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director Jeon Soo-il
screenplay Jeon Soo-il
country South Korea
year 2005
duration 110 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OmeU
producer Kang Sung-kyu
production Dongnyuk Film
Ahn Kil-kang, Kim Sun-jai
cinematography Jung Sung-wook
editor Lee Dong-wook
music Kae Soo-jung
Kim, a director, receives an unexpected phone call from his cousin, Il-kyu, who tells him his mother will soon meet his father, after having been separated from each other during the Korean War. Kim returns to his birthplace in search of his father. During the trip, he meets a woman he will later see again in his hometown. She is searching for her younger sister, who disappeared years earlier. The film?s rigorous style, slow rhythm, long silences and cold atmosphere work to obtain moments of pure lyricism and offer a reflection on cinema, love, the division of the country, memory and the deepest wounds of each human being.
Jeon Soo-il studied theatre and film at Kyungsung University in Pusan, and film direction at the ESRA film school in Paris. Jeon's d?but feature, Wind Echoing in My Being (1997) screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard programme in 1997. The Bird Who Stops in the Air (1999) received the Grand Prize at Fribourg and the NETPAC Award at Pusan in 2000.
director Franziska St?nkel
screenplay Franziska St?nkel
country Germany
year 2005
duration 92 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OmeU
producer Frank Kaminski, Ulrich Stiehm
production "Kaminski.Stiehm.Film GmbH Gormannstr. 14 10119 Berlin tel.:+49 30-30878460 fax: +49 30-30878466 firstname.lastname@example.com Jumping Horse Film GbR Spannhagenstr. 28 30655 Hannover Fon: +49 511 3908 0274"
"Peter Lohmeyer
Ulrich Matthes
Justus von Dohn?nyi
Matthias Brandt
Susanne Wolff
cinematography Carsten Thiele
sound Kai L?de
editor Budelmann, Sarah Clara Weber
music Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
Sebastian F?rber is a successful architect with a foible for poetry but he is constantly under pressure. His daughter Himalaya only knows him crouched in the dark behind his laptop and drawing board maniacally cracking nuts while he draws up utopian buildings which no one is going to pay for anymore. Despite suffering from the teensiest bit of a heart attack F?rber relentlessly starts a new project: a top-secret high-security futuristic townscape on the island of Vineta, which cannot be found on any map. In a remote villa F?rber and a team of experts are to finish the project under the leadership of mysterious Dr. Leonhard. In the middle of his hectic schedule F?rber realises that his office is monitored by strange videocameras and he starts to question his loyalties and his daughter as well. Franziska St?nkel?s debut is a moving and frightening chamber piece carried by a splendid cast and a truly claustrophobic atmosphere.
Franziska St?nkel finished her studies as a scriptwriter and director under Prof. Uwe Schrader at the University of Applied Sciences Hannover. She was given various scholarships, among other things a two-year vgf production scholarship for young filmmakers in the Bavarian film metropolis Munich, a promotional film scholarship of Niedersachsen and a one-year script scholarshop under Wojciech Marczewski. She futhermore was chosen to participate in the international programme for futher education ?Talents 2003? lectured by Mogens Rukov and in the ?Berlinale Talent Campus 2003?. Franziska St?nkel's short films are shown at international fim festivals in 19 countries and have repeatedly received awards such as the ?Premio Nuovo Talent Award? in New York. Within the framework of the ?Next Generation 2001? her short ?W?nsch Dir Was? is presented at the international film festival in Cannes. VINETA is the director and scriptwriter's first full-lenght film for the cinema.
"2005/ 2006 ?Vineta?, Kinospielfilm, Regie und Drehbuch
2004 ?It?s a small world and things like this?, Kurzspielfilm, Regie und Drehbuch
2001 ?W?nsch dir was?, Kurzspielfilm, Regie und Drehbuch
1999 ?Bonbon?, Kurzspielfilm, Regie und Drehbuch"
director Thomas Stiller
screenplay Thomas Stiller
country Germany
year 2006
duration 96 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OmeU
producer Marc Eric Wessel
production "Aurora Film & TV GmbH & Co.KG Bussestrasse 40 22299 Hamburg Deutschland Fon: +49 40 2442 8096 Fax: +49 40 5131 3341"
"Marek Harloff
Lisa Martinek
Dagmar Manzel
Peter Lohmeyer"
cinematography Bernd Meiners
sound Pascal Capitolin
editor Simone Hoffmann
music TempEau
Tim, 26, suffers from a childhood trauma. His father tried to kill the whole family when Tim was a little baby but he miraculously survived with a bullett in his head. Tim is behind in his development. His life has a peculiar, slow rhythm to it and he cannot distinguish between real life and his fantasy world. He imagines his father to be Captain on a big ship. When he meets Claudia they immediately connect. They are both living in the shadow of their fathers. But when Tim cannot protect Claudia from a violent attack by two men the trusting bond is broken. Tim must confront his childhood trauma to learn to live in reality.
"Thomas Stiller finished school in 1981.
Education as an actor and director in New York at the Actors - Studio und HB ? Studio.
Acted in many theatre plays and TV productions."
director Matthias Stockl?w
country Germany
year 2006
duration 25 minutes
media Beta SP
color Color
language OF
producer Manuel Challal
production ?tz
Marita Marschall
Mascha Tokarewa
John Cruz
Florian Lange
cinematography Till C. Juon
sound Tobias B?hm
Matthias St?cklow
Sternstra?e 18
34123 Kassel
In just 25 minutes, Director Matthias Stockl?w manages to hilariously answer the question of why a man would bury his car in the yard and some of life?s other more important questions. Julia, a teacher, is suffocating under the stress of her job and personal life. Her chaotic husband, Walter, has not told her what he did last night. The car is missing, and the mail arrives in shreds. Her co-worker, Wesenberger, finds her attractive. In the meantime, Sarah and Tim would be having a wonderful day on the boat ? if it weren?t for the evil Easter bunny and the polar bear.
director Jan ?vankmajer
screenplay Jan ?vankmajer
country Czech Republic
year 2005
duration 118 minutes
color Color
language OmeU
production Vera Ferdov?
