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After being vacant since the theatre department's last production in May, the Vassiliadis Family Black Box Theatre in Camino Hall was transformed into Gilead, Wis. for its newest production, The Spitfire Grill. With a very tight space, the production cast and crew were able to transport the audience to the rural area grill and join the characters through their journey over the time span of the four seasons, beginning in winter.
Director and adjunct assistant professor of theatre arts and performance studies, Ryan Beattie Scrimger, pitched The Spitfire Grill because of the style of music and the ability to keep that cast size small.
"I proposed it because of the message it had; the potential it had to offer our students to show their own talent. Having a cast that varied, showed the talent on campus that we have these people who want to go run a business or perform brain surgery and they can sing like angels and can take us to another world," Scrimger said. "It was a journey for all of them to go on and hopefully they can take the audience on it."
During the school year, the Black Box serves as a classroom space for a variety of theatre courses. When deciding between the Studio Theatre or the Black Box, Scrimger saw the Black Box as an opportunity to symbolize an eagle's wings. Making the stage diagonal emulates the sense of soaring and spreading wings similar to Percy, played by sophomore Lauren Fisher. Percy resembles the eagle spreading its wings because after being in prison for five years and now in a small country town she is unfamiliar with, Percy must grow from her non-trusting past to someone who depends on those around her.
Within the eight weeks of rehearsal, the cast came from different places but most had prior experience in theatre whether it was in high school performances or in a previous USD performance. Scrimger believes USD students are very dedicated and committed in all activities they take on and sees this when she is casting for productions. The cast of The Spitfire Grill brought willingness to fully immerse themselves into their role and explore the characters inner thoughts and desires, especially for those with roles that dealt with difficult issues.
"We invited the Women's Center to spend an evening with us to talk about abuse and physical assault because of the relationship between Caleb and Shelby, and Percy and the death of her child from her stepfather," Scrimger said. "So there are issues of abuse that exist in the play and that can be very dangerous and difficult to navigate. I found that the students were sensitive to it and willing to explore and try to honor those difficult things."
The cast also did a series of exercises geared to identifying the moments in life when you feel trapped. They hoped to recover specific moments where they found relief or redemption. To further explore their role, they needed to understand what triggers their redemption and if it is themselves or others who forgive.
With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching, Scrimger wanted the audience to leave the Black Box with a sense of hope.
"I hope audiences walk out feeling reflective about themselves and hopeful that they will be relieved. We all have pain and we all have suffering of some degree," Scrimger said. "I wish for them to leave feeling hopeful and feeling that whatever relief needs to happen around them can be found."
In the genre of the musical, an accurate depiction of life is not the first thing that comes to mind. Characters spontaneously burst into choreographed routines in the middle of daily activities and emotions are often sung rather than spoken. However, Scrimger believes that musicals are not an inaccurate portrayal of real life, they are simply a heightened sense of reality.
"We do break into song when we turn on soundtracks when we are feeling big emotion. Musicals are heightened reality because they are big emotions and the idea in the musical is you are feeling so much you can no longer speak, you have to start singing," Scrimger said. "You can't break into song without feeling things in the depth of your soul. We do break into song."
Scrimger wanted the audience to leave with a sense of hope. Leading her cast through a series of exercises, she was able to have the actors fully immerse themselves into their role; it then became realistic. By the characters drastically changing from the beginning to the end of the play, the audience was able to grasp the concept that even in a town that seems as if time stands still, people are constantly changing in our lives that we are never able to predict.
"It's so much fun. The musical numbers are toe tapping, the singing is excellent, the staging is a lot of fun and the comedy is good," theatre arts and performance studies professor Jacob Bruce said. "It's a good time and it's a fun show."


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There were seven different teams interested in signing C.J. Leslie, who is scheduled to make his debut on Friday for the Knicks summer league team at UNLV, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post.
Leslie, who averaged 15.1 points his junior year at N.C. State, signed a two-year deal at the league minimum. Leslie said he was surprised about how the draft turned out.
"I was definitely surprised,'' Leslie said. "I think everybody was surprised. It adds fuel to the fire. But I'm just trying to get past that draft.''
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Archive for February, 2010
Policymaker Report Cards Offer New Exposure for Issues and Messages
February 2010
Personally, one of my least favorite school activities as a student was report card day. While I often knew in advance what the report card would say, I was always anxious about my parents' reaction. Knowledge may be power, but I think we can all admit that sometimes there are things we wish our parents didn't know about our academic achievements – or lack thereof.
Like our younger selves, policymakers don't like report cards, but the tactic can definitely get an organization noticed in the media and the public. More advocacy organizations are using report cards — or scorecards — to draw attention to the performance (i.e. voting record) of Congressional and state legislators on a variety of policy issues.
Recently Environment America — a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental advocacy organization — issued their annual Congressional scorecard. It identified members of Congress who are "Washington's environmental champs" – policymakers who voted for the environment 100% of the time in the past 18 months on major environmental issues. The scorecard also called out policymakers who are "natural disasters" and did not support environmental legislation and/or issues. State affiliates of Environment America also replicate this approach and release scorecards focusing on their state's representatives, as Environment Washington did in December.
Outside of the environmental movement, other advocacy groups also use the scorecard as a tool to bring awareness to and action on their issue. For example, the Human Rights Campaign issues a Congressional Scorecard each year to show how members of Congress have voted on equality issues. The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has an interactive Web site dedicated to their annual scorecards on how Representatives and Senators voted on anti-poverty legislation. The Web site even allows visitors to compare legislators' grades.
Federal and state policymakers don't like their voting records publicized and publicly evaluated. Their constituents (policymakers' "parents" in this metaphor) are often unaware of the voting behavior and legislative actions of their representatives, and a scorecard can provide them a new, easy to understand viewpoint to evaluate their representative's performance.
Issuing scorecards can also open doors for organizations looking to build relationships and alliances with key policymakers. Media coverage resulting from a scorecard release draws attention from Capitol Hill and state legislative staffers to your organization and may inspire — or force in an election year like this one — legislators to change their viewpoint and voting record on an issue. In addition, scorecards provide valuable, concise information and data to reporters covering that policy issue and will help position your organization as an expert and resource for future insights.
