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October 27, 2018
Some information for this post is taken from the publication "Military & Aerospace Electronics", October 18, 2018.
For more than a week, thousands of migrants from Central America have been marching north towards the United States. They say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The journey poses a host of dangers, such as dehydration and criminal gangs. Many of the migrants say they feel safer travelling in numbers and I am certain they are correct. One can only guess as to how many will die along the way but there is safety in numbers.
On 12 October, in the crime-ridden Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, a group of one hundred and sixty (160) people gathered at a bus terminal and prepared to set off on the dangerous journey. By the time the group set off in the early hours of 13 October, more than one thousand (1,000) Hondurans had joined. Honduras, which has a population of about nine million, has endemic problems with gang violence, drug wars and corruption. The wider region has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
I will not debate the pros and cons of allowing them into the United States but our federal government is positioned to stop as many as possible from entering. This post will strive to detail the methodology used by our military and the Office of Homeland Security to facilitate that effort. The technology is striking and, for the most part, developed by the military. Homeland Security is using that technology. Please keep in mind, these programs have been developed over the years and not specifically for the caravan slowly approaching our boarders. Let us now take a very quick look at some of the methods used.
- Air-based technology
- Apex border situational awareness
- Artic communications and technologies
- Biometric technology engine
- Canada-U.S. Enhanced Resiliency Experiment (CAISE)
- Countering violent extremism—actionable indicators and countermeasures project
- Data analytics engine
- Eye-dentify
- Future Attribute Screening Techniques (FAST)
- Ground-based technologies
- Identity and access management engine
- Low-light internet protocol cameras
- Pat-Down Accuracy Training Tool (PATT)
- Polar Scout
- Space-based technology
- Port of entry-based technology
- Port and waterway resiliency
- Port of entry people screening
- Port and coastal surveillance
- Port of entry forensics and investigations
- Post Tracking System (PTS)
- Small dart aircraft, or the hunt for drug-smuggling aircraft at the borders
- Tunnel detection and surveillance
- Video-based training for border patrol trackers
- Virtual shooter
For the sake of time, I will let you discover the specifics of the list above but as you can see, it is very extensive and laden with cutting-edge technology. Most of the technology, if not all, was developed for the U.S. military but adopted by Homeland Security.
If members of the caravan are successful they will be on U.S. soil. In the very near future The Border Patrol will have to take them into custody and unless Mexico agrees to take them back, the migrants will be held in detention until they can be deported. If the migrants are accompanied by children, the government has virtually nowhere to put them. Let's just hope there is no more separating children from mothers and fathers.
The Trump administration has been preparing to expand family detention capacity by housing detainees on military bases, but those facilities do not appear to be ready. And once asylum-seeking migrants are on U.S. soil, it becomes significantly harder for the government to deny them access to the legal system, with the rights and protections it affords, in accordance with international laws and norms.
At this writing the caravan is still more than one thousand (1,000) miles away from U.S. territory, and there is a great deal of Mexico left to traverse. If the group manages to advance fifteen (15) miles per day, it would take more than two months for the caravan to arrive at the Rio Grande. That timeline changes significantly if caravan members manage to board buses, trucks or freight trains, in which case they could reach the U.S. border in less than a week. But that's a major if, absent a significant fundraising effort to provide mass motorized transport.
I cannot imagine living in a country in which it is unsafe to go to the market, making a doctor's appointment or visiting a family member. This is the condition that seemingly exist in the three countries mentioned earlier. Then again, look at the southside of Chicago on any one given weekend.
As always, I welcome your comments.
October 17, 2018
Some information for this post is taken from NASA Tech Briefs, Vol 42, No.10
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. I remember the announcement just as though it was yesterday. Walter Cronkite announced the "event" on the CBS evening news. That single event was a game-changer and sent the United States into action. That's when we realized we were definitely behind the curve. The launch provided the impetus for increased spending for aerospace endeavors, technical and scientific educational programs, and the chartering of a new federal agency to manage air and space research and development. The United States and Russia were engaged in a Cold War, and during this period of time, space exploration emerged as a major area of concern. In short, they beat us to the punch and caught us with our pants down.
As a result, President Dwight David Eisenhower created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. NASA opened for business on October 1, 1958, with T. Keith Glenman, president of the Case Institute of Technology, as its first administrator. NASA's primary goal was to "provide research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and other purposes. "(Not too sure the "other purposes" was fully explained but that's no real problem. The "spooks" had input into the overall mission of NASA due to the Cold War.)
NASA absorbed NACA (National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics) including three major research laboratories: 1.) Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 2.) Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and 3.) the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. There were two smaller laboratories included with the new Federal branch also. NASA quickly incorporated other organizations into its new agency, notably the space science group of the Naval Research Laboratory in Maryland, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory managed by Caltech for the Army and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. As you recall, Dr. Werner von Braun's team of engineers were at that time engaged in the development of very large rockets.
The very first launch for NASA was from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the Pioneer I, which launched on October 11, 1958. In May of 1959, Pioneer 4 was launched to the Moon, successfully making the first U.S. lunar flyby.
NASA's first high-profile program involving human spaceflight was Project Mercury, an effort to learn if humans could survive the rigors of spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. He rode his Mercury capsule on a fifteen (15) minute suborbital mission.
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon and back before the end of the decade. To facilitate this goal, NASA expanded the existing manned spaceflight program in December 1961 to include the development of a two-man spacecraft. The program was officially designated Gemini and represented a necessary intermediate step in sending men to the moon on what became known as the Apollo Missions. I had the great pleasure of being in the Air Force at that period of history and worked on the Titan II Missile. The Titan II shot the Mercury astronauts into orbit. Every launch was a specular success for our team at the Ogden Air Material Area located at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah. The missile has since been made obsolete by other larger and more powerful rockets but it was the "ride" back in those days.
One thing I greatly regret is the cessation of maned-flight by our government. All of the efforts expended during the days of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo have not been totally lost but we definitely have relinquished our dominance in manned space travel. Once again, you can thank your "local politicians" for that great lack of vision.
October 6, 2018
I want us to climb in Mr. Peabody's Way Back Machine and travel back in time to the year 1918. One hundred years ago. What were things like back then; clothes, cars, entertainment, politics, technology, etc. It's amazing to me how many advances have been made in just one hundred years. Let's take a quick look.
- The average life expectancy for men was forty-seven (47) years.
- Fuel for automobiles was sold in drug stores.
- Only fourteen (14) percent of the homes had a bathtub.
- Only eight (8) percent of the homes had a telephone.
- The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten (10) MPH.
- The average wage in the US was $0.22 per hour.
- The average worker made between two hundred ($200) and four hundred ($400) dollars per year.
- More that ninety-five (95%) percent of births took place in homes.
- A dentist made $2500 per year.
- A veterinarian made between $1500 and $4000 per year.
