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Hey folks, since I first wrote this Post, Dr. Doolin has been frantically working and reworking Blog Post Engineering. He is launching version 0.7.4 William Today and let me tell you it will be well worth having a copy. Like I say below, I purchased an earlier copy and Dave was kind enough to send me updates of this release. It has more depth and several bonuses that will make your blog posts even better. Click any of the links here or over on the sidebar to learn more. I really think that this e-book should be in every bloggers toolkit to make some killer, SEO friendly blog posts. Read on for more!
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I bought Blog Post Engineering to make my posts better and ultimately gain followers, customers, and Google rank. My first concern when buying the book was the same whenever I buy anything, am I actually going to use this and make it worth the investment. The email I go t from Dave about breaking legs and sledge hammers had something else to do with it. Of course I can't prove that e-mail ever existed so I may have been dreaming.
I wondered if I could actually use the information in a practical way. Guess what, yes I could and so can everyone who blogs. This book and these tips are for anyone who blogs, no experience required. If you have experience posting on a blog, this book will help you polish and refine your posts.
There is a TON of useful and relevant information that is spelled out in a very straightforward way. It showed me how to use tags and categories in a more useful way, to be more productive and get on the SEO radar.
I liked how it read more like a conversation than a textbook, it was easy to follow and retain the information. It is formatted to look like a book, so it kind of feels like reading a book. There are plenty of links to articles on Website In A Weekend. I had already read most of these posts so I could really see the implementation of the concepts described.
This book also goes into some promotion of your posts, so that you can actually get readers there and let the SEO magic start happening.
I would very much recommend Blog Post Engineering, especially if you are new to blogging and are trying to get eyes on your blog, all of the techniques int BPE are proven and tested several times over. They work.
This ebook is on my desktop so that I can refer to it as often as I need. I found some stuff I was doing right, some I was doing kind of right, and some I wasn't doing at all. In one fairly concise ebook all of this information is at your fingertips.
** New content- This new version has even more value than before. It is organized in sections that let you build your skills. It includes new chapters on what to do with old posts and how to use audio and video more effectively. There are also chapters on using some quality plugins that will increase SEO. **
Now, to be fair, all of this information is available on Website In A Weekend. Much of this information has been taken down and is only available in this e-manual. If you go looking for it on there, you will find it but it takes quite a bit of digging. This book brings together all of that great information in one spot, that is instantly useable. I think this is half of the value of the book. The other is increasing your SEO significantly.
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Go Check out Dave's site and Blog Post Engineering. You will be glad you did!


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I got an email from Casey Truelove and then read Zenit and decided I needed to help. So I am now sharing it with you.
Starting today through November 4th, join me countless others in helping support 40 Days for Life. I'm not close enough to join one of the larger groups in Michigan (Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, or Midland/Bay City/Saginaw) but some prayers and fasting is one way you and I can help.
This fall, 89 cities in 33 states across the nation will unite for a unique pro-life campaign called 40 Days for Life -- an intensive effort designed to raise awareness, save lives, bring healing, and prepare America for the beginning of the end of abortion.
Don't forget that a Life Chain will be held in Traverse City on October 7, 2007, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Grandview Pkwy. and Front St. from Division to Garfield. We'll have the stroller there in support! Check with your local parish to see where they will be!

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Beef Round Eye Roast – Gluten-Free Oven Cooked
This gluten-free beef round eye roast is a wonderful lean dinner entree, and equally wonderful for lunches.
I like to slice leftovers to make sandwiches, or cut in thin strips to layer on a salad.
It's good enough that no one will think about whether it's gluten-free or not — they'll just eat it and ask for more.
5 comments - What do you think?
Posted by Pat Yarbrough - November 19, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Categories: American, Beef, Dairy-free, Dinner Menu, Egg-free, GI - Low Glycemic, Gluten-Free, Lactose-Free, Low-Carb, Lunch Menu, Nut-free, Paleo Diet, Refined Sugar-free, Soy-free, Top 8 Allergen-Free, Wheat-free Tags: beef round eye roast gluten-free, gluten-free beef recipe, gluten-free roast, gluten-free round roast recipe


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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Marinated Grilled Chicken and Easy Coleslaw
Marinated Grilled Chicken
4 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken pieces
1/2 C. red wine vinegar
1 C. soy sauce
1/2 C oil
2 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Mix marinade and place with chicken in a resealable zipper bag and marinate overnight. Grill chicken until it reaches 160° at the thickest part, or until white all the way through and juices run clear. If you do not have a grill, you can bake or broil the chicken in the oven.
Easy Coleslaw
1 bag prepared cabbage slaw
1/2 C mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp sugar
Combine last 3 ingredients and refrigerate covered until ready to use. Mix with shredded slaw just before serving.
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An Interview with Rosemary Christoph, Ph.D.
By Meghan Vivo
"Parenting comes in all sizes, shapes, colors, and styles," says Rosemary Christoph, Ph.D., a therapist at the Academy at Swift River (ASR), a therapeutic college prep boarding school located in Cummington, Massachusetts. "Most people begin parenting using their own parents as examples, or by reacting against the example their parents set for them. In either case, it's often an unconscious process, and we find ourselves doing things that we may question after the fact. But there's a learning curve, and children are often training us as much as we are attempting to train them."
Whether you realize it or not, every parent has a style of interacting with their children. Parenting style isn't determined by an isolated event, like a moment of conflict or a disagreement, but by a parent's overall demeanor when engaging with their child. Whatever your style, your interactions undoubtedly have a profound impact on your child's future.
Dr. Robert Brook has identified four basic parenting styles in Western culture – authoritarian, permissive/indulgent, permissive/disengaged, and authoritative (referred to as "individuated" by Dr. Christoph to avoid confusion with the authoritarian style) – each with its own strengths and limitations. There are all kinds of variations on these themes, but most parents relate to one style more than others. Which style are you? There may be more than one answer.
These are the "Because I said so" parents. The authoritarian approach was popular in the 40s and 50s (and most of Western history) when parents believed children were to be seen and not heard, and when corporal punishment was considered a sound way to discipline children. One parent, often the father, was the law-giver, and children were expected to do their chores and schoolwork and obey – no questions asked.
Authoritarian parents set rigid rules based on compliance and obedience without considering their children's feelings or even discussing their rationale. These parents tend to be heavy-handed rather than nurturing; they express love and acceptance only when the child behaves in accordance with the parents' wishes. Because these children live in fear of punishment and rejection, they often are inhibited, fearful, withdrawn, and depressed.
On the positive side, children of authoritarian parents learn limits and boundaries and thus generally excel in school. But because they're used to being told what to do, they frequently struggle to understand how to be independent, form their own opinions, take risks, and find activities they truly enjoy.
