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Handwashing and Ebola: the facts
Ebola virus disease is a severe acute viral disease that can spread from animal to human or from human to human, both through direct contact with an infected person or animal's bodily fluids, or through contact with materials that have been contaminated with these infected bodily fluids. As many as nine out of every ten people who are infected with Ebola virus can die from the disease; in the current outbreak, the average fatality rate is around 50%. For more information about Ebola virus disease, please refer to the World Health Organization factsheet and FAQs and to the WHO/UNICEF questions and answers regarding water, sanitation and hygiene.
For any infection that is transmitted through human to human contact involving bodily fluids, handwashing with soap after any contact (or potential contact) with body fluids is one method to help protect yourself and others from infection. Ebola response teams are working to reach affected and at-risk communities and households with key messages on how to properly wash their hands. As such, behavior change communication is particularly important. The Ebola Communication Network is one resource that provides tools for those working on Ebola behavior change communication efforts; this article is particularly useful.
"Handwashing protection works by washing the infection-causing germs off your hands before they get a chance to infect you, and before you accidentally touch things that could help spread these infection-causing germs to other people," says Dr Layla McCay, Secretariat Director of the Global Public Private Partnership for Handwashing. "Wet your hands with water, lather with soap for 20 seconds, rinse with running water, and shake your hands dry. Remember: infection-causing germs are too small to see with the naked eye, so you should wash your hands after any possible exposure."
Handwashing with soap is an important method for protecting yourself and your community from the spread of Ebola virus. Since there has not yet been enough research on Ebola and handwashing, the following handwashing advice is based on the best available evidence and expertise available at present, and may change as more research is conducted and more evidence becomes available.
Please check back regularly for up-to-date, detailed handwashing recommendations to help stop Ebola.
Along with several other protective measures, including avoiding contact with the bodily fluids of anybody who may be infected by Ebola virus, handwashing has a role in preventing the spread of Ebola.
Ebola virus is present in all body fluids of an infected person, and once they become symptomatic, is transmitted by direct contact with these body fluids, including blood, sweat, vomit, diarrhea, urine, saliva, tears, semen and breast milk. Direct contact may involve directly touching infected body fluids, or touching items and surfaces (aka 'fomites') like doorknobs that have been recently contaminated with these infected fluids.
Once it is on your hands, Ebola virus can enter your body through breaks in the skin of your hands, or when you touch your eyes, nose or mouth (mucous membranes). Similarly, if you are wearing gloves that have Ebola virus on them, Ebola virus can enter your body if you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your gloved hands. Finally, when you remove gloves that may have Ebola virus on them, you must wash your hands immediately in case any Ebola virus on your gloves or other protective clothing is transferred to your bare hands during removal.
GENERAL PUBLIC/LOW RISK GROUP: If you have had no known contact with any confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola infection, wash your hands:
WHO guidelines for the general population are here.
CONTACTS/HIGH RISK GROUP: If you have had contact or live with a confirmed or suspected case of Ebola infection:
The above precautions, PLUS wash your hands:
The World Health Organization recommends washing your hands with soap and running water immediately after visiting or taking care of people who are (or may be) infected with the Ebola virus.
HEALTHCARE GROUP: If you work in health services in an at-risk area:
The above precautions, PLUS wash your hands:
Health workers are advised to practice good hand hygiene while treating all their patients, because the time interval from infection to onset of symptoms is from 2 to 21 days – so a diagnosis of Ebola is not always immediately apparent.
WHO advises:
It is important to note that neglecting to perform hand hygiene after removing PPE will reduce or negate any benefits of the PPE.
Alcohol-based hand rubs should be made available at every point of care (at the entrance and within the isolation rooms and areas); running water, soap, and single use towels should also be always available. Soap and running water should always be used when hands are visibly soiled.
Further information for healthcare staff is from WHO is available here.
How long does Ebola virus survive outside the body, i.e. items and surfaces soiled by the body fluids of someone infected by Ebola virus?
The CDC says the virus can survive on dry surfaces for several hours, and much longer in fluids.
How long does Ebola virus persist in a person's bodily fluids? When can I move to the low risk group for handwashing?
While it can take up to two weeks from diagnosis for a person's blood to be cleared of Ebola virus, it may persist for longer in other body fluids, for example there is evidence that it can persist in breast milk for up to 15 days, and in semen for up to 7 weeks. You should therefore continue washing your hands after contact with the body fluids, clothing, bed clothes and other fomites of a person convalescing from Ebola virus infection for at least two months after diagnosis to avoid the risk of becoming infected.
What should I use to wash my hands?
We know that Ebola virus can be killed by: soap, chlorine, alcohol-based hand rub (CDC recommends at least 60% alcohol), very high heat, and exposure to many hours of sunlight.
The preferred way to remove Ebola virus from your hands is with soap and running water. Soap and running water should always be used when hands are visibly dirty/soiled. If hands are not visibly dirty/soiled, you may alternatively use alcohol-based hand rub (at least 60% alcohol).
