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10 Hints to make your Brand More Visible
Greater the brand visibility, greater would be the chances for your product to be retained in the customers mind, resulting in increased volume of sales. So to increase the brand visibility, it's a must to create an excitement among your customers. Here are a few proven tips that would popularise your brand in the Market.
1. Have an attractive-speaking Website – "Attractive-Speaking Website" doesn't mean that someone should voice in the website, it's about the content and design of the website. The design should be attractive, with consistency in colour, and product. The content should talk about what the product is? And what does the product do? And why one should buy your product? If these 3 questions are answered, then the needful customers will get trust. Next step would be SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – which brings in your site in top of search engines when right keywords are chosen for identifying your website content.
2. Special Promotions – you can make a noise in the market, by providing variety of offers, gifts, discounts, etc during the festival season. Here you need to be careful about what to bundle with your product, to attract potential customers. This can be done by running a email campaign, online poster ads, website banners, and many more.
3. Media – Its one of the effective means of increasing brand visibility. If your budget fits in you can provide television ads or else you can go with social media, where you can create your own videos and upload, promote them. When you do these kinds of ads, you can sponsor / embed some social awareness and welfare messages.
4. Newspapers & Magazines – The most widely used means to promote your product and its brand. When it comes to newspapers and magazines, you can promote your brand by 2 ways. The no.1 would be to provide frequent news, press releases and articles to the editors and the no.2 would be to provide ads in the newspaper and magazines, both online as well as offline i.e. print media.
5. Sponsors – It's all based on your Product. If you product is kind of enterprise then sponsor a corporate event, seminar etc. If your product is for consumers, then sponsor it for some major events like film fare, fashion show, sports, colleges, cultural programmes, social awareness programs and many more. These kinds of major events brings in lot of people in one place, which with combination of the media, newspaper, internet etc will provide you good weightage for your brand among the customers.
6. Viral Marketing – Viral Marketing is spreading the brand via buzzwords. Effective participation in social media optimization and social networking sites, will popularize your brand as well and bring in quality visitors to your website, and potential customers to your business. Promote your brand via popular websites like facebook, YouTube, google, yahoo buzz, etc which is a place where people will gather online. So effective promotion in social book marking sites will bring in success.
7. Online Forums and Communities – discuss and help your customers online by joining in forums and online communities. Create a group and share interesting topics and new product releases, upgrade etc.
8. Banners & Hoardings – these 2 again are great medium of advertising. Choose the right location if it's going to be a physical banner/hoarding or choose the right website, to give banner ad online. An important tip here is to associate your logo, product and brand with some kind of social awareness messages to get additional exposure of your Brand.
9. Email Signatures – Whenever you or your associates send an email, use your company logo in the signature along with the website. A well organized, effective and unique color scheme will attract your customers and clients.
10. Other means of Promotions – Give your employees and customers T-Shirts, Jerkins with your logo printed, Give stickers for your employees to stick in their vehicles for parking inside the premises, make canopy of umbrella , standees, when you put some stalls on the road-side, put your logo in your office bus, give a pen with your logo embossed in it to customers / clients who trial your products, give an award, a shield which has got the logo embossed to your resellers and dealers to place it in their shops etc. There are still lot of small things which can really bring in great brand visibility, potential customer and good reputation to your business.
Has your website disappeared from Search Engines (SERP)?
If you website ranking well and positioned well in search engine, and disappeared suddenly from the search listing after few content additions of content. No worries! All you have to do is check if there was duplication of content in your website or your website content was copied to a website which has a better page rank then yours. The below are few possibilities of a sudden disappearance of website from search engines.
Case 1: Duplication of Content
To check if the website content is copied from some other site visit www.copyscape.com and analyse your website. This shows the list of site which has similar content. So if you feel like the content in your website is same like the other, just tweak your content. In case your content is original and someone has copied it, report it to Google or any other search engine provider.
Case 2: Duplication of Content within website or from your old website
If you have the same content in 2 different web page links, then you need to block one from search engine index, if you want the other page not to be indexed. To do this, visit Google Webmaster central, add and block the link which you don't want the search engine to crawl. (Though you can do this using the .htaccess or robots.txt, this method will also work in Google – as Google is most used search engine, importance is given to Google search)
In case your entire site or specific pages is the same as your old website, all you have to do is take the content and have them in the server backup, and see that the old website doesn't appear. Once the entire website shows a 404 error, resubmit it to search engines, so that once they crawl, if there is no content found in the website, search engines will remove them from their index.
Case 3: Website Server IP
This rarely does happen, if a website has two servers 1. Live server and 2. Development server (which is not supposed to be available for public and is used in internal organisations). If you buy a website ip from a service provider, and by chance you get a the ip of the link, which was ranking good and now is dead, the content which you may post would reflect on the website which doesn't belong to you. So your website will appear in 2 different website.(only the url will be different, all the others will remain same) This is something the Web host provider needs to take care off. In this case, you need to ask the host provider to clear the cache of the old server.
Case 4: Link Spamming
Link Spamming is frequently changing the links with the same content. When a search engine crawls the website, and if the links keep on changing, and each time, the previous link is dead/broken, then search engines will think, those are spamming links. So this may also lead to drop in search listings.
Also Watch the Video – These are the insights given my Matt Cutts, Google
Source: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139394
Apart from this there are many reasons, but these are few important points, which optimizers see that there is a sudden drop in the traffic. (Even I forgot, these things, and later realized, these are the things, I missed out during analysis. Though I concentrated on the few things which does occur normally)
Black Hat Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) News
Today as soon I came in, I just checked for few seo alerts. I found this news and thought I should definitely share with you all.
"In the last week, more than 280 search terms have been attacked by more than 6,600 black hat search engine optimization (SEO) operations, according to a study by SonicWall."
Read the full article here: http://www.lastclicknews.com/black-hat-seo-operations-become-rampant-101052.html
SEO Types | SEO Hat | SEO Techniques
There are different types of HATS, the Search Engine Optimizers wear. Below are list of seo hats. In fact, the true fact is that Black Hat, Grey Hat and White Hat SEO alone exists. Whereas people as they tried different terminologies in SEO to bring their site to top in SERP's i.e. Search Engine Results Page, they gave different names such as yellow hat, green hat, brown hat, purple hat, pink hat and so on as they wish, but those did not really get life and did not exist.
Black Hat SEO:
The word itself says the unethical SEO. In this method of SEO, the keywords are stuffed irrelevant to the content, and is not visible to humans i.e. the text colour would be matched with the background colour of the webpage. Also this type of SEO is often adopted to bring the website to top ranking faster. Search Engines identify and block sites which rank top using Black Hat SEO Method.
Grey Hat SEO:
This is a combination of both black hat seo as well as white hat seo. Here they dont stuff the keyword but this includes buying links, semantic links, keyword file naming and density manipulation. Most of the Grey Hat SEO methods are proclaimed as white hat SEO, whereas search engines are against websites which buy links from third party websites.
Green Hat SEO:
This is a method and action which involves lot of tactics and actions to draw more website visitors. This is all about having fun and doing unnecessary things over a website to gain visitors.
Red Hat SEO:
This is just an observable phenomenon i.e. evaluation hypotheses of what is happening over the web. This is also like White Hat SEO.
White Hat SEO:
This is an ethical SEO method. Here Search Engine Optimizers follow the SEO Guidelines and work on acquiring natural links. This is a slow and a steady process which brings good SERP's in the long run.
Blue Hat SEO:
This is an advanced SEO technique. Blue Hat Search Engine Optimizers have good knowledge about both Black as well as White hat seo, which makes the search engine optimizer to think in the creative aspect of seo, without voiding the seo guidelines.
So now you know which hat to choose right?
Choosing the Best Web Hosting Service Provider
Everyone wants to host a website these days. Be a small shop or a big multinational company – Internet marketing is a part of their plans. In spite of the fact that this is a healthy scenario, there is flipside to this. Just wonder if you have a online shopping website and its webserver is down for a day or two.- So its better make the best choice at the beginning itself.
Web-hosting use to be privilege, for a select few when internet started kick off, but these days its available to a common man. This has increased the number of websites from a few million in 1999 to many billions in 2010. This has resulted in information over load. There is only so much of information a human mind can process, we re receiving information faster than what most of us can perceive. It is not an uncommon experience, when we can come out looking for specific information; we end up getting a lot of junk information.
The second decade into the 22nd century, there are many challenges that will posed to us in terms of web-hosting. It is likely that other domains like " .com " , " .net " will be introduced. For example there can exist a xyz.com and xyz.net. Though on one hand this will open up the scope for more sites, it will dilute the traffic to the intended site. Users are more likely to get misdirected.
Internet in general is expected to become slower by the end of this decade, because of information overload. Unlike what most people think, the future of internet can actually be slower than current days, since the number of activities of the internet per person is increasing as compared to increase in bandwidth.
Web-hosting is gradually becoming a reselling base affair, since most site-names have been bought out already. Now there is new industry that is emerging, that actually engages in aiding acquisition of websites. There are various levels of elements involved in the internet industry from brokers to sellers.
Though the rates of web space and domain names are available for cheaper, the cost of acquiring a site name alone is becoming expensive. But its more important that you choose the right web host service providers, who update the security patches regulary, so that our website account or web host account is not vulnerable to hacker attacks.
This decade, will pose a rat race for establishing a web identity. It is important to plan your web profiling as soon as possible to ensure that the desired effect is produced.
There is likely to new technological enhancements on the web-hosting sector. With increasing number of option like, video, audio and other 3D effects domain into website designing. Web-Hosting will be more advanced than ever before. It is likely that the prices of web space and allied expenses will fall. But deployment of newer technology to enhance the aesthetic feel of the site will prove more expensive.
So its better choose the right and best webhosting provider who provide you good speed, enough space, cost-effective, security, 24/7 support and most importantly that you believe the host provider to be reliable and hassle-free.
Important SEO HTML Tags
H1, H2, Alt Texts , Page Title are more important when optimizing a website. So its important to have the target keywords in these tags. Below are the few important HTML tags that needs to be used in SEO.
Title Tag
<title> Internet Marketing Blog </title> – This tag is the one which is more important and would be seen in search engine results as well as browsers.
Meta Tags
Keyword Tag – This would contain the words which are generally searched in search engines
<meta name="keywords" content="keyword, keywords, key words, effective search terms, search keywords ">
Description Tag – Gives a short description about what the page is about.
<meta name="description" content="Optimize your website with important SEO HTML tags">
Author – Provide the author name or email address
<meta name="author" content="Yuvaraj Hermesmyth">
Robots – a conditon with which we can allow or disallow indexing by search engines
< meta name="robots" content="allow">
Header Tags