"I grew up in an authoritarian family," Dr. Christoph explains. "My father came home and everyone was afraid of what would happen next. I never knew when I'd be hit with a book, newspaper, or hand. This authoritarian approach produces children who are obedient, but frightened, and who can be passive-aggressive with their defiance because it's too risky to be out in the open with it. In the end, this behavior causes a kind of self-sabotage of the child's efforts in school, sports, the arts, and in life."
"My sense is when the authoritarian model was attacked by Dr. Spock and others in the 60s and 70s, the permissive style of parenting was born," Dr. Christoph states. "Permissive parents are 'hands-off' and believe children will learn best on their own. They prefer to be their child's friend, buddy, and confidant."
Though permissive parents generally are loving, supportive, and warm, they don't set rules, expectations, or goals for their children. As a result, their children can be spoiled, self-indulgent, undisciplined, and/or demanding. These kids may seek boundaries by acting out and throwing tantrums. When parents finally try to say no, the child becomes defiant, having become accustomed to being in charge.
"We see lots of these kids at the Academy at Swift River," explains Dr. Christoph. "Parents then want the school to set limits and act as the authority figure because they are unwilling or unable to do so. For example, we insist that students be on time, do their homework for class, treat people respectfully, and dress according to code. We establish a structure and insist upon boundaries that are essential."
Disengaged parenting commonly occurs in two very different situations, according to Christoph. In one, high-income parents foster disengagement through their focus on money and career. When people are consumed with work 12-14 hours per day, family life suffers. In the other, single parents or families struggling financially find themselves disengaged from their kids by the sheer economics of survival, working multiple jobs to make ends meet. While the disengagement stems from different reasons, the impact is the same. Parents are focused on work rather than the emotional and social lives of their children. They become strangers in their own home because they haven't taken the time to develop bonds with their children.
Experts agree that the disengaged style is the most damaging. Disengaged parents are often neglectful and unattached, and leave schools and society to be the parents. They not only fail to provide structure and rules, but they also fail to show love or foster emotional connection. As a result, these children are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems, academic difficulties, low self-esteem, and alcohol or substance abuse.
"Children of disengaged parents are the hardest to deal with," says Dr. Christoph. "They are traumatized, neglected, and unmotivated and they need a great deal of nurturing to get back on track."
Parents who integrate the best qualities of both the permissive and authoritarian approaches achieve what Dr. Christoph refers to as the "individuated" (or authoritative) style. These parents are warm, loving, supportive, and involved – all within the construct of establishing guidelines, limits, and expectations. They listen actively to their children and encourage them to make their own decisions. With an emphasis on positive reinforcement rather than punishment, they involve their children in the process of creating rules and consequences and explain the rationale behind the rules. They give unconditional love to their child whatever his personality, interests, or behavior.
Children of individuated parents have healthy self-esteem, positive peer relationships, self-confidence, independence, and success in school. They also have fewer behavioral or emotional problems than other children. Because of their positive parental role models, they know how to manage stress, strive toward goals, and express their opinions.
"At schools the like Academy at Swift River," Christoph explains, "the goal is to teach families to take the best of the authoritarian and permissive approaches and end any disengagement, and show families how to grow and connect with each other. Ongoing dialogue is essential in these programs. Just as the child's behavior is changing, the parents' behavior must change for a successful integration to take place when the child returns home."
"Understanding your own parenting style is just one step toward improving your family dynamic," Dr. Christoph suggests. "What is your partner's parenting style? Is it very different from your own? In many cases, when one parent embraces a particular approach, the other parent will try to achieve balance by taking an opposite approach. For example, one parent being authoritarian makes the other parent more permissive in response to the person's rigidity. As a result, one parent sets strict boundaries and punishments, while the other parent bends the rules." Parents go back and forth with this "good cop, bad cop" routine, and children can take advantage of the division.
Sometimes these differences in parenting styles, if too profound or unbalanced, can break apart marriages. "Parents have to observe themselves impartially and analyze if their styles are complementing one another or if they're pushing each other to further extremes," Dr. Christoph continues. "It's also critical that parents back each other up and discuss any areas of disagreement in private so that they present a united front to their children. Parents don't need identical styles to work it out, but they have to acknowledge and accept the importance of other styles. In the best case scenario, both parenting styles should be integrated."
Just as people change over time, parenting styles change as families move through different stages of life. It is common for people to fall into or react against the model they had as children. "I was permissive with my daughter as a young parent, reacting against growing up in an authoritarian home," Dr. Christoph reveals. "But I quickly began to realize my daughter needed boundaries. For example, I couldn't go out to dinner with her because she was too wild. By the time my daughter turned 8, I was angry at myself and her for what had happened, so then I overcompensated toward the authoritarian approach with more structure, rules, and discipline. At another time in my life, I became disengaged because I began to focus on my career. When you're disengaged because of work or financial stress, there may be a period of time when the child really feels your absence and their only hope is for other adults to meet their needs at that time."
Parenting style can also vary depending on the child. One child may evoke an authoritarian response while another child may evoke a permissive one, depending on their personality and behaviors. Dr. Christoph tells a story of one family at the Academy at Swift River in which the parents used three different parenting styles for each of their three children. They were authoritarian with their eldest daughter who was academically precocious. By the time their son came along, his difficulties with dyslexia and ADHD caused them to become more permissive when the authoritarian approach didn't work. This resulted in him being sent to Swift River by age 15 because he acted out in school and at home. Over time, they were able to integrate the best of the two approaches and take an individuated approach with their third child. Each child in the same family had a different experience based on the parents' stage of life and the child's particular temperament.
As parents gain more experience and become more settled in their lives, they may finally achieve the individuated style, even after years of experimenting with other approaches. According to Dr. Christoph, if children get 5-10 years of the individuated approach, where their parents recognize their individuality, set some basic expectations, demonstrate how to relate to others in positive ways, and teach them to handle the stresses of life without giving up, they have a good chance of success.
As a therapist at ASR, Dr. Christoph sees a wide variety of mistakes parents make. One of the most common occurs when parents don't realize their children do in fact listen to them, even though they may seem disengaged or hostile. "Even when kids disagree, they are listening to the discussion. Treat disagreements as a chance to have a real encounter, to understand what your child is thinking without having to win the argument. Be glad the discussion is happening," says Christoph.
Another common mistake, according to Christoph, is failing to make family a top priority. Modern American culture encourages parents to place career, money, and personal satisfaction above family. "In other cultures, family is the highest priority. In the U.S., it's fourth, fifth, or sixth in importance. You have to really make the choice in our culture to emphasize those values in your own life. Put family first not just in terms of words or thinking, but also in terms of actions and the investment of time," advises Christoph.
