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In the current climate, not all businesses can afford to pay hundreds if not thousands of pounds to marketing or SEO agencies to improve the ranking of their websites.
However there are some simple steps businesses can take which will help drive your website up the search engines.
1. Make sure all your products and services are described in depth
Google's search engine works on a very simple question and answer model. You type in what you want and Google returns the websites that best match your search. Therefore your website needs to include all the names and various terms (keywords) that describe your products and services. Google also likes to see your products and services described and worded naturally, with lots of support information that relates to that content.
2. Add new content regularly
If you read the newspaper every day and it reported the same news stories week after week, you would never buy it. View your website in the same way. Generally speaking, Google ranks websites that update their content regularly higher than those that do not. Why? Because Google wants to present current content to its searchers.
New content may include such things as better product or service descriptions, company news, market news, new clients, new projects, case studies, testimonials, guides, video, photo gallery, hints & tips, articles — you get the picture!
3. Generate some inbound links to your website
Why create inbound links? Because Google interprets this as somebody else endorsing the quality of your website, which is a big thumbs up.
Getting a link from another website to yours can be easy, but unfortunately these tend to be the ones that don't carry any value. Links can be generated from lots of websites, including suppliers, customers, industry associations, industry magazines, industry news and articles, trade and general directories and portals.
There are also many different ways to achieve the link. With a directory it might simply be a case of adding your company details, which is why they don't often carry any value.
With suppliers you might want to write a press release on a recent project endorsing their products. With a customer you could write a press release celebrating your longstanding relationship. With industry sites you may wish to offer your services to blog and comment on certain topics.
When you create a link within an article, where possible try to link from a keyword to the relevant page on your website. You may have to pay for some of your links, particularly in things like industry news websites or general news websites. If the website has a reasonably high page rank, then this is certainly worth considering.
4. Create a blog
As I mentioned, Google gives credit to websites that update their content regularly. Create a blog on your website that enables you to add comments and news information on what's going on in your business on a regular basis.
5. Create links within your website
Google likes to see websites that are well structured and which help visitors navigate through the site effectively. Within the wording of your website, create links to other pages where people might wish to go for more information.
If you are in an extremely competitive marketplace, deploying these tactics alone is unlikely to get your website to the top of page one for your target keywords. Whilst the ranking of your website will certainly improve, to achieve the top positions on Google you will require the support of a specialist SEO agency.
Jonathan Scott is sales director at Northern Light Media.
This year, Google has made significant changes to its search engine algorithm, most notably their "Panda" update which devalues sites with poor quality content.
Poor quality content can be anything from plagiarised or duplicate content to text littered with SEO keywords clearly designed to manipulate the search rankings.
Small businesses which have website content that is not up to scratch will find themselves plummeting down the rankings, losing both vital traffic and potential business. So how do you create content for your website that's inspiring, compelling and, most importantly, genuinely useful to your customers?
Identify personas
The best place to start is by identifying and researching the behaviours of all of the different types of people that use your services. We're an airport parking specialist, so we understood that families going on holiday regularly book with us. That's a good starting point but the trick is to delve deeper.
We looked at what issues families may face when travelling to the airport. For example, they tend to be carrying a lot of luggage plus buggies and their children and, as a result, can take longer to get to the airport than most people. Therefore the start of their holiday is often a stressful time. How could we help them further when they book with us?
Providing a solution
If you've identified all of the different types of people that may use your services then the next step is to delve into online forums and social communities relevant to your customers to find the kind of questions that they are asking. These questions can be used to generate ideas for content.
Continuing the families' example, we looked into various parent forums online and saw that they were asking questions such as "what are the regulations with taking food and drink through security?" So we created in-depth content to answer these questions including a guide to Heathrow security and a family travel guide looking at packing, researching and booking a holiday, getting to the airport and what to do at the airport.
Extending your reach
So you understand your customers and have created content to answer their questions — now you need to consider how you're going to spread the word far and wide to let more people know that your content actually exists.
Create a detailed seeding plan looking at relevant sites to approach with your content and consider writing and distributing a press release to send out via online newswires to help spread the word.
Time well spent
All of this may seem time consuming, and it is! However, if done properly, your efforts will be well worth it. Off the back of our new and improved content we've seen big increases in traffic to our website, better conversion results and increased overall revenue. Content is most certainly king.
Oliver Inwards is e-commerce manager at Purple Parking.
We have lots of great blogs and articles about creating website content to help and inspire you:
• Why content is king in today's marketing
• How to promote your business by writing a killer case study
• Keep your sentences short — and other secrets of good writing
• Q&A: Is your blog up to the job?
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the way of improving visibility by trying to ensure one has as high a web ranking as possible when relevant searches are undertaken. This is visibility in unpaid or organic search results as opposed to those opportunities which companies pay for in order to be found.
As many people's first port of call, when looking for a new product or service, is a search engine, the importance of coming up in the first few entries, on a relevant search, is widely understood.
Many people, however, still think of SEO as separate from any social media activity they undertake. However, this is simply no longer the case. Social media is fast becoming the major way that people are sharing and, therefore, discovering new information online. This means that search engines have long had to take into account social media activity and incorporate it into their search results. This is because so much web activity is undertaken on social platforms and so failure to do this would start to render search results irrelevant.
The trend, however, has been fast tracked by the creation of the Google + platform. Google is now incorporating brand pages from the platform into search results. They are also providing users with the option to see relevant search information, gathered from their connections, in the Google + network.
This means that if businesses want to ensure they show up in the searches that people undertake, they have to address their social media activity as part of their SEO strategy, not as a separate entity. In other words, the lines are blurring between what is traditional SEO and what is social media activity. Over time, they are very likely to become almost one and the same thing.
Social Media Optimisation (SMO) is not as familiar a phrase as SEO. However, it is now becoming increasingly important in the effectiveness of SEO.
Businesses must increasingly ask themselves what they are trying to convey in a piece of social media activity. By understanding the message they are trying to put across, they will be able to ensure they use the relevant keywords in order that the content is found.
Furthermore, companies must ask where the value in their activity is for a customer. It is only by ensuring that they are adding value, from a customer perspective, that businesses can protect themselves from falling into the trap of simply using social media platforms to broadcast their message. Simply broadcasting is not engaging and is likely to damage a company's reputation over time.
Finally, businesses must ask themselves why and how they would expect someone to share any content they create. Without making it easy for people to share content and without giving them a reason to do this, companies miss out on the biggest opportunity social media provides. That is, not all marketing and communications have to be undertaken by your business.
Today, those people engaged with your organisation have the means to market and communicate your business for you. These communications are more likely to be well received because they are not sent by a company but by one's friends and colleagues. Moreover, these are people you could probably never hope to reach any other way.