 Heading 1

 Heading 2

 Heading 3

 Heading 4

 Heading 5

 Heading 6

Tag for Automatically Refreshing a Webpage after 20 Seconds
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="20;url=http://www.hermesmyth.com/">
Tag for Image Optimization
Optimizing a image name is also important. A good alt text will also be helpful in SEO.

Email Tag
When you want to post an email and when clicked it that needs to be opened in the users default email client this tag is used.
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Internal Links or Links placed within the webpage should have proper keywords in alt text, which helps the website rank better.
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Few important points to be noted:
1.) Website Submission: When a website is submitted in a website it is good to have minimum 200 words, with 2-3% keyword density.
2..) Javascripts sometimes prevents the search engines to crawl the entire page, so its good have the Javascripts, call/embed the link inside the html page, like we call forward the CSS and embed in a webpage.
3.) Don't use Frames or limit the usage of frames, hence search engine won't recognize the frameset which cause lot of problems to the search engine spiders. Its better to use internal hyperlinks inside frames, if you wanted to have frames.
4.) Flash Pages: Use the Meta keywords and description tag for flash pages. Webpages which are completed designed using flash is called as splash pages. Most of these flash components are not recognized by search engines as they are not HTML hyperlinks.
5.) Have Speed, Reliable and Best Web Hosting Server, to prevent website down-times.
Internet Marketing Strategies for Modern Day Business
Globally today internet is playing a major role in any type of business. Even we can say that internet has become a part of our day-to-day life. Individuals, Small Scale Business sectors to large scale business sectors, has been investing lot of money and time to attract worldwide customers to their website via internet search engines, to enhance and promote their company's brand name and products. In order to drive more traffic to a website and get a good percentage of conversion rates, an organised internet marketing strategy needs to be worked out. Below are few important points that need to be followed while doing online marketing.
- Design your website in a way that you sell your concept and then the product. This means, you need have a good design, which attracts the customers and is pleasant to the eye, meanwhile is should say what your company/product is about, with a CALL TO ACTION
- Follow up-to-date Search Engine Optimization Techniques. Keep studying quality SEO forums, blogs etc. I would recommend you to have a glance at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ and http://www.seochat.com/
- Build quality links focusing on right keywords
- Email Campaign – Shoot out regular emails and newsletters to your target customers. Be sure you provide an unsubscribe option and opt-in list in your emails and website.
- Do regular Press Releases, and submit it to editors and PR websites. Get your products reviewed my product review editors
- Assist your customers via forums, blog and respond them as soon as you find a new thread or question
- Write and publish your articles online, and submit it to article publishing websites and social media websites.
- Analyse your website on a periodic basis to check for broken links, redirects, sitemaps and other related information
- Promote your products, providing special offers in your website.
- Update your website regularly
- Prepare monthly web metrics and progress of your website traffic vs. conversion rates
- Last but not the least – Have a constant eye on your competitor's website and marketing strategies.
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Latest Techniques in SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Day-to-day there are some changes that has been happening around web. So we Search Engine Optimizers need to be aware about all the recent happenings both the on-page optimisation techniques and off-page optimisation techniques to acquire top rankings in all major search engines, which inculde google, yahoo, rediff, msn and many more.
Below are list of few latest trends in SEO at present, which needs to be followed to get good rankings for our website.
1.) Identifying and researching proper target Keywords
2.) Professional keyword based content / copywriting
3.) Web Page Content Optimization
4.) Graphic / Image name optimization
5.) Localized / Regional / Geographical Optimization
6.) Social Media Optimization / Social Bookmarkingearch
7.) Press Releases and Articles writing / distributing
8.) Blogging, participation in discussion boards / forums
9.) Link Building – with right focus keywords
10.) Usability Testing – Based on Web Analytics
Latest SEO Trends | Recent Search Optimization Tips | SEO
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation, has never been a hard task, until and unless we are up-to-date with the recent trends, search techniques and search engine algorithms.
"There is nothing permanent except changes" – So once you go with the changes, then really you can make a difference by achieving success. The same applies in SEO too. You don't have to give more importance to the traditional SEO. All you have to do is, use the traditional expertise, and research new and modern tactics used in SEO. Still I don't say, you need to omit all the traditional methods, but you can follow a few really good tactics used in traditional marketing as well.
In today's scenario, the best way to achieve better and high ranking is building quality inbound links, anchored with functional quality keywords, related to the website.
Nowadays one-ways links and directories are given high importance than the link exchanges or reciprocal linking, which are not any more used by SEO's until its of utmost importance.
Previously, in SEO, when a reciprocal link is given, they add the "no-follow" attribute. But nowadays, search engines no longer support this. For example, in blogs, if Google identifies, a link as a Spam link, then no longer it indexes it. So here the search engines companies have done a good job changing the search algorithms accordingly.
Also when it comes to SMO (Social Media Optimization) some websites has started no follow attributes. Recently Digg added the no-follow attribute to external links, which applies for comments, user profiles and story pages. But still its only applicable for some links and not for all.
To know more about the recent happenings and updates in SEO, you can visit some leading SEO forums or discussion boards. To know about Google's search techniques, I think you can visits Matt Cutts Blog. Here Matt Cutts discusses about SEO, fun and lot more about books. Really a interesting stuff.
So you need to know about the recent seo trends and seo tips to better perform in search engine to achieve high/top rankings.


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We Need To Talk About Suicide!
