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Exercising Your Gift
Pastor Steve Ellison
Last time, we looked at Romans 12:3 from the perspective that being rightly related to God requires that we have a correct view of ourselves. We must think soberly, with sound judgment, refusing to fall into error in either direction. We must not think too lowly or too highly of ourselves. Neither pleases or honors God. The verses that follow show us the necessity of this correct view of ourselves. This realistic assessment of ourselves is necessary because a Christian does not exist all by himself, or for himself. The Christian exists in a community of believers. The Christian is called out of the world to live in right relationship to every other Christian.
Romans 12:3-8 states, "For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. NASU
Here God uses the illustration of the body to describe His Church. God uses that illustration so often we have come to call the Church, the Body of Christ. The vine and branches illustrates perfectly the uniformity of believers and their perfect union with Christ. Here in Romans 12, God uses the body as the illustration to show harmonious union in spite of the great differences in size, shape, function, etc. among Christians. The fact that we do not exist alone unto ourselves, but rather in community, necessitates the command in verse three that we see ourselves realistically. The Christian must not see himself as an end, as an independent being, an isolated entity. The Christian must recognize that He is part of a living organism. He belongs to a body and must function in that body.
Each member of my body must perform its designated function at the right time and in harmony with every other member of my body. If my stomach wanted to eat, but my mouth wanted to talk, and my arm wanted throw, and my feet wanted to run, there would be chaos. Worse still, if my heart decided it wanted to breathe and my lungs wanted to filter my blood and my kidneys wanted to pump my blood, that would be anarchy. If every member of my body wanted to eat but could not agree on the timing, things would still not be good.
Verse six states, "Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly." NASU Because every Christian is a member of Christ's Body, he must exercise his God given gift accordingly. This is not a suggestion. It is written as a command and has several components. The gift is given to us by God. We did not acquire it on our own. We must not try to exercise someone else's gift or take someone else's position. God has given us a gift to carry out a specific function to meet a specific need. We must not shirk our duties or responsibilities. Without every member of the Body seeing itself realistically and performing the duty for which it was gifted, there will be chaos or anarchy in the Body. God wants His Body to live and serve in harmony, exercising its gifts in accordance with the purposes for which they were given. ………..firstname.lastname@example.com


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Press release 130/2017
11 July 2017
Finland strengthens work to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in developing countries. Finland announced at the international Family Planning Summit in London today that it will allocate EUR 21,3 million to related measures. The funding will mainly be channelled via the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and international civil society organisations.
"As long as less than half of the married or cohabiting African women cannot make their own decisions as concerns sex and contraception, it is unrealistic to expect that population growth starts to decrease in Africa. This has to do not only with every woman's personal wellbeing, but also with the global development objectives," says Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen.
In the developing countries, there are still some 214 million women without access to family planning. A particular challenge in the developing countries relates to the large number of young people who are in dire need of contraceptives.
However, a lot has been achieved through the developing countries' own efforts and with the help of international support.
"The fact that more than 300 million women in the world's poorest countries have now access to modern contraception has prevented more than 82 million unwanted pregnancies, 25 million unsafe abortions and 125,000 maternal deaths," says Minister Mykkänen.
Of the announced funding, EUR 18 million will be directed to the core funding of UNFPA. UNFPA's goal is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. Finland has, for a long time, been one of UNFPA's main financiers.
In the current global situation where attitudes towards women's and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights have become less liberal, it is particularly important to continue this work. Funding cuts by the US have jeopardised a considerable part of international population programmes.
In the She Decides Conference held earlier this spring, Finland promised EUR 20 million for the funding of this work. The funding covers bilateral development programmes in Somalia, Afghanistan and Kenya, and work relating to humanitarian assistance in Syria. A significant part of the funding will be channelled via international civil society organisations.
The announced funding makes part of Finland's planned measures to promote women's and girls' rights and does not increase Finland's development budget.
Inquiries: Gisela Blumenthal, Senior Adviser, tel. +358 40 7680 360, Pasi Rajala, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, tel. +358 400 464 393.
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BHS seniors propose changes
BLACKFOOT — A group of Blackfoot High School students have presented proposals for consideration to the Blackfoot School Board on weighted grades and how graduation speakers are selected in hopes of making a change for future generations of Blackfoot High School graduates.
The six seniors - Bailey Dann, Ryan Murdoch, Alexis Lloyd, Alice Cannon, Julia Blackburn and Kristin Ferm (an exchange student from Sweden) - all with varying backgrounds, interests and GPA's - contend that the current system of determining honor status, the Top 10 students and graduation speakers is an inaccurate reflection of the class ranking (which can affect college acceptance and scholarships) and that it "creates contention among the graduates."
"We are trying to make a change to alleviate contention and animosity between students and to give kids more of an initiative to take harder classes in the future," said Cannon.
Under the advisement of teacher Holly Kartchner, the students started the change initiative in November by gathering the signatures of students, faculty, parents and community members.
"We knew we would need to gather signatures to go before the school board, so we did a quick petition and gathered over 250 signatures from anyone with a connection to Blackfoot High School who is supportive of our ideas," Murdoch said.
The students ask that "more credit be given for grades in hard classes," proposing that "grades would always be reported in weighted (AP, CNA and Dual Enrollment) and non-weighted (traditional) classes/GPA's. Weighted GPA is only used for determination of honor status - Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude."
The students also propose that "BHS no longer continue with a valedictorian, salutatorian or "Top Ten in Class" and that all students who have earned 'honor status' be recognized in the graduation program with special tassels and insignia."
One of the more controversial issues that the students bring up is that, "graduation speakers be nominated by faculty and students and then try out in front of peers and faculty. The speakers would be based on academic merit alone, but as the person that students and faculty believe will best represent the class."
"This would include musical numbers at graduation. "We have some amazing musical talent at our school that often goes unnoticed." said Blackburn.
While the students realize that nothing will change for their graduation on May 31, they hope that they have started the ball rolling for change in the near future.
"We feel strongly about this; we started it and hopefully we can get some of the kinks worked out so that change will come to future graduating classes," Blackburn added. "We are doing this for the future of Blackfoot High School."
