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George RR Martin
Born on the 20th September 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, George Raymond Richard Martin began writing at a very early age; creating scary monster stories and selling them to the other children that lived in the neighbouring area. His father, Raymond Collins Martin was a longshoreman. His mother was called Margaret Brady Martin. He has 2 sisters, Darleen and Janet. He attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. Martin received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University, Illinois in 1970 and a Master of Science from the same university in 1971. He had his first book published in 1971; the book was called The Hero and Martin was 21 years of age.
Martin's works are often dark, brooding and imbued with a strong sense of melancholy. Reviewers of his books suggest that his writings are not for those in search of joy or of an uplifting experience. One of Martin's strongest points is his attention to detail when creating his characters. This dedication leads to the reader becoming attached to, and caring deeply about the outcome of the characters. The characters are complex and multi-faceted, all with involved pasts and entangled ambitions.
In 1996, Martin began work on "A Song of Ice and Fire", a series of books inspired by the War of the Roses (a series of civil wars fought between the House of York (white rose) and the House of Lancaster (red rose) for the English throne in the 15th century). The first book published from this series was "The Game of Thrones", and the fourth book; "A Feast of Crows" became The New York Times No.1 bestseller. Readers and critics alike acclaim the series.
Each book I write, you know, I want to go back to A Game of Thrones and say, "Wow I should I should really change that. I could put this thing here and change that it would come around nicely in book three." So you're limited to a certain extent more than you know. But in large I'm pretty pleased with it.
From: An interview with George RR Martin
In 1986 Martin went to Hollywood and signed as a story editor on CBS Television's The Twilight Zone. In 1987 he became an executive story writer on CBS Television's Beauty and the Beast – going on to become co-supervising producer in 1989. Between 1992 and 1993 he was the executive producer on Doorways, a pilot written for Columbia Pictures Television.
George RR Martin is a member of the SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) and the HWA (Horror Writers of America) and the Writers Guild of America. George Martin married his wife Gale in 1975. They divorced 4 years later. In 1986, he became a story editor on the famous American TV show The Twilight Zone.
He currently resides in Santa Fe in New Mexico. George RR Martin official website
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Fire and Blood
George RR Martin
From the masterly imagination behind A Game of Thrones - one of the greatest fantasy epics of all time and an unmissable HBO hit series - comes a definitive history of West...
A Game Of Thrones
George RR Martin
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robe...
A Clash Of Kings
George RR Martin
Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron T...
A Storm of Swords 1: Steel and Snow
George RR Martin
Blood runs truer than oaths. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud as winter approaches like an angry beast. In the northern wastes a horde of hungry, sav...
A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold
George RR Martin
The Starks are scattered. Robb Stark may be King in the North, but he must bend to the will of the old tyrant Walder Frey if he is to hold his crown. And while his youngest...
A Feast for Crows
George RR Martin
The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne.The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Mart...
A Dance With Dragons
George RR Martin
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daener...
The Armageddon Rag
George RR Martin
Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has travelled far from his radical roots in the '60s - until the bizarre and brutal murder of a millionaire rock promoter dra...
Tuf Voyaging
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Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner ...
A Game of Thrones: Graphic Novel Volume 3
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In King's Landing, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell - the Hand of King Robert Baratheon - is surrounded by enemies. Some are openly declared, such as Ser Jaime Lannist...
Dangerous Women
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George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois have put together a towering anthology of specially-commissioned stories from the most stellar names in the genre, set in a number of ...
The Ice Dragon
George RR Martin
From ancient times, the ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen lan...
George RR Martin
Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers, romantic figures who cross treacherous ocea...
Old Venus
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Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois. It turn...
George RR Martin
A collection of twenty-one original stories by a list of contributors including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin. Follow along with the likes of Gillian...
Inside Straight
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In the six decades since the alien plague known as the "Wild Card virus" spread a wave of mutations across the globe, humanity has begun to come to terms with i...
- Dying of the Light (1977)
- Windhaven (1981)
- Fevre Dream (1982)
- The Armageddon Rag (1983)
A Song of Ice and Fire
- A Game of Thrones (1996)
- A Clash of Kings (1998)
- A Storm of Swords (2000)
- A Feast for Crows (2005)
- A Dance with Dragons
- The Winds of Winter
- A Dream of Spring
Critical acclaim
"Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy authors away shaking their heads ... Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venemous they could eat the Borgias" Guardian
"Colossal, taggering ... Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... The writing is always powerful." SFX


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Graduate Hospital – SOSNA recently provided a (lengthy) update on the progress of 2400 South – the new Toll Bros development in Graduate Hospital. It's an exciting new development and definitely worth a read.
2400 South Street – Toll Bros – Update
2400 South Street, by Toll Bros, will go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for final review at a special hearing Wednesday December 14 at 1 PM (1515 Arch Street, 18th Floor). It was clear from the moment the proposed project was first presented to the community on May 18, 2011 that much work was needed to bring this about. The initial plan had many shortcomings: it proposed essentially a gated community with an interior parking garage along 24th Street between South and Bainbridge at the street level; there were a number of gaps in the street wall and there was no accessible programmed community space. The public and SOSNA's Zoning Committee articulated these design concerns as well as the negative impact such a plan would have on safety. These plans can be viewed at this link: May 18, 2011 2400 South Street Presentation Materials. Toll Bros were asked to take these concerns and revise their plans accordingly.
Toll Bros reached out to SOSNA again this past August with "revised" plans to see if they were on the right track. At first glance it was immediately apparent that aside from a few new doors and windows, the plans remained largely unchanged. Empty spaces and dead walls abounded, and still no community space. These plans can be viewed at this link: August 4, 2011 2400 South Street Presentation Materials Revised. Again, SOSNA's main concerns were: creation of another gated community in our urban neighborhood, little-to-no pedestrian interaction at the street level on 24th or Bainbridge, and the lack of any commercial space on a lot that permits it by-right. Again, they were asked to please consider further revision before returning for a full community meeting.