It is a Tuesday morning, you turn on the TV and you see a report about somebody who died because of suicide. Suddenly, you realize everyone is talking about it. Some people are clearly expressing their compassion while others are saying horrible things like "I hope he goes to hell", "she did it for attention" and "how did the church even accept to bury him?" You tell them that their words are cruel, they look at you contemptuously and say it's their opinion which you should respect, right? Right. Oh, let's not forget, we also joke about suicide sometimes, telling people to kill themselves when they say something we consider idiotic. But let's get to the truth. Apart from those narratives, suicide is unfortunately another taboo subject we don't talk about because it doesn't affect us, and it never will. But that has to change, we need to break the silence and talk about it psychologically, morally etc., in ways that matter, in ways that raise our awareness and could hopefully save lives. Today, I want to do just that. I always wanted to write this post and I consider now as a good timing after the launch of the National Suicide Hotline in Lebanon, the wide popularity of Netflix's "13 Reasons Why" which tackled the issue and because we're near May, the Mental Health Awareness Month. You might ask who am I and why I am doing this? Good question. After all, I am not a psychologist nor a psychiatrist nor a social worker. Well, the thing is: I think everyone can and needs to contribute to mental health awareness in order to reduce stigma surrounding it and particularly suicide. In this post, I will explore the facts and the myths about suicide and what we (non-professionals) can do to help.
Understanding Suicide
Suicide is the act of ending one's own life intentionally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), somebody dies because of suicide every 40 seconds. Doing the math, that is more than 2,000 deaths per day and nearly 800,000 deaths a year. Clearly, suicide is not as rare as we think it is. In fact, it is the 2nd leading cause of teenagers' death worldwide, just behind accidental injuries. In Lebanon, 4 people attempt suicide each day and somebody dies every 2.5 days. But what exactly are the causes that push them to let go of their own lives?
Debunking Suicide Myths
- Myth #1: Suicide is sudden and unpredictable. FACT: There are almost always warning signs that somebody might take his/her own life.
- Myth #2: People who want to kill themselves will do it, there is no way to stop that. FACT: There are many ways to prevent suicide.
- Myth #3: People who talk about suicide won't actually do it. FACT: Many of them actually attempt and sometimes succeed in killing themselves.
- Myth #4: People attempt suicide for attention. FACT: There are many reasons for suicide but seeking attention is not one of them.
- Myth #5: People who attempt suicide and fail won't try it again. FACT: Actually, past attempts are a serious indicator that somebody might try suicide again.
- Myth #6: Suicidal people will stay that way forever. FACT: People can have suicidal thoughts for some time but that can change, these thoughts can go away with help so they can lead fulfilling lives.
Causes of Suicide
Suicide is a complex issue, understanding it is hard, even for professionals. In fact, there is little evidence why people do it. However, we know that certain things are likely causes or at least make individuals more vulnerable to suicide:
- Trauma: Physical, sexual or emotional abuse, especially during youth and childhood, can lead individuals to have suicidal thoughts, even years later.
- Substance Abuse: That includes alcohol and drugs.
- Mental Illness: Most frequently depression but also others like schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder.
- Social Isolation and having no or a very small number of close relationships
- Victim of Bullying: That's why people who identify as LGBT are at a higher risk for suicide.
- Family History of Suicide and Self-Harm
- Low satisfaction at work or unemployment.
- Chronic feelings of hopelessness and despondency.
These are the long term causes of suicide. Additionally, there are many "triggers" for suicidal thoughts:
- Breakups
- Loss of a close relative or friend.
- Severe Health Problems: Things like terminal cancer diagnosis can sometimes lead to suicidal thoughts.
- Anti-Depressants: Some people report having suicidal thoughts after taking anti-depressants for the first time.
Suicide is preventable and there are many things you can do if you feel like a person is contemplating suicide.
Notice the Warning Signs
You can notice the following things in people who are considering suicide:
- Participating in risky behaviors without taking in consideration the consequences.
- Self-Harm
- Change in their appetite (eating too much or too little)
- Substance Abuse (frequent use of Alcohol and Drugs)
- Losing interest in activities they used to enjoy.
- Talking or Writing about death, suicide, self-harm or in ways that make life seem as pointless or meaningless.
- Stockpiling tablets.
Do and Don't
- Don't judge.
- Don't tell them they are being ridiculous or selfish or that they would go to hell if they killed themselves or that suicide is cowardly or that they don't really have problems or that it could have been worse. I mean, yes, some people do have worse problems but how does that help the individual? It doesn't, it just makes them feel unnecessarily worse.
- Recommend professional help: Psychiatrists, Psychologists are highly skilled professionals who are trained to deal with suicidal thoughts; you are not expected to know all the techniques like they do. You can for example offer to go with them for their first appointment. You can also mention success stories where people received help and got better.
- Do not be afraid of silence: You don't have all the answers to all their questions and problems but simply being there and listening is helpful. Listen, Listen, Listen!
- Don't change the topic when they bring it up.
- Be patient. Stick around. Talking to them once will not fix the issue but supporting them every day or whenever they need you will definitely help.
- Encourage them to exercise, do activities they enjoy, have fun, enjoy life!
- Make sure they have no access to tools like pills or guns that can be used for suicide.
Bonus — Stop saying "committed suicide" as if it was a crime. Use "died because of suicide" instead!
Suicide Hotline
Suicide Hotlines are useful to deal with suicide. You can call them and talk to experts and volunteers who will help you deal with suicidal thoughts. Fortunately, NGO Embrace has recently launched one in Lebanon (NSPH)
13 Reasons Why
Netflix's hit show "13 Reasons Why" is about Hannah Baker, a high school girl who died because of suicide. In 13 episodes, the show explores the reasons that pushed her to kill herself. It's very intense and sad but effectively shows how small actions and words can impact people for better or for worse. The series is very engaging and starts hard conversations about suicide that need to happen. However, it has its flaws: it shows graphic scenes, not abiding by mental health professionals' recomendations.
More Resources
If you want to learn more about suicide and mental health and ways to help, many resources are available:
- Embrace, Mental Health Resources
- Mind UK — How To Cope With Suicidal Feelings [PDF]
- Jed Foundation
- SAVE — Suicide Prevention
Suicide is a serious issue. Maybe you don't know somebody who's experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, but someday you might. So be prepared! You can start by not joking about suicide. Don't tell people to kill themselves, seriously! With the help of society as a whole, governments and NGOs (such as Embrace and IDRAAC in Lebanon), we can raise awareness on mental health and suicide. That could save lives, I promise…let's all be part of that!
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to dial the Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1564 and get help!

