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My review of the fantastic new thriller by Antonia Hodgson: The Devil in the Marshalsea.
Gold is the strength, the sinnewes of the world': Continental Gold and Tudor England
Did Slavery make Scotia great?
In the last few years, however, the research agenda has changed dramatically. Studies have now started to be published on the Scottish connection with the West India sugar colonies and the extent of Scottish involvement in slave trading itself or, by proxy, in Bristol, Liverpool and London. A new interest has also developed in the impact of the slave-based economies on Scotland which connects with older work on the relationship between the imperial trades and Scottish economic development
Scots in the Hudson's Bay Company, c. 1779–c. 1821
For the first century of the Company's operations, which remained at Hudson's Bay, the personnel needs of the HBC were small. A recruitment ethos was established in which the directors prioritised the employment of English 'country lads' and Scots, largely due to their perceived qualities of subordination, sobriety, obedience and ability to endure deprivation.


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The folks from a popular Cleveland Park hangout are going to try their luck with a new restaurant in downtown Bethesda.
St. Arnold's Mussel Bar is bringing a new venture — Tyber Bierhaus — to 7528 Old Georgetown Rd., site of the failed Box Bar & Grill and Dry Fried Wings.
St. Arnold's made the announcement on its website. Operating partner Mark Moore said workers are busy making interior changes and employees are training at Mussel Bar locations. Signage went up last week and if all goes well, Moore hopes to have the place open by the end of the month.
St. Arnold's, with locations in Cleveland Park and Dupont Circle, is known for its large collection of Belgian Draught beer and menu of nearly 20 mussels recipes. Moore said the Tyber Bierhaus — named after D.C.'s defunct Tyber Creek — will offer four or five of the most popular mussel recipes and 20 taps featuring beers from Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic.
It's safe to say the Bierhaus will be quite the departure from the skimpy referee uniforms of Box Bar past.
Moore and co-owner Paul Uppole both grew up in Montgomery County, which Moore said made opening a cousin restaurant in Bethesda make sense.
"We've always been aware that Bethesda is a great area for restaurants," Moore said. "There's kind of a delineation. People from the county and farther back, they just won't go into D.C. because Bethesda is there."
Moore said the folks at St. Arnold's consulted with past operators of the space and kept an eye on the spot once that operation fell through.
"We've had unbridled success at our two places, which we're very fortunate for and which we've worked very hard for," Moore said. "Not to put anybody else down, but it's the management that matters, not so much the location."
The Bierhaus will offer lunch specials aimed at the work lunch crowd.
Memorial Day weekend events from around the nation, and the D.C. area, captured in photos.

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Brooching Art; Renwick Highlights Jewelry's Avant-Garde
Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , THE WASHINGTON TIMES
One woman's bling is another woman's livelihood. Philadelphian Helen Williams Drutt's hobby of buying jewelry at craft shows during the 1960s led her to open a gallery and sell the wearable art. She spent the next four decades amassing one of the world's largest avant-garde jewelry collections, comprising more than 800 pieces by 175 talents from 18 different countries.
Now, 275 pieces of jewelry, drawings and sculptures from her collection, which was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2002, are on view at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. This international survey of quirky, contemporary designs succeeds in celebrating the inventiveness of ornament, which, especially in Western cultures, is too easily dismissed as frivolous and empty.
Luxury is downplayed in this broad spectrum of designs from the 1960s through the early 2000s, many of which seem tailor-made for the current economic downturn. The brooches, necklaces, earrings and bracelets have few extravagant gems to taunt the viewer.
Some are made of lowly materials such as cardboard, pencils, light bulbs and fragments of picture frames. Their allure doesn't come from their materials but the audacious ways in which they challenge the conventional view of jewelry as precious adornment and symbol of wealth.
Several pieces are so extreme in their shapes and assemblages that it is hard to imagine anyone wearing them. Peter Chang's colorful acrylic bracelet with its protruding, pointy ornaments and Marjorie Schick's necklaces of sharp wooden sticks look like they might tear the wearer's clothing or skin. That doesn't make them any less interesting to examine.
Aesthetics trump function for most of the show, with pieces clustered in vitrines and framed on walls like rare artifacts. Only in the last gallery are some of the more outlandish necklaces and headpieces placed on mannequins to demonstrate how they are worn.
The relationship between the decorative and fine arts has long been a reciprocal one, with painters and sculptors such as Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and Salvador Dali making forays into jewelry. The exhibit reminds viewers of that connection by starting with a Dali-esque gold nose molded by German jeweler Gerd Rothmann from Ms. Drutt's face.
Many of the pieces reflect the ideas pioneered by larger artistic movements. The sinuous metal jewelry made by Albert Paley and his teacher Stanley Lechtzin, whose sculptural brooch started Ms. Drutt's collection, are reminiscent of art nouveau's whiplash curves. Geometric brooches by Italians Giampaolo Babetto and Francesco Pavan and austere, bright necklaces and bracelets by Dutch artist Emmy Van Leersum recall minimalist constructions by artists such as Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt. Swedish artist Tore Svenson's steel and gilt pins resemble paintings of concentric squares by Josef Albers and Frank Stella.
Starting in the 1960s, both artists and craftspeople experimented with body art to express similar concepts related to personal identity and space. The show misses the opportunity to draw the parallel in terms of specific examples, such as comparing Bruce Nauman's cast-wax sculptures of arms to British artist Caroline Broadhead's woven nylon "Sleeve," which similarly extends from the shoulder to the wrist. Her "Necklace," pulled to veil the wearer's face, is equally inventive in melding jewelry with clothing. …


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The New Zealand Government: A United States SEC Registered Corporation
Why A Corporation May Not Legally Govern; Corporatised Governments of Other Countries
& An Investigation into the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 'Corporation'
International Ownership of New Zealand Banks
An Analysis of the Key Majority Shareholders of the Main New Zealand
and Australian Banks
Including a Global Overview and Implications of the Central Banking /
Federal Reserve Banking System
The Birth Certificate Odyssey
The Truth About Birth Certificates and their Relation to Corporations, Uniform Commercial Code, Taxation and the Global Banking System
Nationalised Online ID - Here Now
February 14 2014 | From: Aaron Livingston
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Well ladies and gentlemen it's here thanks to the New World Order and its radical laws under Agenda 21; set to control a wide range of resources. This includes a worldwide identification system, in different countries like USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and India. The globalist ID concept that has incarnated itself in New Zealand as "RealMe" will affect everyone rich and poor; including you!