On October 19, 2011 Toll Bros made their final presentation before the SOSNA Zoning Committee and dozens of neighbors. The plans were again largely in the same vein as those in May and August. In response to SOSNA's request to bury the interior parking garage in the condo tower, Toll Bros proposed sloping the garage such that it would be mostly underground at 24th and South Street, thus permitting the creation of three residential units in an attempt to enliven this corner. These plans can be viewed at this link: October 19, 2011 2400 South Street Presentation Materials Revised. At the Zoning Committee meeting, neighbors came out overwhelmingly opposed to the project as designed. The SOSNA Zoning Committee itself re-iterated the same concerns from previous months and neighbors one after the other testified in opposition. Some did so to protest the lack of commercial at 24th and South and 24th and Bainbridge; some to protest the lack of street frontage on Bainbridge Street; some to protest the interior parking garage; while others to criticize the condo tower's architecture. In the end, the SOSNA community voted 3-41 in opposition to the project. Subsequently SOSNA Zoning Committee Chairman, Paul Toner, submitted a letter of "strong opposition" to the ZBA in advance of Toll Bros hearing. This letter can be viewed at this link: October 31, 2011 SOSNA Letter to the ZBA.
Prior to the November 2, 2011 ZBA hearing, representatives of SOSNA and its fellow stakeholder organizations – the Center City Residents Association (CCRA), and South Street West Business Association (SSWBA) – appealed personally to Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger to help coax Toll Bros to design a better project. As a result, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) decided to conduct two public meetings in November and December to review the project, and asked the ZBA to continue their decision until after these hearings. The ZBA allowed Toll Bros to present its case on November 2 but held all other comment and testimony until a "special" hearing scheduled for December 14th.
The first PCPC hearing took place on November 15, 2011. PCPC members asked pointed questions about many of the plans deficiencies already mentioned, and SOSNA, CCRA, SSWBA, the Naval Square H.O.A. and South X Schuylkill Committee testified in opposition. One PCPC commissioner said that the lack of townhomes on Bainbridge Street was a "non-starter" for her.
In the intervening days and weeks, Toll Bros met independently with PCPC staff to formulate possible revisions, and on November 22, 2011 submitted substantially revised plans to SOSNA. The PCPC conducted a meeting on November 30, 2011 between Toll Bros and the neighborhood stakeholder groups (SOSNA, CCRA, SSWBA, and Naval Square H.O.A.) to review the revisions. These plans can be viewed at this link: November 30, 2011 2400 South Street Presentation Materials Revised. In total, there were 10 revisions:
Added 2,080 SF of commercial/retail space in the condo building at the corner of 24th and Bainbridge Street.
Added a HOA/Management office with windows in the middle of the condo building along 24th Street.
Added roughly 420 SF of "un-programmed" space with windows on 24th Street just north of the lobby.
Eliminated the gardens for the condos that front South and 24th Street.
Changed access to the interior parking garage to be directly from Bainbridge Street as opposed to through the drive court.
Reoriented the site plan to eliminate the row of townhomes that were perpendicular to South Street.
Added 3 more two-over-two townhomes that front on South Street.
Added a new row of 11 two-over-two townhomes that front along Bainbridge Street in place of surface parking spaces.
Changed the orientation of the interior courtyard and reduced its size significantly (previously 28 homes, now 16); and,
Added a small row of 4 two-over-two townhomes with front surface parking.
SOSNA representatives and those from our fellow civic organizations liked the revisions, though some logistical questions remained about potential use restrictions on the new commercial space, and potential site plan improvements that could allow vehicular access directly on to 25th Street heading north.
Immediately following the meeting at PCPC, the SOSNA Board of Directors discussed the revisions at length. It resolved that the revisions above were substantial enough to warrant changing SOSNA's position to non-opposition as they specifically addressed concerns raised by our neighbors at public meetings and as articulated in the October 31, 2011 letter. That said, just because the project was improved does not mean it was without flaws. The Board requested that the SOSNA Zoning Workgroup discuss these revisions in detail at its monthly public meeting and recommend specific improvements for the official SOSNA letter.
At the December 7, 2011 SOSNA Zoning Workgroup meeting, neighbors and workgroup members found the revisions to be an improvement, but still found the Toll Bros project wanting. Some did not feel enough changes had been made to warrant SOSNA altering its position, and most objected to any attempts to restrict uses of the commercial spaces. In the end, the Workgroup crafted the five following points for inclusion in the SOSNA letter:
In response SOSNA submitted a letter of non-opposition including the above 5 points to the ZBA on December 13, 2011. This letter can be viewed at this link: December 12, 2011 SOSNA Letter to the ZBA. Toll Bros continued to revise their plans, submitting further revisions for review on December 12, 2011. The revised plans increased the commercial space to nearly 2,500 SF, moved the lobby northwards, and added a fitness center with treadmills along 24th Street at the ground floor. (Plans will be presented at the ZBA meeting). At the December 13, 2011 PCPC meeting, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend support for the revised plans.
In sum, the final Toll Bros project is certainly not perfect, but it represents a vast improvement over what was first presented to the community on May 18, 2011. This was a long and arduous process with many public meetings and long hours, but SOSNA believes the Toll Bros project is the better precisely because of this hard work. SOSNA thanks all those neighbors and volunteers for working so hard to help bring about a better project for our community.