Parents have a dual role – to nourish their children's individuality and teach them to function in society. Dr. Christoph warns, "You can't achieve an individuated parenting style just because you want it. You have to deliberately create structure and nurture a connection with your child."
The term "individuated," coined by Dr. Christoph, suggests the child needs to be seen as an individual. Some children excel in school while others diligently help around the house or have some unique skill. "There are enormous ranges of human interest and giving kids a wide range of possibilities through art classes, music lessons, or athletic events can help a child find his strengths. The key is nurturing the positive rather than focusing on the negative. Children need their particular gifts seen, commented on, praised, and encouraged," Christoph counsels.
The parent's style must be individual as well. "A good parent is like a good teacher – some people instinctively do it well and others have to work hard at it by watching others and trying to adjust their behaviors," explains Christoph. "It's a process to learn how to set boundaries that respect everyone's needs and differences while showing unconditional love and support at the same time. Parenting has to be treated with great self-awareness and consciousness rather than just following one's own parents, personality habits, or the path of least resistance."
In any parenting relationship, it is the parent's job to guide their little being into adulthood. "Find what you need to teach your particular children before they have to take on the responsibility themselves," says Dr. Christoph. "At ASR, parents are on a steep learning curve about how to be a better parent. But that's really what it's all about."


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Late on Saturday, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The February killing of the unarmed 17-year-old by a neighborhood watch volunteer hit a nerve across the nation. After the not-guilty verdict came out, musicians shared their reactions on social media and on the stage, ranging from fury and disgust to heartbreak and calls for peace.
During her concert in Nashville, Beyonce called for a moment of silence for Martin, and then sang the chorus of "I Will Always Love You." Shortly after the verdict was returned, Questlove Instagrammed a photo of his own face with the caption "Onstage right now.... pissed."
MichaelVick went to prison for killing dogs,Zimmerman was let free after killing a blackman.All we need to know about the USA justice system— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) July 14, 2013
And our taxes paid for that trial. We just paid to see a murderer walk free after killing an innocent unarmed little boy. #GodBlessAmerica— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 14, 2013
This is permission. Do u understand. Stay up. Keep watch. Move forward.— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 14, 2013
What do we stand for? How are we America, united... the beautiful? We should take a long look in the mirror, we need REAL change.— Katy Perry (@katyperry) July 14, 2013
I know many people are very upset about the verdict, but we must remain peaceful. No matter what, remain peaceful.— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) July 14, 2013
Repeal of Voting Rights Act, NSA spying on everybody, drone murders, global warming denial, Zimmerman verdict, Walmart. #LetsStartOver— Tom Morello (@tmorello) July 14, 2013
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Summer is the season of love! Has it ever happen to you? Have you ever had a summer fling? It must be so exciting. Look at these two for a second. They must be so in love. They will certainly never forget this vacation. Everywhere you go you can see them too. They are kissing on the beach, at the rock shore, everywhere. Take a peek and try a little dress up game!
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We have a diverse repertoire fitting many occasions, and we're ready to entertain audiences big and small. Our chorus can tailor a performance to meet your needs.
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A typical performance package lasts approximately 30 minutes and includes a variety of well-known melodies from the 1920s all the way to today's favorites. Add a sprinkling of patriotic and gospel numbers, a quartet or two, and perhaps a comedy number (WARNING: MAY INVOLVE SOME WILD COSTUMING), and you have an evening of entertainment sure to delight everyone in your group! Performance times can be adjusted to fit your specific program needs. Quartets from within the chorus may perform as part of the "show package." We require 3-4 weeks notice for planning purposes and to ensure we can meet your needs appropriately.
Fees The fees for our performances vary and should be discussed with the chorus business manager. The chorus business manager may be reached by email or by filling out the form on our Contact Us page.
What We DoHoliday parties Festive a cappella renditions of your holiday favorites add to the merriment of your seasonal get-togethers.
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Rough final day of President's Cup give MHS, Lee perspective moving forward
Published 1:02 pm, Saturday, January 19, 2013
The Lee and Midland High boys soccer teams finished the final day of the President's Cup tournament with some less than desired results.
Lee tied one game and lost another on Saturday afternoon, while a quick turnaround for Midland High from a late Friday night game to an early Saturday match was tough to overcome in losing to Del Rio, 6-2.
But for both squads, though, Saturday turned into a final chance to learn about their teams with District 2-5A play looming next week. The losses will be tough to swallow for a little while, but both teams kept the big picture in mind on Saturday.
"This experience was a good wake-up call to show that every team is going to lose a game," said Midland High senior midfielder Ethan Baltier. "Our goal was to be undefeated going into district, but we will take it and learn from this experience."
Midland High finished the tournament at 0-2-1 and is now 3-2-1 heading into its district opener on Tuesday against Abilene High, and Midland High coach Warren Cottle said the short amount of time from playing late Friday night to Saturday morning did have an effect on his team.
But he said the team won't experience this kind of quick turnaround the rest of the year, and it was another learning experience.
"There were some positives that came out of it with the way we responded to all the situations that came about (during the game)," Cottle said. "I think we learned about gutting it up and that when you are tired you've still got to push through. Plus, it puts us in the mindset going into the Abliene High game next week with a little bit of revenge."
Lee began the day with a 1-1 tie against El Paso Irvin where Reilly Gwin scored Lee's lone goal of an assist from Cesar Gonzalez.
Then on Saturday afternoon at Grande, Lee fell behind 2-0 to El Paso Riverside and Gwin cut the lead to 2-1 in the second half of an assist from Darius Strambler, but the Rangers scored a late goal to win 3-1.
Even with the loss, Lee coach Scott Hicks said he saw improvement from the Rebels. The Rebels will not play on Tuesday but will open District 2-5A next Saturday against Lubbock Coronado at home.
"It's been a good tournament for us because we played at a level today that we haven't played at yet, and we are getting close," Hicks said. "We are going to have four good days of practice next week, and I think we will be ready for next Saturday."
Lee ended the tournament with 14 points and finished fourth overall, while Midland High had 12 points and was fifth in the standings.
Odessa High won the tournament after winning all three of its games, including two by shutout and a 9-1 pasting of El Paso High on Saturday morning.
