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Once you have determined the main theme for your niche site you need to set out a content strategy for it. I am currently working on the design and content strategy for two of my new niche sites and as I want to make sure that these sites are both successful and profitable I am investing a lot of time right now in these early stages.
In the pre-Panda days it was very common place that after a bit of keyword research to determine the long tail and related search terms for your niche site thin, spun or cheaply outsourced articles would be generated to make it possible to rank your site for these search terms. Today I think it's very important that people who are developing niche sites as a source of income develop a content strategy that puts the user first and not the search engines.
Niche Site Content Strategy 2009
Niche Site Content Strategy Today
"Content strategy is an emerging field of practice encompassing every aspect of content, including its design, development, analysis, presentation, measurement, evaluation, production, management, and governance."
The idea is to create something valuable and BETTER than what is already out there ranking in the top 10.
Not surprisingly time and resources are the most challenging parts in developing a content strategy and this was shown to be the case in this survey by Lee Odden on the troubles bloggers had with their content strategy for their social presence.
The biggest challenges highlighted within the article are:
knowing what to write about
maintaining a consistent flow of good content
setting the right tone for the company and the readers
identifying a theme to focus on, given broad offerings or a complex brand
Within this article I will breakdown some of the key questions you need to ask yourself when developing your website's content strategy and some of the decisions I have made for one of my new niche sites. I will also outline a number of ways you can combat some of the difficulties that many affiliate marketers face when managing their niche site portfolio.
What do you want your content to do?
As a niche site owner you need to really understand your sites goals, key metrics and monetisation strategy before you can sit down and truly answer this question.
It's important to remember that content is more than just words, pictures or videos on your website. Your content serves a purpose, and the more accurately you define that purpose the more successful it can be.
Ultimately for my first niche site I want my content to persuade people to use my affiliate links to buy products.
Who is your audience?
As I pointed out earlier it is important to build your niche site around your users (audience), and the best way to do that is to aim your niche site's content around two key areas of internet browsing:
- Searching for answers
- Sharing of information
By creating content that people will be searching for the answer for we will be able to position our sites as subject matter experts which in turn instills trust and increases the likelihood that they will carry out an action towards one of our goals.
If you create content to be shared it will generate extra traffic from links or social shares and in turn bring more potential visitors who share similar character traits as our target audience.
Carrying out some basic market research into your target audience you can begin to define your content strategy and also the design and presentation of your content. I like to define User Stories (or personas) to help me understand them better, keep me on track and to make sure my content is aimed at them and their needs.
My niche site is targeted at young people aged 16-24, most of them will be attending college or will have recently graduated, their personal income will be less than $35,000 per year and they are highly active on social media.
What actions do you want people to take?
The number 1 goal for a niche site is to make money, plain and simple but in order for people to move further into your sales funnel they need perform several smaller steps.
It is important to remember that:
1. Selling is a mutual exchange of value – remember this does not have to be just a financial transaction but could be an informational or action based transaction too
2. Selling isn't something you do to people – it's something you do with them, this is one of my biggest bugbears and no one likes being forced into making a decision.
3. Developing trust and rapport precedes any selling activity – don't go in for the jugular straight away, building a relationship first can make sure that you are selling to the right person at the right time, and greatly increase their likelihood to carry out a transaction with you.
The first step in your Sales funnel may be to persuade an individual to follow you on your social networking profiles or to join your mailing list, this is the first step to developing a relationship and greater rapport, as it allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise in your niche.
Other pieces of content may exist purely to generate traffic to your site and increase social shares and links.
What type of content are you going to publish?
Now that your are certain of your audience's goals and your website's goals it's time to decide on the way in which your content will be consumed, what types of content you will be publishing and where it will be published.
Will you be using Social Media channels, a blog, email, data visualisations – oh and what about mobile?
You also need to consider things such as content length, design and voice/tone too. You can't be building a well executed niche site around a bunch of $4 outsourced articles.
With my niche site I know that my audience are heavy social media users and will be highly likely to be accessing my website via mobile devices especially with informational queries.
Therefore I have a choice to make do I want to build a mobile app or build a responsive site, I also have to take into consideration the fact that I will need to develop content for Social Media profiles and there are character limits in place here too.
How Do I Come Up with all this Content?
If you are struggling to brainstorm new content ideas perhaps you could try the following:
- Use Google Alerts to monitor for new content in your niche
- Ask your Audience – this is quite a common tactic in the Online Marketing space that when you join someone's mailing list one of the first emails they will send to you is what's your biggest struggle right now?
- Subscribe to Blogs and News Sites in your Niche with an RSS Reader
- Create a Custom Search Engine to search Forums and communities for content ideas
- Make the use of Tools such as this great title generator from Portent or Ubersuggest.org for keyword ideas.
- Analyse content that your competitors created with Open Site Explorer, Topsy or Social Crawlytics to find out what types of content were linked to or shared the most
- Carry out Keyword Research to find what keywords potential visitors are using to find your site, you could use the Google Keyword Tool to determine volumes
- Imitate and Iterate – all art is theft after all and researching what others are doing to make their content and websites more engaging is always a great idea.
Once you have a list of content ideas it's a good idea to draft out an editorial schedule.
Depending on how many sites you plan to manage it's important to be organised and if you do outsource your content creation to others in bulk, make sure that you schedule your content to go out at intervals and analyse when your audience will most likely be online.
Now that you've carried out these first steps in your niche site content strategy you need to work out how you are going to promote the hell out of it – which I plan to cover very soon!


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Cost-conscious investors can use ETFs to implement themes similar to those of smart, well-respected active mutual fund managers.
U.S. equity markets have rebounded nicely from their mid-March dip. However, amid rising gasoline prices, fears of inflation, and increased global instability, equity investors have every right to be seriously concerned about the market going forward--and about what they are paying in order to invest in stocks.
Obviously, investors can buy a diversified basket of U.S. stocks either through an open-end mutual fund or through an exchange-traded fund. But with typical mutual fund expense ratios ranging from 1.2% to 1.7%--and even many institutional mutual fund expense ratios ranging from 0.5% to 0.8%--we like to highlight some ways that a cost-conscious investor can use ETFs to implement themes similar to those of smart, well-respected active mutual fund managers at a fraction of the cost.
Of course, this is just an exercise in replication that will only give you returns that are correlated with the active managers' recent bets. So, while you will pay lower fees, you won't have the benefit of the active manager as your investment steward. We also don't know their holdings in real time, and a primary reason you pay up for active managers is to have them change their holdings at opportune times. You'll have to adjust your holdings according to your own evolving judgement once you decide to use other instruments, like ETFs, to capitalize on their most recent ideas. For many investors, paying up to actually own those managers' funds may be a good idea.
Channeling Contrafund and Jensen with ETFs
Five-star mutual funds Fidelity Contrafund
Meanwhile, Jensen, which charges 0.92%, has $3.9 billion in assets invested in just 28 stocks, with the top 10 holdings comprising 47% of assets. Though a growth fund, the portfolio is underweight technology and overweight industrials and consumer staples.
One ETF, PowerShares QQQ
Jensen's view on high-quality consumer staples and industrials could be mimicked by one of two ETFs: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation
With a concentrated portfolio like Jensen, quality becomes more important. Nearly 75% of Jensen's assets are invested in firms with economic moats, which Morningstar's equity analysts define as sustainable competitive advantages. Remarkably, none of Jensen's holdings is rated as no-moat.
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John Proctor's wife said murdered officer 'in good form'
The wife of a reserve police officer murdered by the IRA said her husband was in "his usual good form" the day he was killed.
A statement made by Kathleen Proctor the day after RUC Reserve Constable John Proctor was killed in the car park of a hospital on 14 September 1981 was read to Belfast Crown Court.