RealMe is a fully operational Online ID for everyone, and of course Work and Income[1] have gladly been the first ones to implement this ID from its inception, forcing everyone who wants an online account to sign up.
It seems to me that WINZ clients are always at the receiving end of some new implementation, restricting freedom. Also information from a reliable source told me they were forced to sign up to RealMe if they wanted to do an online tertiary course, and apply for a student loan online.
According to a pamphlet[2] I collected at my local Post Shop it states the following: "If you want to do anything important online, like getting a new bank account or a copy of your birth certificate, you need to head down to your local branch with identity documents. Not ideal when you're busy...
Below is a screen shot of the RealMe ID application landing page on the New Zealand post website at: nzpost.co.nz
...The New Zealand government and New Zealand Post have created the RealMe service to help solve this problem. RealMe is the easy and secure way to prove who you are online. It will soon make applying for things on the internet simpler, faster, and easier with participating organisations".
Below is a screen shot of the RealMe home page at: realme.govt.nz
To an un-aware mind, this all sounds great! Who wouldn't love a much simpler way for proving who you are online nationwide? All perks aside, warning bells should be ringing in your ears.
This sounds like the same thing that Nazi Germany was doing back in the 40's, yet this ID is very similar to the American biometrics system that will identify who I am, to many organisations, institutions, banks and more, according to the official organisation list[3] on the RealMe website.
Below is a screen shot of the key content from the "About RealMe" page on the RealMe website:
Where on earth did RealMe come from?
Our government has made this 'thing' appear without any official warning or transparency, however stated by a RealMe article[4] this is all in aid of the new 'Anti-Laundering' bill that has been passed.
This ID system has only just begun, yet by the end of the year (2014) we will see it being more fully implemented and it could even be used as ID for offline measures. Importantly, in light of the latest NSA Whistleblower reports, it is safe to say that this type of ID cannot be proven to be 100% secure.
Given the wider context and implications of the implementation of a "National Identification" system such as this (and the general awareness level of the public at large) it is apparent that not a lot of people in New Zealand will 'get' the concept enough to question it, let aloe be aware enough to figure out how evil this thing really is.
Will you take the Red or Blue Pill?
The choice is yours.
Aaron signs up to RealMe to see what it is all about:
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1 http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-income/news/2013/new-login-and-more-features-in-my-account.html
2 Pamphlet photos: www.truth4israelnz.wordpress.com/warning-nationalised-online-id-ahead
3 https://www.realme.govt.nz/faqs/organisations-that-use-realme-services/
4 https://www.realme.govt.nz/news/notice-of-approval-of-anti-money-laundering-and-countering-financing-of-terrorism-identity-verification-code-of-practice-amendment-2013/
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An Introduction to Esoteric Imagery in Corporate Logos
Auckland City Council, Auckland "Supercity" and Auckland Tourism Logos:
Occult / Freemasonic / Illuminati Symbolism: In Historical & Current Logo Versions
November 17th 2011
After researching and coming to appreciate how esoteric and occult symbolism is used in corporate logos all over
the world, it seemed fitting to explore observations on local examples once these had become apparent.
This is a deeply fascinating subject where the difference between a disengaged casual observation of the world and an awakened and alert experience of the world represent two phenomenally different standpoints.
This can be somewhat of a steep learning or 'awareness' curve.
One of the more obvious and classic examples of occult symbolism in a corporate logo would be the Alfa Romeo example. After twenty years of being exposed to this logo it was a pivotal personal experience to actually see what it depicted and the associated implications.
You can see other such examples here in Vigilant Citizen's Occult Symbols in Corporate Logos. This is - as with all of the material on this site - material that you can and should research further for yourself.
Once your eyes have been opened to this phenomena of hidden meaning, you may start to see what is hidden in plain
sight virtually everywhere in our world. One may ask why would these multinational companies be so obsessive about incorporating such symbolism in their corporate identities?
With an understanding of ancient symbolism and the energeic properties of geometric shapes this becomes quite obvious.
On an energetic level, all shapes and symbols have an energetic signature. The three dimensional four sided pyramid as used in the great pyramid of Giza is an excellent example. The geometric properties of the pyramid trapezoid are able to collect and focus 'subtle' energy within the geometry.
For similar reasons, this is why inverted pentagrams are used in satanic rituals as the energy signature of the inverted pentagram is in tune with the frequency of such rituals and their purposes.
Looking at the various versions of the Auckland City logos over the years, there are many occult and Freemasonic symbols which make themselves apparent. In the examples below you will see the original versions of the Auckland City logos, followed by illustrative versions which attempt to depict the design influences and components in play.
Now, we come to the latest version of the Auckland "Supercity" logo from 2011. Here you see the finalist concept options.
Subtly, you can see that within the geometry of these variants, there are some common elemental themes.
1. The designer has a set intention to incorporate specific symbolism into the design.
2. The designer is working from a brief which has requirements that are going to see certain symbolism incorporated into
a design, or design options, from which a fitting concept will be chosen for use or further development with feedback.
3. As with numerology, somehow certain influences are circumstantially and / or synchronistically worked into a design
or the details of an item, perhaps even without the designer being consciously aware of such influences.
Of course, combinations of all of the above are also going to be natural outcomes. With first hand insight into
and experience with the development and design process of corporate identities, we can see how these factors come
into play.