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Why can't Verizon get its act together and release phones in a timely manner. This latest atrocity just continues a long tradition of Verizon dragging its feet when it comes to new phones and software updates. Verizon you are very lucky you have the LTE market cornered for the time being because all the other major carriers have way more high end phone offerings and handle releasing and updating of their products much better. Once the 4G playing field is leveled I assume you will lose a lot of your business. You did this with the Bionic (which some stores wont even sell its so bad), the Razr (Bionic but slimmer) and now Nexus. If we count the Droid 4 that was purportedly to be release last week as well that is 4 out of your last 4 phones that have been delayed and not one has been worth the wait. After reading countless posts on the internet I can assure you I am not the only person that feels this way. As a company you may want to consider putting your customers first and getting rid of the vail of secrecy Verizon has practiced for years. If you were more open and honest people would understand.
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How many ten's if not 100's of thousands of us feel the same way. I have not upgraded since the OG Droid that I currently have so I have missed many of the other botched releases. I would have gladly been a Galaxy SII owner but no Verizon had to pass on that so that we could get the NEXUS. In the meantime not only do the other carriers have the original SII but now you can have the LTE version on ATT. The only reason my 4 phones stay with Verizon is their network but you can bet in two years when all the other LTE networks ar in place; it will be adios Verizon.
I could live with the delays; if only someone would update the status. I don't mind a delay if there is a valid reason behind it, but with no information from Verizon for the delay my wandering mind is left with just a few reasons for it. 1) Money grubbing Verizon will not release with Google Wallet installed; even if it does violate their FTC aggreements. 2) There is some hidden agreement with Crapple to give the 4s it's much needed head start or; 3) They want to sell as many of their bloated, crippled devices as possible knowing that no one will buy a $300 Bionic,Raz'r, ReZound, etc once the Galaxy Nexus arrives.
I mentioned crippling a phone above, back when I got my first smartphone (Blackberry Curve) they disabled the GPS to keep users from being able to navigate with anything but their $10/month VZ Navigator. In doing this, my blackberry was unable to auto adjust time zones while travelling, a feature that had pretty much available from the invention of the cell phone. Today they cripple the mobile hot spots. Here's hoping Google/Samsung held strong on that feature.
Enough rambling from a Verizon user since their beginning; also likely leaving in 2 years.
Seriously! This has gone on long enough! Over Google wallet? Who is going to be using Google wallet? I sure wont. Many people have been waiting for a pure Google experience on Verizon. The razr and resound both loaded with bloatware and re-skinned are not an option for me.
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Google NEVER gave a date and neither has Samsung. They say by the end of the year... rumor sites make their assumption and then leaked documents which can be falsified. To top it off. There is no source code for Wallet. There is no special APIs tied to wallet. So the issue is NOT wallet. Currently test models are at 4.1 which has been verified by testers and Google. That means bug fixes. If it was mearly a wallet issues it wouldn't have jumped from 4.0.1 to 4.1. It would have stayed 4.0.1 or moved to 4.0.2.
WRONG! Google and Samsung announced "Worldwide in November" at the press conference in October. While they didn't give an explicit date, they gave a month. Therefore Verizon has mucked with the timeline. Silence is never good with our crowd. Transparency is a must. Once again I say, who is VZW marketing this device to? Developers or the general public? Nexus phones are not meant for public consumption, they are a developer reference device. Thus, I don't get why the delay and extensive testing. Verizon is losing the interest of the core Android community on a daily if not hourly basis at this point. SELL THE PHONE!
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I just finished up an incredible back workout! Because my primary goal right now is gaining strength using compound exercises, low reps and heavy weights, I did not do any direct biceps work today. Starting off a beautiful Friday morning with several sets of very heavy deadlifts is pretty much a fool-proof recipe for getting in good mood. I feel awesome! I'm so glad that I changed my workout times from afternoon to morning. It just seems to be a better fit for me, and for a lot of reasons. It will be interesting to see how my upcoming cut goes (compared to previous cuts) while training at the new AM time.
Well, the cold front pushed out all the rain, and this morning Central Florida is enjoying crystal-clear blue skies, lots of sun and crisp, cool air. I really wish I didn't have to work today, but I do. This weekend I'll be out on the trails trying out my new GoPro chest camera mount. Yesterday after work I ran some tests with this new mount, and I was not happy with it. So I made some changes using some parts from another GoPro mount kit, and now I think I've a camera system for my bike that is the best I've used by a wide margin. You can check out my brief video review below. In the review I talk about the mount's shortcomings (from a mountain biker's perspective), how I overcame those shortcomings and I included some test footage using the modified mount.
I just heard from the guys over at AtLarge Nutrition. They've been working on a new product that is pretty close to ready: BCAA+! I don't use many supplements, but I am a big fan of BCAAs. I'll definitely be giving this new product a run while I'm cutting early next year. More information here.


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General Antoshkin's gift for HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
No sooner had the Russian Aerobatic Team settled in at Scampton than General Antoshkin asked the Commandant of the RAF Central Flying School how he could deliver a personal gift to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Honorary Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School. He had had a replica of a traditional highly ornate Russian samovar specially made to give to her. The General wished to deliver the gift himself but advisers at Buckingham Palace decided that it would be inappropriate for the Queen Mother to meet in person a very senior Russian, until a few days earlier Soviet, General. It was decided, however, that it would be acceptable for the Queen Mother to receive the gift itself.
Time was short if the gift was to be delivered during the Russian Knights visit to the UK because the Queen Mother was currently holidaying at one of her favourite residences, Birkhall House in the Balmoral Estate, in the far north east of Scotland. I was detailed to drive up to Balmoral overnight and deliver the gift to Sir Alistair Aird, the Comptroller of the Queen Mother's household. The arrangements were quickly made.
To share the long drive, I took with me Pilot Officer Russ Fraser, one of my holding officers working for me temporarily while waiting for the next phase of his flying training. I had first met Russ in 1987 while I was working for the North and West Region of the Air Training Corps and Russ was a cadet with the No 1855 Royton Air Training Corps Squadron. I told Russ that we would travel in comfortable civilian clothes but take our formal uniform with us so that we could change before entering the Balmoral Estate. There was a possibility that we might meet someone important - perhaps even the Queen Mother.
