
That was back in 1989, but until comparatively recently the same theory underpinned plenty of design and build projects. Now that Google decides on ranking, campaigns are seeded on social and the mobile frontier opens up, brand managers and marketers need to approach the planning and construction of their sites – and in particular SEO - with scientific precision.
Wickedweb are a full service digital agency who specialise in this field. Established in 2002, the company's work with a range of clients over the last decade has provided them with a clear perspective on some of the most persistent challenges – as well as the greatest opportunities – open to digital marketers seeking to optimise their presence across all channels.
Flexible working
"We speak to some new clients now," says Stuart Wells, Managing Director at Wickwedweb, "who've been through maybe two or three versions of a design and build project, and they're a bit nervous at the start. They're saying to us, 'we've made these mistakes in the past, we've seen these errors crop up. How can we mitigate the risk and improve our top level approach to a design and build project?'"
For Wells and the team at Wickedweb, the answer to that has involved establishing a clear best practice procedure which, they believe, helps brands refine their objectives and focus on achievable goals with measurable value. So what, for Wells, does best practice within design and build actually entail?
"Most projects start with a client saying, 'I want to deliver this'," he explains. "'I want to do it in three months and this is how much I've got to spend.' But the reality is, at that point, nine out of 10 clients don't know what it is they're looking to achieve, they don't know how long it's going to take and they don't know how much it's going to cost. And the agencies tendering for the job don't know either, because until you get into those detailed workshops and discussions, you simply don't."
Wells uses a three-part model to describe the approach best suited to streamlining and unifying that process. "There's the budget," he says, "There's the deadline, and there's the delivery. The methodology by which a large scale design and build project is delivered is all-important. In years gone by you'd see the 'waterfall' methodology, where you do one stage of the project, agree it with the client, sign off and then move to the next stage."
The problem with that approach, explains Wells, is an inherent lack of flexibility. Budgets change, deadlines shift and objectives are reconceived. "A lot of times that ends in disappointment. We inherit a lot of clients who've been through that relationship. What we're looking at now is a more agile way of working, where we'll ask the client not necessarily to commit to a definite budget but a budget range, not to commit to an absolute deliverable, but to a deliverable range. And not to set their heart on an absolute deadline but to a range of dates. That way you can enter the project and be far more open and pragmatic and say, 'What is actually achievable here? What are you looking to do as a business and what can we do to give you as much value as possible?'
Brief encounters
Given his experience, what, for Wells are some of the most persistent challenges facing brands and agencies as they embark on a project together? Though brand managers may imagine the tighter a brief the better, that isn't always the case.
"Eighty per cent of briefs are actually too specific," he explains. That might sound counter-intuitive in a field where clarity of purpose is key, but more information, it transpires, doesn't always mean better information.
"Most brand and marketing managers will have a good idea of what they want to achieve. Let's say it's an integrated campaign – they'll be aware of some of the things they can do in social media, some of the things you can do with a CMS. But they may not know the best things that can be achieved at that point in time. Often agencies will respond to those client requirements because the clients have been very prescriptive. But that may not be the best way to achieve a client's underlying objectives, because there are new methods or more technically advanced ways of doing things." As an example, Wells cites advances in browser-technology versus Flash. But the point, he says, is that agencies should be able to analyse a client's top-level objectives and then present that client with the best routes to achieving those aims, rather than having to stick to a rigid, pre-ordained road map.
Starting with SEO
Key to any design and build project is SEO. For Wells and the Wickedweb team, it's the foundation on which everything else rests. So how does best practice apply here?
"To get the best results in SEO," says Wells, "you have to be there right at the beginning. Your organic search strategy has to be considered right at the start of the project. And that search strategy needs to filter through to the content audit – understanding where content is going to be placed. It needs to filter through to the information architecture stage, ensuring that the structure is correct around the content and search strategy. And on the back of that it should fall into design and build in a way that's fairly straightforward. You're then at the point where you've got the right foundations for search."
Dealing with data
Though the focus is inevitably on the launch of any campaign, when it comes to looking at data, this is the beginning rather than the end of the story.