Some organizations advocate the use of 0.05% chlorine solution in place of, or in addition to, running water as an added precaution. This is acceptable, if water is not available, but note:
You should wash your hands with soap in the usual way:
The whole handwashing process should take 40-60 seconds.
If you are using alcohol-based hand rub, you should apply a palmful of alcohol-based hand rub and use a similar technique as above to cover all parts of your hands, rubbing for 20-30 seconds, and then air dry.
Here are the World Health Organization's instructions for both types of hand hygiene.
What should I do with the water I used to wash my hands?
There is a theoretical risk that after using water to wash Ebola virus from your hands, the virus may persist in that water for some time. While there is no definitive or quantitative evidence of this risk, as a precaution, if you are washing your hands after contact with a confirmed or suspected person infected with the Ebola virus, you should dispose of this waste water in a way that does not expose yourself or others to potential infection, for example if your handwashing facility does not have effective water drainage, consider adding extra chlorine to the waste water, or disposing of it in a pit.
How should I dry my hands after washing them?
If you have washed your hands properly with soap, you should either air dry your hands, or dry them with a clean towel or paper as usual. Do not dry your hands on your clothes or on a dirty towel, as this risks re-contamination with a wide range of germs.


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Botanicula, the latest adventure game from Machinarium creators Amanita Design, is a game that's simultaneously charming and frustrating. It creates a beautiful and at times whimsical world in which players control a group of various insects who are trying to restore their world that's being destroyed by dark spiders. I think. The game is entirely dialogue-free, so players just have to tell what's going on through actions. Players must interact with the world in myriad ways to find the necessary objects and complete the objectives that will advance the story.
Now, this one is definitely a game for people who can handle some abstraction in their adventures. This isn't due so much to the style of the game, which, being an adventure about insects in a magical world, perhaps qualifies as abstractly-themed, but due to the way puzzles are solved. The interactions can be hard to decipher, since so many things are only slightly interactive: they may move upon touch, but not actually do anything. Figuring out what's interactive and important and what is not is often an issue, and there was always one portion in each chapter that would fluster me in some way. Thankfully, because the game released on PC before, there are copious guides, but it feels like the solutions could be more ingenious in the game itself. As well, level maps become accessible early on, and the levels aren't overly difficult to navigate, so it's likely that through dumb luck or just frantic tapping, any solutions will be found.
Botanicula does a great job at portraying its protagonists' emotions and creating a world that is at times goofy and other timess scary, all without uttering a word. It's a testament to the writing and art teams. However, the game's letterboxing on iPad causes it to suffer a bit: while I suppose it keeps the game world completely free of UI elements, it also takes away when the world ends at black bars, and not at the physical edges of the screen. It takes away from some of the beauty of the game.
Botanicula is worth playing for the beauty more than for the adventure, I suppose. It's a fantastic world come to life, and while it's frustrating to navigate at times, the experience of the beauty is the better reason to play it.
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Minor spoilers for the recent thriller films The International and State of Play.
Has anyone who went to the movies to see one or two of the films mentioned above noticed the amusing irony of rogue gun violence by bad guys who disregard gun control laws to terrorize the good guys in specific cities where the films are set?
In The International, there is a sequence of elaborate and deadly gun battle that takes place at Guggenheim museum in NYC. Also, there has been blatant display of guns and shootings towards the ending that takes place in Italy, where I suppose control law on pistols remains strict that emanated from Fascist period.
In State of Play, where Washington D.C. is the setting, the good guy finds out the identity of the bad guy and runs away to the underground parking lot garage. BG carries a pistol and searches for the good guy to eliminate. Good guy had to hide behind the cars while BG prowls the garage. BG also carried an assault and/or sniper rifle to assassinate a surviving witness.
NYC and Washington D.C. are notorious for strict gun control laws that disarms honest citizens (especially carry), yet the films, being fictional political thriller, revel in gun violence where the good guys and innocent bystanders might risk being injured or killed by BG's running around shooting with wild abandon.
What is the impression do we derive from the aforementioned films? Despite the films' centering on BG-Good Guy pursuit to rack up tension for entertainment, we receive the impression, intentional or not by the producers, gun control to ostensibly prevent further gun crimes is a joke in the real world because criminals do not obey the law anyway.
If the good guy character in State of Play had relaxed his attitude and gotten a license to carry in an alternative scenario with Washington D.C. being "may or shall issue," he would not have cowered behind the cars and instead proceed to take precaution and shoot to injure or kill the bad guy in a pursuit for self-defense because he was "in fear for his life."


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Heart throb and Queer Landia favorite Matt Bomer made the case for St. Super Nice Guy last week when he, and other L.A. stars, helped feed the homeless meals for Thanksgiving. It's a rare treat to see people be pretty on the inside too.
Neil Patrick Harris also made an appearance, along with Blair Underwood and Zachary Levi. Photos are from Just Jared.