Blackfoot School District Superintendent Chad Struhs said he believes that the students have some valid points and that the school board and BHS's Academic Council are taking the proposals into consideration.
"We will be taking a hard look into this and considering any intended or unintended consequences of the proposals," Struhs said. "If the ideas are viable for the school they may be pursued."


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Title: Martin County, Indiana index of names of persons and of firms.
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(Flag Horn Lake, MS) Roy Walter Sulton, 90, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at Forest Hill South with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Hill South Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be sent to: woundedwarrierproject.org
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Welcome to the Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
LitBase, UNESCO's Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database, offers more than 200 comprehensive case studies on effective youth and adult literacy programmes from more than 70 countries. Many of the educational programmes featured on LitBase focus on developing literacy and numeracy. LitBase was created in response to the demand for examples of effectively designed and executed programmes to serve as models for the development of new and improvement of existing literacy initiatives. It also fulfils a demand for collecting and disseminating information on effective or promising literacy programmes for youth and adults.
LitBase Features on the 2017 UNESCO International Literacy Prize Winners
The UNESCO International Literacy Prizes are given on International Literacy Day, marked each year on 8 September with reflection on the achievements and challenges in advancing the global literacy agenda. With a thematic focus on 'Literacy in a digital world', this year's prizes will be awarded to five programmes, in recognition of their excellence and innovation in leveraging digital technologies to promote literacy. Three out of the five programmes feature as case studies on Litbase:
We Love Reading (Taghyeer, Jordan)
Initiated by Taghyeer, a Jordanian non-governmental organization in 2006, this programme aims to bring about positive social changes throughout Jordan and the Arab world by creating a new generation who love reading books. It seeks to achieve its goals through establishing a library in every neighbourhood in Jordan, while training and mobilizing older-age groups, women in particular, as reading-aloud volunteers for children, thereby promoting reading as a shared value across the generations.
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The Aagahi Adult Literacy Programme (Citizens Foundation, Pakistan)
The Adult Literacy Programme is named "Aagahi", meaning "creating awareness" in Urdu. Launched by the Citizens Foundation – one of the largest non-profit organizations in Pakistan in 2005, this programme, as its name suggests, aims to foster an active social engagement of community members, primarily women and out-of-school girls, by providing them with trainings in basic reading, writing and numeracy skills. One highlight of the programme is its use of a mobile phone-based data collection system, which enables efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation of its activities.
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FunDza (South Africa)
The book- and reading-poor environment of South Africa is of great concern: the country was the lowest-ranked benchmarking participant in the 2011 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS); more recently, a National Reading Survey from 2016 found that 58% of South African households do not contain a single leisure-reading book. Against this backdrop, since 2011, the FundZa Literacy Trust, a non-profit organization, has been dedicated to cultivating a culture of reading and writing for pleasure among South African youths, especially those from low-income or under-resourced communities. The key to FundZa's work is providing material that young people want to read, that will develop their understanding of the world around them, and that exploits the most accessible media available so as to engage as many young people as possible. An online platform serves as a center for reading sources as well as a space where learners could practice their literacy skills and exchange their ideas.
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Past UNESCO Literacy Prize Laureates
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- The Patani Malay-Thai Bi/Multilingual Education Project (Thailand), receiver of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
- The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign (South Africa), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
- The programme Books for Rural Areas of Vietnam (Vietnam), receiver of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
- The National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through ICTs (Senegal), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
- The programme Vocational and Skill Development for Sustainable Development (India), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
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Malloy honors veterans, Boston victims
HARTFORD -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy led a moment of silence Monday for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, then broke ground for the new Connecticut State Veterans Memorial.
The event took place at Minuteman Park, an almost one-acre green space located near the State Armory and the Legislative Office Building.
Speaking to about 150 state officials, veterans and their supporters, Malloy said the only thing more important than honoring veterans is to assure that returning warriors get jobs to ease their transition to civilian life.
"We are working tirelessly, in a coordinated fashion -- all services, all parts of our state government -- to lower unemployment amongst our veterans, particularly our youngest veterans, who are seeing unemployment rates as high as 32 percent," Malloy said.
Asked what the state's biggest contribution was to the dramatic events in Boston last week, Malloy said two state law enforcement officers, who happened to be trained emergency medical technicians, were at the scene of the bombings at the marathon's finish line.
"We had an off-duty state trooper and an off-duty local police officer who literally ran into the danger and began triage nearly instantaneously," Malloy said. "What they did was just tremendous."


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The Tulane Law School Sports Law program provides students with the background necessary to understand and handle problems unique to the sports industry.
Sports Law Replay - 10/17/12
The Sports Law Replay is back after fall break, and we've got more sports law news than ever before. This week's edition features plenty of NCAA issues, plus the NHL lockout and NFL bounty suspensions.