"Pavel Li?ka
Jan Tr?ska
Anna Geislerov?
Martin Huba
Jaroslav Du?ek"
cinematography Juraj Galv?nek
sound Ivo ?pajl
editor Marie Zemanov
"Jarom?r Kallista Athanor
phone: +420 233 322 905,
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com"
Young Jean Berlot?s mother has died in the lunatic asylum at Charenton. On his way home from the funeral he spends a night at a roadside inn. There he has a vivid dream ? the same dream he always has in times of stress, in which two hospital orderlies in white coats try to force him into a straitjacket. After a violent struggle, Berlot always wakes up to find that the room has been completely demolished. Another guest at the inn, the Marquis, witnesses the nightmare and its results. He pays for the damage and invites Berlot to his castle. On the way he hears Berlot?s story: when his father died his mother, who was much younger, went mad with grief. Since then Jean, who takes after her, has been haunted by the idea that he too will end up in an asylum ? hence the nightmares.
directors statement
For the screenplay of ?Lunacy? I have borrowed ideas from two stories by Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial and The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether. These ideas are incorporated into a plot which otherwise owes nothing to Poe. One of the main characters, the Marquis, was inspired by the Marquis de Sade, from whose writings I have lifted several passages . ?Lunacy? will be a live action feature film; animation will be used only sparingly, chiefly in the dream and surreal sequences. Although the story appears to be set in early 19th C France, the film contains many deliberate anachronisms which remind us that this is an allegory of the modern world. And what better setting for this world than a lunatic asylum? If I had to attach a genre label to the film, it would be ?philosophical horror?. Its theme is absolute freedom, civilizational repression and manipulation.
"Born on September 4th, 1934
His studies at the College of Applied Arts in Prague in the Stage Design Department and at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts in the Department of Puppetry (directing and stage design) largely predetermined his own creative development.
In the Laterna Magica Theatre he experimented with some film procedures, including special effects, for the first time. He made his first film in 1964 at the Kr?tk? film Studio in Prague. The creative diversity of Jan ?vankmajer, however, exceeds the limits of film. The artist is active in autonomous visual expression, which he has practised since the end of the 1950s. His literary expression consists mainly of scenarios and tactile poems, while his theoretical activity has focused on research into the nature of tactile phenomena and the imagination. A considerable part of the imaginative strength of Jan ?vankmajer consists of blasphemous black humour and a playful viewpoint which, together with an extraordinary sensibility and a penetrating critical intellect, form the determining facets of his creative personality. His work, whether film, visual, or literary, is connected with the collective activities of the Group of Czech and Slovak Surrealists. "
"The Last Trick
Posledn? trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara
Czechoslovakia, 1964, colour, 12 mins
Kr?tk? Film (Prague)
J.S.Bach - Fantasy in G Minor
J.S.Bach - fantasia g-moll
Czechoslovakia, 1965, black and white, Cinemascope, 10 mins
Kr?tk? Film (Prague)
A Game with Stones
Spiel mit Steinen
Hra s kameny
Austria, 1965, colour, 8 mins
Studio A (Linz)"
director Santi Taepanich
country Thailand
year 2005
duration 23 minutes
media Digibeta PAL
color Color
Kreingsak Silakong
festival director World Film Festival of Bangkok
12 Floor, Nationa Building 44
Bangna-Trad Rd. Bangna
Bangkok 10260
In Thailand, karaoke is a favourite recreational pass-time, and innumerable karaoke video-clips use the sea as decorative background. Santi Taepanich watches one of these karaoke clips being shot: in front of a giant poster, a young model lolls around: but, much to the photographer's fury, she refuses to spread her legs. The next model is a transsexual who talks about the loneliness brought about by his operation. In the background, we see a white, softly shining sandy beach dotted with palm trees. On the glossy paper and beneath the spotlight, its beauty is similar to that of the model: artificial, yet convincing. Under the surfae, both conceil their wounded and sad stories.
director Patrick Tauss
screenplay Michael Proehl, according to an original screenplay by Alexander Steimle
country Germany
year 2006
duration 88 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OF
producer Christian Rohde, Nico Hofmann, J?rgen Schuster
production teamworx Television & Film GmbH Dianastr. 21 14482 Potsdam Germany fon: +49 (0) 331- 70 60 200 fax: +49 (0) 331- 70 60 231 email@example.com www.teamworx.de
Stipe Erceg, Nadeshda Brennicke, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Charly H?bner, Andreas Guenther, Dagmar Leesch, Wolfgang Packh?user, Doris Kunstmann u.a.
cinematography Lars R. Liebold
editor Florian Drechsler
music Putte & Miss Kenichi
A man meets a woman who straightens out his chaotic life. The woman looses her memory and her commemoration of him. He fights for her, but is at risk of reverting into the patterns of his past. And other mothers have got pretty daughters, too. So far so good?.
Fabo is a marauding emotion fen fire, such as flutter by the thousands through nocturnal cities: he has problems without women and alcohol, and with them his problems even seem to multiply. But the painful acquaintance with his dream woman Tami also reveals the solid sides of the hardcore romantic: wife, house, tree, children welcome. And because Fabo is able to enjoy this new life, fate hits him the harder in the hour of his largest bliss?
A film about bereavement and the fight for love, about male bonding, alcohol and crashes from different heights.
Windows, bath tubs and cars are used for other purposes than the intended and every ?dirty? word is just an expression of love and closeness. Dirty and hokey?
It is like Bukowski in an Edward Hopper painting, that has been fallen off the wall years ago?.
And the best: it is not a comedy!
Freelance photographer since 1993, focus puller and still photographer for several film productions (e.g. TATORT, JULIETTA, SCHERBENTANZ).
