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As organizations rely on third parties to grow and thrive, they're exposed to major cybersecurity risks. Mitigating this risk means confronting the potential security vulnerabilities that are present in your third party network, but traditional vendor risk management (VRM) methods are no match for modern threats. According to Deloitte 83% of today's business leaders lack confidence in third party VRM processes.
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The GDPR is the most significant change in data privacy regulation in more than 20 years. It comes into force on 25 May 2018 and will impact all businesses that process personal data or businesses that process personal data of EU citizens even if they are not in the EU. Obligations for compliance will affect both controller and processors and regulators will get increased enforcement powers and the right to impose fines of up to 4% of global turnover for both data breaches and infringements of the law.
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The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rule looms and will take affect in May 2018, but only a third of companies are on track to be compliant by the due date. GDPR is the most significant change in data privacy regulation in more than 20 years. It represents an extraordinary shift in the way businesses will be expected to operate when they gather, process, maintain, and protect customer data. Any organization that retains information of EU citizens must be in compliance or face huge fines of up to 4% of worldwide turnover.
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Over 90% of the world's data has been generated in the last few years. Accompanying this rapid growth in data comes exponential risks, as witnessed by the spike in cyber attacks of which no organization seems immune. The financial rewards gained by the perpetuators of cyber attacks is blatant, and this is driving continued attacks on companies containing massive amounts of consumer data. For these companies securing data is only half the battle. The risks can be greater when data is transmitted externally, hence it is critical that organizations know where sensitive data is going, how it is being transmitted, and how it is being handled and stored.
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As the number of internet-connected devices skyrockets into the billions, a data security strategy is an increasingly important part of any organization's ability to manage and protect critical information. Enterprises are migrating to the cloud in droves, however, protecting data in the cloud remains a challenge as employees push to access cloud apps from any device, anywhere. In the last year alone, 1 in 3 organizations were hacked more than 5 times, and with the increased number of attacks the financial cost of security incidents is also rising.
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Digitization has become deeply embedded in enterprise strategy, as nearly all businesses and activities have been slated for digital transformations. The significant advantages of digitization, with respect to customer experience, revenue, and cost, have become increasingly compelling, and we are starting to see digital transformations in risk create real business value by improving efficiency and the quality of risk decisions.
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The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rule looms and will take affect in May 2018, but only a third of companies are on track to be compliant by the due date. GDPR is the most significant change in data privacy regulation in more than 20 years. It represents an extraordinary shift in the way businesses will be expected to operate when they gather, process, maintain, and protect customer data. Any organization that retains information of EU citizens must be in compliance or face huge fines of up to 4% of worldwide turnover.
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Today's IT risk environment is more threatened than ever thanks to the growth in sophisticated cyber attacks and security vulnerabilities. Now, complex, hard-to-detect attacks could bring down not just a single institution but also large parts of the internet and the financial markets. Organizations need an intelligent approach when it comes to assessing IT risk and managing compliance.
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The challenges that organizations face today are increasingly more complex than in the past. The constant change of the global economy, dynamics of business risks and opportunities, and an increased threat of cyberattacks add complexities we've never faced. As organizations rely on more and more third parties to grow and thrive, they're exposed to higher levels of risk, and regulators are focused on the need for organizations to manage 3rd party risk more effectively.
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How to prepare the Elvis Presley Shooter?
For the Elvis Presley recipe shake the Vodka, the Frangelico, the Baileys Irish Cream and the Banana Liqueur with ice. Strain your Elvis Presley drink into a shot glass. Your Elvis Presley shot is ready.
The Elvis Presley shooter recipe is the cocktail of the day on January 8 when "the King of Rock and Roll" was born in 1935. Elvis Presley unfortunately died from a heart attack on August 16 in 1977.


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>> Introduction / William Kentridge
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Untitled (drawing for Black Box/Chambre Noire), 2005
Photo: John Hodgkiss
© William Kentridge
In engaging issues of trauma and its aftermath, Kentridge explores
the Freudian concept of "Trauerarbeit," or grief work, a labor which
is ongoing, and which dovetails with the artist's unrelenting and selfreflexive
examination of the process of making meaning. In creating
a work that reveals the motors of representation, Kentridge renders
these means transparent, removing the veil of opacity behind which
selective, subjective memories are crafted into grand narratives of
history. The process-oriented, at times collaborative aspects of
Kentridge's work results in the complex and richly layered nature of
Black Box / Chambre Noire. Kentridge created numerous drawings for
the Black Box theater and animated film, composing drawings onto
and out of numerous period texts, including materials the artist came
across in trips to Namibia and its national archive.*
Through the artist's unique filmic process, these drawings are in turn
integrated into the Black Box / Chambre Noire film, combined with the
artist's own footage of Namibia, archival photographs and excerpts
from German colonial-era film. Additionally, the music that Kentridge,
together with Philip Miller, the composer of the Black Box / Chambre
Noire soundtrack, encountered in Namibia has been deftly woven
into the piece.**
Black Box / Chambre Noire explores the difficulties inherent in representing
historical trauma and in reconstructing events and people
through the lens of a particular time, place, and politics, whether
through the apparatus of cinema or pseudo-scientific constructions
of "race." Once again, there is no standing "outside" in Kentridge's
work. Black Box / Chambre Noire implicates us in our belief and disbelief,
in our wonder and cool knowingness, in darkness and in light.
In Kentridge's metaphorical exploration of the Black Box as theater,
camera obscura, and flight-data recorder, flexibility, fixity, and the
future come into play in an exploration of the past. Resisting closure,
the work problematizes simplistic constructions of history using binaries
of past and present, victim and victimizer, spectacle and spectator.