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MISD President's Cup
All games at Grande Communications Stadium unless otherwise noted
Today's Games
Lee 2, El Paso High 0
El Paso Riverside 2, Odessa Permian 1
Midland High 0, El Paso Irvin 0
Odessa Permian 1, El Paso High 1
Odessa High 1, Del Rio 0
Midland High 3, El Paso Riverside 3
Saturday's Games
El Paso Irvin 1, Lee 1
Del Rio 6, Midland 2
Odessa High 9, El Paso High 1
El Paso Riverside 3, Lee 1
Del Rio 4, Odessa Permian 1
Odessa High 2, El Paso Irvin 0
Final team standings: 1. Odessa High 26; 2. El Paso Riverside 23; 3. Del Rio 18; 4. Lee 14; 5. MHS 12; 6. El Paso Irvin 8; 7. Odessa Permian 6; 8. El Paso High 5


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I bought this as a gift for my granddaughter's "Naming Day". Her mummy and daddy are really pleased with it. It is taking shape nicely and I'm sure in years to come my granddaughter will treasuse this very special record of her early days and important events that have happened.
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Lifeco to open the TSX today
WINNIPEG, Aug. 29, 2016 /CNW/ - Great-West Lifeco Inc. subsidiary The Great-West Life Assurance Company today celebrates 125 years of working with Canadians.
In recognition of this significant milestone, Great-West Lifeco will open the markets today at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba on August 28, 1891, Great-West Life and its subsidiaries – London Life and Canada Life – now serve the financial security needs of more than 12 million people across Canada.
"Over these many decades, individuals, families, businesses and organizations have been able to count on us to deliver on the promises we make," said Paul Mahon, President and CEO of Great-West Lifeco and Great-West Life. "One constant through those years is the dedication, skill and energy of our employees and distribution associates and their commitment to helping our customers achieve financial security and well-being."
Highlights of Great-West Life today*
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About The Great-West Life Assurance Company
Great-West Life, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, is a leading Canadian insurer. Together with its subsidiaries London Life Insurance Company and The Canada Life Assurance Company, Great-West Life seves the financial security needs of more than 12 million people across Canada.
For individuals and families, we offer investment, savings and retirement income plans and annuities, as well as life, disability, critical illness and health insurance. For large and small businesses and organizations, we offer group benefit plan solutions featuring options such as life, healthcare, dentalcare, critical illness, disability and wellness, international benefits plans, plus convenient online services. We also offer group retirement and savings plans that are tailored to the unique needs of businesses and organizations.
Great-West Life has interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment, savings and retirement income and reinsurance, primarily in Canada and Europe.
About Great-West Lifeco
Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) is an international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management and reinsurance businesses. Great-West Lifeco has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia through Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life, Irish Life, Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments. Great-West Lifeco and its companies have approximately $1.2 trillion* in consolidated assets under administration and are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
* Assets as of June 30, 2016
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Dr Rice goes on a charm offensive
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Can she help transform Bush the aggressor into Bush the
peacemaker asks Timothy Garton Ash.
Condoleezza Rice conducted an impressive charm offensive during her lightning tour of Europe last week. The new US Secretary of State presented a more elegant face, spoke a more nuanced language and played a sweeter mood-music than most Bush Administration officials the Europeans have dealt with during the past four years. And the grand strategy she unfolded, both in public and in private, is breathtakingly ambitious. At the very least, it deserves to be studied carefully.
What's more, she has been lucky. Her conciliatory speech in Paris coincided with the handshake of peace between Israel's Ariel Sharon and the Palestinians' Mahmoud Abbas. That was a gift of Washington's making only in small measure.
The President whom Rice serves so faithfully, George Bush, has long been inspired by the example of Ronald Reagan. Like Reagan, he wants his first term, in which he was demonised as a warmonger by many, to be followed by a second term in which he writes himself into the history books as peacemaker and freedom-spreader. (Into some history books, anyway, depending on whose you read.)
But Reagan could do this because the United States' main geopolitical challenger produced a leader called Mikhail Gorbachev. Until recently, it was hard to see where Bush's Gorbachev moment would come from. Now there is just a chance that Bush's Gorbachev will be called Mahmoud Abbas.
I know, I know - this is different in a whole clutch of ways. And the optimist's new beginning is the pessimist's false dawn. But let's start with the good news: there's a development in American policy and a moment of opportunity in the Middle East. The two are linked.
The heart of Rice's argument goes something like this: the greatest strategic challenge of our time lies in the wider Middle East. It's from there that the terrorists who struck the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, emerged, and there that Islamist extremism is still being spawned. Poverty may contribute to the problem and should be tackled, not least in the Palestinian territories, but Osama bin Laden was hardly poor.
The grand strategy she unfolded, both in public and in private, is breathtakingly ambitious.
The root causes are political. "Freedom from want" matters; more important by far is the want of freedom. To adapt Tony Blair's famous one-liner about crime: you have be tough on terrorism but also tough on the causes of terrorism.
In shock after September 11, the Bush Administration began with a military and police response. They were going to kick butt - even if they sometimes kicked the wrong butt. Now they recognise that tackling the underlying causes of terrorism requires longer-term deployment of economic, political and cultural means. "Even more important than military and indeed economic power," Rice said in Paris last week, "is the power of ideas." This approach also requires working more closely with allies; hence the hand of friendship extended to Berlin and Paris.
So the emphasis has shifted from a short-term war on terror to a longer-term war on tyranny. The post-September 11 analogy was with the Second World War; the second-term analogy is with the Cold War. That bust of Winston Churchill remains in the Oval Office, but now it is less the Churchill of 1940 than the Churchill of the 1946 Fulton speech, a defining moment of the Cold War.
Rice, whose earlier life as an academic was focused on the Cold War, often makes comparisons with the formative years of the late 1940s. In other words, we are talking about a long-term strategy to foster peaceful change in the undemocratic societies of the wider Middle East over the next couple of decades, comparable to the evolution encouraged in Soviet-ruled Europe by a mixture of containment and detente, an evolution that eventually produced Gorbachev.
This approach represents a significant development not just in American policy, but in Rice's own thinking.
Four years ago she entered the White House as national security adviser on an intellectual ticket of "realism", emphasising military power and the hard-nosed pursuit of national interests. In her case, this shift seems plausible not just because of what she says but because of who she is - an African-American woman whose slave ancestors were treated by the founding fathers of American democracy as mere property, a fraction of a person.
Proclaiming the vastly ambitious program of fostering democracy around the world, from Belarus and Burma to Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe, she mentions that "in my own experience, a black woman named Rosa Parks was just tired one day of being told to sit in the back of a bus so she refused to move. And she touched off a revolution of freedom across the American South."
Not a line George Bush could credibly deliver.
Here, at the latest, the good news ends and the problems begin. "President Bush," Rice said in Paris, "will continue our conversation when he arrives in Europe on February 21." But can he persuade Europeans that this really is conversation, not dictation? Even if he starts talking like Immanuel Kant, many Europeans will not believe him - just as it took them a long time to accept (and some never did) that Reagan had changed tack.