Seamus Martin Kearney, 57, of Gorteade Road, Maghera, is charged with murder and possessing an Armalite AR15 rifle.
He denies the charges.
The court heard that Mr Proctor stayed in Magherafelt hospital, in County Londonderry, until 20:45 BST.
When he left, she rushed to back up to the corridor where there was an open window.
She saw her husband "dandering along and smoking a cigarette".
She said she normally went to the window after his visits.
Mrs Proctor said "I love you" and wished him goodnight and noticed a white Ford Escort.
The court then heard that he went out of sight to his car and she waited for him to pass.
Mrs Proctor then said she heard the sound of shooting. She ran into the corridor and into a nurses' room that looked out into the car park.
She saw an ambulance and the figure of man and said she recognised her husband from his clothing.
She went to casualty where she was told her husband was critically ill. He later died.
The court also heard statements from witnesses who were in the car park, RUC officers who were there that night and a former RUC scenes of crime officer.
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The Survival and Success of Canadian Penny Stock IPOs
We analyze the survival and success of a large sample of Canadian penny stock initial public offerings (IPOs), launched mostly by small and unprofitable firms from 1986 to 2003. The failure rate of these IPOs is lower than the one observed in the U.S. for larger IPOs, probably because of lax delisting rules and the market's capacity to refinance non-profitable firms. The survival of new issuers is significantly associated with their characteristics at the IPO and with the level of initial listing requirement they meet. The involvement of reputable intermediaries in the IPO process mitigates this effect. Success, estimated by the graduation to a senior exchange, is not linked to the financial conditions at the IPO. Overall, Canada seems to have developed a particular strategy to finance the growth of small firms even if the propensity to fail of firms listed at a pre-revenue stage is indeed very high. Nous analysons la survie et le succès d'un grand échantillon d'émissions initiales d'actions cotées en cents (les penny stocks), lancées majoritairement par des entreprises de petite taille non rentables entre 1986 et 2003. Le taux d'échec de ces émissions est moindre que celui observé aux États-Unis pour des opérations de plus grande taille. Ceci peut découler de règles de radiation plus souples et de la capacité du marché boursier canadien à refinancer des entreprises qui ne dégagent pas de bénéfices. La survie des émetteurs est significativement liée à leurs caractéristiques lors de l'émission initiale et au niveau de normes minimales qu'ils satisfont au moment de l'entrée en Bourse. L'implication d'intermédiaires de bonne réputation lors de l'émission modère cet effet. Le taux de succès, défini ici comme l'inscription sur une Bourse de niveau supérieur, est peu lié aux caractéristiques financières qui prévalent lors de l'émission. Le Canada semble avoir développé une stratégie particulière pour financer des entreprises de petite taille mais la probabilité d'échec des entreprises qui entrent en Bourse avant de rapporter des revenus reste très importante.
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Master-Bilt, a manufacturer of a commercial refrigeration systems, has introduced the new deluxe ice cream dipping/display cabinet. The new DD-LCG is a low-curved glass ice cream dipping cabinet with an attractive, contemporary design. The low-curved glass allows for easy ice cream viewing by 'little' customers with brilliant interior LED lighting. The DD-LCG Series comes standard
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Record: Lightning 1 Penguins 2
Previous games: Game 1: 3-0 Pens, Game 2: 5-1 Lightning, Game 3: 3-2 PensGame time: 7:00pm EST on CBC (HD), RDS (HD) SUN (HD), Root (HD) and on the radio at 620 WDAE
Another huge game for the Lightning tonight. It's not an elimination night but if the Lightning lose tonight, I'll be writing that we are in must win mode tomorrow morning. Every game in the playoffs are important.
The Lightning will have to work on getting some secondary scoring because right now, it seems that only Lecavalier and St. Louis is hitting the scoresheet. Although he looked a lot better in Game 3, this is the time Stamkos needs to work that much harder and make an impact. I've been giving him a pass on his efforts since this is his first playoffs, but there comes a time, when you need to start demanding your star players to make a difference.
Although the Pens still have not been able to convert on the powerplay, they've been able to score by committee 5 on 5. Their line of Mike Rupp, Craig Adams and Arron Asham has been a force I did not expect in this series.
Both teams will be without a player as both Chris Kunitz and Steve Downie were awarded a 1 game suspension yesterday by the NHL. The Lightning have called up forwards Blair Jones and Mattias Ritola yesterday as per a press release from the team. It's not confirmed as to whether one or both or none of them may play tomorrow. Much of it is depending on whether Boucher decides to go with 7 D (maybe Marc-Andre Bergeron) and 11 forwards to replace Downie and whether Ryan Malone is good to play the game.
As of right now Boucher says of Malone: "There's no indication that he won't play,''.
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As for what Kunitz thought happened when he elbowed Gagne:
"I was coming though the middle and getting ready to finish a check like I usually do and the puck was reaching on him," Kunitz said. "I had my arms in a bad spot up in the air anyways, and he (Gagne) kind of spun and turned back towards me. I went to brush him in the shoulder and I got him in the head. Not very responsible on my side. I got got definitely be careful. I'm glad he is okay and finished the game." -Lightning Strikes
"I went to brush him in the shoulder..."? Uhuh Kunitz. That's complete crap, but let's move on.
No callups have been announced by the Pens at the time of writing this preview but The Pensblog was suspecting that it was going to be Eric Tangradi and Rob Rossi is is writing the same in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Bad ice?
It's going to be another warm day in the Tampa area but the Lightning are trying to combat the heat and humidity. From the St. Petersburg Times:
The Lightning has brought in some heavy-duty dehumidifiers to help the ice at the St. Pete Times Forum hold up better during a time of year when the heat and humidity in the state start to rise.
Two temporary dehumidifying systems are each pumping 17,000 cubic feet of air per minute into the building.
Team spokesman Bill Wickett said the system takes outside air, cools it, filters it and sends it into the building with a relative humidity of 32 to 36 percent. That lowers the average humidity in the building 10 to 15 percent.Something random I've read from the St. Petersburg Times:
"Hunt It Now'' is more than just a slogan the Lightning have adopted for the playoffs. It's also the inspiration behind a postseason puzzle the team is trying to complete.
The puzzle is in the form of the Stanley Cup, which is outlined in white against a black magnetic board with the "Hunt It Now'' slogan written across the top. It is displayed in the Lightning dressing room.
Building from the bottom up, the Lightning add a puzzle piece after each playoff victory. It will take 16 pieces to complete the puzzle and win a Stanley Cup title.Speaking of things in the dressing room, both teams have some version of pack mentality signage. The Lightning have sign saying 'PACK MENTALITY' and the Pens have a sign saying 'PACK OF WOLVES MENTALITY'. Whatever works.
Go Bolts
Line-up Notes:
- Lightning injuries: Matt Smaby
- Lightning scratches:
- Penguin injuries: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Dustin Jeffrey
- Matt Cooke is still suspended
Your pre-game reading links:
- Official Lightning preview
- Raw Charge game preview
- Cam Cole says that the NHL just doesn't get it with brain injuries (Vancouver Sun)
- Scott Burnside said that actions need to match the talk on head shots (ESPN)
- The Lightning are the NHL's smartest spenders (ESPN)
- The NHL and NBC/Versus announced a new 10 year $2 billion dollar deal (Globe and Mail)
- The Pensblog asked Steve Lepore from Puck the Media on why Game 5 starts at 12pm


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- U.S. investors are bracing for a market turndown this week as the relative strength of both gold and high cap stocks outperform equity indexes.
The Crimean referendum to join Russia was overwhelmingly approved in Moscow's favor Sunday, signaling tensions between NATO countries and Russia will escalate the next few days.