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Blog By Dr. Phillip Chang: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with Offices in Loudoun, Winchester, and Fairfax Virginia.
According to the American Society of Aesthetic Surgery ( www.surgery.org , over 10.2 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2008. The Aesthetic Society has been collecting multi-specialty procedural statistics since 1997. They state that the overall number of cosmetic procedures has increased 162 percent since the collection of the statistics first began. The most frequently performed nonsurgical procedure was Botox injections and the most popular surgical procedure was breast augmentation. Here in Virginia, in my offices in Loudoun and Fairfax, I have also seen this change, particularly after the introduction of silicone implants.
"For the first time in the twelve years these statistics have been collected liposuction is a runner up in popularity to breast augmentation. There is no doubt that this turnabout will generate discussions in the medical community and the public at large," said Alan Gold, MD, Aesthetic Society president; These statistics reflect that "changes in fashion, i.e. décolletage baring styles, might be a factor behind this change." Last year, there were 355,671 Breast Augmentation procedures. Over the same period, 2,464,123 patients were administered Botox.
Although there are many patients who decide to have a breast augmentation when they are younger, the majority of patients decide to undergo a breast augmentation procedure to simply restore and rejuvenate their breasts after having children. Most of these women would share that pregnancy caused their breasts to lose volume and sag a little or a lot. Some would say that their nipple-areola complex also got larger. These women simply want to return to some semblance of what they might have looked like before having children.


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New Hitting Coach on the Horizon? And Other Bullets
I forgot to share the good news that greeted me just before I left for Chicago Thursday night: my computer has been fixed! No more wrestling The Wife's computer away from her to write up an urgent minor league signing ("Honey, no, seriously, I have to write this up right now"). Although the problem with frequent crashes was apparently fixed by replacing the logic board (I assume that's Apple's new fancy way of saying mother board), the fans now kick on much sooner than usual, and *much* more aggressively. Is that part of the fix, do you think? Or is that something I should be concerned about?
- Theo Epstein recognizes the mixed messages hitters seemed to be receiving last year, based on comments he made yesterday after the season ticket holder event (per the Tribune). There, Epstein indicated that finding the best possible hitting coach is a particular focus, which wouldn't seem to bode too well for current hitting coach James Rowson and assistant hitting coach Rob Deer. Personnel certainly impacted the numbers, and there was a whole lot of (probable) bad luck with runners in scoring position, but the Cubs were inarguably a poor offensive club last year. Fair or unfair, the impact of that usually falls on the coaches in charge of the offensive side of the ball (and the manager, who was, himself, previously a hitting coach – maybe there were just too many cooks in the kitchen).
- New manager Rick Renteria has already reached out to some Cubs, including Starlin Castro, per Carrie Muskat. After a difficult year, it is probably critical that RR and Castro get on the same page. There remains so much potential and value in Castro, even if he merely returns to the guy he was before 2013.
- In AFL action yesterday, Jorge Soler went 1-5 and Albert Almora went 1-4, but neither struck out. Kris Bryant was 0-3 with two walks and two strikeouts. Lendy Castillo threw a scoreless inning, dropping his AFL ERA to 1.93. He remains a difficult Rule 5 decision, given his success out of the pen late in the year at Daytona and his nice raw stuff and easy velocity.
- Wendy Thurm digs into the Forbes and Bloomberg valuations of MLB teams, noting the similarities and differences.