In spite of the discomfort it causes lawmakers, the scorecard/report card approach is an effective tool in the policy communications arsenal to expand an organization's message exposure. Hopefully, it will reinforce supportive policymakers to continue championing the issue or pressure failing legislators to improve their grade and make the honor roll on their next report card.
Reporters Use PR Professionals to Verify Information Found on Social Media Sites
February 2010
A recent study conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University's Master's Degree Program in Strategic Public Relations found that a majority of reporters and editors turn to social media when conducting research for their stories:
Among the journalists surveyed, 89% said they turn to blogs for story research, 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. The survey also found that 61% use Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia.
The study also found that the reporters and editors using social media outlets for their research understood the need to verify all of the information that they find.
Eighty-four percent said social media sources were "slightly less" or "much less" reliable than traditional media, with 49% saying social media suffers from "lack of fact checking, verification and reporting standards.
To verify the information found through social media outlets and sources, journalists are turning to public relations professionals. PR professionals can provide verification of the information as well as access to additional information and experts. From the article:
Editors and reporters surveyed said they depend on PR professionals for "interviews and access to sources and experts" (44%), "answers to questions and targeted information" (23%), and "perspective, information in context, and background information" (17%).
As journalists using social media outlets turn to PR professionals for verification and context, PR professionals should establish themselves as resources by building relationships with local reporters. This requires public relations staff to be aware of the ongoing conversations in the social media sphere with respect to their clients and areas of expertise. PR professionals should be constantly tracking the stories in their clients' field of focus – in new and old media channels alike – in order to keep track of which local reporters are covering those issues. This enables public relations staff to establish themselves as a contact to be used as a source of information and pathway to experts that can provide quotes and data as needed. With a good relationship established, journalists will reach out to a PR professional for verification, context and expert input the next time they are working on a story.
Like Bill Gates Shows, Leaders' Personal Messages Online Can Be a Winning Strategy
February 2010
I know, not everyone is Bill Gates. Very few people on the planet can gain 100,000 followers on Twitter eight hours after launching their Twitter profile.
But perhaps we should start thinking like Bill.
Using his newly formed Twitter community, Gates recently launched his newest endeavor, The Gates Notes, where he will personally document his thoughts, travels and work with his nonprofit organization, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
It's not uncommon for CEOs and executive directors of NGOs to share updates and information with supporters through blogging and/or e-newsletter columns. But Gates's new Web site takes it a step further and other nonprofit leaders should take note.
This interactive Web site gives visitors an inside look at global issues from Gates's personal perspective. Even his first post on Gates Notes feels like a diary entry:
It often feels like I'm back in school, as I spend a lot of my time learning about issues I'm passionate about. I'm fortunate because the people I'm working with and learning from are true experts in their fields. I take a lot of notes, , and often share them and my own thoughts on the subject with others through email, so I can learn from them and expand the conversation.
I thought it would be interesting to share these conversations more widely with a Website, in the hope of getting more people thinking and learning about the issues I think are interesting and important.
With the thousands of charitable and advocacy organizations competing for the public's attention, Gates Notes shows how a personal touch can set an organization apart and build a larger community. Whether through blogs, e-newsletters, social networking profiles or more traditional communication channels, readers will appreciate and respond to candor, honesty and passion for a cause when shared through a real human voice. Think of it as persuasive storytelling 2.0, using technology to share personal testimonies and insights.
Are there limits? Absolutely. Often, organizational leaders do not have the time and/or expertise to communicate via social media and rely on their communication staff to do it on their behalf. This can pose quite an ethical dilemma. In such a personal medium, can people share messages through social media pretending to be (or on behalf of) someone else? Are we misleading readers? As a profession, we are still trying to figure it out. PR pro Todd Defren's blog PR-Squared is exploring those very ethical issues.
The bottom line is that whenever possible, leaders should write their own posts for authenticity and transparency. If this is not an option for an organization, then leaders and communicators should consider creating social media presences under their organization's name or profile, instead of tying it to a specific individual. Then, anyone affiliated with the organization can communicate on their behalf, eliminating ethical challenges.
Honesty and transparency when communicating online are the best policy. And if we take a tip from Bill, the personal touch can be a winning strategy.
The Buzz on Google Buzz
February 2010
This week, Google rolled out a new feature they've called Buzz. For an introduction to Buzz, view the video below. This marks the first time in quite awhile that Google has rolled out a new product without doing some extensive testing prior to a full release – Gmail, Wave, Docs, and Voice all went through a testing phase of some kind prior to their release. But Buzz is here, and communicators need to be aware of what it is and some potential pitfalls.
Perhaps the easiest way to think of Buzz is to compare it to your Facebook live feed. It is a real time display of what your friends are doing on the web. Buzz accomplishes this by pulling information from your existing web accounts, including the Google suite of products (Picasa photo albums, Chat status messages, shared items in Google Reader) and other web platforms like Twitter and Flickr. We should all expect that the list of sites that integrate with Buzz will increase over time. Every time you update a web platform that you've connected to Buzz, Buzz updates as well, broadcasting that update to your network of Google followers. What's more, Buzz adds a new status update feature tied to your Google Account. You can write text, incorporate links, video, photos and more, and share that with the friends that follow you on Buzz – or with the world at large. Think of it as Google's answer to Twitter, without the 140 character limit and with the ability to add multimedia.
So what do you need to know about Buzz? A few things:
- Buzz asks if you would like to share who you follow and who follows you when you create an account. Reacting to concerns raised by folks like techPresident, Google revised their Buzz privacy policies very quickly. Because Buzz pulls from your most active email and chat contacts to create lists of followers, it is possible you could display contacts that you'd rather not publicize. techPresident accurately notes how displaying your contacts could cause problems for journalists and politicos – but we'd like to extend that concern to communicators and advocacy groups. Many nonprofit organizations have taken advantage of Google Apps, which offers great services for free or at a low cost. Any organization using Google needs to check their Buzz privacy settings to ensure that their contacts aren't displayed to the world. If you set up your account earlier this week, you'll need to do this retroactively. For instructions on how to do that, check out this post from Lifehacker. If you haven't set up your Buzz account yet, Google will now prompt you with the question, "How do you want to appear to others?" To protect your list of contacts, uncheck the box that states, "Show the list of people I'm following and the list of people following me on my public profile."