One of the trends for 2012 is the increasing socialisation of information. The web is becoming social. The lines between activity on social platforms and other web activity are becoming blurred. Failure to incorporate social media as part of your overall SEO strategy will render it less likely that your organisation appears in the search results of your potential customers.
Grant LeBoff is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and CEO of the Sticky Marketing Club.
Twenty years ago I discovered Drayton Bird and his book Common Sense Direct Marketing.
What I loved most about direct marketing was how developing direct relationships with prospects could be scientific, measurable and very accountable. What you could then do it use a combination acquired knowledge, best practice and creative marketing to maximise on-going response and revenues.
So what has this got to do with you? Paid search experts use these skills every day. They may not know they are using 30-year-old skills, but at least they are using them. The same is true of email marketers.
In my opinion, SEO experts and especially link builders are not aware enough of these skills and how direct marketing can help them beat the competition, and they should be.
What I am suggesting now is that every business should reconnect with Direct Marketing and Drayton Bird now, and here is why.
The main method of outreach for a link builder is email. Direct mail professionals will tell you that the ingredients that define what kind of response you're going to get to your attempt to engage with another individual in order of importance are:
Let me take each of these in turn and apply them to SEO with a view to increasing your SEO performance.
Generating a list of backlinks from the common and openly available link list providers gives you nothing more than a poorly targeted cold call list capable of generating you a poor response rate to any offer or creative you approach them with.
Why? Because you've not been able to clean, profile and segment the data according to criteria that are important to your specific campaign. A process used and perfected by direct mail specialists when most of us reading this were at school.
So if you work through poorly qualified lists of links, STOP. Think about how accurate, segmentable, and responsive those lists really are. Would be better-spent using much better data sources?
Matching what you want to say to sell to the target audience has a huge impact on conversion. If blogger outreach is your strategy, aren't you better just talking to bloggers that have a history of linking to sites like yours? If you want to get links from curated resource pages, aren't you better off talking to webmasters of sites that create and curate resources? You get the idea.
When I planned press media, Monday was the best day for response and it reduced in a straight lined as the week went on. I've seen some email marketing data to suggest a similar thing happens. I also know some brilliant PPC specialists who adjust campaigns by month, week, day and hour to maximise response.
I also know that PR specialists are very time-aware. They think a great deal about when is best to place a story, taking into account the new agenda of the day or week, the seasonality of a specific market, or the editorial agenda of the publication being targeted.
Time is likely to apply to your efforts the question is how and can you use it to maximise each campaign's effectiveness.
Finally we get to the creative— whether you're sending out emails, press releases, or even commenting. What you say and how you say it will matter hugely. It's of no surprise that Drayton has also written a book on writing sales letters that sell.
What are you saying and is it really going to get the best response rate possible? Are you testing and measuring different techniques for achieving your goals?
Which brings me back to where I started. I think we can all learn from Drayton, and I think we should invest in the best data available to pitch relevant offers at the right time with smart responsive creative. We should then measure the response rate and carry on engaging with our new link partners. All Common Sense Direct Marketing!
John Straw is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and the founder and VP of Business Development of Linkdex.
Want to read more about Drayton Bird?
Drayton is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut. Here are a few of his inspirational articles and blogs:
Have you got an addiction to discounting?
Are you talking to me? Getting the right tone of voice in your customer communication
35 things I have found to be almost always true
How much can you afford to spend on marketing?
Want to get results? - ditch the jargon
In the "old world", a competitor might be someone who you could readily identify — someone in the local phone book who was on the same page as you or someone who bought ads on the same radio station as you, for the same products and services.
But in a world where customers have swapped the phone book and the local paper for search engines such as Google or Bing, a competitor is someone who ranks more highly than you for the keywords or phrases that define your business.
These competitors might not even be in the same town or country. Of course, you might be lucky. You might have a hyper-local business where you have a monopoly within a certain geographical reach, but even then, you might be missing out on customers who don't know your business name and are searching for generic phrases.
Understanding how to be at the top of search engines can give you a huge advantage over your competition. The internet is still a relatively immature media and while an increasing number of businesses understand the importance of having a website, not all have understood the importance of natural or organic search, which is probably what brought you here.
In fact, sometimes the largest companies are the slowest to react to new technology, so you may be able to "punch above your weight" and rank more highly in Google and Bing than competition who used to be able to outspend you using traditional advertising methods.
This isn't new. Sun Tzu, the strategist and warrior said:
"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."
He also said:
"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster."
The phone book of the day is a search engine and understanding your customers and how they find you is a business imperative. If your customers are finding your competitors first, then understanding why your competitors are beating you is the first step to turning around that situation.
John Straw is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and the founder and VP of Business Development of Linkdex.
More insight into competitors:
Do you know what your competitors are up to?
Keeping your eyes on the competition
Linkdex recently ran a survey in the UK and USA to find out which tools were most important to small and medium-sized businesses when it came to marketing the products and services they sell.
Perhaps to validate the recent increase in online networking platforms, which work on the basis of peer-to-peer recommendation, the most important marketing tool for SME businesses is word of mouth. In fact a massive 81 per cent of the companies polled said that referrals and recommendations were the most important marketing method.
The second most important promotional method for SME organisations was "Google or another search engine", followed by direct sales teams and PR.
The least important promotional method for the companies surveyed was passing trade.
In terms of trends, 60 per cent said that they would increase spending on email in the next 12 months, 57 per cent will increase spending on social networks and 54 per cent would invest more in SEO or being on the top of search engines.
These new marketing tools will gain at the expense of more "traditional" promotional methods. Thirty per cent of companies surveyed said they would spend less on print advertising and 26 per cent will spend less on directory listings, including the phone book.
The perceptions by companies match the changing ways in which consumers find information about the products and services they want to buy. Evidence suggests that search engines like Google and Bing are the first place people look. As smartphones like the iPhone become more popular and get faster and more powerful, searching on the internet becomes more integrated and immediate.
When these results are backed up by peer recommendation, consumers will trust them more and be more inclined to make a purchase.
It shows that search engine optimisation (SEO) should not be seen as a technical function, but an essential business capability that sits at the heart of the marketing mix. If 54 per cent of businesses plan to spend more on SEO in the next 12 months, then chances are some of those companies will be your competitors.
Making SEO part of your organisation's workflow and measuring it alongside other key marketing goals can help deliver long term growth. It's not about search results, but business results.
John Straw is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and the founder and VP of Business Development of Linkdex.


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The ASA announces a brand new awards cermony: The ASA Aquatics Awards 2015.
The latest version of the British Swimming Disqualification Report, incorporating the recent changes to FINA Rules, is now available to download.