"The brands that we see doing best in digital are the ones who understand their data best," says Wells. In the past this meant relying on disparate methods of analysis. "Now, with newer platforms and technology – Sitecore for example - we're able to work with customers, look at the data, look at the audience and actually prescribe the user-journey we want people to go down as we engage with them. That strategy can be put in place right at the beginning of the project and be constantly checked and progressed throughout."
While agility and flexibility are key, Wells acknowledges that the speed with which digital technology moves means specific strategies must themselves remain fluid. What works this year may need revising next. But remaining nimble, adaptable and open to change is a surefire way for brands to protect – and see measurable returns on – the investments they make in digital.
Best Practice in Practice – 10 Tips For Design & Build
- Choose you partner agency on who they are – as people!
- Get the background on senior figureheads leading all key roles within the agency
- Ask about their internal project management processes and methodology, status updates and meetings
- Ensure you know your SLA, response times, maintenance and support retainers
- Ensure you know how they and you will measure the ongoing success of the project
- Ensure you have portability
- Ensure you have performance
- Ensure you have scalability
- Ensure you have targeted content
- Ensure you have data and information
Wickedweb has had a successful year managing the digital strategy for Ella's Kitchen, the leading global organic baby food company. Wickedweb has been working with Ella's Kitchen for over 2 years, and during this period have delivered a suite of global websites with locales, and digital marketing activity to support the overall annual brand plan. Ella's Kitchen has an exciting and ambitious brand vision, and Wickedweb's digital activity supports key marketing objectives.
Wickedweb has released a case study for the 'Ella's Friends conversion strategy' which involves harnessing digital techniques to grow the database of Friends to the target level. This database is then used to build engaging relationships on a sensorial level, which ultimately feeds into Ella's Kitchen's core objectives.
Wickedweb were responsible for conceiving and implementing a strategy that encompasses:
- Website evolution to support the mechanics of the campaigns
- Consumer engagement via campaigns
- Data capture and acquisition
- Online marketing tactics such as PPC and SEO
The overall Friends acquisition results superseded expectations as we hit 150.5% of the target. Organic search traffic has increased by a marked 56% with a strong conversion rate, with Ella's Kitchen's key search term achieving and maintaining 1st place in Google rankings.
For the detail on how Wickedweb achieved this for Ella's Kitchen, please view our case study.
Client testimonial:
"Wickedweb have a very strategic approach. They understand our business, and more specifically how to activate our overall strategy to our consumers through digital channels. I am delighted that the results of our Friends conversion strategy has surpassed our targets, and we owe much of this success to Wickedweb and the effective digital strategies they have executed for Ella's Kitchen".
Samantha Crossley – 'Makes Friends' – Ella's Kitchen
Wickedweb are the lead digital marketing agency for The Lifehouse spa, and we have had an exciting time working on their website launch and full technical systems integration.
The Lifehouse case study focuses on an interesting challenge: the marriage of brand positioning, technical consultancy and creative execution. There were a range of objectives that needed to be considered as part of the brief spanning functional, business and creative requirements. The solution executed by Wickedweb weaves these together. In addition, The Lifehouse spa was not visible online. At the start of our work there were no keyword listings and little brand awareness beyond their name. Therefore, an SEO strategy was implemented to turn this around.
This has been a successful case study and the results showcase the impact of the website and the SEO strategy. Want to find out more? Read on to discover how we did it…
Stacey Hedges, Marketing Manager at Lifehouse comments:
"Wickedweb have provided us with invaluable support, guidance and creatively in launching the website. The team have been a true extension to the marketing department and play an integral role in the development and evolvement of the site. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with them and we look forward to continue to drive traffic to the site and future developments"
Schülke are the international specialists in infection control products, hygiene, disinfection and preservation, and are a long standing client of Wickedweb. The UK website was over - hauled by us a year ago and Wickedweb manage ongoing developments to the site and the digital strategy. One of schülke's key objectives is to maintain their leading position in the market by ensuring the brand engages with its audience in an innovative way.