- Ninety percent (90%) of ALL doctors had no college education. Instead, they attended so-called local medical schools. Many of which were condemned in the press and the government as substandard.
- Sugar was four cents ($0.04) per pound.
- Eggs were fourteen cents ($0.14) per dozen.
- Coffee was fifteen cents ($0.15) per pound.
- Most women washed their hair only one per month and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
- The population of Las Vegas was thirty (30).
- Two out of ten adults could not read or write and only six percent (6%) of all Americans had graduated from high school.
- There were two hundred and thirty (230) murders reported in the entire United States.
If a picture is worth a thousand words—let's have pictures. All of following pictures are from Getty Images and were taken in the year 1918. Let's take a look.
HUGE differences—right? One thing I am certainly grateful for is advances in medical technology. Our life expectancy for a male is now seventy-eight (78) and not forty-seven (47). Huge advances.
HERE WE GO AGAIN (National Debt)
October 2, 2018
Some information for this post is taken from the Concord Coalition
Business, corporate, government or individual fiscal year calendars and planners for the US fiscal year 2018 as defined by the US Federal Government, starting on October 1, 2017 and ending on September 30, 2018. The calendars cover a twelve-month period and are divided into four quarters. With that being the case, once again the clock begins ticking elevating our national debt. As of 2 October 2018, at 0900 hours our national debt was about $21.5 trillion dollars.
As you can see, a trillion is a one with twelve (12) zeros behind it. We have twenty-one of these to deal with. The chart below was "shot" at sixteen (16) hundred hours (4:00 for you civilians) on 2 October 2018. If that debt is allocated for each citizen and each taxpayer, the debt becomes $65,447 or $176,475 respectively. We all had better have a really really good year.
Right now, our debt is approximately ninety-four percent (%) of our gross domestic product (GDP). In 2050 that debt is estimated to be one hundred and fifty percent (150%) our GDP, which is considered to be unsustainable. The chart below will give you some idea as to how quickly our debt has risen.
Well, if misery loves company, we are not alone with issues of national debt. The following chart give debt of the top twenty (20) countries with significant debt. Not a pretty picture.
Entitlement Programs – When social security was first enacted the life expectancy in the country was sixty-three (63) years old. Today that life expectancy is in the late seventies (70's). If we're to get our entitlement programs back into line, we should think about changing the eligibility age for social security and Medicare to at least the early seventies (70's).
We should also change social security disability and loosen the eligibility for those who are over sixty-two (62) years old. Those who can't continue to do hard labor (construction) type of jobs would be eligible to collect earlier. We would also have to make sure that medical insurance companies use community rating so those older Americans could get medical insurance at a "reasonable" price until they reached the age of eligibility for Medicare.
The Military – It makes no sense that the United States should spend more than the next ten countries combined for national defense. We have significantly more firepower than we need and as a result we tend to trot this ability out to other parts of the world and work towards "nation building". It's time that we go back to the levels of military spending we had under previous administrations and even make larger cuts. We just can't afford the size military we have and the interventionists policies that we've developed. We really cannot protect the entire world endlessly.
Tax policy – It's not only the rich. We do need to change tax policy on the richest Americans. They do need to pay more, but so does everyone else. Right now, we have close to fifty percent (50%) of Americans not paying any income taxes. This just isn't fair. If we're all to participate in the good things that our country has to offer, then we all need to participate in paying a "fair" level of taxes to support those activities. Everyone should have "skin in the game".
Public workers compensation packages – Thirty years ago people went to work for the government knowing they were going to make less money, but their job security was going to be very strong. Today according to John Mauldin, we have a situation where government workers are paid on average forth percent (40%) more than their private sector counterparts. This is more than unsustainable. There is no reason government workers should have this sort of bonus and it needs to be brought under control if we're to reign in our government debt issues
The above suggestions and possible solutions are only the tip of the ice burg. The problem is: WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING and do it quickly—like this year, right now.


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Conservative law professor unloads on White House counsel Don McGahn for drafting Trump's NDAs
Adam White, a conservative professor at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School and a research fellow at the right-wing Hoover Institute, found himself utterly appalled by new revelations that President Donald Trump has been trying to use nondisclosure agreements to silence former staffers who have since left his administration.
Trump on Monday tweeted out that estranged former ally Omarosa Manigault-Newman had already signed an NDA that he claimed should have guaranteed her silence after being fired from the White House last year.
In response to this, New York Times reporter Julie Davis noted on Twitter that she had reported earlier this year that White House counsel Don McGahn had written up the NDAs under pressure from Trump — despite the fact that he knew that they would not be enforceable in a court of law.
Responding to Davis' tweet, White said he was in shock that McGahn would stoop to writing up agreements aimed at intimidating and silencing government employees from speaking publicly.
"That's astonishing," White wrote. "It's no answer to say, 'he knew they were unenforceable.' The White House Counsel shouldn't in the business of writing unenforceable contracts for political reasons. Tell your client 'no.'"
The White House Counsel wrote a Nondisclosure Agreement for W.H. staff. That's astonishing.
It's no answer to say, "he knew they were unenforceable."The White House Counsel shouldn't in the business of writing unenforceable contracts for political reasons. Tell your client "no." pic.twitter.com/nA4GRxu0Wu
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March 06, 2019
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GQ – The Fifth Estate star lets her secrets slip…
While the period drama seems to be ushering in all the actresses of the moment, it's saddling them with a certain bête noire. Ask Alicia Vikander. "Corsets," she explains. "They keep hunting me down." Last year's A Royal Affair, check. Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, check. Even when the Swedish 25-year-old skipped genres, for next year's Seventh Son, her wardrobe was replete with them.
So she breathed a sigh of relief when cast in this month's WikiLeaks thriller The Fifth Estate, which follows Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) as they expose the news behind the news. Vikander plays Domscheit-Berg's wife, Anke. "I knew a lot about WikiLeaks already," she says. "One of the most famous documentaries about it came out in Sweden before the war logs were released, and Julian was still considered a very brave man. The Fifth Estate doesn't judge what he did, but brings the subject of transparency to the surface."
With a string of cinematic behemoths on her slate, Vikander's on the brink of international fame – after Seventh Son, she'll appear in Guy Ritchie's The Man From UNCLE, then in Ex Machina as a robot. And none of them, she's pleased to report, involve corsets.
The Fifth Estate is out on now. Seventh Son is out in 2014.


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Talented local dancers dreaming of a professional career are getting the opportunity to audition for one of the leading ballet companies in the United States.
The San Francisco Ballet will be holding auditions in Guadalajara in July, coinciding with another performance of Despertares Mexico, the series put together by Tapatio ballet star Isaac Hernandez, a principal dancer with the English National Ballet.