Gorbachev was the undisputed leader of a post-totalitarian state. Abbas is the contested leader of a non-existent state. Representatives of two militant Palestinian groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, say they are not bound by his ceasefire.
Reagan was Gorbachev's chief interlocutor; the deals were made directly between the two of them. For all the US influence in the region, Abbas' chief interlocutor is Sharon, and the deal has to be done between them.
Europeans and Americans are pulling in the same direction here, but if the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations stall, trans-Atlantic differences could again become acute.
Rice has been reassuring Europeans that Iran is not another Iraq. While the US President will never take the threat of force off the table, the military option is low on his list. Yet the Administration wants Iran to stop working towards a nuclear weapons capacity, stop supporting terrorists, reform itself and respect human rights. This adds up to regime change.
In dealing with the already nuclear-armed Soviet Union, you could combine military containment and detente-style political engagement for peaceful change. But no one has yet managed to explain how you do both prevention and detente at the same time.
Meanwhile, there's a big trans-Atlantic row brewing over the European Union proposing to lift its embargo on arms exports to China.
If I were a gambling man, I would not bet on this trans-Atlantic honeymoon lasting long.
Timothy Garton Ash is professor of European studies at Oxford University. His latest book is Free World: America, Europe and the Surprising Future of the West. www.freeworldweb.net


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It's difficult to write publicly at sad times that lend themselves to private introspection, but because I have a means to speak publicly, I almost feel a civic obligation to do so.
News of the shootings in Connecticut hit home with so many of us. Between written, televised, and online media outlets, and social media in particular, we're all aware of the tragedy and the varying responses to it. In some cases, though, there are responses so much more powerful than any of us know, and I believe it's my job as a writer who shares pieces of myself with whoever chooses to read, to reach out with thoughts and information that I find valuable. I hope others will continue to do the same.
As I sit in my living room with my husband and dogs, writing on my own personal blog, enjoying the scent of fresh pine that permeates my home this time of year, with the only light in the room coming from my computer screen, the gray sky outside, and the lights on my Christmas tree, I feel a twinge of guilt for the peace I feel, recognizing how many others are in mourning, in pain, in situations that may prevent them from feeling peace during the holidays – or at any time – ever again.
There are two issues at play here that I think warrant close examination. There are actually many, many more, but I'll leave those for other and later discussions.
First, this feeling of devastated helplessness is not exclusive to any specific time or place. While our hearts are softened and our senses are heightened to questions about the state of humanity and issues of law after a major tragedy, we must recall that there are always tragedies, that people are always suffering, and that there are far more families who deserve our love, support, and compassion than just those involved in such a major moment of devastation. Simultaneously, we must remember that the suffering of others in no way belittles that being experienced by those involved in major events, or vice versa.
Second, we must remember that feelings of guilt are not productive, but that the urgent feeling of the need to do something is essential and is worth acting upon. What I think I can best do is help spread an important message that will, hopefully, lead to necessary reform.
We need to examine current institutions for dealing with mental illness and the challenges parents face raising mentally ill children. Such tragic events as the Newtown massacre spark many varieties of ideological and political debates, but regardless of our views about issues like the role of God in schools and government, metal detectors, and gun control, we all need to carefully examine the institutions that deal with mental health issues in this country, as poor mental health is regularly a large factor in such horrific events.
While I have personal and strong feelings on this subject, my words are far less poignant than some others. The most touching, pressing account I've read so far is "Thinking the Unthinkable," a brilliant personal testament from a torn mother who desperately wants help she cannot find for her beautiful, brilliant, and frightening young child who suffers from a currently undiagnosed mental illness that leads to violent outbursts.
I ask that you read this dear mother's words, consider them, and, if you feel compelled, share them and use them to help create a dialogue with those around you that addresses/examines the issue of mental healthcare in the U.S. I don't know what will happen from there, but I very much hope that engaging in an open conversation about this difficult, but pressing, subject will be a helpful first step to something positive.
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The American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn-Jersey Region is pleased to announce an essay competition and scholarship award focused on increasing awareness of the need for blood donors to support the blood transfusions needs of patients living with Sickle Cell Disease.
The competition was developed in celebration of the blood donor recruitment activities of high school students. Through their association with the Penn-Jersey Region those recruitment efforts have resulted in more blood donations for the Red Cross Sickle Cell Disease Program, from students of the African American and Black communities.
Sickle Cell Disease affects the lives of more than 70,000 people across the nation, most of African decent. In fact one in every 12 African Americans carries the trait for Sickle Cell Disease.
The Sickle Cell Program at the American Red Cross is designed to provide better blood transfusion support for children with Sickle Cell Disease. The best match for patients with Sickle Cell Disease usually comes from a donor from the Black community. Since patients with Sickle Cell Disease often need many blood transfusions, it is best for them to receive blood that very closely matches their own. Donors with the same ethnic background usually make the best match.
Essay Question
"How have you, as a student raised awareness of Sickle Cell Disease, and demonstrated a commitment to and inspired others to donate blood to support patients with Sickle Cell Disease?"
Please include an effective personal statement tied to your experiences with the American Red Cross Blood Services and your high school blood program that emphasizes your accomplishments and creativity in blood donor recruitment. Identify any challenges that you faced and how you overcame them and provide details of your tangible recruitment results.
Applicants to the Sickle Cell Essay Competition must:
Be a graduating high school senior in good academic standing with a school that sponsors a blood drive with the American Red Cross, Penn-Jersey Region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia Counties or the State of New Jersey).
Student applicants must have participated in an American Red Cross Blood Services activity during their senior year of high school
High school students of American Red Cross employees or students who serve on the Penn-Jersey Region Board of Directors are not eligible to participate in the essay competition.
Letters of Recommendations
- Two letters of recommendation must be submitted. Endorsements may be submitted from a Guidance Counselor, Department Head, Faculty Advisor, Teacher, Principal, Vice Principal or Key Club/Student Council Advisor.
- Letters must be submitted on official school letterhead, sealed and stamped by the school.
- Letters must include: applicant's full name, verification of residency, school enrollment, and confirmation of active involvement in Blood Services.
The following questions must be answered by the endorsers:
- How long have you known the applicant? In what capacity?
- What are the applicant's strengths and abilities? Cite examples.
- Describe applicant's academic potential. What is the applicants distinguishing characteristics?
- How does the applicant stand apart from others students?
- How was the applicant involved in Blood Services?
General letters of endorsement that do not respond to the specific questions will not be considered.
Instructions for Essay/Application Submission - by Monday, March 15, 2010
- The essay must be no more than 500 words.
- The application and essay must be submitted online by Monday, March 15, 2010. Applicants will receive an email confirmation when the application is submitted.