Around 95.5% of those polled had chosen the option of annexation by Moscow, a move that has been reported as unconstitutional by the White House.
Increased tension in the region does not indicate war is the next viable option, but negative headlines over the next week could hurt investor sentiment in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM), which could drag down developed markets as well.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve meeting this week could increase market volatility, even though the expected outcome of a $10 billion stimulus cut does not look to be in jeopardy.
A string of weak data the past few months has led investors to question whether the Fed would consider lessening its bond cuts, but based on commentary by policymakers, it looks like the bar is set pretty high for negative events to derail current policy.
The news this week looks to be biased towards negativity which could lead to continued selling pressure from the end of last week.
Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of certain markets allows the investor to get a feel of whether the overall sentiment is confident or anxious.
The two indicators that will be used are a comparison of SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) over SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), and iShares Select Dividend (DVY) over SPDR S&P 500. When the majority of investors are confident in equities SPDR S&P 500 should outperform and both indicators should be moving lower.


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About Us
MedEntry gets more students into medicine each year than all other UMAT prep courses combined.
There are many copycats, but there is only one original: MedEntry
MedEntry is the internationally trusted UMAT educational institution.
- Why Choose Us?
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Why Choose Us?
Why Choose MedEntry?
There are over fifty different companies which offer UMAT training and you can spend a lifetime doing these UMAT courses. You will only get confused, and take time away from academic study. MedEntry has a proven track record of UMAT success. Since our resources are UMAT focused, with more difficult questions to most accurately simulate the UMAT (developed over a period of 20 years), you won't waste any time.
Our UMAT Courses are taught by experienced professional academics (many others use our past MedEntry students to teach their courses who over-promise but under-deliver; you will be taught outdated/strategies and they lack the big picture).
Most medical students believe MedEntry's course is essential for UMAT success. MedEntry is considered by far the best UMAT Preparation course by medical students, teachers, doctors, parents and health professionals.
From an independent analysis of the MedEntry UMAT Course: "UMAT is indeed an exam that you can study for, and the MedEntry course will more than likely improve a participant's score" (in 'Can you be coached for med school?', 'Australian Doctor', 1 September 2014, pages 37-39). MedEntry is the only UMAT organisation to be featured in any medical journal (in 'Australian Doctor' twice: previously in April 2005).
Our guiding principles are: Excellence, Diversity, Integrity, Social justice, Efficiency, Affordability and Value.
To find out more about Our Expertise, Our Approach, Our Resources, Our Services, Our Credentials, Our Results and Our Sponsors please click on the blue tabs above.
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
MedEntry is the only UMAT preparation course run by academics, doctors, health science professionals with experience and expertise in test development, measurement and analysis. We are an organisation committed to helping students enter health science courses such as medicine. We have used our collective knowledge of entrance procedures (such as the UMAT) and the health profession to create a comprehensive curriculum. This internationally trusted program has been remarkably successful in helping students achieve their goals.
MedEntry has been training students for UMAT since its inception; for far longer than any other preparation program.
The UMAT two day courses and the interview preparation courses are run by Dr Edward, an academic with over thirty years of experience teaching in Australian universities. He has published several articles on educational research and has delivered numerous papers/keynote addresses at several International Teaching and Learning Conferences. He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching. He has a long-standing interest in Psychometric measurement and spent time at educational research institutes such as the ETS (Princeton, USA), NFER (Slough, UK) and EAA (UNSW). He has been a Consultant and an Expert Witness for several organisations. Ed also lectured at several universities in various countries such as Brazil, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, USA and UK.
Dr Edward has been training students for tests such as the UMAT for over two decades. Among his successful students include his own children, both of whom were offered places in all medical schools and held Monash Scholarships for Exceptional Achievement (awarded to the best incoming student each year). They are not only the youngest doctors to be accepted into training programs of the most competitive medical specialties, but have also won numerous accolades for obtaining the top scores in the state in specialist training theory and clinical examinations. Ed will aim to pass on to you the advice he gave his children which contributed to their unparalleled success.
Dr Edward has been training students for tests such as the UMAT for over two decades. Among his successful students include his own children, both of whom were offered places in all medical schools and held Monash Scholarships for Exceptional Achievement (awarded to the best incoming student each year). They are not only the youngest doctors to be accepted into the training programs of the most competitive of medical specialties, but have also won medals for obtaining the top score in the country in the specialist training theory and clinical exams held by the Royal Colleges (eg, see RACP News, Vol 32, No 2, April 2012, p 27). His daughter won an unprecedented three medals in the nationwide Fellowship exams ('The Mole' ACD Issue 102, Spring 2014, p 8, 18; Health Link, Dec 2014 Issue 19, p 14). Ed will aim to pass on to you the advice he gave his children which contributed to their unparalleled success. Ed comes from a family of 28 doctors over four generations.
Dr Edward is a member of International Society for Intelligence Research, International Test Commission and an invited member of numerous professional organisations related to psychometric/educational/aptitude & personality testing. He is also the Practice Manager of a Medical Centre and has a wide knowledge of the health profession and health-related issues.
Quality and integrity are our priority: our team is made up of health professionals, health professionals and academics in the health sciences, education and psychology. We will one day be your colleagues. We do not believe in making false promises or undermining our integrity; we believe in offering you quality products and effective service. This is our promise to you.
Our Approach
Our Approach
MedEntry specialises in UMAT preparation (it's the only thing we do!). We can therefore provide you with the most up-to-date, focussed and quality preparation. Many school tutoring companies offer UMAT preparation as an 'additional extra'. MedEntry is focussed entirely on ensuring you succeed in this very important exam. We are truly independent and we don't push other courses for your school subjects like some do.
Our approach is holistic. We realise that entering health science courses is not simply a matter of sitting the UMAT. We are with you every step of the way. MedEntry UMAT Prep. "imparts the learning skills that students take with them for life" and "provide[s] focused, quality preparation". Our "training is geared towards making you a better person, with better reasoning and problem-solving skills, and emotional intelligence" (FOCUS, the Australian Doctor magazine, April 2005, p23).
MedEntry are the market leaders in UMAT preparation. This means that you are able to compare your scores reliably with students all over Australia and New Zealand, which is how ACER scores UMAT. You can benchmark yourself against the best students across the country. Furthermore, with MedEntry's LMS, you are able to check the proportion of students who choose each option for any question. This provides you with insight about how other students think, which is an important part of being 'test wise'.
MedEntry has a commitment to helping those from disadvantaged and under-serviced backgrounds (such as those of low socio-economic status and those from rural or remote areas) to achieve their goals. We have provided over $1.2 million worth of scholarships and discounts to such students over the years.
We at MedEntry make a difference by helping you build careers that have a positive impact on the lives of others. Together we can make the world a better place.
Our Resources
Our Resources
MedEntry is the only UMAT preparation institution with an extensive and unparalleled bank of questions, resources and course techniques developed for UMAT over a period of over thirty years. We have over 10,000 questions, over 1000 pages of preparation materials and more, accessible via our user friendly Learning Management System (included in all of our packages). The LMS offers an intelligent interactive learning environment. You will have access to forums and discussion threads of past students dating back over several years. No other organisation can provide the sheer volume of quality questions that MedEntry offers.
MedEntry is the only organisation which enables you to compare your scores and answers for each question with all other students in Australia and New Zealand (which is what ACER does). We also have a MedEntry UMAT preparation app. available for i-phone users once you have purchased one of our packages so you can complete UMAT questions in your own time and on the go.