The U2 Connection:
One further thought to leave you with:
Given the pyramid and obelisk obsessions of Freemasonry and the Illuminati, this also brings us to a final consideration for this article, that of Auckland's One Tree Hill. Of course the tree was lost to an activist's cause some years ago but that is another matter.
One tree hill is interesting in that it is essentially, in occult symbolic terms, a Freemasonic obelisk on top of a somewhat pyramid-like triangular volcanic cone.
The band U2 (named after a world war two bomber plane) famously wrote a song about this landmark, named One Tree Hill.
One might wonder about their reasoning for writing a song about such a place (and there are publicised reasons of course.)
Lead singer 'Bono" has an odd propensity for turning up in places along with very influential Illuminati puppet front-people,
so one really does wonder (see below).
But it's okay New Zealand, we are at the bottom (or end) of the world here - but 'in the future' as far as the rest of the world is concerned with our +12 GMT time zone.
Surely the globalist agenda doesnt reach this far? Don't be a sucker for the status quo, your future and that of your family depend on it.
Bono is just a singer anyway. It's not like he has any meaningful connections or could be part of any conspiracy.
The Auckland War Memorial Museum: An Expedition Into Esoteric Symbolism
Including The Original Design For Auckland City
Photography: November 2011 | Words: April 2014 | From: WakeUpKiwi
This is a sort of 'photo essay' which looks at what are most likely the less-noticed details and aspects of the building and contents which comprise the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
The article itself is a combination of observations and selected relevant quotes from the Museum's website: www.aucklandmuseum.com
There is a significant amount of esoteric and occult symbology and imagery at this location. Once one has the 'eyes to see' and the understanding to perceive, it is deeply saddening that such a structure had to be built to honour those who gave so much, because the people then were ill-equipped to see that they were being manipulated into taking part in contrived and unnecessary wars; sent to away from their families to be maimed and killed - at the evil behest of sectret societies, royal / elite families and their bankers.
The same 'elite' collectives and families that still seek to this day to vastly reduce the population of this planet and bring about their plan for a fascist New World Order.
Armed with their arrogance and the belief that they cannot fail in their great work, they leave their clues and calling cards in stone and glass out in the open right in front of us - amused as they consider us - the dumb masses; too inept and stupid to see that which they have hidden from us in plain sight.
But their time is up.
The Auckland War Memorial Museum
1.0 Western Grounds & Front Entrance
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Confessions of an Economic Hitman
By John Perkins
Naming the Names of the Banking Elite
October 24th 2011
Rockefeller Reveals 9/11 FRAUD to Aaron Russo
Director of Planetary Initiative, United Nations
"No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation."
New 9/11 Eyewitness Evidence of Bombs at World Trade Centre
Confirmation of the death cloud they said was safe and what was in it.
An absolutely must-watch.
911 Mysteries
Part 1 of 10
One of the best 911 analysis ever and an absolute must see if you are only just waking up to the New World Order, the Wall street banking scandals and the militarization of the police in the US and the Western world.
United Nations, John Key's New Zealand Cycle Way and Fascist Globalist Government in New Zealand - Agenda 21
The vast majority of New Zealanders and the world in general are so distracted by day to day busy-ness, reality television and sports that most are oblivious to the socialism creeping in at the local level through Agenda 21.
" Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world has ever experienced a major shift in the priorities of both governments and individuals and an unprecedented redeployment of human and financial resources. This shift will demand that a concern for the environmental consequences of every human action be integrated into individual and collective decision-making at every level. "
- excerpt, UN Agenda 21
New Zealanders need to know that although the information presented and documents revealed are mostly originating from the United States, this is a GLOBAL plan that is already starting to be implemented here in NZ. Hamilton City has been chosen as an experimental model city for the Agenda 21 program. RushFM.com
New Zealand is officially an Agenda 21 country, and also evidenced by the random push towards national cycle ways which in fact make sense under the requirements of Agenda 21 in moving people away from using cars.
The New Zealand Cycle Trail sounds like a great and innocent idea and in principle it is. But when you understand where the real reasoning behind it comes from it takes on a rather different tone. It is nothing more than a cover story for part of Agenda 21.
You can read the John Key New Zealand Cycle Way propaganda spin here.
Rodney District Council talks about Agenda 21 involvement here.
Lincoln University Transport Research Topics makes reference to Agenda 21 here.
And the examples go on:
Christchurch City Council
Unicef New Zealand
Hamilton City Council
DO your own research. You might want to start with a search engine search for: "new zealand " "agenda 21"
Agenda 21, which reportedly means an agenda for the 21st century, is a United Nations program launched in 1992 for the vague purpose of achieving global "sustainable development."
(Interestingly, the United States Congress never approved Agenda 21, although Presidents Obama, Clinton and George H.W. Bush have all signed Executive Orders implementing it. 178 other world leaders agreed to it in 1992 at the Rio Summit.
Since then, the U.N. has mostly bypassed national governments, using Agenda 21's International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) to make agreements directly with local governments. ICLEI's U.S. presence has grown to include agreements with over 600 cities, towns and counties here, which are now copying the land use plans prescribed in Agenda 21.)
Some conservatives are trying to attract attention to Agenda 21 by labelling it a secret conspiracy to create a one world government. While that will wake some people up, it will turn off others. It does not matter whether it is a conspiracy or not. There are people on the left side of the political spectrum - who may even believe they have good intentions - working together to spread their vision for society worldwide.
Whether they meet in dark rooms or openly in public meetings is irrelevant; they are having great success convincing local governments in the U.S. to adopt their socialist and extreme environmentalist programs under the guise of feel-good buzz words. Left wing billionaire George Soros's Open Society has provided $2,147,415 to ICLEI. Van Jones' Green for All and the Tides Foundations' Apollo Alliance are also reportedly ICLEI contributors.