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One of the nicest parts about our job is that we get to meet some lovely people. Irish-born Ciara Atwell, the brains behind MyFussyEater.com, is no exception. Created after extreme morning sickness rendered her own diet and that of her two-year old daughter's bland and beige, MyFussyEater is packed full of easy, quick and fun recipes that will entice even the pickiest of eaters.
MoKL went to sunny Kent to chat with Ciara about recipes that work, why kids hate green food and how to stay sane when mealtimes descend into chaos. Plus, find out Ciara's top tips for dealing with fussy eaters and her never-fail family recipe.
Hi Ciara, what inspired you to start MyFussyEater.com?
When I got pregnant with my son I had horrendous morning sickness that lasted the whole pregnancy. I felt awful and I ate really badly as a result. I just wanted to eat really plain, bland food: basically anything white like pasta, bread, breaded chicken. It was the only thing I could stomach. As a result my daughter, Aoife, who was two at the time, picked up on what I was eating. Even though I was trying to get her to eat as much variety as possible I really wasn't feeding her as best I should have been. I certainly wasn't feeding myself very well. Unfortunately, my morning sickness coincided with a key time in the development of her tastebuds.
Weirdly, as soon as I had my son Finn, the urge to eat better just kicked in. Within a day, I was in the kitchen, cooking up this massive spaghetti bolognaise with loads of vegetables and I remember thinking "Yes, I'm back".
I knew I wanted to write about my experience. I missed blogging and the blogging community (Ciara previously wrote a wedding blog) and I thought why not start a food blog.
What kind of fussy eating have you had to deal with?
Aoife's diet became very limited. I could write on a post-it note what she would eat. She was limited to all the things I'd been eating when I was pregnant: white bread sandwiches, pasta, chicken nuggets. Yellow food I call it. Also, she still hates any green vegetables! If there are microscopic specks of anything green in her food, she will notice.
How do you tackle fussy eating?
I try to give a lot of choice in the meals I give my children. My friends call me the Snack Plate Girl, because I have these plates with different compartments that I got in Poundland which are intended for snacks. I don't always serve a meal like this but quite often I will deconstruct what I've made. So one night it might be spaghetti bolognaise and maybe she will hate the tomatoes, so I make it plain and put the tomatoes on the side. I'll then do three different types of vegetable so that if she doesn't like one she needs to eat the others. There's always a part of a meal she doesn't like or will refuse to eat but by keeping on introducing vegetables there will always be something she does eat.
I never recommend doing that all the time though because I don't want them to only eat their food that way. So it's varied. Some days I will do lunch like that but dinner will be a full meal. It just depends on me – and how ready I am to do battle! Sometimes I think I just can't have the fight today so I will do something easy.
What words of advice would you give to parents of fussy eaters?
The most important thing to remember is that it takes time. Getting your children to eat more variety doesn't happen overnight, so don't give up. Just keep offering different foods and keep reintroducing foods, even foods they've told you they hate.
The other thing is to keep calm. Now that my daughter has started school and I'm trying to get out of the house early, it can get quite stressful. This morning I could see she was messing about with her porridge and I felt myself getting stressed. But shouting is never going to encourage a child to eat. If you know it takes your child 35 minutes to eat their breakfast, rather than try to rush, maybe get up half an hour earlier just to give yourself time. If you're rushed and stressed, then your child will likely end up not eating or eating the wrong thing.
I love my spiraliser. Spiralised vegetables look really pretty and interesting – and that's a good way to get kids to try something. I bought a really sturdy spiraliser for £25. I make curly fries and fries using sweet potato. If we're having spaghetti I mix a little courgetti in (as long as I remove the green bits!). Spiralised vegetables are also good as a side salad.
How do you know when your child simply doesn't like something or is just being fussy?
You have to accept that your children are just not going to eat a certain percentage of food, either because they don't like it or their tastebuds aren't developed enough to appreciate it.
Other times, children won't like something this week, but in two weeks' time it will be their favourite thing. So don't write something off because they've thrown it back at you today.
That's why it's important to keep trying. They might not like something now but will in a few weeks' time.
How is Finn with his food? Are you having the same food battles as you had with your daughter?
I'm doing things very differently with Finn. He's become the test baby!
When I had Aoife, I was working long hours as a lawyer in London. I went back to work when she was about six months old, at about the time she was weaning. Essentially the childminder weaned her and I missed out on that whole experience. When that gets taken away from you and someone else does that job, you're kind of the back-up person. She ate all of her meals at the childminders and we just did the meals on the weekends and basically just did what the childminder told us to do. So I never had that experience of learning what my child liked or didn't like. It was taken out of my hands.
It was only a year or so down the line that I realised how important that actually was. I never had that real grasp of feeding a child and then I got pregnant with Finn. Because I missed out on that whole weaning experience with Aoife I was quite excited to do it with him. But he has very much turned into baby-led weaning baby. He's been really good. He tries a lot of things – he doesn't like everything but at least he tries it.
All your recipes look so delicious. Where do you find your inspiration?
I get inspiration online from other blogs and magazines. I look at food magazines for adults and then try to adapt the recipes for younger families.
What's the secret to a good family recipe?
Well, it needs to be quick and relatively easy. Busy parents just don't have time to cook something complicated.
Also, while it's great making and preparing food that's appealing for a child, most of us don't have the time to be making separate dinners. I try not to separate our meals; usually the evening meal is the most stressful when you're trying to get something in the kids before they get too tired. I know a lot of people who cook something for the kids and then cook a separate meal when their husbands get home from work – but I don't like the idea of cooking two dinners. I try to create something that everyone will like and that we can all eat. I like that the children can see we're all eating the same thing.
It's been lovely talking to you Ciara. Before we go, we'd love to know what is your one never-fail family recipe, one you can always rely on?
My fail-safe recipe is my Slow Cooker Ragu. I've been making ragu for years but only recently just got to using my slow cooker. The kids absolutely love it. I also sometimes use lamb – any kind of cut is good and I find that sometimes the cheaper the cut the better it is when it's done in a slow cooker. Shin beef is also super cheap. I make this ragu a lot in the winter. You can just chuck everything in in the morning and leave it. It's good for when you have people coming over. I don't even brown the mince, it's good as it is.
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Audi has just revealed its 'quattro concept' in Paris as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the original car's debut back in 1980. There's plenty to like about the concept machine but what's extra hot is that, like the original, it's powered by a turbocharged 5-cylinder.
In this case, though, the 2.5-litre mill makes a stonking 300 kW and uses a 6-speed manual transmission to, of course, power all four 20-inch wheels with 480 Nm of torque. Stopping the bease are chunky carbon-ceramic discs wearing 6-piston grippers.
With its high-output 5-cyl and lightweight construction, this new concept can hit 100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds and return an impressive fuel economy of 8.5 liters/100 km.
Based on the much-loved RS5, Audi's top designers shaved 150 millimeters off the wheelbase – now 2.6 meters – and chopped the roof by 40 mm in an attempt to immediately save weight. Dimensions are stated as 4.28 m long, 1.86 m wide, and 1.33 m tall.
In order to reach the 1,300 kilograms target, Audi used aluminum and carbon fibre in liberal doses. The bonnet, hatch and spoiler are made from carbon fibre and the rear seats have also been thrown out and replaced with a small luggage shelf.
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Using credit lines against the equity of your home are one source of consumer credit that is fast gaining popularity. Home equity is a valuable asset which both lenders and borrowers can benefit from and as such, lenders are offering home equity credit lines in a variety of ways.
As you probably know, most loans come with variable interest rates. Generally, home equity loan rates differ with each lender. Some come with attractive low introductory rates, and a few come with fixed rates. Also, you may find that most home equity loans have large one-time upfront fees, others have closing costs, and some have continuing costs, such as annual fees. There are also home equity loans with large balloon payments at the end of the loan and others with no balloons but with higher monthly payments.
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Hong Kong is notoriously known as one of the top tourist destinations in Asia. Its deep history and culture, as well as its prominence as a financial hub makes it an ideal place to visit by tourists. And did we mention the food? If you love to eat, Hong Kong offers great foods for everyone. There are restaurants and food kiosks around every corner, so you are not going to starve.