Soon after leaving the beautiful town of Ballater, only a few miles from Birkhall House, we turned into the narrow approach road and started looking for a suitably secluded place amongst the trees where we could change into uniform. We thought we had found the ideal place but, just as we were pulling into the side of the road, I noticed someone I took to be a British Telecom linesman working at the top of a telegraph pole. He waved cheerily at us and we drove on without stopping. A few hundred metres further on, out of sight of the telephone man, we pulled into a sizeable clearing on the side of the road. There was no-one in sight this time and so we got out of the car and quickly changed into uniform. We were expected at 1030am and we had about ten minutes to spare as we continued the drive along a winding, tree-lined avenue towards the house. Suddenly, after going round a sharp bend, we were brought to a halt facing someone we took to be a game-keeper. He was standing in the middle of the road and had a shot gun cradled in his arms. He came up to the car as I wound the window down.
"You must be Squadron Leader Cunnane and Pilot Officer Fraser," he said, as he peered in. "We watched you getting changed!" There was no-one else in sight, so I have no idea who the 'we' were. Somewhat abashed, and wondering where the hidden cameras were, we showed him our identity cards.
"That man up the telegraph pole must have been one of the security guards, I suppose?" I asked weakly, hoping fervently that he would be very discreet with any negatives or video footage. It did not bear thinking about what the Red Arrows would do if they got their hands on pictures of Russ and me without our trousers in a forest clearing!
"He might have been," grinned the 'game-keeper'. "Keep right on for another hundred yards. You'll come to a car park near the stables behind the house. Park there and Sir Alistair will meet you."
We found a parking space and looked around. Sir Alistair Aird came out of the house almost immediately and introduced himself. We showed him the large box in the boot containing the highly ornate samovar.
"Ah, it's electric," he said thoughtfully, peering inside the container.
"Yes sir," I replied. "The outside is a replica of a traditional Russian samovar, but this is a modern electric version. You will see that General Antoshkin has had the emblems of the Russian Knights and the Red Arrows engraved on it as well as the Royal Cipher. Our engineers recommend that no-one plugs it into the mains – it doesn't meet UK electrical standards."
"I will certainly make sure that is passed on to the Housekeeper," said Sir Alistair gravely. "I think the best thing to do is place the samovar on a lace cloth on a small table out on the front lawn and then you can formally present it to Queen Elizabeth before the flypast. Would that be all right do you think?"
I replied that it certainly would be all right. We were taken inside the house and given a cup of tea, poured by a servant from a silver tea pot on a silver salver. We then asked to go to a bathroom so that we could make ourselves look tidy. When we had combed our hair, I having decided that we would not wear our service hats, we joined Sir Alistair on the lawn where he was carefully placing the samovar on the lace-covered table.
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If the state of New Hampshire needs a poster child for the futility of its mental health system, they could do a lot worse than the Nashua woman who was arrested recenlty after throwing a variety of items — including a folding chair — out of a third-floor apartment window.
Not surprisingly, Claudia Herring, 59, was jailed and brought before a judge, who determined that Herring was a danger to herself and others.
This comes less than a year after Herring was charged with stabbing a man in the hand and witnesses testified at her court appearance that she has spent time at the state-run New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, which treats some of the state's toughest cases of mental illness.
Except it doesn't, really.
Nationally, the average stay at such hospitals is 47 days, but at NHH the average patient stay is seven days.
And after that, patients are released into a rock-solid network of community mental-health services that provide the support patients and their families need to cope with a range of mental illnesses on a day-to-day basis?
Hardly, though there was a time when the state's community mental health network was a model for the nation.
Not anymore.
In fact, a suit brought a few years ago by the Disabilities Rights Center in Concord on behalf of six state residents said the state was violating federal law by treating people at state institutions, rather than providing them with community-based mental health services that would allow them to remain at home.
The DRC wasn't the first organization to fault New Hampshire's shortcomings in delivering mental health services. The first volley was fired by the U.S. Department of Justice, which said the state's failure to provide community mental health services resulted in needless and prolonged stays at state institutions.
That was when state officials pointed out that the stays at NHH are much shorter than average, as if churning was a virtue.
They'd probably like you to believe that the stays at NHH are shorter because they're doing such a bang-up job. You can think that if you want, but good luck convincing Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Jacalyn Colburn.
According to a story by The Telegraph's Joseph G. Cote, the judge said Herring was the second person she's seen within a week who had been released from New Hampshire Hospital and is still struggling with serious mental health issues.
"I'm finding it increasingly disturbing," Colburn said during Herring's court appearance.
Federal law requires people to receive treatment in the least-restrictive environment possible. Treating people at home is the preferred option, followed by hospitalization if necessary.
In Herring's case, it stands to reason that because she washed out at home, she was sent to a hospital to get treatment, right? After all, according to one witness, she's been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Wrong. Bail was set at $200 — more than she could pay — and she was sent to jail pending another hearing this week to assess her suitability for a home confinement program.
Colburn, the judge, felt that was the only option available to her.
Herring's public defender, Kristin Weberg, summed the situation up perfectly.
"She's going to be in jail because she's a mentally ill person in a state that can't care for her," she said. "This is not an appropriate response to someone who's really sick."
Except in the state's case, caring for the mentally ill is probably more a matter of "won't" than "can't."
The good news is that the state budget passed a few weeks ago restores some of the mental health money that was cut by the previous Legislature. That's encouraging, but doesn't change the fact that the state still operates in the dark ages when it comes delivering mental health care.
Sending someone to jail because they're sick? That reminds us: we used to put people in jail for not paying their debts, too.
-- The Telegraph of Nashua


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2012 Men's Soccer News
Gaucho Season Tix Remain on Sale; Great Plans, Incentives AvailableMay 16, 2013UCSB men's soccer season tickets are now on sale for the 2013 season. Don't miss out on the action as the Gauchos host top talent from all over the country including Stanford, Cal Poly and 2012 NCAA Sweet 16 participant New Mexico.
