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SpyFu is among the more feature rich tools, but has the Least appealing interface on the market. SpyFu offers SEO and PPC spy tool options . Google Keywords
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Keyword User and Search Experience
The SpyFu dashboard is laid out with a navigation bar across the top with tabs for SEO Research, PPC Research, Keyword Research, Backlinks, the List Builder, Tracking, and Reports. There's plenty SpyFu can do across the spectrum of SEO tooling, but for this particular review we're focusing on its own ad hoc lookup capabilities. When a business is looking to identifying the best possible search engine results pages (SERP) to target having an optimization plan, keyword-driven investigation is your legwork to get pages to rank higher. Management capabilities and keyword recommendations are built in throughout SpyFu, but I started from the Keyword Research tab.
When I used exactly the same set of five Key words to see results differed between each of my competitors. Were online shopping , digital marketing, pcmag, IT consultant, and small business accounting. I chose this combination to simulate real-world terms that companies might search for (including publishers like PCMag) and to find related search results and vulnerable competition websites.
After running searches on my five test terms, I discovered that SpyFu produces and structures its key word results and metrics somewhat differently than Moz Guru, KWFinder, or Ahrefs$82.00 at Ahrefs. As opposed to populating a table of associated keywords with Page Authority (PA) and Domain Authority (DA) metrics along with stats on cost per click (CPC) and key word difficulty, SpyFu brings a far more obvious correlation with how much cash a keyword is worth. After searching"digital marketing," for instance, another navigation bar appeared round the top of their results page further breaking down the search results. You can then drill down into key word summary, related key words, advertiser background, status background, backlinks, keyword grouping, and SERP analysis. That is just for a single keyword query, showing SpyFu will arguably the most granular deep-dive research into data of the tools I tested.
Atop the results, SpyFu gave me not only CPC for the Key word, but a daily and yearly cost breakdown in addition to how many unique advertisers had emerged on the keyword in the last year. I got the exact same level of cost breakdown once I clicked on the Related Keyword, which also allowed me to narrow results using a left-hand filter menu to a specific cost every day, daily investigation volume, difficulty rating, and much more.
In the bottom of the results was that the SERP analysis. This broke down each URL in the search results page, though KWFinder and Moz Pro equally provide a much more detailed breakdown in this respect. SpyFu targets monthly cost, which might or may not be significant to your business. Results such as the Advertiser History graph, a long list and complicated diagram of the advertisements appearing on that search page over time, was a bit too from the weeds for me as a newcomer SEO instrument user. But for digital marketers and advertisers, SpyFu is a gold mine. Google Keywords
SpyFu Kombat
With SpyFu Kombat you can look at overlapping and site keywords To get up to 3 websites. For your PPC version you may also find a chart which goes back over a period of a couple years showing that the general amount of key words being bid on by all 3 sites. You can also rollover the graph to see keywords specific to only 2 of those websites if you are feeling the 3rd site might not be doing as great a job (or vice versa) as two of the other sites. It will also show you the PPC budgets of the sites as well as the number of organic keywords rank in the top 50 results for said keyword.
When you click it will show you that the Keywords in whatever bucket you click. It is possible to view and download those key words for your use. As you can see I am on the ads tab but the options are similar once you click on the organic tab (on the top box, the natural one at the bottom shows you total organic key words ).
Switching between the natural tab and the ppc tab (also as the Overall # of organic keywords + PPC ad budget must also give you an idea of what of the larger sites are more into the PPC or SEO aspect of things which can be a fantastic barometer to look in if you chance to be focusing on one place over the other.
SpyFu Classic
SpyFu Classic is the"flagship" section in order to speak. This is Where you enter one domain name on the home page and are presented with a slew of data such as:
– Daily AdWords PPC Budget
– Links through to SpyFu Kombat
– Average Position of Ads vs # of Clients
– Estimated Value of Organic Traffic (estimated traffic using a factor of CPC factored in)
– Paid Traffic Compared with Organic Traffic Quotes
– Subdomains (helpful for looking at the way the site might split parts of the main domain, perhaps a fantastic place to look for niche keywords???)
– Top Ten Paid Key Word w/ Keyword Advertisement History (links through to full Keyword Advertisement History instrument )
– Complete Paid Keywords
– Total Organic Keywords
– PPC Competitors (using a link to overlapping keywords)
– Organic Competitors (with a link to overlapping key words )
– Category
The information here can be useful, as you can see the:
– Estimated PPC, Clicks, Price Per Day, Total Advertisers. . .all with trend data
– Top Ten Domains Advertising on the Keyword, with Domain Name Ad History
– Additional Keywords Purchased By Relevant Domains
– PPC Ad Copy Using a URL to Keyword Advertisement History
– Top Ten Organic Results with Title, Meta Description
– Related Terms
– Related Concepts (based on semantic relationships)
– Categories Google Keywords
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Keyword Management and Reports
Keyword management is baked into SpyFu through the platform. Within each of its three major research tabs–SEO, PPC, and Keyword–there are options from the drop-down menus for SEO and PPC-specific keywords and phrases, and Keyword Groups. The Keyword Groups features in each tab are rather similar, populating a table with monthly search volume, CPC, problem rating, and monthly price. All these are SpyFu's four main metrics where key word research is worried. On the left of this table are the keyword you've researched and booted yourself, or top keyword group tips from SpyFu. On the top right of this desk you can then add selected keywords for lists, or export your chosen key words as an Microsoft Excel file, CSV, or PDF. This fundamental keyword grouping functionality is much like SEMrush$99.95 at SEMrush and implemented better in Moz Professional and KWFinder.
Where SpyFu's key word management abilities really stand Out are at its List Builder and Tracking tabs. Additionally, this is where SpyFu creates its profound connection between SEO and client relationship management (CRM). In the List Builder tab, there's a Top Lists section with concentrated lists of domains and keywords like"Domains That Pay the Most On AdWords," keywords with the highest CPC. There's also a list of the most expensive keywords, which you can then filter by state, industry, or a specific web-based technology: Ad buying platform, affiliate marketing, email advertising, and internet shopping cart are a few of the choices.
Next to Leading Lists, there's a dedicated Company Leads tab. This acts the exact same way You enter a place, key words and industries, and refine outcomes using filters such as AdWords budget and SEO clicks. The search then returns a list of URL leads with this site ad budget and contact information that is accessible that can subsequently be exported to your CRM or lead management system. I'd love to view SpyFu go a step farther with this and integrate its own SEO lead lists straight using a stage like Salesforce$75.00 in salesforce.com, but the tool is currently ahead of the curve. SEMrush includes a beta lead generation tool, but that is the closest comes to what SpyFu offers.
But, SpyFu included AdWords Templates as Portion of a Google AdWords campaign. The templates include prewritten ads for groups that are keyword . The templates can be downloaded by users in the SpyFu site and upload to a AdWords account.
The system also includes SEO campaign management With its My SpyFu Project Manager tool. SpyFu designed this as a project management(PM) feature inside the SEO platform for overseeing integrated keyword study and rank tracking within a campaign. My SpyFu is only accessible paid programs (not the free trial), but it lets you install multiple projects tracking grouped key words plotted against SEO rank, traffic value, ROI, and numerous different metrics. All you have to do is open the My SpyFu menu and then include a new job. It's the only and best case in this roundup of built-in, SEO-focused PM.
There's also the Tracking tab, which lets you choose Keywords you've identified and begin tracking that reports back together with weekly domain positions and keyword ranking changes. I was also able to set up custom SEO reports in a few simple steps: Enter a domain name choose whether or not to conduct a report on SpyFu's suggested domain keywords or custom key words. I entered my five habit keywords chose up to five competitors' URLs, and then was given the choice to run a one-off report or a monthly report.
That sort of competitive analysis is just another area in which SpyFu stands outside, as it also includes a tool called"Kombat" that is available in the SEO and PPC Research tabs. In Kombat, I typed in PCMag's domain along with the instrument quickly built an interactive information visualization which revealed where PCMag's top key words overlapped with our competitors. There is also what SpyFu calls a"key word world," list CPC, CTR, monthly price, and monthly clicks for core keywords and advocated keywords. This research breakdown is just another feature which will help unearth ways to acquire an SEO edge on your competitors. Google Keywords
With the SEO functionality of its product, SpyFu has introduced a research tool called Nacho Analytics, which offers access to different sites' internet analytics. Through this stage, you can view time-of-day traffic sections, and behavior.