A strong connection has been forged between Guadalajara and the San Francisco troupe. Hernandez's younger brother Esteban is now a principal with the San Francisco Ballet, and Isaac also performed with them earlier in his career.
Despertares Mexico is scheduled at the Auditorio Telmex on Saturday, July 20, 8:30 p.m. In addition to the Hernandez brothers, the audience will get to see cameos by world-class ballet dancers, including Francesca Hayward, a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet in London, and Alina Cojocaru, a principal with the English National Ballet.
Tickets for the show cost from 450 to 2,500 pesos; available from the Auditorio Telmex or Ticketmaster. For information about the auditions, go to sc.jalisco.gob.mx.


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New report: Using gas grid to store excess electricity could boost UK renewables
Government and industry should boost investment in technology to promote the use of hydrogen as a way of storing energy, which would make the UK energy system greener and more efficient, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
The technology would allow the gas grid to be used to store excess electricity, in the form of hydrogen, and support an expansion of renewable power in the UK.
One of the barriers to increasing renewable capacity in the UK is the inability to store excess electricity - if, for example, it is very windy but demand levels are low.
The recommendation is made in the report, 'Energy from Gas: Taking a Whole System Approach', which outlines keyways that gas could be used to make the UK energy system greener, cheaper and more efficient.
"Government and industry need to step up efforts to provide funding programmes and demonstration sites to encourage the greater use of hydrogen as energy storage," said Dr Jenifer Baxter, Head of Engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and lead author of the report.
"The UK has a strong track record of being at the cutting edge of new energy developments, and this could present the country with a chance to be a world leader in power-to-gas and hydrogen technology."
The report calls for more support for power to gas technology, which is when excess electricity on the National Grid, from either high levels renewable generation or low demand, is used to create hydrogen through electrolysis. This can be used locally, or injected into the gas grid at a low hydrogen concentration. Apart from producing 'green' gas, it can also be used to balance the electricity grid.
The UK gas grid has the potential to store excess electricity in the form of hydrogen, for a greater amount of time than some other forms of energy storage, such as batteries.
This hydrogen can then be used in all areas of the energy system producing low emissions fuel for transport, reducing the CO2 emissions from the heating system, reused to generate electricity as well as a greener feedstock for industries such as ammonia and plastics production.
"We need to move away from our wasteful culture to a more sustainable and circular economy. Power-to-gas and hydrogen technology could and should play a major role in building this future," said Dr Baxter.
The report makes three recommendations for how power to gas technology could be used to transform the UK energy system:
- 1. UK Government must commit to creating an industrial forum that brings together the nuclear, renewable power and gas sectors to promote the generation and storage of hydrogen for use across the UK energy system in heat, transport, power generation and heavy industry. Investment now in the future hydrogen economy will begin to encourage further innovation, open up markets and help clarify legislation and regulation.
- 2. UK Government must work with the gas industry to promote the use of up to 20% hydrogen in the gas distribution network including change in pipes and materials by 2023. Funding programmes and demonstration sites are crucial to decarbonising gas. Government has the power to finance research, development and demonstration and support deployment through programmes such as Innovate UK, as well as bespoke programmes designed to deliver future UK infrastructure.
- 3. UK Government should commission a comprehensive comparative study of the long-term sustainability of materials used to create lithium ion EV batteries versus power-to-gas/ gas systems and fuel cells, to identify appropriate technology and life cycle approach. By understanding this more clearly, UK Government can make evidence-based investment decisions that meet the requirements of sustainable development in the transport and heat sectors.
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Marriage quotes
Alfred Adler:
We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited.
Ambrose Bierce:
Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Amy Bloom:
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
Ann Landers:
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest--never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.
Anna Garlin Spencer:
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a lifelong experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success.
Barbara De Angelis:
The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again -- and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
Barbara De Angelis:
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
Betty Friedan:
If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.
Bill Cosby:
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
Booth Tarkington:
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti:
Many people marry for the wrong reasons, among them 1) to overcome loneliness, 2) to escape an unhappy parental home, 3) because they think that everyone is expected to marry, 4) because only "losers" who can't find someone to marry stay single, 5) out of a need to parent, or be parented by another person, 6) because they got pregnant, 7) because "we fell in love," ... and on goes the list.
Danny DeVito:
There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?
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Dick Gregory:
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
Francis Bacon:
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.
Friedrich Nietzsche:
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Gay Hendricks:
One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for something else. In fact, arguments often serve the purpose of using up energy, so that the couple do not have to take the courageous, creative leap into an unknown they fear. Arguing serves the function of being a zone of familiarity into which you can retreat when you are afraid of making a creative breakthrough.
Georg C. Lichtenberg:
Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.
George Bernard Shaw:
All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.
Gloria Steinem:
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
Gloria Steinem:
Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
Groucho Marx:
Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
Hannah Arendt:
The right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right compared to which "the right to attend an integrated school, the right to sit where one pleases on a bus, the right to go into any hotel or recreation area or place of amusement, regardless of one's skin or colour or race" are minor indeed. Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the inalienable human rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and to this category the right to home and marriage unquestionably belongs. [Dissent, Winter 1959]
Harriet Martineau:
Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.
Helen Rowland:
Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
John Berger:
All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.
Joseph Barth:
Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up.
Josh McDowell:
What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will be intensified in a marriage relationship, because you will feel free to let your guard down -- that person has committed himself to you and you no longer have to worry about scaring him off.
Joyce Brothers:
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
Joyce Brothers:
My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.
Julia Child:
The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all of the time.
Katharine Hepburn:
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
Louis K. Anspacher:
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
Lyndon B. Johnson:
Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, the other, to let her have it.
Mark Twain:
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
Mark Twain:
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.
Mignon McLaughlin:
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mohandas K. Gandhi:
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
Nanette Newman:
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
Ogden Nash:
To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong admit it;
Whenever you're right shut up.
Ogden Nash:
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets.
Oscar Wilde:
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Pearl S. Buck:
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Rainer Maria Rilke:
A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
Rita Rudner:
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewellery.
Robert C. Dodds:
The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.
Samuel Johnson:
Marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
Simone Signoret:
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last --more than passion or even sex!
My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Tom Mullen:
Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.
W. H. Auden:
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
Will Rogers:
Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials.
Will Stanton:
Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centred, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.


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Peru will have diagnosis and proposed strategic plan for a sustainable and integrated development of the Amazon River basin, thanks to Amazon GEF ACTO / UNEP Project.
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D24am: Management of arapaima fish results in 800 tons in Brazil
Activity with roughly 1200 fishermen in four Sustainable Development Reserves generates income and helps protect the species.
"Glances wild", a tour of the Amazon biodiversity
The largest rainforest on the planet is also the most biodiverse. Harbors million species, of which thousands are threatened by man.