To keep up throughout the week follow us on Twitter.Follow @TulaneSportsLaw
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NCAATim O'Brien considers the future of big time college sports: http://bit.ly/PmXdcu
Warren Zola critiques the current balancing act between commercialism and education in college athletics. http://huff.to/QVsDYS
The judge in the O'Bannon v. NCAA case has ordered ESPN to release its television contracts for Division I men's basketball and football since 2005. http://bit.ly/QC3cLh
The NCAA released a statement addressing the O'Bannon case: http://bit.ly/R7uXNG
Mit Winter wonders if the O'Bannon case will lead to a stronger college athlete union: http://bit.ly/SzPfRP
Merrimack College has settled a gender-discrimination lawsuit against it and will create six new women's sports teams as part of the settlement. http://bit.ly/SUShBL
Former Penn State football assistant Mike McQueary has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university. http://yhoo.it/VrWpIC
A copy of the complaint is here: http://bit.ly/QGGAwt
Penn State has begun settlement talks with twenty of Jerry Sandusky's victims. http://bit.ly/QoUUbu
The UNC academic scandal continues to unfold with an investigation into a class on Naval Weapons Systems. http://bit.ly/R7umM1
Notre Dame has begun talks with the Big East to prepare to leave the conference for the ACC. http://es.pn/REcbwJ
The NCAA has announced its punishment for Texas Southern University for major rules infractions. http://bit.ly/Ri4Jd6
Five suggestions to reform the NCAA: http://bit.ly/QnzzitNHL
NHLProfessor Feldman offers Part 2 of his take on the NHL lockout: http://es.pn/SDuIHE
Legal options to end the lockout may prove costly in the U.S. for the NHLPA. http://onforb.es/QCFySd
The NHL may cancel the next month of games due to the lockout: http://bit.ly/V2GK5b
The NHLPA is reportedly working on a new proposal to present to the NHL. http://es.pn/SSDlOP
Pierre LeBrun weighs in on the NHL lockout: http://es.pn/OTLub1
NFLNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has released his new ruling on the Saints bounty suspensions (letters to all four players included): http://bit.ly/UEMuC8
Here is the NFL's memo to teams regarding Goodell's renewed suspension ruling: http://bit.ly/T30IG0
Here is the NFLPA's statement in response to the Commissioner's discipline: http://bit.ly/Pm9kfk
Jonathan Vilma released a statement on the new bounty suspensions: http://bit.ly/UQe8GO
Andrew Brandt writes that Goodell's new ruling on the Saints bounty suspensions is not the end of the saga. http://es.pn/SQna4H
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OtherThe major sports leagues have called New Jersey's sports betting law hypocritical: http://bit.ly/SZaTQW
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The Arena Football League has a new CBA: http://bit.ly/PaLnHM
Did Lance Armstrong catch the USADA by surprise? http://usat.ly/RJics1
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Downhiller Stacey Cook comes up big in World Cup
Ten years after entering the world stage of ski racing with the U.S. Ski Team, Mammoth racer Stacey Cook last weekend finally got a payoff.
A member of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team, Cook landed on her first-ever World Cup podiums, finishing second behind superstar Lindsey Vonn in the opening races of the 2012-13 World Cup season.
"It's hard to put into words because it's been just so long coming," she said in a telephone interview from the Calgary, Alberta airport, where she was getting ready to board a flight to her next race in St. Moritz.
"I've worked so hard for so many years," she said, "and everyone's told me this was something I was capable of, but after so long of not achieving that, you start to doubt it. So for it to be reality is pretty special."
It also was special for the members of Mammoth's racing contingent, said her former coach and mentor Mark Brownlie, the athletic director at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.
"I am absolutely blown away," he said after Cook captured her first downhill podium on Friday, Nov. 30, then finished second again on Saturday, Dec. 1.
"This," he said, "is the culmination of a great amount of work over the years, and now she has reached the highest athletic level. Stacey is setting herself up. She's lit the fuse, so to speak. All the right pieces are falling in all the right places."
Mammoth downhill racer Stacey Cook celebrates the first World Cup podium finish of her career Saturday, Nov. 30 at Lake Louise. Photo/Roger Witney, Alpine Canada
Cook, a former Truckee resident who is 28 years old, didn't just shine in the downhill race.
She placed 29th in the Super G competition as well, and in a sport where a Top 30 finish places an athlete among the best, Cook came through.
Yet it was in her back-to-back second-place finishes in downhill that signaled the end of the beginning of a road that suddenly is wide-open before her.
"The biggest factor, I think, is maturity, and starting to believe in myself more," she said. "It's been a process."
"I didn't grow up, like a lot of my teammates have grown up, bound to be professional athlete and trained to be a professional athlete from a very young age. I definitely had to battle some things, and this lifestyle, that other athletes don't.
"Overcoming that and learning to be a professional athlete has been a huge stepping stone," she continued. "Then there is the confidence and believing I can compete with these girls.
"That's something that's happened over time. It was a matter of just chipping away at it."
The ski racing subculture in Mammoth reacted swiftly.
Members of the Mammoth Mountain Ski and Snowboard teams gathered in the refurbished Slopeside Training Center near Main Lodge to watch the races on television. Many of them sent texts and email messages to Cook immediately after both races.
"I was getting pictures of a lot of people in front of their computer screens," Cook said. "It was so cool to see that. It's really fun to bring racing to Mammoth in that way.
"I don't remember having that as a junior, sitting around watching World Cup with my teammates. That's probably the best part of the weekend: knowing that people there (in Mammoth) were watching and supporting me."
In her first race, nearly the entire field was on edge because of weather conditions. Fog drifted across the downhill course in waves, causing widespread speculation that the race would be called off.
But the fog lifted just enough to race, and Cook found a window to make an unfettered ride to the finish.
"The weather was really tough," she said, "and that presents a mental battle, because you arrive at the start and you don't know if you're going to have fog or sun.
"But in the end, it doesn't matter. You have to prepare yourself for that. It's really draining on a lot of athletes.
"I was just not going to let that bother me. I knew the job I had to do was within myself and I couldn't worry about the weather or any other outside factors."
In the second race, the following day, weather conditions improved, and for a brief time, Cook simply owned the hill, holding onto first place as Vonn waited in the starting gates.
Vonn, proving why she is the best in the world in the discipline, overcame a serious mistake mid-way through the run to win again, but not by much.
It was the 54th and 55th victory in Vonn's electrifying downhill history; for Cook, though, it was a first-time experience, and it showed.
Wearing a purple Mammoth Mountain knit hat with the U.S. Ski Team logo stitched below the Mammoth logo, Cook bounded to the podium as if there were no gravity at all. She held her skis above her head in a moment of triumph and tears glistened at the corners of her eyes.
For Cook, her podium finishes were a combination of experience, both as a veteran racer as well as a racer on that particular mountain, she said.
"I've raced this hill for a really long time," she said, recalling her fourth-place finish there in 2006. "It's the downhill I have the most experience on in the world, so I know it really well."
Now, Cook said, the pressure on her has increased, but in a new, different and almost refreshing way.
"This is definitely a new position for me to be, second in the world in an event," she said. "There are pressures that come with that, but I think I'll be able to handle that just fine because of the journey I've had in my career so far.