2015 Open Water Swimming Festival incorporating the ASA North West Region and ASA North East Region Championships, PSUK Championships; Cheshire County WPSA Championships and Lancashire County WPSA Championships will be held on Sunday 21st June at the Watersports Centre, Salford Quays.
Following the withdrawal of funding by UK Sport into Women's Water Polo the ASA decided to commission a full review of Water Polo within England. The aim of the review was to look at all aspects of the game, from grass roots development, through the talent pathway to elite performance. The review covered the governance structure, development and talent programmes and the competition pathway.
The review was presented to the ASA Sport Governing Board and members of the water polo community on Sunday, 25th January 2015 and was well received by attendees.
At the FINA Congress in 2014 there were certain rules that were updated. Click the link below to access the updatred rules
MBE honours announced this morning
Swimnorthwest support the School Swimming Gala held on Wednesday 19th November which saw saw children from 13 primary schools take part in the ATSA KS2 Swimming gala at the Pelican Centre in Tyldesley.
I would like to make you aware that School Swimathon 2015 registration has now opened.
Following on from the information published on the British Swimming website regarding the Summer Championships.
Swim North West through our 2014-17 Strategy is committed to achieving our aim:
"To build, develop and maintain a high quality and sustainable club infrastructure across the NorthWest region"
This investment programme is to assist our members in developing their offer to improve the quality, and sustainability of their clubs.
The focus of this funding is to invest within your club to assist with; the development of a new activity, retention of current membership or diversify the club offer. There is a limited amount of funding available and as such applications will be on a first come first served basis.


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We asked AP pro football writer Barry Wilner to pick five key players for each team in this Super Bowl. You'll want to pay attention to these guys on Sunday.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) James Ennis scored 23 points and Long Beach State won its eight in a row, defeating Cal Poly 50-48 on Saturday.
Many of the millions of Americans who play fantasy football will be watching Sunday's Super Bowl with an eye toward next season's drafts.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The San Francisco 49ers completed their final on-field preparations for the Super Bowl on Saturday with a 15-minute walk-through under the Superdome lights before Sunday's game a


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[Identification of item], Samuel I. M. Major Daybook, 1837-1850, 97SC02,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort.
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Major was a prominent figure in Frankfort's antebellum leadership. Along with other leading citizens, Major was involved in organizing the Bank of Kentucky, Farmers Bank, the Capitol Hotel, the Frankfort public school system, numberous churches, various turnpike companies, and steam boat and stagecoach lines.
The multi-part ledger was kept by Samuel I. M. Major of Kentucky from 1837 to 1853. Entries include lists of debts incurred, by Major or his family members, comments on the weather, planting records, and a record of debts owed Major by other individuals. This first set of entries is indexed.
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The routes have been designed for locals and tourists to visit different landscapes in south west Scotland. The trails were devised by Dumfries and Galloway Council, the Ayrshire and Arran tourism team and VisitScotland.
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This basic beginner's field guide to North American geology helps anyone identify common rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, and land formations. In a logical, user-friendly, highly visual format, this new title–one of an expanding collection of National Geographic pocket guides–offers key facts about dozens of rocks and minerals, how to hunt and identify them, where and how to go looking. The book also pictures and explains the fossils most likely to be found and the fundamental land and rock formations in the North American landscape. With 160 entries, formatted with clear language, key identification points, carefully chosen photographs, and expertly drafted illustrations, this guide is the perfect starting point for anyone, young or old, interested in the study of rocks and geology.
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So I got bored and exhausted all my Google reader stories and main page stories, so I got to think about what I do to find the breaking news. There are a lot of sites that let you see the unfiltered upcoming stories, and in some cases vote on them. Obviously there's digg, but digg is awful so I can't stand that. I guess the ones I like so far are:
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This drawing of Sapphire is the first one i made i late July.
In August I thought that there was still a possibility that I could get her in the Young Warriors series, but I was still unsure.
Then in September I decided that she should be involved and not only that, an entirely new race, shall be made up!
But still, I do not know quite how Luna and her friends come to meet them Sapphire, that idea I'm still working on x3
I have long wanted to create this character, since 2013 and in September 2014 that character is real n_n
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Within the shadow of Il Redentore, these fully serviced apartments offer divine views across the water to San Marco at less than half the price of the Bauer a few doors down. But don't think they've skimped on the details, from the travertine-marble lobby, up the ash-clad staircase to the anallergic pillows and high-end, courtesy bath products Al Redentore has thought of it all.
For the best views beneath ancient timber beams, book one of the top-floor apartments.
Our independent authors have visited Al Redentore Di Venezia and selected this as one of our recommended accommodation in Giudecca, Lido & the Southern Islands.
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Set on La Giudecca island on the Venice Lagoon, Al Redentore Di Venezia is 100 metres from the nearest Vaporetto (water bus) stop. It offers self-catering apartments in a historic 19th-century building.
Every apartment is air conditioned and features a bathroom in Travertine marble. The kitchenettes come with a dishwasher, microwave and kettle. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout.
Al Redentore Di Venezia is easily reached 24-hours a day. A shuttle service is available on request to Marco Polo Airport, the ferry cruise terminal and Piazzale Roma municipal car park.
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Please let them know your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking or contact the property. If arriving after 15:40 you will be given a code to access the property.
Al Redentore Di Venezia is located in Venice and offers self-catering accommodation. The property is 900 metres from La Fenice and 1.2 km from Piazza San Marco.
Apartments at Al Redentore Di Venezia feature air conditioning and a seating area. There is a full a kitchenette with a dishwasher and a microwave. Featuring a bath or shower, private bathroom also comes with a hairdryer and a bidet.
. Other facilities like a tour desk and luggage storage are offered.
If you feel like visiting the surroundings, check out Grand Canal (1.2 km) and Basilica San Marco (1.3 km).Venice Marco Polo Airport is located 9 km from the accommodation.
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- Non-smoking throughout
- Non-smoking rooms
- Family rooms
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- Tour desk
- Shuttle service (surcharge)
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As Obamacare 'puzzle' takes shape, many in Oklahoma remain unaware of changes
Crowe attorney Cori Loomis said 2013 is the critical year for employers to make adjustments to their workforce. Some, Loomis said, are limiting employees' hours to avoid mandates required of businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees. Others, she said, are contracting staffing firms versus hiring employees.
Conference attendee Thomas Belding, who sells stop-loss insurance to companies that self-fund health plans versus contract fully-insured plans, said more Oklahoma companies are following a nationwide trend toward self-funding. Though employers assume more risk, they avoid many government mandates and hold down costs, Belding said.
Analysis published Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showed that, of Oklahoma employers who offer health plans, 38.9 percent were self-funded in 2011, up from 33.5 percent in 2001. Of those with fewer than 50 workers, 14.1 percent self-funded in 2011, up from 10.4 percent in 2001.
