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The Top 4 Local Ranking Factors for 2016 Explained
February 19, 2016 | Contributed by: Bernadette Coleman
Six months in, is Google's "Snack Pack" still taking a bite out of your clients' local search ranking? The rollout of this major update saw the previous seven-pack local listing reduced to a three-pack of local businesses listed with their contact data and an integrated Google map.
This change exemplifies the constantly-evolving and growing nature of local search, as well as Google's continuing shift toward a mobile-centric local ranking system. The importance of ensuring a client's data is optimized for these and other changes cannot be overstated. The following are local ranking factors that experts have been focusing on since the update:
Citations: The Identity Ranking Factor
Citations are the references to a business online, their identity. A citation typically includes the business name, address and phone number (NAP) and business hours. Citations are a major ranking factor in local SEO, and more so now with the emphasis placed on a citation's quality and authority. Consistency and clear naming conventions are crucial factors in making sure Google displays the correct information to searchers.
With quality paramount, where you choose to place directory listings continues to have more value than the quantity of listings you have. Google considers relevance, domain authority, the number of competitors listed on the same site and site traffic, among other factors, when determining the citation's worth.
Ratings: The "It" Ranking Factor
Ratings and reviews remain among the most important ranking factors when it comes to local search. Unless a business is located in a small town, with little or no local competition, it will take a minimum three-and-a-half to four-star rating to be noticed. Start working on building up ratings and reviews, if you're not already. Engaging audiences via websites, social media and memorable in-person experiences will drive ratings.
Don't be shy; ask your consumers, patrons and social followers to share their experiences in the digital space. Monitor ratings and reviews as diligently as citations, especially Google+ reviews, as these are the only ones included in the three-pack results. Be sure to engage with both positive and negative reviews. Address the negatives and learn from them, this transparency is just as important as interacting with positive remarks.
Social Media: The Connection Ranking Factor
Social media signals, such as Facebook likes and Twitter followers, continue to play a role, although minor, in Google's local ranking process. While social media is an important tool for engagement, it presents varying levels of opportunity, depending upon business size and industry. Social networks provide a vehicle for listening to target audiences, testing new initiatives and driving traffic back to websites.
Even though exact ROI may be difficult to pinpoint, it's worth investing at least some time into building a social community. As with any other place a citation is listed, be sure to keep your NAP data consistent across these sites. This is especially true for, Google+, even in its diminished state. Businesses need to claim and verify their listings as these are key to local search.
Links: The Interconnection Ranking Factor
A website's link profile remains an important ranking factor no matter the size of the business. According to a 2015 Moz study, link signals accounted for one-fifth of all ranking factors in local search results. Even with citations as the primary focus of local SEO, this shows that quality backlinks still must be considered as well.
With link building being one of the most frequently abused areas of SEO, the most suitable and reputable resources for building links tend to be local bloggers, news websites, directories and chambers of commerce.
Getting the Local Ranking that Businesses Need
Google's updates will continue to shake things up, so brands, agencies, digital marketers and SMBs should continually be evaluating and re-evaluating their local search strategy. Focus on:
- Auditing citations to keep them up-to-date and consistent
- Building a local content strategy
- Incorporating the use of social media and review sites
- Creating and implementing a plan for expanding the inbound link profile
How have "Snack Pack" and Google's other recent updates affected the local search strategy you implement for your clients? Let's discuss in the comments.
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Compulsive YouTube use results in lower academic motivation
For many people, youtube is a nearly unlimited source of free knowledge on any topic, but for those with an 'entertainment motivation', it can also be an addiction. The study concluded that the participants with an 'informational motivation' for using youtube were less likely to use youtube compulsively. There's presumably a grey area between entertainment and information motivation though – if the videos you're watching have titles that start with "top 10", you should be asking yourself what your viewing motivation really is. You might set out to learn about a particular topic, but 20 minutes later auto-play has taken you down a useless infotainment rabbit hole that's only tangentially related to the topic you started out on.

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Ovulation Problems
It is ovulation and the hormone changes that subsequently follow which leads to the normal menstrual cycle. Thus, irregular periods strongly suggest that an egg is not being released each month.
Sometimes women still cycle but ovulation does not happen every month. The test for ovulation is the day 21 progesterone (for a 28 day cycle), and the term anovulation means that ovulation is not taking place.
Sometimes women don't ovulate because of an overactive pituitary gland, leading to high levels of the hormone prolactin. Bromocriptine is a drug that is used to suppress this excess and it also leads to the return of ovulation in most cases.
Where the ovary has exhausted its egg supply and premature ovarian failure is the diagnosis, donor eggs with IVF is the only treatment.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Another cause of anovulation is PCOS. Hormonal problems are sometimes found and on scan the ovary has lots of small cysts around the edge. These are not harmful in themselves, just a sign that eggs have started to develop, but never got released.
Ovulation Treatments
Clomifene Citrate Clomid)
Commonly used to start the ovaries ovulating again. Clomid is taken on days 2-6 of a cycle and it 'kick-starts' the ovary into making and releasing an egg.
A day 21 progesterone level in the first cycle will check that it has worked, but some women need a higher dose. It is a safe drug but, as with most ovulation treatments, it increases the risk of a multiple pregnancy, such as twins. This happens in about 1 in 20 women treated with clomiphene.
Ovarian Drilling
A treatment that is used in PCOS where clomiphene is unsuccessful. Several small holes are made in the ovary during a laparoscopy, and this reverses the hormone problems associated with the disease.
The success rate depends on many factors, but typically around 50% of women fall pregnant within 1-2 years of treatment and by 3 years about 75% are successful.
Ovarian Stimulation
A more intensive treatment, which uses injections of hormones on a daily basis and close ultrasound monitoring of the ovary's response. The aim is to produce several good quality eggs and time their release with intercourse.
Side effects include multiple pregnancy (10-20%), an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy and a condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, where an unexpectedly excessive response occurs and large ovarian cysts develop.
The success rates vary greatly depending on the individual situation, but 40-85% after 6 treatment cycles is typical. Success after 6 cycles is less likely, though not impossible, and IVF is usually advised if this is unsuccessful.