Maria-Christina Villaseńor, Associate Curator of Film and Media Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
William Kentridge in Stockholm during preparations for Black Box/Chambre Noire, 2005
Photo: Petra Hellberg
© Deutsche Guggenheim
© William Kentridge
*Kentridge's drawings combine charcoal, colored pastel, and colored pencil on paper as well
as found texts including the following: lists of mines and shares; Italian ledger book circa 1920;
student's handwritten lecture notes on German law, 1911; vintage Johannesburg street map
circa 1940; indexes from French scientific notes; French textbook, La merveille de la science,
circa 1868; 1910 edition of the British text Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management; text
on the relative value of gold coins; Universale Tariffa, circa 1833; Chamber's Encyclopedia of
1950; Introduction to Telephony textbook, 1934; Cyclopedia of Drawing, 1924; Photocopies of
advertisements featured in the German journal Simplicissimus; share accounts of gold mines;
Baedecker travel guide to Italy, circa 1900; Georg Hartmann's map of German South West
Africa, 1904; private correspondence from German South West Africa circa 1911; photocopy of
General von Trotha's 1904 order against the Hereros from the Namibian National Archive; Index
and Gazetteer of the World; Stieler's Handatlas No. 59, 1906; Statistics of
Revenues and Debts of the Component States.
**The soundtrack for Black Box / Chambre Noire includes the following musical elements:
Herero lament; Herero praise song; traditional Namibian bow music; Philip Miller's original
musical compositions.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): Sarastro's Aria,
"In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from the 1937 recording of Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the
Berlin Philharmonic; fragments from the Queen of the Night's Aria "Der Hölle Rache";
Pamina's Aria "Ach ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden"; exchange between Papageno +
Monastatos; "Marsch der Priester" ("March of the Priests") with Alfred Makgalemele singing.
Untitled (drawing for Black Box/Chambre Noire), 2005
Photo: John Hodgkiss
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, born 1955, lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Read following articles about the exhibition at www.db-artmag.com, Deutsche Bank's online art magazine:
feature // Inside the Black Box / Interview with William Kentridge


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ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank will maintain its tight monetary policy stance decisively to ensure the inflation outlook is aligned with the bank's target, Central Bank Governor Murat Cetinkaya said on Thursday.
Speaking at the annual IMF and World Bank meeting in Washington, Cetinkaya said that factors affecting inflation would be closely monitored and that the bank would further tighten its policy if needed. (Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu; Writing by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Dominic Evans)


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Plastic canvas needlepoint is a variation of traditional needlepoint. This is a great piece of material to make doll houses, sewing boxes, and other fun 3-D projects. You can build up and out with your stitches instead of staying on one surface. Plastic canvas is a great way to teach kids how to stitch. The holes are big and the projects can be simple. A great project for them would be ornaments for a tree. This is a child friendly demonstration.
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i don't believe anyone is arguing it wasn't his right to 'request' such service, however, it is the practice of this country (especially in public establishments) to say NO to his request and offer an alternative.
It was the fathers RIGHT to request this no matter how much people may disagree, it's HIS child.
hahahahaha, didn't read the 'complaint', did ya ?
Here's what happened in short form for those having trouble following:
Patient Rightsw
Consent, particularly informed consent, is the cornerstone of patients' rights. Consent is based on the inviolability of one's person. It means that doctors do not have the right to touch or treat a patient without that patient's approval because the patient is the one who must live with the consequences and deal with any dis-comfort caused by treatment. A doctor can be held liable for committing a Battery if the doctor touches the patient without first obtaining the patient's consent.
generally care provided in the NICU falls under the 'preventing serious harm or death' category. besides, i never said he didn't have the right to ask ... however, the hospital is not obligated to engage his particular request.
Consent is also inferred when an adult or child is found unconscious, or when an emergency otherwise necessitates immediate treatment to prevent serious harm or death.
apparently there was or it wouldn't have been 'settled'
there is no one to file a suit against
Originally posted by Honor93
hmm, drawing a bit much from that aren't ya ?
we aren't discussing dr/pt relationship but nurse/parent.
Originally posted by Honor93
and in the case of the NICU services, consent is inferred and had been since delivery.
Originally posted by Honor93
perhaps you should read your link further ...
generally care provided in the NICU falls under the 'preventing serious harm or death' category.
Consent is also inferred when an adult or child is found unconscious, or when an emergency otherwise necessitates immediate treatment to prevent serious harm or death.
Originally posted by Honor93
however, the hospital is not obligated to engage his particular request.
Originally posted by Honor93
this was blatant racism of which the hospital was not obligated to participate.
Originally posted by Honor93
also 'informed consent' is very specific and 'racial preferences' aren't included.
or perhaps i should ask how ethnicity is a 'material risk' to any patient ?
Originally posted by Honor93
the father should consider himself lucky he wasn't escorted out of the building and placed under a restraining order for 'threatening' the staff.
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If you believe that you have been discriminated against at work because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information, you can file a Charge of Discrimination. All of the laws enforced by EEOC, except for the Equal Pay Act, require you to file a Charge of Discrimination with us before you can file a job discrimination lawsuit against your employer. In addition, an individual, organization, or agency may file a charge on behalf of another person in order to protect the aggrieved person's identity. There are time limits for filing a charge.
Note: Federal employees and job applicants have similar protections, but a different complaint process.
If you file a charge, you may be asked to try to settle the dispute through mediation. Mediation is an informal and confidential way to resolve disputes with the help of a neutral mediator. If the case is not sent to mediation, or if mediation doesn't resolve the problem, the charge will be given to an investigator.
If an investigation finds no violation of the law, you will be given a Notice of Right to Sue. This notice gives you permission to file suit in a court of law. If a violation is found, we will attempt to reach a voluntary settlement with the employer. If we cannot reach a settlement, your case will be referred to our legal staff (or the Department of Justice in certain cases), who will decide whether or not the agency should file a lawsuit. If we decide not to file a lawsuit, we will give you a Notice of Right to Sue.
not so surprisingly, a quick search doesn't produce any cases substantiating your claim in regard to medical staff.
