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A week ago I heard about a spectacular supernova explosion on the Star Wars Galaxies forums. It happened a little while longer ago than a week, but I don't keep up on Star Wars Galaxies stuff that much anymore.
Many people who play Star Wars Galaxies may have heard about the new Community Manager, Draakull, having a complete meltdown on the forums only after being employed for three days. This happened on the days of May 29th and 30th, so I know I'm a bit late to the party here; meltdowns are just too funny to ignore though, especially when it happens in Star Wars Galaxies.
Please keep in mind that there was only one or two people personally attacking Draakull, all the other complaints were directed at the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game which he made a thread about as the "Friday Feature" (FF). Throughout the whole thread Draakull maintains a
calm ravenous composure and shows his professionalism by doing things such as: threatening to ban people who don't like the Trading Card Game; insulting others / calling people trolls when they don't agree with him; mentioning personal life / troubles; and much more!
For those of you that may have missed it, I will give you the greatest hits of his meltdown.
Draakull: "So now, rather than getting things done for you all, I sit here PO'd and thinking who should leave my forums."
Some dude: " anyone else feel a bit SHAFTED by the TCG new/latest expansion... and i take it that we will have PAY just to get it and not get it off the bat?
SOE STOP SHAFTING THE [Insert Religious Figure] DAM CRAFTERS VIA THE TCG"
Draakull: "I feel shafted by many in this community. I am doing my job and I get all this flack about it?"
Some dude: "What a joke"
Draakull: "you or the FF? insult someone without ban rights in another place like your neighbors house please."
Draakull: "Give me a little credit but back off on the sniping at people. I have the sniper option here and yes it's a double standard. I don't do it unless you push me in a corner. You think I will just let comments like that go by and let trolls troll and insults come my way? Welcome to a new way of doing things. Don't talk trash to my mod team EVER. They volunteer to make this place better while others come in and just trash up the place.
Show some respect for the people that work so hard to make this place better. We can work on manners later if needed but since you all wanted a fight I will spend the evening doing this. I had something cool I was working on but forget it. Let's do this. Let's keep wasting my time from working on issues and wasting the mods time from getting to play SWG.
Great idea! not..."
Draakull: "bumper sticker slogan job didn't work out for you eh?
Mods.. get with me so I can make sure you have all my contact information. Never too late for spring cleaning."
Draakull: "you all see that these things are getting you no where fast with me right? I am just going to keep doing these replies because that is obviosly what is really wanted. Not game fixes but arguing. All that therapy I had.. darn it.. down the drain. lololol"
Draakull: "keep reporting threads that are not a violation and I will ban you for abuse of that option. Please don't see if I am all talk. Take a step back and rethink your approach to getting something changed. Otherwise, the change you get you will be even more upset over.
Draakull: "OHHHHH man.. now I know.. You want SWG game FF's..?? DOH! Why didn't I think of that? geesh.. give me a break... I should make a whiners forums and start moving threads."
Draakull: "I feel my hammer swinging arm getting stronger by the minute tonight on this thread."
Draakull: "ahhhh.. you hurt me... I am...... I..... I am crying.. what ever. IT IS LOOT CARDS. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT for in GAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMME and that brings in new PLAYERSSSSSSSSSSS. and new players mean more members for guildddddddddddddddddssssssssssssss.. and I am am tired of reading all this about TCG and getting nothing done for events I wanted to do let alone badge ideas. Now I just want to make a badge with a crying smiley on it and blast it out on here.
I get it. You don't like it. Attacking me got you on a list you would rather not be on with me. May as well go talk to yourself now.
Draakull: "Now I just want to dust off the ban button.. put away my project lists for FF's events, badges, and other things I wanted to do and had in works ALREADY and just slam away at this thread until people get it that I am not any of the other CRM's that were here before. That I love to have fun but once you get me POd it's game on.
Again.. this relationship is based on what the community wants it to be with me. Keep setting this tempo and you will get what you always got. I don't scare away. I have not been scared of much in my life. I don't have the typical background people might expect and for those that get to meet me at fan fair... you will get a better idea.
I said it before. I am fun to be around but I protect my community with ferocity. Threats in community can come from within as well. I could not warn anymore than I have. People just decide to not take me seriously. Ahhh.. he's nothing. Can't do nothing.. blah blah blah and then PM me with.. hey.. Drak.. can you fix this for me? lol
almost 2am. Getting tired of this more now."
Draakull: "I know. Most in SWG are awesome people. I just know that TCG is red meat for anyone wanting to start an argument. Wait until I make my forum on here live. It will be safe because it will be no warning shots like I do everywhere else."
The apology, kind of.
Draakull: "I locked this post so that I can make a final comment.
My approach is not to do what I sat here doing with people through the night. It's a great example how fighting with each other achieves very little.
My apologies again for those that get stressed over heated discussions. I don't like these threads either. To be honest, you really have nothing to comare to in regards to my little tolerance for personal attacks towards me or the team that works with me unless I demonstrated that frustration. That one demonstration, as bad as things were, is enough for me.
Anger, in general, is often ugly in nature and very disruptive to anything being accomplished.
I prefer and request constructive conversation. If that is not something that can be done for some people we can just enforce the rules without coming to "blows" in threads.
I like each and every one of you because you are new to me. I have no resentments against anyone here but I know, just walking in the door, many of the community do towards me.
Learning all that I had to do to get that out was tough and under a lot of pressure to get it done. It's a topic for many that is very frustrating and knew that it would not go over well but some things you just have to do. I have a daughter to feed and raise too. I wish I had nothing but great news for everyone. You don't have to support the topic but it would be wonderful if you could support my over all efforts.
For those that do support my efforts I thank you soooo much and for those that don't.... well I just ask that you leave the insults for posts that never see the submit button.