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Volume 46, Number 3 (Fall 2013)
Whose Administrative Law Is It Anyway - How Global Norms Reshape the Administrative State
Daphne Barak-Erez and Oren Perez
Consent-Based Humanitarian Intervention: Giving Sovereign Responsibility Back to the Sovereign
Oona A. Hathaway, Julia Brower, Ryan Liss, and Tina Thomas
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini
Let's Not Reinvent the Wheel: Harnessing the Current Domestic Regulatory Framework for the International Export of Liquefied Natural Gas
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David and Abigail (1 Samuel 25)
The story of David and Abigail is one of the more remarkable and fascinating stories in the books of Samuel. In terms of the structure of 1 Samuel, the account of David and Abigail forms a nice bridge between two very similar stories in which David twice passes over the opportunity to kill Saul. From a literary standpoint, the events of chapters 24 and 26 would not flow neatly if placed one after the other, so our story gives us pleasant aside from the David-Saul battle that has consumed the better part of chapters 16-24. The story also takes place just after Samuel, Israel's king-maker, died (v. 1). At the end of chapter 24, Saul had formally recognized David as Israel's next king, so Samuel's work as a political and spiritual figure in Israel is effectively completed.
While it is certainly true that chapter 25 does not deal directly with Saul, there are some hints in the passage that lead us to believe that Nabal, Abigail's foolish husband, is something of a type of Saul. The conspicuous reference to Nabal "holding a feast in his house, like that of a king" (v. 36) suggests that we are to think of Nabal, like Saul, as a bad king who treats David poorly, even though David has been nothing but good to him. The similarities between Saul and Nabal do not end there, as Robert Bergen points out: "Both [Saul and Nabal] were socially powerful individuals who were members of wealthy families; both had benefited from David's actions, yet both acted hostilely against David; both had female clan members who married David and acted to help him avoid a personal catastrophe; both had their lives spared by David. And, as the narrative will later show, both died under God's judgment" (Bergen, 1, 2 Samuel [Nashville: Broadman, 1996], p. 252).
While we should not normally read too much into the meaning of names in the Bible, we should make an exception for this chapter because the biblical writer himself makes something of the names. Nabal is true to his name, which means "fool," (v. 25). Abigail's name means "My Father is Joy," and the positive name reflects her positive character and charm.
Verses 1-13: After Samuel's death (v. 1), David and his men relocated to the southern-most part of Judah, known as the wilderness of Paran. This region was about as far south as one could go and still remain in Israel. While David was in the wilderness, he and his men assisted Nabal's servants by providing military protection for them while they were shearing their sheep. After Nabal's servants finished and had returned to Nabal, David sent some of his servants to Nabal to request reimbursement for their services. Nabal rejected David's request, using phrases reminiscent of Saul ("son of Jesse", etc). Nabal's rhetorical questions about about David's identity should be understood as derogatory put-downs. Nabal certainly knew who David was since David was the champion of Israel and since both David and Nabal were from the tribe of Judah. Nabal's response violated payment provisions in the Mosiac Law (e.g. Deut. 24:15), and David responded to Nabal's actions by summoning his men for battle.
Verses 14-35: Apparently word of David's intention to attack Nabal made its way to Nabal's servants, who turned to Abigail for help. The servants went to Abigail because they knew that Nabal was "a worthless man" (v. 17) and could not be reasoned with. Abigail, without her husband's knowledge, ordered the servants to prepare provisions for David and his men. She personally went to David to appeal to him to change his intentions. She showed up right as David was calling an oath of judgment down on Nabal (v. 22). It is important to note the careful wording of David's oath. Unlike Saul, who had made a rash vow about his men eating during battle (1 Sam. 14:24, 39, 44), David does not invoke the covenant name of Yahweh nor does he obligate himself to carry out the pronounced judgment. David has left himself an out, if for some reason he does not fulfill his intentions, and shows more care than Saul when it comes to taking oaths. As it turns out, David does not carry out vengeance on Nabal, but his oath makes it so God can carry out vengeance for him in accordance with biblical teaching on revenge (Deut. 32:35, Rom. 12:19, Heb. 10:30). The reason David does not carry out his plans is due directly to Abigail's appeal for mercy. Abigail brought the provisions that David had requested and beseeched David by saying that this problem was her fault (v. 26). Interestingly, she acknowledged that her husband was a fool (v. 25). Abigail's appeal to David in many ways takes the form of a prophetic blessing. She asks for David's enemies and those who seek his life to be like Nabal, that is, to be under God's judgment (v. 26, cf. v. 29). This statement is to be understood as a reference to Saul, who was seeking David's life. She reminds David that she had prevented him from taking vengeance on Nabal when it was the Lord's right to avenge, and she points out that God will bless David and make him the prince of Israel because he fights the Lord's battles (vv. 28-30). This last statement is significant in light of Saul's selection as Israel's first king. The people of Israel wanted a king to fight their battles for them (1 Sam. 8:19-20), so God gave them the king they wanted. Saul, however, was ineffective in caring out this task due to poor leadership and a lack of faith. David, in contrast, was God's king (see 1 Sam. 16:1) and was fighting God's battles. Abigail concludes her appeal by asking David to remember her when God has done all the things he had promised David (v. 31). This statement prepares us for what follows; we expect David to remember Abigail later on. David gladly blesses her grants her request (vv. 32-35).
Verses 36-44: Abigail returned home to find Nabal in a drunken stupor and could not tell him what she had done (v. 36). The next morning, after Nabal had sobered up, she told Nabal what had happened with David. At this point, God stuck Nabal with a physical ailment that incapacitated him (v. 37). He died 10 days later (v. 38). It is important to note that God struck Nabal here. This fact is consistent with David's oath we read back in verse 23. David had left it to God to carry out judgment in the event he could not do it himself. God did just that. The chapter concludes with the story of David making Abigail his wife.