The parents have power of attorney to decide who touches their children, and can charge anyone that does so without their consent with battery.


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That Gaslight Anthem Side Project Is Happening
"It's going to be quiet and then we're going to go home and have a good evening."
Gaslight Anthem front man Brian Fallon has previously discussed his side project, the Horrible Crowes, a duo he formed with Ian Perkins, but now that band has an official debut album (Elsie) and a release date for that album (September 6). By way of explaining the difference between Crowes and his regular gig, Fallon says, "It's not the kind of thing where you get wasted and listen to some music. It's more, 'I'm going to take my lady out and watch a band play and it's going to be quiet and then we're going to go home and have a good evening.'" In other words: Brian Fallon wants to be your sex mood music. [Exclaim]


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Pinterest is the current darling of social media, and for good reason. According to Experian Hitwise, it is the third most popular social network in the US in terms of total visits (21.5m visits in one week in January 2012, 30 fold increase vs. July 2011).
Pinterest is primarily considered part of an overall social media strategy, but whilst doing some SEO planning for a Client the other day I realised how well it could also fit within the SEO framework.
This blog gives my approach to using Pinterest to identify potential domains for link building and find relevant bloggers/influencers to build relationships with.
It's deliberately simple because simple ideas are quicker to implement.
Step 1. Make sure you have clear targets
These will come from the standard planning you do for any SEO project with a hit list of keyword queries that you want to go after.
Why do you need targets?
Because heading into Pinterest with no clear goal and then trying to find the most useful content would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
There are so many contributors, boards and pins that you need to be able to use the search tools to refine the information and surface content relevant to specific subjects.
Step 2. Prioritise the keywords you want to build links for
Rome wasn't built in a day. Link building is a long-term project, so you need to set realistic targets to grow quality links over time.
To get a 'hit list', I like to relate this back to commercial potential. My formula for doing this gives indicative data, not absolutes, so please bear this in mind. You need to calculate two potential uplifts from linking with other people:
Higher rankings leading to increased organic search traffic
Keywords you already rank for
For these you can take data from Google Analytics or other analytics tools. Look at:
- The opportunity gap between the visits you currently get and total local monthly searches.
- Estimate uplift in visits based on higher SERPs ranking due to improved link building.
- Calculate the revenue uplift assuming the same average order value & conversion rate (this works best for retail e-commerce but you can use goal values for B2B sites).
Below is a snapshot of this in practice, used for a digital marketing agency (where conversion is submitted leads/consultancy bookings etc) to estimate revenue impact at keyword level for improved SEO.
This calculates the maximum revenue potential based on getting an impression for every search made for that keyword, using existing conversion rate and average order value.
Keywords you don't already rank for
Here you are looking for volume/value. Use tools like the Google External Keyword Tool and Google Insights to identify monthly search volumes and which of the keywords are trending (if search activity is falling off a cliff, you don't want to go after that keyword as a link target).
You can then calculate commercial potential in one of two ways:
Where there is a close match keyword you already have data for, plug in the target keyword to the model above and use the metrics for the existing keyword.
Where there is no close match in existing data, use the top-level metrics for your organic search data (if you have used advanced segments to drill down into head/mid/long tail, use the most relevant data set).
The output
This will give you a (very rough) calculation of keyword potential. For the keywords that have the most potential, you now need to explore Pinterest to identify potential linking partners.
Prioritise keywords into High / Medium / Low:
- High = strategically or commercially essential for the business to be highly visible in SERPs.
- Medium = will provide commercial gain but direct financial impact lower.
- Low = desirable to have dominance in SERPs but commercial impact will be low.
Step 3. Use Pinterest search tools to find relevant content
This is oh so simple. In the search bar, enter the keyword query you're interested in.
Et voila, up pop all the pins that match your keyword search. You'll need to play around with similar keyword searches to unearth the hidden gems.
Now you need to scan the Boards and People tabs to find visual matches that satisfy the criteria of what you're looking for. As a general indicator, pins with the highest level of activity (likes, repins, comments) indicate 'high quality' content.
What you're looking for is content that has a lot of social love because this indicates that the source is good quality.
Click on individual pins and look for two pieces of information:
- Person who pinned it.
- Referral source of the image.
Step 4. Evaluate the options and pick the 'winners'
My definition of a 'winner' is a pin where either the person who pinned it represents a high quality target for SEO, or the referral website where the image comes from represent a high quality target (in the context of the keyword hit list you are targeting).
How to decide this
For people:
Assess pinners on the following criteria:
- How popular are they on Pinterest? If they were to pin your content, what reach could it have?
- Are they regular content contributors or are they 'once in a while'? The more regular the better as they are more likely to build an audience.
- How active are they on social media? What other social audiences could you tap into if they were interested in what you have to offer?
- How good is their own website? Is it professional and would it be a positive association for your brand?
If they can tick the box for all of these criteria, this indicates that this person is worthwhile connecting with and encouraging them to use their social influence to increase the impact of your brand.
Please note, I'm not just talking about getting them to push you on Pinterest. I mean this in the wider SEO context, building proactive relationships whereby you can build links and social sharing via their web presence and audiences.
For referral websites:
Assess websites on the following criteria:
- Is the website professional and well designed?
- Does it get a good level of traffic? (only possible to qualify for large volume sites unless you find a web owner willing to volunteer this info).
- Is the content relevant to your brand, products & services?
- Would association with this website be positive for brand positioning?
- Is there a natural fit for links to your website that would add value to the web owners and his/her visitors?
Relating this back to link building, there are certain criteria that determine whether or not a source makes a valuable link partner. A good link source:
- Is contextually relevant.
- Is visible to humans and search engines.
- Provides original, high quality content.
- Can be followed by search engines.
- Comes from domains with good authority and trust.