Agenda 21 ostensibly seeks to promote "sustainability" (the latest revisionist word for "environmentalism," since Americans have learned too many negative things about environmentalism). "Sustainability" is an amorphous concept that can be interpreted to an extreme degree that would regulate and restrict many parts of our lives.
When will the level of carbon emissions be low enough? How much must we reduce our consumption of fossil fuels? Preserving the environment is a dubious science, and what steps are really necessary to protect the environment are anyone's guess.
Agenda 21 promotes European socialist goals that will erode our freedoms and liberties. Most of its vague, lofty sounding phrases cause the average person's eyes to glaze over, making it easier to sneak into our communities. The environmentalist goals include atmospheric protection, combating pollution, protecting fragile environments, and conserving biological diversity.
Agenda 21 goes well beyond environmentalism. Other broad goals include combating poverty, changing consumption patterns, promoting health, and reducing private property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership, and privately owned farms. It seeks to cram people into small livable areas and institute population control. There is a plan for social justice that will redistribute wealth.
In the process of implementing Sustainable Development;
- You will be required to surrender your individual rights.
- Must give up all private ownership of land.
- The environment' will be used simply as the means to promote a political agenda.
- Restructuring of governmental systems of the world's nations so that all the people of the world will be the subjects of a global collective.
- Powerful behaviour control techniques and peer pressure used to make developing children question their individual worth and values, designed to disrupt parental oversight in the upbringing of their children.
-Control of our food and water as well as natural seeds to grow our own food.
Once these vague, overly broad goals are adopted, they are being interpreted to allow massive amounts of new, overreaching regulations. Joyce Morrison from Eco-logic Powerhouse says Agenda 21 is so broad it will affect the way we "live, eat, learn and communicate."
Berit Kjos, author of Brave New Schools, warns that Agenda 21 "regulation would severely limit water, electricity, and transportation - even deny human access to our most treasured wilderness areas, it would monitor all lands and people.
No one would be free from the watchful eye of the new global tracking and information system." Even one of the authors of Agenda 21 has admitted that it "
calls for specific changes in the activities of all people
" These steps are already being enacted little by little at the local levels.
Since the U.S. is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and uses more energy than any other country, it stands to lose the most from environmental regulations. The goal of "sustainability," which comes down to using government to heavy-handedly accomplish vague goals of caring for the earth, goes contrary to our free market capitalism.
Even more unfair, struggling third world countries and communist countries that cannot financially afford to comply with the onerous environmental regulations will continue their high levels of fossil fuel consumption, and the U.S. will be forced by U.N. regulators to conserve even more to make up for those countries.
Obama signed Executive Order 13575 earlier this month, establishing a "White House Rural Council" prescribed by Agenda 21. The amount of government Obama has directed to administer this is staggering. Obama committed thousands of federal employees in 25 federal agencies to promote sustainability in rural areas, completely bypassing Congressional approval. Some of these agencies are unrelated to rural areas.
The agencies will entice local communities into adopting Agenda 21 programs by providing them millions of dollars in grants. Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh writing for Canada Free Press analyzed the order and wrote , "it establishes unchecked federal control into rural America in education, food supply, land use, water use, recreation, property, energy, and the lives of 16% of the U.S. population."
Tea party groups, talk show host Glenn Beck , and organizations like Freedom Advocates , Catholic Investigative Agency and Sovereignty International are working hard to expose Agenda 21, but there is only so much a few can do. Some local governments have become aware of what Agenda 21 is really about and dropped out of ICLEI this year. The Carroll County Board of Commissioners , Montgomery County in Pennsylvania and the city of Edmond , Oklahoma have all withdrawn their participation.
It will be difficult to defeat Agenda 21 because it requires changing the attitudes of over 600 separate localities across the U.S. Ideally, a conservative president could roll back the executive orders implementing it, but considering Republican President H.W. Bush was a disappointment in this area that may be too much to hope for.
If Republicans take over Congress they could challenge the huge power grab Obama made with Executive Order 13575 and ban Agenda 21 in the U.S. For now, local activists must champion this issue, much like Texans for Accountable Government has done , educating local boards and commissions and serving on them. Agenda 21 is a tedious and overwhelming topic, and until it can be explained in an easy-to-understand way that interests the average American, it will be tough to beat back.
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text: I was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue. Title related, it's how I rooted, and I've flashed some custom ROMs since then but it's happened before I did that as well as with every ROM I've flashed. I occasionally have an issue when conected to to 3G or 4G where my internet just won't load at all. Restarting the phone fixes the issue completely, but I'm left wondering if other data services such as call and text are also being affected during these times. I usually reboot my phone once or twice a day anyway, but I'm just wondering why this is happening, and if anyone else gets this issue, or knows a fix.


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For those of you using Google Analytics, you've probably aware that there are a lot of reports that contain the metric for Bounce Rate, but you may have never really paid attention to it, or had any need for it.
For those of you who have used it, or plan to use it, you should know that the Bounce Rate numbers in Google Analytics can be really confusing.
What exactly is Bounce Rate?
When you click the little help icon beside "Bounce Rate" in the column header, you'll see:
The percentage of single page visits
resulting from this set of pages or page.
So let's see. According to that definition, a bounce is basically when someone lands on one page of your site, and then leaves the site without ever visiting any other pages. Okay. Seems to make sense. Now let's look at some stats.
I like to start out on the Content > Top Content Report. On the Top Content Overview page, I see a bounce rate of 27.58%. Wow. That seems sort of high. Or maybe not? I don't know. So let's look at stats the most visited page on the site.
33 percent! That seems really high doesn't it? Especially for a page that can should be visited via other pages on the site. But what numbers are they using to get 33%?
Lets study this "Bounce Rate" a little more to find out. Here's another definition from Google Analytics support pages:
Bounce Rate: Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page). Bounce rate is a measure of visit quality and a high bounce rate generally indicates that site entrance (landing) pages aren't relevant to your visitors. You can minimize Bounce Rates by tailoring landing pages to each keyword and ad that you run. Landing pages should provide the information and services that were promised in the ad copy.