Gaucho Soccer Season Tix Now Available; Great Packages Available for Outstanding Home SlateApril 30, 2013Coming off of another year in which they led the nation in attendance, the Gauchos will return with a new energy, community focus and schedule that may break more attendance records during the 2013 season.
Youth National Team Members, Top Academy Recruits Join 2013 GauchosFebruary 06, 2013Youth National Team members, career-record holders, a state Player of the Year, USSF Academy team standouts, and seven freshmen are part of the early signings for the 2013 Gaucho men's soccer program.
Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes Come to Harder Stadium on SaturdayFebruary 05, 2013Major League Soccer clubs the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes will be paying a visit to UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium this Saturday, Feb. 9 for a pair of matches.
Three Gauchos Selected in MLS Supplemental DraftJanuary 22, 2013UC Santa Barbara seniors Machael David, Nic Ryan and Peter McGlynn were each drafted by Major League Soccer clubs on Tuesday in the league's Supplemental Draft.
12 Gauchos Named to Big West Academic All-Conference TeamJanuary 16, 2013Men's and women's soccer lead the way with four candidates apiece.
UCSB Leads National Soccer Attendance for Sixth YearJanuary 15, 2013Thanks to the best fans in men's college soccer, UC Santa Barbara has officially earned the title of NCAA Division I national attendance leader for the sixth consecutive year.
Boateng Honored Once Again, Named to Soccer America All-Freshman TeamJanuary 07, 2013Forward Ema Boateng was named to the Soccer America All-Freshman First Team it was announced today. The honor comes on the heels of his All-Far West Second Team, TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Freshmen First Team and Big West Freshman of the Year honors.
David Invited to the 2012 Major League Soccer Player CombineDecember 11, 2012UC Santa Barbara senior midfielder Machael David has been invited to the adidas MLS Player Combine it was announced by Major League Soccer on Tuesday.
Boateng and Ryan Garner All-Far West AccoladesDecember 10, 2012Freshman Ema Boateng and senior Nic Ryan each earned 2012 NCAA Division I All-Far West Region honors it was announced on Sunday. Boateng was named to the Second Team while Ryan garnered Third Team honors.
Boateng Garners All-Freshmen Team HonorsDecember 07, 2012UC Santa Barbara freshman midfielder Ema Boateng has been named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshmen First Team it was announced on Friday.
Pontius Claims Four Club Awards from D.C. UnitedNovember 07, 2012D.C. United announced today the club's end-of-season award winners, with several honors going to 2012 MLS Comeback Player of the Year candidate Chris Pontius.
Ryan, Boateng Garner Major Big West HonorsNovember 05, 2012Senior Nic Ryan was named the 2012 Big West Midfielder of the Year and forward Ema Boateng garnered Freshman of the Year honors the conference announced on Monday evening.
Gauchos Fall to Cal Poly in Season FinaleNovember 03, 2012The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Cal Poly on Saturday evening at Alex G. Spanos Stadium during the second of two Blue-Green Rivalry matches between the teams this season.
Gauchos Snap Skid with Win at Sacramento State, 2-1October 31, 2012The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team snapped a three-match losing skid on Wednesday afternoon at Hornet Stadium with a 2-1 victory over Sacramento State.
Gauchos Wrap-Up Season at Sacramento State and Cal PolyOctober 30, 2012The UCSB men's soccer team will wrap-up its 2012 campaign this week with a pair of conference matches on the road. The Gauchos will travel to Sacramento State on Halloween before capping the year off at Cal Poly on Saturday.
UCSB Athletics' Statement Regarding Sunday's Men's Soccer Post-Game IncidentOctober 29, 2012Given the seriousness of the incident that occurred following the conclusion of UC Santa Barbara's men's soccer match on Sunday, the student-athlete involved has been removed from the team, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mark W. Massari announced Monday. Massari also stated that, regardless of the outcome of Wednesday's game at Sacramento State or Saturday's game at Cal Poly, UCSB will forego any opportunity for postseason play this season. Finally, as head coach, Tim Vom Steeg has been suspended for the game at Sacramento. Assistant coach Greg Wilson will serve as acting head coach.
UC Davis Outlasts No. 25 UCSB in OvertimeOctober 28, 2012No. 25 UC Santa Barbara suffered its third consecutive overtime loss on Sunday afternoon, this time losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to visiting UC Davis at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
No. 25 Gauchos Fall to Stanford in Overtime HeartbreakerOctober 26, 2012No. 25 UC Santa Barbara (9-4-3) fell to visiting Stanford (7-7-1), 1-0, in overtime on Friday evening at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium during a non-conference pairing. The loss marked the Gauchos' second straight overtime heartbreaker following last week's defeat at the hands of visiting Cal Poly.
Gauchos to Play Stanford and UC Davis in Final Regular Season Home MatchesOctober 25, 2012This weekend UC Santa Barbara will host its final pair of regular season home contests on Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
UCSB to Host Zero Waste WeekendOctober 23, 2012The UC Santa Barbara Athletics Department is proud to announce that it will host its first "Zero Waste Weekend" during this Friday and Sunday's men's soccer games at Harder Stadium.
The Central Coast Classic: How Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara Became the Nation's Greatest RivalryOctober 19, 2012Fans are in for a treat tonight as Fox Soccer Channel, for the fourth time in five years, airs Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara in a showcase of the nation's greatest college men's soccer rivalry.