Look at the direct traffic potential
This is a difficult one to gauge because free tools like Alexa only rank traffic for the top 1m websites, meaning many high potential blogs fall off the radar.
However, where you have identified a high traffic domain, you can check the data in Alexa and Google Ad Planner to see how their visits are trending.
Give each domain a traffic potential score from one (low) to five (high) based on what you can find and your 'guestimate' of how likely links from the domain are to drive traffic to your website.
It is logical to prioritise domains rated four or five as intelligently placed links on these are more likely to deliver traffic volume than links on websites with limited visitors.
Tip: put yourself in the shoes of the visitor. What type of person is likely to visit the website? Would they be looking to follow links to access more information? Or are they going to be a 'in and out' visitor?
Step 5. Get the ball rolling
This is the hardest part. You now need to give the people you want links from a genuine reason to work with you. This means:
- Building a connection via Pinterest and their other social profiles.
- Contributing to their communities.
- Defining a value proposition.
- Communicating this proposition once you have established a relationship.
- Influencing them to increase the likelihood that they listen and respond.
- Rewarding them for working with you.
- Maintaining the relationship so the tumbleweed doesn't set-in.
I'm not going to dive into persuasion techniques in this blog, I won't be able to do them justice. For further reading, I recommend:
- Social Media Examiner - Cultivating better relationships through blog comments (relevant to your own blog + leaving comments on other bloggers' blogs)
- SEOMoz - Buildng awseome relationships
- Successfulblogging.com - 8 ways to buld relationships with bloggers online (simple techniques that work).
Of course the best way to get Pinterest link love is to produce beautiful visual content that other people pin for you. Once you are established on Pinterest, you can use the trust and connections to reach out.
How would you use Pinterest to support SEO targets?
From your experience, does my blog hit the mark? Have you thought about using Pinterest as part of a link building plan? Are you already using it?
I'd be interested to hear from you and hear how you are or plan to use Pinterest to support link building and SEO, or if you think I've gone mad and am talking complete nonsense.
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My experience with pinterest:
I've used pinterest to optimize my site's ranking and it jumped from page 9 to #5 within 2 weeks.
I found that the seller named "pinterest", which ranked first when you search "pinterest" at Fiverr, has produced the best results on my websites. The seller pins my site with 75 different people, not sure how he did this, but it has improve my SERP's ranking. I've tried 5 other sellers who offer pinterest gigs on Fiverr but they can't improve my site's ranking. I don't know why.
Some known advantages of pinterest for seo:
- Google loves social media signal.
- Each pin is considered as 3 inbound links.
- Links and images from pinterest are dofollow!
Hi James,
You've covered all the bases here and thank you so much for linking to Srinivas Rao's guest post on Successful Blogging about building relationships online.
It's so crucial and yet so many people skip it completely. I get so many requests for guest posts on my blog, reviews or mentions of products of course I can't give my time to strangers. I do my best to help those bloggers within my circle who I've known (often) for years and trust.
Great to meet you here and am off to connect with you on Twitter now - it's still my favourite social media outpost:)
James, superb insight into the way you utilise Pinterest. I've found it difficult to gauge a targeted audience at times, but this certainly gives me food for thought in the way I can approach things from now on. All in all, it's an exciting platform to be a part of and I really look forward to what the future of Pinterest holds both personally and for brand marketing.
Hi James, pretty good article, I'm still not sure on how profitable a source could be, I mean how could we evaluate the value of the links our partner is happy to share and therefor offer them a fair offer in exchange.
Morning all,
Thanks for the comments.
@Annabel - it would be great to pick up the discussion outside this blog about outreach techniques. I'm certainly not a specialist in this area and would welcome your advice/opinions.
For me, it's like Affiliate programs. It's all about the people. Results come from good relationships, not lazy marketing. Show people you get what they do and want to work with them, then you'll (usually) get a more positive response. Allegedly, he added:)
@Michael - glad you liked the info and hope that it helps you get more value from using Pinterest. Please connect with me on Twitter if you haven't already (@jamesgurd) and keep me updated with how you get on.
@Nico - thanks for the question. There is no 100% accurate way of valuing potential links. The model I suggest gives you a guestimation. You have to know what the value of the traffic to your website is - what conversions are you driving and what value do these add to your business? Then you relate back to source domains and think about how well their customers would fit your target audience. Usually it's a learning curve - with no history around which to base numbers, you identify the top priority link partners, connect with them, get something running and do the analysis. You'll soon learn what value you get.
And don't think that you have to offer financial value to people you want to link from. Value means so many things - for a blogger, it could be exclusive previews that he/she can write about and seem ahead of the competition, or competitions & give-aways that add value to their audience. The best way to understand value is to ask people - "I really like what you do and we'd love to work with you - what could we do for you in return?".
James, very interesting article, though it would be good to get your views on how the quality of photographs will affect people looking at your page - when you get to step 3 you will see a wealth of pins and it is a question of whether a strong picture will attract the attention of the browser. Also, how much captioning the picture in the IPTC data will increase the possibility of the link/pin improving the SEO for he pin?
I think if you aim to regularly keep your Pinterest profile updated, focus on content that is shareable and participate within the Pinterest world it can be beneficial in the long run.
Definitely a good platform to increase your online presence within your industry.
Thanks for the new comments.
@Michael - I can't validate my opinion with facts here but I'd say image quality is hugely important. Poor quality images have proven to have a negative impact on e-commerce conversion, so I think it's safe to assume that a poor quality image won't attract the viewer as much as a high quality one, leading to fewer clicks. As a website owner looking for prospective link partners, I wouldn't be reassured that someone is happy to post bad images - what quality of content would they then surround my content with?
Re SEO for the pin, I don't think pins should be thought of in terms of direct SEO. Any SEO benefit is a side-effect of using quality content - the aim is to engage through compelling visuals and stories. That said, you should use all possible data formats to append relevant keywords to describe what it is you're adding. Then if those data formats have an influence on SEO, box ticked.