Not going to reply to any of the replies on here since I went to bed a few hours ago. Just going to lock this down because we, I, etc need to move on today with work that needs to be done and events I am trying to plan.
I wish you all the best day today. I hope we all can agree to disagree on this topic and to agree not to treat each other this way moving forward.
Best wishes to everyone here,
There were many more, but those were the best. He made like 10 posts in a row at one point. What a trainwreck. If this happened about 2 or 3 years ago when Star Wars Galaxies was going as the unopposed Star Wars MMO that was focusing on "refreshing" the community and revitalizing the game then the thread would have mysteriously disappeared, Draakull would have been fired, and his account would be deleted. But since a new Star Wars MMO has been announced and the goals for Star Wars Galaxies to attract new players have all failed spectacularly there's no point in hiding anything any more. Star Wars Galaxies will be gone within a year after the new Star Wars MMO is released and I'm sure all of the people working on SWG right now realise this; they have given up.
The lack of professionalism that Draakull showed just left me gobsmacked. Your job as a community manager requires you to have thick skin, it's a message forum! The sad part is that there was no real trolls in that thread since all of them have quit SWG, they were just legitimately upset customers. Yet Draakull goes around claiming nearly everyone is a troll and that his forums are going to be "troll free" with his ban-hammer.
Just think if you were somebody considering joining Star Wars Galaxies and then you see this level of professionalism from an employee. I know I would turn the other direction.
I agree with you Sanders, to an extent. It's just a matter of professionalism though and Draakull clearly didn't handle it well at all. Plus there were only a few people that were getting mad at him directly, the rest were upset over the Trading Card Game interfering with the actual game. Draakull just got mad at anyone that didn't like the Trading Card Game, even if it was a fair post without attacks.
Besides, even if the community is acting like a bunch of babies the professional thing to do is to roll with the punches. From a player-to-player perspective, Draakull was on a roll in some respects and dealt with some harassers hilariously. But that is something I would expect from another player that isn't employed by SOE. But seeing those snide comments from someone that actually is employed by SOE is different.
You would NEVER see someone from Blizzard entertainment blow his top off like that without getting unpunished. It makes your business look bad.
I guess what I'm trying to poorly explain is that from a professional standard Draakull was about as professional as a six year old at a party filled with people who are twelve years old.Fri Jun 12 2009 6:52PM Report
Ah I see where you're coming from. I'd have to agree a little bit with that. I would disagree if Star Wars Galaxies was a newer MMO though. But since it's filled with mostly hardened vets and people counting down the days to its demise as well as a fairly small forum posting population, I guess you need to start taking measures in which Draakull did. Kind of.
Thanks for posting mate, I can sort of see the other side of this argument now. My point still stands that he has incredibly thin skin and needs to formulate his concerns with the community in better ways than "insult someone without ban rights in another place like your neighbors house please".Sat Jun 13 2009 12:26AM Report


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Hazzard, on 19 January 2013 - 02:24 PM, said:
Topsecret,... quite whining and throwing ad homs around, try to focus on your task. If you are convinced that craft from other worlds are buzzing ours, then you should present the absolute best evidence you have, and not resort to explanations that appeal to conspiratorial cover-ups or the failure of others to be open to the idea.
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A $100 million loan with generous conditions from Libya to Tunisia has evoked the longstanding controversy over the extradition of former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi from Tunisia.
The loan was described to Tunisia Live as a suspicious financial deal between the governments of the two countries by Aymen Zouaghi, a National Constituent Assembly (NCA) member affiliated with the opposition Al-Aridha party.
The loan was first proposed in May 18, 2012 and finally approved on Tuesday, January 8, by the NCA. Zouaghi asserted a connection between the loan's announcement and what he alleged were erstwhile negotiations between the two governments over Baghdadi's extradition.
Perhaps, people tend to forget quickly, but not I, he said.
Zouaghi is not the first to allege that the loan was made in exchange for Mahmoudi's extradition. Bechir Essid, the head of Baghdadi's defense team, stated in June that "the decision to hand over Baghdadi Mahmoudi was a financial transaction."
On a live broadcast program in June 26, 2012, former minister of finance Houcine Dimassi was asked by a Hannibal TV presenter whether or not Baghdadi's extradition was a deal between the two governments. Dimassi replied, "Maybe… that's politics."
Souad Abderrahim, a NCA member affiliated with the ruling Ennahdha party, dismissed Zouaghi's allegations to Tunisia Live, pointing to several previous loans that Tunisia has received with favorable repayment terms.
The long interval between the loan's proposal in May and its final approval this week is a testament to the procedures that the NCA undertook to vet the loan and ensure that no violations, such as the one mentioned by Zouaghi, are tied to it, argued Abderrahim.
This accusation isn't grounded in reality, she asserted.
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BERKELEY, Calif. Instead of celebrating a top 10 recruiting class that featured some of the most heralded prospects on the West Coast, California had to settle for a class that will end up in the middle of the Pac-12.
The Golden Bears finalized their class Wednesday led by strong-armed quarterback Zach Kline, receivers Bryce Treggs, Darius Powe and Kenny Lawler, versatile athlete Cedric Dozier, and offensive linemen Freddie Tagaloa and Christian Okafor.
But this year's group is more notable for the prized prospects who backed out on commitments to Cal and signed elsewhere after ace recruiter and defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi left for Washington last month.
"Anyone would say it's been incredibly tough for them," said Adam Gorney, the West recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. "They've gone from having a tremendous class to piecing together a class. I don't remember a time when an assistant had such an effect on a class whenever they left."
Safety Shaq Thompson, defensive lineman Ellis McCarthy and receiver Jordan Payton all committed to Cal at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 7, giving the school a shocking haul of talent. Star defensive lineman Arik Armstead also was leaning toward Cal, giving coach Jeff Tedford four of the top prospects on the West Coast to rebuild a program that had fallen into mediocrity the past few seasons.