1997-2004 studied at the Filmakademie Baden-W?rttemberg film direction and works as a film director since then.
director Krassimir Terziev
country Bulgaria
year 2005
duration 51 minutes
media Beta SP PAL
color Color
language OmeU
production "Belluard Bollwerk International St?phane Noel CP 214 1701 Fribourg Schweiz Fon: +41 26 321 2420 email@example.com"
Alexander Dafinov, Alexander Peltekov, Alexander Yordanov, Alexey Cvetanov, Alexi Yovchev u.a.
cinematography Svetla Neykova
editor Krassimir Terziev
music Alexander Yanev
"Belluard Bollwerk International
1701 Fribourg
Fon: +41 26 321 2420
?Battles of Troy? is a study on the internal economy of today?s globalized cinema production, seen through the eyes of the lowest unit in the hierarchy of movie making - the extras. On focus here is the making of the Warner Bros Motion Picture ?Troy? (2004), and more specifically - the secret life of the extras in the movie. Starting in 2003 with a budget of 185 million dollars. Troy is one of the most expensive productions ever made. It interprets on screen Homer's Iliad. The project is based on the fact that 300 men from the ?specialized? extras in ?Troy? are Bulgarians. The Warner Bros project, executed by the British branch of the company, shot in UK, Malta and Mexico suddenly appeared to be in need of an elite group of extras that not only possessed the physical prowess necessary to convincingly stage the battle scenes, but also had a believably Mediterranean look. The perfect soldiers were recruited from the Sports Academy in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria and flown to the Mexican coast to spend 3 months in training and shooting massive battle scenes as background of the feats of arms of Eric Bana and Brad Pitt. This background is the subject of ?Battles of Troy?.
Krassimir Terziev (*1969) is an artist and organizer on contemporary arts and media culture. Lives and works in Sofia, BG, where he had graduated MA in Arts Academy in Sofia (1997). In 1998-2004 he has been chair (founding member) of interSpace Media Art Center.
director Roberta Torre
screenplay Roberta Torre, Heidrun Schleef
country Italy/France
year 2006
duration 82 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OmeU
producer Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
production Cattleya (Italien) und Babe (Frankreich)
"Luigi Lo Cascio
Anna Mouglalis
Maurizio Donadoni
Andrea Klara Osvart
Massimo Popolizio
Monica Samassa
Rossella D?Andrea"
cinematography Daniele Cipr
sound Michele Tarantola
editor Jacopo Quadri
music Shigeru Umebayashi
"ADRIANA CHIESA ENTERPRISES srl
Via Barnaba Oriani 24/A
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Fon: +39 68086052
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A murder, just one news item like so many others. For police inspector Luca, busy helping his beautiful girlfriend Veronica move in with him, it should be nothing more than a routine call at an inconvenient time. But Luca is scrupulously devoted to his job and has a special sensitivity that sets him apart from his colleagues and their impassive cynicism. This is also what made Veronica want to commit herself so quickly to a relationship with him. She didn?t think twice about enthusiastically accepting to move from her native France to Italy to live with him.
Though still young and not yet put through significant tests, their love is strong and shows all the signs typical of a very intense, exclusive bond.
The call, however, puts Luca onto a case that immediately has a disturbing effect on him, as it absorbs him more than any case he has ever dealt with before: Valentina, a beautiful young woman, barely out of her teens, has been mysteriously murdered in her off-campus flat.
Roberta Torre was born in Milan in 1962. After studying philosophy, she attended the Milan Film School and the Paolo Grassi Dramatic Arts Academy. In 1991 she began to make shorts in video and film that were presented, and often awarded, at important Italian and international festivals. Though inspired by a form close to the documentary and anthropological research, Torre?s directing is often stylistically close to that of stage direction, one that combines a bent for the portrait with a special sensitivity to the musical element in film.
The director?s first feature, To Die for Tano (1997) was precisely a musical, the portrait of Tano Guarrasi, a small-time boss of the Palermo neighborhood of Vucciri. The film was received with great success by critics and the public for the original use of the narrative language.
In 2000 Torre ideally continued in this direction with South Side Story, again a musical. This was a reworking of the story of Romeo and Juliette reinterpreted with a multiracial slant. In 2002, she made Angela, a melodrama presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the section, Quinzaine des Realisateurs. This marked a radical change in style and a return to the realism of her first documentary portraits as the director brought back a classical narrative structure.
Mare Nero is Roberta Torre?s fourth film.
director Fujiwara Toshi
screenplay Fujiwara Toshi
country Japan
year 2006
duration 111 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OmdtU
producer Fujiwara Toshi, Kan Hirofumi, Hirato Jun-ya, Alexander Wadouh
production Compass Films
"Mao Torii
Atsushi Shimoda
Kurumi Takasawa
Yushin Katori
cinematography Fujiwara Toshi
sound Kubota Yukio
editor Fujiwara Toshi
music Simon Stockhausen, Craft
"Tokyo at the beginning of the 21st Century.
Mao feels very insecure these days. She works as an editor in a publishing house specializing on books on cinema, but every day she feels she doesn?t have enough knowledge and experiences in her job. Recently, another headache has been added to her already-not-so-wonderful life: wherever she goes, she finds the same young man who immediately starts following her.
Yushin, a university student, joins the publishing house as a part-time worker. He studies films and is very happy working here, feeling he has joined the ?film industry? (or the adult world), even though his actual job is in most parts, just maintaining the books in stock. But outside of the job, he is frustrated with his girlfriend who always behaves childishly and always comes late to their dates.
Kurumi works as a ?Queen? in a Sado-Masochistic club; a profession she took because she fest she enjoyed beating men, but recently she rarely takes pleasure in her work. Every weekend, she meets an old classmate from her hometown, Masato in a park, with whom she seems to find not attraction, but relaxed moments. Unlike Kurumi who earns her own living, Maato has continued his studies and now is a graduate student. But Kurumi innocently considers him an intellectual unlike herself, and a future university professor, that?s seems not to be exactly what Masato thinks of himself?
Atsushi always carries a Polaroid camera and takes photos at everywhere he goes; not of the places he visits, but of his own face?
In the extremely urbanized contemporary metropolis which is Tokyo, the lives of those young people start to cross mysteriously with each other, and each of them will experience unexpected turns of their lives?"
directors statement
"This film was created as a ?collective improvisation? with non-actors. Each participant had only the character loosely based on him/herself, and the stories have developed as improvisations along the way of filming, reacting to each other as well as to the surrounding environments: the reality of Tokyo where even private spaces like apartments are constantly invaded by sounds and noises from the public space outside. Most scenes were carefully composed as continuous, uninterrupted sequence shots. The desire was to capture the atmosphere as a whole; as slices, or fragments, of our contemporary urbanized reality, and to observe how we cope (or very often we cannot) with it.