Cal Poly Defeats No. 16 UC Santa Barbara in OvertimeOctober 19, 2012The No. 16 UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team fell to visiting Blue-Green Rival Cal Poly, 2-1, in overtime on Friday evening in front a national FOX Soccer Channel audience and a season-high crowd of 13,467 fans at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
Goalkeeper grows into the jobOctober 19, 2012By Mark Patton, Santa Barbara News-Press
Men's Soccer Blue-Green Rivalry Renewed in Front of FOX Soccer Cameras on FridayOctober 18, 2012UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly will meet for the first of two matches this season between the Central Coast rivals in a FOX Soccer Channel televised match on Friday at 8 p.m. at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
Gaucho Athletics Debuts New Online StoreOctober 18, 2012UCSB Athletics is pleased to announce the debut of our new online store: shopucsbgauchos.com. Powered by Advanced-Online, fans can find thousands of items to choose from, the biggest assortment of Gaucho Gear ever assembled under one roof!
Fifi Baiden: A Great ExampleOctober 16, 2012
No. 16 Gauchos Hand Sacramento State its First Big West Loss, 2-0October 16, 2012No. 16 UC Santa Barbara used a pair of goals scored within 12 seconds of each other to topple visiting Sacramento State, which was previously unbeaten in Big West Conference play, on Tuesday night at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
Gauchos to Face First-Place Sacramento StateOctober 15, 2012The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team returns to Harder Stadium this week to begin four-match homestand.


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Bruno Faidutti's game design credits include Mystery of the Abbey, Citadels, and Ad Astra. Besides designing games, his passions include reading books.
The following interview is about Secrets, a card game he co-designed with Eric Lang.
Jason (GameGobble): Secrets is a social deduction game that has a fun theme, simple mechanics, and lots of bluffing. I understand you co-designed the game with Eric Lang. Could you share some background on how you two got to work together? Did the game idea come first or the partnership?
Bruno: I would not say that Secrets has simple mechanics. They are more complex than that of the many social deduction games, such as Werewolf or Mascarade. It is still, however, a fast-paced and fun game.
The more games I design, the more troubles I have remembering exactly the design process of each one of them, but I'm sure the partnership came first. In 2015 or 2016, Eric and I met at GenCon and decided to design a few games together. We discussed a few ideas, and two games came out of them, Dolores and Secrets – who was first called Which Side are You On and whose original setting was workers unions and strikebreakers, not something very commercial.
Jason: Players may be able to deduct the intentions of others, but the game is designed to keep full knowledge of everyone's hidden roles until the very end. Was this effect difficult to achieve? What were some of the design challenges and how did you overcome them?
Bruno: Once more, I don't recall all details but clearly the idea from the start was to have not only secret roles but also changing identities. It's something I had already done in Mascarade, but we wanted a true team game with some possibilities for bluffing.
A design challenge we faced was to introduce catch-up systems. In the first version of the game, a player who had accumulated a lot of points was almost sure to win and the game was just about joining their team. The Assassin rule (giving secret negative points), the mutual cancellation of identical characters and the hippie rule all address this same issue.
Jason: Secrets is a game that's played in teams, except the Hippie role. Players are trying to score the most points, except the Hippie role. How did the Hippie idea originate and what was the intended impact?
Bruno: See above!
Jason: Some describe Secrets as very chaotic — for example, team play is an important factor for winning, but the teams themselves can change during the game. Talk about the overall gaming experience you and Eric were trying to create when developing Secrets.
Bruno: I know many consider my games "chaotic," but I think this word is a misnomer. In fact, my so-called chaotic games are more about control than any other, but the point of the game is less to use control than to get it. Eric and I completely agreed about that, which is probably why this game feels so Faiduttian when there's actually as much of Eric in it as there is of me.
Jason: What is one thing you want gamers to know about Secrets?
Bruno: We wanted to make it the gamers version of Mascarade. I think it works, but it doesn't sell as well!
Check out "Secrets" on Amazon!


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Hockey creates a lot of really cool opportunities.
Two weeks ago, I was lucky to be part of team HockeyNow in the Scotiabank Hockey for Alzheimer's in Vancouver.
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It was a stellar weekend and really got me thinking more about what opportunities we can create for people or groups out there and also what existing initiatives we can take part in.
Our team at HockeyNow is launching the Experience Hockey campaign in January, which is dedicated to helping introduce new Canadians – both kids and parents – to hockey. We've already had some partners jump in with us and we are very excited about rolling it out as a four-part series that will have on-ice sessions for kids and off-ice workshops for their parents. Our goal is to do our part to help grow the game by giving new Canadians a chance to touch and feel some gear, get on the ice likely for the first time and feel that inexplicable feeling of the rink.
That is another opportunity that hockey can create. I am very eager to see it unfold and you never know who we'll meet along the way, but a door will definitely open to something incredible.
Another amazing story that will open some doors for people in and around hockey comes out of Prince George. I got a call this week from a 14-year-old bantam player's dad. He wanted to let me know what his son was up to and see if we could help out at all. It turns out that this kid really wants to make a difference and had been looking for something to grab on to and dive in to. A teammate of his last year was having some struggles and mental health issues and long story short just quit hockey altogether this year. In an effort to help his friend and others who face similar struggles, this young hockey player did some research and has started to promote Mindcheck.ca in any way he can. He emailed me several letters that he sent to local arena managers to see if he could put up posters and hand out cards to players and families attending games to help grow awareness of the website and its initiatives. He also sent notes to sports reporters at big daily newspapers and NHL players –none have helped him yet, but I bet he'll create his own opportunity and some of them will join in with him. If you aren't familiar with the movement check out their site. It's an incredible resource for people and their friends and families to get some help and direction on where to go for help and support when struggling with mental health issues.
All this gives us at HockeyNow even more drive and passion to do our best to use our reach to open doors for people looking for good opportunities through hockey.
As we enter into a dynamite part of the hockey season with the World Juniors, Christmas tournaments, Olympics and into playoff time I would encourage everyone to grab on to new opportunities that hockey presents and see where they will take you.