Following the website re-brand, schülke were keen to enforce this re-positioning, increase traffic to the site and encourage repeat visits. It was also paramount that we worked on raising awareness for the brand. Wickedweb advised creating a members area for the main schülke website as part of the content strategy, in order to bring engagement with the audience to the fore. In addition, a dedicated microsite for the dental portfolio was created to support a key campaign.
Our recommendation also included launching social media activity for the first time, which underpinned their data acquisition objectives. Furthermore, Wickedweb rolled out an SEO strategy.
Find out more about the overall strategy Wickedweb implemented for schülke and how this met the client's objectives.
Nicola Furniss, Senior Product Manager for schülke comments:
"Wickedweb were integral to the launch of our re designed site which was intended to make us and our products and services more accessible to our customers. Wickedweb continue to support us both creatively and technically in our online activity as pioneers of infection prevention."
Cosmetics à la Carte - new website launches.by Sue Akam / 1 Comment(s)
Wickedweb are excited to share the details of a website we have recently launched for Cosmetics à la Carte, a complex eCommerce solution delivered on the award-winning WickedwebCMS.
Cosmetics à la Carte are a premium, multinational brand and have enjoyed customers such as the late Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana to Blondie, Kylie, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga. Conceived in 1973, Cosmetics à la Carte pioneered the concept of 'made to measure' make up, and have been pushing the boundaries ever since for innovation. With the desire to overhaul their image and launch the brand online, Cosmetics à la Carte approached Wickedweb for an exceptionally stylised e-commerce solution.
Our brief was quite simple - to create the most interactive and personalised experience possible for a cosmetic brand online, and to replicate the 'human' element usually experienced in the stores. Wickedweb were tasked with elevating the existing Cosmetics à la Carte brand, and rolling this out across the website.
In terms of reporting, it is early days. However, Google Analytics already shows conversion to be anything between 2.9% and 5.9% which is well above average.
Goal conversions are strong at 6%, indicating that key junctures of the user journey are robust and intuitive.
The email campaign that followed the launch of the site is extremely encouraging, with click through rates at 30%. We look forward to building on this as we work further with Cosmetics à la Carte's e-marketing strategy going forward.
Google Panda / Farmer updateby Josh Hales / Make a Comment
Google have recently rolled out a new update which they are calling Panda. The update aims to tackle, in Google's own words, "sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful". So what constitutes a low-value site? Well here are some examples:
• Sites that mass produce content, sometimes even copying text from external sites or using computers to auto generate it (know as content farming – hence the 'farmer' update). These sites offer little in the way of value or authority on a subject and make a profit from small amounts of revenue from a vast array of pages and subjects. Examples include about.com or mahalo.com.
• Sites that have lots of ads. Adverts are a natural part of the web but Google is trying to de-value those sites that just bombard you with ads rather than providing a useful and informative browsing experience.
• Sites that users don't like to visit. This is a hard one to track but Google doesn't want to show sites that users just don't want to spend time on, which points to the fact that the site is low-quality.
So what happens if a site is deemed low-value by Google? Well any sites 'caught' will simply drop down in the search results for the queries it ranked for. Below is a chart created by Sistrix based on mahalo.com's rankings before and after the update.
There is a clear shift in rankings from a fairly even spread of rankings across pages 1 – 10 pre Panda, to post Panda where the majority of rankings are on page 7 – 10.
Naturally the next questions you will have are will I be affected and what can I do to avoid being de-valued? Even though this is a relatively large update, unless you are copying content, spamming users with ads or have thousands of pages with no one visiting them, then you probably won't be affected. That said there are stories of legitimate sites loosing rankings as a result of the update so it's a good idea to take precautions.
Content is King – This one may be slightly obvious, but if Google is de-valuing sites that copy or auto generates content then write unique, useful and valuable content. Be a source of information about the subject you want to rank for, this has always been a primary SEO tactic and one that Google's Matt Cutts has always recommended. Not only will it avoid your site falling in the low-value category but it will help your rankings and attract visits.
Ads Come Second – In line with content is king, make your adverts secondary to the content of the page whether it be the amount of ads, positioning or size. It is easy to improve ad revenue by making ads bigger, more central or simply by increasing the number of ads on a page but users come to the site for the content not to browse the ads. Make your content the primary feature of each page, whether is text content, a video or images.