Toshi Fujiwara, Tokyo, Dec. 2005"
Fujiwara Toshi, born on July 23, 1970 in Yokohama, grew up in Tokyo and Paris. He studied film sciences at Waseda University, Tokyo, and at the faculty for film and television at the University of Southern California. Bevor making films himself he worked as a film critic. WE CAN?T GO HOME AGAIN is his first full-length feature.


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Alternative Title :College student Tadayasu Sawaki has a unique ability. He can see and communicate with bacteria and other microorganisms. Hijinks ensue.
Sawaki Souemon Tadayasu is a freshmen in Tokyo agriculture university. He has a unique ability that worth the value of a 1 million yen electron microscope: to see microorganism with naked eyes. Together with his childhood friend, Kei, he begins a new and carefree life as a student.
Sawaki Tadayasu, a college freshmen in a Tokyo agriculture university, has a unique ability, to see and communicate with microorganisms that appear to him as cute little super-deformed creatures. Together with his childhood friend, Kei, he begins what he hopes is a new and carefree life as a student. Those plans may change when he meets Professor Itsuki, a distinguished professor who specializes in fermentation, and other students who come to know about Sawaki's ability.
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October 25th, 2002 by MarvJosh Green wrote in to point out this post by Jens Owen stating that the DRI project has updated the open source ATI Radeon 8500 (R200) drivers with full support for that hardware's GPU. You may recall that back in early July the first snapshots of the driver became available, but without the ability to send transform, clipping, and lighting (TCL) operations to the GPU. As support for this hardware becomes more robust and the video hardware takes on more of the computations, users of the R200 cards should see improved performance.
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June12 Sophie Kerr story
Fear, hope, anxiety, racing heart, shuddering bouts of inadequacy, sudden serenity in acceptance of the Fates' apportioning whatever the outcome might be…these are a few of the feelings coursing through the minds of finalists hoping to snag the largest undergraduate literary award in the world: the Sophie Kerr Prize, given each year to a graduating student at Washington College in Chestertown.
Forty years ago, popular Denton-born writer Sophie Kerr—author of 23 novels, 500 short stories, and innumerable magazine articles—left a small fortune to Washington College, along with a carefully worded will requiring a monetary award to be given to a graduating student exhibiting the most "promise for future fulfillment in the field of literary endeavor."
Last year, the award was a staggering $61,000, one facet of a bequest that also funds a visiting writer's series—which has featured over 200 prominent writers so far—along with scholarships and books for the library.
Boldly changing the award-ceremony venue in 2011 from the rolling summer lawns of Chestertown to New York City, the Sophie Kerr Committee at Washington College is finding a wider audience and more recognition for its talented writers.
Dr. Kathryn Moncrief, chair of the English department and the Kerr committee, sees her part in the selection process as a gift.
"In my experience, the process of choosing a winner is not a divisive one. Sure, it's intense, but when we walk out of the final selection meeting, we feel good about being a part of it. It's an honor bestowed upon us as much as the finalists. Someone wins, and the others do not—welcome to the literary life!"
Emma Sovich, 2008 recipient of the prize and now editor of the long-established Black Warrior Review at the University of Alabama, recalls the crazy trajectory of submitting a portfolio.
"Even after I spent more than a year identifying my core interests and where I wanted to go as a writer, I spent 10 hours the night before the submission deadline editing my portfolio. I made my poor roommate read through the ordering of items and check for typos. I was an utter wreck. I think it was delivered barely in time."
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"My dad once told me that if you do something good for someone, and more than two people know about it, you didn't do it for the right reasons." -- George M. Steinbrenner III
"My dad once told me that if you do something good for someone, and more than two people know about it, you didn't do it for the right reasons." -- George M. Steinbrenner III
"You aint my b!tch, n!gga! Buy your own damn fries!" -- Barack Obama
Said by a player in the final days of his major league playing days, in the first few days of October -- said with about two weeks to go in the regular season.
"Baseball is a summer game. Let's play it in summer. Begin about May 15 and close about Sept 15, and you will have more interest while it lasts and the season will not peter out as it does now. The time for baseball has passed. People are taking interest in football now. Of course, most of the cities are farther south than we are and can stand it better, but I think they, too, would be benefited by a shortening of the playing season. We now play 154 games each, 14 with each club. If we played 13 with each club, that would make a schedule of 132 games, but I should be in favor of reducing still further and playing only 12 with each club, a total of 110 games. That is as long a season as the public will attend."
Something is very wrong here
"13 with each club -- 132 games"
"12 with each club -- 110 games"
Wonder if the retiring player would go back to his early profession before playing in major league baseball ... his profession being .......as a bookkeeper.
Who was he keeping books for?
Who is this former player being quoted -- a player that someday wound up at Cooperstown.
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[Most devotees are not fully clear about the meaning of the namabhasa, the clearing stage of chanting Hare Krsna. Several devotees asked Srila Narayana Maharaja about this topic, and those questions and answers took the form of three classes in Cessnok, Australia. The following is a transcription of the first of those classes.] | ||


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I came across this really cute printable from www.mintprintables.com.
I'm always making lists. To-do lists, shopping list, gift lists, ideas lists, things i want list, the list is endless (LOL). But I have ended up with sheets of paper every where. So i need to do something about it and to keep them more organized. So guess what I did? I stapled some sheets together!!! Can you believe it!!!
How simple was this?! And it took me over a month to figure it out! LOL
I now always keep one in my bag, because I never know when i might come up with an amazing idea, and if i don't write it down it will be forgotten about 5 minutes later. (I think i'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on)
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Thank for sharing this. I've just made a Home Management Binder - I thought that they seemed to help people through life, so I created one for me and it seems to be helping me stay organised! Thankfully. Very simple, but very effected. I saw yours. Well done. Also, just want to say I really like your blog and thanks for all you share.