Keyword Ad History
You will be shown by keyword Advertisement Background, via coded bars often the Keyword appeared in a domain PPC campaign alongside any changes in the ad copy (all of which can be exported into excel). It goes back to 2006 through the Bonus History Button and shows a year's worth of data.
So it is fairly straightforward, and that's what I enjoy about SpyFu Tools. No over-reliance on"in-house metrics" it's just"here is the advertisement history of the keyword", plain and simple. Typically, if you see a keyword being advertised on by a fantastic PPC advertiser consistent it's possible to look to apply that ad copy technique to a market of the keyword that is bigger. If I had been advertising for"hotels in Oklahoma" I might listen to what ad copy was successful, over time, for this main/core keyword"hotels".
Domain Advertisement History
Except it shows the, domain Ad History is similar to Keyword Ad History History of a domainname.
This tool is useful in Taking a Look at keywords Which Have Been effective for Your opponents (or bigger players in your market ) and which ones that they tried and left (which could be ones for you to avoid from the gate). All this presumes the domain you are exploring is capable PPC advertiser.
Keyword Smart Search
The Keyword Smart Search instrument in SpyFu uses semantic word connections, Publicly accessible keyword information, and PPC campaign data to come back a list of keywords associated with the keyword(s) (up to 10) you enter. As you can see, you could filter by CPC, look volume, and you might also exclude keywords.
For me, I would rather use the Organic key words found as well as the PPC keywords In SpyFu Classic or SpyFu Kombat. I love to use other tools for pure keyword research (Google tools, Microsoft Ad Center Intelligence, and Wordtracker). Mostly, I feel SpyFu is at its best when employed as a competitive search tool versus a keyword search tool. Google Keywords
Pricing and Plans
Since I said, SpyFu's Fundamental plan begins at $33 each Month when billed yearly (roughly $39 per month ). Though, unlike other tools within this SEO tool inspection roundup, such as Moz Guru and KWFinder$12.00 in KWFinder, SpyFu doesn't cost by search success. All plans have an unlimited number of domain, keyword, keyword group, backlink, and comparison search results along with data export. The performance you get with SpyFu for the cost is a significant factor in the reason we gave it an Editors' Choice, and the boundless search volumes make the tool even more appealing for ad hoc keyword research.
That's not to say SpyFu doesn't cap anything. The Fundamental Program provides you a potential of 250 sales leads and domain contacts, and 5,000 weekly monitored keyword rankings, together with 10 domain reports and 10 pay-per-click (PPC) reports through SpyFu's AdWords Advisor tool. The $78-per-month Professional program (also $58 a month when billed yearly ) lumps contacts and leads to 500 and weekly tracked keyword rankings to 15,000, together with custom-branded reports and access to SpyFu's application programming interface (API).
Finally, SpyFu has included a $199 per month Team program (billed yearly, or $299 month-to-month) with 2,000 sales leads and domain contacts, 40,000 weekly tracked keyword positions, and five user logins. SpyFu also comprises a 30-day money-back warranty. The firm has slashed its pricing.
I find that their tools pretty useful for research. I don't use Their Keyword Smart Search described above but the number of information that They provide (in a simple fashion) at the price points they give is quite A combination that is wonderful. SpyFu makes its way Every project. Google Keywords
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The Senior Professionals seminar happening today (2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in SCC 103), features Stan and Delores Friesen telling their story of "Service and Mission in India, Oklahoma, Africa and Fresno." Faculty and staff are invited to attend as guests of the Council.
Stan and Delores have lived in Fresno since 1988, which is amazing, since their first 15 years of married life included more than a dozen moves.
Delores grew up on a farm in Pryor, Oklahoma, where her father served as pastor at the Zion (OM) Church. Stan was born and raised in central India, where his EMB grandparents and parents served as missionaries for 75 consecutive years beginning in 1907. Family roots, however, go back further, and so both Stan and Delores recently traveled to Poland and Ukraine to understand family history better.
Both Stan and Delores are graduates of Hesston and Goshen Colleges, completed Master's degrees in African Studies at Indiana University, and hold Ph.D.'s from the University of Iowa. Both are published authors, teachers and ordained ministers. Delores is Professor Emerita at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, and Stan was conference minister for Pacific Southwest Conference of the Mennonite Church, and served for seven years as one of the pastors at College Community Church (now Willow Avenue Mennonite), and has helped initiate and administer both FIRM and COSA ministries.
The Friesen's have three children and six grandchildren. All live in the Midwest--Chicago, Goshen and Carmel, Indiana.
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LB.ua chronicles the latest events in Ukraine in English for foreign readers.
Read previous articles on the topic:
Ukrainian crisis: January 13
Ukrainian crisis: January 14
8:22. Today the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Senate will discuss Ukrainian question for the second time in the last two months. The meeting will be led by committee chairman Senator Bob Menendez.
8:38. Petition demanding that the administration of the U.S. President Barack Obama promotes the immediate release of the Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko gathered the necessary 100,000 signatures for its consideration and response on the website of the White House.
8:55. Students of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv announced a termless hunger strike with a demand to withdraw the State inspection of educational institutions of Ukraine, which is conducting unscheduled inspections of Kyiv universities during the period from January 11 to 25.
9:11. Today the Verkhovna Rada will consider the issue of termination of political persecution of officials exceeding their authority.
9:25. Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko urged the Ukrainian people to act.
'A few days ago 'Berkut' brutally beat Yuriy Lutsenko. For obvious reasons I could not react immediately, but in those few days the country once again saw the true face of the current government', says the statement of the opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in connection with the brutal beating of former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.
9:49. The opposition has blocked the rostrum and presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
10:20. Prosecutor General of Ukraine has called deputy Anatoly Gritsenko for questioning. He says that most probably it's again on beating people on Kyiv's Independence Square on November 30.
Yesterday he announced his exit from the opposition 'Batkivshchyna' faction.
10:29. Lawmaker Anatoly Gritsenko states that the ruling Party of Regions deputies have begun a written registration for the meeting of Parliament outside the parliament building on January 16.
10:46. The World Bank sees Ukraine as the economic outsider in the region.
According to the WB estimates, the growth rate of the economy of Ukraine in the next three years will be the lowest in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
10:48. The Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Rybak opened the morning session of the parliament.
10:50. Five deputies elected in the re-election on December 15 took the oath in the Verkhovna Rada. Only two of them - Leonid Datsenko from GS and Michail Poplawski - managed to read the text of the oath from the rostrum. The rest of tрe deputies were blocked from it by the opposition deputies.
While reading the oath Viktor Pilipishin was sprinkled with buckwheat by the opposition lawmakers. By the end of the reading someone from the audience threw a package with cereal at Pilipishin, and then he threw it back. For this act he came under the 'buckwheat' hail.
11:02. The main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has put the details of the illegal actions committed by Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer Sergei Vlasenko in relation to his ex-wife Natalia Okunskaya in the Unified Register of pre-trial investigations.
Sergei Vlasenko has been accused of beating his ex-wife Natalia Okunskaya. Tymoshenko believes the case is politically motivated.
11:03. Ukraine signed an agreement on the organization of gas supplies from Slovakia, said Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Eduard Stavitskyi.
11:21. After a half-hour meeting with the leaders of the parliament factions the Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Rybak managed to pass in the presidium, but only in order to close the meeting.
11:25. Newly elected lawmaker Nikolai Kruglov has applied for membership in the ruling Party of Regions.
11:30. The authorities won't allow the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the opposition party 'UDAR' leader to take part in the presidential elections in 2015, said 'Batkivshchyna' faction lawmaker Arsen Avakov in an interview to LB.ua.
11:34. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will spend as much money on prisons as on science in 2014.
11:42. Ukraine has the opportunity to sign an Association Agreement with the EU at the beginning of this year. There are no obstacles in finding consensus on the terms of the signing of the document, said Bulgarian eurodeputy Dimitar Stoyanov.
11:46. Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer Sergei Vlasenko believes that the Prosecutor General wants to find the reason for his arrest.