- All entries must be submitted in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) via the web application form. No paper applications/essays will be accepted.
- Late submissions or incomplete application packages will not be considered.
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Why Your Blog is Bad and How to Make it Better
After reading a great – and true – blog post on "7 Reasons Your Blog Sucks (and What to Do About It)", I had to comment and share my thoughts. Blogging about real estate can often be frustrating: trying to generate interesting, consistent, and good-quality content frequently can be a daunting task. What's more, that in the real estate industry, readers aren't exactly actively engaging with blogs or becoming loyal fans and followers.
That's not to say that this isn't possible. Usually the problem is either lame content and not being consistent with your content. Don't forget, it takes more than the bare minimum of just throwing content once a week up on your blog: you are competing for your readers – and potential customers – online attention. And if we know anything about browsing the web, the online reader isn't a patient one.
Here are some top mistakes that we see non-real estate SEO clients make every day, and some tips on how you can think about blogging differently to overcome them.
1.) No content strategy goals
You either don't have a goal, or are all over the place. Take a minute to think about where you are trying to go with your blog and what statement you want to make. Are you writing to build a brand, build influence, or increase your leads? Your goals will shape your blogging strategy, and you need to make sure this message is conveyed accurately internally.
2.) Internal resources aren't organized
Who writes your content and manages your social media profiles? My guess is, you've got one person for your company that you hope is blogging at least once a week. Identify who this person or team will be, whether its a requirement of all your agents to post once a day, or you and an intern writing once a week. If you don't have a blog yet, start small and test-run a Sequoia real estate website with blog feature for 6 months to see how your business benefits. Create a solid team, and compile data to have a common ownership of the blog within your company.
3.) Real Estate niche is undefined
As with businesses in general, its so much better to have a specialized niche. The same applies to your blog: the less your posts are all over the place, the less targeted your message and your audience will be. Think about your target market and what they want – now how can you solve their problems? What are they concerned about?
4.) Not listening to your audience or clients
We tell clients that blogging is the best way to assert yourself as an expert in your field of real estate. But how can you position your company as an educator if you don't know what your clients' problems are? There are great "listening" tools like Google Alerts or Radian6 that you can employ to be on top of the latest news and issues of your market. From here, you can generate blog material in reaction to what you read.
5.) Your blog is boring
Here is where we have to be honest. Many real estate agents and brokers are not really writers, and the content your blog pushes out reflects that. It may be worth bringing in some fresh perspective with younger interns or agents that have expressed interest in writing to help stimulate interesting blog ideas to give you different angles to pursue.
Try and be the journalist that attracts your readers' attention. Stories are everywhere, from interacting with clients to your kid's dentist appointments. You can also tie in a recent news event or real estate market development: and the faster you are with these, the better. Have a defined, committed point of view – and finish it off with a great headline, like a "How-To" post or "Are You Paying Too Much To Sell Your Home?"
6.) Lack of authentic material
People don't care about press releases. Sorry. They want to talk and leave comments for actual people, not droning company robots. Here's where speaking about your personal experiences really comes into play – "I just met with this seller, and ran screaming from the house…" These are memorable, and make people connect to what you are writing about. And, clients prefer to work with "real" people.
7.) No publishing system
We emphasize constantly that consistent blogging is horribly important. However, there is a system that should be put into place. It starts by monitoring relevant and trending topics, aggregating the "noise" into relevant topics, creative writing and editing, and ends with measurement with Google Analytics. You need to have this process in a calendar to make sure you meet deadlines consistently, and over time you will become more efficient as blogging becomes part of you or your team's routine.
8.) No "BOOM!" Ending
Remember in high school when your teacher told you to write a captivating conclusion that leaves the reader in reflection of what they just wrote? Don't leave your readers hanging. Pull it all together, and throw some punch in there. Also don't forget to continue the momentum with a strong call-to-action.
So go forth and make your blog the best it can be. Social media sites move quickly, and every reader that bounces of your blog is another opportunity lost. Don't be overwhelmed by this list: tackle one issue at a time, and over the upcoming weeks your blog will be back on track.
Contact Boston Logic today to inquire about our real estate SEO services, and to learn more about how you can optimize your website, blog, and social media profiles for success!
Create Facebook Pages for Your Real Estate Business
Leveraging social media is an important part of any real estate marketing campaign. Facebook is the most popular of all social media networks, and utilizing its features and applications will help you reach potential leads and get them to visit your real estate website.
You can read about all the benefits of marketing your real estate business on Facebook in this Sequoia Blog Post on Facebook Marketing. While this post is still informative with relevant data, Boston Logic knows that Facebook never stops updating its user interface – and you no doubt have noticed the recent Facebook visual upgrades for your user profile.
Thus, the steps in which you create your own Facebook Page – for a brokerage or individual real estate agent – has changed. Follow the steps below to create your own Facebook Page: it's easy, we promise!
1. From your 'Home' Page of your Personal Profile, select the 'Ads and Pages' menu below your thumbnail photo.
2. From the 'Pages You Admin' screen, click the '+Create Page' button at the top right corner of the page.
3. For most real estate agencies or real estate agents, you will select the "Local Business or Place of Interest" section.
4. Once you click this item, a form will pop up to prompt you to complete important information regarding your business.
Select 'Real Estate' from the drop-down menu, and fill out the relevant business information, like address and phone number. Check the box stating you have read the Facebook terms, then click "Get Started".
Once you've created a page, Facebook provides you with helpful steps to help enhance your Page. You can begin by filling out your Information Tab, suggesting your friends and family become Fans by 'Liking' your Page (click the 'Suggest to Friends' link below your Fan Page Profile Image), and uploading Photos!
Good Luck!
Looking for a new real estate website? Contact us for more info on our real estate web design, or to discuss our further real estate SEO services.
Twitter To Launch Real Time Web Analytics
After talks of website analytics being offered since December 2009, Twitter is finally jumping on the Analytics train. Twitter, one of the top social media sites in real estate marketing, recently announced at a company conference earlier this week that the popular social media site plans to offer up free, real-time analytics in the fourth quarter. There will be a phased roll out of the analytics dashboard to show users valuable information (specifically those using Twitter for their real estate business) on how their tweets are being spread, and who is of significant influence in their network.
Fortunately, following the Google Analytics example, Twitter will not be charging for its analytics feature, which was a concern as the company's execs had alluded to the feature's potential revenue as a possible business model in the past. Ross Hoffman of Twitter's development team commented that Twitter would also incorporate the technology it's using to measure tweet "Resonance" for search results and other similar features.