Patti Davis, Oklahoma Hospital Association executive vice president, said she hoped state leaders would expand Medicaid. The hospital and nursing home industries agreed to cuts in government reimbursements under the ACA in exchange for a greater number of insured patients, she said. "Without expanding Medicaid, Oklahoma not only will lack those patients, but also the federal funds," she said. "It'll be a double whammy."
Davis said expanding Medicaid by 2020 would bring 23,500 new high-salaried jobs to Oklahoma, with associated revenues. Most importantly, research shows increased access to health care translates into better health outcomes she said.
Robert Roswell, physician and associate dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, focused on the need to coordinate services, thereby improving care and cutting costs. "The ACA's coverage reform will be what drives payment reform, and payment reform ultimately will drive delivery reform," he said.
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Ailing veteran actress Bella Flores may no longer be able to converse with members of her family and friends who visit her at home, but she feels their love whenever they touch and talk to her.
This, her daughter Ruby Arcilla told Yahoo! Philippines OMG! in a phone interview.
"People have shown their support via Facebook and/or text. They tell me they're praying for her. Nakakatulong yan," Ruby said.
Bella's only child added that her mom, who returned to the Philippines in 2010 after migrating in the US, may need further tests so she could hopefully get back her energy.
Back to the Philippines
The loving daughter turned her back on life in the US, where she, her husband Jessie and daughter Jessica have been staying for eight years, to accompany Bella back to the Philippines in 2010.
"Although she was not sad at all in the US, I saw that her heart is here in the Philippines," explains Ruby. "She misses what she's been been doing for years, which is acting."
Beyond that, Ruby thinks her mom's return to the Philippines is part of a bigger scheme of things.
"There's a bigger force doing this for me, Parang it was destiny. It was meant to be. I couldn't explain or place it now."
Whatever that 'hidden force' is, Ruby has no regrets. She saw her mom's eyes light up when she returned to acting. Her last acting assignment before she accidentally broke her hip last December was a film for Bench's 25th anniversary.
"We have to do our share," muses Ruby. "We only have one mom."
Aside from her husband and daughter, Ruby has been getting a lot of help from Bella's friends in the industry.
The first to come to the rescue, reports Ruby, is Ben Chan, founder of the Bench clothing line. Gloria Romero, Gloria Sevilla, Nova Villa and Pempe Rodrigo have visited the iconic screen villain at home. Mowelfund Executive Director Boots Anson-Roa called on friends and colleagues to help Bella.
Ruby adds that a group of actors called Balik Samahan holds prayer meetings and does other things to help colleagues in need like Bella.
Continuing a legacy
Now that her mom is unable to face the cameras, Ruby wants to continue her legacy by returning to acting herself.
"I'm trying my luck here. I used in act in the `70s, when teleseryes were called drama series. I was in Coney Reyes' drama series," says Ruby.
Her 20-year-old daughter also wants to follow in her grandma's footsteps, a fact that pleases Bella no end.
"My mom said in interviews na may papalit na raw sa kanya," Ruby recalls.
Meanwhile, Ruby knows she and her family are facing a long battle ahead and they have to be ready.
They will be, with a little help from Good Samaritans out there.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say they have arrested a man in the death of a woman identified as the daughter of a New Orleans policewoman and firefighter, and a niece of jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. …


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But, in Kathy Herman's Ever Present Danger, Ivy Griffith has spent the past ten years running away from home. When her friends killed a fellow student, Ivy was high on drugs and witnessed it. She made a pact with her three friends to say nothing. Guilt has driven her away from her family and into drugs, alcohol, and prostitution. Only an elderly Christian friend, Lucia Ramirez, and Ivy's seven-year-old son, Montana, have rescued her from the drugs. Lu has talked Ivy into confessing her cover-up of the murder.
Now Montana needs a place to live and Lu needs a place to die. And there's nowhere to go but home.
When Ivy gets home, everything has changed. She and, even worse, Montana get the cold shoulder from her father. Her parents have broken up the ranch and formed a Christian camp. What hasn't changed is Ivy's old boyfriend, Pete Barton, and his friends who murdered Joe Hadley. Still womanizing and doing drugs, Pete leads the other two in pressuring her to keep her promise of silence. He also leads them in making fun of their wimpy former drug supplier, Bill Ziwicki.
At the Christian camp, Brandon Jones thinks his job as director of the camp and his bride, Kelsey, make life perfect. Especially when you throw in a chance to go whitewater rafting with his new friend, Buzz Easton. If only Kelsey and Pete's boss, Jake, would let him have a good time with Buzz and recognize how important it is to win his friendship in order to win him to Jesus. Pete recognizes that Buzz is crude, but he doesn't understand Jake's veiled warnings about the whitewater rafter. But when Buzz's actions lead Pete to cover up for him, Pete has to make some decisions.
For Ivy, the decisions come after Lu dies and Pete and his buddies are murdered during their ten-year class reunion. Suddenly Bill seems to be the only one Ivy can turn to since she refuses to turn to God. When her friends' killer threatens her, Bill alone offers help, but is he enough to keep her from a dead boy's avenger?
Kathy Herman does a masterful job in both plots of exposing the dangers of compromising your values. While the subplot shows how easily compromise can begin, the main plot communicates what the end of compromise can be. The message comes through without her preaching it or weakening the high suspense of her story.
In a few places the conversation is stilted, but not enough to detract from the story. Also, Herman comes across as light on repentance in a scene between Jake and Brandon. One of the characters says to the other weeping character, "What you did isn't unforgivable. Take that sin to the cross, leave it there, and stop carrying the guilt" (p. 300). This response sounds like flippant Christianese. Reactions like these leave non-Christians and often other Christians feeling as though the people talking do not comprehend the seriousness of the sin and the devastation sin reeks in our lives. Though Herman does not mean it that way, it equates to someone in the world saying, "It's done, so get over it." The truth may be in what the character says, but the emotional understanding of the terribleness of sin is lacking.
In spite of that, suspense fans will enjoy the masterful theme running through the subplot and primary plot in Ever Present Danger. Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews.com
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ronni dBrighton, ILAge: 45-54Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5this book was a good readApril 28, 2012ronni dBrighton, ILAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4I liked the suspense but most of all no matter what we do in life God is forgiving and gives us the strength to make it through.
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When I first started reading book 1, I felt like I was reading the life story of someone I knew. The characters were real to me.
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Author Notes: I was eating watermelon the other day and it dawned on me to make a cocktail based on the way I like to eat watermelon, with salt, or something salty. the mint just gives it a ldepth of freshness. —talmany
Makes 4
- 2 cups pureed watermelon
- 1 cup vodka
- 12 sprigs mint
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- Puree watermelon and strain
- In a cocktail shaker with ice, shake puree, vodka, and 8 mint sprigs till very cold.