But the defections began shortly after Lupoi, the nation's top recruiter in 2010, left along with receivers coach Eric Kiesau, for more money to join the Huskies.
"It's been a challenging couple of weeks here," Tedford said. "I really believe this is about the guys who chose to come here for the right reasons. I feel like it was a great fit for them."
McCarthy was the first to decommit, deciding to go to UCLA instead. Thompson ended up signing with Washington, Payton and fellow receiver Kenny Walker also opted for UCLA and Armstead signed with Oregon.
"Cal was the story of that All-Star game from a commitment standpoint, and then it's all gone in a couple of weeks," said JC Shurburtt, the national recruiting director for 247Sports. "If they had never had that, it wouldn't have been as tough a pill to swallow. They say it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. In recruiting, it's better to have never loved."
The defections took Cal from a class projected to rank in the top 10 and compete with USC for the best on the conference, according to analysts, to one that is out of the top 20 nationally in most rankings.
Cal was ranked 22nd by ESPN, 24th by Rivals, 25th by 247Sports and 38th by Scout.com. The Bears finished in the middle of the conference. The class was tilted toward offense with the strengths at receiver, line and quarterback.
Tedford said the timing of Lupoi's departure made the process difficult, but he said he didn't want to get into any "mudslinging" over that topic and tried to steer the conversation to the players who did sign rather than the ones who got away.


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In response to an Oct. 11 article about furloughed federal fellows, a reader commented:
Should one infer, from the article's exclusive focus on "federal fellows," that rank and file civil servants are not similarly disheartened and frustrated by federal furloughs?
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Not at all. FCW has done a number of stories on the shutdown's many ramifications for federal employees of all stripes.
For example, Amber Corrin wrote on Oct. 9 that, "A week into the partial government shutdown, the ripple effects are becoming clearer. Cybersecurity is in jeopardy while deliverables are at a standstill, and some agencies are hollowed out. But at the center of the shutdown's impact are people."
Frank Konkel wrote an Oct. 8 article that centered around the tremendous bite the shutdown has taken out of the IT workforce at Veterans Affairs. And on Oct. 3, I wrote a piece on the hit the public IT workforce has taken across the federal spectrum.
The story about the fellows seemed inherently interesting because of the specificity of their work, stringent limits on their time of service and how their positions relate to federal technology. It was not intended to put their work on a pedestal that rose higher than other federal employees -- simply to offer another angle in FCW's continuing coverage of how the shutdown affects federal IT and the people who make it happen.
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Diagnostic Assessment of ORAGENE DNA Self- collection kit Megan Rehfisch1, Maira Kentwell2, Hongdo Do1, Ayiguli Ha,1 Nikki Gelfand3 and Serguei Kovalenko1 1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Pathology Department, Melbourne, Australia 2Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Familial Cancer Clinic, Melbourne, Australia 3Southern Health, Familial Cancer Clinic, Melbourne, Australia Introduction Genomic DNA from peripheral blood is the most commonly used SEQUENCING QUALITY ( QV20+SCORE) source of DNA when testing for germline point mutations, small indels or large genomic rearrangements in the breast cancer genes (BRCA1 350 and BRCA2) and the Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer 340 Q V 20+ S C O R E genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2). In this study we have 330 evaluated a new technology of sample collection, the Oragene DNA 320 self-collection kit (Oragene, DNA Genotek, USA), which utilised saliva 310 as a source of genomic DNA. The company states that the yield of 300 DNA, DNA quality and quantity is comparable to the yield obtained 290 from blood and can be successfully utilised in downstream 280 B lo o d applications. In saliva, DNA is found in the white blood cells and the 65C -120H S aliva R T 120H _9m S aliva S a liv a 65C - buccal epithelial cells of the mouth. Collecting patient saliva via the Oragene technology can offer clinicians and patients a safer, non- invasive and reliable alternative to collecting blood. There are three Table 1: Mutation tests requested for each of the 10 different kits on the market, the DISC format, the TUBE and the VIAL patient samples and the corresponding results. Table 3: Sequencing quality analysis based on Phred20 score format, our laboratory trialled the VIAL format (OG-100) (Figure 1.). A260/280 A260/230 1.75 1.70 6.00 5.00 Clinical Case Report 1.65 4.00 1.60 3.00 1.55 2.00 1.00 1.50 0.00 DISC Format TUBE Format VIAL Format 1 2 0 h @ 65 C + 9 m B lo o d 1 20 h @ 6 5C S a liv a @ R T 9 m n th s @ R T B lo o d 120h@ 65C 120h@ 65C + S a liv a @ R T S a liv a n th s @ R T S a liv a S a liv a OG-250 OG-300 OG-100 S a liv a Figure 1. Oragene DNA self-collection kit formats DNA yield A320 14000 Aim 12000 10000 8000 6000 0.300 0.250 0.200 0.150 4000 0.100 2000 0.050 The aim of this study is to provide a comparable and confident 0 0.000 S a liv a B lo o d 120h @ 65C 120h @ 65C 120h@ 65C+9 Blood 120h@ 65C + 9 m n th s @ Saliva @ RT @ RT mnths@ RT alternative for patients and clinicians to the commonly used collection Saliva S a liv a S a liv a Saliva RT of peripheral blood. Method Table 2: Comparison of the quality and yield of DNA extracted at different times and temperatures Ten Familial Cancer Clinic patients, previously tested for genetic A260/280 value should be 1.7-2.0 (contamination of residual protein) mutations using DNA extracted from the patient's peripheral blood, A260/230 value should be >1.1 (absence of carbohydrate, lipid and residual phenol) were blindly re-tested for the same mutations using their saliva A320 is background (the lower the value the better; usually between 0.1-0.01) DNA. The 10 patients were sent the Oragene DNA self-collection kit, in Vial Format (OG-100), and followed the kit insert instructions A on how to take their own sample, PI 001 Rev 1.0 Feb14, 2004. The samples were sent to Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Molecular B Pathology via the mail. To evaluate the