When the idea was first broached in December, the announcement of the Website Analytics feature was in reference to use of commercial Twitter accounts, which you would have to pay for, that contain premium features like multiple Twitter authors and an Analytics Dashboard – similar to LinkedIn's premium accounts. However, this notion was also born out of the idea that Twitter would one day be a paid service, and as of yet there doesn't seem to be any indication that there will be a Twitter business model.
Since that late 2009, Twitter has also matured significantly. It has been steadily competing with third party developers, and the company has consistently grown by purchasing and launching new software, such as mobile products. As for the Analytics offering, the Twitter App lists 151 applications to better understand the Twitter component of your real estate internet marketing campaign. This is great news for those of us in real estate marketing to help manage and understand Twitter presences.
Source Article: Twitter Analytics
Do you have a Content Strategy?
Website "content" has shifted from being not as important as the website design to now front and center for digital marketing. So what does having a "Content Strategy" mean for your website and how can you use it?
Engage Through Conversation
Brands now seem to be attracted to the latest format or platform ("There's an app for that", anyone?) whereas a few years ago brands wanted nothing more than to have something of theirs go "viral". But content shouldn't be overlooked: great content creates conversations, conversations help you engage with people, and in this Social Media World, engaging with people is the only hope for brands to survive.
So while forming a "Content Strategy" can be difficult due to differences and individual factors, here's a more streamlined 10-step process for you to check out.
1. Principles
Setting principles for your personal brand is a pretty basic branding idea: having these established will allow for discussion to take place centered around your authenticity, humility, and transparency. Now's also the time to define your "client-engagement" policy. Set some principles. Doing so allow the brand to have a healthy and robust discussion around authenticity, transparency, and humility, as well as an opportunity to define the engagement policy. You need to be aware that brands cannot control when conversations end, so brands must make a continual investment in this ongoing endeavor.
2. Business Objectives
So…why are you doing this? State your objectives and link them to metrics where you can set targets and define a budget.
3. Brand Purpose
Here you delve a bit more into what your brand stands for within its "substance". Focus on the topics that are important to you, and identify your position on certain subjects. What is your point of view? What's your story? What's your purpose? And most importantly, why should people care about you and your brand?
The best brands often identify an "ideal", which can be an interesting direction to go into: for example, Fanta believes the world would be better if we grew up less and played more. How can you apply this thinking to your real estate brand? What would you like to see? This is a great way to give your brand a purpose and give you something to anchor your future content to – and remember to continuously back up your brand ideal with evidence!
4. Content Value (Social Currency)
This "social currency" determines what value that your content delivers directly to people. The direct value of content can be broken down into four types:
- Entertainment value. Currently, advertising has taken a huge focus on this type of content value "currency". People like to be entertained, and ideas that can be parodied spurs much conversation.
- Knowledge value. Business to business knowledge provides much content value within select industries.
- Monetary value. Actual monetary value can be applied through PR via promotions and competitions.
- Utility value. Phone apps and the latest in real estate website features fall into this category, and with the increase in intuitive real estate websites, apps may be a viable option to look into.
5. Sources
So who will produce all this great content for you? If you are a brokerage, you may have more choices than you may realize.
- Your Agents can be an effective choice for content creation. The US online shoe retailer Zappos.com encourages all staff to use Twitter and adds a competitive element: a leaderboard that ranks Zappos staff according to their Twitter following.
- Industry Peers by simply sign-posting people to relevant, interesting stuff: this goes for websites for both brokers and real estate agents.
- User-generated content (UGC), crowdsourcing, and co-creation is pretty self-explanatory and can also be a viable option.
6. Spaces
Whats the distribution strategy for your content?
- Brand media: your real estate website, email, and events (i.e., open houses?)
- Earned media: influencer networks, communities, or the media
- Paid media: I think we can guess how to get this.
It's important to control the balance of these spaces, and experiential and social spaces work really well together. Another aspect of consideration is the question of social destination: not a lot of brands can pull this off. If you don't have enough support, it may be difficult to get this going – and you'll be spending on generating useless traffic. It may be more beneficial to your brand to get involved with communities that already exist, so do your research!
7. Formats
Formats that are appropriate to use include pictures, blog posts, videos, presentations, tweets, or Facebook. You can also repurpose your content into different formats: if you have an upcoming open house, use the same topic in a series of blog posts, announcement on your Facebook, Tweet it, and maybe make a video out of the Open House itself to throw up on YouTube. Make sure that your content is in a format for people to easily share!
8. Schedule
Conversations aren't campaigns: they can't be turned off. You should have a consistent content schedule (i.e., blog 2x per week) and keep it rolling. Take into account ad hoc and reactive content to what is going on around you to your pre-planning. Setting up a schedule will also ensure a constant stream of content. Be creative: experiment with different content and build on peaks of interest with similar material.
9. Social Agents
You'll need someone to manage your brand outposts. Someone needs to be responsible for managing your brand outposts and managing your conversations. They should also be able to build relationships, redirect questions and suggestions, and ultimately be responsible for your social brand. This "person" can be a team of real estate agents for your brokerage, an intern, all agents, on an outsourced real estate SEO company.
10. Active Listening
It's not enough to simply produce content, you need to be an active listener with your brand to gauge the reaction to your content. Track the conversations that you start, which ones you want to join, and create a metric to track your progress in regards to your objectives, targets, and budgets.
Questions, thoughts or strong feelings? Feel free to comment with your feedback!
Ready to take the social media plunge? Read this first!
The argument that a digital identity is just as powerful as your true persona has some merit when it comes to social media. So how can you leverage social media for your real estate marketing campaign, and get more hits to your website?
Here are a few tips to help you navigate, protect, and capitalize on social media:
Don't accept every person who friend-requests you. It is with it to do some digging around and try to identify the person if you don't immediately recognize them. While your online networks are not always exclusive, they should still be monitored regularly. Facebook also has an option to create lists to help you further organize your growing number of "friends", and you can even publish certain content to certain audiences. (To learn how to do this, check out our previous LogicClassroom slides on Leveraging Facebook for Your Business.)
Additionally, Facebook is becoming more than just a social network — it can be a search engine too. According to some recent statistics, it is the #2 most visited site after Google, and some days even surpasses Google in total searches. By creating special interest pages on this social network, you can increase hits to your business' profile or Web site. For example, Williams King created a "365 Road Warrior Marketing and Technology Tips" page, which now has more than 200 fans.
Which Social Media Site is Right For Me?
Well, take a look at your personality and what your strengths are. Are you a great writer? You should write engaging real estate blogs and witty tweets. Enjoy being photographed (and don't we all)? Maybe you could give YouTube a try.
Now You've Got a Presence. How Do You Protect It?
(Click here for some resources on Social Media Liabilities by NAR.)