- Buzz can crowd your Gmail inbox pretty quickly. Google clearly intended Buzz to become an integrated part of your email account, which has led it to display new Buzz messages alongside your new emails. For organizations that use Gmail, this can crowd your inbox very quickly, and become rather annoying. Again, Lifehacker has instructions on how to remove the Buzz updates from your Gmail account.
- Buzz has enormous possibilities for public sharing of information. Any information that is shared on Buzz that is categorized as "public" is available via the Buzz search engine. This is HUGE, as it allows you to search what people are sharing in real time via Buzz status updates, Google Reader, Twitter, Picasa, Flickr and more all in one place. What's more, anything posted in a public forum on Buzz is open to comment from anybody finds it. We'll have more on this later – but this promises to allow individuals and organizations to monitor and participate in conversations on issues that are important to them.
There are a lot of great resources out there that have details on how to set Buzz up and begin using it, and I encourage you to check them out. I will have more soon on some of the ways organizations can use Buzz to further their communications agendas.
PS: I'm a bit shocked that Google is trying to get away with the Buzz name. After all, Yahoo! has been using the term "Buzz" for their bookmarking platform for some time now. I imagine you'll be hearing more about this in the not so distant future.
UPDATE (2/26): Google made some changes to Buzz in reaction to the strong criticism they received over privacy concerns. Writing on the Google blog, Product Manager Todd Jackson runs down the updates, including more prominent controls over who you follow and who follows you, as well as what items import to Buzz automatically.
Hispanics Are Online More; Prefer Content in English, New Survey Shows
February 2010
Hispanics in every life stage are increasingly online, and the majority prefer content in English, according to a new survey from Cheskin Added Value, commissioned by AOL Advertising.
The survey shows Hispanics (58%) closing the digital gap between themselves and the general population (71%).
Since our first study in 2002, the number of Hispanics online has grown significantly – faster, in fact, than the total US online population.
Hispanics consume online media in English, which the survey says reflects a greater availability of English language information (27.6%) vs. Spanish (7.9%).
In general, Hispanics recognize the disparity between the availability of English and Spanish language content. They perceive English sites as more comprehensive, detailed and useful than Spanish language counterparts. This belief is prevalent across all levels of acculturation and life stages.
What's more, Hispanics are early adopters and technology leaders, and they favor quality of online information over language preference. Not surprisingly, the survey showed that Hispanics were skeptical of straight translation, favoring meaningful adaptations that reflect ties to their home country or their experience in the U.S.
The survey included more than 700 Hispanics in various life stage groups: the young and free (30% of sample) stage represents people who are single, average 26-years-old and have no children; the young family stage (17%) are 33-years-old, married and have one child; the mature family stage (23%) are 40-years-old on average, married and have two children; the prime of life stage (18%) are 41-years-old, married with no children; and the empty nester stage (13%) are 57-years-old, have children over 18 years old and are married. The survey authors chose this approach over the more traditional lens of acculturation and language.
Segmentation by life stage provides another way to understand the values and interests of Hispanics, based on their preferences and behaviors, which are not necessarily unique to their cultural background or acculturation level.
This type of analysis showed that English-language marketing messages are favored by almost all of the youngest Hispanics, as well as many of the other market segments, regardless of time in the U.S. and English-language fluency.
The entire report can be obtained here.
The GR8 Spelling Revolution: Texting's Impact on the English Language
February 2010
Will the increasingly popular use of text message language (e.g. LOL, BRB, BTW, etc.) have a lasting effect on the English language? Ammon Shea explores this issue in a recent New York Times Magazine article, "The Keypad Solution."
The language gap between parents and their children is nothing new. Slang like "groovy" and "far out" baffled adults during the '60s and left them asking, "When did 'hip' come to mean something other than the part of the body where the leg meets the torso?" As I grew up in the '90s, influences like Bill and Ted, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a back-talking Bart Simpson filled elementary school chatter with words and phrases such as "rad," "dude," "tubular," "cowabunga," and the ever poetic, "eat my shorts."
However, the text messaging phenomenon is impacting not only what youth say but also how they spell it. What's more, "textisms" are no longer used exclusively among adolescents and teens. With social media tools like Twitter on the rise, the need to express one's thoughts as immediately and concisely as possible is changing the way we communicate, with keypad language becoming increasingly popular. As communicators, should this give us cause for concern? Should we push back on mangled spelling, or allow a new generation to develop their own standards?
Interestingly, Shea's article highlights the history of attempted spelling reform. Some very notable American thinkers – including Ben Franklin, Andrew Carnegie and President Theodore Roosevelt – all made ardent attempts to fix the troubling spelling inconsistencies found in the English language. Having taught English for a year in Ecuador, I know how frustrating the many spelling anomalies in the English language can be to a student. For example, Shea makes the point:
"The fact that through, rough, dough, plough, hiccough and trough all end with -ough, yet none of them sound the same as any of the others, is the sort of thing that has been vexing poets and learners of English for quite some time."
Moreover, the American Literacy Council, a nonprofit founded in 1876, argues that there should be multiple ways of teaching people how to spell. They're a proponent of their own phonetic method called SoundSpel.
But will textisms be welcomed as an opportunity for spelling reform? Not likely, if you believe the article. Shea relays the opinion of Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University and author of "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World," in his article:
"[Baron] predicts that the number of "textisms" will stop growing as people continue to develop more proficiency in using handheld devices and as the devices continue to grow more sophisticated than simple telephone touch pads. She adds that part of the appeal of texting shorthands is their novelty, and that that will fade."
This may be true, but as we wait for the tide of textisms to recede, there are many online text dictionaries to aid parents and those of us less proficient in text language. Whether you choose to embrace textisms or not, it's certainly an interesting development in the English language. And don't even get me started on emoticons! Who knew there were so many facial expressions at our finger tips?