Manatees are reintroduced to nature
Attack survivors, the 5 mammalian passed for the care of the Rehabilitation Center of Amazonian Manatee;
Amazon: the challenges of the natural wonder of the world
On August, more than 15,000 people gathered to celebrate the recognition from New 7 Wonders foundation to the Amazon River/Rainforest as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Opinión: The Amazon receives distinction as a natural wonder with a celebration in Peru
The Amazon was recognized as one of the seven natural wonders of the world in ceremony led by President of Peru in the Amazon River.
Andina: Amazon countries work project on water resources in the Amazon basin
Peru is working with seven other countries signatories of Amazon Cooperation Treaty the first phase of the GEF project on sustainable management of water resources in the Amazon basin
Globo: Medicinal plants of the Amazon illustrate new postage stamps
Postage stamps are a tribute to the 117 years of the Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará. Images show plants used as anti-inflammatory and even as aphrodisiacs.
InfoAmazonia: the challenge of updated data
In recent weeks, the project team of interactive maps of ((o))eco made its first update of data on deforestation and fire. See how it was done and browse through the latest data on the maps.


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Apache Zeppelin, the missing GUI for your Big Data back-end
DuyHai Doan is a Cassandra technical advocate. He spends his time between technical presentations/meetups on Cassandra, coding on open source projects to support the community and helping all companies using Cassandra to make their project successful. Previously he was working as a freelance Java/Cassandra consultant.
If you are interested in Big Data, you surely already know about Apache Spark or Apache Cassandra, but do you know about Apache Zeppelin? Do you know that it is possible to draw out beautiful graph using an user-friendly interface out of your Spark RDD and Cassandra queries? In this session, I will introduce Zeppelin by live coding example and highlight its modular architecture which allows you to plug-in any interpreter for the back-end of your choice (AsciiDoc, Cassandra, etc.).
Zeppelin is a young but very promising Apache project. Its modular and interpreter-based architecture makes it suitable for any kind of back-end, not just Spark (like Spark Notebooks for example). The community is vivid and a dozen of pull requests have been created to integrate interpreters for different technologies (Apache HBase, Apache Lens, Apache Ignite, etc.). The community is in a building phase and my talk aims at presenting Zeppelin to the developers and to extend Zeppelin community. The talk itself will be done using Zeppelin. Yes, it is possible to execute Markdown, AngularJS or just plain HTML code using Zeppelin directly.


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The airship crew saved Ben's life from a dragon, of all things.
When Ben wakes up, he has no memory of his family, his home, or how he got to this strange world. All he knows is what his new crew members tell him: the magical Barrier that protects their land is weakening. Unless they find the artifact that can repair it, all of Terrene will be destroyed and enslaved by the enemies beyond.
But when Ben suspects that danger may lurk closer than dragons or sky pirates, he has to decide: stay and fight with the airship crew, or focus on regaining his lost memory? If he leaves, he risks losing his newfound friends–but if he stays, he might never return home.
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Millions of voters across swaths of southern India cast ballots early yesterday in the second phase of a mammoth, staggered general election, as sporadic violence flared in the east and Jammu and Kashmir.
More than 155mn people were eligible to vote in 95 constituencies in 12 states yesterday, with results of the election to the 545-member parliament expected on May 23.
In focus are the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where the main opposition Congress party and its allies need to win big if they hope to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from securing a second straight term.
Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have run an aggressive campaign, playing to their nationalist, Hindu-first base and attacking rivals they accuse of appeasing minorities.
Critics say such divisive rhetoric threatens India's secular foundations.
"Communal polarisation is the biggest issue for me," said Rakesh Mehar, who voted in the technology hub of Bengaluru, which is the capital of Karnataka. "And the growing intolerance in the country is what worries me the most."
Yet it may be tough for the BJP to repeat its 2014 feat of sweeping victories in six northern states that delivered 70% of all its seats, helping to clinch a landslide majority, said academic Neelanjan Sircar.
"You can never expect you'll do that again," added Sircar, a political science professor at Ashoka University near the capital, New Delhi. "Those seats that you lose, you'll have to make up somewhere."
The BJP would be looking to make gains in Karnataka, he added.
Congress, which is focusing on concerns about growing joblessness and farmers' distress, is staking its chances on a promise of generous handouts to the country's poorest families.
"People are talking about national issues," said Manjunath Munirathnappa, a voter in Bengaluru, who hoped lawmakers would resolve infrastructure woes, such as traffic congestion and inadequate water supply.
"But only when they fix the local issues will there be progress."
The election, in which almost 900mn people are eligible to vote, began last week and ends next month, with vote counting set for May 23 and results expected the same day.
Sporadic violence was reported in Kashmir, where separatists have called an election boycott and West Bengal, which has a history of election clashes.
Police fired teargas to disperse stone-throwers in Srinagar, where thousands of troops have been deployed to guard the vote, although turnout was just 5% by 1pm.
"There has been stone pelting by protesters in at least 40 places," said a senior police officer who sought anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.
Police in Darjeeling also fired tear gas at protesters who complained they had not been allowed to vote, said the top district official, Arvind Kumar Mina.
"They had blocked a highway and had to be dispersed," he added.
In the neighbouring constituency of Raiganj, unidentified people attacked the car of the communist candidate at a voting station he visited to check accusations of voting malpractice, the party said.
Elections in West Bengal have historically been marred by violence among the communists who ran the state for decades, the main opposition Congress and a powerful regional group, all trading charges of vote-rigging and intimidating supporters.
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The benefits of brick restoration
Most of the people who have had to have building restoration in their homes or offices, know just how different it can make the entire place look. However, it is very important to note that only those that get quality brick restoration will be able to note the desired difference that comes afterwards. The process of restoring brick is not a very complicated one. However, skill is needed to ensure perfection. Skill is important as it will ensure that the outcome of the process is what you had in mind. And if it is not, then it is much better than what you had in mind.
One of the very many places in the house, where you might need to restore brick is the fireplace. This is especially true if you light the fire occasionally. Fire tends to make the brick in that area turn color and also become weaker. Brick fireplace restoration is not only done in the houses that use the fireplace most of the time, but it is also done in old houses and any other house for that matter. There are various advantages of restoring brick and some of them are discussed below.
Get a new appearance
Brick restoration will ensure that you have a newer look to the place involved. This process will see to it that any old house looks as new as possible.
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To restore brick will also mean that you get a cleaner surface. Most people get tired of their dirty brick walls or pavements and scrubbing them clean might not be very helpful. Needless to say, it is also very tiring. However, restoring the brick in the affected area will be a solution to getting rid of the dirty and stained brick.
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It will also see to it that the weak walls are strengthened. There are very many homes where the brick walls have been damaged by rain, age and other natural disasters. They have therefore left them weaker. To avoid accidents, like the collapsing of the entire house, it is prudent that the walls be repaired. The best way to do this is through brick restoration.