Interaction – Get your visitors interacting with the site; make it easy to use and nice to look at. Allow for user generated content such as comments on blog posts. Link up with Facebook and Twitter and interact via social media to get a community feel to your site. Let Google see that users like to spend time on the site and are willing to interact via comments or Facebook. Below is a screenshot from an SEOMoz blog post, SEOMoz are excellent at user interaction and building community.
The recurring theme is to simply make your site better. Give it more value, make it easier to use, be a source of information, a community and an authority within your industry. These are the qualities Google are looking to reward with premium positions.
Personally I think the update is a step in the right direction for Google, it was becoming too easy for websites that had no real user value to rank competitively. Sites that where genuinely useful and informative were being out ranked and this update has addressed that issue. I have no doubt that there will be a new and inventive way to pollute search results but Google will of course complete the cycle by bringing out another update to tackle whatever that might be.
Social Media is Child's Playby Niki Duggan / Make a Comment
With more and more businesses discovering the value of Social Media, it truly has become child's play!
Mattel are marking the 50th anniversary of their Barbie 'accessory' Ken, with a new social media campaign, titled - "Should Barbie take Ken back?"
Now for those unaware of the turbulent relationship between the couple, it seems a new lover Blaine challenged for Barbie's affections seven years ago, causing the couple to split after 43 years. However, following the filming of Toy Story 3, Ken is determined to win her back and is using a combination of Facebook and Twitter to send her messages and aim to win her heart.
But as silly as this may all sound, it appears to be a stroke of genius from the doll manufacturer.
For all those who grew up with Barbie and Ken as the perfect couple, the campaign seems set to pull on those nostalgic heartstrings and get you involved.
Ken has his own Facebook page and Twitter account which he regularly updates with statuses, photos, videos and more; encouraging users to offer advice on what he can do to 'woo' back Barbie and most importantly - creating discussion.
With over 25,000 'Likes' and already more than 4,500 followers on Twitter - it certainly seems that Mattel have found a hook and just goes to show how powerful a tool social media can be with a little creative thinking.
And should Barbie take Ken back? Well, it's up to you to decide!
Simply go to www.barbieandken.com to cast your vote (Voting now closed)
Facebook | www.facebook.com/officialken Twitter | @OfficialKen
Wickedweb has been working with Bluefin Solutions, a global SAP consultancy, over the last four months to fully understand their audience, design and develop their new website and integrate with Alterian's new Content Management System, ACM-p.
Bluefin Solutions works with clients to improve their business performance, including the BBC, Barclays, Royal Mail and Shell, to name a few, and the website was tasked with reflecting the organisation's premium position, and service, to present a more credible online solution and powerful tool for growth.
Objectives included awareness building, lead generation and improved communication of the company's focus on delivering better outcomes for clients through a higher level of expertise, versus key competitors.
Our strategy included user research, with consultants and clients, to fully understand the website's audience. Conducting one-to-one interviews provided invaluable insights and shaped the user experience strategy. Personas focused the creative rationale and the concept, which considers the end user throughout, answers both business and target audience requirements.
The website is dynamic and engaging, with unique and compelling creative and photography taken with the Bluefin Solutions team, at their new Chiswick Park address, portrays the approachable personalities and people-focus at the heart of the consultancy.
Using a different design template for the careers section, the website caters for both clients, existing and prospective, and employees, as the very best candidates are encouraged to apply by the high level presentation and confident, professional approach.
Using Alterian Content Manager, Professional Edition (ACM-p), Bluefin Solutions is the first website in the country to enjoy the suite of components on this new platform, including the blog functionality, forms and tag clouds. With the use of javascript, Wickedweb has delivered a slick user journey and with an advanced level of tagging, the user is presented with relevant blog posts, case studies and insights on each page, engaging the audience and ensuring a positive user experience.
Optimising the website from the ground, up, means that it is set to excel from an SEO perspective too.
We are closely monitoring the website's performance to ensure it delivers against key targets, and will work with Bluefin Solutions to continually enhance the website and grow ROI long-term.