Theological Question:
One of the major issues this passage raises is the matter of polygamy. By the end of the chapter, David has three wives, although his first wife had been given to another man (this will be significant later on in 2 Samuel). David will eventually have more wives than those mentioned here (e.g. Bathsheba). The question that comes up is simply this–was it acceptable for David to have more than one wife? We should point out two things in this regard. First, polygamy is never officially condemned anywhere in Scripture. Second, the biblical ideal is that of monogamy. We know the latter because of the pattern set out in Genesis 1-2 as well as the standard set out for pastors in 1 Timothy 3. Spiritual leaders in the church are to be the husband of one wife, which makes it impossible for polygamy to have a place for Christian leaders. The ideals expressed for pastors in the NT should be the goal of all Christians, so believers should not seek to be anything other than monogamous in their own lives. I think it is best to see polygamy in the OT as something God tolerated but did not condone. It is true that some of the great figures in OT history had multiple wives (e.g. Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, etc). It is also true that in every case, significant problems arose as a result of these polygamous relationships. In fact, some of Israel's bitter enemies came about as a result of these relationships. David himself would later experience tremendous family difficulty as his children fought each other and ultimately their father for control of the kingdom. While the Bible never officially condemns polygamy, the consistent OT picture of polygamy is a negative one. Despite some of the poor choices made by men like David in the personal lives, God used them to advance His purposes in redemptive history.


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Which midseason shows are TVGuide.com's users most anticipating?
That honor goes to Fox's Bones spin-off The Finder, which was the most-added new midseason show on TVGuide.com's Watchlist. Next up: NBC's Are You There, Chelsea? ABC's Missing and Fox's Alcatraz.
Get more scoop on your favorite shows in our Winter TV previewThe rest of the top 10 are: The Firm (NBC), The River (ABC), Smash (NBC), Lost Girl (Syfy), House of Lies (Showtime) and GCB (ABC).In the fall, our Watchlist users correctly predicted this season's hits: Eight of the 10 most-added new shows were picked up for full seasons. Will they go 10-for-10 with this slate?Have you created your Watchlist yet? It's easy! First, sign in to TVGuide.com. Already signed in? Go straight to the Watchlist! Then tell us your favorites and never miss them again.Check out the top 10 below.1. The Finder (Fox)2. Are You There, Chelsea? (NBC)3. Missing (ABC)4. Alcatraz (Fox)5. The Firm (NBC)6. The River (ABC)7. Smash (NBC)8. Lost Girl (Syfy)9. House of Lies (Showtime)10. GCB (ABC)


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Astroparticle Physics
The research in the field of Astroparticle Physics at KVI-CART focuses on the study of the sky map of the high-energy Universe, addressing the unknown origin of cosmic rays at the highest energies. Cosmic rays are a collective name for a variety of subatomic particles that are continuously bombarding the outer layers of the Earth's atmosphere. While the Sun is a well-known source of low-energy cosmic rays, the origin of particles with energies in excess of 1012 eV is still an open question. Supernovae explosions, for instance, are commonly believed to be the source of cosmic rays with energies up to 1015 eV, but so far it has not been possible to prove this observationally. Beyond this energy domain cosmic-ray particles must originate from unknown extragalactic sources at very large distances. Some of these particles are reaching energies well in excess of the highest energies that can be produced in the most advanced man-made particle accelerators. In fact, cosmic rays are the only observed ultra-high energy (UHE) particles on Earth, i.e. with energies in excess of 1016 eV. Still, the acceleration mechanism(s) leading to such ultra-high energies and their sources remain largely unknown.
Another source for cosmic radiation, in particular neutrinos, could be the annihilation of dark matter particles. There is a variety of topics that are addressed in astroparticle physics, among which
- Finding the sources of cosmic rays at the highest energies.
- Intergalactic magnetic fields that affect the path of charged cosmic rays.
- Physics in energetic astronomical processes that may lead to the production of ultra-high energy particles.
- Physics in particle cascades in the atmosphere and the emission of electromagnetic radiation of radio frequencies.
Although lightning is being studied for more than 250 years, the details of the lightning mechanisms are still unknown.
With the advent of digital radio detection arrays, such as the LOFAR instrument a new window has been opened which allows precision measurements of the initial steps in lightning initiation and propagation.
In a recent study, we have shown that the radio measurements of the particle shower can be used to study the strength and the direction of the electric fields in the atmosphere. The determined electric fields can be correlated with the structure of the part of the thundercloud that is probed.
The Astroparticle physics group at KVI-CART is involved in theoretical as well as experimental research at LOFAR, The Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO), KM3NET, and CTA.
The faculty members of the group are Olaf Scholten (theory, LOFAR, PAO) and Ad van den Berg (PAO, KM3NET, CTA).
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By: Dr John Conde DC, DACNB Special to the Boca and Delray newspapers
Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, is a disabling condition that affects the fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve) located within the skull. It usually occurs most often in people over 50, although it can occur at any age, including infancy. The disorder is more common in women than men and is noted in 12 per 100,000 people per year.
The trigeminal nerve is one of 12 pairs of nerves that are attached to the brain within the skull and is the most widely distributed nerve in the face. It is irritation and disturbance of this nerve anywhere from the brain stem in an area called the pons to the face that is the genesis of this condition. The disturbance of the trigeminal nerve can be secondary to physical compression or physiological dysfunction. In the case of physical compression of the nerve, it is noted that blood vessels as well as tumors in the base of the brain can damage the nerve. We sometimes see facial blunt trauma also be a causative agent. Physiological dysfunction is often noted due to erratic and unstable behavior of the cluster of neurons in the brainstem that forms the nerve and can be spontaneous and idiopathic (unknown cause) or from conditions that slow down nerve conduction like multiple sclerosis and stroke. There are two types of trigeminal neuralgia, typical (TN1) and atypical (TN2).
The most common traditional treatments for trigeminal neuralgia include microvascular decompression surgery, cyber knife radiosurgery, and anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine. Unfortunately the outcomes offered by these therapeutic interventions are not great and they provide great risks in regards to surgery and significant side effects in reference to the medication. It would be prudent of the clinician to recommend novel, non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical therapies first which are gaining momentum in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. The most exciting and promising of these treatment options include photobiomodulation (class IV laser therapy), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), functional neurological intervention, chiropractic manipulative therapy, dietary changes, and supplementation.
The goal of these treatments is to stabilize the activity level of the trigeminal nerve and the neuronal pools located in the brainstem so there is less spontaneity. In regards to class IV laser therapyit draws water, oxygen, and nutrients to the tissue to accelerate healing mechanics. The light interacts with tissues at the cell level to increase energy and protein production thereby stabilizing the activity of the cell. Functional neurological intervention includes using targeted environmental sensory stimuli like pneumatic insufflation (blowing air in the ear canal), eye movements, head movements, and or balance activities to make changes in the neurological pathways involved in the genesis of this condition.