- Wet the rim of four glasses and dip glass onto a salt covered plate
- Divide beverage amongst glasses
- Garnish with mint sprig and enjoy
Tags: mint, vodka, watermelon
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With the strong links between literacy levels and weekly income, learning to read and write really pays off for adults, writes KATELIN McINERNEY. Almost half the Australian population lack sufficient literacy skills to enable them to do basis things like read timetables or understand a mobile phone contract.
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A new type of barcode opens up a world of opportunity on your mobile phone. By Maria Nguyen. Imagine you're waiting at the bus stop. It's cold and the bus is late. Again.
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Chocolate Torte With Raspberry Sauce
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
8 lg. egg yolks
8 lg. egg whites, room temperature
Sweetened whipped cream
2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen raspberries in syrup, thawed
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier liqueur
In separate bowl, beat 8 egg whites until stiff. Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture. Pour 2/3 batter into buttered and floured 9 inch springform pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool to room temperature (center will fall) and spread remaining batter on top. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight. Use a hot knife to cut into wedges. Serve with sweetened whipped cream and raspberry sauce
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ReferenceUSA Online Training coming in SeptemberSubmitted by Scribbles on July 21, 2014 - 3:42pm
ReferenceUSA, a valuable database for job hunters and anyone starting a new business, is offering online training in September.
These hour-long classes will help new users get started and provide a great opportunity for current users to learn some new tips, tricks and techniques. Classes are:
Summertime TravelSubmitted by Fun at Foster on July 21, 2014 - 3:25pm
We are well into summer and most people are looking for ways to beat the heat. Sometimes this involves going on vacation, heading to the beach, or just taking some time to take a drive in an air-conditioned vehicle. Foster Library has guides for getting away to other parts of California, visiting one of our National Parks, or just exploring our own Ventura County.
Resident Photographer Aleta A. Rodriguez
Beautiful DarknessSubmitted by Fun at Foster on July 17, 2014 - 11:12am
If you like your fairy tales with a dark edge, then you might want to read Beautiful Darkness, written by Fabien Vehlmann and illustrated by Kerascoët. At turns sweet and disturbing, this graphic novel tells the tale of young Aurora, her prince, and their friends as they find themselves struggling to survive in a frightening—yet familiar—world.
While on the surface the characters seem as sweet as the illustrations might suggest, as the story progresses a darkness pervades, and their true natures become alarmingly apparent. The princess is sweet and good-intentioned, but naïve and jealous; the prince is charming, but self-absorbed; the loyal servant is helpful, but greedy; the injured waif is deceitful and downright sociopathic.
According to the book jacket, "the sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's delicate watercolors serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath Vehlmann's story as pettiness, greed, and jealousy take over." It's easy to get distracted by the illustrations, which are indeed quite lovely. It's only when you stop and take a real look that you realize what's actually going on. The characters' forms, although pretty to look at, lie in stark contrast to their true natures, which become worse with each page. Many meet unfortunate ends. Even the setting of the story is beautiful and horrible at the same time. I won't bother spoiling that awful surprise—you'll just have to see for yourself.
Although it is a fairy tale, this one is best left to adults.
Heather, the Graphic Novel Goddess
ArtWalk Ventura and Late Night @ FosterSubmitted by Scribbles on July 16, 2014 - 1:37pm
A signature Ventura event - July 19 & 20.
Stop by Foster Library for a special after-hours event Saturday from 5:30 to 8pm.
Enjoy art, music, food, and a special book sale hosted by the Friends of the Library.
ArtWalk Ventura, it's a great way to spend the day and it's totally free!
Picture This! Read with an AnimalSubmitted by Scribbles on July 15, 2014 - 1:08pm
Read with your pet, or a friends pet, and take a picture.
Parent & Child Together Workshops at Ojai LibrarySubmitted by Scribbles on July 15, 2014 - 12:01pm
Theodora Reyes
Ojai Library invites kids age 4 and up to create with clay, build with Legos and beat their drum.
Workshops will be in Spanish and English
Build your child's socio-emotional well-being and bond through the creative process.
No registration required
For more information call Ojai Library 646-1639
Saturday Matinee @ FosterSubmitted by Fun at Foster on July 15, 2014 - 9:18am
On Saturday, July 26, E.P. Foster Library will show two films for this month's Saturday Matinee!
The films will be shown in the Topping Room, and will include a 1960s fantasy feature based on Greek mythology and a 1940s film serial about an arch-criminal attempting to steal a superweapon. This event is free and open to the public.
The first film starts at 4 p.m. We hope to see you there!
ArtWalk: Late Night @ FosterSubmitted by Fun at Foster on July 12, 2014 - 8:47am
ArtWalk is coming to Ventura on Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20! There will be venues throughout downtown, including E.P. Foster Library.
ArtWalk is a signature Ventura event where visitors can take part in self-guided tours to view artistic displays and exhibitions at a number of galleries, studios, and other locations. It's a great way to spend the day, and is also totally free!
Foster Library will be holding a special after-hours event on Saturday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Stop by for art, music, and food, as well as a special book sale by the Friends of the Library!
London: Off the Beaten PathSubmitted by Fun at Foster on July 10, 2014 - 3:59pm
If any traveler, armchair or otherwise, feels they have exhausted the possibilities of London—one of the world's most historic and sprawling cities—several recent guides have focused on the lesser-known aspects of one of the planet's most fascinating destinations.
Secret London, An Unusual Guide is one in a series of "local guides by local people" from by Jonglez Publishing. While dealing with some of the lesser-known aspects of major attractions (such as the Triforium at St. Paul's cathedral which provides a "secret history of a London landmark"), the compact illustrated volume primarily takes readers way off the beaten path.
And the variety is astonishing, from Henry VIII's wine cellar, located "deep within the bowels of the Ministry of Defense," to a Cinema Museum in Kensington housed in a former Lambeth workhouse where a nine-year-old Charlie Chaplin once labored. An exhibit of playwright Joe Orton's famously (and lewdly) defaced library books can be seen at the Local History Centre at the Finsbury Library in Islington.
Like most London guides, Secret London is divided by district. Maps and suggestions for unusual bars, cafes, and restaurants are included. Detailed instructions for finding each sometimes quite secret destination are provided.
Another guide to a once-illegal but now-hardly-secret aspect of London life is Gay and Lesbian London (Time Out Group Ltd., 2010), which conforms to the usual district-by-district form of most city guides, but with a focus on the interests of the GLBT visitor or native. But really, anyone interested in the "in" and off-beat aspects of London would find this volume of interest.