Beachcomber Tours Mauritius Holidays Choose Wickedweb for SEOby Richard Lyne / Make a Comment
Wickedweb is delighted to be working with Beachcomber Tours, based in Guildford, managing their ongoing search engine optimisation (SEO).
The decision was based on Wickedweb's expertise in online marketing, especially SEO, with the added value of experience working with high-end luxury travel clients.
Beachcomber Tours are a specialist travel company and are one of the leading companies in the UK for Mauritius holidays. The brief for Wickedweb is to achieve page 1 results in Google for the sector's major search terms; whilst this is a big undertaking, Wickedweb are excited by the challenge and are confident that we can exceed Beachcomber's expectations.
The first step in the project is keyword research and defining the Keyword Strategy. This will help to ensure the right phrases are targeted and maximum traffic can be achieved.
Some SEO Pearls of Wisdom from Googleby Richard Lyne / Make a Comment
On March 23rd Google's Matt Cutts gave an interview that highlighted a few areas Google look at when ranking and indexing a website. It's not every day that Google offers an insight into how its algorithm works, so I thought I'd share a few gems with you today. Of course, most of this isn't new to the SEO community, but it forms the next part of Google's drip by drip strategy, dangling the carrot in front of Webmasters and SEO enthusiasts alike!
Recently, Google introduced "Site Performance" to their Webmaster Tools platform. It therefore comes as no surprise that Google consider page download speed in their indexing criteria. However, the interesting point here is that if sites have a slow server (typically caused by cheap shared hosting), Google may cap the total number of pages it will index at any one time, limiting your site's ability to rank better and quicker. This reinforces the view of our own Head of Development who recently published a blog about the importance of good web hosting and follows our best practice recommendations too. Well done Ian!
The number of quality inbound links to your site has always been important in terms of improving Page Rank and keyword positions. However, Google also state that the number of pages they will index is proportional to the number/quality of inbound links. So, developing content is one thing, but if you want it indexed you must develop links.
Duplicate content causes problems. Again, nothing new here. However, Matt Cutts indicated that if you link from one page to a duplicated page, this may affect your page rank. Therefore, it's very important that if your site does contain a lot of similar content, you should limit the number of links pointing to it to avoid loss of Page Rank.
The final pearl of wisdom relates to site architecture, navigation and how best to influence the flow of Page Rank. In this instance, Matt Cutts said that the best way to flow Page Rank is to link to related and similar content wherever possible. In other words, make important content accessible at all times and recommend relevant content through good navigation structure and links. Again, this sits nicely in line with Wickedweb's practices of accessibility and usability testing.
Who are the biggest players online?by Melissa Constantinou / Make a Comment
Who has broken into 2010 with the biggest numbers online? No prizes for guessing that Google are number 1 for Search and Facebook are number 1 for Social Networks, but do you know the figures? In a recent report published by the Nielsen company I learnt that an astounding 8,169,550,654 searches were made using the Google search engine in January 2010: that's 3,050 searches per second! Let's not forget Google's recent acquisition of YouTube; at number 6 in the list with 1,261,959,101 visits in January 2010, YouTube remains the market leader for online video sharing, and with Google's backing I can't imagine this will be changing anytime soon.
Nielsen's report lists the top 100 websites visited in January 2010, of which the BBC has then defined into categories. An interactive treemap of these figures can be viewed here. Most of the figures don't seem to come as much of a surprise, and I'm glad to see that the big internet players of the 90's are still going strong (e.g. AOL, Amazon and Yahoo!). However what did come as surprise to me was not finding MySpace in the list. Perhaps the social networking site has finally run its course? Or is being phased out by stronger competition?
It would appear out of all of the different sectors, Social Media is the fastest evolving and it will be interesting to see where everyone is positioned and how the numbers will change in next year's report!
Changing face of search engine optimisationby Richard Lyne / Make a Comment
The search engine landscape is changing and digital marketing strategies with it. How results are generated is going beyond algorithmic data generated from indexing of the World Wide Web. Firstly, the introduction of real-time/live search has seen greater emphasis placed on news results; and more recently tweets have been taking a high profile on many page 1 results. Whilst some would argue that Google have introduced the latter too soon and without enough relevancy/authority on the tweets, the additional challenges posed to search engine optimisation lie elsewhere.