"I've had a lot of ups and downs and faced pressure before, but that's a little different pressure. I know how to handle it now because I know the battle is up to me—it's how I perform.
"It doesn't concern anyone else. And if I keep a really level-headed attitude like that, this could be just the tip of the iceberg."


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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 12, White Sox 3 – June 18, 2012
Beat. Down.
Matt Garza had a decent start, at times looking great, but was once again victimized by the long-ball (the wind howling out at 40 mph didn't help). It's been his story of the season – if you dig deep enough into his peripherals, you see a guy who's pitching almost as well as he did last year, he's just giving up a heck of a lot more home runs on his fly balls. Bad luck? Bad pitches? I tend to think it's the former. Of course, tonight, it didn't matter.
Starlin Castro was squaring up the ball, Alfonso Soriano was doing what he always does when he DH's (*LOUD, INSTRUCTIVE COUGH*), Bryan LaHair took to right field like a powerful gazelle, and Geovany Soto returned to the lineup with a bang.


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Research carried out by Bunnyfoot suggests that many people are unaware of the difference between paid and organic search listings, with 40% of web users unaware they were adverts.
While conducting a research project for an insurance sector client, Bunnyfoot discovered that 81% of users clicked on Google Adwords listings as opposed to natural search results.
Further investigation of this surprising bias revealed that 41 out of the 100 individuals tested did not know that Adwords were paid-for adverts, believing them instead to be the most authoritative links.
Looking at a Google results page for 'car insurance', the paid ads do stand out thanks to the background shading, while Google does add the label 'ads related to car insurance' at the top.
However, this label could be easily missed and, if you don't know they're ads, the shading could mean anything.
In addition, the background shading isn't always easy to see on every monitor, while Google's new hybrid sponsored ad for its own insurance comparison site looks more organic than ad.
In short, it's easy to see why the users in the Bunnyfoot research were unaware that these ads were ads.
Bunnyfoot's heatmaps illustrate this point.
This shot shows the results page for 'car insurance'
The heatmap suggests that the PPC ads may be more valuable than the top natural positions, for this search at least.
I asked Bunnyfoot co-founder Rob Stevens about the test and the implications of the results:
Can you tell me a bit more about the test and participants?
The test was conducted as part of an end-to-end customer experience research project for an insurance sector client. With a view to exploring a representative of the general UK population rather than an online only population, test participants were recruited from an in-street intercept.
In theory, your findings would mean that the top two or three paid results would do better than the top organic ones...
In this particular study, we found that 81% clicked on paid results, 19% on organic search results.
In theory this may be true for some categories and the heatmap for 'Car Insurance' supports this hypothesis. Results of the eye tracking tests support the notion that internet users do not differentiate between organic and paid search results.
The heat map demonstrates that it's the area of the screen displaying the top results, regardless of whether they are natural or paid for, that receives the most activity and attention from users.
In this scenario, specific terms are more likely to convert than generic ones: Marketers should optimise more specific searches for click through like "car insurance for porsche over 40" rather than "Cheap car insurance".
Stats we published recently suggest that the vast majority of clicks are on organic results. How does this fit with your findings?
While a direct comparison between the two pieces of research is problematic due to a number of key differences, the two data sets are reconcilable and valuable shared learnings can be taken from both.
The quoted GroupM research looks at a wide range of verticals from "airlines" and "online games" to "government" and "current news," while this particular piece of research of ours looked at one very specific vertical - car insurance.
The MEC sample is across all data while Bunnyfoot looked exclusively at the sub set of car insurance, a category that is full of Adwords - and importantly the familiar brands abound within those Adwords - and this would have a significant bearing on results.
The specific categories undoubtedly have an effect on tests of this nature. As internet users do not follow one particular behaviour for every search they carry out, we would expect each search vertical to produce very different search patterns.
With that in mind, we would envisage the vertical "government" - one of the categories looked at in the GroupM research - generating very different behaviour from the car insurance category.
The type of search and the keywords are important considerations also. While the Bunnyfoot research looks at 'head term' searches, it's unclear from the published article what the GroupM research explores. Reading the article and looking at the infographic, we would expect that the study probably includes a lot of long-tail searches.
We find that in many cases involving long tail searches (e.g. an individual searches "renew car tax"), there won't even be any Adwords displayed and so by definition the clicks will land only on natural results in those cases.
What are the key takeaways for marketers?
The key takeaway for marketers from this test is that there is a world of people out there who don't know adwords are ads and marketers should be wary of making assumptions that remove them from a true consumer perspective.
We were astounded by the numbers when they first came in but there can be no doubt about it: a significant slice of internet users simply don't recognise Adwords listings as sponsored links.
I posit that there is a digital technorati that live a lot of their life online, they (we) know that Google ads are Google ads and don't often click them.
I don't know what the % is but we could apply Pareto Rule for lack of a better tool: 80% of the clicks come from 20% of the people.
Secondly - and with the above in mind - Google Ads can be a far more effective brand building tool than they are often given credit for. If the market really gets hold of this and buys into the idea that PPC on Adwords is even more effective than was previously thought this could see the cost of Google Adwords rocketing.
This makes it imperative for marketers to maximise the conversion of browsers to buyers and the most cost effective way of doing this is usability. This could put $50 or more on to the stock value of Google.
Are there easy opportunities for PPC in the kinds of results which have no or fewer PPC listings?
Absolutely, but the user experience needs to be right before spending any money on hits. It's all very well carrying out a PPC campaign that delivers people to a particular destination for the duration of the campaign, but it's the user experience that converts clicks and achieves longer term success.
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Totally agree with the research, as this has been our findings. Many users do not understand that the first 3 results are paid for adverts, and as shown in the heat maps above this is shown in where their eye is drawn to and where they are clicking
It should not surprise us that people don't realize that PPC is paid advertising. It is the same as back in ancient times when the public thought the yellow page directory was a public service and not a strictly "for-profit" enterprise selling space to the highest bidder. Also, the study showing that PPC was only 6% of traffic, looked at all internet searches and that means everybody from movie reviews to recipes.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to hear this - but for some reason I am. Perhaps is a generation thing...or just an industry thing?