stability of the DNA collected Figure 4. Pedigree of the patient with intellectual disability by the Oragene collection kit, the saliva specimens were subjected to 120 hours heat treatment (65ºC) and further prolonged storage for 9 months at room temperature. Thus, the saliva DNA were C A 37 year old patient with an intellectual disability and a 50% risk of a BRCA1 tested at three saliva storage checkpoints: at time of specimen mutation was sent the Oragene DNA self-collection kit under her guardians (her two collection (Saliva RT); after 120 hours at 65ºC (Saliva 120H@65); sisters) decision to proceed with testing on grounds of future management plans. and after 120 hours at 65ºC and stored for 9 months at Room The patient had a fear of medical procedures, particularly of needles, and had D incidents of past traumatic experiences with blood collection. This non-invasive Temperature (Saliva 120H@65+9m@RT). The saliva was processed in the PMCC laboratory and the DNA was extracted alternative was offered to the patient, which was easy to use, stress free and from 500μl of saliva according to the manufacturers' E involved active participation of the patient in a less intimidating circumstance. recommendations. The DNA concentration was measured using an Through saliva collection a viable sample was obtained and a reliable result was optical density reader (BioPhotometer, Eppendorf) to measure the concluded. quality and yield of the samples (Table 2). Peripheral blood was collected in EDTA tubes and DNA was extracted with the QIAGEN Figure 2. Comparison of sequencing results for Patient 1 Conclusions DNA Mini Kit. Each sample was assigned a specific gene test BRCA2 exon 11 4075 del GT according to the genetic counsellors' request. The tests ranged from A - Peripheral Blood Sample With both methods giving concurrent outcomes it suggests that the laboratory could B - Saliva Sample - at room temperature offer clinicians and patients an alternative way of collecting genetic material and still point mutations, small insertion/deletions to large genomic C - Saliva Sample -120 hours heat treated rearrangement screenings in either the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes D - Saliva Sample - nine month old saliva stored at room temperature have the same confidence in the results. This non-invasive saliva kit could benefit or the HNPCC genes (Table 1). The required PCR analysis and 2% E - Negative Control patients in remote or rural areas as the kit makes it possible for the patient to take Sequencing data were aligned with reference sequences: BRCA2 mRNA U43746 agarose gel electrophoresis was completed, followed by either their own sample and send it by mail, without fear of heat degradation to the sample. direct sequencing with BDTv3.1 or Multiplex Ligation Probe Analysis In addition, the Oragene DNA self-collection kit would allow ease of use for patients (MLPA). with disabilities or in cases where blood samples cannot easily be collected from the A patient. From our analysis to date it suggests that the saliva can be stored for long Results and Discussion Deletion 14-20 periods of time in the kit with limited loss of DNA quality and with comparable results to that of testing fresh samples. Using saliva instead of blood provides a safer environment for sample collection, to the clinician and the patient, eliminating the risk Blind testing revealed that both methods of obtaining DNA gave of blood born infections. From our current assessment of this technology it suggests similar quality, quantity and test outcomes. The DNA extracted that the Oragene DNA self-collection kit would be a reliable and safe alternative to from saliva samples gave acceptable yields (2.5-20μg/500μl peripheral blood collection. saliva), DNA concentration ranged between 49.7 - 410ng/μl, and the quality of the DNA ranged between 1.41 - 1.87 (A260/A280). Acknowledgements DNA extracted from blood revealed a higher quality (A260/A280) (1.703, STD=0.091) compared to the DNA prepared from saliva. I would like to thank the Molecular Pathology Laboratory team and the Familial Cancer However, the DNA quality value A260/230 for DNA from blood was Clinic at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and the Familial Cancer Clinic at Monash the lowest (1.266, STD=0.462) indicating the presence of an Medical Centre, for their support. elevated level of carbohydrates and lipids in DNA solution. The B best DNA yield was obtained with DNA preparation from saliva Deletion 14-20 samples subjected to 65ºC for 120 hours followed by storage at References RT for 9 months (19.8μg). The gene sequencing and MLPA analysis of DNA from saliva revealed satisfactory quality 1. Rylander-Rudqvist,T., Hakansson,N., Tybring,G., & Wolk,A. Quality and quantity chromatograms with minimal or no background (refer to Figures 2 of saliva DNA obtained from the self-administrated oragene method--a pilot study and 3 for example results). The sequencing quality score for DNA on the cohort of Swedish men. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 15, 1742-1745 (2006). specimens from saliva were significantly higher than the score for 2. Rogers,N.L., Cole,S., Lan,H.-C., Crossa,A., & Demerath,E.W. New saliva DNA DNA from blood (Table 3). MLPA results were comparable collection method compared to buccal cell collection techniques for between two DNA collection – extraction procedures. Both of epidemiological studies. American Journal of Human Biology 19, 319-326 (2007) them revealed clean and easy data for analysis and interpretation. Thus, for all ten patients the gene mutation test results obtained 3. Jin,Y. et al. NALP1 in vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease. N. Engl. J. with saliva DNA correlated well with the mutation results obtained Med. 356, 1216-1225 (2007). from blood DNA. We were able to identify correctly the mutations Figure 3. Comparison of MLPA results for Patient 10 in all blindly provided saliva specimens with a high level of BRCA1 Deletion of exons 14-20 specificity and sensitivity. A - Peripheral Blood Sample B – Saliva Sample - nine month old saliva stored at room temperature Red Peaks – Negative Control peaks for BRCA1 Blue Peaks - Saliva patient 10 – BRCA1 Deletion of exons 14-20
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Early noreaster is dé-jà vu for Monson tornado victims
The unseasonably early noreaster that unloaded about 15 inches of heavy snow in some areas this past weekend left approximately three million business and homes across New England without power at the height of the storm.