Nevertheless, communicators must think beyond our own opinions to try and experience things from our audiences' perspectives. Audience research is the first step in developing any social marketing campaign. If adolescents and teens are our targets, can we justify dismissing a major development in how youth communicate because it's against our linguistic sensibilities? When targeting youth, should we incorporate textisms into outreach materials? This would be a great issue to raise in future, youth-centered focus groups.
While I see no huge inconvenience in writing out "what are you doing?" – or WRUD in keypad language – the shorthand may feel more natural to others. It is important as communicators that we remain open to emerging trends; the rise of social media has certainly demonstrated this fact. The landscape of communications is constantly changing, and in order to effectively navigate that landscape, we must consider all developments influencing how people communicate.
Frank Zappa: First Amendment Artist
February 2010
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Frank Zappa
First Amendment Artist
"I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment." – Frank Zappa, September 18, 1985.
Frank Zappa was known as one of rock's sharpest musical minds and an astute social critic. A lifelong free-speech advocate, he testified before a Senate subcommittee in 1985, and he championed democracy by urging Americans to exercise their voting rights. In 1991, after serving as a cultural liaison for the Czechoslovakian government, he considered a run for the U.S. presidency. Zappa's continued interest in the political arena became his focus, working less and less with music. His efforts helped to stir political interests in other artists, who today are increasingly committed to First Amendment issues.


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An investigation underway since last November has lead to sex offense charges against a Vilas man. Sheriff Len Hagaman reports that on November 23, 2011, the Watauga County Sheriff's Office received a report from two juveniles who made allegations of inappropriate sexual contact by the suspect.
The Watauga County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Watauga County Department of Social Services and the Children's Advocacy Center of the Blue Ridge, conducted an investigation into the allegations. That investigation has now lead to charges: one count of First Degree Rape, one count of Statutory Sex Offense with a 13, 14, 15 Year Old and one count of First Degree Statutory Sex Offense. Garry Glenn Cox, 54, of Campground Road Lot 30 in Vilas, was taken before a Watauga County Magistrate and given a secured bond of $250,000.00 and a court date of May 17, 2012.
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By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Posted December 27, 2010
As families and children across America are celebrating the holiday season, we at HHS also are celebrating the steps we've taken in partnership with the states to ensure that children have the health coverage they need. This week we are awarding $206 million to 15 states that have met the criteria for performance bonuses made available under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), signed into law by President Obama in 2009. Together these states (Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin) have enrolled nearly 900,000 children in their Medicaid programs, meeting challenging enrollment goals that aim to reach the children most in need of assistance. They also have streamlined access to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for all eligible children by making the enrollment and renewal process less cumbersome, reducing barriers to coverage and care.
So, just as children are opening holiday packages tied up with red ribbons, these states have been cutting the red tape that can keep eligible children from getting the health care they need. For example, these states allow families to mail in their applications or apply by phone or on-line – no in-person interview is needed, a feature that is especially important to working families. Several are using a process called "presumptive eligibility" which allows health care clinics, schools and others to temporarily enroll children who appear eligible so they can quickly get the medicine or doctor visits they need while their full eligibility is being determined. These states also have made it easier for families to renew their children's coverage, and most now guarantee eligible children a full year of coverage, so families don't have to worry about unnecessary and potentially harmful disruptions in care. These measures have clear advantages for children, but they also help states smoothly operate their programs and save on administrative costs.
I want to congratulate and thank these 15 high-performing states and also the many others that are moving forward and may be in line for a performance bonus in the future. This is exactly the kind of progress I envisioned when I issued the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge – to find and enroll all five million uninsured eligible children and get them enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP in the next five years. Assuring that all children who are eligible are actually enrolled is the single most important step we can be taking to further reduce the number of children in America who do not have health insurance. In addition to the state efforts we highlight today, community-based organizations, health centers, school districts, faith-based groups, Indian tribes and others all have a role to play. Long after the holiday season is over, we must continue to work together to make sure that all our children have the most important gift of all … the gift of good health.
For more information, call 1-877-KIDSNOW or you can visit www.insurekidsnow.gov or http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/CHIPRA/chipra_awards.html.
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If your ads are deemed guilty of having a poor Quality Score, you risk either having to overpay cost-per-clicks to remain in the search engine results page or face banishment.
When your PPC (define) campaign first goes live or you add new keywords or creative to your campaign, do the search engines give your new additions the benefit of the doubt (regarding them as "innocent till proven guilty of being irrelevant"), or are they deemed "guilty till proven innocent (relevant)?" Over time, the answer to this question has changed and it will likely continue to change as the search engines find the right balance between advertisers' need for speed in getting listings live and consumers' desire to see listings that have proven themselves relevant in comparison to their peers.
Column ideas come from strange places, and sometimes one tries to make the column topical. I had the "privilege" of serving on jury duty this week at the nice new U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse. The jury summons said no laptops, no blackberries, so the first day was bizarre. It was the least connected day I've spent in years and while that's fine during a voir dire where there's something to do, after reading the day's news, I started suffering from "connectivity withdrawal and search withdrawal syndrome." It's amazing how central surfing and searching have become to many of us within 15 years. While sitting in the jury waiting room I even started visualizing the (define) SERP, thinking about what topic to write this week. So, here it is.
Call it Quality Score or call it by any other name. Reality is, if your ads are deemed guilty of having a poor Quality Score, you risk either having to overpay CPCs (define) to remain in the SERP or face complete banishment from the SERP altogether. Search engines still look primarily at one variable when establishing a relevance score for your ads.
The second variable that isn't talked about enough is the click-back-rate, sometimes called the "bounce rate." There is a difference that may be important from the perspective of Quality Score. Google Analytics defines bounce rate as: "the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page." I define the click-back-rate as the percentage of times that the user/searcher actually hits the back button returning to the SERP. The reason this matters is because Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft could easily be tracking the percentage of times your site visitors return to the SERP, whereas the engines can't know if the user abandoned your page by instead navigating directly to another site via URL, bookmark, or toolbar. If indeed the engines want to keep searchers happy, as well as maximize their revenue, factoring the click-back-rate into an overall Quality Score is probably a better way to determine the relevance of a landing page than a spider-based keyword, semantic or linguistic analysis. However, the search engines purportedly use those types of landing page factors too.