11:59. The Cabinet of Ministers has completed a preliminary assessment of the risks of association with the EU for the Ukrainian economy. According to the Cabinet, the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will harm the agricultural complex, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electric power and virtually all other sectors, said Prime Minister Nykolai Azarov at a government meeting.
12:17. Prime Minister Nykolai Azarov demands to hold a legal assessment of the facts of the use of children in political actions.
12:40. The State inspection of educational institutions of Ukraine decided to stop organizing and conducting inspections of the winter session in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv after its students had announced a hunger strike.
12:55. Andrei Nasikovsky, one of the suspects in the brutal beating of journalist Tatiana Chornovol said he's familiar with Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka.
'Prosecutors know I am not guilty', he stated during the hearing of his case.
13:00. Rating of national deputy Petr Poroshenko is growing, particularly among the protesters on Kyiv's Independence Square, because he bears no responsibility and appears before the Maidan activists just at the right moments, while the opposition politicians are present there permanently, said 'Batkivshchyna' faction lawmaker Arsen Avakov in an interview to LB.ua.
13:14. 'Protests taking place in Ukraine against the actions of the government and for the European integration have 'pronounced violent nature', said Minister of Justice Olena Lukash.
In particular the minister has read more than 10 articles of the Penal Code of Ukraine for which, in her opinion, Euromaidan participants and organizers of rallies taking place in Ukraine could be charged.
Thus the police has every right to use force against Euromaidan protesters, she added citing examples from English and German legislation concerning penalties for unauthorized protests.
13:20. In Ukraine - on the background of mass protests - there is intimidation and assault of independent journalists, including employees of 'Radio Liberty' and 'Voice of America', stated the Council on Broadcasting at the U.S. government.
13:35. The European Court of Human Rights refused to consider a petition created by five applicants who claim to Euromaidan activists, that obliges the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to take no action and not to intervene in protests taking place in Ukraine.
14:45. Kyiv District Administrative Court banned protesters from holding events, using speakers and setting scenes in the capital during the period from 8 January to March 8, 2014.
14:58. 'Batkivshchyna' faction lawmaker Gennady Moskal condemned the behaviour of his colleague Anatoly Gritsenko and said he didn't believe his claim that the faction leader Arseny Yatsenyuk had access to the negotiations of 'Berkut' riot police before the violent dispersal of Euromaidan activists on November 30.
16:06. Court has arrested all the property of Vinnytsia regional organization 'Svoboda' leader, one of the coordinators of the local branch of All-Ukrainain 'Maidan' Alexey Furman.
16:24. Unidentified men poured acid on a car of AutoMaidan orhanizer in Zaporozhye Igor Lukashenko.
16:44. Euromaidan activists at Kyiv's Independence Square are afraid that the riot police will storm the Maidan camp this or the following night.
'WARNING: 'Berkut' and internal troops have been pooled to the centre of Kiev again! The Maidan's assault is possible this and the followng night. It's very important to be on the Maidan at night. The more of us - the lower is the probability of violence!', says a statement on 'The Maidan Self Defense' on Facebook.
17:05. A few hours ago police detained Euromaidan activist Denis Susov. He's being held at Golosievskyi district police station in Kyiv.
Police detained Denis in a hostel where he lives. Law enforcement officers wanted him to sign the report on administrative offence on the spot, but the guy refused to sign the protocol and demanded a lawyer. Then he was arrested and taken to the police station.
As far as we know, Denis is accused of writing word 'gang' on a lamppost. Susov is an activist of strike committee of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
17:09. President Viktor Yanukovich believes that the government should work with the parliament to ensure that the state budget will be adopted on Thursday, January 16.
17:24. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the program of cooperation with the member countries of the Customs Union till 2020.
According to the expectations of the Ministry of Economic Development, this will increase the trade turnover between Ukraine and the Customs Union to 10-15%, and mutual investments - to 15%.
17:30. The European Union Ambassador to Ukraine Ian Tombinski met with AutoMaidan activists.
AutoMaidan representatives informed Tombinski about their current activities, as well as the challenges they and their civilian movement face because of the authorities. They also stressed a selective application of justice. The EU ambassador thanked the activists for their civic position and welcomed their support of Ukraine's European integration.
17:53. Students of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ended their hunger strike after еhe State inspection of educational institutions of Ukraine had decided to stop organizing and conducting inspections of the winter session in this university.
18:17. Kyiv Prosecutor's Office acknowledged 27 journalists as the victims during the assault of the Presidential Administration on Bankova Street on December 1. LB.ua photojournalist Maxim Levin, affected by a stun grenade, wasn't on the list.
19:05. Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes said he would support the 'people's initiative' to hold a nationwide referendum on the abolition of the immunity of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, reducing their number and providing voters with a right to recall lawmakers.
19:24. The EU Ambassador to Ukraine Ian Tombinski warned the Ukrainian authorities from using force against Euromaidan protesters.
19:57. The Interior Ministry says ´that police has no plans to disperse Euromaidan protesters on Kyiv's Independence Square.
20:14. A column of the police buses has driven to the building of the Cabinet of Ministers on Hrushevskoho street in Kyiv.
Earlier on Wednesday it was reported that riot police is preparing for Euromaidan camp dispersal. The opposition leaders called on the people of Kyiv to come to Kyiv's Independence Square in order to prevent the dispersal.
20:32. Because of the information about possible nocturnal attempt to disperse Euromaidam protesters' tent camp on Independence Square, the camp has strengthen its security measures.
21:00. Maintaining Euromaidan on Kyiv's Independence Square costs about half a million hryvnia per day ($60.5 thousand), said 'Batkivshchyna' faction lawmaker Arsen Avakov in an interview to LB.ua.
22:00. The U.S. State Department is considering the possible use of personal sanctions against the Ukrainian authorities, said Deputy Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland at a hearing of the situation in Ukraine in the Senate.
22:42. The U.S. Senator John McCain at a hearing in the Senate on the issue of Ukraineexplained that Euromaidan activists holds rallies because they aren't satisfied with the privileged position of people close to the government and President Viktor Yanukovich.
22:54. According to Euromaidan activists, there are about 50 thousand people at Kyiv´s Independence Square at the moment and people keep coming.
23:24. The U.S. State Department will focus on ensuring fair and transparent presidential elections in Ukraine in 2015, said Deputy Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland at a hearing in the US Senate.
23:50. 'Batkivshchyna' faction lawmaker Gennady Moskal named a suspect in the violent dispersal of Euromaidan activists on the night of November 30, who gave 'Berkut' riot police an order to use force against the protesters.
According to Moskal, it is one of the police chiefs, Oleg Marinenko.


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While most travellers cross from Turkey to Georgia through the Black Sea ports of Sarp and Batumi, the adventurous can make use of an inland border post linking Posof and Akhaltsikhe. At the time of writing, citizens of most countries could get a free visa on arrival, but double-check with your nearest Georgian embassy.
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Buses run from Kars and Ardahan to the cute Turkish border town of Posof; there's nothing to see there, but the lofty views may even entice you to stay the night. The border is 12km away and accessible by taxi (TL25); you'll pay just a little more for the remaining run to Akhaltsikhe (drivers will accept euros and Turkish lira), a pleasant Georgian town with banks, hotels and good links to Tbilisi and Batumi.
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Newlyweds! How to Get Your Finances in Order
June is the most popular month for weddings and it's right around the corner. You can practically smell the champagne and roses. For all those happy couples getting ready to tie the knot, you have been worrying about picking out, scheduling and paying for every piece of your big day, but there's still plenty about your money to think about after your honeymoon.
1. Say 'I do' to sharing your financial situation completely
Before the big day, share your complete financial situation with your partner. It doesn't have to be all the way down to how much you spent on food three months ago, but it should include any debt, your income, credit score and really any other problems you may have.
Finding out ahead of time works better than not saying anything until there's a problem.
2. Finances don't take a honeymoon
Congratulations! You're married. Hopefully you don't have bills piling up from your big day, but even if you do it'll be alright. Have a financial plan and be prepared to put it to use.
A month after getting married, we had to buy a new car because my wife was in an accident. We certainly hadn't discussed how much we wanted to spend on a car, what kind of car we needed and could afford, or what our options were when it came to shopping and financing what we didn't have saved. Our budget didn't have a car-sized hole to fit it into either.