Ok. I've highlighted the key words in the definition above. Entrance pages and Landing pages.
So lets look at landing pages then. To do this, I'll check out the Top Content > Top Landing Pages report.
Cue Angels Singing
Though the numbers changed a little bit between my screen shots, I can see exactly how the Bounce rate is being calculated.
Duh! That seems so obvious now. I sure hope I'm not the only one who was a little confused by this.
So now that you understand Bounce Rate, lets get to work on improving it. And by improve, I mean make it lower. Unless, of course you are TRYING to get people to leave your site (via adsense, etc..). In that case, you can work on increasing it.
Exit Rates
Exit Rates don't need nearly as much attention, because (at least to me) the definition is much more straight forward.
Top Exit Pages: From which pages do people exit your site? The significance of an exit rate varies according to each page. For example, it may be common for visitors to exit your site from a receipt or "thank you" page because they have completed a conversion activity. In contrast, a large number of exits from a non-goal page (from a funnel page, for example) may indicate that the page is confusing or that it generates user errors.
So in the case of exit pages, a high number of exits could be considered a good thing or a bad thing, depending on which page it is. If it's your Goal page (checkout, etc..) then it's a good thing. If it's your home page, or landing page, then it's probably a bad thing.
So go ahead and dive into Bounce Rates and Exit Rates, and hopefully I can come up with a good topic to talk about next time.


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"I have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
* Martin Luther King Jr (1929 – 1968) was an African-American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement during the 1960's in the United States. His is often referred to as a human rights icon in modern times, his main achievement was to secure progress on civil rights in America.
* The following extract is a transcript from the speech, near the beginning.
The prominent phrase 'I have a Dream' which recurred in the speech proved to be so overwhelmingly influential, that this speech earned it's name from it. This speech influenced and affected many people, both black and white to absorb and be part of this cause, perhaps showing that the power of language has the capability to transform minds and can effect change in the world.
Main Ideas:
* There is bias, discrimination and unfairness to the black members of the community.
* This is a betrayal to the words of the Declaration of Independence, which he views as promising rights to all Americans.
* It is time for a change – people should rise up and work towards the goal of racial equality.
* This was not a momentary movement, and people would not stand for it anymore i.e. it couldn't be ignored as they would stand firm.
> Metaphors make his points emotive and accessible.
> Tone is firm: reflecting the need to stand firm.
Being a baptist minister, Martin Luther King has obvious religious influences in his delivery of the speech, for example it is rather sermon-like (even while being political) and it contains many allusions to Christianity (this would be effective as the speech was delivered to a largely religious America).
"I have a Dream" (1963)
|"In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check."
* 'we': MLK first beings to insert personal collective pronouns here – indicating the need for collective action.
* 'nation's capital': Refers to Washington D.C.
* 'cash a check': a 'catchy' phrase which begins an extended metaphor related to finance, which MLK utilizes throughout his speech in delivering the idea that the African-American community deserved and was owed racial equality.
|"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence"
* 'architects': a noun used to allude back to history, connotations of building / designing.
* 'magnificent': a powerful pre-modifier used to emphasis his opinion of the Declaration of independence. The use of this word also expresses his love for his country, and tells the audience that he is not against his country – he does not wish to appear subversive.
* 'DoI': MLK alludes to the declaration of independence, to make his point as well as to perhaps incite patriotic feelings within the audience, usage of possessive pronoun 'our' also incites this (also inclusive).
|"(Yeah), they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir."
* (Yeah): signifies interjections from the audience, possible by a single person or a group.
* 'promissory note' – a signed document containing a written promise.
* 'every' – determiner which is inclusive, connotes a union.
#Note# Here MLK is delivering the point that he has perceived the signing of the Declaration of Independence to be a promise of rights to all Americans, however this promise has not been honored.
|"This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men"
* 'all' – this quantifier again emphases that men are men regardless of color.
* 'yes…': this phrase is a parenthesis (i.e. it was not entirely necessary) which serves to slow down the pace of the speech as well as to place emphasis on the point.
|"would be guaranteed the 'unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
* guaranteed: the use of this verb connotes security and certainty, making the betrayal seem even more severe.
* The quote from the DoI adds emphases to his point, and also appeals to American history.
* 'Liberty': abstract noun, powerful synonym for freedom and fits into his political-esque speech.
|"It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of color are concerned."
* 'obvious': adjective highlight the idea that the discrimination cannot be doubted, or covered up.
* 'defaulted': this verb signifies a failure to fulful and obligation (the promise in the DoI), and is especially used in finance (e.g. to repay a loan) or in a court of law, which makes the issue seem grand and severe.
#Note# MLK is extending the imagery first mentioned related to finance, describing this betrayal as something like a 'business transaction', attaching ideas such as debt and dues to his point.
* 'her': America is personified as a female, connotations of a mother. Leading on from this point, when MLK uses this possessive pronoun to describe the negro population belonging to it, it gives an idea that 'she' is saddened because her children have been betrayed.
* 'citizens of color': emphasizes the point that this default only applied to the colored population, there is bias and discrimination and emphasizes the hypocrisy of the situation.
|"Instead of honoring this sacred obligation,"
* 'instead': the adverb highlights the treachery that has been committed.
* 'sacred': this adjective brings along biblical connotations, and raises the importance of this 'promise' – not only was it a promise but it was a promise before God. This would have an impact of the audience who were largely religious.
|"America has given the Negro people a bad check which as come back marked 'insufficient funds'. [sustained applause]"
* 'bad check': extending the imagery, the metaphor relating to finance to deliver the idea of a failure to abide by a promise.