Take a trip down China's rich history as it is still evident when you visit Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China, which is why Chinese culture is abundant. With wonderful architectures, majestic beaches and amazing hikes, Hong Kong deserves its spot as one of the best travel spots in Asia. There's more to Hong Kong than meets the eye, so I suggest you check it on a personal basis.
We listed the top must-visit tourist attractions in Hong Kong. So, if ever you consider packing your bags and decide to visit Hong Kong, you know the places to go to.
Must-Visit Tourist Attractions In Hong Kong
1. Hollywood Road
– Hollywood Road is one of the first roads ever built in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan (West) through Soho and then eventually in the Central (East). Hollywood Road has remained as one of Hong King's premiere thoroughfares for more than a hundred years. It was at this road that Chinese merchants and traders brought their products to sell and barter with the European and the British traders.
2. Victoria Peak
– Victoria Peak is Hong Kong's highest peak. It has an altitude of 1,811 feet (552 meters) and serves as one of the most important landmarks of the city. For tourists who want to see incredible view of Victoria Harbour, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, Victoria Peak offers a bird's eye view. The Peak Tram is popular among tourists who want to see Victoria Peak. On an average day, the Peak Tram helps more than 12,000 people per day.
3. A Symphony of Lights
– A Symphony of Lights is the largest permanent light and sound show on the planet, according to Guinness. It operates on a daily basis to the delight of thousands of people flock together to witness the stunning spectacle. It has also expanded up to 40 buildings on both ends of Victoria Harbour. A Symphony of Lights showcases the spirit and diversity of Hong Kong through synchronized narration and music.
4. Central Business District
– Central District is the center of Hong Kong's commerce. It is the heart of Victoria City. This area is where the headquarters of many multinational financial services companies are located. Since the earliest days of the British colonial era in 1841 up to now, the Central District has served as the central hub of trade and financial activities.
5. Hong Kong Disneyland
– Hong Kong Disneyland is a place for the whole family. It is located in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, and by the first theme park located inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. It opened its doors to visitors on September 12, 2005. The theme park showcases Chinese culture, traditions and customs on its buildings, and they all adhere to the rules of Feng Shui. The park consists of seven themed areas namely Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Grizzly Gulch, Mystic Point, and Toy Story Land.
6. Temple Street Night Market
– If you are looking for the authentic Hong Kong souvenir items to make your trip more memorable, you must visit the Temple Street Night Market. It is one of the most popular street bazaars in Hong Kong and it was named after a Tin Hau temple. The Temple Street Night Market is also an enduring example of the authentic Chinese market.
7. Dragon's Back
– Don't forget to visit the Dragon's Back if you are in Hong Kong, it is a popular escape from the busy streets of the city's business district. The trail that you pass in Dragon's Back offers amazing views of Tai Long Wan, Stanley, Shek O, Tai Tam and even the South China Sea.
8. Fa Yuen Street
– Fa Yuen Street is a street located between the Boundary Street and Dundas Street. It is know for having more than 50 stores selling sports shoes. Fa Yuen Street is likewise known as Sport Shoes Street or Sneaker Street.
9. Lan Kwai Fong
– Lan Kwai Fong is the center of bars, clubs and restaurants. It's always lively at night and it is the best place to go for people who like to party. It has many Western-inspired restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
10. Ladies' Market
– If you want to get the best worth for your money, then go to the "Ladies' Market". It is located at Tung Choi Street. You can pick from over 100 stalls offering accessories, clothing and souvenirs; all at a bargain price! This market specializes in women clothing and accessories. If you want to maximize the experience at Ladies' Market, you must be sure to buy more than one piece of clothing.
11. Avenue of Stars
– Avenue of Stars is one of the main attractions in Hong Kong. It pays tribute to the most celebrated names in the region's movie industry. It is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. It honors the best known film stars in the region, including the Legendary Bruce Lee. It is the counterpart of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
12. Tai O Fishing Village
– Located on the Western coast of Lantau Island, Tai O Fishing Village is a charming village with traditional stilt houses. Stilt houses are predominant of the old fishing villages in Southern China. It is one of the few remaining locations where you can still catch a glimpse of them in Hong Kong. Visitors will appreciate how simple life is in the village, and their traditional seafood market is also worth checking.
13. Hong Kong Wetland Park
– The Hong Kong Wetland Park is a tourism facility located in the northern part of Tin Shui Wai. It is also an education and conservation facility. The park is comprised of the 10,000 square-meters Wetland Interactive World, as well as the 60-hectare Wetland Reserve. The Hong Kong Wetland Park has a current slogan that reads, "Unroll the Hong Kong diverse green temptations".
14. Tsim Sha Tsui
– In the southern point of Kowloon lies the entertainment and shopping center of Hong Kong; Tsim Sha Tsui. Its where different cultures meet and intertwined. If you want to visit outstanding restaurants, unique shops and boutiques, then you have to visit Nathan Road. On the other hand, if you are in for some luxurious experience, the nearby Canton Road is worth checking.
15. Murray House
– Murray House had undergone a restoration since its inception in 1844. It is a Victorian era building named after Sir George Murray, a politician and a British soldier. Today, the Murray House serves as a tourist spot for both local and foreign travelers. Its first floor hosts restaurants. Most of these restaurants have grand views across the bay.
16. Ocean Park Hong Kong
– Ocean Park Hong Kong, or just Ocean Park, is a park specializing in marine mammals and animals. It is also an oceanarium as well as an amusement park for people of all ages. It is located in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan. The park was opened in 1977 by then-Governor of Hong Kong Sir Michael Murray MacLehose. It has over 80 attractions and rides, and is by now one of the most successful tourist spots in Hong Kong. It is worth the visit for families.
17. Jumbo Kingdom
– Jumbo Kingdom is a famous tourist attraction in Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter. It consists of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant and the nearby Tai Pak Floating Restaurant. More than 30 million individuals have visited the famed Jumbo Kingdom. Celebrities like Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Bowie and Chow Yun Fat have also visited the place.
18. Yuen Po Street Bird Garden
– Yuen Po Street Bird Garden is situated in Mong Kok and it occupies an area of 3,000 square meters. It is also a good meeting place of songbird owners in Hong Kong. The Yuen Po Street Bird Market has 70 songbird stalls. Furthermore, it has interesting moon gates and courtyards for tourists to explore.
19. Ngong Ping 360
– If you are looking for a unique, thrilling experience in Hong Kong, then you have to go to Ngong Ping 360. It is among Hong Kong's most unique tourist spots comprising of the top 10 amazing cable car in the world. It also boasts a culturally-themed garden known as Ngong Ping Village. There more attractions when you visit Ngong Ping 360. You will never run out of things to do.
20. Repulse Bay
– If you think there are no resorts in Hong Kong, think again. Repulse Bay provides wave-lapped beach for everyone. Many locals and visitors enjoy their stroll in Repulse Bay. It is considered as one of the most beautiful beaches in Hong Kong. In addition, the Repulse Bay has several designer shops, as well as award-winning fine restaurants.
21. Wong Tai Sin Temple
– Wong Tai Sin Temple is a major tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, also known as the Great Immortal Wong. This impressive Taoist temple has a total land area of 18,000 square meters. Plus, it is popular for the prayers it answered. "What you request is what you get" through the practice known as kau cim. Wong Tai Sin Temple is located in the northern part of Kowloon.
22. Tian Tan Buddha
– Also known as the "Big Buddha", Tian Tan Buddha is a large statue of Buddha Shakyamuni made of bronze. The statue was completed in 1993 and is located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island. The Tian Tan Buddha statue symbolizes the balanced relationship between man and faith, nature and people. It is likewise Hong Kong's center of Buddhism, aside from the fact that it is a popular attraction among tourists.
23. Jade Market
– If you are looking for jade and other precious stones, look no further because the Jade Market in Hong Kong is your best stop. It has hundreds of stands selling all types of jade, as well as pearls and other semi-precious stones. The best part about it is that you can get them in all forms, sizes and shapes, which is why you would definitely find the particular gift you are looking for. In Chinese culture, jade has a special meaning, as it is considered a scared stone symbolizing morality and purity. It also stands for grace and beauty. So, while in Hong Kong, be sure to stop over Jade Market.
24. Golden Bauhinia Square
– The Golden Bauhinia Square is located in Wan Chai. It was named after a giant golden statue of Bauhinia blakeana. Considered as a popular tourist attraction, a flag-raising ceremony is performed each day at 8:00 a.m. The gilded flower bauhania is six meters high. After the handover of Hong Kong and the foundation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the sculpture has remained a significant symbol for the Hong Kong residents. Also, locals fondly call the sculpture as "Golden Pak Choi".