From Carol - The Next Step.Hi Natasha, I think this is a wonderful idea. I remember many years ago I found one something like that. Thanks for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
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Lee Daniels' The Butler is serving up success at the box office.
Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife, the Weinstein Co. biopic debuted in the top spot with $US25 million ($A27.50 million), according to studio estimates on Sunday.
The weekend's three other major new releases, including the action romp Kick-Ass 2, failed to find traction with fans.
The Butler: Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines.
"We expected to do well, but we didn't expect to do this well," said Erik Lomis, president of distribution and home entertainment for Weinstein Co..
The Butler is the company's first No. 1 debut since 2009's Inglourious Basterds directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Even with a full slate of newcomers, last week's top movies claimed the second and third spots in the box-office race. The Jason Sudeikis-Jennifer Aniston Warner Bros. comedy, We're the Millers, held onto second place in its second week of release with $US17.78 million, while last week's No. 1, Sony's Elysium, dropped to third with $US13.6 million.
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Kick-Ass 2, Universal's tale of everyday teenagers who dress up as superhero crime-fighters, opened in fourth place with $US13.56 million.
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Apart from Winfrey's unmatched marketing power, The Butler also marked the media mogul's return to the big screen for the first time since 1998's Beloved.
"She was a significant factor" in the film's success this weekend, Lomis said. "Her publicity machine really kicked into high gear, and the entire cast, Lee Daniels and Forest Whitaker, they delivered a quality film and a great campaign."
The northern summer typically belongs to superheroes and big-action fare, which is why Weinstein chose to release The Butler now.
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As reported by the Washington Post this week
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...857_story.html, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will be getting $2.4 billion as a settlement for the environmental effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout which is to be used for "environmental restoration, preservation, and conservation efforts" throughout the Gulf of Mexico (details below).
The species hurt most by this disaster is the bluefin tuna which while already close to extinction was spawning just as the toxic oil was erupting. My recommendation to the NFWF on how to productively spend a small part of this money - a buyout of longliners that fish in the bluefin's spawning area in the north central Gulf of Mexico during that portion of the year (concentrated in May) when they are using it - can be found here http://www.bigmarinefish.com/Current_Actions.html.
NFWF Press Release
November 15, 2012 - Under the terms of the BP settlement agreement announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) expects to receive $2.394 billion over five years from BP as part of its resolution of federal criminal charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
The agreement must be approved by a federal judge before it becomes final.
NFWF will manage the funds in strict compliance with the terms of the final court-approved settlement. NFWF expects to direct the funds largely to projects, as described today by Attorney General Eric Holder, for "environmental restoration, preservation, and conservation efforts throughout [the Gulf] region including barrier-island creation and river diversion projects in Louisiana."
"We will work collaboratively with government and private sector stakeholders to ensure these funds are spent effectively and transparently to achieve the best possible outcomes for the Gulf ecosystem, consistent with the terms of the settlement," said Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of NFWF. "To achieve this, we will rely heavily on our established, science-based strategy for identifying and selecting appropriate projects to receive funding, all aimed at ensuring a healthy future for our countrys richest marine ecosystem."
I would be thrilled to see the bluefin receive some much needed help. Somehow, I doubt this majestic fish will receive much attention. With all the hands that will be out, I am sure the money will be spread amongst the best enviro-pet projects in the region. I will rest easy knowing that NFWF "will rely heavily on our established, science-based strategy for identifying and selecting appropriate projects to receive funding". Is this the same approach NMFS uses in deciding most of their broad stroke strategy? We could sure use some more river diversion projects in Louisiana.
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It was "our" bluefin that was affected most by the blowout and subsequent use of toxic dispersants. We'll just have to wait and see what gets attention with this "restoration" money. I've circulated this idea to those who should have interest and an ability to influence such decisions.
If others agree, let your members of Congress know what you think. Or better yet, see below.
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Longliners Buyout
If others think the buyout is a good idea, they can simply write to the NFWF saying:
"I support the buyout" or "I support the buyout of longliners to protect bluefin spawning in the Gulf of Mexico."
If you operate a fishing-related business (especially in the Gulf of Mexico), include that.
If the NFWF received 50 letters supporting the idea, I think it would pay it serious attention.
My letter to the NFWF can be found here:
Jim Chambers
Well, it's been 40 days since I proposed using part of the $2.4 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement funds for a "buyout" of longliners to pay them not to fish each spring in the Gulf of Mexico when the bluefin - "our" bluefin - congregate to spawn ( see http://www.bigmarinefish.com/F&WL_Fo...n_11-17-12.doc. And it's been 30 days since I suggested that others could encourage the NFWF to fund this "buyout" by writing even a one sentence letter of support (see above).
So, after more than 1,400 have viewed this post, who's written?
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Well, after more than 2,800 views of this thread and more than 5 months, no one has apparently lifted a finger to help our bluefin tuna, the best fish that ever lived, by writing in support of the allocation of funds for a buyout of longliners fishing on them in their spawning grounds.
Based on this abysmal performance, those who say sport fisherme are useless could well be right. It's an embarassment.
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Quintad Orbital Manufacturing, also known as QOM, was a manufacturing firm that operated in the Seswenna sector during the latter years of the Galactic Republic. The Human Ranulph Tarkin served as an executive of QOM and during his tenure, he brokered a number of lease agreements with various Republic military manufacturers for the hire of space in QOM's shipyards and factories. In 57 BBY, Tarkin was appointed as the Governor-General of the Seswenna sector, and he turned control of QOM over to one of his cousins.
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The barn owners said that if the plant blows up, the chemicals distributed into the air can kill animals, and that runoff from the chemical plant can get into the water (pretty much everyone in the area uses well water). I'm not too sure if this is true, but if it is, and if the plant blows up again, many of the animals could be killed.
We really don't want this plant being built. Someone has created a petition to sign that is against the building of the plant. I would like to know if an explosion or something that could happen would kill the animals.