Good SEO companies have always adapted their practices and rolled with the Google punches, but effective SEM is going to require businesses to re-evaluate their online strategy.
So what is changing? How you use the internet, what search terms you typically use and what websites you visit are all adding up to a wealth of non-web metric data that will contribute to what you see in your search results. Therefore, Google's ambition to improve relevance in their results has led to "customised search" right down to the individual's historic web activity.
This doesn't spell the end for search engine optimisation. Far from it; it actually puts an even greater emphasis on tying together SEO with social media marketing, pay per click advertising and other SEM techniques. OK, there's nothing new with this, but for a while many companies have been able to focus purely on SEO for their search engine strategy.
So how can businesses respond? Setting up geo-targeted PPC campaigns could be a good starting point. If historic visits will really contribute to organic search engine positions, then PPC may help you to give your SEO activity a boost.
Visitor loyalty and user experience will also become a factor. Every SEO expert will need to review the Analytics of their site to make ongoing changes to improve the user experience and lower bounce rates as much as possible. Usability testing before website development will be crucial and web designs need to engage visitors at every level.
Search engine optimisation is definitely changing, but realistically, strategies need to be about refinement as much as realignment.
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One of the fun storylines we get the pleasure of watching unfold over the next couple of years is who designs the 2016 Olympic golf course in Brazil. The good bet may be on Greg Norman, or at least that's where he wants you to put your money.
Recent shoulder surgery is keeping the former world number one out of action but that has not stopped him travelling to the United Arab Emirates this week, with the inaugural Dubai World Championship being played on Norman's Earth course - making it 14 of his lay-outs that have now staged tournaments. Another, he hopes, will be the Olympics in Brazil in 2016, when golf makes its first appearance on the medal programme since 1904.I'm going to make a terrible movie quote reference, but midway through the hit* Lake Placid, one of the characters says, "Personally, I'm rooting for the Alligator." It'd take me three more paragraphs to set that up for those of you who don't get it, but it just feels right for this scenario.
They should give it to an aspiring... wait for it... BRAZILIAN! If their are no aspiring Brazilian, how about an Argentine? You can't tell me there isn't someone inspired by the play of Ángel Cabrera and Roberto De Vicenzo before him that would love the opportunity to build a prestigious course on South American soil. Heck- let them be "mentored" by a Nicklaus or Norman to oversee the project, but isn't the Olympic spirit about all nations, all creeds? Isn't the whole point of golf as an Olympic sport to expand it's global appeal?
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An H-Infinity norm minimization approach for adaptive control
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This dissertation seeks to merge the ideas from robust control theory such as H-Infinity control design and the Small Gain Theorem, L stability theory and Lyapunov stability from nonlinear control, and recent theoretical achievements in adaptive control. The fusion of frequency domain and linear time domain ideas allows the derivation of an H-Infinity Norm Minimization Approach (H-Infinity-NMA) for adaptive control architecture that permits a control designer to simplify the adaptive tuning process and tune the uncertainty compensation characteristics via linear control design techniques, band limit the adaptive control signal, efficiently handle redundant actuators, and handle unmatched uncertainty and matched uncertainty in a single design framework. The two stage design framework is similar to that used in robust control, but without sacrificing performance. The first stage of the design considers an ideal system with the system uncertainty completely known. For this system, a control law is designed using linear H-Infinity theory. Then in the second stage, an adaptive process is implemented that emulates the behavior of the ideal system. If the linear H-Infinity design is applied to control the emulated system, it then guarantees closed loop system stability of the actual system. All of this is accomplished while providing notions of transient performance bounds between the ideal system and the true system. Extensions to the theory include architectures for a class of output feedback systems, limiting the authority of an adaptive control system, and a method for improving the performance of an adaptive system with slow dynamics without any modification terms. Applications focus on using aerodynamic flow control for aircraft flight control and the Crew Launch Vehicle.