I'd love to see Matt in an apron, and by that I mean JUST the apron, nothing else. He could cook me breakfast the next morning…anytime.
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SEO Checklist for New Websites – Great Video from Rand Fiskin @ SEOMOZ
January 22nd, 2012 by Peter Cullen- Accessibility
- Keyword Targeting
- Content Quality + Value
- Design Quality, User Experience (UX) + Usability
- Social
- Link Building
- Too many sites on the same server – problem for SEO – how many sites is too many?
- Including the same java script on the same site – is this an issue?
- Launching a new site in a new country – what's best practice for large websites?
- Google Images and indexing technology – anything new?
One of the most mis-understood and important tasks when it comes to marketing your business online through 'organic' channels is keyword selection.
Businesses tend to have a very one dimensional view of what keywords they should be targeting and tend to think in terms of what they already know. The most obvious sign of this is businesses using their own language when it comes to promoting their services and products.
Another limitation in thinking, is the medium they are using to market through, i.e. traditional search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing.
Let's take an example of an IT company targeting the UK market. How would this company start thinking about the keywords they need to target?
The introduction of Google Instant has probably changed where I would recommend starting to look for keywords to target. Google Instant is effectively the latest keyword suggestion tool. When a searcher is using Google with Instant turned on, they see the results as they type. Although now backed up yet with hard data, I believe the knock on impact on this functionality is that searcher will be much more likely to use the 'Scroll To Search' and auto suggestion feature, much more that they have up to now.
If you start with the basic keyword 'IT Companies', type this into Google (with Instant turned on). You'll see that you are given several options in the 'Scroll To Search' drop down list, see the image below:
You can see that there are some examples listed by Google. Just by typing in 'IT Companies' you can see that Google is giving users some keyword suggestions, all related to geographic locations.
So, first point to note, see what Google returns with the 'Scroll To Search' auto-suggestion. As these keywords are related to locations, Google Local search is going to be very important for IT companies.
If you click on one of the sugegstions above you'll get Google Local results on the SERP, as below;
The next technique you can try out for using Google Instant as a keyword tool is to go through the alphabet to give you some keyword suggestions. The example below shows you how to use Google Instant to go through the alphabet to get new keywords to target.
So, that's how you use the Google SERP as a keyword tool.
Have you used Google Instant as a keyword suggestion tool? What results have you being getting?
Google has just launched their latest UI update, called Google Instant. What are the implications of this latest roll out for both those involved in providing search related services (SEO, PPC, Social Media) and for businesses dependent on Google for life giving traffic?
First of all, what is Google Instant? As Johanna Wright, Director of Product Management appropriately says, 'this is not a screen shot story' so the video below gives some examples of what it is.
In summary there are three components to the new functionality;
Instant Results give you, er well, instant results – literally as you type! Amazing stuff. The second component is that as you type Google is trying to figure out your intent and tries to complete the search for you while you are typing – again truly awesome! The third component is 'Scroll to Search' where Google gives you keyword phrase options that are similar to what you are typing. You really need to check out the video to see this in action. As Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google says, 'this is search at the speed of thought'.
If you want to turn instant results off, at the far right hand side of the search box you can turn Instant 'off'.
So, if you 've checked this out yourself or have viewed the video above you'll have seen just how cool this functionality is. With change though comes disruption and this, I believe, is going to have a dramatic impact on businesses that live off Google traffic and also for the search professionals who work on behalf of their clients and employers, and maybe even on Google itself!.
From the video above you can see that page two of the search results is now effectively redundant, not only that, but results below the fold are also now seriously in jeopardy, as users can just keep retyping in the search box to get the results they need. From what I've seen, page one is about to end just above the fold and for different screen resolutions and monitors and browsers that is probably going to mean page one ends from about position five or six.
What about keywords and the keywords business target and SEO professionals optimise for? As the new Google Instant functionality continually gives the searcher feedback in terms of either predicting the search query and/or giving the Scroll to Search suggestions, users are more likely to use this functionality to search on longer tail keywords.
This means that the SEO strategy for websites needs to start looking at targeting more and more long tail keywords. I believe that as users get more and more used to this new functionality, more and more searches will ultimately be completed using longer and longer keywords phrases.
As for PPC, the bidding on keywords is natually going to be heavily impacted if searchers are no longer just searching on 'mortgages', but are now getting suggestions for 'mortgage calculators' and 'mortgage rates'. You see my point, the more generic the keyword, the less value it has for the searcher and the better Google gets at predicting the searchers intent, the less likely a one word or even two keyword phrase will ever be actually searched on again.
For an impression to be counted in terms of PPC, as ad must be showing for at least 3 seconds on the SERP. But search at the speed of thought is going to make this 3 seconds seem like an awful long time. So if less impressions are the direct result less searching, then surely this is going to lead to less clicks and less clicks leads to less revenue for Google.