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Last Tuesday night, Simon Deng spoke about his experience of being a child slave in Sudan and the need to help those who are still enslaved. He spoke of the genocide, confirmed in the United States, that is taking place in Sudan. "The war that is going on in Sudan today goes back to the time when Sudan took control from Britain," said Deng. In 1956, Britain left Sudan in the control of the Northern Arabs and Muslims. Since that point, the country has been ruled by the Khartoum government, whose goal is the Arabization of the country. To this end, they supply arms to Muslims who raid African villages, killing the sick and elderly and selling the women and children into slavery. At this point, more than three and a half million Sudanese have been killed. "I will always remember when I was a child and the government troops raided my village and slaughtered all of us who didn't escape," said Deng. "I was playing with some friends when two of them were shot down. My two other friends and I just started to run." For Deng, this raid would eventually lead him to slavery. After leaving his village with his remaining family, he was tricked into boarding a boat. "I was taken to another village with the other slaves and we were distributed among the families. This was the beginning of the nightmare of me as a slave," said Deng. He was only nine when he arrived and would remain in bondage for three years. When he arrived, he was beaten and shown a picture of a boy without legs and arms and told that his fate would be the same if he tried to escape. He suffered merciless beatings, was made to sleep with the animals and replaced the donkeys as a means to get water from the Nile. "For you, you always read about slavery in the past; in Sudan this is not the case. I am standing here as living proof that this is not the case," he said. When the family he was enslaved to moved, he ran into a man from his own tribe. He was helped to escape and reunited with his family, who had assumed him dead for some time. Later, he came to the United States. "In New York I read an article that said you can buy a slave in Sudan for 10 dollars," he said. "I found it difficult to go to sleep knowing kids in Sudan are still slaves. I decided it wasn't shameful to talk about it, it was shameful to live in denial." Deng ended his speech with a call to action for his listeners. "You are lucky to be at this college. You have the power to change
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South Beloit School District students collected over 9,000 food items in a recent district-wide food drive .
On Monday, November 25th, South Beloit High School student council members collected all the food and delivered the food to various local charities and food pantries including The Salvation Army, Caritas, St. Peter's Catholic Church in South Beloit, and Old Stone Church in Rockton. The students from the five South Beloit schools were challenged to collect 7,000 cans and they met the goal.
The final exam schedule is as follows. Lunch will only be served on Wednesday. Busses will run on normal 3:20 schedule. If you would like to leave after your final exam, you must have a ride. If you are going to wait for the bus you must be in a review session or be doing a make up exam. No student will be allowed to be in the building unsupervised.
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From the Shores Editor: Staten Island to celebrate the Irish
February 29, 2012, 9:57AM
Officially, St. Patrick's Day may be two and a half weeks in the future, but not on Staten Island. Contrary to what so many in the city and the rest of the metropolitan area think, we're a borough that can really get out in front of things. Our St. Patrick Parade is a perfect example. While others are still... Full story »
Join New York Cares organization and volunteer throughout SI
February 29, 2012, 9:28AM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - New York Cares, a volunteer organization that coordinates opportunities throughout the city, offers a number ways for Staten Island residents to get involved. To become a New York Cares volunteer, an individual must attend a one-time orientation, and then choose from approximately 1,200 projects citywide each month. To register for an orientation in your... Full story »
Parisi Speed School helps build skills in variety of sports while boosting enthusiasm
February 29, 2012, 9:16AM
Training camp open for business STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - ALL SHORES - You might believe that every time your child attends an afterschool sports practice, that they are receiving all the skills and techniques they need to excel on game day. But what if there was a way for your child to gain additional strength, agility and most of all, speed? What if there was a place they could go to be "tutored" on the fine art of sport? There is: Visit the Parisi Speed School, located in Travis. Full story »
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February 29, 2012, 8:05AM
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Island PSAL champs, off for 18 days, open playoffs today at home
February 29, 2012, 8:02AM
NEW DORP -- The last time the McKee/Staten Island Tech girls' basketball team played a game was Feb. 11. The non-league opponent was Manhattan Center HS and the Sea Gulls were victorious, 36-31. Coach Pete LaMarca will be hoping that there isn't too much rust necessary to be shaken off when his Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) Island champs host... Full story »
Youth all events champions starting bowling at early age
February 29, 2012, 7:59AM
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February 29, 2012, 7:49AM
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February 29, 2012, 7:45AM
The Big Read "Tom and Huck in Egypt" plus readings from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" at Historic Richmond town, 441 Clarke Ave., on Saturday at 2 p.m. Sponsored by Staten Island OutLOUD. Free and open to the public. Visit www.statenislandoutloud.org or call 718-907-0709. Hackasaurus Study the language of websites and learn how to remix HTML tags to reinvent web pages... Full story »
Crime Time
February 29, 2012, 7:44AM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — During the week of Feb. 20, the New York Police Department reported these major crimes on the East Shore of Staten Island: A robbery on the 200 block of Colony Avenue, Midland Beach. And, nine burglaries occurred: Two on the 1000 block of Bay Street, Rosebank; one on the 800 block of Bay Street, also Rosebank;... Full story »
Fast food for the budget-conscious
February 29, 2012, 7:41AM
CONCORD -- Fast food is anything but inexpensive these days, especially the corporate variety, so it's a breath of fresh air to discover a place that offers simple, home-made fare at super-reasonable prices. The next time you're hungry and passing 598 Richmond Rd. in Concord, check out Marina's Bakery, if you can find a streetside parking space nearby. Order a... Full story »
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February 29, 2012, 7:38AM
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February 29, 2012, 7:29AM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - We checked in recently with Jewel Winter, manager of the two high-fashion Oznico stores on Staten Island, catching up with her at the 103 Water St. location in Stapleton. What's hot at the store? "The Hunter rain boots for infants, toddlers, and girls," she said, pointing out the popular bright red and pink colors. "And, for... Full story »
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Universal Credit is a new benefit for people of working age which will be introduced over a four year period from 2013 to 2017. It will replace existing means-tested benefits and tax credits (including income-based Jobseekers Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance; Income Support; Child Tax Credits; Working Tax Credits; and Housing Benefit). It is the Government's key reform to simplify the benefits systems and to promote work and personal responsibility.