For Monson residents, the storm was a flashback to the June 1 tornado. Fallen trees, power lines and debris covered yards and blocked roads.
Its like June 1 all over again, said Gail Morrissey, Street Angel volunteer.
Were just getting everything done and now we have to do it all over again. On Sunday, I started hearing chainsaws and I thought, oh no, not again.
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Much of the town is without power, shelters have little food, cell service is limited and gas stations are running out of gas and diesel, said Street Angel Volunteer Coordinator, Wendy DeShais.
DeShais made rounds in Monson yesterday to check on the well-being of residents living in mobile homes who lost their houses due to irreparable tornado damage. She also checked on families who were unable to contact loved ones to make sure they were okay.
Many residents are seeking shelter at Quarry Hill School on Margaret St. though food supplies were scarce. DeShais brought food to the shelter following her neighborly rounds.
Its a bad situation, she said.
Monson resident, Joshua Farber, said that as with the tornado aftermath, the community has come together to help each other.
The sense of families taking care of each other, making sure we are all safe, is stronger now that we have a template left from the storm in June, he said.
Farber also credited the Facebook group, Monson Tornado Watch 2011, created after the tornado, for being extremely helpful as a storm info and check-in site.
The group has been instrumental in organizing volunteer efforts and bringing the community together. This week it is serving as a forum for residents to communicate about the storm during a time when land lines are down and cell service is limited.
However, Karen King, founder of the Street Angels, the volunteer group that has spearheaded the tornado recovery efforts in Monson, said that this storm is different.
The difference versus the tornado is that its so widespread across so many towns, there are not a lot of people out helping because everyones overwhelmed with their own personal problems, she said. Everybody has been affected by this. Everyones just trying to stay warm."
Were all just so tired. And its ruining Halloween for the kids, said King.
Monson's trick-or-treating was cancelled, according to the Monson town website, which states, Conditions in neighborhoods, including downed trees and limbs, hanging limbs, power outages and uncleared sidewalks, are too dangerous to allow children and families to trick or treat.
Monson residents arent expecting to get their power back for four to five days. Schools in Monson will be closed until Thursday.
The First Church and the Street Angels are looking for volunteers to help clear trees and debris from Monson properties. To help, you can call: (413) 258-0207
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Students in Steve Fox's Investigative Journalism & the Web class at UMass-Amherst have teamed up with the Globe to take a close-up look at the painful process of rebuilding from the June 2011 tornadoes that killed four and devastated communities in the Springfield area. Their work will also appear in the Boston Globe. Steve joined the journalism faculty at UMass-Amherst in 2007 and has 25 years of experience as an editor and reporter for print and online publications, including 10 as an editor at The Washington Post's award-winning website.


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Charlie, Charlie Are You Filling a Void?
I have said for years that kids, by God's design, are hungry for the supernatural, and they can find it everywhere but in our churches. It's no wonder crazy, dangerous games like Charlie, Charlie and Splender Man become so popular. Our kids are hearing voices that they don't realize the source. There is a void in our churches when it' comes to kids and the supernatural. And where there is a vacuum, something will move in and fill it. Learn about one of the biggest spiritual vacuums in our kids' lives. Click here.
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Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner did not start having an identity crises as a 60 year old man. It started, by his own confession, when he was a boy. How are we as parents, children's ministers, or church leaders, to respond in today's culture where the Bruce/Caitlyns are becoming not just normalized but celebrated, and young children are being allowed to choose their own gender at tender ages? We need to understand that gender identity issues do not begin in the teens, or adulthood. It has its roots in childhood. How do we respond when children start attending our ministries who clearly have gender identity issues? Learn more here.
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This is very opposite of a sent for me. However; I feel this is the best out of this line. If you like fantasy,pink sugar or any type of similar sent try this. There is a different peachy note in this that sets it apart.
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Bought this perfume at target and had to return it the next day because it wreaks. It is so sickly sweet I can't stand it.
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Great fragrances can be found at all price points if you are willing to explore with an open mind and sense of fun! It's with this sense of open mind and fun that socialite celebity Paris Hilton's Can Can was inspired.
The attractive and colourfully lively Can-Can dancers of the Moulin Rouge cabaret of Paris are conjured up in this scent with notes of clementine flower, cassis, nectarine, wild orchid, orange blossom, musk, amber and woods.
Perfumer Jean-Claude Delville, who developed the applauded Givenchy perfume Organza Indecence, another sweet vanillic albeit woodsy favourite of mine, developed Can Can, which is a fruity vanillic floral with a touch of the oriental.
Once Can Can settles after the sweet top notes of fruits and vanilla cake, it becomes powdery and warmer. It has great lasting power - better than many fragrances in higher price ranges, (I'm looking at you Prada Candy which I also love and own, also sweet).
I would describe Can Can as very feminine, soft, sweet and happy.
If you like the core "softness" of Can Can but want something a little more serious with less sweetness, check out discontinued Escada's Magnetism in the transparent berry reddish bottle but sample it first - I own both, they are different enough to justify owning both - but I much prefer the more lighthearted fun femininity of Can Can. Incidentally, it lasts much longer than Magnetism too.