Before they get to your landing page, consumers judge your ads in comparison to your competition and organic listings, so if you want to keep your Quality Score high and come out of the gate strong, your ad and account structure are really important. Make sure you do the following:
In many search engines, when a new ad group is introduced, the account-level history is used to provide a guess as to the relevance of the ads generated by that ad group. Keeping your overall account clean and well managed pays dividends as you roll out new ad groups because you are rewarded or penalized by your prior account history.
When it comes to PPC search, in the long run you have to prove to the search engines that your ad is relevant, beyond a reasonable doubt, and the search engines have the data to prove it one way or another. You have to arm yourself with the knowledge of how to convince the search engines your ad is the one that consumers will prefer.
Kevin Lee, Didit cofounder and executive chairman, has been an acknowledged search engine marketing expert since 1995. His years of SEM expertise provide the foundation for Didit's proprietary Maestro search campaign technology. The company's unparalleled results, custom strategies, and client growth have earned it recognition not only among marketers but also as part of the 2007 Inc 500 (No. 137) as well as three-time Deloitte's Fast 500 placement. Kevin's latest book, "Search Engine Advertising" has been widely praised.
Industry leadership includes being a founding board member of SEMPO and its first elected chairman. "The Wall St. Journal," "BusinessWeek," "The New York Times," Bloomberg, CNET, "USA Today," "San Jose Mercury News," and other press quote Kevin regularly. Kevin lectures at leading industry conferences, plus New York, Columbia, Fordham, and Pace universities. Kevin earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management in 1992 and lives in Manhattan with his wife, a New York psychologist and children.
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THE New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility on torching different equipment of the APEX Mining Company in Barangay Masara in Maco in Compostela Valley.
NPA Comval Davao Gulf Sub Regional Command spokesperson Daniel Ibarra, in a statement, said the guerillas also discharged command detonated explosive against the reinforcing troops under the Army's 9th Infantry Battalion at Masara Apex Tenement Complex on April 12.
Ibarra said the recent offensive attack was a follow–up to an earlier tactical offensive of the 6th Pulang Bagani Company, Guerilla Front 27 Operations Command, and Guerilla Front 2 Operations Command against the US owned St. Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd. and Malaysia–owned APEX Mining Company on April 7 and 10.
These are punishments against the two foreign mining companies after the St. Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd. and APEX Mining allegedly "grossly and repeatedly" violated regulations of People's Democratic Government about environmental protection, workers welfare and people's livelihood.
Destroyed at Apex Mining tunnels in Masara in Maco were three trucks, four drifters, three loader machines, and one mixer machine, one short crate machine hornet, a Toyota Fortuner, two pick-up vehicles, underground loader, one unit boom truck and one unit self-loading machine.
"The NPA sanction against the Apex Mining, co-owned by the country's fourth richest Filipino and among the biggest campaign contributors to Government of the Philippines -- President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Enrique Razon, was imposed due to several specific violations," Ibarra said.
Among the violations of the Apex Mining are its failure to stop expansion of underground and open-pit mining operations despite warnings issued in April and October 2013; the expansions of mining operations in reserved forest areas in Maco town that were defined by the organs of the political power in the area's guerrilla base.
Its failure to address and indemnify casualties following the two landslides in Barangay Mainit in Maco town, which it accused Apex Mining of causing has widespread ecological destruction and the massive displacement of peasant and Lumad families since the 1970s, the NPA said.
The rebels also rapped Apex for its low wages and threat of retrenchment of its mining workers by June this year; its failure to comply with its responsibility to rehabilitate streams and bridges in Maco as part of the reparation deal; and its active role in funding and backing the 9th Infantry Battalion's counter-revolutionary operations.
"Maco town Vice Mayor Voltaire Rimando is wrong in saying that the guerilla's sanction against Apex would force the firm's closure and lead to the dislocation of hundreds of workers and residents. His concern for Apex workers is sham and inconsistent with his previous hands-off stance on victims of human rights abuses," Ibarra said.
With regards to the St. Augustine mining in Pantukan town, it wantonly violated revolutionary policies when it operated outside of their tenements, and due to setting up of the military outposts, seizures and verifications on scale miners, controlling of civilian movement, and psychological warfare against tribal leaders, Ibarra added.
Ibarra said if these mining companies cease its mining operations and withdraw from the area, the poor miners and their families would be in a better condition to freely maximize the natural resources on their own, without being exploited.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on April 15, 2014.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb women's basketball team continues Atlantic Sun conference road action on Saturday afternoon taking on ETSU at the Memorial Center in Johnson City at Noon.
The Lady Bison (3-16, 1-7 A-Sun) are looking to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Lady Bucs (4-14, 3-5 A-Sun) that dates back to the 2007 season. Lipscomb is coming off a close 73-67 loss at USC Upstate on Thursday night that saw senior guard Anna Bowers become just the fourth player in school history to reach the 1,000 point mark in the NCAA era.
Bowers scored 19 against the Spartans to lead the team and pull her into a tie with junior wing Hannah Phillips for the team lead with both players averaging 12.5 points per game overall and 14.1 points per game in A-Sun play. Phillips continues to lead the squad in rebounding averaging 5.3 boards per contest.
The opponent: After opening 2012 with three-straight A-Sun wins, ETSU has lost their last three contests including a Thursday night home loss that snapped an eight-game home winning streak.
The Lady Bucs feature a balanced attack with no single scorer averaging double figures. Destiny Mitchell leads the way with a 9.8 point per game average, followed by Natalie Pickwell's 9.5 scoring average and Tarita Gordon's 8.8 points per contest. Mitchell leads the way on the boards averaging 7.1 rebounds a night as ETSU leads the A-Sun in rebounding averaging 43.2 rebounds per game.
Up next: The Lady Bison return home next Thursday night hosting Jacksonville at 6:30 p.m. at Allen Arena.


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Barren County quarterback Blake Crabtree almost scored as many touchdowns as he had rushing yards in Barren County's 28-14 victory over Logan County Friday night.