The Government's aims for Universal Credit are to:
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 which provides the underpinning legislation for Universal Credit received Royal Assent in March 2012. The implementation of the Act will require the passage of several sets of detailed Regulations, many of which were published in draft in June (and are being scrutinised by the Social Security Advisory Committee).
The Work and Pensions Committee is launching an inquiry to review the progress being made towards implementation of Universal Credit and to examine the implementation process, the proposed entitlement conditions and the future operation of the benefit. Submissions of no more than 3,000 words are invited from interested organisations and individuals on any aspect of implementation of Universal Credit.
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Remove Images Arts and Entertainment Kupanaha Magic Show in Kaanapali Maui July 07, 2011
KUPANAHA Tuesdays through Saturdays, 4:45-7:30pm Ka'anapali Beach Hotel, 2525 Kaanapali Pkwy., Lahaina 667-00128 / (toll free) 1-800-262-8450; kupanaha.com / kbhmaui.com $89 Golden Circle (front row) / $79 general / $55 young adults (13-to 20-year-olds) / $39 keiki (six-to 12-year-olds) / complimentary for keiki 5-years-old or younger We live in a world where the only sure things are death and taxes; hard knocks, deadlines and gravity. Perhaps that's why magic is so alluring. It's the chance to submit to illusionists' sway and allow our disbelief the reprieve of suspension. The Baran 'ohana—the renowned mom and pop illusionists (and their keiki!) behind the new-and-improved Kupanaha magic show—aim to guide locals and visitors alike as they journey into a realm where a magic man can make a great escape Houdini style, and lovely ladies are levitated or sawed in-half, much to their own delight. (Oh, and the show's augmented by an omnomnom KBH dinner and Mai Tais—which sure doesn't hurt.) Helmed by Jody Baran and his wife Kathleen—alongside their kids Crystal, Katrina and Robert—the Kupanaha show is produced by a family, for families. Chicago-born, Jody says he began performing at the tender age of five, receiving his first award for magic by the age of 10, and by 16 had a full-time career in show business. Calling it "proof that magic can transport you," he traveled the world honing his craft (while earning chops with the likes of Disney and Six Flags), and has entertained "a who's who" roster of celebrities and even heads of state. When Jody "fell for the magic of Kathleen [Pomeroy]," he says it was "love at first sight." Kathleen is a lifelong dancer and So-Cal native, who was "enchanted [by] the world of magic" in her teens. "In a classic case of life imitating art," Jody and Kathleen married, and their burgeoning 'ohana has performed together "night after night" for more than a decade. While many of us can barely manage a disengaged TV dinner without bickering, you've gotta admit their love and commitment—evident onstage—is the real magic. Both heartwarming and hilarious, the updated show debuted this April—hallmarking its impressive 2,500th performance—in the intimate 180-seat Kanahele Showroom. Balancing the miraculousness of magic, what's unique about the Baran family's production is that it incorporates the myths and legends of old and new Hawaii, including historical references to some of the world's most famous magicians who made their merry way to the isles in the "glory days of yore." Stage design is made spectacular using many of the vintage images of the day, and true to magic show tradition, is a suit vest and sequined spectacle. Further, with the authentic articulations of the Kupanaha Dancers under the direction of kumu hula Dal Aricayos, the show aims to "express the magic of Hawaiian demigods through song, chant and dance." Aricayos' vision is to "share the accuracy of [Hawaii's] legends and stories" as "people are sometimes misled without enough information." It's classic magic meets ancient mysticism (appropriately at "Hawaii's most Hawaiian hotel"), with a lovable 'ohana eager and able to entertain. The showroom is drenched in a sparkling, night sky motif and during the dinner service—kalua pork and grilled vegetable bruschetta pupus, entrees of fish, chicken, steak or tofu, plus pina colada cheesecake for dessert—the show starts early with table-side magic. So if the drudgery of Muggledom (sorry) has got you aching for augury, look no further than Kupanaha. It's wholesome and hysterical, mystical and cultural; everything you'd expect a magic show to be—and then some. ■ |


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Small Business Saturday boosts holiday season
In spite of a shorter shopping season and challenging economic environment, Small Business Saturday helped jump start the holiday shopping season for small businesses across the country.
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Small businesses give big 'like' to Pinterest, Instagram
Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season - and they're not just on Facebook.
VIDEO: Help pledged for small businesses
Help for local retailers, such as faster broadband, has been announced by the government as the UK marks Small Business Saturday.
Small Business: Cosmetics maker washing her hands of China
David Cameron spent last week in China with the aim of boosting British exports, but for some companies, exporting to China is definitely not part of the business plan.
Super Saturday for small businesses
Small Business Saturday is hoping to boost trade across all shopping centres in the borough today with a free parking incentive Independent businesses in town centres across Enfield will be given a helping hand today as part of Small Business Saturday.
Small Business Saturday: MPs help out Leicester market traders
Vicki Morris, who has run a fruit and vegetable stall on the market for 27 years, said: "I welcome support from our MPs as running a stall is an ideal way for people to get involved in business.
Man charged over teenager's death
Joshua Folkes, 17, was stabbed to death outside a friend's home in Palmers Green in the early hours of Tuesday.
U.S. House passes non-partisan small business bill
Borrowing by U.S. small businesses edged up in August, pushing an index of borrowing to a six-year high.
Fresh support for 'lifeblood' small businesses
The Government has unveiled new plans to allow smaller firms to grow strongly, including proposals to make it easier for companies to win public sector business as well as tackling late payments.
Traders' bid to get tills jingling
FREE parking and a packed programme of events will lure shoppers tomorrow as part of a national campaign to support small businesses.
Independent traders in Whitchurch club together to stage Small Business Saturday
First Minister Carwyn Jones has revealed landing the biggest football tournament on the planet should be a future goal, writes Phil Cadden After a busy year travelling across the globe, Katherine Jenkins is looking forward to spending time in Wales.
Alabama House GOP Sets 2014 Agenda
House Speaker Mike Hubbard says the agenda for the House Republican Caucus in 2014 will continue the GOP's record of changing the status quo, and it will include several measures affecting taxpayers.