One of the stated goals of this new functionality is to make search faster – there can be no question that it achieves that goal and hats off to the tech guys at Google for conquering this tough engineering task.
However, if you make search faster and make it more intuitive, then the logical extension of that is that searchers find what they are looking for faster and hence need to search less. Less searches means less impressions, less clicks, less revenue. I think whereas before smaller companies were not bothering competing for the small, generic, costly keywords, they will now face increased competition from larger brands looking to capture the market share of clicks for the long tail keyword searches. This is going to drive up the cost of clicks for longer tail keywords and drive down the cost of smaller more generic keywords.
It'll be fascinating to see how this plays out and what impacts it'll have on searcher behavior and Google revenues!
What about you? Have you seen the new Google Instant?
How do you think it will impact on the SEO community and businesses?
Do you think Google may have been more focused on the technology and user experience than on the business of search?
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What's the difference between Link Building and Link Marketing and why could an understanding of the difference make a big difference to your bottom line?
There is a very good overview of what link marketing might look like from Eric Ward over at Search Engine Land.
What do you think about when it comes to link building? Asking other websites to link to your site, posting comments on blogs and forums? Basically trying to artificially boost the authority of your website. OK, so the comments and the forums posts may be legit, but these techniques have a very high appeal to spam artists and it's contributing to more and more bloggers setting the no-follow attribute.
Google wants you to attract links to your website naturally, by providing something useful that other web sites owners feel compelled to link to , e.g. your content, a cool app, snappy video, inspiring/funny images…etc.
Businesses should continue to focus on this type of link building. It's important to develop reasons why other websites should link to yours. There's a great post from Rae Hoffman, asking 11 top link building experts about their insights into link building.
So what about link marketing? What is it and is it a easier way to enhance your bottom line that traditional link building?
Link Marketing is about getting visibility for your business in ways that are more akin to guerrilla marketing than link building.
An obvious example (now) from the Eric Ward article above is to cross market your business with another similar business. Let's use a different, the site http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk offers people the opportunity to find accommodation from property owners directly. What happens when you inquire about a property? You get the confirmation email. What if this email contained a link, with an endorsement, to car hire firm?
At the moment the Owners Direct site already links to some card hire sites, but they don't actively endorse them? Why not, surely this is a great link marketing opportunity for both sides. A car hire firm, say Budget car hire gives you a link to the Owners Direct sites when you book a car and visa versa – a match made in heaven?
I've seen some comments along the lines of…this type of link marketing is difficult in the real world as companies are always wary of losing customers or harming their reputation – crap! This type of creativity in marketing is and should be regarded as more business development that marketing. Think about your own company – what companies do you know who are complimentary to what you do? Would a link in their thank you emails and newsletters bring benefit to both companies?
The bottom line with link marketing is that you want your website URL to appear in places where people find it both useful and natural to want to contact you.
What about another example – You go to the supermarket and buy some food, you pay at the checkout and get your receipt. Have you ever looked at the back of those receipts? Why is it only supermarkets that do that? Any business with a POS has the capacity to strike up agreements to promote complimentary businesses on the back of their receipts. You have to get creative with this stuff.
Ok, so where do your customers hang out? What's your target demographic? Maybe it's moms with young children. Maybe you're selling back to school books. What's a creative way to get in front of this target audience? By leveraging the power of being linked with another business, one that is complimentary to yours?
What if you developed a link marketing strategy with a company that sells schools uniforms? Every time a mom buys x amount of schools books from you, maybe there is a discount printed on your receipt or their thank you email - the discount is for buying X amount of uniforms from your partner compay and visa versa.
Link marketing does not replace link building, but complements it. I think link marketing and guerrilla marketing are very similar and are only limited by your imagination.
What about your experiences?
What unusual tactics have you used to gain links to your business?
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With the likes of Twitter and Facebook having the 'no follow' attribute set on their website, and more and more bloggers setting the attribute to avoid getting spam comments, how are you to get those all important follow backlinks to your website?
This was the question posed to Matt Cutts over on the Google Webmaster Central Channel recently. Matt goes how to describe how to get follow link to your website naturally - as usual there is no great surprise in the answer – have a listen below…
Surprised at the answer?
How do you go about getting follow back links to your website?
When a searcher types in 'bicycle rack' are they looking for the type that goes on your car, or are they looking for the one that you can lock your bike to when out and about? What do people mean when they say, 'I'm looking for a bike rack?'
We were recently asked, 'Is there any tool available that will tell me what a searcher means when they type in an ambiguous search phrase?'
As far as I'm aware there are no such tools available. How can you know the intent of a searcher? The question was asked in the context, what keyword should we optimize our site for? Is it possible to get a good ranking for both types of keywords, i.e. 'bike rack' and 'bicycle rack' and should we be optimizing for 'cycle rack' also?
First things first, if any one knows of a tool that gives you an of understanding of user intent against certain keywords I'd love to hear from you.