The guide includes interesting personal perspectives by prominent Londoners. But a highlight is a fascinating history of gay London which takes you from the Celts and Romans through various royal and artistic affairs to the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1962 and contemporary icons such as Orton and Elton John. Depressingly (but conscientiously), the guide opens with a full-page cautionary essay on the history of AIDs in London.
Guides quickly become out-of-date, but another Time Out publication, London 2012, doubles as an official (and now historic) memento of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with maps and features on the Cultural Olympiad and Olympic Park.
Hands-down, however, my favorite London book is David Piper's The Companion Guide to London. Due to the changing character of any great city, this exhaustively detailed and brilliantly written volume has been reissued in various revised editions. But it's still a London guide/history for all seasons in any revision, and some of the best and most informed travel writing I have ever read.
First published in 1963, my personal copy is the 1996 seventh edition, and you may have to do an interlibrary loan search for a newer reissue.
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Lady Gaga to Headline NY Fashion Week Event
According to MTV, Lady Gaga will perform at next week's New York Fashion Week event on Friday, September 5th at the Plaza Hotel. Gaga, who is currently on her artRAVE World Tour will be the headliner at event sponsored by magazine Harper's Bazaar; Lady Gaga will be on the cover of the mag's September issue. Read the original article here.
Gaga is expected to perform songs from her new duet album with Tony Bennett "Cheek to Cheek." Given Gaga's penchant for surprises, one has to wonder if Bennett will show up to perform as well. Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld released the duo's first video for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love."
For track listings and the album cover for "Cheek to Cheek" click here.
Cheek To Cheek features classic jazz standards sung by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in a combination of vocal duets and solo performances. From the title track to "But Beautiful" to "I Won't Dance," the record's duets showcase the chemistry between the two artists, who span 60 years in age. As Bennett says, "What I really love about being a jazz singer is that jazz artists are very creative, very honest, from phrase to phrase" and Lady Gagaadds, "We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty."Cheek To Cheek also features the Lady Gaga solo, "Lush Life," accompanied by Tony Bennett's solo of "Sophisticated Lady." The two songs complement each other, as Lady Gaga explains, "I loved making 'Lush Life,' Tony mentored me emotionally through the process," and Tony Bennett adds, "I sang 'Sophisticated Lady' to answer her on 'Lush Life,' and because Duke Ellington wrote it, who collaborated with Billy Strayhorn, the writer of 'Lush Life.'" Recorded in New York City, Cheek To Cheek took over a year to complete and features jazz musicians associated with both artists including members of Bennett's quartet, Mike Renzi, Gray Sargent, Harold Jones and Marshall Wood as well pianist Tom Ranier. Jazz trumpeter Brian Newman, a long-time friend and colleague of Lady Gaga appears on the album as well with his NYC based jazz quintet. Jazz soloists on selected tracks include tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, trumpeter George Rabbai and flutist Paul Horn, who passed away in July.
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FORT COLLINS — Tim Miles broke down the bracket selection show with as much detail as the Colorado State men's basketball coach does Wyoming game film.
The team names went by. Miles, whose team was on the NCAA Tournament bubble, was looking for selections he felt were out of place to gauge whether he thought his 20-11 team would make it in.
Iona flashed on the screen.
"I'm like 'uh-oh,' now it all comes in," Miles said.
But 10 minutes after Iona's inclusion shocked bracket prognosticators, up flashed Colorado State, seeded 11th, facing sixth-seeded Murray State (30-1) at 10:15 a.m. (KCNC-Channel 4) on Thursday in Louisville, Ky.
And ... exhale.
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- View slide show of CSU-Murray State men's basketball in NCAA Tournament on March 15.
- Watch video of the CSU basketball send-off rally March 13.
- See more photos of the CSU rally.
- Visit the CSU Stats Page for men's boxscores, MWC standings, team leaders and more.
- Visit the CSU Stats Page for women's scores, MWC standings.
- Visit The Field House blog for a behind-the-scenes look at CSU athletics.
"I can't tell you the thoughts in my head when we won 16 games in two years, to this," said Miles, in his fifth season with the Rams. "I'm not speechless often, but just thinking of that whole journey is incredible."
It's been a long time coming for CSU and Miles, the comedian coach who is nothing but dead serious about building a perennial winner. In five years, he has taken a downtrodden program to the NCAA Tournament.
"We were waiting anxiously for our name to come up," junior forward Pierce Hornung said, "and when it did, everyone was just pumped and ecstatic."
Added junior guard Jesse Carr: "I've never really been around a group of guys quite that excited."
Colorado State advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas. Strong strength-of-schedule numbers, a good RPI and playing in a highly regarded conference all helped the Rams. The Mountain West placed four teams into the 68-team NCAA Tournament field.
"It's a great day for our program. I'm thrilled for our players," Miles said. "They're the guys in the arena with their face full of mud, competing, giving up their heart and soul. It's just been something that's been a long time coming. We've spilled a lot of blood here, from 2007 on.
"To have this group put it all together and come through in the clutch like they have, it's really a cool day for CSU Rams basketball."
The Racers probably are seeded lower than they had hoped, but are rewarded by being able to play CSU in Louisville, a four-hour drive from campus. Murray State is ranked 11th in The Associated Press poll and 10th in the coaches poll.
Murray State's second-leading scorer, guard Donte Poole, was a CSU signee in 2007 but was academically ineligible and transferred to Murray State. He is averaging 14.2 points and has a team-high 62 steals.
Colorado State players will be going through a crash course of information about the strengths and weaknesses of Murray State, but they had some preliminary thoughts Sunday about the matchup.
"I know they have one loss. I know they have a real talented guard, Isaiah Canaan, who is a prolific scorer and all-around good basketball player," said CSU junior guard Wes Eikmeier. "I know they are used to winning. At the same time, I know we're going to come in and compete. I think our schedule has prepared us for what- ever we're going to see."
CSU has thrived all season despite size deficiencies in many games and with a roster that fluctuated among seven to 10 available players because of numerous injuries. Murray State will be one of the few matchups in which the Rams don't have a size mismatch.
The Rams have won three NCAA Tournament games in their history, the last coming in 1989 — a 68-46 rout of Florida. In their last appearance, in 2003, the Rams played Duke tough before losing 67-57.
The Rams will have junior forward Greg Smith available for Thursday's game. He missed the Mountain West Tournament because of a sprained ankle. "I think (Smith) will be able to help us in some form or fashion," Miles said. "Guys are a little bit beat up, but it's time to suck it up."
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MURRAY STATE (30-1, 15-1 Ohio Valley)
Location: Murray, Ky.
Conference: Ohio Valley; won regular-season championship and postseason tournament, defeating Tennessee State to win conference tournament title, avenging only loss of regular season.