Our 15 Practice Exams are considered the best by far among UMAT preparation courses. This is because they are comprehensively and meticulously researched and written by experts with a thorough knowledge of the real UMAT (see item under News). They are updated regularly to reflect changes that occur in the UMAT. Unlike other UMAT preparation courses, all of MedEntry's questions come with fully worked solutions.
Please do not waste your money and precious time in doing other courses or researching alternative HPAT resources, as the materials are often contradictory and out of date. There is more than enough up-to-date, focused and quality preparation provided on the Learning Management System. Also be aware of 'free practice sites' that are intended to sell ads and spam, not to help you prepare.
Due to our experience in teaching medical entrance courses internationally and speaking at various international conferences, we can predict and proactively provide advice on the likely future changes.
Our Services
Our Services
MedEntry provides products and services to help our students tackle:
- The UMAT
- Interviews
- University Admissions
Please browse through our UMAT products and services.
MedEntry offers its services to students throughout the world. We are the only institution which runs courses in all major cities in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. We have offices in Seattle, Chicago, Birmingham and Singapore.
We are the only organisation that provides immediate access to all materials in complete form, without delay, as soon as you purchase. You can start preparing now and gain an edge in the UMAT.
We offer online learning as part of all of our packages to meet the needs and demands of our students. Most reputable universities are now moving to this medium, since there are several advantages. Please see "Why are MedEntry's products made available online via the LMS?" under FAQ for more information. Our Learning Management System (LMS) is the most advanced and interactive with several features tailored to enhance your learning for UMAT.
We are the only organisation that allows you to 'see before you buy'. You are welcome to come and inspect our materials at our business premises, with prior appointment, before you enroll.
We are the only organisation which offers comprehensive instruction over two full days. Our two day UMAT courses are professionally managed so that we can ensure personal attention and tuition as well as maximal interaction with our students (some of our UMAT workshops can have as few as ten students). Some tutoring organisations offer the same hours of teaching as MedEntry does but over many weeks rather than over two days. We believe this is inefficient as you waste a lot of time travelling thus losing time which should be spent studying your other school subjects. At MedEntry we understand the pressure and time constraints that students face during those busy final school years, and thus seek to make our courses as effective and timely as possible . Our focused, intensive and interactive UMAT course over two days, plus year-long online learning with tutoring support, is geared towards maximising your UMAT preparation while allowing enough time for your academic studies.
Please read the FAQ article: 'Why MedEntry does not offer weekly classes for UMAT preparation.'
Please also read the FAQ article, 'Is it essential to attend a UMAT Course?'
Students' satisfaction rating of their overall experience with MedEntry (data gathered via survey)
If you do your due diligence, you will find that MedEntry offers by far the best value proposition for aspiring medical students.
In our UMAT preparation courses, you will be able to interact with students from top academic schools from all around the country. We also fortunate in having a very diverse range of students: as young as 15 to as old as 54. Many are older and mature age professionals such as scientists, lawyers, engineers, accountants, dentists, pharmacists, IT professionals, nurses, optometrists, physiotherapists, real estate agents, paramedics, acrobats, teachers, veterinarians, researchers, olympic gold medallists, army officers, pilots, chiropractors, psychologists, podiatrists, finance professionals, actuaries, auctioneers etc. Over 60% of our students have at least one parent who is a doctor or professor. There are also some students who have deferred their medical school place and are currently trying for another medical school, while some are currently studying medicine but want to transfer to another medical school. These older students bring a level of motivation and maturity to the class discussions.
You may also have the opportunity meet students from all corners of the globe. In the past, our students have come from countries such as: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA, Wales etc.
Our Credentials
Our Credentials
MedEntry is a Division of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Education (ANZIE), a Government Accredited Institution which provides educational services for those making the transition between secondary and tertiary education. MedEntry is accredited by the International Test Training Accreditation Council.
MedEntry is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), its Australian national registration number is 21914. Hence MedEntry is the only UMAT training institution which is entitled to use ".edu." rather than ".com." for its website domain, much like a university.
MedEntry is licensed and audited by:
- ANTA, the Australian National Training Authority
- VRQA, the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority
- ASQA, Australian Skills Quality Authority
- OTTE, the Office of Tertiary Training and Education
- DE&T, the Department of Education and Training
MedEntry is recognised by:
- NTIS, the National Training Information Service
- VET, Vocational Education and Training
- NCVER, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research
- ACPET, Australian Council for Private Education and Training providers
- EdNA, the Education Network Australia
- ACIR, the Australian Career Information Register
- Skills Victoria, Australia
MedEntry complies with:
- AQTF, the Australian Qualifications and Training Framework.
MedEntry is therefore like a university or school in terms of the standards it has to meet.
MedEntry UMAT Prep is an initiative which was made possible as a result of generous support from The Foundation for Young Australians.
The aim is to enhance youth participation and create opportunities for the development of young people. Specifically MedEntry aims to help young people keen to pursue a career in the health sciences, especially those who are traditionally under-represented.
MedEntry UMAT Preparation is the only provider whose students have benefited from funding through the Commonwealth Departments of Education and Health.
Our Results
Our Results
Our success rate is outstanding. A survey of a random sample of students who have been through our full training program showed that 92% were offered interviews, and 88% were offered places in one or more medical schools. Feedback statistics show that 99.1% of our customers would recommend MedEntry's services to their friends. Here at MedEntry UMAT Prep, our reputation is based on results. Over 95% of our students come through word-of-mouth referrals.
From an independent analysis of the MedEntry UMAT Course: "UMAT is indeed an exam that you can study for, and the MedEntry course will more than likely improve a participant's score" (in 'Can you be coached for med school?', Australian Doctor, 1 September 2014, pages 37-39).
Many of our students are children, siblings, relatives, friends, students, mentees, patients or family friends of our past students. We are very proud of this long term family relationship we have with our students. Our past students are so satisfied with our service that they turn into fans and talk about us!
MedEntry is by far the most popular choice for UMAT test takers in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Most medical school students have completed the MedEntry UMAT program. In top performing selective and private schools such as James Ruse, Sydney Grammar, King's School and Melbourne High School, almost all medical school aspirants complete the MedEntry course.
Many MedEntry UMAT students go on to achieve perfect scores in year 12. In fact, most students who obtain perfect year 12 scores and want to pursue medicine/health sciences have been through MedEntry's program.
Because most students who prepare for UMAT do MedEntry and most students who get into Medical schools do MedEntry, you will be able to compare your performance with the best students in Australasia. You will also be able to interact with the best students on MedEntry Forums, during the workshop etc. When you do MedEntry, you can be confident that you are learning with the best students in Australasia. MedEntry is considered by far the best UMAT Preparation course by medical students, teachers, doctors, parents and health professionals.
Distribution of UMAT percentile scores for last year
The above data is based on the students who held the Platinum package (our most popular package). The results for the Distance package students are slightly lower, whereas the results for Diamond students are slightly better.
If you think of UMAT, think MedEntry !
Please ensure you read 'Truths about UMAT Prep' before you engage the services of any UMAT Prep organisation.
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Our Sponsors
The MedEntry UMAT Prep team wishes to thank The Foundation for Young Australians for their generous financial support. Without this support, MedEntry UMAT Prep would not be able to offer the discount for disadvantaged students.
MedEntry promotes the following organisations by way of scholarship arrangements, or support; or wishes to thank them, among others, for their offer of support in kind.