The senior quarterback did most of his damage through the air with 253 passing yards, but he rushed for five yards and four touchdowns.
The biggest one came at the halftime buzzer when he snuck in from one yard out to put the Trojans (5-5) up 19-6 at the intermission.
In the third quarter, Crabtree rushed for his fourth touchdown to put Barren County up 25-6.
Zack Austin led Barren County's receiving corps, catching six balls for 168 yards on the night.
Thomas Washington paced Logan County with 60 rushing yards and a touchdown.
Barren County visits Warren Central in the Class 5A District 2 playoffs in two weeks, while Logan County (3-6) travels to Russellville next Friday to close the regular season.


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The 84 lb Dancing Dog & the Enslavement of our True Self.
We are both prisoner and guard…
So I have an 84 pound dog named Jack… He is pretty laid back, except when it comes to his walks. At around eleven a.m. he is overtaken by excitement, and begins to dance around the living room. As you might imagine, an 84 pound dancing dog parading across my living room earns my immediate attention. So I get off of the computer, grab the leash, and take Jack to graffiti the park with urine.
The park is conveniently located about a block away from my house. It is a large park with tons of trees, and a huge clearing that allows for plenty of sunlight. The track around the park is about a half a mile, and we both enjoy the walk. At eleven a.m. everyone is at work or school. So we usually have the park to ourselves. He runs around, and I listen as nature reminds me of the beauty and simplicity that underlies life. The birds provide a nice backdrop of "audible silence," and every breath points to the freshness of the present moment. Having circumambulated the park we return home…
I get back on my computer. I receive friend requests, questions, and status updates. I have e-mails that read, "Hello for you Mr. Riggs. Greg Smith am I from the Ivory Coast. Dear brother in Christ, my uncle has died. For me he has left $807,354,074. The certificate of my birth can not be located; will you sign the name of your father to receive it?" My phone rings, I get text messages, and notifications' telling me it is now my move in Words with Friends. I try to respond to the e-mails, answer the calls, and play a fifty point word, but in the process the silence and simplicity that pervaded the park seems to be lost…
The park is literally two hundred yards away from my house! Are these two worlds really that different from one another? It is like there are two realms my life passes through. One is the world of peace and serenity. A basic sort of sanity that is easily found in meditation or mindful walks in the park. The other realm seems to just pluck me right from the world of silence, and place me at the center of a world that is bogged down in details, times, dates, and locations. I know that the answer to my question, "Are these two worlds really that different from one another," is no. They are the exact same world perceived differently.
At the park or in meditation I am free. I am not being pulled one way or the other. When my phone rings my mind floods with thoughts. Instead of allowing these thoughts to pass by, as in meditation practice, I obsess over them, and completely ignore the invitation to act spontaneously… I wonder what he want? I bet he wants to go hang out. No, I think I would rather relax… I will ignore his call! I wonder if he will know I didn't answer his call on purpose? I hope he doesn't get mad at me about that… I better answer. "Hey man what's up," I ask. The conversation continues, "Do you want to go hang out?" I am thinking, no I would really just like like to sit down and have some me-time, but I say, "Yeah sure. Where at?"
The difference between the contemplative and active dimensions of my life has nothing to do with what others say or do. In reality, their voices are no different than the "audible silence" the birds supply at the park. The difference rests with my insistence upon establishing and maintaining a self-image that is dependent upon the validation of others. In other words, I get hung up on what I think others think about me, and what I can do to manipulate their thinking so that it reflects or validates the image that I am projecting… What an ugly, awkward, and clumsy way to live!
In order to identify with an image that is dependent upon the information received from interactions with others, I must prostitute every ounce of freedom I ever had. I wander around like a self-conscious automaton trying to figure out who I am, by figuring out what other people think about me. I get bogged down in details, because these details serve as the variables that I use to calculate my own self worth. I am like a politician who will say or do anything to gain re-election. For fear of upsetting the electorate, I keep my heartfelt opinions to myself, and be as I think they would have me be.
This is the imprisonment of freedom, my true nature. The truth is no one does it to me so, blame is pointless. I cannot look back and say it is the fault of society. I can't blame it on my up bringing. Solving my problems is not the responsibility of politicians or reformers. Placing blame elsewhere is just a way of ignoring the most frightening proposition; namely that I am responsible for the most atrocious act imaginable- the enslavement of myself. The most violent act ever carried out is man's subjugation of himself. All other forms of evil arise from this one act.
The saddest thing about the whole situation is that we seem to suffer from Stockholm's Syndrome, or the fear of freedom. We are so enslaved, so bound to this self-conscious image that we cling to the ignorance that sustains it. Before we can ever hope to make any real progress toward freedom we must be willing to accept ourselves completely; even the part of us that holds us hostage. That is the curious twist; we are both prisoner and guard! Once we realize this, we can pick up the phone and say, "No… I just want to relax."
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7 Responses to "The 84 lb Dancing Dog & the Enslavement of our True Self."
How do you blend your daily life with the practice of meditation? How do you bring silence into the workplace? When the kids come home from school? Hope you enjoyed the article, and I would love to hear your comments… Have a great day!
Or we can just not pick up the phone. We all have our comfort zones. For me, I feel at ease at nature, yet I have learned when I take my friends hiking, that some people feel very nervous amongst nature. They fear getting lost or getting attacked by coyotes. They would rather be at home in front of their computers. Being comfortable in your own skin no matter where you are is a special gift. What if you took a laptop outside? Would you react differently to the emails? One of my favorite quotes is that of Pamela Sneed who said, "Imagine being more afraid of freedom than of slavery." I find most people feel this way. Thank you for sharing some of your life. It is good to hear that a teacher has the same kind of problems we all have and that he can understand our own inadequacies.
Thank you for your honesty, Ben. I think that our simple awareness of our ego habits also helps to free us from their grip. Do you have a mindfulness bell on your computer? Well, if you are interested, here is a link: http://mindfulnessdc.org/bell/index.html Enjoy your breathing!
I think simple awareness of our "ego habits" is all we really need… Thanks for your comment Erica
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Alan Anderson has made an immediate impact for the NBA D-League Eastern Conference-leading Canton Charge.