Consider how you'll monitor your social media sites. Who gets access to them? How will you handle negative postings? It gets tricky when deciding whether to delete these comments or address them online. What will you do?
Sometimes a personal phone call to the party to discuss why they are upset can really help smooth things over . It can even motivate them to post something positive about your follow-up outreach.
Ready to Take the Plunge?
After all this data and through the online buzz about social media, and you still don't think you need an online presence, you may want to reconsider. Social media will be one of the primary search tools for the next generation of real estate buyers and sellers. And if you want to get started and don't know how, you can always ask a younger agent for some help, or contact us on how you can get started on some real estate SEO help and services offered. We'll be happy to give you some guidance!
Source Article: The Right Way to Get Started in Social Media


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FALLS CHURCH, VA- Bangladesh Today debuts Sunday, December 1 at 6:30 PM ET nationally on MHz Worldview.
The show presents interviews with leading intellectuals, social thinkers, human rights activists, legal luminaries and other civil society members and is the product of long-time MHz Networks broadcast parter Asian News International (ANI.)
Along with the interviews on contemporary themes, the show also highlights the week's events in
Bangladesh Today is an exclusive presentation on MHz Worldview and is produced by New Delhi-based ANI.
Following the 18-minute Bangladesh Today is ANI's The Afghan Report at 6:48 PM ET each Sunday.
For more information on ANI, visit http://www.aniin.com/.


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Reinforcing my belief that this current up-and-coming generation of bassists is the most technically advanced yet, I'd like to offer up this recording passed along to me by bassist Steve Metcalf of Ben Jensen, an absolutely outstanding player who studies with Bruce Bransby. This is a recording of the Gigue from Bach's Sixth Solo Cello Suite, played at pitch in a master class.
This really is bass playing of the highest caliber, and it's a good indicator of just how high the standards are in the double bass community at present.
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I'll be honest… all that applique for Patchwork Elephants on Parade left me pretty burnt out on the sewing front. So last Saturday morning, my Mini Me and I decided to make something just for me. And that thing? The 241 Tote by Noodlehead.
I have had my eye on this bag for ages — like Evernote says I bought the pattern over a year ago.
At any rate, fabric auditions were held and we decided on a teal textured cotton, linen, and of course, a feature print from Tula Pink's Acacia collection. The bag is lined with Alison Glass's feathers in pink. For the most part, I stuck to the pattern though I did add a zipper pocket to the inside. Oh, and I modified the strap so I could wear the bag across my shoulders (easier for toddler wrangling!).
And on the opposite side of the liner is another pocket, specially sized for my iPhone. Happiness folks. Pure happiness.
The end result is a little, errrr, bold. I think it's a bag that only a quilter could love, but it makes me happy inside.
I haven't been brave enough to bring my bag to the office, but I did take it for a spin at the mall (and nobody complained about its loudness!). The bag may be totally impractical fashion-wise, but it makes me happy just the same. The moral of the story here? We should all treat ourselves more often! A fun diversion here and there is well deserved 🙂
Happy sewing!


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Tyra Banks Leaving Her TV Talk Show
Tyra Banks is said to be closing down her talk show to pursue new career options.
"This will be the last season of 'The Tyra Show,' she tells People.com. "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years."
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Industry insiders say she will focus on bringing positive images of women to the big screen.
"My next huge steps will allow me to reach more women and young girls to help us all feel as fierce as we truly are," she says.
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Tyra will continue to be a mentor on "America's Next Top Model" and produce her new ABC show, "True Beauty."


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Gaming company Kabam's roller coaster ride to an $800 million exit
We talked with Kevin Chou, co-founder and CEO of the gaming company Kabam, about his own both stressful and euphoric experience in running a gaming startup for roughly a decade before selling most of its assets in December to South Korea's Netmarble Games for a reported $700 million. Read More
The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar
We pulled together all 153 unicorns currently listed on the Crunchbase Unicorn Leaderboard and then matched them up with data provided by Glassdoor to give you the top 20 highest paying startup unicorns for software engineering jobs. In our previous report, we revealed cloud-based big data company Cloudera paid the best overall. Dropbox now takes the top spot when narrowing it down to… Read More
Alibaba Invests $120M In Kabam At A Valuation Above $1B
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is making another big investment in an American startup. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is investing $120 million in mobile game developer Kabam, best known for games like "Dragons of Atlantis" and for buying the naming rights to UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium. Read More
Free-To-Play Games Company Kabam Buys Phoenix Age As It Pushes For $650M In 2014 Sales
Kabam, the free-to-play gaming company that has raised some $125 million in venture funding and looks to be among those weighing up an IPO, has acquired Phoenix Age, a games studio based in San Francisco. The deal was done for diversification: it will give Kabam some strong franchises, and games developing talent, specifically in the area of role-playing games. Read More
Game Maker Kabam Doubles Its Annual Revenues To $360M
Kabam, the San Francisco-based social and mobile game maker that bought itself naming rights to UC Berkeley's stadium, said it doubled its annual revenues to $360 million this year. That gives another revenue benchmark for top-grossing game makers. Kabam, which made a hard pivot from Facebook to mobile a few years ago, has two games in the top grossing 50 on the iPhone in the U.S. Read More
Kabam Takes Strategic Investment From Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Kabam, which is behind iOS hits like Kingdoms of Camelot and The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth, just took a strategic investment from Warner Bros. Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. We don't know the terms of the deal, but it follows a recent partnership between the two companies where Kabam took Lord of the Rings intellectual property and parlayed that into two… Read More
Social Gaming Company Kabam Raises $30 Million, Plans Acquisitions
Kabam, a Californian developer of massively multiplayer social games formerly known as Watercooler, has raised $30 million in Series C funding in a round led by Redpoint Ventures and Intel Capital, with participation from original investor Canaan Partners (which incubated Kabam in its offices at the seed stage). The company, which was founded in 2006, says the additional capital will be used… Read More
Kabam Acquires WonderHill, Wants To Become The Blizzard Of Social Games
Back in May 2009, I wrote about a small social game developer called WonderHill that was looking to sidestep its competitors focused on battling mobsters and vampires by taking a very different approach: wholesome games that would appeal to the entire family. It sounded like a great idea at the time, and with a veteran team in tow that included CEO James Currier, who founded Tickle (which sold… Read More


text: For those with trucks (GMC Sierra extended cab in my case)... Just curious where you guys are all putting your crossovers. I originally planned on hanging them right next to the amp on the back wall. I'll probably still do that, but I'm curious where else you guys have been putting them. I don't want them in the doors because I want them accessible for attenuation adjustment without having to tear things up again. I've considered in the glove box. Right now I'm still liking the back wall, but it does require the most wire to be run. Thoughts?