This is really eye-opening stuff. I think you're right about the "digital technorati" - we get so used to a world and commentary that we sometimes forget how others view and understand information that to us is common sense.
Research published by Google showed that 50% of people don't know what a browser is, search for 'What is a Browser?' on YouTube and click #3
I was watching similar with average users how they search and click..
Many users were open browser(back then IE), search in Bing..just click whatever first in line(mostly PPC ad)..now chrome and firefox..I am sure average users will just search and hit first line that comes up on page..
so I am not surprise with 40%..
How can a study of just 100 people, taken off the street in a given city/town, ever be representative of the general UK population? I appreciate the motive behind the study, but the data would surely not stand up to any rigorous statistical test of significance. Therefore, I will be taking the findings with a bucket of salt.
Is there any chance of opening this study up to a larger, more diverse sample of the population? If so, I would be greatly interested in the findings.
@Jamie - no-one is saying this is representative of everyone. The data is limited due to sample size and focus on one vertical. However, it's a useful starting point for debate, and perhaps merits further investigation.
Whether the 40% would stand for a broader look at this issue, I think it's entirely plausible that a proportion of web users wouldn't necessarily know the difference between paid and organic results.
I couldn't agree more. I've re-read this article and asked a few people myself about their understanding of Google Rankings. Every single person I've asked has stated the following:
1) They did not know anything about paid advertising, some believe you had to pay for inclusion in the first place.
2) The more you pay, the higher you rank (even in organic SERPS).
3) The best businesses are always ranked higher.
It's a very interesting topic...!
@Nick I'd like to test this theory with a bigger sample of consumers.
We could do so in an online survey but the problem is that it's hard to ask the right question in survey form, but a user test with more than 100 participants would be tricky to arrange.
I would agree as across my friend group 40-50% do not know the difference between paid and natural links. We only know and think its obvious because we are in the digital industry.


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Fred Astaire
(Irving Berlin)
Must you dance every dance with the same fortunate man?
You have danced with him since the music began.
Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Must you dance quite so close with your lips touching his face?
Can't you see
I'm longing to be in his place?
Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Ask him to sit this one out.
While you're alone,
I'll tell the waiter to tell
him he's wanted on the telephone.
You've been locked in his arms ever since heaven-knows-when.
Won't you change partners and then,
you may never want to change partners again.
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The hotel's Napa Rose restaurant specializes in Napa Valley cuisine and has an extensive wine list. A cocktail lounge with a fireplace is a welcoming spot to meet family and friends. Room service is available 24 hours-a-day. The Storyteller's Café features daily character breakfasts with Chip 'n' Dale. Relax and indulge your senses with luxurious treatments at the Mandara Spa, including specialty massages and lavish facials that detoxify, purify and cleanse your mind, body and spirit. Parents scheduling a spa session will appreciate the licensed, on-site childcare center for children aged 5 – 12.
WiFi access is free throughout the hotel. Disabled-accessible facilities and guestrooms are available on request.
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Express check-in
- Picnic area
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
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- Meeting rooms 18
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- ATM/banking
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- Concierge services
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- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 948
- Number of floors - 6
- Arcade/game room
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- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
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- Balcony or patio
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- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
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Napa Rose – Acclaimed upscale restaurant with menu inspired by Napa Valley cuisine. Adjacent Napa Rose Lounge with fireplace and terrace. Vast selection of premium wines. Diners seated at wraparound marble counter can watch the chefs at work. Open for daily dinner and Sunday brunch.
Storyteller's Café - Families feast on wood-fired pizzas and other American favorites in this spacious restaurant, which is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and features daily character breakfasts with Chip 'n' Dale.
White Water Snacks - Near a waterfall and the Redwood Pool, this quick-service pavilion offers a selection of coffee drinks and bakery items in the morning, and specialty salads, deli sandwiches, pizzas, hamburgers, refreshing drinks, desserts, and hot dogs throughout the day.
Hearthstone Lounge - Specialty coffees and fresh bakery goods are available each morning, making way for a full bar and lively conversation later in the day. Open early morning till late evening.
Nearby Things to Do
With its exclusive entrance into Disney's California Adventure® Park, this hotel doesn't really need to offer additional recreation options—but it does, and in grand style. The full-service Mandara Spa includes a large fitness room, saunas, and steam rooms. The focus for families, however, is on the extensive outdoor pool area, which includes three themed swimming pools. The Fountain Pool is a quiet lap pool; the Mickey Mouse Pool is a children's pool shaped like the beloved mouse himself; and the Redwood Pool is a large pool complete with a twisting, 100-foot-long redwood slide.
There are also two spa tubs and an arcade. The resort is equipped with a hydraulic lift to assist guests with disabilities into the spa tubs and swimming pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
Spa Services
- Sauna in spa
- Number of treatment rooms 8
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 8 and USD 22 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 30 per person (roundtrip)
- Self parking fee: USD 18.00 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 28.00 per day
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.
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Disney theme park tickets are not included in this offer. Guest must purchase a theme park ticket to take advantage of this offer. Offer valid during stay at Disneyland® or Disney California Adventure® Park. Each registered hotel guest (ages 3 and older) must have a valid theme park ticket and active hotel room key card. Guests may check in advance at Disneyland.com for when each park offers Extra Magic Hours. It is recommended that guests arrive at least one hour and 15 minutes prior to regular park opening. Applicable theme park, days and times of operation and all other elements including, but not limited to, operation of attractions, entertainment, stores, restaurants and appearances of characters may vary and are subject to change without notice. Subject to capacity, cancellation and other restrictions.


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Every day local health department personnel work to prevent the spread of disease. Who checks the air, water and soil? How do parks, streets, schools, lakes and restaurants stay safe and clean? How does all this happen? IS IT MAGIC… OR PUBLIC HEALTH?"
Did you know there are over 2,000 strains of salmonella, alone?
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Local public health workers visit every school, examine vaccination records, and ensure that all NJ school children are protected from diseases such as measles, mumps, polio and whooping cough.