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Some of the houses that most people live in are old and this means that they were built a while back. With the recent advancements, in both technology and the construction industry, it is right to say that the brick restoration products of this time and age are much better than those of long ago. Therefore, restoring the brick in your house will ensure that you have nothing but the best quality in brick products.
There are very many other advantages of restoring the brick parts of your house or office. It is very important to note that it is also crucial to get the best and most qualified people to help you with the building restoration. This will ensure that you not only have the quality bricks that you want but that the job is also done accordingly. For the best restoration products and the best people to do the job, Art Metal Workshop are the people to call.
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With the Indian Premier League knocking at the door, the cricketing world is set to witness the grandest domestic T20 league kickstart its 12th edition on 23rd March. In more than a decade of exhilarating and enthralling cricket, IPL has given us countless moments of joy and agony.
This season can serve as a preparation drill for all the international players ahead of the ICC World Cup. In fact, this is the first instance that IPL is going to be played before the 50 over World Cup, so the hype is real.
Bowlers have always been the backbone of any cricket team, and economical bowling is worth its weigh in diamond when it comes to the T20 format. Bowling in T20 cricket is not only about picking up wickets, but bowling dot balls are also as crucial the batting side succumbs to pressure.
There have been many exceptional bowlers who hogged the limelight with their skillful bowling. From Lasith Malinga to Shane Warne and from Shoaib Akhtar to Brett Lee, various world-class bowlers have taken center stage in the biggest cricket carnival. Therefore now we are about to discuss the most economical bowlers in the history of the IPL, with a minimum of 30 innings.
Some honorable mentions are:
Glenn McGrath (6.61) in 14 innings, Lasith Malinga (6.86) in 110 innings, Daniel Vettori (6.78) in 34 innings and Ravichandran Ashwin (6.73) in 122 innings
#5 Dale Steyn - 6.72 in 90 innings
Dale Steyn is one of the most talented and aggressive bowlers of this era. In spite of a career hindered with injuries, he will go down as one of the best fast bowlers of all time. His blistering pace and sublime swing bowling have haunted many world-class batsmen for years.
The Protean has played for four teams in his IPL career, Royal Challenger Bangalore (2008-10), Deccan Chargers (2010-12), Sunrisers Hyderabad (2013-15) and Gujarat Lions (2016).
Bowling in powerplay is no easy feat by any means, but Steyn used to restrict the batting lineups along with picking wickets upfront. He has 92 dismissals to his name in his 90 IPL matches at an economy rate of 6.72.
#4 Rashid Khan - 6.68 in 31 innings
Rashid Khan has become a household name all over the world after the leggie made a sensational entry in the international circuit. This Afghanistan prodigy has proved himself over and over again all over the globe as he plays for many franchises. His quicker delivery which skids off the surface is a potent threat to any batsman.
Rashid has this uncanny knack of picking wickets at regular intervals. Not only that, but he is also the fifth most economical bowler in IPL history.
The 20-year-old has played 31 IPL matches in which he has managed 38 scalps to his name with the economy rate of 6.68. He also has the best bowling strike rate of 19.26 among the top five bowlers in this list.
#3 Muttiah Muralitharan - 6.67 in 66 innings
Muttiah Muralitharan has the world record of most number of Test wickets (800) to his name. The Sri Lankan legend was not an easy bowler to either hit or defend because of his unusual action. He has destroyed many batting greats with his unconventional off-spin bowling.
In the IPL too, his impact was immense as the batsmen found it difficult to read the ball from his hand. The veteran has represented three franchises - Chennai Super Kings (2008-10), Kochi Tuskers Kerala (2011) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (2012-14) in the IPL.
He was one of those bowlers who could contain runs in the crucial middle bowlers when there were no fielding restrictions. Muralitharan picked 63 wickets in his 66 IPL innings at an economy rate of 6.67.
#2 Anil Kumble - 6.57 in 42 innings
Anil Kumble led his home team, Royal Challengers Bangalore to the finals in the next season before retiring from the IPL in 2010. 'Jumbo' was a street-smart bowler who used to generate extra bounce off the surface with his awkward over the arm action.
The former Indian Test captain was one of the first few spinners who started to bowl in the powerplays during the IPL. He outsmarted various talented batsmen with his accurate and precise bowling and made sure to contain runs if he couldn't get any wickets.
Kumble has played 42 matches in his IPL career all with the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He ended up with 45 wickets at an astonishing economy rate of 6.57.
#1 Sunil Narine - 6.53 in 97 innings
Sunil Narine is an extremely talented cricketer who has the ability to win matches singlehandedly for his team. A potential match winner, the Trinidadian has tremendous all-round skills which makes him a valuable asset for any T20 franchise.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Sunil Narine in 2012 as an excellent off spinning bowling option. Under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir, he helped his team to IPL glory in the very first season followed by another successful season in 2014. The 30-year-old was also declared the 'Most Valuable Player' in the last IPL on the back of some consistent all-round performances.
Narine has been an integral part of the squad ever since his debut. In the process, he has taken 112 wickets in 97 IPL innings at an incredible economy rate of 6.53.


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The Center Co-hosts Arizona Alcohol Policy Forum Examining State-Based Alcohol Regulation, E-Commerce, Public Health and Safety
The Center held its 7th State Alcohol Policy Forum on Friday, September 6 in Scottsdale, Arizona in coordination with the Beverage Alcohol Community Information Council (BACIC). Click here to read more…
Kansas Alcohol Regulator Receives National Award at Center for Alcohol Policy Conference
The Center for Alcohol Policy is pleased to announce that Debbi Beavers, Director of the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control, is the recipient of the Seventh Annual Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award.
2019 Annual Essay Contest Topic Announced
The Center for Alcohol Policy is now accepting entries for its 12th Annual National Essay Contest. The topic for this year's contest is:
During the United States Supreme Court 2019 term, the Court announced in June its decision in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas. Based on the Court's decision, what do you believe will be the next steps for alcohol policy in the United States?
Celebrating a Decade of Essays! Free E-book Collection Now Available.
The Center for Alcohol Policy is celebrating 10 years of its annual essay contest that explores alcohol regulation in the 21st century. Each year, students and professionals are encouraged to participate in this significant effort to bring attention to state alcohol regulation, its complexities and many successes.
The Center has comprised a collection of these essays written by the its previous 1st place recipients from 2008 – 2018, which you can download for free here.