#Note# this illustration is powerful because the idea of financial transactions (e.g. cashing checks) has with it connotations of following a established legal system, and any default in it usually means that laws have been bent, broken or unfairly overlooked. It suggests the image of a minority fighting against corruption ('dirty dealings') which has adverse connotations.
* 'insufficient funds': this happens in actuality perhaps when a check has been bounced, and this makes the metaphor of finance accessible – as it can be considered down to earth in the way that everyone will be able to understand it.
* [sustained applause]: refers to paralinguistic features. These are key features of speech transcriptions, as often than not speeches are interactive in the way that they are designed to be addressed directly to an audience – paralinguistic features display the response of the audience.
|"But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. (My Lord) [Laughter] (Sure enough)"
* 'but' – (disjunction) that displays that even in the face of the overwhelming, overpowering enemy they will not back down. This helps to change the direction of the speech.
* 'refuse to': connotes a sense of pride and honor in the speaker.
* 'we' – collective personal pronoun, start of parallel structure.
* 'bank of justice': a metaphor, extended imagery relating to finance, stating the point that justice can be served.
|"We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation."
* repetition of 'insufficient funds' which can be thought of as an incredulous way of covering unfairness helps to highlight the bias in the system.
* 'great vaults of opportunity' – again extending the metaphor, parallel structure of powerful abstract nouns that incite emotive feelings relating to patriotism.
|"So we have come to cash this check (Yes), a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom (Yes) and the security of justice."[Applause]
* There is more parallel structure here and more extension of the financial metaphor.
* 'riches of freedom' – the ultimate goal, the main emphasis of the speech (asserts the value of freedom).
* 'security of justice' – they are unsafe, vulnerable, mistreated without it.
#Note# MLK repeats his main points in different wording in order to emphasis the emotive aspects of his message. He refocuses on ideas and returns to them throughout the speech (the revealing of discrimination and the need for fairness, i.e. freedom being one of his main ideas).
|"We have come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now."
* 'hallowed': the verb is a synonym of 'sacred' emphasizing the idea of God.
#Note# the fact that MLK utilizes a lot of parallel structure may be an allusion to speeches by Abraham Lincon, as he also used many of these techniques.
* 'fierce': powerful adjective.
'now': the start of an anaphora (?) – highlights that time is an essence.
|"This is no time [My Lord] to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. [Applause]
* [My Lord]: religious connotations, interaction in the speech, similar to black churches.
* 'luxury of cooling off': as if he is saying it would be a positive thing if they were to water down their hard work and passions, perhaps so that they could get some rest, however he says that that is not an option: i.e. they had to keep working hard at their limits in order to make their desires a reality.
* 'tranquilizing drug of gradualism': a metaphor that suggests that a slower pace would help calm them down, however narcotics have connotations to illegal use, animals being tranquilized to halt their freedom…etc. It would be easier for them, however this is not an option.
|"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy (My Lord)."
* 'Now': anaphora, parrallel structure. The use of monosyllabic words and the lack of pauses in the sentences help to quicken the pace to add to the tone of urgency.
|"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."
* Very metaphorical, describes the act of abolishing discrimination to a glorious, heroic act.
* Contrasts the image of darkness with light – akin to a journey that would ultimately lead to enlightenment. Also describes their current suffering (emotive imagery).
|"Now is the time [Applause] to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood."
* 'quicksands, solid rock': illustrating idea than man is sinking standing on an unstable ground, and that this should be transformed into solid rock so that man can stand tall (perhaps a biblical reference to Jesus).
* brotherhood: emphasizes unity in the whole population.
|"Now is the time [Applause] to make justice a reality for all of God's children."
* 'God's children': biblical and inclusive: everyone was made in God's image and God cares for everyone.
|"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment."
* 'would': conditional modal verb.
* 'fatal': highlighting urgency, forceful.
* 'overlook': urging the audience to not let this moment pass.
|"The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."
* 'summer, autumn': metaphorical, transition, summer signifies burning passions (use of seasons). Autumn = refreshing.
* 'legitimate discontent': akin to business transaction.
* 'freedom, equality': abstract nouns.
#Note# here there is a juxtaposition of images – it describes a goal and that they are standing firm – declarative and builds fervor.
|"Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning."
* 1963 is 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation (proclaimed the freedom of the slaves).
* Contrast of concepts, declaring a revolution.
|"And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual."
* 'blow off steam' – idiom.
* 'rude awakening' – light threat/
* 'business as usual' – extended metaphor, return to corruption.
|"There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights."
* 'citizenship rights' – ultimate goal.
|"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges."
* 'whirlwinds' – metaphor connotations of power, passions.
* 'bright' – image of light. Justice is compared to the sun.


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Type: New Feature
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Inactive
Affects Version/s: 1.9
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: Gradebook
Affected Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE
In 1.9b4 when importing a csv into the grade book, import fails if any of the identifying fields are incorrect.
The correct behavior should be to import all correct users' grades and show an error page listing the users not imported.
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I would personally call it a new feature, not a bug.
But I agree the import plugin can be definitely improved.
I would tend to agree, but we need this implemented before April. We don't mind doing it, but I wanted to see if anyone was planning on implementing the fix/feature and the timeframe.
BTW, the new gradebook is awesome, but a PITA to figure out.
the UI needs more work, sure - fortunately you can "fork" the import current plugin and make your own now
This way was done deliberately (we didn't want to allow half-successful imports). You have a chance to go back and fix the import and try again without any messing up of your data in Moodle.
We should be printing errors though so you know what went wrong. Do we do that Petr?
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I need to simulate a low bandwidth, high latency connection to a server in order to emulate the conditions of a VPN at a remote site. The bandwidth and latency should be tweakable so I can discover the best combination in order to run our software package.
For OS X, there is the Network Link Conditioner that simulates configurable bandwidth, latency, and packet loss. It is contained in the Hardware IO Tools for Xcode.
There's an excellent writeup of setting up a FreeBSD machine to do just this - take your standard old desktop, toss in an additional NIC, and build.