@Tom - thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think you're right and the same thinking applies to Pinterest as any social channel - make it relevant. If you're relevant, people are more likely to pay attention and share what you've pinned.
I like how Pinterest (at the moment) is in the main a real soft sell platform for brands. The images take the lead for capturing a consumers appetite for a product more so than a pitch. Can imagine this changing but I wonder if there are many brands that had their eyes opened to how people perceive them.
Thanks for the nice post. I can some other Koozai guys have posted here to, we use Pinterest for link building and when you foster a good account for a client, keep it updated with new images its easy to get them shared around, repinned etc. Absolutely great site for general use as well as link building. Love it!
Hi James,
Informative post, thanks. Building relationships is the way to go and something recently covered by UK agency Distilled. For me Pinterest is isn't currently generating much traffic. Despite some use of keywords, good descriptions, link in the description, repinning and likeing other peoples pins that relate to my subject matter.
I will go through the steps you have covered with more vigour and watch my analytics carefully.
Afternoon all,
Thanks for the additional comments.
@Alec - care to share any specific Client examples, so we can whet our appetite and check them out on Pinterest?
@Gareth - glad to hear your getting traction with Pinterest. Please share with us what you have found to get the most impact in relation to shares, repins etc.
Has everyone seen this blog on how Uniqlo has set the bar for creative innovation on Pinterest?
I highly recommend reading it and checking out Uniqlo - great example of the potential impact of content.
Nice post James. I agree Pinterest is currently a really nice way for Small Business Bloggers to reach and network with others for link building. It's like a cocktail party online. As long as you know not to take in too much and provide some value to the conversation in return you came come away with some valuable relationships.
Hi Tyler & Gene,
Thanks for joining in the discussion.
Glad you found the blog interesting. Please feel free to share your experiences and any learning you've gained from using Pinterest.
I've barely scratched the surface of it's potential yet.
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Henderson had a crucial steal late in the game and scored four points in the final minute to help the Bobcats end a three-game skid. Josh McRoberts added 12 points and 16 rebounds for Charlotte.
Damien Wilkins had 20 points and nine rebounds for the 76ers, who were dealt a big blow to their already thin playoff hopes. Philadelphia came in six games behind Milwaukee for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with nine games left.
Jrue Holliday, the only player in the NBA averaging at least 18 points and eight assists, had a miserable shooting night, going 2 of 24 from the field with a key miss in the final minute.
Philadelphia led by 16 early in the second quarter but the Bobcats battled back to take the lead in the third behind the play of Walker and Henderson.
The Sixers seemed poised to make a run late when Evan Turner's lane jumper with 2:30 left in regulation tied the game at 80.
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After knocking down a 15-foot jumper in traffic, he stole the ensuing inbound pass and drove the length of the court to put in an uncontested layup with 30 seconds left, putting Charlotte up by three.
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The Bobcats entered the game short-handed with three centers - Brendan Haywood, Byron Mullens and Gana Diop - and guards Ramon Sessions and Jeffery Taylor out with injuries.
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Exciting things are happening in Hollywood and of COURSE, it's James Corden related.
Our beloved Brit is smashing it stateside with his "Late Late Show' and now the programme has brought us the delights of Carpool Karaoke THE SERIES.
Yep, we can now get a whole lot more of stars belting their hearts out as they take the driver seat in the brand new spin-off.
The much-anticipated trailer was released today and sees the likes of Will Smith, Ariana Grande and more take the passenger seat before heading out on the road to cause a whole load of mischief.
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Lea Michele & Cory Monteith's PDA During 'Scary' Post-Super Bowl Date
When it comes to happy Hollywood couples, Lea and Cory top the list. The no-drama twosome enjoyed a fun date after the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. Read on for all the romantic details!
Never shy about showing their love for each other, Glee stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith held hands when they left the ArcLight Theaters in Hollywood on Feb.3, after watching a late showing of the new supernatural thriller Mama.
On Feb.4, Lea tweeted, "Ps went to go to 'Mama' last night… Woah.. So scary. I will now sleep with all the lights on for the next month! Lol." Fortunately, she got to hold on tight to Cory throughout the film!
The actress also tweeted about her fun-filled weekend with Cory, writing, "Rise and shine! Had such an amazing weekend! Ready to get this week started!"
Lea and Cory may be one of the luckiest couples in show biz — not only do they get to spend the weekends together, they get to work opposite each other on the set of Glee. And by the looks of it, their relationship is getting stronger day by day.
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In the December issue of Marie Claire, Lea opened up about Cory and how she really feels about him.
"I don't even remember a time when he wasn't my boyfriend. No one knows me better than Cory," said Lea. "No one knows what it's been like to go through this more than he does. Feeling like you have that net underneath you allows you to jump higher and go farther. He makes me feel like I can do anything. For the first time in my life, I feel really, really settled and happy. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world."
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(Reuters) - Russia's Andrey Pavlov recorded the second-worst score for a single hole in European Tour history on Friday, taking 17 on the par-five first at the Lyoness Open in Austria.
Pavlov, who carded 71 in the first round, landed in the water six times on the 506-yard opening hole, eventually carding an 18-over 90 to miss the cut for the 15th time in 15 attempts on both the European and Challenge Tours.
The 28-year-old matched Englishman Chris Gane's feat of taking 17 on one hole at Gleneagles in 2003. Frenchman Philippe Porquier tops the European Tour list with a 20 at the 1978 French Open.
The 1,598th-ranked Pavlov entered the Lyoness Open by invitation. He finished 26 over at the same tournament last year.