National Poll Shows Support for State Regulation of Alcohol Bridges Partisan Gap
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A new poll commissioned by the Center for Alcohol Policy on public opinion toward alcohol regulation found that Americans continue to overwhelmingly support states maintaining the authority to regulate alcohol within their own borders. Notably, this support is remarkably strong across political party lines despite the heightened political polarization of today. 85 percent of Republicans, 81 percent of Democrats and 83 percent of Independents express support for alcohol being regulated at the state level. Read more…
National Poll Finds Strong Support for State Residency Laws Amid Pending Supreme Court Case Re: Alcohol Regulation
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – According to a national survey commissioned every two years by the Center for Alcohol Policy, an overwhelming majority of the public supports requiring alcohol retailers to be a resident of their respective state. This is the first time that the Center has tested public support for residency requirements in order to obtain a license to sell alcohol and found that fully 77% of Americans favor these laws.
North Carolina Alcohol Policy Forum Examines State-Based Alcohol Regulation, Public Health and Safety
DURHAM, NC – On Monday, Feb. 25 The Center for Alcohol Policy and the North Carolina Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association co-hosted one of the Center's state alcohol policy forums, which enjoyed the attendance of over 50 state policymakers, legislative staff, alcohol regulators, several public health representatives, and industry members. Read More…
Essay on State-Level Alcohol Licensing Wins First Place in Center for Alcohol Policy's 11th Annual Essay Contest
The Center for Alcohol Policy is pleased to announce that Nathaniel E. Moyer, an associate attorney at Harrison & Moberly, LLP in Indianapolis, has been named the winner of the Center's 11th Annual Essay Contest. The national essay contest is intended to foster debate, analysis and examination of alcohol policy.
Virginia Alcohol Regulator Receives National Award at Center for Alcohol Policy Annual Conference
The Center for Alcohol Policy is pleased to announce that Chris Curtis, Deputy Secretary to the Board with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Virginia ABC), is the recipient of the Sixth Annual Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award.


text: Contents What is SEO? Factor #1: Content Factor #2: Links and off-page factors Factor #3: Technical SEO How to do SEO at your law firm Option #1: Do It Yourself Option #2: Hire an SEO expert Parting thoughts Download this article as a PDF You'll also get useful weekly blog updates. Loading ... If you're a law firm looking to grow your business, search engine optimization (SEO) is often one of the first things that comes to mind. And for good reason—according to the 2019 Legal Trends Report, 17% of legal consumers looked for a lawyer via online search. Perhaps you've recently heard a friend or colleague talk about the power of SEO, and you're considering the impact it could have on your law firm. SEO can seem difficult to get your head around, especially if you're someone who doesn't have any experience with marketing or websites. This post will provide you with a simple overview of SEO, including context and tips that are relevant to most law firms. This article should give you an understanding of what SEO is, the basics of how to do SEO, and what to look for in an SEO consultant for your law firm. What is SEO? Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of driving more visitors to your law firm's website by increasing your website's position in search engine results pages. It's pretty simple: If your law firm tends to appear near the top of search engine results, you'll get more visitors on your website, and (presumably) more inquiries from potential customers. How do you get your law firm to the top? There are no foolproof plans or guarantees—but there are a variety of SEO factors that can influence your search engine rankings. There are many things that you can do to show Google (and your customers) that you're the best law firm in town. These SEO ranking factors can be broken down into three categories: Content: The words and other content on the pages of your website. Links (and "authority"): The impression that your law firm has left on the internet. Technical SEO: The user and Google-friendliness of your law firm's website. Factor #1: Content What does good website content look like as far as law firm SEO is concerned? In my opinion, there are just three things that website content needs to accomplish for SEO: 1) The content on a page needs to provide satisfactory answers related to the keyword entered For example, if you want your firm's website to show up for the keyword "criminal lawyer in maryland", you need to have satisfactory content on your website that speaks to your expertise as a criminal lawyer in Maryland. Think about it from the perspective of a potential legal client. If they come on your website, they're probably wondering: Is this law firm in Maryland? Does this law firm practice criminal law? Can this law firm service my particular need? Is this law firm any good? Is this law firm in my price range? Do I want to do business with this law firm? The content on your website should answer all of the questions of a potential client to their full satisfaction. Search engines want to send their users to the best place possible to get their questions answered. Tip: Be sure to think about the best way to answer a visitor's questions. This might include clear descriptions of your services, transparent pricing, or customer testimonials. Also, make sure that the content and answers on your site are up to date! Tip #2: For examples of proven content, do a Google search of the keywords you want to target, and look at the pages that rank well. Learn more about "search intent" and why it's important. 2) The content on a page needs to be keyword optimized Answering a visitor's questions is great, but how does a search engine know that you're doing just that? One answer is keywords. When Google (or another search engine) evaluates your website, they send an automated bot to read the content on your site, and it tries to understand what each web page is about. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) that Google uses for this understanding has come a long way, but it's not perfect. You have to make it clear which topic is covered by each page on your law firm's website—that means using obvious and prominent keywords in the content you write. This makes it clear not only to visitors, but also to Google, that you are indeed a "criminal lawyer in maryland". Tip: Here are some places that you should put keywords related to your page's topic, in order of importance: The web page's meta title The web page's meta description The web page's headings The web page's paragraphs The web page's URL Keyword optimization is a fascinating discipline, and it has gotten more intricate as Google's ability to interpret content has improved. If you want to go deeper on keyword optimization, we highly recommend this article on advanced SEO concepts. 3) The content on the different pages of a website need just the right amount of overlap This is one of the more difficult parts of law firm SEO. It involves sorting keywords into topic groups that all address "pretty much the same thing", and then writing one page for each of those topics. Identifying the right way to group your content is important because if your content has too much overlap, search engines might have difficulty figuring out which page on your website is the best one to show for a search. For example, it would be unnecessary to create different pages on your firm's website that answer questions related to the keywords: "criminal lawyer in maryland" "defense attorneys in maryland" "criminal law firm in baltimore" For the most part, the questions that customers have related to these keywords are all the same. On the other hand, you may service different types of customers, with different questions, requiring different answers and content. Always think about what your potential customers are looking for! Factor #2: Links and off-page factors Great content is one thing, but the internet is a big place—with lots (and lots and lots) of content. How does Google know what content is the best? How does Google know that you know what you're talking about? One answer is backlinks. Backlinks are the links (like this) placed on other websites that point to your website. For SEO, links work like a popularity contest. If your law firm gets lots of links from other popular websites, they function as votes, indicating that "the attorneys at this law firm know what they're talking about!". But if your law firm's website has only a few links, that's a signal that your popularity is low. Remember, search engines want to send their users to the best place possible to get their questions answered! If search engines see that your law firm's content has many links from other credible websites, then they see that you're trusted, and that you're "popular"—by internet standards at least. More than just links The "popularity contest" metaphor can be extended beyond links. Your law firm shows up in all kinds of places around the web. Here are some examples of off-page citations that should play a role in your law firm's SEO: Legal directories, like Avvo Local directories, like