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Montreal's multi-media PHI Centre seals Phoebe Greenberg's rep as avant-garde patron of the arts
She raised eyebrows when she opened one of the best art galleries in town, DHC/ART, back in 2007. But Phoebe Greenberg was only getting started: This past June she opened her new PHI Centre in Old Montreal, sealing her reputation as Montreal's visionary patron of the arts and arguably one of the most influential people in Canadian art.
Greenberg also lives in Old Montreal. When she learnt that a historic building built in 1861 on Rue St-Pierre – and within eyeshot of her own home – was going to be converted into condos, she said, "No way am I going to let that happen!"
So she purchased the building and converted it into a state-of-the-art multi-media smart building for the arts, complete with an eco-friendly LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standardization system, meeting the five main criteria of LEED-certified eco-friendly buildings. In fact, the PHI Centre (named not for Phoebe but for math's 'golden ratio') boasts a lawn on its roof, which I recently saw for myself when I got a personal tour of the facility by PHI media director Myriam Achard.
In a nutshell, the PHI Centre is a "smart building" boasting four floors of versatile space that can host launches (such as Fast Company celebrating its 100 Most Creative People in Business of 2012 at their C2-MTL party here in May), conferences, colloquia, film screenings, exhibitions, concerts, shows and interactive installations. There are digital production studios and creative spaces, a live-music concert hall and a cinema. A restaurant is currently in the works and the outdoor rooftop terrasse boasts a killer view of Old Montreal.
"I saw PHI Centre as a sandbox, but it's really boring to play alone," Greenberg says. "I want others to play with us."
This summer is a preparatory "incubation period" for the PHI Centre, which will launch a full slate of free and paid-admission events beginning in September. The facility is clean, breezy and beautifully lit (with both natural and artificial lighting), decorated with gorgeous pieces of art from Greenberg's personal art collection. And there are already two pretty cool art installations already open to public (free admission), Amentia by Jean-Francois Mayrand and Impacts by Alexandre Burton.
It says a lot about Greenberg's dedication and fortitude that she – like Phyllis Lambert and the Canadian Centre for Architecture before her – has pulled this off, building another world-class facility that is already helping secure Montreal's place in the international art world.
But this all costs money. When I ask Myriam Achard how many millions Greenberg has poured into the PHI Centre, Achard replies without missing a beat, "Like Phoebe says, 'It's all about the art, not about the money.'"
The PHI Centre (407 Rue St-Pierre) in Old Montreal hosts art installations, film screenings and music concerts. For more information, click here for the PHI Centre's official website.


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The "Leading Collaborative Partnerships" LCP programme was offered in 2017 in partnership between the Ministry of Social Development, University of Canterbury and Leadership Lab. This capacity building initiative ran from Feb – October 2017 and included 30 leaders from across local and central government agencies and the NGO sector. The programme focussed on developing knowledge and skills in the design and leadership of integrated service, cross-sector partnerships and also the evaluation of collective impact/social investment in alignment with the Better Public Service goals.
As part of the programme, leaders undertook group inquiry projects into 5 key areas of work; 1) Collective Impact, 2) Design Approaches, 3) Collaborative Architecture, 4) Theory U and Community Led-development and 5) Positive Approaches. Infographics and portfolios of this work is available at this link.
The LCP programme has an external evaluator Dr Gail Kelly who published her Interim Evaluation report in August 2017, a final report is due in January. Based on the success of LCP in 2017 the programme has been fine-tuned and was run in 2018 and has just started in 2019.
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Heath and Me
The heart of Jesus is breaking all the time. It comes with the job. If I am going to know the hearts of man, it's going to hurt. I just saw the image above, and it breaks My heart. Allow Me to explain.
I have a book. It's more like a journal, but I call it the Book Of Life. This book is really just a list of names, along with the date. Whenever Myself and a human become friends, I add their name in the book and the date in which the person asked Me into their life. The book is a big deal because it will be next to My Dad when He is deciding who to let into Heaven. Because Heaven is perfect, He can only let in perfect people. This can be difficult for most people because as soon as they do one stupid thing, there is nothing they can do to make themselves pure again. If anybody has ever missed the mark and screwed up, they are not allowed into the eternal
However, there is a loophole. Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm your Loophole. Right before I died, My Dad put all the bad stuff that has ever happened in the world into Me. Every time you put yourself before God and others. Everything you did that tried to lift yourself up like a God. That one time your mom told you not to touch something, but you did anyway. All that was placed into Me, and then I was murdered with all of it locked inside Me.
The loophole is simple. If you want My death to also count for the death of your sins, just ask. I already did it, so it's no big deal. My Loophole is a gift to you. I offer you purification. Just say "thanks". Once you and I are pals, I write your name in My Book Of Life. When you die, there's a trial. God looks at your life to see if you were able to stay perfect, since only perfection can be allowed into perfect Heaven. Most likely, you're going to screw up. And just as My Dad will sadly deem you not worthy, I'll jump in for you. I'll tell My Dad that it's all good. That you and I are pals. I'll show the court My Book Of Life with your name and date written in it. And God smiles. And you smile. And then We lead you through the gates where angels have written you a song specifically for you. It will be the most beautiful song you have ever heard. You will see faces of old family and friends looking so happy you made it in. You will see gold and you will see diamonds. And you will see God shining like the Sun. And you will run to Him. And you will know Love.
Heath did this last night.
19 years ago, He and I had a conversation while he was lying in bed. We became friends. We really didn't talk much after that. I wish we talked more, but most people think they are fine on their own. I love him though, and although we rarely talked, that night I put his name in My book.
Do not let anyone tell you whose names are written in My Book Of Life. That is between Me and that person alone. They have not seen My book.
Love Me. Love others. My Father will judge and condemn.