The flu season can present health risks to the elderly. Each year local health departments administer thousands of flu vaccinations and other adult vaccinations against life-threatening diseases like pneumonia and hepatitis.
"Ahhh.. Fresh air."
So who watches the environment? Is it MAGIC… or public health that keeps our air, soil and water clean?
Your local health department investigates toxic spills, air pollution, contaminated water and even radioactive materials. Public health officials control environmental problems and nuisances such as rodents, insects, noxious weeds, stray or hostile animals, solid waste, water pollution, air pollution, noise, hazardous materials and hazardous waste –around your community.
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Here's a little more magic…Did you know that local health departments help guarantee safe public workplaces? Many local health departments inspect tanning facilities, tattoo shops, body piercing establishments and beauty salons for compliance with state laws for safe and sanitary procedures.
During the last few years local health departments have increased surveillance for biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. Local health departments across the country are part of a national response team coordinating plans with police, fire and emergency response agencies to help assure preparedness for such an incident or a natural disaster, like floods, storms, or hurricanes.
When you think about local public health, think about all this. And think about pet licenses, rabies clinics, animal control services, blood pressure screening and health education. Local public health personnel are busy with all this and much more as new and unexpected challenges emerge everyday. So how do they do it? Is it MAGIC… or Public Health?
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The Alabama Legislature, meeting late this summer in a special session, passed a bill that protects private property rights. Legislators also approved the state's general fund budget and approved a constitutional amendment that requires city and county school systems to have a minimum of 10 mills of property taxes for public education.
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could have given cities wide power to condemn property for private development in order to generate tax revenue. The original bill introduced in the special session by Gov. Bob Riley to remedy the adverse effects of the court ruling still would have allowed the state to condemn property for non-governmental purposes, such as industrial development. However, a call to action from the Alabama Farmers Federation resulted in more than 1,400 calls in one day to legislators, resulting in a bill that goes even further to protect property rights.
"A dramatic change came within 24 hours that resulted in amendments to significantly strengthen the original bill," says Federation Executive Director Mike Kilgore. "This would not have happened without the rapid response of the leaders of our organization at the local level who took time to call their legislators."
The federation, says Kilgore, was successful in making the restrictions include the state as well as counties, and added "industrial development" to the restrictive language. As passed, the bill prohibits the state, county and municipalities from condemning property for non-governmental retail, office, commercial, residential, or industrial development.
Federation Governmental Affairs Director Freddie Patterson says a constitutional amendment will be introduced in the regular session of the legislature next year to give the bill more permanent footing. "The groundswell of grassroots support generated by our organization has cemented the support of many legislators for future passage of the constitutional amendment," he says.
The new $1.55 billion general fund budget passed by the Alabama Legislature includes a 6 percent pay raise for state employees as well as funding for several agricultural projects, including $550,000 that will be used to match federal funds for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program.
In the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries budget, legislators approved $25,000 to promote rabbit production in Alabama, $25,000 for the promotion of inland shrimp production, and $200,000 for fire ant control. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management budget included $350,000 for the regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Alabama.
Voters will decide the 10-mill property tax constitutional amendment on Nov. 7, 2006 — the date of the next general election. Currently, 24 county school systems and six city systems have less than 10 mills of property tax. County school systems affected are Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Elmore, Fayette, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Lamar, Lawrence, Limestone, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Pike, Tuscaloosa and Walker. City school systems affected are Andalusia, Arab, Athens, Daleville, Dothan and Linden.
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In other state legislative news from the Southeast, a state and local sales tax exemption for fuel used to operate irrigation systems exclusively used for the irrigation of crops went into effect in Georgia on July 1. The exemption was outlined in House Bill 487 passed by the 2005 Georgia General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue. Previously, the sales tax exemption only applied to electricity used to operate the irrigation system.
To purchase fuel for irrigation purposes tax exempt, farmers must provide their fuel distributor with a properly executed Agricultural Certificate of Exemption, Form ST-A1. Fuel delivered and stored in a tank that will be used for both taxable and exempt farm use may qualify for a partial exemption when the farmer provides a good faith estimate of the amount of fuel that will be used exclusively to operate a farm irrigation system. The good faith estimate should be noted on the Agricultural Certificate of Exemption, Form ST-A1, and given to the fuel distributor at the time of sale.
The distributor's acceptance of a properly executed Form ST-A1 shall be deemed to be in good faith and the quantity of exempt fuel indicated on the form will qualify for the exemption. The fuel distributor must separately invoice the taxable and exempt fuel based on the estimate provided on Form ST-A1. The farmer will be liable for any tax, penalty and interest due on any fuel determined to be taxable as a result of an incorrect estimate or improperly executed form.
For more information or to obtain the Agricultural Certificate of Exemption, contact the Tax Law and Policy Section of the Georgia Department of Revenue at (404) 417-6649.
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What's In The Garden? Make Some Conclusions
Lesson 14 of 16
Objective: SWBAT use the information from illustrations, text and their schema to make inferences and draw conclusions about events in informational text.
- In The Garden: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barret George
- Lesson vocabulary words from the Reading/Writing word wall: inference, schema, evidence, illustrations, words, conclusion
- Set up the whiteboard
- Making Conclusions worksheet (copied front and back for each student)
- 'Inference Starter' poster
- Ipad/computer to look up animal pictures at the end (optional)
I chose this book because it has great illustrations and text evidence. The kids can make inferences easily because they have schema about vegetables and animals in a garden. They made some great connections between the animals in the story, which really added to their understanding of the book. When students can describe these connections (the hornworm digs in the garden next to the worms), between scientific ideas and concepts, they are strengthening their own comprehension. (RI.2.3) Since this story had familiar animals and a topic that they knew about, I wanted to give them the opportunity to find clear examples of evidence and use their schema to make conclusions. They also liked this book because it's like a mystery - they enjoyed guessing what the animals were and it turned into a bit of a science lesson when we looked up pictures on the iPad at the end.
This is the second lesson in my unit about inferencing and making conclusions. I encourage you to look at my other lesson, Draw the Dot, Draw the Conclusion for more practice with a literature example.