Contrary to what some have said, Can Can is not a dupe of Britney's Cupcake Kiwi Fantasy, Jessica Simpson's Creme Brulee Fancy, Caramelly Prada Candy or Aqualina's Pink Cotton Candy Burnt Sugar; I own all of them and they all smell distinctly differently, but Can Can is my most often reached for in this vanillic category for everyday
Now that the Christmas holidays are here I'll be looking out for a gift set with the shower gel and lotion so I can layer it.
At 40, I am probably not the target age for this perfume's marketing, but have no qualms with enhancing or creating a mood where I'm feeling happy, feminine, soft and fun!
Don't let a label and lower price tag limit your senses, your appreciation of scent and creative expression of yourself! :)
on 7/9/2013 4:14:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Can can is very sugary, girly, and suitable for the young at heart. I feel like i am in candy land when i decide to spray this on. One reviewer pointed out this smells like flowerbomb at fraction of the cost. I can somewhat agree. Flowerbomb also smells sweet and reminds me of Paris Hilton Can Can.
I prefer to spray can can when sunsets just because the scent is a slighty warm lovely amber
on 4/15/2013 1:33:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium Brown, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Smells like fairy floss
on 1/19/2013 4:31:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Other, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
This fruity/sweet/floral scent is great for all year round. Its pretty cheap too, i purchased a 50ml bottle for £12 from Amazon.
on 12/7/2012 2:38:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I love the scent of cotton candy I just believed it was very strong and sweet for me but if your nose can handle it and you don't get headaches I recommend it Taylor Swift wonder struck smells similar to it but they change to there scents at the end
on 11/29/2012 2:29:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Pleasant, girly, fun. Nothing sophisticated or outstanding but a nice fruity-sweet scent. I can take a lot of sugar so this isn't really that sweet compared to scents like Pink Sugar, Midnight Fantasy, etc.
To me, it's a nod to - but not a copy of - other sweet celeb scents. Got to give it to Jean Claude Delville for a non-linear composition that doesn't start with the generic, overdone "fresh citrus" topnotes. However, it does smell synthetic and like air-freshener at the start. Of the florals, I find the fleshy orchid to be prominent but the middle portion of the scent is quite soft and weak compared to the opening. My favorite part is probably the drydown when the amber starts coming in. It lends an almost coconut-y aspect to the flowers. The woods and musk come in subtly and add cozy warmth and texture, turning the amber into vanillic yumminess. I just wish this part wasn't quite so soft.
Lasting power is not fantastic and projection is only good for the top notes, so that's where I take off some points. The other con is that the plastic cap doesn't stay on firm. It twirls on the neck and comes off with the lightest pull so it's not going to be travel safe if you're the type to bring fragrances out.
NOT for everyone because the opening is very sweet (like artificially-flavored fruit syrup). I'm going to say No to repurchasing because I have SO many fruity-sweet scents I'm still trying, but never say never.
on 11/11/2012 11:02:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I like sweet vanillas for a boost. I held off until this was in marshals. I really like it for depressing fall days. Got it with a small lotion for only 20 bucks
on 11/5/2012 6:09:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
The fragrance can can is probably one of her best ones period I like the sweet candy foody smells and I do like this one. I tend to get alot of compliments with this one. The fragrance goes on and stays on and that is awsome! It is warm and cozy and wears well in the fall and winter time. The price is resonable not too pricey it's worh every penny. The visual and theme is great but they bottle is just plan ugly... the lid wont even stay on my bottle but the juice is what is really important isnt it and I guess thats all that matters. If you like jessica's fancy, britney's fantasy, katy perry's meow than you will love this for sure.
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Discussion in 'Watercraft' started by Chris Scoones, Mar 14, 2013.
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When I was searching for info on how to go about fabricating rod tubes I found this thread. Now that I'm done, I'll just chime in here and offer up how I went about doing what I using PVC conduit for stowing fully-rigged single handers on the rubber floaty. Thanks to those who posted their projects previously.
After I did all my painful bending with a heat gun (I couldn't get good bends without first filling the pipe with sand which was an extra time consuming step) a guy (who builds swimming pools for a living) pointed out flexible PVC to me. It's much more expensive than the straight lengths ($25 versus $5), but still not that expensive if it saves you an hour per rod holder. Looks like a swimming pool or spa supply place would be the place to start looking.
I wonder what kind of strength it has. A guy could accidentally step on PVC and it would likely be fine. Would this stuff be the same? Or would it be more like plastic tubing and crush?
I did something very similar as illustrated in this thread.
I then decided to add an extension for fully rigged spey rods. (see below) It works well and has protected my rods very well. When I'm not taking the long rods, I remove the extension. Piece of cake.
I want to build the same rod holder as luke but looking at the pictures i am asking my self if there are any issues changing out rods while on the water. Luke is your front seat fisherman able to reach down and pull the rod out while moving? I was thinking about enlarging the cut to maybe 18inches to allow for access.
Actually, no. In order to remove a rod, you need to be out of the boat and pull straight back. This also prevents broken tips as well. I thought about this when designing the cut and decided I wanted the added protection as a lot of people use the tube as a "step" when entering/exiting the raft, so I was fearful of making the cut too large. That being said, I think you could get away with making it larger and still have your rods be safe, you just have to find the sweet spot. Let me know what you come up with!
You might also consider a larger cutout and breaking your Spey rods in half. That's what I've done for the long rods just to keep the length of the storage tube shorter. This way the rods can be retrieved from inside the boat if need be. Nearly always, however, I'd be pulled up on a gravel bar in order to employ the Spey rods.
I took a 4" piece of septic drain pipe (the white stuff with the per drilled round holes) and cut 1/3 of it off on the table saw, then zip tied it to the frame. I made keepers with double sided Velcro.