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THE issue of alcohol-fuelled violence is still dominating headlines and news outlets.
Governments are meeting to try to find ways to put an end to the problem.
It is a problem that, sadly, has led to the deaths of several young men.
>> NSW to introduce club lockouts, jail for coward punches
>> 'Tanked, drugged and after a fight'
Campaigns have been run to try to get the message that one punch can kill through to those involved in the drunken violence.
- Date January 21, 2014
- Tags Media Clippings - OPCK, One Punch Can Kill Program


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Maternity Sessions Cost: $175.00
What to expect: A 45 minute session focused on capturing the beauty of a belly! Focusing on mama's between 32 and 38 weeks, we will embrace your bump and display your soon-to-be baby. Hubby's are welcome to join in. 2-3 outfit changes, if desired.
Couples/Engagement Sessions Cost: $175.00
What to expect: Love is in the air. This romantic session lasting 45 minutes will capture the connection between two people. Be ready to smooch on camera for that perfect shot!
Newborn Sessions Cost: $300.00
What to expect: This 2 hour session will focus on your bundle of joy. Babies are best photographed in the first 10 days of arrival. Props will be provided, but feel free to prepare any special outfits, headbands, hats or heirlooms you'd like! Diaper or naked pictures are welcome, but optional. The session works best with a recently fed little one--timing is everything!
Children Sessions Cost: $250.00
What to expect: A 60 minute session that will evoke smiles and warm hearts. Gathering up all the happiness and joy from your little one, we will go with their flow! Props are welcome-- 2-3 outfit changes, if desired. Up to 5 munchkins- $20.00 and 20 more minutes for each additional child. *Can include a cake smash--time is then adjusted to allow for the cake smashing fun! Cake and balloons (optional) are the customers responsibility.
Cake Smash Sessions Cost: $175.00
What to expect: A 30 minute session that will capture your little one's true ONE YEAR OLD spirit! Focusing on the art of cake smashery, this session can be done indoors or outdoors. This session will feature frosting covered finger, toes and bellies--not to mention your little one's smile. Please Note: Cake and balloons (optional) are the customers responsibility. Other props (blanket, backdrops, buckets/boxes, cake plate/stand, one year old signage,etc) included for all sorts of tomfoolery.
Grow-with-Me Package Cost: $650.00
What to expect: A 2 hour newborn session, 30 minute 3 month, 6 month & 9 month sessions AND a 30 minute Cake Smash at 1 year! This package will capture your little darlings first year wonderfully! Instead of booking sessions here and there, have them planned out for you! Individually priced out at $850.00, this package is a steal!
Family Sessions Cost: $250.00
What to expect: We are fam-ily!This 60 minute session for up to 8 people will target individuals, small and large groupings. Depending on the makeup of the fam, up to two outfit changes may be appropriate. Props are welcome-smiles are mandatory! Beyond 8 people, a fee is assessed of an additional $25.00 per person (additional time may be necessary). *Can include a cake smash, or maternity session--family photo time is then adjusted to allow for the specialty!
Pet Pix Sessions Cost $100.00
What to expect: Even your fur babies need to know they are loved! Capture your animal companion at his/her best in this 30 minute photo shoot! Prop available if desired, otherwise we capture your little one out and about in nature! We will find a park and see just how photogenic your pet is.
Senior Sessions Cost: Starting at $350.00
What to expect: Pomp and Circumstance, here we come! With senior year on the horizon, commemorate this epic time with dazzling photos of your "big kid". Select from one of the four packages, to meet your seniors need. Don't see what you are looking for? Contact me to individualize your session.
The Basic Package: Cost $350:00
This session lasts for approximately 2 hours and we will go to many locations (brick walls, fields, parks, etc.) to capture your senior's personality. We can do as many outfit changes as we can fit in during this time. We try to schedule this session in the morning to early afternoon (between 9 am and noon) for the best lighting or just before sunset.
The Curly/Straight Package: Cost: $450.00
This includes the same travel to multiple locations, outfit changes and editing outcomes as the above session, however is managed within a 2 day split--1.5 hours per day so that your child can get shots with their hair styled differently (curly, straight, updo, etc).
The Basic Package DELUXE: Cost $450.00
All of the Basic Package plus 45 minutes of indoor shooting time to accommodate glamor shots, sports or music props.
The Curly/Straight Package DELUXE: Cost: $550.00
All of the Curly/Straight Package plus 45 minutes of indoor shooting time to accommodate glamor shots, sports or music props.
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By Rev. Adam Hange
Scripture: Titus 2:11-14, NRS
All Ready And Not Yet. Christmas Eve has always been magical to me. On the one hand, it's not quite Christmas. We're still waiting for one more sleep. No gifts have been exchanged, at least not in my family's tradition. It is still not quite the 25th! On the other hand the holiday is already in full swing and has been for weeks. The tree is up, the decorations are out, cookies are baked and eaten (yum!). The kids in the pageant have already finished the story of Mary and Joseph and how they didn't find any room in the Inn. In a lot of ways, it's already "Christmas" well before the 25th rolls around. The magic of Christmas Eve is the mystery of the "all-ready-and-not-yet."
That sentiment also describes a lot of the Christian life. How? Well, most of us, if pressed, will admit that there are days when we rightly deserve to find a big lump of coal in our stockings. There may have been moments in the past few weeks when we were anything but self-controlled, upright or godly. Especially during the hustle and busyness of the Christmas season, we can become impatient, apathetic, or just selfish, and it can start as early as Black Friday! Let's just say, it's a good thing Santa is so generous with presents, because frankly we know better.
But that's part of what the Christian life understands so well. We live in a perpetual state of already-but-not-yet. Each year we make new resolutions to "do better" but each year we realize how much "better" we need to do. "We wait for the blessed hope" even while we "train" to renounce all impiety and worldly passions. We are so obviously not "there" yet, and still God's grace finds us anyway. And that's the miracle of salvation! In Christ, God's grace covers us. We are at once being saved and saved already! Like Christmas Eve, we're already there, and yet still have a little further to go. Now, that brings some Christmas cheer to my heart!
God of salvation, as a child excitedly waiting for Christmas morning, I wait with all eagerness for your redeeming grace to fully transform my life. Thank you for loving me more than I deserve, and giving me your gift of grace and peace.