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Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court
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Paul Finkelman currently holds the Fulbright Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa School of Law, in Ottawa, Canada. He is also the John E. Murray Visiting Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He received his B.A. in American Studies from Syracuse University in 1971 and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1976. He was later a Fellow in Law and Humanities at Harvard Law School. For the calendar year 2016 he held the Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2012 he held the John Hope Franklin Chair in American Legal History at Duke Law SchoolHe has also held endowed chairs at LSU Law School, the University of Tulsa College of Law, and the University of Miami history department. From 2006 to 2014 he was the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School. He is the author of more than 200 scholarly articles and the author or editor of more than fifty books. His next book, Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court, will be published by Harvard University Press in 2018.
He is a specialist in American legal history, U. S. Constitutional law, race and the law, the law of American slavery, the First Amendment, religious liberty, the history of the Second Amendment, African American history, the American Civil War, and legal issues surrounding American sports. His work has been cited in four decisions by the United States Supreme Court, numerous other courts, and in many appellate briefs. He has lectured on slavery, human trafficking, and human rights issues at the United Nations, throughout the United States, and in more than a dozen other countries. In 2014, he was ranked as the fifth most cited legal historian in American legal scholarship in Brian Leiter's "Top Ten Law Faculty Scholarly Impact, 2009-2013." He was an expert witness in the famous Alabama Ten Commandments Monument Case (Glassroth v. Moore) and in the law suit over the ownership of Barry Bonds' 73rd home run ball (Popov v. Hayashi).
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ATLANTA — Growing pains.
The Mets need to take a deep breath and so do the fans. The Mets have plenty of issues, they always do, but Travis d'Arnaud will be OK.
The young catcher is 0-for-15 heading into Tuesday's matchup against Aaron Harang and the Braves at Turner Field. Worry about Lucas Duda or Ike Davis. Worry that last year's ace Matt Harvey and now closer Bobby Parnell have to make it all the way back from Tommy John surgery, but don't worry about d'Arnaud.
Eric Young Jr. is hitting .105 with a team high nine strikeouts, Curtis Granderon is batting .167 with eight Ks. David Wright is only at .238. Duda is hitting .143. As a team the Mets are batting .178.
It is never easy for young catchers, especially catchers with only 114 major league at-bats. In 2013 d'Arnaud got 99 major league at-bats and another 131 in the minors. Injuries have set back his progress, but this is purely a mechanical issue for d'Arnaud.
He has to do his best not to let it all get in his head and d'Arnaud has actually had four straight good at-bats.
If he was at Yankee Stadium, he would have had a game-winning home run Sunday in the Mets 2-1 loss to the Reds. But he plays at Citi Field. Better learn now that this is a gap ballpark and not to be late on the fastball.
The spotlight is brighter at the start of the year, so d'Arnaud is going to have to keep his head about him. Let others panic.
He seems to be holding up fine. He has an even keel way about him to start with and he has traditionally been a slow starter. It takes him a while to get his mechanics right because he has an issue where he bends his top wrist too much in his setup and he needs to have loose muscles to get to the ball.
He is attempting to make that adjustment. The worst thing he could do now is start with the head games and fall into that dreaded Jason Bay Abyss.
John Buck believes in d'Arnaud.
"From Day One he was a sponge,'' the Mariners catcher, who broke in d'Arnaud last season, told The Post about d'Arnaud's ability to soak up information. "We talked even after I left about stuff.''
The bottom line with d'Arnaud is he had to win over the pitching staff first as a young catcher last season and again this season.
"Worry about behind the plate, we all know you can drop bombs and hit,'' Buck said. "Do that stuff around the plate.''
Sure, d'Arnaud has to get a hit just to get the oh-for at the start of the season swept under the rug. The reality is d'Arnaud is so focused on catching that he probably let the hitting aspect of the game get away from him a bit.
"When he over-turns that wrist, he is late on the fastball,'' said a scout who has watched d'Arnaud multiple times this season. "He needs to be quicker to the ball.''
The Mets worry so much about the philosophy of hitting, and that is a legitimate worry, that sometimes the mechanics go awry. Looking to ambush a fastball at certain times in the count will help d'Arnaud as well.
Getting one hit and compiling an average should do wonders for him.
"My swing feels good,'' d'Arnaud insisted after Sunday's loss. He was one of the first Mets at his locker when the media entered the room, which is another good sign of accountability.
As for that drive to left he admitted the fastball got in on him a bit.
It's time to ramp up the adjustments at the plate and the hits will follow. That's the challenge beginning Tuesday night at Turner Field.
"Having that short swing, keep my eye on the ball and they will start falling eventually,'' d'Arnaud said.
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With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing artist. So I wanted to bring my flavor to the song so when people over the age of 45 or 50 hear it they'll be like 'OK, he did his thing with that record.' It's like I can appeal to everybody and not just a younger demographic.
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The dramatic Sunday blaze that destroyed portions of the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot was accidentally touched off by company employees using a blowtorch to heat asphalt roofing shingles, authorities said.
Los Angeles County fire officials said two workers and a supervisor were putting up shingles in an alley on the New York Street set. They finished at 3 a.m., spent an hour watching for any sign of fire, then took a break.
At 4:43 a.m., just as the crew was returning, a security guard saw flames and reported the fire.
The studio's theme park and adjacent CityWalk reopened Monday as the Los Angeles County Fire Department launched what Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman promised would be a "stem to stern" examination of the water pressure problems that hampered the attack on the three-alarm blaze, which destroyed back lot sets, a video library and the "King Kong" attraction.
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After pressure from a Broward County advocacy group, a federal agency has reversed its policy that led to some Florida nursing homes creating ``Medicaid ghettos`` that separated low-income patients from those who pay privately.
The action was deemed a major victory by the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council in Broward, the panel of volunteers who had been fighting the federal policy for months.
``It`s really a victory for the Medicaid patient. They`re the big winners, and that`s what`s important,`` said Harry Chitwood, the council`s chairman.