Coach: Steve Prohm, first year as head coach. Named head coach after last season, when Billy Kennedy left to take head coaching job at Texas A&M.
Starting lineup: Guards — Isaiah Canaan, 6-foot, Jr. (averaging 19.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists); Donte Poole, 6-3, Sr. (14.2, 3.7, 1.5); Jewuan Long, 6-1, Sr. (8.5, 3.0, 2.6); forwards — Ivan Aska, 6-7, Sr. (10.9, 5.7); Edward Daniel, 6-7, Jr. (6.9, 5.3).
Key reserves: Zay Jackson, G, 6-foot, Fr. (4.9, 2.1); Stacy Wilson, F, 6-3, Jr. (4.4, 0.9); Latreze Mushett, G, 6-5, Jr. (4.4, 5.0).
Scouting report: Achieved No. 9 ranking in Associated Press poll, best in school history. Racers are a veteran, guard- oriented team led by Canaan, who is shooting .484 from the field, .840 from the free-throw line and .473 from 3-point range. Racers excel at 3-point shot. Their weakness is the interior; they have difficulty facing up to powerful inside presence.
Key stats: Points per game, 74.2 (ranked 40th nationally); field-goal percentage, .477 (23rd); rebounds, 33.3 (237th).
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Swine flu vaccination is particularly important for pregnant women, doctors say
NAPLES - The health department will offer the H1N1 vaccine to high-risk populations at the following locations;
Monday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., North Collier Regional Park, 15000 Livingston Road, North Naples.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., former Kmart, 12713 U.S. 41 E. in the Freedom Square shopping plaza.
H1N1 vaccination clinics
Collier County
The Collier County School District is offering vaccinations to all students. Elementary schools will hold morning clinics from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m. and afternoon clinics from 12:15 to 2:30 p.m., except as noted. Middle schools will host all-day clinics from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and afternoon clinics from 12:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m., except as noted. High schools will hold morning clinics from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and all-day clinics from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The following are the dates for the vaccination clinics:
Tuesday, Nov. 10: Lake Trafford Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; Immokalee High School will have a clinic all day; Immokalee Middle School will have an alternate clinic from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 12: Gulfview Middle School will have a clinic all day; Golden Gate Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; Golden Gate Intermediate School will have a clinic in the afternoon.
Friday, Nov. 13: Sea Gate Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; Pine Ridge Middle School will have a clinic all day.
Monday, Nov. 16: Shadowlawn and Laurel Oak elementary schools will have a clinic in the morning; Avalon and Vineyards elementary schools will have clinics in the afternoon.
Tuesday, Nov. 17: Highlands and Pinecrest elementary schools will have a clinic in the morning.
Wednesday, Nov. 18: Lorenzo Walker Technical High School and Calusa Park Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; East Naples Middle School will have a clinic in the afternoon.
Thursday, Nov. 19: Barron Collier High School will have a clinic all day.
Friday, Nov. 20: Golden Gate High School will have a clinic in the morning; Mike Davis Elementary School will have a clinic in the afternoon.
Monday, Nov. 23: Naples High School will have a clinic all day.
Tuesday, Nov. 24: Veterans Memorial Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; North Naples Middle School will have a clinic in the afternoon.
Monday, Nov. 30: Naples Park Elementary School will have a clinic in the morning; Oakridge Middle School will have a clinic all day.
Wednesday, Dec. 2: Village Oaks Elementary School will have a clinic from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Lee H1N1 clinics
The Lee County Health Department has made some schedule changes.
The clinics are at Lee County high schools.
The high-risk populations who are recommended to come to one of the clinics are pregnant women, household contacts and caregivers of infants under 6 months old, people between 6 months and 24, health care workers and people who have cancer, blood disorders, chronic lung disease, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disorders, liver disorders, neurological disorders, neuromuscular disorders and weakened immune systems.
Clinic schedule:
Monday, Nov. 9: 4 to 9 p.m., Lehigh Senior High S chools
Tuesday, Nov. 10: 4 to 9 p.m., Estero High School
Thursday, Nov. 12: 4 to 9 p.m., Island Coast and Riverdale high schools
Saturday, Nov. 14: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dunbar High School
Monday, Nov. 16: 4 to 9 p.m., Lehigh Senior and Cape Coral high schools
Tuesday, Nov. 17: 4 to 9 p.m., Island Coast and Riverdale high schools
Wednesday, Nov. 18: 4 to 9 p.m., Fort Myers and East Lee County high schools
Thursday, Nov. 19: 4 to 9 p.m., Estero and Lehigh Senior high schools
Saturday, Nov. 21: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., South Fort Myers High School
Kim Witmer was facing a predicament with her second pregnancy.
Earlier this summer, Witmer, 34, didn't think much of the swine flu but then the situation turned much more disconcerting.
She is now in the 17th week of her pregnancy and everyone in the media and government is talking about the H1N1 vaccine, she said.
"The concern is how safe is it and is there any impact to the fetus?" Witmer said. "There's really not much information out there that is concrete."
On the other hand, if she were to contract H1N1 and something could happen to the fetus, how could she forgive herself for not getting the shot?
When she visited her Naples obstetrician recently, Dr. Michael Dent explained to her why it is recommended to get the shot and how women's immune systems become weaker during pregnancy and why they are high-risk for H1N1.
"If it is my doctor recommending it, I will (get it)," Witmer said. "I am putting my trust in my OB."
The H1N1 pandemic is making for a tense time for expectant women, a risk group that faces the highest hospitalization and death rate from the novel flu strain.
Obstetricians are busy tracking the science behind the H1N1 vaccine for the barrage of questions from their pregnant patients.
Southwest Florida obstetricians seem tilted in favor of their expecting patients getting it, saying the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks of contracting swine flu.
At least one local obstetrician, Dr. Joseph Gauta, who is president of the Collier County Medical Society, said he is reluctantly advising his patients to get the vaccine even though he won't be offering it. His partners, Dr. Jody Alexander and Dr. Emily Clements, likewise are not offering the H1N1 vaccine, he said.
When he needed to order the H1N1 vaccine a few months ago, he was more leery of it than he is now, he said.
"The way it is made seems to be safe, but we have said that before," Gauta said.
From a professional standpoint, he is advising his pregnant patients to get the vaccine because that is the recommendation of his professional medical associations and the Centers for Disease Control.
"Personally, I have mixed feelings," Gauta said. "I don't want anyone getting it because of the fear."
At last count, the CDC has reported 28 deaths from H1N1 among pregnant women. At the same time, expectant women are hearing the swine flu has been mild so far, he said.
Several other obstetricians contacted don't share Gauta's views.