MedEntry also thanks the following organisations for their support, through sponsorships:
- Australian Scholarship Trust
- Asia Pacific Health Administrator's Network
- Premier Educational Supplies
- Phoenix School Supplies
- Ace Tutoring Services
- Post-Secondary Institutions of Australia and New Zealand
- Health Professionals Association of the Asia-Pacific
- Association of Test Design and Administration Professionals
While they are numerous people who contribute to our products and services in various ways, we wish to particularly thank the following professional consultants:
- Dr John Frewin MBBS, FRACGP
- Dr Christopher Chan MB BS WA, FRANZCP
- Dr David Weber MSc (JCU), PhD(Adel)
- Dr Catherine Owens MB ChB Auck, DipRACOG, FRACGP
- Dr Lawrence Walker MB ChB CapeT, MPH, FAAP, FAFPHM, FRACP
- Dr Peter Hamilton BSc(Hons) Qld, DipEd Qld, DPhil Camb
- Dr Simon Richardson MB BS UNSW, FACRRM
- Mr David Harris MB BS Mon, FRACS, FANZCA
- Dr Raj Thallur MBBS, PGDMLS UniSA
- Dr Alan Oates FRANZCOG, DDU
- Dr Philip Penfold MB BS Syd, MD Qld, FRACP FFPMANZCA
- Dr Tim Webster MB BS, DPM Lond, PhD N'cle, FRANZCP
- Ms Theresa Dixon BMedSci (Hons)
MedEntry Courses are/were held at:
Our students come from:
Our Facts & Figures
Number of health professionals MedEntry has helped achieve their goals: 20,000+
Number of schools that recommend MedEntry: 2500+
Number of schools that have an in-house UMAT program run by MedEntry: 16
Number of MedEntry students who have obtained 100th percentile in UMAT: 600+
Number of years of combined UMAT teaching experience by our lecturers: 90+
Number of years MedEntry has been assisting medical school aspirants: 25+
Number of doctors/dentists/nurses/health professionals who recommend MedEntry: 25,000+
Number of media appearances featuring MedEntry: 17
Number of UMAT Courses run by MedEntry: 730+
Number of Medical Interview Courses run by MedEntry: 340+
Number of UMAT practice questions available to MedEntry students: 15 000+
Number of hours of UMAT preparation available to students of MedEntry: 700+
Number of pages of UMAT guides available to MedEntry students: 450+
Number of full length exams offered by MedEntry: 17
Number of cities and towns in which MedEntry runs courses: 36
Percentage of students who are satisfied with MedEntry UMAT courses: 99.6% see this comparison table
Percentage of students who have said they would recommend MedEntry to others: 99.1%
Number of families where at least one child has got into medical school with the help of MedEntry: 15,000+
Number of families where more than child has got into medical school with the help of MedEntry: 3400+
Greatest number of children from one family who got into medical school with the help of MedEntry: 5
Age of oldest student who got into medical school with the help of MedEntry: 57
Age of youngest student who got into medical school with the help of MedEntry: 15
Number of countries where MedEntry runs/ran courses: 5
Number of professors/teachers whose children have attended MedEntry courses: 5000+
Number of scholarships/bursaries awarded to disadvantaged students: 3000+
Number of UMAT Excellence awards awarded by MedEntry: 400+
Number of MedEntry students offered scholarships by universities to study in medical school: 500+
Number of staff employed by MedEntry: 180+
Number of research articles published by MedEntry staff in peer reviewed journals: 70+
Number of Conferences presentations by MedEntry staff: 35+
Number of Conferences attended by MedEntry staff: 60+
Number of exams that MedEntry provides preparation for: 1 (we are UMAT specialists – it's all we do, we FOCUS!)
Learning Charter
MedEntry is dedicated to providing the highest quality education accessible to students in a learner-centred environment that promotes individual potential. MedEntry uses adaptive learning software to help students learn. We offer tailored learning experience depending on students skills. We encourage students to become collaborators in their learning allowing them to be more engaged.
Our Commitments
We are committed to providing learners with:
- Accessible, quality education at a time and pace that suits the learner's situation and aspirations
- Offer latest adaptive learning technologies rather than a 'one-size-fits-all' teaching approach
- A learning environment and resources that support and stimulate learners and enables them to realise their full potential
- An environment that promotes continuous improvement
- Courses of the highest quality
- Accurate information about all programmes and expectations
- Assessment of learning that is fair, valid and timely
- The opportunity to evaluate teaching and programmes in confidence
- A skilled, qualified and supportive faculty and staff who will treat all learners with courtesy and respect and be responsive to learner needs and concerns
- A fair and consistent enforcement of all college rules and regulations
- A healthy and safe environment that promotes a positive learning experience
Our Expectations
We expect students to:
- Take charge of your own learning and produce work to the best of your ability
- Participate actively in all learning situations
- Make effective use of the facilities and services provided and plan your use of resources in a responsible and considerate way
- Comply with assessment regulations and use assessment feedback to inform your continued learning
- Identify problems and concerns and address them to the appropriate people in a timely and constructive manner
- Treat all members of the MedEntry community with courtesy and respect
- Have an awareness of the impact that your behaviour can have on other learners
- Act in a manner that promotes, supports and respects the rights of fellow students, faculty and staff to a safe and supportive learning environment
- Abide by all MedEntry rules and regulations
In support of our commitment to continuous quality improvement, we provide a range of feedback mechanisms to students in relation to all aspects of the learning experience. We encourage students to use the feedback channels to tell us about their views and concerns. On our part we pledge to listen to all feedback carefully and to use it constructively in planning forward.


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TAMPA — LeGarrette Blount is back. Back as the Bucs starting tailback. Back as the third down back. Back as the every down back he hoped to be when the season started.
After missing two games with a left knee sprain, Blount will return to the lineup Sunday against the Saints. More important, with Earnest Graham lost for the season with a torn right Achilles', Blount also will remain on the field on most third down situations.
"Oh yeah, I know I'm going to play third downs in this game," Blount said. "I'm probably not going to play all of them, but I know I'm going to play quite a few of them. I've shown that I know the protections and I know the routes and everything and I can catch the ball, so that's going to help us out tremendously. It's going to let me stay in the game a little bit longer and play a lot more snaps, so I'm excited."
When Blount needs a break, Kregg Lumpkin or Mosis Madu will spell him on third down. But Blount learned he would have more of a role in the offense during the walk-through Tuesday morning.
As for his knee injury, reportedly an MCL sprain, Blount said his recovery was faster than anticipated.
"I feel good. Everything is back in store, everything is where it needs to be," Blount said. "My recovery was a little bit faster than what we thought, so everything is going real well. It's looking good for this week.
"I've been running for the last couple weeks. The fatigue is not going to play a factor in how I perform."
Nobody will benefit more from the return of Blount and the Bucs running game more than quarterback Josh Freeman, who threw four interceptions in a 24-18 loss to the Bears in London.
"He's huge," Freeman said of Blount. "The quarterback's two best friends are first, the defense, and then second, a great running game. Having LeGarrette in there, with the way our o-line is blocking, it's huge."
Freeman said he's proud of how much Blount has improved in the third down role in terms of picking up blitzes, running routes and catching the football.'
"I think LeGarrette is going to get his shot," Freeman said. "We've been talking about it from the preseason. … It's a thing that's always kind of been a monkey on LeGarrette's back. He can do it. We were out there in the walk-through throwing it around and when we got into the pass and the blitzes, he's out there calling the protections and knowing where he's going. It's huge. Huge to see the strides that guy has made."
There's no debating Blount's importance. The Bucs are 3-0 in games in which the former Oregon star has had at least 13 rushing attempts. But Blount also has shown flashes of being a factor in the passing game. He has averaged 14.5 yards on four receptions this year.
"He was starting to develop his third down package before Earnest got injured," coach Raheem Morris said. "But certainly, it helps us increase some of those roles for him. It also gives opportunities to some other people. Mosis Madu … we have the ability to get him in there, as well. We have Lumpkin, too, so we feel pretty good about our running back situation.