Don't be afraid to sit down and go over your needs as they come up in as much detail as you need. Everything might be great in the honeymoon phase, but life still happens, even to newlyweds.
3. Schedule financial discussions until you find a rhythm
If you're not discussing your finances regularly, there will be a lot about money the two of you will sweep under the rug and try to forget. To start with, find a time each week to sit down and have a discussion about your budget, financial plan, or spending. Start with the easy conversations and go from there.
Pick a time that is at the beginning or end of the week when there aren't too many distractions. Put it on your schedule and stick to it until it's a habit.
4. Figure out how your partner views and uses money differently than you
Taking stock in your financial plan and prioritizing what you want it to accomplish can be muddled at first. Figure out what is a comfortable amount of savings for the both of you. Figure out where you'll put extra money. Will you pay off debt or save for specific things? What expenditures are non-negotiable in their mind like visiting a certain vacation spot every year or some other tradition that costs money?
Putting your money on cruise control will only lead to your two individual thoughts and ideas clashing and usually an argument ensuing, not necessarily about money, but how to use it.
5. Share the financial chores
In a heartbreaking study published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues, families who eventually declared bankruptcy were interviewed. The division of what were minor financial chores became something much more difficult once a problem arose and those worries typically rested on one person.
The simple act of paying bills turned into having to micro-manage the household's finances. Just to pay the bills, usually the wife, would also have to negotiate with debt collectors, research options (debt consolidation, counseling, bankruptcy, etc.), decide what and how much to pay, find where that money was coming from, and still watch over every penny like a hawk.
When financial struggles occurred, those chores become much more difficult. Determine a way to ease the burden before it gets to that point. Just because someone is in charge of paying the bills and doing most of the heavy work doesn't mean there aren't tasks that can't be shared and things that need discussed.
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Paying bills and other monthly habits change like the wind, but the bigger decisions of saving for retirement, how many accounts you use, and your method of budgeting don't change all that often. Don't let your finances drift by without making a firm decision on how you want to manage your money and plan for your future.
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Rape cases in the capital city of India have become very much obvious with no fear of the law remains in the culprits. In one of the recent case, a 21-year-old girl was raped in the moving car on Saturday night. This incident would remind you of the most horrifying incidents of Nirbhaya which took place a few years back whereby the young girl was raped in the moving bus in the capital city of India. The trend of moving vehicle has been followed here too. Read the complete report here.
[su_expand more_text="READ MORE" less_text=" " height="0″ hide_less="yes" link_style="button" link_align="center"] According to the news published by the national news agency IANS, a 21-year-old girl alleged that she was raped in the moving car on a Saturday night in the capital city of India. The Delhi police have registered the case of kidnapping and rape against the culprits which they have denied to reveal more details.
Read: Another rape in Delhi, this time, a married woman raped by gang of five
This incident took place on the night of Saturday in the capital. The victim girl made the call to PCR in wee hours of Sunday. According to the information given by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of police Vijay Kumar to IANS, the PCR (Police Control Room) received the call from a young woman in the early morning of Sunday around 3.30am stating that she was raped in the moving car.
When the police team reached the spot the victim women narrated the story to them stating that, few men took her from Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station area in their car and dropped her near Indraprastha Park area in the south Delhi after allegedly raping her. "She said that she was raped in the moving car," Said the police official.
According to the information, the Delhi police have registered the case against the unknown persons under the sections 365 (Kidnapping) and 376 (rape) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code). Police have however denied revealing any more details in this matter on the grounds of pending investigation. The police officials told the media that the victim woman is a resident of Jagatpuri area situated in the east Delhi.
Read: Delhi Cop Rapes 23-year-old Maid Servant at Gunpoint
The police will do their job and depending on the investigation, if the people involved in the rape are not influential then they might get the punishment but looking at the prevailing trend the chances seem to be weak. The women are no longer safe in the civilized society, especially in the capital town of India. Please do leave your comments on this issue.
Source: IANS


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These are some cool sites that science teachers can use in the classroom.
Browse Archive of Questions and Answers from the Library of Congress
Science-Teachers.com is a teaching resource providing lesson plans, worksheets, and activities for upper elementary and middle school science teachers. All resources on this site are copyright www.science-teachers.com, but are free to distribute to students in your classroom We welcome all feedback and contributions.
News Flash :- A New Insect Order Is Discovered There was much excitement in the entomological world when a new order of insects was discovered in 2002. To find out more visit the National Geographic news page.
Learn about energy conservation, kinetic, and potential energy.
This site contains comic book images linked to the chemical elements via the periodic table. Comics include Uncle $crooge, Metal Men, Metamorpho, Batman, Fantastic Four, Superman, and many more.
InnerBody.com is a free virtual human anatomy website with detailed models of all human body systems. The Internet's best anatomy learning resource!
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards
Visit this non-profit site to get ideas for projects and fairs. There are also other resources such as books and services for teachers.
Funology -- the science of having fun -- is the premiere online destination for kids. We offer tons of fun, creative activities, games, jokes, trivia, and you might even learn something! It's all here and it's all free!
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This website is about the periodic table is a table of the chemical elements in which the elements are arranged by order of atomic number in such a way that the periodic properties (chemical periodicity) of the elements are made clear.
The 24 hour exploding laboratory, there is a collective of scientists to provide answers to science questions. With an archive of over 36,000 answers, you can find challenges for students of all ages.
Ontario science curriculum. Has lesson plans, experiments and activities (Ont. 6 and 8) on light and optics, electricity, cells, tissues and organ systems, diversity of living things, air/flight, machines and mechanical efficiency.
We partner with corporations, universities, and school systems throughout the United States, which help us research, design, and test our activities every step of the way. Not only do teachers and students appreciate our free activities, Edheads has been recognized by almost every major award on the Web for our excellent educational content.
AfterSchool KidzScience™ kits are designed specifically for children in grades 3 - 5 in out-of-school settings. The activities are engaging and easy to lead, excite children about science, build science knowledge and inquiry abilities, and help children learn important cooperation and teamwork skills. View the collection to find out more about AfterSchool KidzScience™ kits!
Discovery Education Science Fair Central offers ideas for science fair projects and experiments for kids
This site is a massive repository of information on the heavenly bodies, including space flight missions and space-related technologies. Multimedia features let users watch videos of solar eruptions or view galleries of photographs of Saturn's rings. A team of space news veterans also present the weekly video series, "This Week in Space."
Latest news and features on science issues that matter including earth, environment, and space. Get your science news from the most trusted source!
This resource is more 1.0 than the rest of the community-oriented, feature-rich sites we're exploring today, but we can't resist a site that's all about robots. Most robotics sites cater to postgraduate academics or hobbyists and professionals in the field of robotics. For the casual and curious learner, this site is a great starting point.
This free (paid for by sponsorships from brands) science library acts as a classroom resource as well as a personal learning tool. From the publisher of Nature and Scientific American, Principles of Science is a series of textbooks designed for the world we live in today.
Discovery Education partners with districts to deliver a customized suite of tools to accelerate student achievement. Find out more about our digital content, professional development, assessment services, digital textbooks, and dynamic educator community today.
Wonderville.ca is an award winning, fun, interactive destination for kids to discover the exciting world of science thorugh games and science tools.
TryScience is a science education resource for children, parents and educators. We feature information for kids on science museums, science fair project ideas, dinosaurs, and other science discoveries.
This site has a large collection of interactive science games focusing on living things, physical processes, and solids, liquids, and gases. Each activity not only gives the student valuable information, but also provides interaction and the opportunity to put the knowledge to use. Have fun learning online with these cool science games. It's free and easy to use so just scroll down the page, find a game you like the look of and give it a go!


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"The phrase was in my native tongue of Portuguese," said Elder Costa of the Presidency of the Seventy, explaining that in that language, the verb "to be" has two translations: The verb ser refers to something that is fixed or permanent, while estar pertains to something that is transitory.
"The verb used in the inscription on the painting was estar, meaning that the ship — although anchored — was in the harbor temporarily, it will not be there forever," Elder Costa observed. "I was reminded that ships are meant to navigate the oceans and to experience adventure. I was reminded that it is the same with us."


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We've had the Midas Touch before in our Midas feast. This ancient style beer is made by Dogfish Head using a recipe as close to the ancient version as science can get us. Based on ingredients found in a 2700 year old drinking vessel in the tomb of 'King Midas' this beer is somewhere between wine and mead.