Google My Business Social profiles, like Twitter, Facebook, etc. Shares of your content on social media Reviews and endorsements on other websites Where to get links Link building is a time-intensive process, but it yields results. Link building should involve doing things that don't just earn you links, but also earn your law firm other types of exposure. Here are a few places that your law firm might be able to get some links: Offer free legal expertise or analysis to a local media organization Write interesting blog articles related to your legal expertise, and ask your network to share them (or better yet, make them so good that people share them without being asked) Present at local events To get the ball rolling on more link-building ideas that will boost your law firm's SEO, I recommend this very exhaustive list. Factor #3: Technical SEO We saved the best for last: Technical SEO. Like no other factor, technical SEO can make or break your law firm's SEO performance. It's also the hardest to get right—especially if you aren't an SEO expert. Technical SEO is (in very basic terms) a measure of how "Google-friendly" your law firm's website is. This is kind of similar to user-friendliness, but technical SEO also extends to other things like security and sitemaps. It can get complicated, so we'd suggest you hire an SEO consultant for your law firm rather than try to handle everything yourself. Here are some things to keep in mind about technical SEO: Make sure your firm's website follows all of Google's guidelines. Google is quite transparent about the things you can do to improve your law firm's technical SEO. Familiarize yourself with the Webmaster Guidelines for tips on technical SEO. Make sure your firm's website is fast and mobile-friendly. Two basic (but important) factors for technical SEO are to make sure your website loads fast (try for under 2.5 seconds), and that it renders well on a variety of screen sizes, especially mobile phones. Make sure your firm's website is easy to navigate. If your website is easy for a person to navigate, then chances are that a robot sent by Google to investigate your law firm's website will be able to a) find all your pages, b) and understand what they're about. Create simple and easy-to-use menus, and link to other important pages on your website frequently. Get everything set up properly. One good thing about technical SEO is that you just have to make sure you are set up with strong technical SEO from the beginning. Once that's done, and if you're website's relatively small, then you should be able to work stress-free for the most part. I've covered the highlights of technical SEO here, but there's a lot that goes into technical SEO, and not much of it is specific to law firms. For more, I suggest you get up to speed by reading this post. How to do SEO at your law firm There are two ways to get your law firm's website to rank well in the search engine result pages. You can do it yourself, or you can hire an SEO expert to help you out. Option #1: Do It Yourself 1) Learn more This post should be just the beginning of your learning journey. Start by reading and understanding the Moz beginner's guide to SEO and Google's Webmaster Guidelines. 2) Do keyword research Here's a quick way to generate some ideas for the content that your website should cover: Write down all of your law firm's specialties, services, and locations For each practice area/service and city combination, use synonyms to generate three or four alternative ways of saying the same thing Learn more about how to do keyword research. 3) Make sure things are technically sound when you start Making sure your website is set up with all the technical requirements in place can be challenging—that's why we recommend getting some help with setting up your website. A good web designer will make your website stand out visually, and an SEO consultant will be able to provide a developer that ensures your law firm's technical SEO is taken care of. Set up your website according to Google's Webmaster Guidelines. If you're going at it alone, I recommend starting with WordPress with a custom domain. Choose a theme, and install the Yoast SEO plugin to help you optimize your technical SEO and content. Set up Google Search Console so you can receive reports from Google about your law firm's SEO performance and technical issues. 4) Write and publish the content for your website Here are the steps: For each practice area and city combination that you identified in step #2 (keyword research), create another list of the top 20 priorities that a customer might have when considering hiring you. Consult your client intake notes for inspiration. For each practice area and city combination, write an easy-to-understand summary of your legal service that includes information about all of your customers' priorities. Look for opportunities to add some of your keywords, but don't go overboard. Remember to use keywords in the title, meta description, and headings. Publish each summary on a separate page of your website. Use website Calls-to-action (CTAs) to show clients where to go to book your services. And finally, don't forget the other law firm website basics. 5) Build your presence and links Claim all of your online profiles, especially Google My Business. Invest in a tool like Brightlocal to automate submitting your law firm to various local directories. Encourage your customers to leave reviews by following these tips. Keep your content up to date by blogging and updating your website pages monthly. Pick at least five backlink building projects from this list, and aim for five new links every month. Option #2: Hire an SEO expert If the steps above seemed like a lot of work—that's because they are! SEO is a very rewarding but time-intensive task. The reality of the situation is that many lawyers simply don't have the time or inclination to learn a new discipline. If that sounds like you, here are some things to keep in mind when looking for an expert that will help boost your law firm's SEO. Budget How much do you charge for your services? A good SEO expert will likely charge a similar hourly rate; maybe a little less. And as I just mentioned, SEO is a time-intensive task. About $1000-$2000 per month is what you'll need to get started; so be sure to include it in your law firm's budget. You might be able to get by with a little less, but more certainly won't hurt if you can afford it! Shop around. Where to find an SEO expert for your law firm Here's a catch-22: The best SEO experts don't have time to work on their own websites, so you might not find them through a simple Google search! Try asking other lawyers in your network for a referral. What to look for Overall, you should hear a potential SEO expert speak using similar language to what's used in this blog post. Ask them about the role of content, links and technical SEO; and listen for examples of their expertise. Finally, be sure to check an SEO expert's references. They should have multiple law firms or other local services businesses willing to give them glowing reviews. SEO consultant red flags You should not ask for—or expect—an SEO consultant to guarantee results for your law firm. If they do, look elsewhere. Be wary of an SEO consultant that is quick to appeal to your desire for clicks, traffic, and leads. Find someone who's willing to explain their process and be upfront with you about the efforts required and the results that you can expect. Make sure that you're not paying for them to do paid search advertising, which is different from SEO (though it is a viable alternative to SEO). Learn more signs that your SEO specialist sucks. Parting thoughts It's a marathon, not a sprint You will not see SEO results right away for your law firm. That's okay. Keep focusing on writing great new content (without overlapping your existing content), building backlinks, following Google's Webmaster Guidelines, and generating positive reviews. If you can do it all better than your competitors, you'll rise up the rankings eventually. Conclusion Your law firm's SEO relies on your ability to write great content, keyword-optimize that content, promote it across the internet, maintain your law firm's online reputation, and stay on top of technical issues. Alternatively, you can hire a great SEO consultant to take care of those tasks for you. Whichever path you choose, we hope that we've provided you with some actionable advice that will help your law firm drive traffic, leads, and growth from SEO. This post was published on April 21, 2017. Last updated: June 22, 2020. Categorized in: Marketing Get more law firm marketing tips from industry experts Get tips from Gyi Tsakalakis, Josh King, and Kevin O'Keefe in this free guide, The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing Your Firm Online. Get the Guide 10 Essential Steps for Marketing Your Law Firm With so many legal marketing tactics out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Here are 10 things you absolutely need to do for successful law firm marketing. Read More 16 Lawyers Share Their Best Law Firm Marketing Tips What are the best law firm marketing tactics? Read what has worked for these lawyers and legal professionals. Read More 10 Signs Your Legal SEO Specialist Sucks You've realized your firm's site needs an SEO specialist. Watch for these 10 signs to make sure you choose the right one. Read More


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Lefty Toronto city councillor Joe Mihevic is at it again this time demanding that any cinematic content depicting smoking be rated 18-A.