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Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture
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- The 91-page report, Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture, documents the growing practice among Western governments-including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands-of seeking assurances of humane treatment in order to transfer terrorism suspects to states with well-established records of torture. The report details a dozen cases involving actual or attempted transfers to countries where torture is commonplace. States that offer such assurances include some of the most abusive regimes in the world-Syria, Egypt and Uzbekistan. Transfers have also been effected or proposed to Yemen, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Russia, and Turkey, where certain people-for example, suspected Islamists, Chechens, or Kurds-are singled out for particularly brutal abuse. As the cases show, evidence is mounting that people who are returned to states that torture are in fact tortured, regardless of diplomatic assurances. And courts are increasingly recognizing the problem, and subjecting diplomatic assurances to greater scrutiny.
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard sheet metal worker Denis Hood of Eliot, Maine, said he lost a full week of wages after he was furloughed during the recent federal government shutdown.
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard sheet metal worker Denis Hood of Eliot, Maine, said he lost a full week of wages after he was furloughed during the recent federal government shutdown.
Brand new to the yard — he started in June — he had taken a cut in pay to work there.
"I thought I'd be getting job security," he said with a wry laugh.
His furlough was of short duration compared to other federal workers nationwide, who just went back to work Thursday following a deal passed by Congress on Wednesday night.
But Hood said he is concerned about the next time, with another budget showdown set for early 2014 and with automatic budget cuts set to take place.
Hood said he took an hour without pay to join about 30 other shipyard workers Thursday at Prescott Park for a rally to protest the duration of the federal shutdown and to raise the alarm over what workers say is an uncertain future.
"I'm worried," he said. "I had to take money out of savings this time. But what about the next time?"
The rally was planned before Congress reached an agreement that will keep the government running through Jan. 15 and allows federal borrowing to continue through Feb. 7.
While there were not the throngs of people he had hoped for, shipyard Metal Trades Council President Paul O'Connor said the need to rally citizens remains urgent. Shipyard workers, he said, "have been brought to the edge of the precipice time and time again, only to be jerked back at the 11th hour. It's no way to run a country."
Ron Ault, national president of the Metal Trades Council, said a national study on the economic impact of shipyards indicates that for every $1 spent in shipbuilding, $7 goes into the local economy. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the largest employer in the Seacoast, he said. If shutdowns and furloughs continue, he said, "the ripple effect could be dramatic."
Two women who work at the shipyard and were furloughed said they know the Seacoast economy lost out because they lost pay. Heather Wass, a management analyst, said she canceled a planned window replacement on her house. Business agent Denise Nemeth said restaurants in Portsmouth did not get her business recently, as "I decided to stay home and cook instead of going out. It's that ripple effect. It all adds up."
In an emotional speech during the rally, New Hampshire AFL-CIO President Mark MacKenzie said he is concerned about uncertainty in the stock market and about America's image on the world stage — in addition to his concern about his "family" of federal workers.
His voice cracking, he said, "Stand up. Make noise. This is our country. That is our House and they need to know that we will not tolerate that kind of behavior."


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Posted: September 29, 2017
Summer months are ideal for traveling. But, before you hit the road, try taking a few extra precautions for home security while on vacation.
Lock and secure all points of entry
Arm your security system and notify your monitoring company
Arrange for trash cans and mail to be brought inside
Enlist a helpful neighbor
Keep valuables stored in a safe place
Vacationing families offer the perfect opportunity to someone looking for an "easy" score. But, with the right prep work and some additional planning, you can increase your home security while on vacation. Use our security checklist to make sure you cover all of your bases.
First things first. Before you can set off on your getaway, you need to do a few things to prepare for home security while on vacation. The trick here is to reduce the chances of making your home seem like an easy target. Don't lay out the welcome mat for an intruder. You want things to seem like business as usual. In essence, you don't want any person walking by to know that no one is home. Make sure you do these things before you head out:
Remember, you want business as usual.
Leaving your home to fend for itself for a week can cause a little anxiety. Don't put yourself in a situation where your long days on the beach are filled with worries of "did I lock the front door?" If you plan to be away, take a little extra time to prep your house with the appropriate vacation home security measures. Make sure to do the following before you leave:
You can take measures to prepare your home from a security standpoint, but there are also things you can do to reduce the danger from hazards like fire or plumbing disasters. Try out these tips:
Following our home security tips for your vacation makes it far easier to relax and truly enjoy your time away. Now…time for some R&R.


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Australia has 13.7 million internet subscribers who spend on average 10 hrs per week online and one of the top four activities they do is research and/or purchase goods or services online.
This means that paid online marketing is a sensible choice, but with so many paid online marketing options, what should you consider when investigating these for your business? And, are they all the same?
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
SEM is made possible through the data collected by search engines such as Google about people's online search activities. This data is then analysed by special software to 'predict' the type of information people are seeking when they use different search terms.
Online marketing companies, such as Google Adwords, then rank these search terms or keywords according to their frequency of use. Businesses then 'bid' for these keywords so they can linked them to their online adverts so their online ads rank higher when someone uses these keywords in an organic search.
SEM through Google Ads
Google Ads uses sophisticated SEM algorithms to place a paide online business ad in a way which is not too dissimilar to placing a traditional newspaper ad, in that the content of the ad needs to be right to capture an audience's attention.
What makes Google Ads more powerful than traditional newspaper ads is the use of 'keywords' to narrow down where and when the online business advertisement is placed. These keywords are then matched to the search terms (or keywords) which a person puts into an organic Google search.
For example, when someone type 'Sydney accommodation' into Google, the search results not only bring up the most popular Sydney accommodation websites. The search results also show 'paid' online ads from businesses which have bid for the keywords 'Sydney accommodation'.
While this process sounds simple, the skill of writing an effective Google Ad and knowing how much to bid on the keywords which will place this ad in the right spot is quite technical. These types of paid online ads are also very limiting in how information is presented as you can only use a certain amount of text and no images.
SEM is also something which takes time before the ranking of the online ad can be verified to ensure it is linked to the keywords appropriately eg when someone types in 'red shoes' into Google, then only online ads selling 'red shoes' comes up.
You should either outsource this paid online marketing to an experienced and successful SEM company, or be willing to do the leg work of learning the art of SEM, and then spend the time testing your approach. If you select the DIY method, then you also need to stay on top of any changes of how search engines rank keywords for online ads.