"I practice science-based medicine and the science behind H1N1 is very strong," said Dr. Blane Mitchell Crandall, who has a concierge obstetrics/gynecology practice in Naples.
If the vaccine is able to prevent deaths and hospitalizations, then it is the right thing to do, he said, adding that the H1N1 death rate among pregnant women has been disproportionately high. "I'm getting it, my daughters have already had theirs."
About six percent of confirmed H1N1 deaths in the United States have involved pregnant women, while only one percent of the general population is pregnant at any given time, the CDC reports.
Early advisories suggested pregnant women receive two doses but the National Institutes of Health said this past week that a study has found a single dose produced a "robust immune response in healthy pregnant women." Blood samples were taken 21 days after vaccination from 50 of 120 women in the study group.
The reasoning for pregnant women to get the vaccine is that during pregnancy, the immune system tones itself down and so the women are more compromised for different infections.
"Pregnant women are less likely to mount a really good response to (the flu)," Crandall said, adding that infectious disease specialists also are recommending people get the H1N1 vaccine. So far, his pregnant patients are on board with getting it,
Dent acknowledges there's been a lot of controversy about the vaccine but for pregnant women, there's no question they should get it for two reasons. One is the compromised immune system but a second reason is to guard against the mother becoming infected after she delivers and risk of the newborn becoming ill, he said.
The vaccine doesn't protect the baby in the uterus but the concern is after the baby is born, the mother could get H1N1 and pass it on to the baby, he said.
"The immune system of the newborns are more the concern," Dent said. "I've had (patients) talk back and forth. I would say 90 percent of my patients are prepared to get it."
Dent doesn't buy into the naysayers who say the vaccine was rushed into production and didn't undergo appropriate clinical studies.
"I think the concern is trying to save lives," Dent said. "I don't think they cut corners on the vaccine."
Dr. Max Kammerman, another local obstetrician/gynecologist, said he is highly recommending the vaccine.
"This is protection from the swine flu which can have fatal consequences in pregnant women," Kammerman said. "I understand the public's very legitimate concern with safety and how it was produced. I understand the perception it has been mass produced in a short period of time but my understanding is it has been developed and produced in the same way as the seasonal vaccine. The science is the same."
Deb Millsap, spokeswoman for the Collier County Health Department, said seven obstetrics/gynecology group practices have ordered a total of 3,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine. The health department estimates there are 6,000 pregnant women in the county.
Dr. Stephen Thompson, another longtime Naples obstetrician/gynecologist, said he recommends that all pregnant women get the vaccine.
"The risk of severe illness, of being in the intensive care unit or dying from the swine flu is substantial for pregnant women," Thompson said. "They are the highest risk from the CDC for recommending the vaccine."
Pregnant women are susceptible to any flu strain but the difference with the H1N1 is it is new and pregnant women are young and were not around the last time a virus like this was circulating so they don't have any immunity to it, he said.
So far, he and his colleagues at Naples Obstetrics and Gynecology, have received 100 doses out of 600 ordered. "There really are no concerns. The vaccine we have for pregnant women is not a live virus."
He said a lot of patients are hesitant because they have heard so much on the news, Thompson said.
"There really is no question about it," he said. "The right choice is they should be vaccinated."
Besides the CDC and the Florida Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are behind the vaccine for pregnant women, he said.
"All these groups have looked at it in great depth and say the vaccine is safe and effective," Thompson said.
Once he sits with his patients and explains the risks, they are on board with getting it, he said.
Gauta, the Naples obstetrician who has decided not to offer it to his patients, said his decision was not based on liability concerns because the federal government has offered immunity to vaccine manufacturers and to physicians.
For more information, visit the health department's Web site at www.CollierPrepares.org or www.myflusafety.com or call 252-8200 and chose option two on the message line. The Florida Department of Health offers a 24-hour hotline at (877) FLA-FLU1.
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The fact that this game is so great gives me hope that Lucasarts will soon see the 3DO as a viable platform for future 3DO versions of X-Wing and Tie Fighter , both excellent computer games. I'm crossing my fingers and so should you. It's a long way until 1998 and the premiere of the new Star Wars movie and until then I'll need all the substitutes I can get.
למרבה הצער, למרות הגרפיקה והצליל המרשימים, רמת המשחק ירודה ומתסכלת! אז אולי יש פה חוויה קולנועית, אבל בהחלט לא חגיגה לאצבעות!
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Une ambiance réussie, un jeu plaisant, mais une présentation ratée compte tenu de ce qui aurait pu être fait avec la puissance offerte une 3DO.
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Rebel Assault launches an assault on your senses with mixed results. Superb graphics and sound immerse you in an excellent Star Wars sage. Imprecise controls will drive you to the Dark Side.
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But, if you take away all the bells and whistles, at it's core it's still just a so-so shooter - twelve levels of way-too-easy, mixed in with one or two levels of way-too-hard. It's a multimedia title that's more media than game, yet it keeps selling like hotcakes, so they must be doing something right. Go figure.
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The conversion of Rebel Assault for the 3DO might establish LucasArts as a key developer for the 3DO console. If this market is attractive enough for the company, they might develop specific games for this machine using the 3DO ressources at its maximum, instead of converting a game initially designed for a PC or a MAC.
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That's what causes most of the games problems. It's obvious a ton of work went into creating computer-generated versions of classic "Star Wars" scenes for players to fly though. There are small details abound if you're looking. Unfortunately, that left little time to actually focus on the gameplay. Every ship hardly ever responds to the controls quickly enough and if they do, they continue responding long after your thumb has left the D-pad. It has nothing to do with the 3DO; all of the versions were like this. Then you have the problem that the game isn't exactly engaging. The gameplay could easily be copied now with a simple flash game. You move a cursor, lock on, and shoot. Very few missions require you to do much else. There are a few on-foot missions and those end up being the most disastrous, requiring split second timing that a D-pad doesn't allow for. On the PC where the game originated the mouse was sufficient. Someone forgot to make it easier for console gamers.


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Chris Bosh either sees the writing on the wall, or he has a sour taste in his mouth from being robbed. The Sun Sentinel is reporting that Bosh is putting his 12,368-square-foot home on Miami Beach on the market. Bosh said the decision was made with his family in mind, because his wife, Adrienne, is expecting the couple's second child, and not because of concerns about the direction of his playing career. "Things change," he said before the Heat practiced at the AT&T Center in preparation for Thursday's Game 4 of theNBA Finals, with the Heat down 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. "It's looking to see if another spot is open." Bosh reportedly is a neighbor of Heat guard Dwyane Wade, and the two have gotten used to spending a lot of time together. Bosh's home was burglarized in April, with $479,000 worth of watches, rings, purses and cash taken. Bosh made it clear that he plans to be with the Heat for the rest of his career.
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