In Ontario, the 18-A rating is typically slapped on films that depict explicit violence, frequent coarse language, sexual activity and horror. Thus, in his role as public health board chair, Mihevic wants films re-classified if a character takes a drag on a Marlboro.
Mihevic explains it this way in a Toronto Star article:
We did [smoking restrictions] with restaurants, hospitals, workplaces, and now this is the new frontier. This is not about the nanny state, this is about a state that cares about the well-being of its residents.
Actually, a state that overly cares about the well-being of its residents is the very definition of a nanny state.
And does anyone really want to see local yokel city councillors deciding what cinematic content is appropriate for the great unwashed masses? Today it's cigarettes, tomorrow car chases!
As Health Board Chair, Joe should stick to making sure the water is drinkable and restaurants operate in a sanitary fashion.


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Behaviors in the Workplace
The workplace is thought to be a place to work and earn a living to support yourself and your family. Since most of an individual's time is spent at work, they should enjoy going there each day. The goal, to perform the tasks assigned and receive benefits for performing the task and duties assigned. There are some individuals who are not motivated to do the task/duties and are just there to receive a pay check. Those particular individuals tend to create problems for their co-workers, therefore, creating negative work behaviors. What are some of the behaviors and how do they impact other employees and their job performance? Let's look at the following areas: 1. Different styles of Workplace Behaviors
2. Laws on Workplace Behavior?
3. Legalities of workplace behavior?
4. Performance affected by behaviors
In order to help Human Resources and management recognize the disruptive behaviors that may cause performance problems or legal issues it is important to understand the areas of behavior that affects performance. The definition of workplace behavior as defined in the business dictionary is: Workplace behavior is a pattern of actions and interactions of the members of an organization that directly or indirectly affects its effectiveness. Different styles of Workplace Behavior
There are seven different ways people may behave in the workplace. The following article is provided by Fabricating and Metalworking. Francie Dalton, founder and president of Dalton Alliances, Inc., provides that the following may not include all the actions of your co-workers but will provide a helpful way in dealing with them. The seven types include: commanders, drifters, attackers, pleasers, performers, avoiders, and analyticals. Let's review each type and view what each type does. Commanders are curt and controlling and do not offer time for being nice. They have no intention on offending; they lack the ability and tactfulness in getting their point across. A boss that is a commander may fail to delegate important assignments. Dalton acknowledges that you should value their abilities to overcome obstacles, to implement, and achieve results. Drifters have no use for structure and tend to have trouble with rules, work hours and deadlines. They may leave a project undone or lose track of the task and details. They can be friendly; however their disorganization can be displeasing. A supervisor who is a drifter will fail to provide structure and as an employee they can make their manager appear to be ineffective. Dalton believes you should value a drifter for their innovation and creativity, their ability to improvise on a moment's notice, and their out-of-the-box thinking. Attackers will be ill-tempered and contemptuous. They can suppress workplace morale. They will put down others to make themselves appear superior. If they are a manager, they can push an employee to a breaking point. As an employee they could corrupt ones entire staff. Dalton acknowledges an attacker for their ability to tackle the unwanted assignments and their ability to make unemotional decisions. Pleasers will be respectable, sociable and friendly to others and look at their co-workers as an extended family. They will rarely say no to help others. They will avoid conflict since they do not do well with it. As a supervisor they lack the ability to provide feedback and will value relationships above the company. Dalton says, "Value and validate pleasers for the way they humanize the workplace, and for their helpful, collaborative work style." Performers will be witty, charismatic and outspoken. The performer will do just that; provide entertainment for those around them. They do well at promoting themselves and may take credit for things they may have or have not done. If the manger is a performer, they may not give credit to the employee's hard work and achievements and in return deflect their...
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Coaching is professional and personal development based on psychology, organizational development, sports, business and spirituality. It's for passionate people who want more from their business and personal lives. A coach helps set larger, more rewarding goals, develops a strategy to achieve them and provides support throughout the process. Think of it as a personal trainer for your business. Goal achievement is something that comes more quickly as a result of the coaching partnership.
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Coaching works when the client is willing to grow and there is a gap between where they are now and where they want to be.
Successful clients know the value of sharing ideas with someone who understands them and their motivations. Talking about options with an intent listener is often the best formula for optimal decision-making and action.
Coaching is effective because of three unique features: SYNERGY: Client and coach become a team, focusing on the client's goals and needs and accomplishing more than the client would alone. STRUCTURE: With a coach, the client takes more actions, thinks bigger and gets the job done, thanks to the accountability the coach provides. EXPERTISE: The coach helps clients make better decisions, set optimal goals, develop new skills for communicating and shape their work and home lives for maximum productivity.
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Most coaches begin with a client meeting or call to get to know each other. The coach wants to hear about the client's goals, needs, and concerns. The client wants to get comfortable with the coach. During this meeting, both parties begin to design a list of goals and a game plan to reach these goals.
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The focus of the meeting/call is determined by the client. The coach helps them solve problems and make the most of opportunities. When clients are missing a principle or distinction, we draw one so they can see a whole lot better. When they are taking on a large goal, we help them design a project and provide the support and structure needed to make sure goals are met. Coaches bring out the best in clients through by providing perspective, setting high expectations, offering strategies and celebrating wins. There is often "fieldwork", where the client is given a new perspective or a challenge to try something in a new way. That forms the basis for the next session.


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No "fully-fledged" Assassin's Creed entry or spin-offs coming in 2019
Don't expect a "fully-fledged" Assassin's Creed to be released next year.
Ubisoft doesn't plan to release brand new Assassin's Creed in 2019. Instead, it's opting for plenty of additional content to keep players busy with Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Speaking with Gamespot at gamescom 2018 this week, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated the reason for skipping 2019 was due to having two games released back-to-back.
"We are not going to have a full-fledged Assassin's next year," said Guillemot. "It's just because the team were working separately, [that] we have two games now, one year after the other. But next year you're not going to have a fully fledged one."
Guillemot said instead of a new game or spin-offs, Odyssey will see additional content released on a regular basis.
"When you get [Odyssey] this year, you're going to get in for a couple of years, actually," he said.
Ubisoft said in 2016 it was stepping back from annual releases and re-examining the Assassin's Creed franchise.
Doing so would provide the firm's studios with more development time, and plenty of room for innovations instead of trying to push a new entry out on a yearly basis.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey will release October 5 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
If you missed the new gamescon 2018 videos and screenshots posted for the game yesterday, just give that lovely link a click.