Homosexuality is a cause of sin. So is stealing. So is talking back to your parents. So is hitting. So is gluttony. I don't see too many people picketing the funerals of the overweight. Please stop picking the sins you think are damnable. We've got it all figured out. You just work on loving Me and loving others, and We will take care of the justice. I know you are trying to do the right thing. I know you are trying to follow Me. I spoke nothing about homosexuals while on Earth, but I spoke a lot about loving broken people. I spoke a lot about how to love broken people. You might want to re-read some of that. We have a video of your whole life, too. Out of control on video tape.
Now, Heath Ledger is perfect. Now, Heath Ledger is pure. Let his family and friends celebrate that without being reminded that a lot of Christians are still pretty broken.
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Front Royal Town Council (including Mayor Timothy Darr), Virginia Clean Cities Executive Director Alleyn Harned & Deputy Director Matt Wade, representatives of Tri-State Nissan (with a black 2015 Leaf S), and a reporter from WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD were among those in attendance. A new Tesla Model S owner from Northern VA also made the trip out and had his car on display.
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St. Nikolai Church in Kiel's historic quarter
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Sunday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A shining paradise: Warm fur and wool, crafts from the Ore Mountains, handcrafted jewelry or wooden toys – and, of course, little treats like licorice from Kiel, Poffertjes, love apples and original Dresden Stollen. Countless lights illuminate the arches arouns the Kiel Christmas Market and enhance the many food stalls.
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German Christmas Markets or Weihnachtsmarkt,have now become popular and are a welcome and familiar sight in many of the cities, towns and villages throughout Europe during the season of Advent.
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No luck.. after a month, a couple hundred dollars, and a few rounds of keyword fixes (such as adding "-job" as a negative keyword so he doesn't get people thinking he wants to give them a job. etc.), no leads.
Now, the site itself is a bit dated but still probably one my most well-aging sites (made it in 2003). The information and pages are clear, quick-loading, and there is contact information everywhere. It presents his past contracts around the world and the services he has to offer.
I'm not one to give up easily but i've also burned through Adwords budgets in the past with no results - they are getting no leads on this one.
Can anyone offer some advice for this type situation, where there is not much competition on the keywords but still no one converts to at least a call-in? I have the campaign paused and feel bad for spending the time to explain how everything works to the relative, setting them up with reports etc., only to get no results. :(
Is this niche, specialty as it is, one that is typically searched for? Have you used the keyword tool to find out how many searches there might be? Do you see other people advertising in the same niche?
Are you advertising on both search and content networks? If so, with separate campaigns, or one combined campaign? The two networks really behave and perform differently, so you'll want separate strategies and separate campaigns.
bAre you getting many impressions? If not, you might need to revisit your keywords, and check your budget.
Are you getting plenty of impressions but no clicks? You want to look at your keywords and particularly your ads. If you're in the Content Network, run the Placement report to find out what types of sites your ads are running on - you might want to add some negatives.
Are you getting impressions AND clicks, but no conversions? (contacts, leads) Lots to troubleshoot here. First look at your keywords and the match types - maybe you're being broad matched into terms that are really relevant. Run the Search Query report to see what people are actually typing in (if you have Google Analytics, there's a filter you can add for this as well) Make sure your ads are truly reflective of what the users will find on the landing page, and then you *really* need to look at that landing page. Does it provide compelling reasons for the lead to sign up?
If you're not running Google Analytics on your site, you should be; I won't even take on an AdWords client anymore who isn't using some type of analytics.
There are a lot of reports you can run to get a picture on where exactly the problem might be - Placement, Search Query and Impression Share Reports are all *very* important and very helpful for troubleshooting purposes.
Hope this is enough to get you started -
Competition for the keywords is few and far between. Some of the keyword topics are 'up and coming' issues where my relative is on the cusp of new developments in the industry so there's definitely not much competition on those ones.
Are you advertising on both search and content networks? Following my usual pattern of failure on Adwords, I start off with Content turned on, hoping whatever new tools they offer this time around will help me not bleed out.. but as usual after a few days the budget is getting hosed and I panic and turn off content. The two networks were in one campaign, I did not know it would be an advantage to separate them.
Are you getting many impressions? Top ad group has 1600 impressions and 26 clicks in last 7 days, avg. CPC $0.42. Impression volume is pretty much what I would expect for a low volume, slow-burn campaign with very niche and specific-match keywords. Budget is indicated as OK by Adwords system.
Are you getting plenty of impressions but no clicks? 1.89% CTR average across ad groups.
Are you getting impressions AND clicks, but no conversions? This is basically the situation. I am getting more less what I would think to be reasonable volume of searches, based on generally the right forms of the keywords.
Perhaps I am denying the inevitable, that the site does need a redesign/update.. my main projects of course must always be leading edge, but since this site is in more of an 'old boys' sector. Maybe the business lead generation is not proactive enough - there is actually no call to action on the site anywhere, just a variety of PDF downloads and info (which is, to be fair, quite unique content and very focused) and contact info. It may be that not enough focus is put on the site as to "This guy is an industry pro, hire him for your mid to long-term projects". It is definitely more than a business-card site but perhaps less than what is currently expected by his type of clients as a pre-requisite for contacting him about helping them.
Still.. after reviewing your points I do feel more confident about the actual Adwords campaign but still wonder how all these specialty ad clicks could convert to a big fat 0 telephone or email leads (except the one dude calling looking for a job for himself lol).
I will check out those other report types, never tried anything beyond the basic reporting before. Thanks!
(I'd also look carefully at the number of keywords in your adgroups and pause/ remove the underperforming keywords which are diluting your QS)
OT - but can your relative start/ participate in the relevant blogging community to be recognised as an expert?
I know it's never too late to get started in these things, he is near retirement and I am sure not keen on blogging/writing on forums to try and sell himself. I know many people in my own industry that catch a second wind at the age and become prolific bloggers/etc. but believe me it won't be the case with this guy - I have to make do with trying things like Adwords to bring people in proactively instead of passively: time being the major crunch.