While sort of sweet and not terribly hoppy, the Midas Touch is a wonderful way to explore the history of brewing. The head isn't much to sneeze at, but each swig delivers full rounded honey and papaya notes. I really like and feel like the only draw back is the price tag.


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A Sneeze to Die For ($15.95, 218 pages, 8×5 Trade Paperback, ISBN: 9781603812726), is the second book in Teresa Trent's Piney Woods Cozy Mystery Series, which began with Murder of a Good Man. With an inheritance sunk into her new hotel, a cat lovers' convention as her first major booking, and a pushy reported found dead in her elevator, Nora Alexander has to deal with more than the problems just posed by her feline guests.
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Nora Alexander has sunk her inheritance into the Tunie Hotel, in Piney Woods, Texas. Now there is a chance that her first major booking, a national cat lovers' conference called Meow Meet-Up, will help her bottom line. It also presents increasing risk for its financial demise.
Pushy reporter Alan Shaw shows up the day before the event, making trouble for Nora and the conference. When Shaw is later found dead in the bottom of the hotel's faulty elevator shaft, Nora depends upon boyfriend and police officer, Tuck Watson, to investigate and save the Tunie Hotel's reputation. Nora also has to deal with a surprise health inspection and a conference organizer bent on getting steep discounts for conference attendees.
Things spin further out of Nora's control when she discovers she has a cat dander allergy setting off unpredictable sneezing episodes at inopportune times. The featured feline guest, grand champion show cat, Catpurnicas, escapes and disappears, leading to a town-wide search.
Surrounded by members of the Meow Meet-Up convention, Nora must sort through a list of suspects that include a beloved cozy mystery writer.
Teresa Trent lives in Houston, Texas, where she writes lighthearted cozy mysteries filled with small-town wisdom and plenty of quirky characters. She has won awards for her short stories with several Texas writers groups and is always in search of that next unusual character or plot. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, singing, doing crafts, shopping with her daughter, and watching old mystery movies on television. For more information, go to teresatrent.com.


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Mackenzie King opens the atomic Pandora's box
Giant pigeons carry messages of love and gratitude in Toronto
Bob Izumi, a Canadian pioneer in fishing
Momona Tamada brings iconic character to life
Debbie Ridpath Ohi on putting love and heart on the page
Best of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival (the lighter side)
Hiroshima 75 years later: An interview with survivor Setsuko Thurlow
An Issei's memoir from an earlier pandemic
Peek behind the photos: Interview with food photographer Vincent Noguchi
A contract worker disgruntled over his pay at a frozen food plant in Gunma Prefecture was arrested Jan. 25 on suspicion of mixing pesticide into products that sickened more than 2,000 consumers.
Toshiki Abe, 49, is accused of fraudulent obstruction of business operations.
He has denied the allegations against him, Gunma prefectural police said. But he has not explained why he was missing for 10 days before his arrest, reports Asahi Shimbun.
Abe mixed the pesticide malathion into four kinds of frozen food including mixed pizza, chicken nuggets, gratin and corn croquette at Gunma factory between October 3rd and 7th, 2013 because of low salary paid. Abe started working at the frozen food plant in Gunma in 2005, but after ended his work shift on January 14th, 2014, he had been missing.
Eventually, he was found on January 24th in a parking lot in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
Accordingly, on next day, January 25th Maruha Nichiro President Toshio Kushiro announced that he will resign at the end of March to take responsibility for the incident, and also his pay will be halved between January and March.
On December 29th, Japanese major food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings announced that they detected high levels of
malathion, a pesticide used in farm work, in four kinds of their frozen products.These products include frozen pizzas, chicken nugget, cone cream croquettes, and teriyaki chicken mayonnaise manufactured at a factory in Gunma Prefecture.
Accordingly, the company began recalling 6.4 million packages of frozen food items on that day, but not before public broadcaster NHK reported that 1,700 people had been sickened after eating the Maruha products after 356 people of those affected informed by local governments.
According to a the NHK report, the products may have been tainted with pesticide 2.6 million times the permitted levels were found in the frozen croquettes made at the factory.
"We test products several times a day for evidence of spoilage, based on the law, but we had no reason to believe pesticides would be present, so we didn't test for that," Ichiro Gohara, a spokesman for the company, told Bloomberg yesterday. "Until now, we haven't received any reports of problems."
Police are now investigating the workers at the plant for evidence of contamination at the facility, but the damage has already been done. There may also be some evidence of foul play being involved with this incident, according to The Japan Times.
Maruha Nichiro Holdings apologized and warned consumers not to eat any frozen food manufactured at the company's Gunma factory. As of January 6th, the company has reported that only 1.1 million packages of their products have returned for inspection.
The company also makes a variety of pet products, so pet owners in Japan beware.
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How could we study birds without a look into our iconic Australian bird - The Kookaburra!
The Kookaburra is famous for its lovely long bird call, after which, the bird is named for. A loud laugh-like call, which is telling the other birds in the area to stay back! It is the biggest of all the Kingfisher birds and likes to live in harmony with other members of its family. The Kookaburra, if kept alone or away from it's family, will not use the bird call. (Which is very sad!) The Kookaburra love to eat insects, frogs, lizards, snakes and even small mice! We used YouTube to hear the way a Kookaburra calls and to see the Kookaburra in flight in the Australian bush. The Kookaburra has a very distinct big beak and lovely colouring of blue feathers which stand out beautifully against the brown, white and grey. You can see the Kookaburra is very well represented on our wall of birds!
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10 Must-Have Products for a Festive Cinco de Mayo Party
Make this year's Cinco de Mayo celebration one that your guests will talk about for weeks to come. Here's what you need to throw a fun and fabulous fiesta.
Margarita Machine
No Cinco de Mayo celebration is complete without a super-charged margarita machine. As in, one so powerful it can quickly blend up dozens of fruity and festive frozen drinks without even breaking a sweat. Margaritaville's frozen drink maker is up to the task. The maker even comes with a no-brainer mixing tool for pina coladas, daiquiris, and of course, margaritas. Trust us, this one's worth the splurge.
Cactus Margarita Glasses
Fruity frozen drinks deserve to be served up in fun and colorful glassware, like these adorable (and generously sized) margarita glasses with cactus-shaped stems. These 16-ounce glasses are perfect for tropical concoctions but can also be creatively employed as festive serving bowls for sides, like salsa, guac and sour cream. This set includes four glasses, so you may need a few sets to ensure every guest has their own colorful and cheery stemware.
Decorative Party Straws
Your guests will quickly get into the party vibe when they see these colorful straws, each with its own festive decoration, like a pinata, cactus or taco. These are perfect for your drink table, whether serving up frozen adult libations in colorful glassware or kiddie cocktails in paper cups. As a bonus, these straws are made of paper, an eco-friendly choice for your fiesta.
Ceramic Tortilla Warmer
Fresh tortillas are a must for any fiesta. Keep them warm with a ceramic tortilla warmer until your guests arrive and are ready to assemble their fajitas or tacos. This vibrantly colored warmer is a festive addition to any table. It's even microwave- and oven-safe so you can use the warmer to heat up as many as 15 tortillas. Consider making your own soft and fresh tortillas with a cast iron tortilla press. Muy delicioso.
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Taco Holder Stand
Make it easy (and much less messy) for your guests to pick up tacos at your fiesta with a set of stainless steel taco holders. These handy and stylish stands keep tacos standing upright, helping ensure the meat, lettuce, cheese and tomatoes stay inside the tacos. Spillage will be kept to a minimum, allowing your festive table spread to shine. These durable taco holders are perfect for Taco Tuesdays all year long.
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Granite Mortar and Pestle Set
Who doesn't love fresh guac? Make it a reality for your party guests with a sturdy mortar and pestle set (a molcajete). No store-bought guacamole at this fiesta. This set makes it super-easy to grind and mash avocados, then add your own special seasonings to make this party guac your own. This set even comes with a handy avocado tool that makes it a snap to cut and remove the pit from avocados.