The writeup is available at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/filtering-bridges/article.html.
In step 5 of the above instructions, you're enabling a firewall. For just simulating a different IP connection, you could (for example) do the following:
Create a file
And change
reboot, and you've got yourself a 56K bridge!
If you happen to be working from a Macintosh, that OS has ipfw built into it by default. I've done the same thing by routing network traffic over the Airport and through the ethernet, setting it up so that anything coming over the airport has the same characteristics as whatever I'm trying to emulate. You can invoke the ipfw commands directly from the terminal and get the same effects.
In the past, I have used a bridge using the Linux Netem (Network Emulation) functionality. It is highly configurable -- allowing the introduction of delays (the first example is for a WAN), packet loss, corruption, etc.
EDIT: There is also the MasterShaper web interface to control the settings.
I'm noting that Netem worked very well for my applications, but I also ended up using WANem several times. The provided bootable ISO (and virtual appliance images) made it quite handy.
I came across Charles the web debugging proxy application and had great success in emulating network latency. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
You could also use vmware to run BSD or Linux and try this article (DummyNet) or this one.
Try WANem
For Windows you can use this application: http://www.softperfect.com/products/connectionemulator/
WAN Connection Emulator for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven and 2008.
Perhaps the only one available for Windows.
I would try using netem on linux. With it you can simulate additional delay, corruption, packet loss and duplication. It even works on the loopback device.
Another client-side program (Windows only), is NetLimiter - http://www.netlimiter.com
Found this one for Windows using Fiddler (free solution) http://www.logic-worx.com/index.php/tools-and-apps/fiddler-connection-simulator/
I use NetBalancer on my Windows machine.
I found this little neat program clumsy. It's in kind of alpha status, but it seem to work fine for me, and it's open source.
Edit: Others have noticed that you can't limit bandwidth with clumsy, and that's true. You can only add Latency and a couple of other network related errors. This will disqualify this answer as a valid answer to the question, however since I had good use for it when I wanted to simulate a bad network so I'll leave it here as long as it has > 0 votes or similar.
Here is good article about this http://purefinity.blogspot.com/2009/01/simulating-network-delay-using-linux.html
If you're on linux, I find the Traffic Control program to be a great help for this sort of thing.
There is a product from http://www.shunra.com called VE Desktop which can be used to simulate varying network conditions. It allows you to tweak latencies, bandwidth and packetloss with a simple UI. Only caveat is, its not free. Hope this helps.
I wrote a bit about this at: http://www.khokhar.net/2010/01/simulating-low-bandwidths/
I've been looking for an easy to use tool for this type of testing for a while now. I just came across this the other day: Network Delay Simulator
If you're running Windows, you should check it out. It was super easy to set up and get going, and seems to work really well. It allows you to define bandwidth, latency, and packet loss in each direction. The other really nice thing is that you can define "Flow Match Conditions" so that it only affects the traffic you want it to. Oh yeah, and it's free.
i think i found what i need. maybe you can use charles proxy or slowy. hope it helps.
We used this software once inside of a Virtual Machine to do some bandwidth scale testing:
It's not free, but does have a 30 day trial.
Take a look at the NE-ONE Network Emulator which allows you to configure bandwidth, latency, packet loss, packet reordering, packet duplication, packet fragmentation, network congestion and many more impairments so that you can create real-world network conditions in the lab. Different impairments can be configured for the up and downlink so you could have a really good uplink but a really bad downlink experience, great for seeing how the app handles TCP queuing because the acks don't come back in a timely manner and the overall latency therefore increases!
There's an overview video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtqlE7LcrQ specifically aimed at game developers, but it shows what it's about. NE-ONE is configured using a web browser so it's really easy to get installed and configured - you don't need to be a network guru :-)
There's a hardware version - http://www.itrinegy.com/index.php/products/network-emulators/ne-one - or you can download a Virtual Appliance (software) version that runs under VMware ESXi Server. The Virtual Appliance can be download from VMware's Solution Exchange - solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/ne-one-flex-network-emulator
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Walmart buying into craft beer craze
I know this is going to make all you craft beer haters groan, but the upscale end of the suds market is the only sector showing significant growth in these dreary times. Perhaps it's driven by a new philosophy: hey, if you're gonna drown your sorrows in beer, why not make it a good one?
Craft beer still only represents only 5 percent of the total market share nationwide. But according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association, its year-over-year growth now stands at 14 percent. (The beer market overall declined 3.1 percent in 2010, according to the Beverage Information Group.)
And that's not just a one-year bump. Craft beer sales have grown an average of 12 percent a year over the last half-decade. They now stand at $7.65 billion annually, compared to $2.88 billion in 2000. And sales in the first nine months of this year are up about 15 percent over 2010.
The Brewers Association counted 1,753 breweries in the U.S. last year. That's the highest total since the 1800s, when difficulties of preservation and transportation meant every town of any size had its own brewery.
"Of course there is a theoretical limit (to the number of breweries the market can handle) and it is going to separate more out into winners and losers over time. But this is a trend that right now has the wind at its back," said Ben Steinman, president of Beer Marketer's Insights, in Advertising Age.
At a convention of beer distributors held earlier this month in Las Vegas, the most popular corner of the trade-show floor was the Craft Brewer's Pavilion. Along with bona fide regionals such as Allagash and Stone Brewing Company, the big boys were showcasing their pseudo-craft brands: Shock Top by Anheuser-Busch, Blue Moon by MillerCoors.
Still doubt that craft beer is making inroads? Consider this: the biggest beer seller in the nation is about to market them aggressively. Who would that be, you ask? Also the nation's largest retailer: Walmart.
Former Walmart CEO Lee Scott, who still serves on the company's board, told distributors at the Las Vegas convention that the company is planning to allot more space to smaller, boutique-style beers.
What's behind the trend? Perhaps it's because Americans like to think they're able to buy the best, even in cash-strapped times.