Marketing through third party websites via Google Adsense
Some websites, such as blogs and eNewspapers etc, allow third parties to advertise on their website to help generate an income. Placement of online advertisements on third party websites is usually done through an online ad network who offers financial incentives to third party website owners.
The most popular ad network is Google Adsense. The initial setup process for Google Adsense is usually quite simple however Google Adsense offers limited one-on-one support for small business advertisers. With these types of paid online ads you can create visual ads containing images and different font types/styles or have text-only online ads.
The majority of Google Adsense ads are CPC (Cost/Pay per click) ads so a business is only charged when a website visitor clicks on an online ad. Creating a Google Adsense advertisement is very similar to creating a Google Ad, as it can be done through your Google Adword account. However, like Google Adwords, this type of advertising is best outsourced to the professionals unless you are willing to do the legwork to get the success you are aiming for.
Marketing through social media sites like Facebook
All of the big social media sites such as Facebook now offer targeted online ad campaigns. Although these sites are not search engines per se, they do collect information or "data analytics" about their users like a search engine would. This data then allows these sites to place targeted paid online ads on their users' Facebook page or in their stream according to their users' demographics and/or previous activity.
Social media marketing provides a much simpler option for businesses to market online then SEM via Google Adwords or Adsense due to the increased number of people who spend their time connecting and keeping up to date with what their social network is doing. This activity allows sites like Facebook to have a captured online audience to market to.
Instead of having to bid for keywords, Facebook Ads work on 'impressions'. That is, the number of people Facebook can show a business advert to in their Facebook stream based on demographics such as gender, region or interest. This is much easier to determine than how people are 'searching' for things. Social media marketing has a lot more opportunity to be creative and visual compared to a search engine online ad.
Marketing through targeted emails
Done well, traditional online marketing such as email campaigns are still a very effective digital marketing strategy. This is because effective targeted email campaigns are sent to people who have subscribed to and want to receive this type of information through their email, as opposed to relying on a software algorithm trying to predict and match 'keywords' or through 'filters' which match people's interests.
Targeted email marketing campaigns can be managed through your existing email account, however, online email campaign services, such as Mailchimp and Constant Contact, offer additional benefits like providing more professional formatting and layout through customisable templates.
You can also then send more than 500 email address per day (this is usually the limit placed by email services such as Gmail and Hotmail to send in one day to help reduce spam). Email marketing services also allow you to track how many people open the email, and which links they click on. They can also act as a quasi-customer relationship management (CRM) tool as they can keep all of your subscribers' contact details in them.
Targeted email campaigns do require a database of subscribers which you can create from your existing customer details. It is important not to add people's email addresses that you haven't dealt with before or who haven't subscribed to your list to avoid being reported as 'spam'. For more information read about the key elements of the Spam Act here – https://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Marketers/Anti-Spam/Ensuring-you-dont-spam/key-elements-of-the-spam-act-ensuring-you-dont-spam-i-acma
Marketing through specialised directories
Before the world wide web enabled us to search for a business online, people used telephone and magazine directories to advertise their business. Luckily the function of a hard copy business directory like the Yellow Pages has now been replicated online through sites like True Local, MenuLog, Wotif etc.
Online directories are great for businesses which don't have a web presence and/or are on a tight budget, as they offer a great way of getting leads due to their large online presence and marketing budget of the specialised directory site. Specialised directories will often come up higher on an organic web search due to this. Specialised directories are inexpensive and an easy way to set up paid online marketing compared to the above options if your business is in an industry which has a specialised directory available.
As you can see, there are a number of options for marketing your business online, however, each option has many advantages and will cost you time or money to set up. Whether you decide to outsource the work, employ someone with the skills to do it, or do the work yourself, consider this as an investment in your business and not an expense. Without effectively marketing your business to the right people at the right time, you will not be able to generate the revenue you need for your business to be successful.
Contact us now (email or [+61] 0400 732 270) to discuss how we can help you market your business online.
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Lovewins Great Love Quotes (3)
Love sees like a wide angle lens, not like a microscope.
Where love is thick, faults are thin; where love is thin; faults are thick.
Love is never afraid to give too much.
Unless we run on love, we don't run well at all!
Giving is the thermometer of love.
We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
Love can never be wasted, it always brings a big return if not in this life then in the next.
True religion is love in action.
The best gifts are tied with heartstrings.
Love is the oil in the machinery of life.
The wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
Love is the communicated caring about the happiness of others.
Where there is true love, there is no labor.
True love expects no return.
Love cures; it cures those who give it, and it cures those who receive it.
Love gives itself, it cannot be bought.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
Love that has its limitations will come to that end, but true love has no end.
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Casual disagreements should as springs, cause love to gush forth.
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
No disguise can long conceal love where it is, nor feign it where it is not.
Love sees what no eyes see, and hears what no ears hear.
True love always flows outward.
They are the true disciples of Christ, not who know most, but who love most.
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It was with genuine curiosity that I visited one of the camps of activists, anarchists and all-purpose demonstrators in a field just outside Rostock today. The gathering of 9,000-odd protestors has a festival atmosphere, and as I arrived many were spilling out of their tents and heading into the city.
Yesterday they demonstrated against the European Union's restrictive policies on immigration. Given their pro-freedom stance, I figured it would be fine for me to wander around the camp and speak to some people about their motivation for demonstrating.
As someone working for a radio station in rural Uganda, I'm here to report on the decisions that might affect my listeners' – mainly subsistence farmers – lives. So I wanted to find out why these people have travelled far from their homes to sleep out in the cold for a week.
I hadn't got far before I was stopped by a demonstrator who told me she didn't trust any journalist, no matter which country they come from.
I was promptly escorted back to the media centre where one of the coordinators explained that many of the protestors are sick of the press tramping through the campsite (and many of the more radical ones wouldn't be so polite in telling me so).
I was puzzled… these guys are from wealthy families, they have plenty of food (some show it all too visibly), and they're living comfortable lives. So why on earth are they demonstrating?
It took me a while to find anyone able to engage with the issues. Many have a hazy picture of the G8's politics – beyond saying it's "undemocratic" – but hey, here they are protesting anyway!
After a few attempts I managed to get into conversation with Andreas, a white guy with dreadlocks, who had travelled from Brandenburg.