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ABCs, Crayons, and Homosexuality? How Jerry Brown's Disregard for Religious Liberty Might Affect Your Kindergarteners
On January 1st, California public schools will be required to teach children about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in their social sciences curriculum. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill on Thursday, in a move that guarantees that the religious liberty of California residents who send their kids to public schools will be violated. But, the effects will be felt throughout the entire country's public school systems.
I'm the product of public schools, where I learned about dangling participles, Davy Crockett, and the safest way to carry a shot gun through a forest on hunting expeditions. (No exaggeration – in 7th grade, one semester of science was exclusively hunter's safety.) Our modest, rural schools weren't flashy, but we were educated well enough that my husband – who attended Kentucky public schools — thrived at Harvard Law School and I held my own at New York University.
When we had our own kids, we sent our daughter to public school and congratulated ourselves for not spending as much money for kindergarten as the annual Gross National Product of Kazakhstan. I told one parent "I'll teach your toddler to identify yellow in exchange for your $14,000 tuition." Even more than avoiding private school's price, I believed the racial, financial, and religious diversity of public school was good for her general education.
On our first day, I nervously walked her into the concrete playground and worried she wouldn't eat her lunch quickly enough or grasp the complicated art of shoe-tying. But after surviving the first tearful week, her year was marked with the typical joys of school — visiting the fire station and playing the first blonde mother of Martin Luther King Jr. in the school play. Then, about half-way through the year, the Philadelphia Public School system began using a curriculum that advocates moral equivalence between heterosexual and homosexual parents. This gave me pause. While I wanted her to be around people of all faiths, I didn't want the schools to undermine our own. A religious Jew with a daughter at the school successfully convinced our school not to teach this curriculum, but the public school "culture war" was just beginning.
When we sent her to a magnet school, they only allowed a politically correct version of the Pledge of Allegiance from the intercom every day, deleting "under God" so no one – except Americans who believe in the democratically-decided Pledge – would be offended. Teachers wore "John Kerry for President" buttons during class and the art projects on the walls declared "Americans hate George Bush because he is a liar." Additionally, the school system proudly proclaimed October as "Gay and Lesbian History Month" on the school calendars it sent home to the families of its students.
Gov. Brown's bill is only the most recent – and dramatic – example of public schools going awry. But just because you live in America's heartland, don't think you are protected from this kind of teaching in your schools. First of all, the nation's worst cultural ideas usually are born in the larger urban areas, and then they slowly encroach upon America's heartland. Secondly, many book publishers – because of the large size of California's population — customize their textbooks to meet California's standards. Especially in this economy, textbook manufacturers will not want to make books for each state. More than likely, this is headed toward your children.
What can we learn from Gov. Brown and the Bizarro World of the public school system? That they are not encumbered by a pesky little thing called the United States Constitution. For Christians, the establishment clause has been wrongly used to establish a "wall of separation between church and state." Teachers, for example, cannot (and should not) explicitly promote Christianity in public schools. But for liberals, the establishment clause is meaningless. Their ideas are considered "secular," even though the scope of modern liberalism encompasses almost every area of life – from sexuality to family to poverty and race relations. Therefore, they're able to launch a complete assault on almost everything a Christian student believes, and there's nothing a parent or the courts can do to stop them.
The bottom line is this: both the Left and the Right hold political world views with the same amount of religious intensity, yet only one side is allowed to use a branch of the government to promote their viewpoint.
By the time California's Governor signed this into law this week, we had already packed our backpacks and headed to a private Christian school in Tennessee. I like to say that this is the second religious school she's attended. The first – run by the Philadelphia Public School System – taught her reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and the ideology of the Left. The second – run by Zion Presbyterian Church – teaches her reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and the worldview of Christianity.
This means we're faced with large monthly tuition bills to cover her private education, but the price of public education was just more than we could afford.
As We Celebrate Our Liberty, An Iranian Pastor Faces Death
On this holiday weekend an Iranian pastor's life hangs in the balance. On June 28, the Iranian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. His crimes? Apostasy and evangelism. Pastor Nadarkhani had publicly opposed an Iranian practice requiring that all children, regardless of faith, receive Islamic instruction. In spite of alleged religious-freedom guarantees under the Iranian constitution, he now faces death — a sentence that could literally be carried out at any time.