Most basketball players have particular ways they impact a game.
Alan Anderson scores points. A lot of them, in a lot of ways.
Anderson has made an immediate impact for the Eastern Conference-leading Charge.
In five games since being acquired on March 6 as a returning player from the old New Mexico franchise, Anderson is averaging 21.2 points. He is shooting 54.7 percent from the field, 44.0 percent from the 3-point line and 83.3 percent from the foul line.
"I've played in a lot of different atmospheres for a lot of different teams," said Anderson, 29, who played in China earlier this season, averaging 25.5 points. "So stepping in and absorbing everything like a sponge is kind of easy for me now.
"It's a lot easier when you come to a team like this. These guys are so unselfish."
To be clear, Anderson does other things well. He's averaging 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists. But, as Head Coach Alex Jensen put it, Anderson's specialty comes in a certain form: "He can get us buckets."
Posting up. Facing and driving. Jumpers off the dribble. Catch-and-shoot looks. Three-pointers.
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Michigan State product is a match-up problem. Put a smaller, quicker defender on Anderson, and he's going to beat him up in the lane. Too big. Too strong.
Put a bigger, stronger defender on Anderson, and he is going to go by him. Too quick. Too crafty.
On a related note, Anderson averages six free throws a game.
"With the ball in T.J. (Campbell's) hands or Alan's hands, if we get spaced right, we'll get whatever we want," Jensen said.
Campbell, the Charge point guard, has quickly come to appreciate Anderson's ability.
"He had 26 (points Saturday), and he only played half the third quarter and sat out all of the fourth," Campbell said. "He's a scorer. He knows how to put the ball in the basket. He's a great guy to have on your team."
Jensen, who has remarked about Anderson's lack of ego, found a five he liked in the fourth quarter of that 124-121 win against Erie. Campbell, Kyle Gibson, Antoine Agudio and Frank Hassell played the entire period. Luke Harangody played all but three minutes.
Anderson could be seen standing and cheering from the bench. Said Jensen, "You have Alan Anderson, who's played two years in the NBA and played in the top tiers overseas, and he's cheering on T.J. and Kyle, who are both in their second years out of college."
Anderson enjoys the positive vibes around the Charge (24-18), who have won five straight entering Wednesday's home game against Fort Wayne.
"You can go places that guys are mad you're there," he said. "It's you against your teammates. I've been a lot of places and seen a lot of that selfishness, and I can say you don't have that here at all."
Page 2 of 2 - Last year, Anderson was the second overall pick in the D-League draft. He averaged 21.3 points in 10 games with New Mexico, then headed for Spain.
Anderson went to China this year because of the NBA lockout. He knew the Chinese season ended early, potentially giving him a chance at the NBA if the lockout was resolved.
Anderson last played in the NBA during the 2006-07 season for the Bobcats. Turning 30 in October, he wants another shot.
"I've played at the highest level overseas," he said. "I've seen as high as you can go and made a lot of money over there. But that's not where my heart is. Growing up as a kid, I always wanted to be in the NBA.
"So I feel like I'm in my prime right now and playing at the top of my ability. I think this is the best opportunity, playing right here in the D-League."
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Firefighters battling blazes across Southwest Florida
Southwest Florida firefighters were busy Thursday evening after more than a half-dozen brush fires broke out in quick succession.
"We have lightning strikes all over Lee and Collier counties," said Victor Hill, wildfire mitigation specialist for the Florida Division of Forestry's Caloosahatchee Forestry Center.
What's unusual right now is that fire officials don't typically begin to see fires started by lightning until the rainy season hits, he said.
Golden Fire Control and Rescue district officials said that by 6:30 p.m. they had dealt with a couple of fires and were trying to wrap additional blazes including one near the intersection of 25th Avenue Northwest and Fourth Street Northwest, and another near the intersection of Keri Island Drive and Rock Road.
Hill said four homes were threatened at the 25th Avenue fire, and that there were a lot of homes in the area. Instead of one fire at that site, Hill said that the blaze was actually made up of two: one small, two-acre fire and a larger, 10-acre blaze.
Another 20-acre fire started just before 8 p.m. near the intersection of Immokalee Road and 37th Avenue Northeast.
In addition two brush fires, one 75 acres and another 25 to 30 acres, broke out in the Big Cypress National Preserve Thursday night, as did a 500- to- 600-acre fire at the Picayune Strand State Forest.
Most of the county's fire districts helped each other out Thursday as the fire calls just kept coming, Hill said.
Hill said residents could expect heavy smoke Friday from all of the fires.
May is typically one of the busiest months for wildfires in Southwest Florida, but Hill said the number of brush fires has skyrocketed this year. By May 2, Hill said Collier County had 33 wildfires, compared to 16 last year.
Collier County is at 619 on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index, which measures soil moisture on a zero to 800 scale with higher numbers representing increased fire risk,NBC-2 Chief Meteorologist Haley Webb said.
"We are more than 3/4 up the scale," Webb said.
That means the ground is so dry it would need 6.19 inches of rain to saturate, Webb said. By the end of April, Webb said Collier was 5.3 inches down from normal.
May is shaping up to be a little better, with rainfall only down 1.05 inches from normal.
In spite of rain being in forecast over the next few days, Southwest Florida's rainy season is not expected to start until mid-June, Webb said.
But weather is only on part of the cause, Hill said.
"We are running into situations that are preventable," Hill said, adding that with the weather being as dry as it is, people need to be responsible and aware of how their actions can start a fire. "We have actually have had a situation in Lee county where a cigarette started a wild fire."
Hill said dry, dead vegetation doesn't need much to turn into a wildfire that threatens homes. In addition, simple things like a hot lawn mower, an overheated ATV engine, a property owner who insists on burning yard debris or even a curious, unsupervised child can also spark a brushfire.
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Perhaps the nation's most famous and entertaining pawn brokers, "Old Man" Richard Harrison, "Big Hoss" Corey Harrison and sidekick Austin "Chumlee" Russell from the History Channel's hit television show "Pawn Stars" will be at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Tunica Saturday, September 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $20 and available in the casino gift shop, the casino box office, through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com through this link: http://het.bz/5NC8z or http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0046BAA48A63AB?artistid=1602851&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=105. The casino box office is open on performance days only. Guests must be 21 years or older.