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Lisfranc's injuries, as found at the tarsometatarsal joint, are rare, according to the literature. Only 1 percent of all fractures are found at the tarsometatarsal articulation with an incidence of one per 55,000 people per year.1 These injuries are two to four times more likely to occur among young to middle-aged men as opposed to female patients.1-3 Overall, though, the injury is still a rare phenomenon. Aitken and Poulson reviewed 82,500 fractures over a 15-year period and found only 16 cases of Lisfranc's fractures.4 But are these injuries as rare as ... continue reading
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I have a love-hate relationship with motorcycles. I was called to the emergency room last week to treat a man who was hit by a car while riding his touring bike. I examined him and reviewed his X-rays. He had displaced fractures of three metatarsals and the cuboid of his right foot. We talked about motorcycles for a few minutes and then I explained the nature of his foot injuries and what had to be done to repair the fractures. My interest in motorcycles gave me credibility even in his Fentanyl-induced haze. I developed a passion for motorcycles as a young boy. I hung around a Harley-Davidso ... continue reading
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The current use of callus distraction techniques in foot, ankle and lower leg surgery is constantly growing. The limits of callus distraction techniques appear to be those imposed by surgical access and fixation. As techniques and technology continue to improve, even more indications for callus distraction will evolve. Callus distraction, also commonly referred to as distraction osteogenesis or callostasis, is the lengthening of a bone by manipulation of the bone callus during the healing process. Gavriel A. Ilizarov, a Russian-born physician, is credited with popularizing limb lengtheni ... continue reading
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In the wake of increasing threats of resistant bacteria strains such as MRSA, new data presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America provides some hope. Researchers revealed that linezolid may have promise in treating diabetic foot infections caused by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. According to the results of the study, which involved over 350 patients at U.S. and European sites, 81.3 percent of the linezolid patients were "clinically cured," compared to 71.3 percent of patients who received a standard aminopenicillin combination. Be ... continue reading
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Certainly, one of the greatest challenges practitioners face is properly evaluating exercise-induced leg pain. All too commonly pigeonholed under the term shin splints, chronic (or exertional) compartment syndrome (ECS) is a unique disorder whose term specifies its clinical and pathological features. Those who treat the condition recognize the list of differentials can be exhausting and an accurate diagnosis is essential to providing proper treatment. Compartment syndromes are either acute or chronic. The acute form first described by Volkman in 1881, is irreversible and may be initiated by ... continue reading
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Podiatrists are adding the OsteoSet Resorbable Mini-Bead Kit to their arsenal of treatments for osteomyelitis and diabetic foot infections. One prospective study reports that bone repair with the OsteoSet yielded a 98 percent success at 12 months for contained defects, according to the product's manufacturer Wright Medical.1 For defects specifically caused by osteomyelitis, a different retrospective study reports a 64 percent healing rate.2 Those who have used the product in their practice have also seen favorable results. In the past year, Ritchard Rosen, DPM, says he ... continue reading
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