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Cactus String Lights
There's no question that festive string lights festooned across the ceiling, outdoor patio or even tree branches can instantly turn a good party into a great party. String lights are instantly uplifting and even more fun when they match the party theme. Drape fun and cheery cactus string lights over hedges or wrap them around your deck railing to encourage guests to take the fiesta outside.
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Fiesta Chili Pepper Tray
You could set out chips and salsa, even queso and quac, on a very ho-hum serving tray. Or, you could wow your guests with tortilla chips displayed on a ceramic serving dish shaped like a chili pepper. So perfect. This set comes with three brightly-colored side dishes just right for all the tasty dips that chips crave. The vibrant side dishes also work well for arranging taco accoutrements, like sour cream, shredded cheese and diced tomatoes.
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Colorful Table Runner
There are fun, disposable plastic party tablecloths, but then there are vibrant hand-woven table runners that closely resemble colorful Mexican serape blankets. This vivid table runner is a perfect fit when you want to inject an authentic Mexican vibe into your celebration. It's also a great choice for those eager to incorporate the rich culture and spirit of the holiday into their festivities.
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Festive Cupcake Toppers
Make your festive Cinco de Mayo table spread even more cheerful and enticing with colorful cardboard toppers. Ideal for cupcakes and muffins, these toppers can also jazz up traditional Mexican foods, like taquitos and quesadilla wedges. This set includes 64 fiesta-themed pieces in a variety of designs, including maracas, sombreros, pinatas and tacos.
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Is the Oil Industry Canada's 'Deep State'?
Justin Trudeau and Canada's political elite are fighting for the Tar Sands and oil industry's interests, even if it means that Canada misses its climate targets. We speak to Kevin Taft, ex-Liberal Party politician and author of 'Oil's Deep State.'
Enbridge Line 9 Hearings Met With Resistance in Montreal, As Pipeline Plan Provokes Wider Concern
Sarah Harmer and prominent musicians sing against Enbridge Line 9 reversal project; Quebec and Ontario residents mobilize to challenge oil and gas conglomerate
Week of Enbridge Tar Sands Actions Launch Idle No More's Sovereignty Summer
Protesters across Canada engaged in civil disobedience in solidarity with Swamp Line 9 activists in Hamilton, Ontario; Toronto activists target Ontario courthouse


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INFLATION rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest in 10 months, partly as the full impact of the second round of oil excise tax increase under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Act was not yet felt at the start of the year.
The rate of increase in prices of basic commodities was the lowest since March last year's 4.3 per cent, but still above the government's target range of two to four per cent.
The January rate was also higher than the 3.4 per cent a year ago.
As consumer prices ease, the government expects headline inflation to return within target after it averaged a 10-year high of 5.2 per cent last year.
National Statistician Lisa Grace S Bersales told a press conference that the following commodity groups posted slower price increases year-on-year – food and non-alcoholic beverages; alcoholic beverages and tobacco; clothing and footwear; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; health; as well as transport.
"The slowdown of inflation in January 2019 was mainly driven by the deceleration in the annual increments of food and non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and transport," Bersales explained.
To recall, the Train Law in January last year jacked up the excise tax slapped on cigarettes, followed by another round in July, hence the elevated tobacco prices last year.
But Bersales said average prices in January inched up 0.1 per cent compared to prices last December.
Bersales said prices increased month-on-month as the cost of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels went up 0.2 per cent, reversing the 0.1 per cent decline in December.
She nonetheless said the month-on-month rise in prices "may not yet include the full effect of [higher fuel] excise taxes in Train".
Under the Train Law, the excise tax slapped on diesel and bunker fuel further rose to 4.50 pesos ($0.086) in January this year, while the levy on gasoline increased to nine pesos this year.
But the Department of Energy had ordered oil companies to first use up all inventories that spilled over from last year and apply the new excise tax rates on fresh supplies.
The increases in prices of furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house, as well as restaurant and miscellaneous goods and services, both at 0.3 per cent in January, were also faster than the 0.2 per cent and 0.1 per cent a month ago.
Bersales noted a 0.9 per cent month-on-month increase in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages in Metro Manila last January, a reversal of the 0.6 per cent decline in December.
She said "the usual culprits" – rice, meat, fish and vegetables – posted higher prices last month compared to the previous month. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ANN


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Saving the Oceans: Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments
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The world's oceans are in crisis, as they have been for the past several decades. Although previous attempts to address the crisis have been far too feeble to rescue the world's depleted fish stocks,[1] recent additions to the fisheries management regime in the United States have shown a bit more muscle.
Late last year, Congress passed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA)[2] and President George W. Bush signed it on Jan. 12, 2007.
This article describes the provisions of the MSRA and considers their likely impact on the health of the U.S. ocean areas and fish stocks.
Fisheries management in the United States began with the enactment in 1976 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA),[3] which established fishing regulations within the nation's 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). At that time, foreign vessels caught approximately 70 percent of fish caught in the EEZ. Thus, rather than addressing fisheries management or conservation, the MSA was primarily oriented towards minimizing fishing by foreign vessels within the EEZ and promoting domestic vessels' access to U.S. fisheries.
The MSA also established eight regional Fishery Management Councils (councils) and charged them with developing fishery management plans (FMPs) to address domestic fishing practices and involve fishers in the fisheries management decision-making process. In an early limited attempt to protect the marine ecosystem and to limit bycatch (fish harvested but not sold or kept for personal use), the MSA introduced a maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach to fisheries management. The MSA also provided an economic hardship exemption from some of its requirements, and over time, the exemption became the norm rather than the exception. Consequently, fish populations continued to decline.
Twenty years later, in 1996, Congress amended the MSA with the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) to emphasize conservation of depleted fish stocks rather than the "Americanization" of the fishing industry. The SFA established requirements to conserve fish stocks, minimize bycatch, and restore and protect fish habitats, among other changes. The SFA also eliminated the loophole that allowed fishing to exceed the MSY and established a 10-year deadline to rebuild depleted stocks by 2008. Despite the somewhat-improved conservation efforts of the SFA, fish stocks continued to decline throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
In response, two commissions were formed to research and provide recommendations for ocean policy reforms. First, the president established the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, which published its report in 2004. Second, the Pew Charitable Trusts established the Pew Oceans Commission (Pew Commission), which published its report in 2003. The two groups formed a Joint Ocean Commission Initiative in early 2005 to provide ongoing support for ocean policy reform.
The Pew Commission's report estimated that, in North America alone, at least 82 marine fish populations were at risk of extinction, and, of the more than 500 federally managed fish stocks, the government could ensure that only 22 percent were managed sustainably. North Atlantic fisheries were the hardest hit by unsustainable fishing practices - Atlantic halibut were commercially extinct, while New England cod, yellowtail, and flounder all reached historic lows in 1989.
In response to the two commissions' reports, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries, formerly known as NMFS), which administers the MSA, asked Congress for legislation to end overfishing, increase data, expand the use of market-based approaches to fisheries management, and streamline the duplicative administrative process for the MSA and the National Environmental Policy Act. Congress adopted many of the commissions' recommendations in the MSRA.
Substantive Provisions of the MSRA
The primary goals of the MSRA are to end overfishing, promote market-based fisheries management approaches, improve fisheries science and increase its role in decision-making, and enhance international cooperation with regard to fisheries management.[4] These four goals and the provisions to implement them are discussed below.
• Ending Overfishing. One of the MSRA's most ambitious goals is to end overfishing in the United States by 2011. To achieve this goal, the MSRA sets new requirements for FMPs, including that the councils must revise annual catch limits to end overfishing by 2010 for fish stocks already subject to overfishing and by 2011 for all other stocks.[5] For overfished stocks, councils must prepare and implement management measures within two years. NOAA Fisheries began the public participation process to develop these new regulations in February 2007.