In a situation like this, if you break down the navigation of your website to include all the different variations of a similar keyword and have similar content for each of these variations are you likely to get hit with a duplicate content?
In this case we suggested that they pick one of the keywords as their main target keywords and then have sub categories that target the additional keywords, something like:
bike rack
|__ bicycle rack
|__ cycle rack
The key to getting good rankings for all these variations is of course to start building really good, on topic, back links into the individual pages. I would suggest to try to steer clear of your normal link building campaign and develop a more creative link marketing campaign. Add in some video, audio, images to attract links to the different pages.
Targeting similar and ambiguous keywords can be tricky. A good way to see some insight might be to have a look at how the search engines handle such a query – what pages do they return.
Enter 'bike racks' into Google and you get results that are very much focused on bike racks for cars, but you'll also notice that some of the pages returned are targeting both car racks for bikes and bike racks that go in the ground. These pages can be very valuable in terms of spying on your competitors to see where they are getting their back links from and how they have optimized their content.
You can also use this competitor analysis to see what keywords are being used. For example, on one of the sites returned for 'bike racks' the words 'commercial' is used quite a lot to really differentiate and clarify the meaning of the page, i.e. 'commercial bike rack', or 'commercial racks'. Some of your potential customers may be using these additional keywords to clarify their intent when searching.
So, what about you? Have you had issues targeting ambiguous keyword phrases? How did you solve the problem?
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It's very easy to get caught up with getting a website launched and agreeing on the content, any content, just to get the site launched. After a site is launched many companies get caught up withe bottom line numbers, i.e. how much revenue are we making from the website in the case of an E-commerce site, or for a service driven site, the typical stats are how much traffic did we get this month or what what our rankings this month.
Getting too focused on these metrics will probably result in long term disappointment. I've listed 20 questions below that any marketing manager should feel at ease in answering, and that will provide a whole new level of understanding about a company's online strategy and performance.
This greater questioning and understanding of your online marketing strategy will lead to making ongoing changes and improvements that positively impact on the ROI for any business engaging online.
1. Where are our customers coming from? What is our customer acquisition strategy?
2. What is the conversation rate on our website?
3. What are the goals for our website?
4. Are we actively tracking our goals with our analytics package?
5. What keywords are driving the highest revenue/goals?
6. What is our content strategy?
7. How do we plan to build the authority of our website, linking building or link marketing?
8. Where do we get our traffic from? Are we getting traffic from sources that is of low value?
9. How much do we pay for our traffic? Should we be paying more/less?
10. Do we have a social media strategy? What is it? Does it reflect our company brand?
11. Do we have an email marketing strategy? Do we measure the success of it? How? What software do we use?
12. What is our web channel development strategy? How do we build partners/reseller online?
13. What is our online advertising strategy?
14. Who is responsible for the website? IT, Marketing, Sales?
15. Do we have a data back-up strategy? What happen if our website goes down? Who do we contact?
16. How does our website perform? Do we have bandwidth issues with our hosting company or with the plan we are on?
17. Who registered our company's domain name? Who is getting notification that it's about to expire?
18. Are we targeting the right keywords on our website? How do we know? What keyword software was used?
19. Who are our keyword competitors online? Are they different to our high street competitors?
20. Are we doing any A/B or multivariate testing to improve our conversion rate? If not why not? Is this type of testing it suitable for our business?
Only 20 questions, there are of course a lot more.
What about your online marketing strategy?
What questions would you add?
What questions would you expect your marketing manager to know the answer to?
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The rise in conversations about Search and how Search is evolving are growing. The debate focuses on whether Google will be superseded by Facebook and will Social Search take over from traditional search?
The core argument for me is, are searchers more likely to trust a faceless search engine or is your average searcher more likely to trust their social graph, i.e. family, friends and colleagues?
Some empirical insight into this question comes from the recently published Digital Influence Index June 2010. The report found that…
Internet users tend to look at many sources when seeking information, not relying on one source, apparently believing the truth is something average to the information found on those outlets
The report goes onto say…
While most Internet users look to individuals and their experiences in online conversations and Internet postings, they do not trust everything they read. In fact, they tend to reply more on information from government or company sources than on what is posted by other users
What can be taken from this insight? I guess the first question to ask is where do people find our about new things today? Do they search for new products/services by asking their social graph or do they do the digging themselves?
As the quote above indicates people use several different sources. This question of 'sources' and the impact a source has on an individuals decision was further investigated in the Digital Influence Index report. The graph below shows how sources of information have an influence on consumers making decision.
In 7 out of 9 categories, a search engine was the most trusted source of information.
Look at the numbers for Social Networking Sites in the chart.
So we know that Facebook has just topped the half a billion mark in users, but as the meteoric rise of social media continues unabated, the question that should be asked is,
…As Social Media companies grow and become more of an influence in our everyday lives, is there a similar rise in trust people have in the users on these systems, or are more and more people piling in to be part of the phenomenon without really understand what they are becoming part of?…
Let's take a step back.