``We applaud the decision. It confirms what we have felt all along, that the rules were being inappropriately applied,`` he said. ``Now, no longer will the Medicaid patient have to suffer the indignity of being segregated.``
The federal requirement, which had been in effect for many years, stated that every nursing home must separate its Medicaid patients by ward, floor or building, unless all of its beds were certified to accept such patients.
In Broward County, 17 of the 26 licensed nursing homes participate in the Medicaid program. Most certify all their beds, and the federal requirement does not apply, according to officials.
But other homes that have not certified all their beds still had to segregate the Medicaid patients.
Medicaid is a medical assistance program for low-income patients that is financed mostly by the state and partly by the federal government.
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|RADUN: former Lida uezd, now Voranava district, Hrodna Voblast [Rodin, Radin]
Alternate names: Radun Радунь [Rus], Raduń [Bel, Pol], Radin [Yid], Rodin, Russian/Belarusian: Радунь, Radin, Radunj, Radunskaya. 1900 Jewish population: 896. 54°03' N, 25°00' E, 16 miles NW of Lida. Radun was in the second uchastok of Lida district, which was Vilna Guberniya of Lithuania and then Grodno Guberniya of Russia, and Nowogrodskie Powiat of Poland between WWI and WWII. Voranava district, Hrodna Voblast. home of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, and his Raduń Yeshiva.
They were brought to the marketplace in the middle of the town and made to kneel with heads down. Those who tried to escape were shot. 3,400 Jews of Radun were taken to the Jewish cemetery and shot at specially prepared pits-- over 1,600 women and over 800 children. A group of Jews dug and filled the graves. photos of the massacre site of 2130 Jews of the town on 10 May 1942 and memorial. [April 2009]
Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Avraham Aviel
Cemetery photos. [February 2010]
Hebrew website and photo [Apr 2014]: "forced labor. Edicts of the Jews and their property confiscated. Established a Judenrat which six members, led by Noah Dolinsky. In October 1941, the Jewish ghetto Radin and the environment at the northern end of Radin. Jews were living in 1700. On May 8, 1942 surrounded the ghetto, 100 Jews took to dig out of Radin. Jews generally attacked the Germans and 17 Jews were able to escape. After complete ignorance which killed about 1,000 Jews. 300 Jews remained in the ghetto were transferred on June 7, 1942 the ghetto Stz'otz'in (50 km south of birth, county Novardok).About 600 Jews Radin and environment fled to the forests and joined the partisans Russians and Poles (an army approaching), it is not always welcomed them into their ranks, most were murdered or killed. By the end of the war survived 32 Jews Radin. After the war, the Jews returned Radin town, a short time later moved to western Poland and others immigrated to Israel." Buried there:
On the road from Raduń to Nowy Dwór, about 1 km SWof the town is the Jewish cemetery on the flat land to the east of the road. A concrete semi-manufactured wall with two gates in the north and in the west surround this rectangular 2.8 ha cemetery. Some cleaning has been done and the cemetery well kempt. The north side is part of the old cemetery with graves stretching about 100 meters southwards, but none are visible to the south. The west gate main entrance with stylized six metal poles holding a large vertical Mogen David made from metal angle plates. Fewer than one hundred 19th century matzevot are visible in the old northern part of the cemetery, lining the alley from north to south, probably not their original place. In the middle of the cemetery to the west is a row of seven sarcophagi made from concrete wiht no symbols or inscriptions. 90 meters past the entry gate is a mass grave of Jews from Raduń killed by Nazis in May 1942, 60-meters long with a metal fence, inside is a tall stele made from black granite with inscription in Russian, English and Hebrew commemorating the victims of the Holocaust reading: " ZDJES POKOITSJA 2130 JEWRIEJEW ZWJERSKI UNICZTOŻJENYCH NIEMCAMI I ICH POSOBNIKAMI 10 MAJA 1942 G.", "2130 JEWS WERE SLAUGHTERED AND BURIED IN THIS MASS GRAVE BY THE GERMANS AND THEIR HELPERS ON 10 MAY 1942". Behind a mass grave is a contemporary tombstone of Adam Abraszka Rogowski with no burial date. Thecemetery is covered with grass with young deciduous trees behind the mass grave. The wall/fence is lined with young spruce. Source: Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo nowogródzkie. Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech. 2008. See photos from source. [Oct 2014]
Pictures [August 2015]
[UPDATE] Investigation of Execution Site by Yahad-in-Unum [August 2017]
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The Portland City Council on Wednesday will be asked to spend nearly $350,000 more for engineering work tied to production of streetcars made by Clackamas-based Oregon Iron Works' United Streetcar.
The latest expenditure comes on top of $1 million the city already has authorized to ensure that the streetcars will work, when delivered later this year.
City officials now say United Streetcar will miss its delivery target for the first streetcar by a few weeks to a month.
Portland's current batch of streetcars is made in Europe, but officials contracted with United Streetcar for domestic production. There's been a number of glitches, however, prompting a delay in opening the new eastside line until September.
At issue is the propulsion system within the streetcars.
In February 2010, the city agreed to pay its nonprofit streetcar division, Portland Streetcar Inc., $1 million to hire local firm LTK Engineering Services to conduct design review, perform technical oversight and monitor manufacturing. At the time, city officials had a low level of confidence in that estimate because they anticipated changes to the propulsion system. The original contract authorized almost 6,000 hours worth of subcontracting work.
Two years later, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will ask city leaders to approve nearly $350,000 more for those engineering services. Money comes from contingency funds within the project budget.
Under the existing contract, United Streetcar is supposed to deliver its first streetcar by July 10 and its fifth by Oct. 30. Increased costs associated with production prompted the city to eliminate production of a sixth streetcar, and officials also have developed a "Plan B" in case United Streetcar doesn't deliver on time.
"PBOT project staff anticipate receiving the first of the Eastside Loop vehicles in late July or early August," spokesman Dan Anderson said in an email Monday. "Staff are confident this schedule will be met, barring any unforeseen events. This change in schedule will not result in a delay to the opening of the Eastside Loop line."