WICKFORD will be the focus for the first attempt of a Small Business Saturday by Basildon Coucnil.
It is boosting the town's four-week Christmas market with free face-painting, fairground rides and free parking for visitors, to encourage more people to shop the stalls.
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A RALLYING call has been issued to Derby shoppers to back small local businesses by supporting Small Business Saturday tomorrow.
Get ready for Small Business Saturday
IT MAY be called Small Business Saturday but it's a big idea that will hopefully boost trade for local shops and businesses in the all-important run-up to Christmas.
House targets patent trolls, but will small businesses be hit as well?
House passed the Innovation Act to protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits filed by patent trolls; a similar bill is pending in the Senate.
Businesses give big "like" to Pinterest, Instagram
Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season - and they're not just on Facebook.
Small retailers to be celebrated on Saturday
SHOPPERS will be encouraged to visit more smaller independent traders in Brentwood on Saturday as part of a national scheme.
The Chancellor's Autumn Statement brings festive cheer to small businesses
He feels today's announcement by George Osborne on business rates for small businesses should bring some festive cheer to the High Street.
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Easy Analytics to Find Out Why Your Search Traffic Dropped
Your Google traffic has taken a plunge into the deep end, and you'd really like it to come up for air. You, in fact, are gasping for breath on its behalf.
Take a deep breath. We're going to guide you in finding out more about what happened and how to bring your traffic levels back up.
Good. Let's open your Google Analytics.
(If for some reason you do not have Google Analytics, put it on your site now! This whole post will then be worth it. Although if you don't have Analytics I'm not sure how you would know your search traffic has dropped. In any event…)
We're going to take a look at your search traffic. Here's how you get there:
Set the date range to about two months and take a look.
Does it look something like this?
(Thankfully, we didn't have any clients who were hit in the latest algorithm updates, so this is actually a graph from when a client made a change on his website and lost his Analytics code for a few days until it was restored. But this is what the graph would look like.)
Maybe it's not this bad. Maybe you still have some traffic – but it's significantly lower than usual.
So what do you do?
First off…
When did it drop?
First, look at the date when it dropped. Then compare it with this list of Google algorithm updates. (There was also a new Panda update yesterday, June 11th – which is not yet on the list.)
If the date corresponds with the Penguin or the Panda update, you can check last week's post for likely factors that would have made your site prey to those updates. Check your site for those issues, and fix them.
If the dates don't match, continue on to the next step of your investigation.
Even if the dates do match, and you're pretty sure you got slapped by an algorithm update, still continue on to the next step. You might have been penalized for one keyword but not for another (especially with Penguin), and so it pays to find out.
What keywords dropped?
To do this effectively, you're going to need a custom report in Analytics.
Wait! Don't panic yet. I did say this was going to be "Easy Analytics", so even if you've never used Custom Reporting before, it's going to be easy. I've designed the report for you, and you can just import it straight into your account by clicking on a link.
Complicated link, simple report. It should look like this:
To see how much your traffic has dropped for each keyword, do the following:
Go to the top right where it shows the date range and click the little arrow to the right. You'll get this drop-down:
Then you'll see a report that looks like this:
We've seen when there was a drop, we've seen what keywords dropped. Before we start to analyze, let's answer one more question.
What pages dropped?
Here's your custom report to check that out:
This is what you should see:
Let's compare with last month, as we did for the keywords above -
Time to Come to Conclusions:
Let's give some options for what you might be seeing and what you would do about it.
1) A keyword or a page that is seasonal has dropped because it's off season
What to do:
Absolutely nothing. Wait until next season. Put your efforts elsewhere.
2) Traffic has plunged for a particular page
What to do:
a) Put the URL into your browser and see if the page actually works. Sometimes the drop in traffic might be caused by a page suddenly breaking and returning a "404 – Not Found" when your visitor tries to access it. If that's the case, fix the error, and your visitors will be back.
b) If the page does work, then go back to your Unique Visitors per Landing Page report and click on the page in question.
You'll get the breakdown of how many visitors came for which keywords – for that particular page.
This brings us to option 3 -
3) Traffic has plunged for a particular keyword
a) If you suspect you've been the victim of a Penguin update, it may be that you over-optimized your links for this particular keyword. Do you know if your anchor text is slanted in favor of that keyword?
(If you don't, unfortunately there aren't many good free tools that enable you to check. If you have a PRO subscription to SEOMoz, then Open Site Explorer is a phenomenal tool that lets you slice and dice your link data – and other sites' data – many different ways. They do offer a 30 day free trial, so if this is a real issue for you, probably worth doing. Majestic SEO will give you all their backlink data for your site, but it's a laborious and "techie" process. You have to register, then go to the reports page, then click "Report Options" -> "Create Report." You'll be asked to verify your site by uploading a file to the root directory, which if – like me – you're not a born webmaster, this detailed explanation may be helpful for. And when all is said and done, the data isn't as easily analyzed as SEOMoz's is. If you export the report to CSV (link on very bottom left of page), then you can play around with filters in Excel – otherwise it's reading a long list.)
What to do:
If your anchor text is very unnatural, try to get some webmasters to change the anchor text to your brand name or something more natural sounding.
b) If your traffic drop doesn't correspond with Penguin, do a Google search. Make sure it's done without personalization, which means putting this search string into your browser:
https://www.google.com/search?q=your+keyword+here&pws=0 (yes, obviously replace that dummy phrase with your key phrase, words separated by plus signs)
Check the results. Are you ranking lower than you have been? Has anything strange happened to your title and snippet? Has the competition around you changed so that their titles and descriptions now sound more compelling than yours?
What to do:
- If your rankings have dropped, you may need to step up your SEO efforts.
- If your title and description are turning visitors away, either fix them or try out some variations to see if you can get a better click-through rate. Try each for a month, to make sure you have enough data to come to a conclusion.
There's no one definitive answer. Use your brain and your power of observation. But now you should know what to look for.
Any other ideas of what might cause your search traffic to drop and what you would see in Analytics to hint to that?
Enlighten us all in the comments below!
June 12th, 2012 by Aviva B
Posted in Analytics, SEO
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