What always surprised me about Google and it's rise to search dominance, was the fact the most people (i.e. those outside the online marketing industry) always put a lot of trust and confident in the faceless search engine results page.
Ordinary people trusted the results that were delivered to them as an independent measure of value.
When Google talks about it's algorithm it uses words like trust, authority, reputation, page rank, high quality. Matt Cutts and his team are constantly looking to evolve the Google algorithm in terms of putting more and more emphasis on quality, the independent quality of their organic search results is what makes Google Google. Check out the short 3 minute video below showing Matt talking about this topic.
Now, back to Social Search. There can be no question as to the rise in popularity and reach of social media, what is in question is what information sources do people trust?
Do users on Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn trust their social graph? This question for me is more about the fundamental nature of people and less about the functionality of any particular social media site.
Ask yourself the question, and be honest, do you trust people you are connected to online? If you're like me, you probably don't really know most of the people you are connected with, sure you may know them in a casual business sense, but would you trust them? Would you trust them to give you a truly independent view of a new product or service you are checking out? Maybe?
According to the data returned by Digital Influence Index, if you're from the US, there is a 15% chance that you trust information that is provided by other internet users. Compare that to a 27% chance that you trust information that is provided by companies and a 26% chance that you trust information that is provided by the government.
Think about a recent business event you were at, a face to face event. Think about the people you met, had a conversation with, exchanged business cards. You later connected with that person on LinkedIn and are now following them on Twitter. You've exchanged a few tweets and posted a couple of comments ( that were replied to) on their blog. Happy days, you have a new member of your social graph.
Question: Do you trust that person?
Do you trust them to give you an independent analysis of something you're working on? Assuming you're not paying them of course, would you trust them?
This, in essence, is the key question that needs to be answered when people debate how social search is going to take over from traditional search. Do you want your social graph to dictate what you see, or are you looking for a truly independent view of the world, a view that is not influenced by the unavoidable bias (positive or negative) of human nature?
What are your feelings about this? Do you trust your social graph? Do you trust search engines?
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Sunday's season finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska is said to be the show's last episode, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The former Alaska governor's TLC reality series — which premiered Nov. 14 — averaged 3.2 million viewers per week, with its first episode delivering the network's best-ever launch ratings.
Coming under fire for her wildlife exploits, including caribou hunting and fishing too close to bears, Palin's Alaska also showcased the politician's children and husband, Todd.
The Palin family also hosted Kate Gosselin and her brood of eight for an ill-fated camping trip shown on the series.
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Comics A.M. | Axel Alonso on Marvel's female superheroes
Publishing | Admitting that "I don't think men are as sexualized as women" in Marvel comics, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso says the publisher is moving toward including more types of female characters: "We believe there's an audience of women out there who are hungry for this and we want to make sure they get it. This is affirmative action. This is capitalism." Later he states, "I challenge you to find in Ms. Marvel anything that resembles the Playboy model standard. But I don't want to be Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes. We're creating stories. I don't want to say there's no room for stuff that's not just fun. Then you're censoring yourself. I want to make sure I have books like Ms. Marvel and Black Widow that I'm proud about and could give to my daughter. But at the same time I don't want to be the PC police and say you can't be naughty; you can't be fun." [The Telegraph]
Comics A.M. | 'Attack on Titan' Vol. 13 sells 1.4M copies in first week
Manga | The 13th volume of Hajime Isayama's hit dystopian fantasy Attack on Titan sold 1.4 million copies in Japan during its first week of release: 1.13 million copies of the regular edition, and 270,000 of a special edition that includes the original video animation. Kodansha ordered a 2.75 million-copy initial print run, a record not only for the series but for the publisher as well. The 66th volume of One Piece holds the record in Japan for highest sales in the first week with nearly 2.3 million copies. [Crunchyroll]
Publishing | Darren Davis of Bluewater Productions, talks about the evolution of his company and the origin story of its Female Force bio-comics line: "[W]e saw a comic book done of Barack Obama and John McCain during the 2008 elections, and my partner joked and said, 'Why don't we do Hillary?' And I thought, oh my God, that's a brilliant idea.So I thought, let's do this, but let's do it differently. Let's not do it like everyone else, with a boring biography. We did it with a female empowerment angle. We released Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin at the same time, and whether you like Sarah Palin or hate Hillary Clinton, you have to respect both of them for where they came from and who they are." [The Beaverton Leader]
Comics A.M. | Wimpy Kid author spearheads Okla. library benefit
Creators | Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, was traveling the day a tornado devastated Moore, Oklahoma, and he saw the damage on a news broadcast while waiting for a flight. The images stuck with him, so he rounded up fellow creators Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine, Timmy Failure) and Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants), all of whom he describes as "novelists whose DNA is in comics," to hold a benefit to rebuild the town's school libraries. The quartet will meet in Norman, Oklahoma, for a panel discussion and will raffle off original art and sell autographed copies of their books this weekend, with all proceeds going to the Moore Public Schools Foundation, earmarked for the school libraries. [Oklahoma Gazette]
Creators | Joe Sacco, author of Palestine, Footnotes in Gaza and, most recently, The Great War, talks about his work day, his process and the places he's been. [The Telegraph]


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Of the writing of books about the rise and rumored fall of the religious right there is no end. But most of these tend toward the genre of the rant, which is why Lambert's new book is important. It gives a history of the intertwining of evangelical faith and political engagement in America that displays no obvious agenda other than to illuminate. He lays religionalongside other competing influences in American politics and has an eye for fascinating (and quirky) fights over religion in early America: should the mail run on Sundays, as the religiously disinclined Thomas Jefferson preferred, or should the nation honor the fourth commandment? (Answer: the debate vanished once telegraphs could operate 24/7). Recent efforts to align Christianity and specific political positions are not without precedent in U.S. history, as Lambert makes clear. That early history is riveting, especially when it is counterintuitive: ironically, Massachusetts-the bête noir of evangelical voters now-was the last state to discontinue public funding for the Congregational Church in 1833. Lambert's treatment of more recent religious trends, from the Civil Rights movement to the rise of the religious right and left, feels a bit more boilerplate. Yet the whole book will be useful as a handy, clear and fair treatment of this most contentious subject. (Mar.)