Electrical conduit is designed to be heated and bent. Just use a simple gas torch to heat it, the only problem with this the conduit will turn a brown color but you can paint it after heating. It might work better for kind of project. It's a fast simple way to get the project done if it gets too hot and starts to catch on fire it will not affect the rigidity of the PVC it's designed for that kind of heat
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PVC pipe, bent with my electrician buddies heating blanket used for that exact task. Turned out great. The strap closest to the camera holding the rod holder passes through a couple of slots cut out on the bottom of the pipe so as not to block rod access. Planning on cutting the opening back past that middle strap and doing the same so rod access is easier from inside the boat on the move.
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(From the article): One third of consumers who contact brands on social media never get a response.
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'No matter how digital marketing evolves, SEO will still be a vital part of your grand marketing strategy. If you want to increase your search engine rankings, organic traffic and conversion rate, here are 5 SEO strategies that will make Google and other search engines love you more'.
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(From the article): Here are some tips on how to combine great content, conversation and relationship to form a powerful SEO campaign.Reply comments in your blog posts or in your guest blog posts to keep the discussions alive.Reply comments and feedback on the links from your site that you shared in social media to increase engagements.Leave engaging comments on related blog posts. Use your real name and start connecting with the authors and bloggers.Join related groups and online communities to exchange ideas, learn from the members, and start making close connections. Consider making collaborative content with your connections.Reach out people (influencers and potential customers) whom you think will find your content useful.Recognize worthy people (top people in your industry) in your content or blog posts.Focus on building friendships with the people in your industry instead of focusing on building inbound links.
The pros and cons of creating different marketing approaches and social media posts for international clients
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(From the article): Of course you should adapt!
If you want to make more money and reach international clients beyond the Queen's former colonies, you should learn the customs of each non-native speaker to possibly attract more of their kind.
As soon as I stopped treating German clients like Americans who happened to speak German, I attracted more German-speaking clients.
So when dealing with my countrymen, I began to use a more serious tone (business in Germany is no laughing matter!), and showed more proof of my expertise through testimonials and former client work. This allowed me to build up some trust with my clients. Word of mouth traveled all the way to Austria and Switzerland and increased my German-speaking client pool.
'As long as your link is built to be relevant and valuable to the audience seeing it, posting your link on any of these sources should allow you to remain safe from any penalties.
As you continue to build links, be sure to diversify your sources and diversify the types of links you build -- your links should appear natural in each context, and the more diversified your efforts are, the better'.
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(From the article): As long as your link is built to be relevant and valuable to the audience seeing it, posting your link on any of these sources should allow you to remain safe from any penalties. As you continue to build links, be sure to diversify your sources and diversify the types of links you build -- your links should appear natural in each context, and the more diversified your efforts are, the better.
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(From the article): So, don't ask how you can think outside the box. Ask how many boxes you can think inside. Then, dive in. The revelations are fine.
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There are lots of ways to drive quality traffic to your website in 2015. Although the amount of channels has clearly increased in the last few years, your best bet in driving traffic is still organic search. According to SEO platform BrightEdge more than 50% of all traffic across a number of industries comes from organic searches. Email, display and referral is the next biggest traffic source followed by paid search.
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(From the article): My tip: this also a great way of getting noticed by new and undiscovered influencers. Focus on your existing influencers but figure out who they engage with to constantly grow your network.
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Think copying your competitor's SEO strategy or implementing every website strategy that you read about online will give you higher rankings? Think again!
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(From the article): I know you want a really cool website design and you can easily get that without killing your SEO strategy or frustrating your target market.
The problem is that too many businesses see awesome looking websites, but don't realize that those websites have horrible conversion and search engine rankings.
Before you decide to copy your competitor's website design or SEO strategy, do a competitive analysis to see how they are really ranking in Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. You may be surprised that to find out that they are not your competitor at all.
Have you ever been in a relationship where one partner wanted more, and the other was hesitant to take the next step?
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(From the article): Just like any relationship, it takes time to build trust, authority and loyalty with your social media audience. Also, it's a relationship that must be nurtured consistently in order to grow and evolve.
What do you believe is your biggest opportunity for connecting with your social media audience?
Partnering smart and creative campaigns with technical proficiency is no minor feat. But hiring outside expertise might be the perfect solution.
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(From the article): Once you're working with your external provider, you'll do your part by educating them on the basics. Let them know who you sell to, who kicks tires, who needs to be nurtured, and who's low-hanging fruit. Prioritize the content assets you need, then let them work their magic. There will be time for nuances and fine-tuning later. You'll drive more return by starting sooner with the basics rather than fiddling around with details for months on end.
Follow this plan, and you'll have a powerful marketing ecosystem up and running in 90 days—one that reaches the right customers, closes deals, and drives your brand into a future of impressive returns.
If you want to attract an actionable audience for the least amount of effort, this post is your guide the best social media platforms.
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(From the article): Under certain circumstances, you can build a relevant, actionable, passionate audience on any of these social media platforms. However, for most businesses, the engine for social media success begins with the "rich content" provided by a blog, video series, or podcast. An investment in this content also provides an opportunity for massive exposure compared to a simple tweet of Facebook post.
Again, I would like to emphasize that there are many more opportunities within these platforms than I could cover in a short, generalized blog post. There are many exceptions to these "rules." But I hope presenting this in the unique perspective of effort versus audience has been useful and thought-provoking. The comment section is yours!
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There is no such thing as the perfect time of day to post on Facebook, but there are guidelines that will help page administrators fine-tune their strategies.
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(From the article): The lifetime of a post in terms of likes, comments and shares from fans is highly dependent on the time of day. Posts that are published in the morning immediately experience a wave of reactions, which declines first strongly and then continuously until the evening hours. Posts that are published in the evening have a much shorter but more intense life. Reactions explode in the first minutes — much stronger than in the morning posts. But the activity ebbs much faster, as well. One hour after the publication. An evening-post has fewer reactions per minute than its morning equivalent, even though many users are online at this time of day.