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Let's Get Excited!
Underlined words below are lesson vocabulary words that are emphasized and written on sentence strips for my Reading & Writing word wall. I pull off the words off the wall for each lesson, helping students understand this key 'reading and writing' vocabulary can be generalized across texts and topics. The focus on acquiring and using these words is part of a shift in the Common Core Standards towards building students' academic vocabulary. My words are color coded 'pink' for literature/'blue' for reading strategies/'orange' for informational text/'yellow' for writing/'green' for all other words)
Common starting point
- "We have been talking about inferring and you have all done a GREAT job learning how to use the 'Inference Starter' chart (see materials) to make some wonderful inferences."
- "When we infer as we read, we understand the text better. We are active readers who use our schema, illustrations, and words.
- "Today I brought a great book. We are going to use what we know as evidence to make inferences and then put them all together into one conclusion at the end of each part. It's different than the inferences that we make along the way. The conclusion is the end of the story that really wraps up the plot."
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Teacher's Turn
Give the purpose of the lesson
- "We have been talking about looking for evidence about text. These come from text, illustrations and our schema." Refer to the chart on the whiteboard.
- "When we put together these ideas, we can make a conclusion. Our conclusion should be based on all the evidence and inferences that we make about the plot of the story."
- "I brought a book that gives us the chance to make conclusions about (show the book and read the title) who has been in a garden."
- I took a few moments to have the kids do pre-reading - making predictions about the cover. Take a moment and see what the predicting looked like.
Introduce strategy - teacher models
- Read the first 3 pages and stop.
- "What is the evidence so far? Is there evidence in the illustrations, text, or our schema that I can add to make a conclusion about this evidence and inferences?"
- "There is a garden with flowers" (write in the first box) "the author names the flowers so I'll circle 'text' and 'illustrations'. It says 'something is eating the seeds' so I'll write that in the second box and circle 'text'. I know that animals eat seeds so I'll put that in the 3rd box and circle 'schema'."
- "My conclusion is that an animal is eating seeds in the flowers." Write that in the conclusion box. "Let's check the next page - it says chipmunk and shows him eating seeds, so my conclusion was right!"
- Here's how I reviewed the model.
Practice strategy - guided practice (these are my students comments - you'll have different input from the kids, and maybe have different conclusions)
- Read the next page. "What is the evidence so far? Is there evidence in the illustrations, text, or our schema that I can add?"
- "There is 'a row of tomato plants' (write in the first box) and I'll circle ..... (take ideas)....'text' and 'illustrations'. It says ..... (take ideas)....'part of the leaf is gone' so I'll write that in the second box and circle 'text'. I know that ..... (take ideas)....worms eat tomatoes so I'll put that in the 3rd box and circle 'schema'." Make sure they can identify where the evidence is from.
- "My conclusion is that a ..... (take ideas)....worm is eating some of the leaves on the tomato plants." Write that in the conclusion box. Here's how I explained that they should use words from the evidence in the conclusion.
- "Let's check - it says a 'tomato hornworm', so our conclusion was right!" This is what our discussion sounded like when the students added a conclusion.
- "Let's try one more." Read the next page. Take ideas for the evidence and help them identify how they found that evidence - circle text, illustration, or schema.
- Here's a closeup of the whiteboard for guided practice.
- This was the completed whiteboard.
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Students Take a Turn
Continue Reading
- Continue reading each page and pause to let students add the evidence - text, illustrations, or schema. They should make inferences, as appropriate. I stopped after the last animal and put off reading the part about mom until after we finished the worksheet.
- Help with spelling, as needed.
- Reassure them that the goal is not to get the right conclusion, but to make a good conclusion based on the evidence. Here's how I explained about 'wrong conclusions' that to the kids.
- These are examples of the student worksheet - page 1 and page 2.
- Walk around as students write and ask them about their evidence and conclusions. This is one of my students explaining her evidence and conclusion.
The real purpose behind this lesson is to make the kids 'close readers', those that read with a purpose and pay attention to the evidence. They are demonstrating understanding of the plot by asking and answering questions and making inferences. They are making conclusions and using illustrations and words from the text. (RI.2.1) These are the kinds of readers that the Common Core Standards are written for - those that question as they read, using what they know (schema) and evidence from the text to answer questions and demonstrate understanding of what they have read.
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Share What You've Learned
Extend what you've learned
- "Now let's read the last few pages and see what happened. There's one more inference for you to make." Read the last few pages and talk about what happened with mom.
- My kids really enjoyed this part - they really connected with having cookies and milk and enjoyed the humor of the kids eating in the garden.
- "Why don't we take a look at a real picture of some of the animals in the garden?" I pulled out my iPad and put up some pictures of the hornworm, mole, etc. The kids loved this extension! Here's a short clip of us looking at animals from the story.
Scaffolding and Special Education: This lesson could be easily scaffolded up or down, depending on student ability.
Students with limited language ability may struggle with finding the evidence in the lesson. You could read this on an Elmo and give them prompts by pointing to the words or pair them with a friend.
Those with higher language ability should be able to use some higher level language and vocabulary in their evidence and conclusion. Instead of saying, 'they will eat a snack', students could infer using a simile - 'the kids are like the animals in the garden - they will have a turn to eat.'


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2013 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in four games, making four starts, before an injury ended her season…Scored 19 points, which was fifth on the team…Tallied 17 goals…Assisted on two scores…Took 30 shots, 25 on goal...Had two-game winning and two man-up goals…Finished 2-for-7 on free-position attempts…Picked up 18 ground balls…Won 19 draw controls…Caused six turnovers…Began the season with a program record eight goals – also a career-best – while picking up five ground balls, won a career-high eight draw controls and caused two turnovers against Fontbonne University (Mar. 16)…Scored five goals, one free-position tally, picked up four ground balls, won two draw controls and caused two turnovers versus the College of Wooster (Mar. 21)…Tallied two goals, picked up a career-high seven ground balls and won four draw controls at Aurora University (Mar. 26)…Had two goals, two assists, two ground balls, five draw controls wins and caused a turnover at Augustana College (Mar. 27).