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MIDDLETON — A Maryland man was transported with a leg injury after his vehicle slid off the road near the Union Hill area or Route 153 early Thursday morning.Donald Cooks, 24, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, was coming down a hill on Route 153 when his vehicle, a 2006 GMC Express Van, slipped off the roadway and struck a tree. Police said the roads had been plowed and treated at the time, but with the snow coming down so fast, the roads were still slippery."He was just going too fast for the conditions," said Sgt. Jason Lamontagne. Cooks, a driver for GM Parts out of Manchester, Conn., was delivering parts to DiPrizio GMC Trucks when the accident occurred. Police and rescue crews from Middleton and Wakefield responded to the scene just after 6 a.m.Cooks was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital by Wakefield ambulance. The extent of his injuries are unknown, but officials said he was suffering from leg pain.The van was towed from the scene.Police said there are no charges at this time but the accident remains under investigation.


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The Last Cold Day In HellAuthor's note: There is some mature content in this story, while not explicit I wrote it to be about intimacy and not to be offensive.
Plus, this story is a 3rd "Barrisoka" installment, a sequel to "Dark Gift for Palpatine" and "The Greatest Journey", and it is a bit darker than the previous stories. It's a little longer than the other two but it was a story that got into my head to write.
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Many Years had passed, since I first saw your face
On that fateful day in the Arena.
Now, in these dark times, I wonder if I come to you at night, in dreams,
or in the day, as memories.
Do I haunt your hours
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Point-Counterpoint: Is The Flexor Digitorum Longus Tendon Transfer Effective For Stage 2 Adult-Acquired Flatfoot?
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12. Hinterman B, Valderrabano V, Kundert HP. Lengthening of the lateral column and reconstruction of the medial soft tissue for treatment of acquired flatfoot deformity associated with insufficiency of the posterior tibial tendon. Foot Ankle Int. 1999; 20(10):622-629.
13. Toolan BC, Sangeorzan BJ, Hansen, ST. Complex reconstruction for treatment of dorsolateral peritalar subluxation of the foot. Early results after distraction arthrodesis of the calcanocuboid joint in conjunction with stabilization of and transfer of the flexor digitorum longus tendon, to the midfoot to treat acquired pes planovalgus in adults. J Bone Joint Surg. 1999; 81(11):1545-1560.
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Situated near the airport, this hotel is 2.6 mi (4.1 km) from Humble Civic Center and within 6 mi (10 km) of Cypresswood Golf Club and Humble Oil Patch Golf Center. Kingwood Cove Golf Club and Houston Grand Prix are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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Along with a restaurant, this hotel has an outdoor pool and a nightclub. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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Ramada Houston Intercontinental Airport East features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 4000 square feet (360 square meters) include a conference center and conference space. This Humble hotel also offers a nightclub, barbecue grills, and multilingual staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ramada Houston Intercontinental Airport East has designated areas for smoking.
- Fitness facilities
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Grocery/convenience store
- Designated smoking areas
- Free breakfast
- Free airport transportation
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Number of floors - 2
- Total number of rooms - 172
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Conference center
- Year Built 1970
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 4000
- Conference space size (meters) - 360
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- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Outdoor pool
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- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
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Long-term parking (surcharge), Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
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- Premium TV channels
- Free newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Daily housekeeping
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9 AM.