"I know it was dire need during the bye week, I listened to it the whole bye week, how we didn't have anybody healthy on the roster and all that stuff. It was great. It was awesome. I had every running back in the nation call me to get a job."


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POP MUSIC;Out of the Vault and Ready to Wrap
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: December 7, 1995
IN RECENT YEARS, RECORD companies have been repackaging their back catalogues as lavish, multiple-CD boxed sets geared for holiday gift giving. This year the companies have dug deeper into their vaults to offer first-time sets from some of the last of the holdouts among their top artists. There are also sets from lesser-known artists and labels and from musicians whose works have been boxed for a second or third time. Here are 30 choices that New York Times critics find noteworthy. Prices are suggested retail.
FRANK SINATRA: 'THE COMPLETE REPRISE STUDIO RECORDINGS' Reprise; 20 CD's ($500)
The conventional view of Frank Sinatra's recording career is that his singing was the prettiest during the Columbia years (1943-52), the swingiest during the Capitol years (1953-60) and in decline thereafter, except for isolated moments.
"The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings," a collection of more than 450 songs recorded between 1960 and 1988, should change that view. What one finds on this chronology is America's greatest popular singer audaciously continuing to expand the psychological boundaries of pop vocal expression. The anthology is the largest of several collections marking the singer's 80th birthday on Tuesday.
Mr. Sinatra was in his mid-40's when he founded his own label, Reprise, in 1960. Although by then his voice had lost its last vestiges of youthful creaminess, the singer brilliantly exploited the rougher vocal edges to evoke an unstarry-eyed adult perspective on life and song. Dozens of songs that he had popularized in the 1940's were re-recorded in versions that have the feel of bittersweet interior dialogues between the singer's older and younger selves.
At the same time that his uptempo singing swung out with a new defiance, Mr. Sinatra's ballad performances (except for the softly crooned music he recorded with Antonio Carlos Jobim) tended to be stentorian and often deeply brooding. Romantic love was frequently wrapped up with issues of personal power.
Yes, the singer's belated attempts to get hip by recording pop and rock songs -- music ill-suited to his saloon style -- sound strained and occasionally embarrassing. But those failures are overwhelmingly outnumbered by the successes. This collection, which comes with a 96-page hard-cover book that has appreciations by Wilfrid Sheed and Jonathan Schwartz, includes more than 70 songs never released on CD and more than 15 that have never been released in any format. It all makes for an astounding musical treasure trove. STEPHEN HOLDEN
Photo: Frank Sinatra, 1966--A new anthology offers songs that feellike bittersweet interior dialogues between the singer's older and younger selves.


text: Buffalo getting serious By Tommy R. Atkinson January 18, 2013 Story Share Chip Ellis Buffalo's Alex Arthur (top) pinned Logan's Dustin Thompson in the first round of the 126-pound weight class. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Buffalo junior Kyle Frazier readily admits that the focus three years ago was on just having fun.Now it's the Bison opponents who aren't finding their resurgence a laughing matter. Buffalo, which only has 10 wrestlers, has three ranked in the top 10 in Class AA-A and four overall who earned seeds at Friday's WSAZ Invitational at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.Buffalo advanced four wrestlers out of eight to today's quarterfinals in senior Alex Arthur, who competes in the 126-pound weight class, Frazier (195), senior Ryan White (220) and junior Jacob Moore (285). Frazier and White went undefeated Friday with 2-0 records while Arthur and Moore went 2-1."At the beginning we were very unexperienced,'' said Frazier, who was one of the first two state qualifiers in Buffalo history last year. "We joked around at meets. We still do some, but not as much. We know what to expect. I think we know what we need to accomplish as a team and individually. It's to have some state champions.''Huntington, which was No. 1 in AAA in this week's state coaches association-wvmat.com poll, led the way after Friday's matches with 771/5 points, followed by AA-A No. 2 Greenbrier West (66), AAA No. 8 Shady Spring (60), Meade County (59) and Woodrow Wilson (58).Winfield was the only school in the top 10 among the Kanawha Valley contingent, tied for sixth with AA No. 4 Independence at 541/2 points. (See Page 2B for results.)George Washington's Jake Smith, who was the only Valley grappler to earn a top seed at 160 and a bye in the opening round, advanced to today's quarterfinals with a dominating 20-4 major decision over North Marion's Anthony Tiano to move on. Smith is No. 1 in his weight class in the AAA individual rankings.Point Pleasant, the two-time defending WSAZ champion and winner of four of the last five overall team titles, had a scheduling conflict and didn't compete. The Big Blacks, who moved up to AAA this year after winning three straight AA-A state titles, were instead taking part in the ASICS Top Gun tournament in Alliance, Ohio. The WSAZ, which features 31 high school and 50 junior high/middle school teams, resumes at 9:45 a.m. today in both divisions. Consolation semifinals and place-winner matches pick up at 6 p.m. in both divisions with the championship finals set for 8:15 p.m. More information is available at the tournament's new website (wsazwrestling.com).Buffalo's progress may not seem noteworthy when compared to some of the powerhouse programs in Huntington this weekend, but the Bison have traveled a long road. Buffalo revived wrestling just three years ago, and last year had its first two state qualifiers. "My goal this year was to get one ranked and we got three,'' said Buffalo coach Cliff Parsons. "It's pretty good. Just hard work and hard practice. It's all we do."A couple of them go to Ken Chertow camps. Offseason, they're in the weight room. Those guys with the experiences in the camps, they're bringing it back to the guys not able to go.'' Frazier, who was a state qualifier last year at 182, moved up to 195 this season, where he is ranked fifth in AA-A. Bison senior Mack Williams is ranked No. 10 at 120 but is out for the year after a knee injury, and Arthur is No. 10 at 126."We've got to focus on the here and now,'' Frazier said. ""We need to fill up our weight classes. We know we'll lose three people next year, but we'll have some good freshmen coming up who will be experienced.''The WSAZ Invitational is a good proving ground since all schools compete in the same division. "It just prepares you for the state tournament,'' Parsons said. "This is the biggest show that you can go to during the season for us.''"We know to expect the unexpected,'' added Fraizer. "Just go out there level-headed and do work.''Parsons said Buffalo now has a midget league, which is in its second year, and a first-year middle-school program to help grow the sport in the area."We're on track,'' said the Buffalo coach. "It hasn't helped us yet, but it will in the future. Next year I'll have seven guys coming from the middle school. Hopefully, they'll come up and make an impact.''Parsons, who is 40, said he hopes to keep taking a step each year with the Bison."I'm hoping we'll be in the top 10 in double-A/single-A,'' he said of future goals. "I hope we have four or five qualify for states this year. I feel we'll have six or seven. I think we're heading in the right direction with the program.'' Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at email@example.com or 304-348-4811. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 3 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year 4 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 5 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County Herd hosts free-wheeling ECU tonight Previous Story WVU women visit Griner and No. 1 Baylor tonight Next Story


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Actor Josh Hartnett's charming American sharpshooter character from the Showtime drama Penny Dreadful makes his auspicious debut as one of the first-ever retro figures based on the show! In his gray fabric overcoat, the brash and daring man of action brings his two revolvers to the party, complete with leather holsters, in Bif Bang Pow!'s terrific Penny Dreadful Ethan Chandler 8-inch Action Figure.
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Rescued Poodle Happy To Head Home
Henry, a standard poodle rescued last year from a filthy garage, has left the Hillsborough County animal shelter and gone home with his new owner. Miriam Faircloth, a retired nurse from South Tampa, picked up her new companion today. Henry was one of 87 animals rescued last year from a home in Lithia. The garage in which they were kept was filled with feces, sawdust and decaying carcasses - so filthy that rescuers called it a dungeon. Henry has gained 20 pounds since his rescue. He and 27 other dogs at the shelter became available for adoption Friday. The smaller-breed dogs rescued along with him were all adopted before him, so Hillsborough County Animal Services put the word out to local media that Henry still needed a home."The most abused of the bunch was the last to be selected, but perhaps he's the most special," spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. Faircloth was first in line to fill out an application.