"We are demonstrating because the G8 is taking raw materials from poor nations and they are not giving these countries the chance to develop on their own," he told me.
Say again?
"They are carrying away oil, agricultural products, minerals, you name it, from African countries, but they never give any compensation. All they do is come to every summit and pledge monies which are never fulfilled on time."
Next I alighted on Wilhelm from Potsdam who said that the G8 must play a "give and take" game with poor nations. Another protestor nailed the debate for me by saying that the United Nations could do a better job of providing for poor nations and soliciting funding, rather than the G8.
Perhaps these demonstrators have got a serious point, and aren't just here for the party after all.
[A version of this article appeared in die tageszeitung newspaper on 6 June 2007]


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On Sunday around bedtime, Dad brought up something he remembered about his older sister, my aunt Kitty, having trouble with flushing when she was taking niacin. I am taking niacin for my balance, so he thought that might be involved.
One thing led to another, and we discovered that I am not taking 250mg of time-release niacin like one of my doctors suggested. The current bottle is not time-release; it's all at once. I'm pretty sure I remember that my doctor specified time-release to reduce trouble with flushing and burning sensations, as well as to improve it's effects on my balance.
I found some time-release niacin like I'm supposed to take. I haven't taken it yet. Monday I didn't take any niacin beyond that found in my vitamins. I wanted to give my system a chance to calm down. It didn't get a long chance. I started having balance trouble after 10pm on Tuesday, so I took one time-release niacin pill just now. I do hope it works, and doesn't cause any flushing. We'll have to see what happens. If necessary, the flushing was worse than the balance. However, I don't think time-release niacin caused flushing before. {cross fingers hopefully, {smile}
So far I haven't had any flushes since I stopped the other niacin. However, it's only two days; that's too soon to tell. Last week I don't remember what happened Sunday and Monday. However, I do know I had one Tuesday morning, one Saturday morning, and no bad ones in between. That's longer than I've been off niacin so far. {resigned smile}
I'm hopeful - much more hopeful than I was when my doctor prescribed vitamin D. This might not be the full story. I am beginning to near the expected age for menopause, after all. Still, this looks promising. Even if it just cuts out the painfully burning flushes, that would be such and improvement! I hope I'd get my life back if I got rid of those. {Smile}
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2007 marks the bicentenary of the first contact between Russia and Australia. The beginning of relations between the two countries can be dated to June 1807, when the Russian Navy sloop Neva put into Sydney harbour. The vessel was under charter to the Russian-American Company and was bound for the Russian possessions in Alaska with Company cargo. Russian colonization of North America had begun at the end of the eighteenth century and was to continue until the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867. The territory was administered by the private Russian-American Company, whose affairs, however, were effectively under direct government control. The main obstacle to the colonization of Alaska was the problem of maintaining stable lines of supply and of protecting Russian interests in the New World. The overland route from European Russia across Siberia was at that time extremely unreliable, so that the sea lanes remained the only means of supplying Russian America and the provisioning and security of the territories were carried out by the Imperial Navy. For this reason, Russian naval vessels regularly made the voyage from European Russia to Novo-Arkhangelsk, the centre of the Russia's American possessions, throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. For much of that time, Sydney, and latterly Hobart, were among the few ports of call for Russian sailors as they followed their course from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific; here the crews could enjoy shore leave, repairs could be carried out, and fresh supplies of water and provisions taken on. Between 1807 and 1835, fifteen different Russian vessels put in at Australian ports on seventeen separate occasions. It is therefore hardly surprising that the first Russians Australians came into contact with were seafarers, or that visits by participants in successive Russian naval expeditions constitute an entire phase in the development of Russian–Australian relations.
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What do you want more than anything else from going to the gym?
Well, if it's not 6 pack abs, then it has to be a stronger core, right?
I mean, if your back hurts or you've got movement issues – it's a problem with your core, right?
Well, it may be a little more than just your core, but your core is pretty important. And, training your core is more involved than just doing sit ups and planks.
You need to build:
So, how do you do that if you're a beginner? Or if your back hurts you when you move? That's really tough to training around when sit ups are not on your list of approved exercises.
But there is hope: there is the Big 3 from Dr. Stuart McGill out of Waterloo.
These three exercises:
The Curl Up
The Side Plank
Bird Dogs
Can help build stability in the midsection and allow you to train without aggravating your low back or a past injury.
Start with 3:00 total of work.
You can split it up into :30 segments to share the load, but you can also build by a little bit as the weeks go on.
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Green hardcover Corners and edges are slightly shelf worn. Front hinge pulling from binding. Binding is becoming loose but is complete. Some aging to pages but all is in good condition ; Green hardcover the Gilt titles and designs on cover and spine. With illustrations in Graphotype. Illustrated Frontis and title page. ; 5.5" x 7.5"; 144+4 pages
Title: TWIGS FOR NESTS OR NOTES ON NURSERY NURTURE By the Author of "Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael".
Categories: Rare and Collectible, Childrens, Books,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Company, Berners Street: 1866
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The bioCare family of companies started in 2002 with the founding of bioLawn to care for residential turf. Our goals are to use environmental practices and safer products to create luscious lawns through unleashing nature's benefits.
From the beginning we provided tree care to our clients but in December of 2010 we officially launched a sister company called bioTree with a focus on tree and shrub health. Using the same philosophy as our founding company we have expanded our ability to provide tender loving care to trees and shrubs in your landscape.
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We are providing our local communities with a safer alternative to the more commonly used hazardous chemicals in use today.
As people caught wind of our new, safer approach, more and more joined the cause to live the healthier way. Today we are in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Now, as we expand to new communities, our goal has broadened to a worldwide mission.
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As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, one of Tel Aviv's most famous statues, the discs in Habima Square, have been decked out in a giant pink bra. The artists who created the biggest bra in the Middle East say: 'As two nutcases who love challenges in the street and in all shapes and sizes, we said – of course it's possible.'
The famous statue in Tel Aviv's Habima Square has a new feature: An enormous pink brassiere, with each "cup" measuring five meters across. The garment will temporarily grace Moshe Kadishman's work in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
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The stunt is the initiative of the non-profit organization One out of Nine, which works to call on all women aged 30 and above to go and get checked for breast cancer. The "new" statue has generated much interest from passers-by, who stop and photograph the installation.