Dolphins Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Dolphins Bar - This sports bar specializes in American cuisine and serves dinner only. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 1 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No elevators
- Early check-in fee: USD 25-50
- Deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per stay
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One child 17 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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A Hall effect sensor is a transducer that varies its output voltage in response to a magnetic field. Hall effect sensors are used for proximity switching, positioning, speed detection, and current sensing applications.[1]
In its simplest form, the sensor operates as an analog transducer, directly returning a voltage. With a known magnetic field, its distance from the Hall plate can be determined. Using groups of sensors, the relative position of the magnet can be deduced.
Frequently, a Hall sensor is combined with circuitry that allows the device to act in a digital (on/off) mode, and may be called a switch in this configuration. Commonly seen in industrial applications such as the pictured pneumatic cylinder, they are also used in consumer equipment; for example some computer printers use them to detect missing paper and open covers. When high reliability is required, they are used in keyboards.
Hall sensors are commonly used to time the speed of wheels and shafts, such as for internal combustion engine ignition timing, tachometers and anti-lock braking systems. They are used in brushless DC electric motors to detect the position of the permanent magnet. In the pictured wheel with two equally spaced magnets, the voltage from the sensor will peak twice for each revolution. This arrangement is commonly used to regulate the speed of disk drives.
A Hall probe contains an indium compound semiconductor crystal such as indium antimonide, mounted on an aluminum backing plate, and encapsulated in the probe head. The plane of the crystal is perpendicular to the probe handle. Connecting leads from the crystal are brought down through the handle to the circuit box.
When the Hall probe is held so that the magnetic field lines are passing at right angles through the sensor of the probe, the meter gives a reading of the value of magnetic flux density (B). A current is passed through the crystal which, when placed in a magnetic field has a "Hall effect" voltage developed across it. The Hall effect is seen when a conductor is passed through a uniform magnetic field. The natural electron drift of the charge carriers causes the magnetic field to apply a Lorentz force (the force exerted on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field) to these charge carriers. The result is what is seen as a charge separation, with a buildup of either positive or negative charges on the bottom or on the top of the plate. The crystal measures 5 mm square. The probe handle, being made of a non-ferrous material, has no disturbing effect on the field.
A Hall probe should be calibrated against a known value of magnetic field strength. For a solenoid the Hall probe is placed in the center.
When a beam of charged particles passes through a magnetic field, forces act on the particles and the beam is deflected from its straight line path. The beam of charged particles refers to the electrons flowing through a conductor. When a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field perpendicular to the path of the electrons, the electrons are deflected from its straight line path. Therefore, one side of the conductor becomes negative portion and the other side becomes positive one. The transverse voltage is measured and is known as Hall Voltage.[2]
The charge separation continues until the force on the charged particles from the electric field balances the force produced by magnetic field. If the current is constant, then the Hall voltage is a measure of the magnetic flux density. There are two forms of Hall Effect Sensors. One is linear where the output voltage linearly varies with the magnetic flux density. The other is known as threshold where there is a sharp drop of output voltage at a particular magnetic flux density.
The key factor deciding on sensitivity of Hall effect sensors is high electron mobility. As a result following materials are especially suitable for Hall effect sensors:
Hall effect sensors are linear transducers. As a result such sensors require a linear circuit for processing of the sensor's output signal. Such a linear circuit:
In some cases the linear circuit may cancel the offset voltage of Hall effect sensors. Moreover, AC modulation of the driving current may also reduce the influence of this offset voltage.
Hall effect sensors with linear transducers are commonly integrated with digital electronics. This enables advanced corrections of the sensor's characteristics (e.g. temperature coefficient corrections) and digital interfacing to microprocessor systems. In some solutions of IC Hall effect sensors a DSP is used. The simplest digital processing circuit is an electronic comparator enabling switch on/off operation, which is useful in industrial automation applications.
The Hall effect sensor interfaces may include input diagnostics, fault protection for transient conditions, and short/open circuit detection. It may also provide and monitor the current to the Hall effect sensor itself. There are precision IC products available to handle these features.
A Hall effect sensor may operate as an electronic switch.
In the case of linear sensor (for the magnetic field strength measurements), a Hall effect sensor:
Hall effect sensors provide much lower measuring accuracy than fluxgate magnetometers or magnetoresistance based sensors. Moreover, Hall effect sensors drift significantly, requiring compensation.
Sensing the presence of magnetic object (connected with the position sensing) is the most common industrial application of Hall effect sensors, especially these operating in the switch mode (on/off mode). The Hall effect sensors are also used in the brushless DC motor to sense the position of the rotor and to switch the transistor in the right sequence.
The Asus Zenfone 5 smartphone uses a hall sensor to determine if the accessory "View Flip Cover" is closed.[4]
Hall effect sensors may be utilized for contactless measurements of DC current in current transformers. In such a case the Hall effect sensor is mounted in the gap in magnetic core around the current conductor.[5] As a result, the DC magnetic flux can be measured, and the DC current in the conductor can be calculated.
The Hall sensor is used in some automotive fuel level Indicators. The main principle of operation of such indicator is position sensing of a floating element.[6]
This can either be done by using a vertical float magnet or a rotating lever sensor.


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