"Craft beer is an affordable luxury," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Assocation, in an interview with the Denver Post during last month's Great American Beer Festival in Denver (the nation's largest such gathering, it featured 466 craft breweries and 49,000 attendees). "People are willing to spend a little bit more for something they really want to drink."
What's your opinion of craft beers – worth the extra bucks, or just a bunch of overpriced froth?
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Today I learned that folding tiny Star Destroyers is quite fiddly!
omfg someone shares my passion of Stormtroopers, that's amazing
Just... omfg amazing man
Just... omfg amazing man
Ah, so this Stormtrooper is into paper folding! Nice work~
Such precision for a guy with lego hands. I'm impressed!
It's so cute to see that Stormtroopers have hobbies too! I love this scene!
How do you fold tiny Star Destroyers....I must learn how to do this...very cool...
Very nice
How does one fold tiny Star Destroyers...?
XDDD awesome X3
So tiny!
So, TK-421. I can see you`ve been working with paper once again.
Aww that's so cute!
Because a storm trooper can't just fold a normal paper plane. Unfortunately it also means that the teacher is going to know exactly who threw it. Unless he's in a class full of storm troopers!
Too cute! <3
The beginnings of a special place.
I actually used to make my paper planes like that. The "bridge" actually let them fly better.
Haha, terrific !
You mean...he didn't do this himself? And I was so impressed at his dexterity with those hands.
So cute
Almost as hard as sand Death Stars?
Very nice, I'm gonna have to give that a try! How come you're not posting stuff on Instagram anymore?
I post to Instagram when I take photos on my phone, I haven't specifically stopped posting on there
Haha, that's amazing, as always.
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There are five important things you should know when getting a community care assessment:
1. Your child must meet eligibility criteria to receive support
Before they provide support for people, social services decide who should receive help and who should not – this is called eligibility criteria. According to the government guidelines 'fair access to social care services' there are four groups of people, each of which need different levels of support. These groups are:
- critical - people who need support all the time
- substantial - people who need support most of the time
- moderate - people who need support with some things
- low - people who live alone and independently but may need support if they are ill.
Generally, only people with critical and substantial needs will get support.
2. A care plan is a legally binding document
This means that the local authority has to provide the services described in the care plan, even if they are having financial difficulties.
Getting the right provision for our son was a struggle, and we quickly learnt how important it is to find out your rights, and more importantly the rights of your child.
3. Your child should be consulted
Social services must make sure that your child can take part in the assessment. They do not have to go if they don't want to, but you are much more likely to get the services you need if they attend. It is also their choice where the assessment will take place.
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5. Carers are also entitled to support
Social services offer a separate assessment for carers known as a carer's assessment. This assessment looks specifically at the needs of the carer and the impact their role is having on their lives. Carers can ask for their own assessment even if the person they are caring for has refused help from social services.
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I have spent a lot of time in hospitals recently as my sister was diagnosed with an aggressive lung cancer.
One observation that should be of no surprise - you wait and you wait and you wait. That has been the experience of care for her in two different hospitals in the Melbourne, Fla., area over the holidays. Waiting--an extra hour beyond when your pain medications are due. Waiting--more than an hour after your respiratory treatment was due.
Make no mistake. The staff is apologetic and overworked. Without saying it in words, they know delays impact care, outcomes and ultimately patient experience. And they are quick to volunteer the reason why--understaffing.
At the very point when you need care most, there is understaffing. It is the same woeful cry in long-term care.
Sitting here as a healthcare consumer and caregiver for my sister and mother, it's hard to believe the industry cannot provide a better nurse-to-patient ratio, especially since the nursing shortage has abated. Of course, administrators will cite financial pressures--at a time when margins are growing and CEO salaries are through the roof and under scrutiny. I don't have to work in the industry to see this. I see the end result--my sister in pain.
Penny wise. Pound-foolish. I am seeing more and more healthcare decisions made solely as a shortsighted financial consideration.
Only recently we lost a bid for patient experience work. Did we cost more? Yes. Did we offer incredible value for the cost? Yes. We even had a major clinical leader in patient experience as a partner.
Yet, the decision-makers were more concerned about putting us into a matrix to boil down the decision by the leadership team to a financial one. They even went as far as telling us our proposal, and those of our competition, would be read by only two of the 16 decision-making members.
Exasperating and shortsighted, and here's why.
Attention to patient experience has rewards beyond HCAHPS scores and the finances associated with it. For example, Press Ganey recently released information showing a direct correlation between better experience scores and fewer readmissions. That impacts $280 million in readmission payments.
Pearson and Porath, in their book, "The Cost of Bad Behavior: How Incivility Is Damaging Your Business and What to Do About It," report the impact of negative behaviors and poor communication among team members to one organization with 10,000 employees is $71,000,000.
Patient experience indirectly drives profits. J.D. Power reports hospitals scoring in the top quartile in satisfaction had more than two times the margin of those at the bottom. Another study of 51 hospitals found that approximately 30 percent of the variance in hospital profitability can be attributed to patient perceptions of the quality of care.
As a colleague of mine told me, hospitals want quick and cheap fixes to improve their scores and the reality is cultural change takes time and money and hardwiring of tactics.
I'm reminded of a great scene in the movie "Christmas Vacation" when Clark's boss explained to his wife why he did not give financial bonuses that year. He said what looked good on paper was not so good when you see how it affects the "little people."
Sitting here as a little person, and often a helpless one at that, I wish in this New Year that administrators would look beyond the initial financial implications of their decisions and instead consider that what might cost you more initially will reap incredible benefits down the line, not only financially but also in brand value and word of mouth. After all, as I said in Hospital Impact last month the experience of care is the marketing.
Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC, is president of Fast Forward Consulting, which specializes in experience management and strategic marketing for healthcare facilities. He also is the expert guide in Assisted Living for About.com.
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