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera email@example.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this "calling" in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become – a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, "glide" over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and "see" the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.


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Last week we talked about our different perspectives on knitting. It's amazing how many different perspectives there are when it comes to how we approach this beloved activity.
Just as we all think of our knitting journey differently, we all seem to have our own approach regarding the handing of wips (works-in-progress). We each work at different paces and in different ways.
Some of us work steadfastly on one project at a time, stoically suppressing all urges to cast on the shiny new patterns with that springy new yarn. We want to give our full attention to the task at hand and bask in the feeling of accomplishe=ment once it is complete. Only then may we line up the next project.
Others cast on with abandon, eagerly gobbling up new inspiration and churning out more wips. Why deny yourself the pleasure of that thrill that comes when you cast on for a new project?! We enjoy knitting for the process, and may or may not be bothered by the fact that finished objects are few and far between.
A lot of us fall somewhere in between, working on projects until something more interesting comes along. Then we eventually start slogging through the older projects because we want that finished sweater before it's summer, dang it!
Want to know how the Stash Enhancers handle wips? We'd love to share.
I have the ideal WIP line up at the moment. A lace project, a light fair isle project, and an auto-pilot project. I have a sweater going that is currently only miles of stockinette, so it's been great when I need a grab and go project that I don't need to concentrate on. Some of you know I've been on a sock kick, so I have a sock going that is just the right amount of lace where I will stay entertained, but don't need to consult a chart for every row. And my final WIP is a 1940's fair isle beret. There are only a handful of rows with fair isle; I'm knitting this to prep myself for an upcoming fair isle sweater, so the small bits of color work are perfect.
I like to have several types of projects going. Typically one complicated-ish project, one mindless project that I can pick up and still have a conversation, and possibly another project or two. Currently I have 4 projects on-the-needles including my shop project. The first and most complicated is a sweater for me that has cables on both the front and back. Sonia and I are doing a Happy Street KAL together, so my Happy Street is perfect for just picking up and mindlessly knitting garter stitch (though, whoa, those rows are getting long!). I also have a baby sweater going as a gift for a friend's baby.Some days I work on all my WIPs and other days or sometimes several days in a row I get obsessed with making a big dent in a certain project and the others are ignored for a bit. The only time my WIPs make me a little crazy is if I have deadline knitting (holiday knitting, I'm looking at you…).
Fun fact: I currently have just 1 wip, a rare occurrence! Oh wait, I do have a shop sample on the needles, but that's been going for 4 months give or take. Does that count? Usually I have 2-3 projects on my needles at any given time. Like the others I tend to have some auto-pilot project going alongside a larger or more involved pattern. Add that to anything that's serving time in exile or needs finishing, and the number is realistically 3-4. After that I tend to actually feel a bit distracted and stressed by the unfinished-ness of too many projects. And because I wholeheartedly believe knitting should be Fun, I will rip or slog through things to get back down to a comfortable number.
With only 1 project on the needles, I am spending a lot of time daydreaming about a Fall Sweater. I have the yarn all picked out, and am stalking multiple patterns. One day I will wake up and have that undeniable, gotta-cast-on-right-now moments, and then I'll commit to a pattern. Until then, I'm enjoying the novelty of being a monogamous knitter.
All of this is to say that we knitters are some interesting folks. We take something that is joy and function, art and craft wrapped into one cozy package, and we create a set of expectations around it. And that's perfectly alright, whatever gets and keeps you excited about your projects.
Because without the thrill of discovering a new pattern and matching it to the perfect yarn, of stumbling through a complicated pattern and figuring out, and without creating something tangible from raw materials, what's the point? You might as well go watch tv.
But while you're at it, pick up some knitting, why don't you? You even have our permission to cast on something new for the occasion.
Everything's better with a little knitting in your hands.


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"Commas, 2/14." Place commas in each sentence that needs them and give the reason/rule from the list. Some might need more than one comma for more than one reason. Some might be ok as is. For #9: Combine into one smooth sentence with proper punctuation.
- We waited in a long line to climb to the top of the giant wheel of cheese but it was a disappointment.
- Quiet little Johnny who wouldn't hurt a living thing on purpose had taken a human life.
- This easy fun exercise will help you I believe with your llama woes.
- Eddie Baby please ask your dog to leave the cat alone.
- Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.
- Until I ate that doughnut I didn't know happiness.
- I listened to the llama's story and I was sad.
- I didn't want to wake you up until I had to.
- You must report it. You are in a car accident. There is no damage.
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- He was a ______ opponent and very tough to outwit.
- The old photographs were all ______(ed) to the attic because nobody looked at them any more.
- Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won't eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren't clean enough.
- He tried to _____ himself into the "cool crowd" by hanging around them A LOT.
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- This word's roots mean "to bend/lean inward." ______
- Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted ______ for the things he had done.
- I didn't like his ____(ion) that I wasn't good enough to make the team.
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Self-Promotion & Agency Hijinks
We create work that makes us happy and curls our toes. Sometimes, it wins awards.
The benefit of being your own client is that you can flex your creative muscles at whim. This is us flexing.
For the Love of Advertising
To promote our &Barr Live learn-at-lunch series that featured the movie "Art & Copy," we focused on what we loved about advertising (which is pretty much everything).
Every good campaign needs a good tease. So we created fake Tinder profiles for various ad legends and placed them around the agency. Next, we hung up posters that invited people to attend the showing. We provided the popcorn; the legends provided the inspiration.
In celebration of the annual Star Wars Day holiday, we did all Star Wars, all day. Beginning with The &Barr Rebel Brunch and ending with an &AckBarr Happy Hour. From what we remember, it was pretty fun.
For Mother's Day, we asked some of our moms to describe what we did for a living. The responses were as enlightening as they were endearing, and proved to us that even after umpteen years, our moms still don't understand our career choices. But, hey, at least they got a bonus call from their kids! Win-win!
dAddy Awards
We decided to create our own awards to show our agency dads how awesome they are, including the agency's founder Pete Barr, Sr. Check out our Instagram feed for the resulting tears of appreciation, which may or may not have been Photoshopped.
In the world of improv, "Yes, and…" is a device that furthers the story by welcoming exploration and growth. In the case of this poster series, it was the catalyst for telling unexpected stories with even more unexpected endings.