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Special bus rolls in green campaign by Dewa
Dubai: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has started the fourth cycle of its Neighbourhood Campaign to raise awareness on energy and water conservation. It includes field visits by DEWA experts to residential areas across Dubai. A specially-designed bus has been deployed for the visits. Conservation tips and free eco-friendly light bulbs and water-flow reducers will be distributed. Last year's campaign saved 1.34m kilowatts of electricity, 14.5m gallons of water and Dh1.1m, and reduced 806 tons of carbon emission.


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Raleigh, N.C. — Actor and musician Steve Martin was honored for his significant contributors to the bluegrass community during a ceremony Thursday in Raleigh.
Martin was given the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association's Distinguished Achievement Award.
Martin has been playing banjo since he was a teen and has often incorporated it into his comedy performances, including his time on "Saturday Night Live."
He has won five Grammy Awards and three International Bluegrass Music awards. He has toured with Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell.
Martin described his relationship with the banjo as a series of "oh no's."
"Oh no, I have to learn how to do that," Martin said of hearing Earl Scruggs and Bill Keith for the first time.
Martin concluded his speech with a tearful thank you to the bluegrass community.
The award was presented during the Special Awards luncheon at the IBMA's World of Bluegrass in downtown Raleigh.
Festivities continue Thursday night with the International Bluegrass Music Awards at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
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While lurking around the PC Magazine website, I spied an article from a month ago, that I missed until now. I usually read most of the articles on the site, but at this point, some seem not worth my time, as I've seen and heard most of the basic things written about.
The article is titled "It's Time to End the PC Memory Game". The author, now editor-in-chief, starts this paean to the 'gods of computer usage' by talking about why laptop PCs get shipped with too little memory, then after a long, and detailed explanation, states that no one should be saddled with a computer that uses the lowest possible density of memory chips to fulfill the memory order.
Well, doh! Why does Lance think these companies are in business? No company is going to use more costly parts where less costly will do. This is stuff that should be taught in the fifth grade, and no one should get out of elementary school without knowing what the words 'caveat emptor' mean.
Actually, the problem is not as cut and dried as he makes it seem. There is sometimes a reason for using memory in lower densities than otherwise might be used. Many modern chipsets use pairs of memory DIMMs to achieve dual channel usage, effectively widening the data path by a factor of two. This can, but does not always, provide quite a memory bandwidth gain. This may have been the case with the laptop Mr. Ulanoff writes about.
Mr. Ulanoff then writes about the memory usage of XP and Vista, and wonders why the computer companies will allow a laptop to go out of the factory with too little RAM. Again, it is because they can! If the unit works without throwing up some system errors, it is deemed suitable for use. Besides, all computer companies make much higher profit margins on upgrades after the sale than by loading up the system from the outset. Once again, this is stuff that should be known before the system is first purchased.
This is the sort of stuff that long ago, anyone who hung out by reading computer magazines knew, almost from osmosis, as it was on the pages a lot. When purchasing a laptop, but it as you will need it, as upgrading can be very problematic. Things have gotten better than back in the 'dark days', but still the rule applies. Laptops are not as easily worked on as desktop machines, so get everything needed before the original purchase.
The limiting factor in many cases of computer problems has been, and continues to be, the nescience of the user. Remember back to elementary school again – forewarned is forearmed.
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HADAD HADAD, Jorge Luis and VALDES LLANES, Elías. Social protection on health as a way of confronting the economic crisis. Rev. cub. salud pública [online]. 2010, vol.36, n.3, pp.235-248. ISSN 1561-3127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0864-34662010000300008.
The economic and financial crises are increasingly frequent, deep and global; they mainly affect social sectors, and among them, healthcare. These effects are particularly seen in the most vulnerable and risky groups, and in health services and programs. On the basis of the Cuban experience in the 90´s, the impact of crisis on health and its determiners and the adopted policies and interventions were studied. Also their effects were assessed. The conclusive criteria of this paper allowed knowing these crises better, their impact on health, and the best policies and strategies to reduce the effects. This paper was not intended to submit a model of confrontation to the crisis, but it managed to identify the policies and actions that would greatly contribute to the preservation of the population's health.
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Despite a demand from adult consumers, retailers are continually forced to defend their right to sell flavored cigars responsibly. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor While tobacco has long been a bread-and-butter product for convenience stores, accounting for millions in individual unit sales and boosting the profits from the average smoker's market basket, it remains a
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OCSA Lauds Local City Motion Against Contraband Tobacco
"The OCSA will continue to offer its support to any and all municipalities that wish to join the fight against contraband tobacco," says Dave Bryans, CEO of the Ontario Convenience Store Association. The Ontario Convenience Store Association (OCSA) applauded members of the Thunder Bay City Council, who passed a motion against contraband tobacco at a
More Smokers Turn To E-Cigarettes
E-cigs "are growing in popularity . . . no question about that," says Chad Maynard, spokesman for ElectronicCigarette.net on the category. Electronic cigarettes might not be marketed as smoking cessation aids, but recent studies posted in the American Journal of Public Health suggest that many smokers are turning the the product for that reason. Smokers
Leveling The RYO Playing Field
In recent years, roll-your-own tobacco machines have surfaced at various retail locations putting convenience stores at a competitive disadvantage on price. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor America, and in particular its lawmakers, remains caught in a love-hate relationship with tobacco. That push-pull has resulted in very well-publicized attempts to dissuade Americans from using tobacco, or
E-Tobacco Shows No Signs of Slowing
Although the electronic cigarette category in the U.S. is barely five years old, a dizzying number of brands are vying for the attention of retailers—and more are entering the fray just about every day. By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor In a report released in May, UBS Investment Research likened the chaotic e-cigarette category to the e-commerce
Understanding Today's Tobacco Customers
MSA and Paradigm Sample, in partnership with Convenience Store Decisions, examine the purchasing habits of adult tobacco consumers at U.S. convenience stores. By Trish Temmerman, Management Science Associates, and John Lofstock, Editor. The tobacco industry continues to face challenges on multiple fronts, namely ongoing legislative initiatives and the ever-present high rate of taxation. These persistent
Tobacco-Less Buzz From Nicotine
Altria releases a new smoking product that contains no tobacco. U.S. tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. moved into uncharted territory this week as it released the Verve: a tobacco-less nicotine product. The maker of Marlboro plans to launch a non-dissolving, lozenge-shaped nicotine disc called Verve in the next several days. It's the latest advance by
ABC Cracks Down on Illegal Sales in Virginia
Reports find that about one in every eight stores in Virginia sells tobacco or alcohol to underage buyers. The Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) now has a program to see if alcohol and tobacco retailers follow the law when it comes to selling to underage buyers. The state conducted more than 9,700 underage
Navigating OTP's Legal Battleground
The prospects for OTP throughout 2012 are good, as growth remains strong. But a swelling number of revenue-strapped state legislatures continue to hungrily eye the category. "I think the category will continue to expand," predicted Matt Hieb, category manager for Gate Petroleum, which operates 225 convenience stores in six Southeastern states."The growth of the brands
Lighting Your Way to Profitability
When sold responsibly, lighters are a dependable source of revenue, even as the number of smokers declines. Lighters are a much-needed tool for the home grill and candles. Another trend helping push lighter sales in c-stores is flavored cigars, which continues to grow at an impressive rate. "Tobacco accessories are alive and well, evolving with