Time is of the essence, and at the ACLJ we're doing all we can. Yesterday we sent letters to the State Department and to the Iranian Mission of the United Nations. These letters outline Iran's obligations not only under its own constitution but also under international agreements it has voluntarily agreed to uphold. While the nature and character of the Iranian regime is well-known, as the saying goes, where there is life; there is hope.
And as of today, Pastor Nadarkhani is alive.
Gay Marriage and the Triumph of Self Indulgence
n a way, it was far more discouraging to see the New York legislature pass a gay-marriage bill than it was to see the now-familiar rogue judicial declarations, like those in Massachusetts, California, and Iowa. While constitutionally preferable to judicial imposition, New York's statute is far more culturally distressing, a symbol not of a judicial overreach but of a more fundamental cultural change. The democratic process (yes, I know there was horse-trading and money involved) worked, and the elected legislature of New York performed its constitutional function. And in so doing, they struck yet another blow for self-indulgence and for adult-focused self-actualization.
Gay marriage is the child of no-fault divorce, which was itself born of the sexual revolution. In a time when the hard-earned experience of two full generations of sexual experimentation have taught us unequivocally that the two-parent, mother-father household is our nation's best bulwark against abuse, poverty, addiction, and criminality, we should be moving away from the notion that our culture and our lives are best-served by legally protecting sexual experimentation and tinkering with the institution of marriage. Instead, we have scrutinized the cultural toll and said, "More, please." After all, the heart wants what it wants, and we shouldn't be unfair in doling out the sexual goodies.
Gay marriage proponents speak the language of liberty, but so often one form of liberty (sexual liberty) is granted while other forms (free speech, religious freedom) are taken away. In the liberal definition of "diversity" there is room for many sexual practices but only one way of thinking. Thus, we now live in a world where the state attempts to force Catholic charities to place children in same-sex families, college students are punished for speaking against same-sex parenting, graduate students are thrown out of college for refusing to morally affirm homosexual sex, tax exemptions are denied when churches don't make their property available for gay weddings, and social work licenses threatened merely because a school counselor supported a state marriage amendment. In each of these cases, enumerated constitutional liberties were threatened for the sake of protecting a state-approved idea — the idea that there should be no moral distinctions drawn between homosexual and heterosexual relationships.
When it comes to marriage, we know the institution that predates the state itself — the two-parent, mother-father household — is an enduring bulwark and building block of civilization of itself. We also know that experimentation with and deviation from that form has caused an enormous amount of national suffering. And yet millions of Americans celebrated New York's latest marriage experiment. I fear that we'll continue to reap the cultural whirlwind of our own selfishness.
(Originally posted in The Corner).
If You're an Evangelical and Don't Like Mormons . . .
Then it turns out you've got a lot in common with the secular Left. At Commentary, Jonathan Tobin breaks down a recent Gallup Poll showing that 22 percent of Americans won't vote for a Mormon:
Still, in an era when religious pluralism is an unquestioned element of American culture, it is somewhat baffling that Mormons remain the object of hate. Some may put it down to the rigid beliefs of conservative evangelicals who think Mormons are not Christians, but considering the rude treatment the Mormons have gotten on both Broadway and HBO, it must be considered that some sophisticated liberals may be among the prejudiced 22 percent Gallup has discovered. Indeed, the survey says 27 percent of Democrats said they would not vote for a Mormon as opposed to only 18 percent of Republicans and 19 percent of Independents. All of which goes to show when it comes to religious bias, so-called liberals may turn out to be less tolerant than conservatives.
This is unquestionably true. Secular leftists are often quite religious in their zeal to attack traditional values, and I'd say that they have Mormons in their crosshairs in large part because they're quite effective in defending our culture. After all, there's only 6 million Mormons in America, yet the media Left — from HBO to PBS to Broadway — has spent much of the last two election cycles flailing away at the LDS church.
The secular Left hates Mormons because they see the LDS church as a part of the same Judeo-Christian tradition we belong to; the same Judeo-Christian tradition they so despise. And you know what? The Left is right, evangelicals who shun Mormons are wrong, and we're all in this together.


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