Guests who purchase the participant $20 ticket and may bring one item to be valued by the Pawn Stars who might make an offer to purchase the item. Guests who purchase the spectator $10 tickets may enjoy the show from the comfort of their seat.
Pawn Stars is a television series on the history channel documenting the art of the pawn business from researching, evaluating, pricing, and buying items from the general public by three generations of pawn brokers at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas.
About the Series. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 6:44, July 19, 2011, from http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/articles/about-pawn-stars.
Long before banks, ATMS and check-cashing services, there were pawn shops. Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet. Pawn Stars takes you inside the colorful world of the pawn business. At the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas, three generations of the Harrison family–grandfather Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey–jointly run the family business, and there's clashing and camaraderie every step of the way. The three men use their sharp eyes and skills to assess the value of items from the commonplace to the truly historic, including a 16th-century samurai sword, a Super Bowl ring, a Picasso painting and a 17th-century stay of execution. It's up to them to determine what's real and what's fake, as they reveal the often surprising answer to the questions on everyone's mind, "What's the story behind it"? and "What's it worth?"


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"It focuses on the history of black education," said Spencer Tyrus, Diablo Black Men's Group member and program organizer. "We have a long legacy of contribution to American history."
"Some of the information has not been known," he added.
At the event, San Ramon Mayor H. Abram Wilson will give a presentation. James Logan High School National Forensic Champions will give a performance, and San Ramon Poet Laureate Patricia Perry will recite from Maya Angelou's writing, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Additionally, there will music, refreshments and a Negro League Baseball display.
Tyrus said the program is an opportunity for people to see young talent.
"It showcases youth in what they are doing in regards to displaying their talents in Black History Month," he said. "The emphasis is on youth."
Currently, there are 65 members in the Black Men's Group, which comprises Danville, Diablo, Alamo and neighboring communities. The group began in the mid 1990s as a place where black men in the Valley can find support, share personal experiences with each other, and talk honestly about the challenges of being African-American.
Tyrus said one of the group's main goals is to open itself up to the community and be a part of it. Last year, it invited kids and adults from the Danville vicinity to the African Diaspora Museum in San Francisco. Around 20 to 25 students from San Ramon Valley High School attended.
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February is National Spay/Neuter Month and World Spay Day is coming up on February 26, 2013. As the month approaches, pet owners should be aware that in addition to decreasing overpopulation of companion animals like cats and dogs, spaying or neutering can help modify behavior, prevent certain diseases and decrease hereditary spread of disease and undesirable traits (ex: allergies, malformations and demeanor).
In female pets, the most noted behavior modification is the absence of cycling (going into heat). For males, neutering may help decrease libido and the associated characteristics as well as decrease aggression. However, if castration is performed later in life, some of these characteristics can become habitual. With both genders, weight gain is not an issue as long as the patient is active and on a proper diet.
It is generally recommended to spay (ovariohistorectomy) or neuter (orchiectomy or castration) pets at six months old because after this age, a patient can become sexually mature and start to have babies. Please note that pets can and will mate with their siblings. It is not recommended to spay patients who are under three months old because they can develop urinary incontinence and juvenile vulva that can lead to perivulvar dermatitis. Spaying is also not recommended during a heat cycle because the uterus becomes much more friable, which increases risk of complications like the uterus tearing.
Spay procedures are beneficial for animals around six months old for several reasons. One of the biggest reasons being that if a spay is done before the first heat cycle, the risk of developing mammary tumors is almost eliminated (most notable in canines). Also, spay procedures become much more difficult as the patient ages due continual hormone exposure during heat cycles and increased fat deposition. A pyometra is a bacterial infection of the uterus that older dogs are more prone to developing, and can be a medical emergency. The surgical procedure to remove an infected uterus is known as a pyometrectomy and is essentially the same procedure as a spay, except that now there is a high risk of rupturing the uterus and exposing the rest of the abdomen and organs to a bacterial infection. For this reason, a pyometrectomy takes a considerable more amount of time than a routine spay and, therefore, costs much more. Treating a pyometra with antibiotics is another potential option; however, many patients will not respond or are so sick that antibiotic therapy will not fight the infection quickly enough. Cases that resolve with antibiotic therapy alone will recur with the next heat cycle.
When it comes to neutering your male dog, there are also several health benefits to consider. Neutering can cure, prevent or help treat cryptorchidism, cancer (sertoli, scrotal and perianal gland), benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlargement of the prostate) and testicular, torsions, trauma and abscesses. Surgical castration is also always a part of any disease associated with the prostate.
Before a spay or neuter, blood work is recommended as a general screening tool in all patients going under anesthesia. A complete blood count (CBC) monitors the bone marrow by counting and examining the red and white blood cells and platelets. The chemistry profile looks at electrolytes, organ function (liver, kidneys) and endocrine systems. If health conditions are found before the surgery, then the proper precautions can be taken to ensure the pet's health and recovery. Intravenous (IV) fluids are critical to maintaining hydration status and blood pressure; they also provide an open vein for drug administration.
Spays are often referred to as routine procedures because they are one of the most common surgeries performed in veterinary practices. However, a spay is a major surgical procedure that involves removing an entire organ system. The portions of the reproductive tract that are removed are the left and right ovaries and the uterus to around the level of the cervix.
In the first 12 to 24 hours following surgery, a small amount of vaginal discharge or blood is often seen and is considered normal. If the discharge has continued beyond this time, becomes worse or begins to smell fetid or foul, please consult your veterinarian.
Complications associated with castration can include hemorrhage (bleeding), infection and scrotal irritation and hematoma. Dogs tend to have more complications than do cats. The scrotum is usually not removed, only the testes. In most cases, the scrotum will regress and shrink over time. In older dogs, though, the scrotum may take longer to or may not completely regress.
In conclusion, a spay and a neuter should be considered due to the many health and behavioral issues mentioned above. Your regular veterinarian is the best source for further information because he or she can provide advice based on your pet's specific circumstances and lifestyle.
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