FDA Appeals Federal Court Tobacco Ruling
Administration continues to push for graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration appealed the February 29, 2012 decision issued by Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon which held that the FDA's new graphic images and text warnings for cigarette packaging and cigarette advertisements violate free speech protections under the First
blu Cigs Arrive in Canada's Couche-Tard Stores
"We are interested in products that are on the cutting edge," says Jean-Marie Bourque, Couche-Tard category manager. On the heels of an impressive 2011 retail expansion, blu Cigs has started 2012 by boosting the number of U.S. retail locations carrying blu to nearly 20,000. Now, the e-cigarette company is celebrating another milestone—expansion into the Canadian
R.J. Reynolds Launches Get Engaged
R.J. Reynolds delivers on its pledge to its retail partners with a powerful new online tool: Get Engaged. R.J. Reynolds has launched Get Engaged, a new feature on EngageRJRT.com, the online resource for R.J. Reynolds' retail partners. Get Engaged was created as a research and learning platform intended to provide retailers with shopper insights and
White Owl Silver Cigarillos
Ever been asked, "What's the hottest new flavor?" Now you have the answer: The hottest new flavor is actually unflavored. Introducing White Owl Silver Cigarillos. Unflavored HTL Cigarillos is the fastest growing segment in the cigar category, almost doubling in the last year, according to CMPP 2010 v 2011, Oct. YTD. White Owl Silver offers
A Simple Tobacco Fable
Alternative products are helping to shape the future of convenience store tobacco sets. By Lou Maiellano. Imagine, if you will, that European explorers land in Africa, North America or South America in the 14th, 15th or 16th centuries. Upon landing, these explorers find the inhabitants of these exotic new lands drinking a strange, energizing brew
Smoking Alternative
Times are tough for smokers when they are in areas where they cannot light up. New SmokinGel is a cigarette alternative in the form of a hand gel. It gives customers the real cigarette experience when they easily rub a little gel on their hands. SmokinGel rubs in clear, has a pleasant scent, truly mimics
Explosive Flavor, Smooth Smoke
Three new Zig-Zag cigarillos from National Tobacco Co. are now available in re-sealable, two-cigar foil packets. Sweets, White Grape and Strawberry complete the family of seven styles, including Grape, Mango, Peach and Straight Up. Zig-Zag cigarillos are priced to sell with an everyday low price. For More Information From National Tobacco Co. (800) 331-5962 firstname.lastname@example.com
Hawaii E-Cigarette Bill Passes Senate Committee
After much debate, an edited e-cigarette bill in Hawaii will not tax e-cigs at the 70% tobacco tax rate, but will restrict sales to minors. E-cigarette bill, SB2233, was passed by the Hawaii Senate Ways and Means Committee Friday, Feb. 10, after members voted to delete language that would require a 70% tobacco tax on
Cushion Tipped Cigars
From one of America's leading cigar brands comes an exciting new line of products: Cheyenne Cushion Tipped Cigars. Cheyenne Cushion Tipped Cigars. are a larger cigar offering full flavor, wine, vanilla and wild cherry styles in a five-count pack. The cigars represent a new standard from the brand you count on to offer high-quality products
FDA To Reveal Time of Inspection In Letters
Warning letters to note the time of day an inspection took place following NATO request. Going forward, the FDA plans to include the time a retail compliance inspection occurred in warning letters sent to retailers, National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) reported. The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) sent a letter, dated Feb. 1,
Altria Chairman and CEO To Retire
"Now is the time to transition leadership to people of an age to guide the company through its next phase of growth," says Altria CEO. Altria has announced that Chairman and CEO Michael Szymanczyk, 63, has decided to retire after 23 years of distinguished service to the company, including four years as chairman and CEO
FDA's CTP Announces Public Workshop
A Webcast of the workshop will be available, although preregistration is required. FDA's Center for Tobacco Products has announced a Research Program Public Workshop: Expanding the Research Base for Tobacco Product Regulation. The purpose of the public workshop is to discuss FDA's Center for Tobacco Products' (CTP) research priorities across a broad array of disciplines;


text: My friend Cathie of Cathie & Steve sure knows how to make a necklace! She revamped this old locket from her vintage collection. If I had to guess – you too have something in your jewelry collection that could use a facelift. I know I do, and Mod Podge can be used on jewelry (and it wears well)! Find the supply lists and the instructions for this project here.


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As scheduled, the Taney Dragons got their parade Wednesday for representing Philly so well in the Little League World Series:
WATCH: Live streaming video of Taney Dragons parade down Broad Street – http://t.co/BdWCJWg2Wn pic.twitter.com/fKnaYKXzX3" @karinamariexo
— nikkiii (@nikkiiid00) August 27, 2014
Say what you want about Philadelphia, but we celebrate our champions. The Taney Dragons are Regional Champions. Great parade. #Philly
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— Rachel Meadows (@rachelmeadows) August 27, 2014
PPD waiting for #Taney @staceyelle #ppd @phillypolice pic.twitter.com/EiVTzbYcHk
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@Michael_Nutter leading the cheer for Taney!!! pic.twitter.com/fzHsQSM2TR
— Eva Pilgrim (@EvaPilgrim) August 27, 2014
I'm starting to think the kids on the Taney Dragons are like Doug Funny. They wear the same uniform every day and have a closet full of them
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We'll update this as the parade continues. And the celebration continues tonight at the Phillies game.


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First Look: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Cameron Diaz Rock Out in 'Annie'
Posted on Thursday, December 5th, 2013 by Angie Han
Sony may have moved Annie into the present day, but a first-look image reveals they haven't gotten rid of the sunny charm that's kept her so beloved all these years.
The picture shows Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, and Rose Byrne performing the classic tune "Tomorrow" in the streets of New York City. Everyone looks like they're having a blast, perhaps because it's tough not to when they're surrounded by balloons and trailed by an entire marching band. Check it out after the jump.


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Guest Days
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
We'd like to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who brought guests with them for our first ever "Guest Days" held last week. More people know about TCF now and we're delighted about that. Congratulations to Shelli and Baryn for bringing in five guests each! Their membership fees for the month of April are on the house. And a shout goes out to Davis, Jersey Girl Cheryl, and Julie C. They all brought in three guests each and will receive half off their April memberships.
For all guests that came in last week, we're knocking 25% off of the Elements series. Please tell the pals you brought with you so that they too can become a CrossFit junkie!
Workout of the Day (last done 10-22-09)
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500 Meter Row
15 Kettlebell Swings (55#, 35#)
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15 Wall Ball Shots (20#, 14#)
Katie showin' off her levitation skills.
QUOTE: ""The magic is in the movement, the art is in the programming, the science is in the explanation, and the fun is in the community." - Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit


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Last month, the Navy officially dropped their slogan "a global force for good," which was found to be hated by much of the Navy community.
They've since been on an effort to rebrand themselves, and as a new slogan is yet to be found, the service has been "America's Navy" in new recruiting efforts.
And their newest recruiting commercial builds on that. While the last commercial, "The Shield," was notable for dropping the maligned tagline and featured sailors in varying uniforms surrounding a family walking down the street, "Pin Map" aims to show what it is that sailors in the Navy can do.
Aircraft carriers sail through the sea, surrounded by ships and helicopters, as pilots prepare to take off. Submarines glide stealthily underneath the waves. SEALs conduct a mission on a snowy mountain. Sailors work to rebuild a community. The one minute spot highlights the variety of missions the Navy takes on, and that they operate on, above, and below the sea. The map shows that sailors work around the world to protect Americans.
The ad is considered a drastic departure from the "global force for good" commercials, and Navy leaders hope that it will appeal to new recruits, active duty sailors, and veterans alike.