2012 Season (Freshman): Named Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference Newcomer of the year and All-MWLC First Team...Appeared in and started all 14 games...Set the single season program records for goals in a game (7) -- which she surpassed in 2013 with an eight-goal performance -- season (53) and career (53), shots attempted (91), shots on goal (70), draw control wins (43), caused turnovers (15), man-up goals (3) and free-position goals (7)...Assisted on four scores...Scored four or more goals in eight games...Began the season with back-to-back games with four goals against Otterbein University (Mar. 14) and versus Eastern Conneticut State University (Mar. 19)...Helped the program to its first victory with four goals against Fontbonne University (Mar. 25)...Finished with six goals, six draw control wins and two caused turnovers against Oberlin College (Mar. 31)...Set a then-program record with seven goals against Pacific University (Apr. 7)...Tied the previous program record with seven goals against the College of Mount St. Joseph (Apr. 28)...Concluded the season with four goals and six draw control wins versus Trine University (Apr. 29).
High School (Stillwater): Named all-state, all-conference and all-tournament team...High School lacrosse coach was Rick Reidt...Played in national tournament for Team Minnesota twice...Played club lacrosse for Minnesota Lakers...Made top 80 at U-19 National Team tryouts...Club lacrosse coach was Janet Holdsworth.
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Des Moines, Iowa (Vocus) March 19, 2010
DuPont announced plans to expand its cutting-edge plant genetics research to help farmers increase agricultural productivity. DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will expand its presence in central Iowa with additional lab facilities and jobs focused on advanced plant genetics.
The planned investment will include new research facilities and space for 400 new research positions based in Johnston, Iowa. This increased investment in research will help meet the global challenge to double agricultural productivity by 2050 and will provide a significant boost to the economy in Iowa.
"First-class research facilities and people are required to deliver innovative solutions to farmers worldwide, and we have both," said Paul E. Schickler, Pioneer president. "Our planned expansion will take Pioneer's R&D capabilities to the next level, which is critical to meet the growing demand for agricultural products."
The proposed $40 million facility will include state-of-the-art laboratories in multiple connected buildings covering approximately 200,000 square feet. Construction is anticipated to begin in September with occupancy early in 2012.
This is another key investment in the Pioneer global growth plan. To accommodate its rapidly growing business, Pioneer has expanded by more than 130,000 square feet of office and laboratory space in central Iowa in the past two years alone. During that period, Pioneer's central Iowa work force grew by approximately 500 employees and today numbers about 2,400. Pioneer employs more than 9,500 people worldwide.
"Today's announcement is about three things – jobs, jobs, jobs," said Governor Culver. "I want to thank Pioneer for continuing to choose the state of Iowa as a place to grow their business and create jobs. Today's announcement is one more sign of what we have known all along – that with our highly skilled work force, inviting business climate and quality of life, Iowa is a great place for business. As Governor, I will not rest when it comes to helping Iowa businesses to expand business and create jobs like these in the state."
Increasing food production is a priority initiative for DuPont. The company invests about half of its $1.4 billion annual research and development budget to furthering this goal.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics in nearly 70 countries.
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.
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John Gould '31, H68
Journalist and Novelist
John Gould '31, H68
Journalist and Novelist
John Gould '31, H'68
This profile originally appeared in Bowdoin magazine, Vol. 75, No. 1, Fall 2003
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, John Gould died in Portland, Maine. Some weeks before, Bowdoin magazine's Sara Bodnar '03 had the pleasure to meet with John and interview him for this profile.
According to John Gould '31, a good reporter always tells you "which leg was broken." At 15 John began churning out Freeport news for the Brunswick Record, and within a year he was sending his stories to the Boston Sunday Post. One afternoon, he reported on an automobile accident in Freeport Square. John called the Post's editor Herb Kenney and said the driver sustained a broken leg. "Which leg?" Kenney asked. "Well, it's a fifty-fifty bet," John replied. "Don't be funny," Herb said. "Find out and call me back." Herb hung up, and left John with an important lesson in journalism.
Throughout his fruitful writing career, John has reliably paid homage to details, facts, and an everyday life that is linked with a Maine of the past. John adheres to "the real things" within his spellbinding anecdotes. "There's no such thing as fiction," he said. "Everything that happens to you is grist for the grindstone. Even the most wild piece of fiction had its base in a fact."
As both a perceptive journalist and a prolific novelist, John has used his experiences in a small Maine town to delight generations of readers. He was born in Boston, but by his eighth birthday his family moved to Freeport, Maine. He has published more than two-dozen books, and within his work John consistently returns to the town in which he grew up. Imagine a Freeport before L.L. Bean and tourists, a town where everybody had hens and cows, shipped milk or sold eggs. "I used to go to school and deliver milk along the way," John recalled. "There wasn't a breed of hens the Freeporters didn't know about." Dispatches from Maine, Maine's Golden Road, and The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine are only a few of his novels that bring readers back to Maine's bucolic roots. "For those of us whose ancestors did not grow up on farms, John makes us wish they had," said good friend Bowdoin Librarian Sherrie Bergman.
John's ties with Maine also encompass a loyalty to Bowdoin. John has signed the Bowdoin reunion book every year since 1931. He donates copies of his books, archival materials, and his own correspondence and papers to the College library. "John's extremely special and very dear," said Bergman. "His love for Bowdoin always comes through so clearly."
John's skillful pen and devotion to Maine have earned their rightful praise. In 1968, Bowdoin awarded John an honorary degree for his "ability to project the voice and spirit of our State." He was in the first group of Maine journalists to be inducted into the Maine Press Association's Hall of Fame. In August 2002, Maine governor Angus King proclaimed August 16th John Gould Day. John's 60th year of writing columns for The Christian Science Monitor was celebrated last year in a fanfare of triumph and festivities. At age 94, John is a true literary gem nestled within the pages of Maine's history. "Writing is just another job," he simply said. "The only difference is you don't work."
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Photo: (c) 2001 John Nordell, The Christian Science Monitor


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