• Promoting Market-Based Initiatives. A second goal of the MSRA is to eliminate derby-style fishing through market-based approaches to fisheries management. Derby fishing occurs when a fishery is open for a limited amount of time and fishers race to catch as much as they can during that period. The MSRA's approach is to authorize limited access privilege programs (LAPPs), which provide for individual, transferable permits that specify the amount of fish a holder may catch in fisheries managed under limited access systems, where the number or size of fishing vessels is restricted. The LAPPs would allow for a combination of quotas and regulations to prevent the "race to fish." In April 2007, NOAA Fisheries released a draft technical guidance for the LAPPs. The guidance states that the initial allocation of quotas must be "fair and equitable" and that councils must prevent individuals from acquiring an excessive number of quota shares. Individuals, corporations, communities, and regional fishery associations are eligible to hold shares.[6]
• Improving Data Collection and Increasing the Role of Science in Decision-Making. Perhaps the biggest challenge facing fisheries management officials is the lack of data, particularly from the recreational fishing sector. In order to improve scientific research regarding fish stocks and habitats, the MSRA establishes a cooperative research and monitoring program, a regional ecosystem research study, and a Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund.[7] In order to improve data regarding recreational fishing, the MSRA requires that NOAA Fisheries develop a new angler registry and improve the existing Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey.[8]
The MSRA also assigns a stronger role to the councils' Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs), including an enhanced peer review process and new regional pilot programs for ecosystem research.[9] SSCs, comprised of government employees, academicians, and independent experts, assist the councils in data collection and evaluation. The MSRA requires that the councils adopt annual catch limits for each managed fishery, which may not exceed levels that the SSCs recommend.[10] The SSCs will now review the councils' scientific data relevant to conservation planning, and to assure greater transparency and to avoid the appearance of any conflicts of interest, information regarding SSC members' lobbying activities will be available on the Internet.[11]
• Enhancing International Cooperation. Fisheries are one of the most difficult resources to manage because many commercially valuable species, such as tuna and swordfish, are highly migratory. Fish consumption in the United States increases every year, but U.S. fishers provide only about 25-30 percent of the fish that Americans consume.[12] And while most nations have enacted sustainable fishing laws, enforcement is unpredictable.[13] Recognizing that broader international cooperation is necessary to ensure that U.S. conservation measures are effective, Congress created a new "secretarial representative for international fisheries," who will perform the duties of the secretary of Commerce with respect to international agreements involving fisheries and be responsible for increasing the United States' role in international fisheries management and ensuring that other countries abide by sustainable fishing practices.[14]
The MSRA also authorizes the secretary of Commerce to maintain a list of vessels that engage in illegal, unregulated, or unreported (IUU) fishing. It authorizes NOAA Fisheries to use commercial as well as government remote sensing technology to enforce its rules, to provide technical assistance to developing countries, and to support efforts to equip all vessels with monitoring systems.[15] If host countries for vessels that engage in IUU fishing refuse to enforce their fishing laws, the secretary has the authority to deny port privileges to those countries. The MSRA also directs the secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations to define IUU fishing. The secretary adopted Congress' suggested definition verbatim, which was published as a final rule on April 12, 2007.[16]
Policy Issues
As with almost any natural resource, fisheries management often pits the economy against ecology in the short term. Finding an appropriate and sustainable balance between the needs of fishing communities, fish consumers, and the fish themselves is difficult. The MSRA attempts to improve on previous efforts to reconcile these competing demands.
In many ways, the MSRA represents a significant step forward in terms of ecosystem-based management and serious conservation efforts. The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (Joint Commission) recently released its report card for U.S. ocean policy in 2006 and gave the government a "B plus" for fisheries management reform, a significant improvement over the previous year's "C plus."[17] The Joint Commission was pleased with the MSRA and lauded it as "an important step toward more effective management of the nation's fisheries."[18]
Although many environmentalists and policy experts are pleased with the MSRA's reforms, a number of policy challenges remain. First, there is no guarantee that annual catch limits will actually prevent overfishing, and the MSRA provides little guidance regarding how to set the catch limits. If overfishing does occur, there are no concrete measures for correcting the problem.
Second, the LAPP provisions do not solve the long-standing problem of how to allocate permits. The MSRA provides little guidance regarding the initial allocation of permits, beyond that it be "fair and equitable" and that councils consider economics, participation, and cultural issues when allocating permits.[19] The act offers no guidance regarding how permits should or could be managed to address consolidation of permit holders following the initial allocation.
Third, the MSRA gives the councils wide discretion, which could be subject to abuse, in directing the Conservation Fund, appointing SSC members, and establishing peer review procedures that could be used in place of SSC recommendations. Although Congress followed the Pew Commission's recommendations to increase the role of science in fisheries management, it did so only to a limited extent, providing (1) input on conservation decisions but not decision-making by technical experts, (2) an ecosystem study rather than ecosystem-based planning, and (3) council discretion rather than citizen enforcement mechanisms.[20]
Fourth, the MSRA does not go far enough in addressing pressing international fisheries management issues. While the international provisions of the act are certainly commendable, there is broad bipartisan agreement that the United States is long overdue to join the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As a nonparty to the convention, the United States is unable to participate as a member on key bodies that guide activities in national and international waters, thus losing opportunities to benefit from and protect ocean resources of economic and ecological importance.
Despite its shortcomings, the MSRA lays a strong foundation for more effective fisheries management in the United States. While it is too soon to know whether the MSRA will achieve its goal of ending U.S. overfishing by 2011, the MSRA, if implemented effectively, is clearly an important, if overdue, step in the right direction.
Stephen L. Kass and Jean M. McCarroll, together with Clifford P. Case, direct the Environmental Practice Group at Carter Ledyard & Milburn. Elizabeth C. Black, a student at Georgetown University Law Center, assisted in the preparation of this article.
Reprinted with permission from the August 24, 2007 edition of The New York Law Journal© 2007 ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited.
[1] We described some of those efforts in three articles in 2003. See NYLJ, "Saving the Oceans - Part 1," Aug. 29, 2003; NYLJ, "Saving the Oceans - Part 2," Oct. 28, 2003; NYLJ, "Saving the Oceans - Part 3," Dec. 26, 2003.
[2] Pub. L. No. 109-479, 120 Stat. §3575 (2007).
[4] See NOAA, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006: An Overview (March 2007), available at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2005/MSA%202006%20Implementation%20Overview.pdf (last accessed Aug. 7, 2007) (hereinafter MSRA Overview).
[5] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §104(b).
[6] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §105(a)(2).
[7] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §208.
[8] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §103(i).
[9] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §103(b)(1).
[10] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §103(c)(3).
[11] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §§103(b)(1), 103(i).
[12] See Peter H. Flourney, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Quick Teleconference, Magnuson-Stevens Act: Aspirations of the Reauthorization of the MSA (May 22, 2007).
[13] See id.
[14] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §408. (NOAA and NOAA Fisheries are agencies within the Department of Commerce.)
[15] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007), at §§401-403.
[16] See 50 CFR §300.201 (2007).
[17] See Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card (2006), available at: http://www.jointoceancommission.org/images/report-card-06.pdf (last accessed Aug. 7, 2007) (hereinafter, 2006 Joint Commission Report Card); Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card (2005), available at: http://www.jointoceancommission.org/images/US-Ocean-Policy-Report-Card-2005.pdf (last accessed Aug. 7, 2007).
[18] See 2006 Joint Commission Report Card.
[19] MSRA, 120 Stat. 3575 (2007) at §105(a)(4).
[20] Madeline June Kass, "Fishery Conservation and Management Act Reauthorization: 'A' for Effort, 'C' for Substance," 2 Nat. Res. & Envt. 52, 53 (Spring 2007).
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The sarde a beccafico are a Sicilian dish, typical of the cities of Palermo, Messina, Agrigento and Catania. Local variations add also bit of orange zest to the filling, but in this case you need to make sure to get only oranges with edible skin, as these fruits are often sprayed with various pesticides. In some cases the sardines are even breaded and deep-fried, or like this lighter version, more traditional oven-baked.
Serves: 4 | Preparation: 20 mins | Cooking: 20 mins
Soak the raisins in lukewarm water for about 20 minutes.
Open the sardines and remove the guts, the head and the bones. Rinse the sardines under cold running water and dry them with some kitchen paper. Lay them open on your work surface.
Chop the anchovies and the pine nuts. Remove the raisins from the water and squeeze them in your first to get rid of as much water as possible. Peel the garlic, then mince it finely along with the parsley. In a bowl mix the breadcrumbs, the pine nuts, the raisins, the anchovies, the garlic, the parsley, the olive oil, salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place some spoonfuls of breadcrumbs mixture on each sardine, then close them in a roll and place them in a baking tray greased with olive oil. Insert bay leaves between the sardines,as shown in the picture below.