Machined or handcrafted? What's your content creation ethos? Read on for the handcrafted perspective in that debate – Content Marketing Institute.
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(From the article): But without the right mentality, marketers equate scaling content marketing with taking shortcuts and producing more volume at the expense of quality. For these organizations, scale essentially means shoveling more coal into the engine of a crappy content factory. With the SEED approach, scale is about consistency, quality, experimentation and testing, and better, deeper connections to more of their audiences. If they increase volume, it's because they've mastered quality output and have goals to achieve both in serving an audience and in converting them.
These four elements – something I call the SEED approach – are essential elements of great content creation.
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Search engine optimization is all about getting your site to the top of the search engines for your target keywords. Several tactics are used to do this.
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(From the article): Forget about Google for a second. Write detailed material for your readers. Give them the nitty-gritty for whatever you're writing about. Don't hold back. You'll find that many of your readers will share your content with their friends. They'll also be more likely to engage with it. This will create natural signals that make Google sit up and take notice.
A quick recap: SEO is about taking direct action to get your site ranked. CMO is about using your content to indirectly build a variety of signals that tell Google to rank your site higher. Neither strategy replaces the other. They work together, like close brothers or sisters.
Blog posts take hours to write, great images need to be found or created, and those social networks need to be managed and nurtured. It is often not done or persisted with because there is no apparent quick reward.
One way of thinking about great content marketing is that you are building an audience before you need them. Content builds credibility, trust, and followers over time. This earns you the right to then sell them something down the track.
Here are some content marketing mistakes that many amateurs new to the game are making....
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(From the article): A recent study by Fractl and Buzzfeed over 6 months and 220,000 articles, looked at 5 different types of content and guess which of the five types worked best? Listicles.
Buzzfeed is the master of them. Here is an example titled "27 Completely Innocent Images That Will Bother You For Some Reason"
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I think today we must focus on building community wherever our customers want to be. Connect with them through content that creates interest and eventually inspires loyalty. That is the possibility and promise of social media community.One Forrester analyst claims building social media community is a foolhardy endeavor. An alternative perspective.
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(From the article): I think today we must focus on building community wherever our customers want to be. Connect with them through content that creates interest and eventually inspires loyalty. That is the possibility and promise of social media community.
Building links is important, but it can be a dangerous SEO strategy if not done right. Here are 5 easy white hat SEO tips to build links Google will love.
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What I appreciate about this article is the emphasis on the 'human side' of link building and social media. The human element is often overlooked.
(From the article): As with anything, digital marketing success takes time and patience. Use your passion for your products, services, and people to get found, stand out, and get more links online. Let people connect with the human side of your business and, soon enough, others will be building those links for you.
Liandri Van Wyk's curator insight, June 10, 7:30 AM
Gone are the days where he with the most links wins. Google does still value links – but only links that are relevant and built on a trust foundation. Discover HOW TO in 5 simple steps.
Social media is a good start for content promotion, but here are 8 nonobvious tips to further your content's reach – Content Marketing Institute.
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Here are ideas on how to promote your content that you may not have considered!
(From the article): Without a solid content promotion plan in place, your content's success will be extremely limited. In addition to the tried and true methods of promotion, consider including promotion platforms that are less obvious, such as the eight mentioned, in your next promotion plan.
What new or little-known content promotion tips have worked for you?
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Heading out on vacation? Here are some out of office replies to help you do your job while you're gone.
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Some of these are very clever. Do you use an automatic 'Out-of-Office' reply when you are out of town?
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Uploading your own images and empowering your employees to engage with your online content will boost its appeal for your target audience.
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(From the article): Empower your employees.
Most companies are still struggling with empowering their employees to engage regularly with their LinkedIn Company Page. At AppleOne, we had more than 1,500 employees on LinkedIn, but only a small percentage engaged with our content. We averaged 41 interactions on our status updates during the first six months of 2014, which would be less than 3 percent engagement per post assuming all interactions are from employees.
Companies have to do better at explaining to employees that they are an essential part of the marketing team, and they must highlight how crucial their participation is for the overall company success. Training employees to follow their Company Page, and regularly like and share content, will greatly boost interactions and engagement.
Using Little Bird influencer ID and network analysis software, Jay Baer charts and ranks the 88 marketers he's recommended on his Jay Today podcast.
donhornsby's insight:
A great list of people to follow and learn from!
Take command of your own fate to succeed. Here are the foundational and domain-specific skills every marketer should know – Content Marketing Institute.
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(From the article): Every new marketer needs a good mix of broad foundational and specific domain skills. I'm often asked what concepts an entry-level professional in this field should know. Here are 20that I have shared. A list like this is easy to start but impossible to finish because it becomes outdated almost immediately and grows unreasonably long.
Have you noticed a decline in your Facebook organic reach? In this article, you'll learn five ways to improve your Facebook organic reach.
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Do you need help in improving your organic reach on Facebook. Helpful ideas...
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With changes to Facebook's news feed algorithm, you're facing increased competition to get your content in front of your fans.
In this article I'll show you five ways to improve your Facebook organic reach.
Check out this mega list of video, photo and text places to find inspiration in your content creation!
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I am always on the look out for content ideas, suggestions, and inspiration. Ahna Hendricks has some great suggestions of places to find ideas that you can use today! I haven't thought of some of these...
(From the article): Many of these places you've heard of before, but perhaps you haven't looked at them as inspiration channels. What I hope to convey to you is that our social communities are ripe for content inspiration on a daily basis, and when you look at it as a fun expedition instead of placing major stress on yourself to always create AMAZING content, the ideas will flow.
So I'm going to cover a variety of places for all kinds of content: text, photo and video, and I hope you gain mad inspiration from these content ideas.
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