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Bremerton Man May Face Life in Prison in Alleged Car-Jacking
A Bremerton man faces a possible life sentence after an alleged attack on a Mason County woman Monday on Callow Avenue, according to Kitsap County prosecutors.
Prosecutors charged Budd N. Hansen Jr., 44, with second-degree assault Wednesday. He remains in the Kitsap County jail on $500,000 bail.
Chris Casad, Kitsap County deputy prosecutor, said Thursday that it appears Hansen has previous convictions for attempted robbery and second-degree assault. If convicted of the new assault charge, Casad said he could qualify for a life sentence without the possibility of parole under the state's "three strikes" law.
Bremerton detectives arrested Hansen Tuesday at his home. He did not answer questions, Detective Sgt. Kevin Crane said.
A Mason County woman said she was waiting for her husband on Callow Avenue near First Street when a man drove up and pulled a knife on her.
She resisted and hit the man in the head with a metal bracket, causing a cut to his forehead. The suspect drove away, but the woman got his license plate number, police said in court documents.
Police used the license number and identified Hansen as a possible suspect.
The woman identified him out of a photo montage, police said.
Police said Hansen had a cut on his forehead when they arrested him.


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By Steve Persall
Times Movie Critic
The end is near. Maybe not the way people wearing sandwich boards promised, but it's coming. An asteroid is 21 days away from striking Earth and ending civilization as we know it.
Some of the doomed are getting a head start on that, indulging in freer sex and substance abuse than they dared before. Rioters and survivalists alike are feeling smug. Others are going about business as usual — mowing lawns, exercising, going to work — and the mundane never seemed so weird. A few people are opting out on their own terms, or hiring hit men for suicides by proxy.
The world is going to hell without enough time left to weave the handbasket.
In the middle of chaos are two strangers Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Dodge (Steve Carell) is an insurance wonk whose dissatisfied wife decided Armageddon was a good time to bail. Penny (Keira Knightley) is a free spirit with a great vinyl LP collection and a lousy boyfriend. Dodge wants to reconnect with a high school sweetheart. Penny wants to rejoin the stable family she flitted away from. The countdown clock is ticking.
From these dire circumstances writer-director Lorene Scafaria crafts a movie surprisingly rich in humor and heart. Even depressed moments are marked by gallows wit, as these doomsday Candides continue their personal quests together. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World has a lot of fun with humanity's worst side yet keeps an eye tenderly focused on the best aspects of us.
Scafaria displays remarkable vision and control of this material, as a first-time director with only one previous screenplay credit, the overly chatty Gen Y comedy Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. This movie isn't as self-conscious with its wit, the central characters' back stories are more skillfully revealed and side characters have purpose thanks to the what-if premise. You get to know people better when there isn't time for posing anymore.
Dodge has been fooled by posers for years, and Carell nimbly conveys his confusion as truths become clear. Dodge doesn't fall prey to the temptations of imminent oblivion — spelled out by Patton Oswalt in a magnificently profane cameo — and timid indignation is when Carell is funniest. Yet the role and the actor achieve something deeper, desperate to escape their comfort zones. Knightley is even more surprising, looser and more likeable than her performances in stuffy melodramas and bloated pirate fantasies. Less Posh Spice and more Zooey Deschanel.
Together this affably odd couple trek to whatever happens before annihilation. Whether or not they reach their goals isn't as important as how they fail or succeed. It's more amusing than you might expect, and ultimately more touching than an eroding society around them deserves. There's a sweet, clear message here: Finding our friends before the end of the world is how we should all go.
Steve Persall can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 893-8365.


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Adrian Sutil, one of the key drivers of the Vijay Mallya-owned Force India, is expecting a top ten finish in this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Sutil finished fifth and scored his first points of the season in the Malaysia GP two weeks ago, which gave the 27-year-old German lots of confidence.
"I don't think we should be concerned about our performance at the moment, we are strong and we can fight in the top 10, and that's very encouraging at this point of the year," Xinhua quoted Sutil, as saying.
When asked about what would be possible in Shanghai, Sutil said: "I'm confident, definitely. It was encouraging in Malaysia, and also the last races in Bahrain and Australia. I think we can show a very similar performance in China."
Force India's other driver, Vitantonio Liuzzi has also been among the points for the Silverstone-based team this season.


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Day 5 – Hiking Week – Caldeirão Verde
Our day 5 of our EPIC Hiking Week was spent on the Caldeirão Verde route, it's one of our 'out-and-back' hikes with around 13 km of extension with a moderate level of difficulty.
This levada built in the 18th century is still in use carrying the water from the highest mountains to the farm lands below.
This hike has an impressive amount of endemic species (even the rarest of them can be seen here) .
Along the way there are several tunnels, so a flashlight is absolutely necessary. But the most impressive thing you'll see besides the landscape is undoubtedly the huge waterfall.
For expert hikers we can also make an adjustment to the route, going all the way do Caldeirão do Inferno and finishing at Fajã da Nogueira Hydro power-plant.
As always here are the pictures of the day:
Still one more day to come, don't miss the next post


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SC5720B 5 Inch Chipper/Shredder/Blower
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About us
The story of HIT PRELESS began in 1991.
During the subsequent years of its existence, the workshop grew from a 400 m2 surface with 2 employees to production and business premises located over 3.500 m2. Today, the company employs over 50 people and produces interior furnishing for projects of any size and standard for hotels, accommodations for students and senior citizens and offices.
The company also offers customised manufacturing of interior furnishing and upholstered furniture. The furniture is manufactured in a joinery workshop with 32 employees.
Our main specialist areas are: hotel furniture, office furniture and houshold furniture.
The company utilises the latest machine technolgy in the area of wood processing. This tehnology allows processing of veneer and varnished surfaces as well as plastic decorations from melamine and HPL material. The entire production preparation is computer-aided with a direct connection to computer-controlled machines, as this is the only way to guarantee the highest possible quality of our products. We want nothing but the best, and for that reason, we are fully committed to safeguarding our environment by working in a responsible manner. we were one of the first enterprises in Slovenia to introduce the usage of water based UV-cured varnises.
In our own upholstery workshop currently employing 8 people, we produce all kind of upholstered furniture and office chairs.
The company also has its own fleet of various vehicles, from a small transporter to semi-trailers with a trasportation volume of 90 m3.
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