The eastside line is scheduled to open Sept. 21.
The Oregonian Editorial Board: Hold the line on utility bills
The Oregonian Editorial Board: Portland road maintenance: The hole beneath the potholes
Portland Tribune: Unions oppose city budget cuts
-- Brad Schmidt


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Twitter has introduced a number of new searching features that it says will make it easier to find new people to follow, whilst also helping when sourcing information.
"We've made it easier to find and follow Twitter accounts based on your interests," says the company on a blog post. When you search for a topic, you can now discover accounts that are relevant to that particular subject. Just click on the "people" section of the search results page or search from the "Who to follow" page.
It means that you only have to search for a subject rather than knowing the exact name of those that cover the subject.
After an initial search users will be able to opt for more advanced search functionalities like tweets from specific people or hashtags.
Interestingly, Twitter has gone one stage further than Google and allowed you to search for tweets that are positive, negative, includes a question, or a retweet.


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|Please view this tutorial at its new location on Daisy Janie's updated website and blog! Click HERE! Thanks!!
:) Jan
Are you hip to the Hip Pouch Sew-Along next week (July 6, 7 & 8) right here, on the Daisy Janie blog? I hope so! Would love to have you! If you're joining us, please leave a comment introducing yourself. If you plan to blog your progress or have questions, leave those in the comments section of each sew-along post. I will answer those questions in the comments, just in case others have similar inquiries.
This project is fairly simple, as long as you have your thinking cap on for the last few steps. It gets tricky at the end, but I'll do my best to photograph and explain.
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Supplies List - see below
Day 1: Pattern Cutting, Interior Pocket, Back Lining Panel, Side Panels & Back Fabric Panel
Day 2: Front Panel - Fabric and Lining, Zipper Installation
Day 3: Attaching All Panels, Webbing
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Please be sure to read the notes below the Supply List. If I've forgotten anything, I will update this post. Check back before next Wednesday.
- 1 fat quarter of fabric - 18"h x 22"w [updated: 13.5"h x 22"w is sufficient.]
- 1 fat quarter of mid-weight canvas - 18"h x 22"w [updated: 12"h x 22"w is sufficient.]
- 1"-wide cotton webbing. Measure where you think your hip pouch will sit when you're wearing it. Take that number and subract 5"; that should be sufficient.
- 10" zipper
- thread
- 1" buckle / fastener from these options:
- Optional: slide adjusters for your webbing.
- 4 sheets of cardstock to print your pattern pieces
- zipper foot
- iron
- ruler
- scissors
- point turner (optional)
- pins (optional)
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- If you want to use up some scraps, think about sewing a patchwork of fabrics together ahead of time to equal the size of a fat quarter. That would be very cool!
- The mid-weight canvas will serve as your lining as well as your interfacing. A 7 oz. or 8 oz. mid-weight will give your hip pouch some structure while keeping it light.
- I like to coordinate my webbing with my zippers in handbag projects (kinda like matching your shoes to your belt), but you could also make your own "webbing" out of coordinating or contrasting fabric.
- To make 1" wide fabric webbing, cut the length you'll need in a 4" width. Fold in half, press. Fold each edge inward, toward your pressed creased; press again. Scant edge topstitch along each edge, down the entire length. Done!
- The fastener choice is personal - think about the look you want and how you plan to use your hip pouch. I chose the metal overall buckle because (1) I prefer metal to plastic and (2) it's what I had on-hand.
- If you don't use slide adjusters (I didn't), you will have a webbing tail when you're wearing your hip pouch. To minimize the tail overhang, fit your pouch around your waist before you sew the ends of your webbing. Snip off the excess, and finish.
Any questions so far?? Lemme know!
Have fun gathering your materials - see you on Wednesday for our sew-along!


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Interpreting Ahmadinejad
bkyser on Apr 23rd 2012
As the Iranian nuclear program gains more attention and as the possibiliy of an attack from Israel on Iran becomes more likely, quotes from both sides are being thrown around. The most famous of these quotes is one from Ahmadinejad, often referenced by the Israelis. That quote is "Israel must be wiped off the map." However, different circles of scholars have disagreed on whether or not Ahmadinejad did in fact say this. One of the reasons for the disagreement is that Farsi is often hard to translate word for word into English. The quote that is often referenced by Israelis comes from a speech that Ahmadinejad issued at the 2005 "World Without Zionism" Conference. In this speech, Ahmadinejad uses the often poorly translated phrase "must be wiped off the map;" however, many have noted that the word map is not used at all in this speech. It is also not clear whether Ahmadinejad's quote was a threat or a prediction. In this video, Israeli Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy, Dan Meridor, agrees that Ahamdinejad never said that Israel must be wiped off the map. Meridor mentions other anti-Zionist and anti-Israel quotes issued by Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in this piece as well.
This article also mentions how Ahmadinejad has failed to correct those who have misquoted him because he is so adamant in his dislike of Israel that [he does not want] "to be seen as stepping back from even threatening remarks he did not make." This quote has been used so frequently in the news that it is now taken as common knowledge and used by many different people to indicate that Iran wants to see the end of Israel.
Robert Mackey, "Israeli Minister Agrees Ahmadinejad Never Said Israel 'Must Be Wiped Off the Map," The New York Times, April 17, 2012, http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/israeli-minister-agrees-ahmadinejad-never-said-israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/ (accessed April 23, 2012).
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Paid a visit to 374's training site a few nights ago. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures that I snapped.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Fire Wife Life
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Firefighters are so awesome> They put their lives on the line to keep us safe. This is especially apparent with the tragedy in ArizonaReplyDelete
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My first husband was a firefighter. I remember washing his turnouts and the smokey smell beforehand. Great photos! Happy WW!ReplyDelete
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