Press the orange and sprinkle the juice over the sardines, along with a pinch of salt. Bake the sardines at 180°C for 20 minutes. Allow the sardines to cool down a little before serving them.
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The Matrix is a sub-section of medium- to large-format live sound mixers. It's designed to simplify the mixing process by providing a more logical, and more practical, signal flow; and it's particularly applicable to solving a variety of problems you'll encounter in worship sound. If you're not taking full advantage of the Matrix, you're making life more difficult for yourself—so let's find out what the Matrix is all about.
The simplest way to describe a Matrix would be a "mix of mixes," or as a mixer within a mixer (stand-alone Matrix mixers are also available). This can be done in hardware, or virtually, in software. The Matrix mixer's main job is to make it easy to route multiple inputs to multiple outputs. The Matrix's columns are inputs (that come from outputs), and the rows are outputs (that go to inputs). Placing a potentiometer at each junction of an input and output lets you send any amount of any input signal to any output destination (Fig. 1).
The number of controls in a Matrix mixer consists of at least the number of inputs multiplied by the number of outputs, although there may also be additions like assignment switches or mute buttons.
Why You Need a Matrix Mixer
When you build your house mix, you're combining various elements—microphones, instruments, sources from DVD, CD, computers, etc. You then route these to the main outputs, which feed the speakers in the sanctuary.
But that's not the only mix that matters, because the musicians need to hear themselves. The musician/vocalists receive a mix of the different elements that they need to perform from the Auxiliary/Monitor outputs. This mix comprises the same microphones, instruments and in some cases backing and click tracks (and maybe some crowd microphones, if the band is using in-ear monitors). Creating this mix is like creating one for the house, but mixes for specific musicians or groups of musicians will usually be independent of, and different from, the mix the congregation hears. For example, the bass player may want to hear more drums than any other musician to make it easier to "lock in" to the groove. As we'll see, this is an ideal application for the Matrix mixer.
A Matrix mixer that can create auxiliary mixes is also useful for recording the service. Like mixes for the musicians, you create a mix from scratch, with levels that are independent of the house mix, that feed a recording device. There are many reasons why you want an independent mix for recording. For example, when mixing for the congregation, the louder on-stage instruments (like drums, guitars and bass) may not need to be reinforced because they can be heard very well without reinforcement. If you look at your mixer's faders, you'd see that the levels for the louder instruments are not nearly at the same level as, let's say, the vocals. If you send this house mix to the recorder, it would sound heavy on vocals, and miss much of what the guitars, bass, and drums are doing—which would give a thin overall sound. For a more natural mix, at the very least you'd want to add a pair of audience/ambience microphones that go only to the recording device (not to the main system's speakers).
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Let's start by looking at your mixing console. How many Main, Left/Right Outputs are there? If it's like the mixers I've seen, you'll find one set of Stereo L/R outputs and a Main/Mono out as well. So what do you do if you want to send a copy of the Main Mix to other places in the church/campus like the foyer, cry room, or coffee bar?
One way to solve this is by using subgroups. (Fig. 2). You would assign all the inputs going to your main mix to the subgroups as well, and send that mix to wherever you need it to go for the appropriate sub group outputs (note that if you're sending a stereo mix through subgroups, you will need to use two subgroups—one for each channel). However, this option has a major downside because when you change levels on the Main Mix, it will also change the subgroup mix. They're not independent mixes, which can be limiting.
Here's where the Matrix comes in. Let's start with a most basic application: Recording the church service. Instead of using an Aux bus (output) and creating a mix from scratch, we can use a Matrix to create the mix easily, quickly, and efficiently.
Because a Matrix is a mix of mixes, you can start with different mixes when you access the Matrix. So let's start by sending the main mix to the Matrix. Locate the controls at the junction of the Matrix inputs that carry the outputs from the main mix, and the Matrix outputs that go the recorder input, then turn up the controls to send signal from the main mix to the recording device.
Wow, that saved significant time compared to setting up a separate aux mix.
Now add the inputs you need (like drums) to the Matrix, and turn up the level control at the junction of that signal's output and the output that goes to the recording device input. Adjust the levels of individual signal sources for the most realistic sound, and note that no matter what you do to the house mix, the mix to the recorder will be independently adjustable.
On the majority of mixers you may only have the option of adding other groups, not individual channels. If that's case, add the instrument groups to the Matrix, and bump up the levels of the guitar and drum subgroups to make the mix more musical.
On older analog mixers you were able to add an extra input or two to the matrix beyond groups, or other buses. Today, most mixers limit the Matrix to Main L/R, Subgroups and Auxes. Very few allow you to add every input channel as well, but if they can, this can be a major benefit (of course, this also tends to raise the price—as with life in general, you can't get something for nothing).
On top of the main mix, I can now add the groups, channels, or auxes to my recording (Fig. 3). In addition, there's also full access to equalizers, dynamics processors, and delay. It's even possible to insert additional microphones that aren't in the main mix, like audience microphones, which would make no sense in the house mix but add a lot to a recording.
Wasn't that easy?
Here's another application: creating a front fill mix.
When you're sitting very close to the stage, you may hear a lot of the stage's louder instruments but the vocals are not as present. In solution is often front fill speakers, which are set up on the front of the platform to face the front rows of the congregation (Fig 4). Feeding the front fill speakers is a perfect application for a Matrix mix.
As with the previous application, start by sending the main mix to the Matrix output, and raise the levels of the vocals and/or acoustic instruments that may be harder to hear from that position. Voilà, an enhanced mix for the front fills that took two seconds to create—talk about a time saver.
Also, in-ear monitor mixes often benefit from a Matrix mix instead of a traditional aux mix. Again, this can be a real time-saver. For example, suppose the drummer has a monitor mix that may be very similar to what the bass player wants. Instead of creating a monitor mix from zero, I'll use a Matrix. You just send the drummer's aux/monitor mix to the matrix, and then add the elements the bass player may want to hear. Easy!
Matrix mixers also solve problems. I can start with a stereo mix and send it to a mono input, or I could do the opposite by starting with a mono source and sending it to stereo inputs (Fig. 5).
For additional information, and a practical example of how to use Matrix mixes with a modern mixer, click here for a video that shows the process of setting up a Matrix mix on the new Presonus StudioLive Series 3 Mixers.
When you begin to understand how to take advantage of Matrix mixes, you'll find yourself using them more and more. And you'll save an abundant amount of time—time that you can better use for another, more valuable purpose: Prayer!


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Art 1 Gets to work
Art 1 students have finally gotten past boot camp and practice activities and have been working on creating drawings for our first unit theme of "Light". Each class, through the use of an online program called Padlet, we were able to brainstorm different ways light can be defined and how you can create images to go with an interpretation.
Students practiced with different techniques of creating value, such as shading, hatching and pointillism. They also learned about charcoal, scratchboard, and drawing with white on black paper. Students are allowed to decide how they want to interpret light and how they want to show that interpretation. This is leading to a variety of artwork that the students are happy with and interested in drawing. I look forward to the final pieces.
New Medium Exploration
Art 1 has begun to explore different mediums that will be available for the first artworks inspired by our theme "Light". Wednesday they learned about scratchboard. Scratchboard is a type of flat material where an artist would gentle scratch the top layer of ink away to reveal the layer of clay below. It is a different thought process than what they are used to. Most students are used to adding value to create dark areas on a white or light surface. With scratchboard, you start off with a black surface and take away the black to reveal the lighter areas and highlights of what you are drawing.
Here are some examples of what the students drew in their exploration of the material. Click on the images to see full views of the drawings.
BOOT CAMP Barnett Style
Over the past week and a half, Art 1 students have been participating in a boot camp--an Artistic Behaviors Boot Camp. The artistic behaviors are common behaviors that artists do; processes they go through on their journey of creating art. In our classroom, the artistic behaviors include: Creating Original Art, Observing, Developing Art Making Skills, Taking Risks, Having a Global Awareness of Art Making, Communicating through artwork, Reflecting, Problem Solving, and Collaborating/Being Part of a Community.
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Students took part in this "boot camp" to be introduced to the artistic behaviors because they are at the heart of the students growing as artists. As they create art this year, they will learn to think like artists, go through processes that artists do, and gain a deeper understanding for the artistic process and how they can apply that to other areas of their education and their lives.
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