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To examine the link between disturbed sleep and depression scores in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites.
Data were analyzed for 566 participants (45% Mexican Americans) who were part of a rural healthcare study, Project FRONTIER. Mean age was 55.5 years for Mexican Americans (70% female) and 65.6 years for non-Hispanic Whites (69% female). Self-reported sleep disturbance was entered as the predictor, GDS-30 total and factor scores as the outcome variables, and age, sex, education, BMI, and medical diagnoses (hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension) entered as covariates.
Mexican Americans reported higher rates of sleep disturbances (25%) than non-Hispanic whites (17%). Sleep disturbances were significantly associated with GDS-30 total scores and the factors Dysphoria and Cognitive Impairment in both Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
In this study, Mexican Americans reported higher rates of sleep disturbances than non-Hispanic whites. Disturbed sleep was positively associated with depression and the factor scores for Dysphoria and Cognitive Impairment in both groups. Given the paucity of research on sleep disorders in Mexican Americans, identifying what sleep disorders are present and the impact treating these sleep disorders have on depression warrant further investigation.
Roane BM; Johnson L; Edwards M; Hall J; Al-Farra S; O'Bryant SE. The link between sleep disturbance and depression among Mexican Americans: a Project FRONTIER study. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(4):427-431.
Depression is a major public health issue that roughly 18.8 million American adults experience. The deleterious effects of depression can be seen in its relation to poorer health outcomes, quality of life, and increased mortality; however, little research has focused on the link between depression and health status among Mexican American elders despite the rapidly changing demographic characteristics of the American aging population. Prior work suggests that approximately 25% of Mexican American elders endorse significant depression, with that rate increasing to over 33% in those over age 80.1 Therefore, Mexican American elders suffer a disproportionate burden of depression as compared to non-Hispanic whites, which increases risk for a number of poor health conditions.
Another major public health problem within the US is sleep disorders, which affect 50-70 million American adults.2 Disturbed sleep is one of the most common symptoms of depression. While a connection exists between depression and disturbed sleep, the link is complex. Historically disturbed sleep has been considered a symptom of depressed mood; however, this view has shifted to a reciprocal model where sleep disturbances can precede, follow, or co-occur with depressed mood.3 Like depression, sleep disturbance adversely affects health outcomes, quality of life, immune system functioning, metabolism, and increases cardiovascular burden. At least 50% of patients diagnosed with depression also report severely disturbed sleep.4
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: While the Mexican American population has grown exponentially, the literature to inform practitioners about the prevalence and comorbid conditions within this population has not kept pace. To date, little is known about sleep and its association with depression among Mexican Americans.
Study Impact: While sleep disturbance and depression rates were associated in both Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites, their prevalence was higher among Mexican American adults. These findings highlight the need to better understand (a) the prevalence of specific sleep disorders, (b) the relationship between disturbed sleep and mental health, and (c) how these conditions may be modified in order to improve health outcomes among Mexican Americans.
The complaint of disturbed sleep can result from several sleep disorders including insomnia, restless legs syndrome (RLS), and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The prevalence of sleep disorders in Mexican American populations is largely unknown5 due to a paucity of studies examining sleep in this population. The few studies that have been conducted show that sleep disturbances are a concern in Mexican Americans. A recent study found that 52.9% of Mexican American elders reported difficulties sleeping at least 3 days per week.6 Furthermore, greater risk of mortality was found in elder Mexican American females who reported difficulties sleeping and had higher depression scores on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression scale; however, this risk of mortality was not present in males. A more recent regional study using data from a telephone questionnaire found that 14.4% of Mexican Americans self-reported restless legs symptoms.7 Despite recent attention given to disturbed sleep in Mexican Americans, the literature is still lacking in breadth. This is unfortunate, as many of the risk factors for sleep disorders such as obesity, diabetes, alcohol use, and smoking are highly prevalent in Mexican American populations.8–11
While the symptomology of the various sleep disorders are different, they all share an association with depression in the general population. For instance, depression rates range from 24% to 45% in patients with OSA,5 and people with depression are five times more likely to also have OSA.12 In patients with RLS, 40% also report depression symptoms. Insomnia increases the risk of depression by 10-fold,13 and roughly 44% of individuals with depression also report insomnia.14 In addition, recent studies have shown that depression symptoms are reduced after successfully treating the co-occurring sleep disorder.15–17
A recent study showed that depression predicted self-reported sleep difficulties in Mexican American elders.18 While connections between sleep and depression are evident in the general population, few comparative studies have been conducted among Mexican Americans adults and elders. Nearly 50% of US population growth from 2000 to 2010 was due to growth in the Hispanic population. Additionally, the percentage of elders in the US Hispanic population is estimated to triple by the year 2050, while declining among non-Hispanic populations. Given that approximately 65% of the US Hispanic population is Mexican American, they represent the fastest growing segment of the aging population, yet the scientific literature on the health consequences of mental health issues among these adults and elders is nearly nonexistent.
The current study seeks to add to the extant literature by characterizing the link between a history of disturbed sleep and depression scores among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. We hypothesized that Mexican Americans would endorse significantly more disturbed sleep and higher depressive symptoms. We also hypothesized that a history of sleep disturbances would be positively associated with depression scores in both Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites and be significantly related to risk of depression among both ethnic groups.
The study sample was 490 Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites aged 40 or above recruited as part of Project FRONTIER (Facing Rural Obstacles to Healthcare Now through Intervention, Education, & Research), an ongoing epidemiological study of health among rural-dwelling individuals residing in West Texas, US, that began in 2008. Detailed description of Project FRONTIER has been described previously.19,20 Project FRONTIER is a community-based epidemiological study of rural cognitive aging that utilizes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach. CBPR involves partnering communities with scientific groups to conduct studies of human disease. CBPR is particularly useful when working with under-served communities that may not respond to classic approaches (e.g., random digit dialing, mail surveys) and is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Partnerships were created with the local hospitals and clinics as well as other community (e.g., senior citizens' centers) organizations. Community recruiters and research personnel presented information about the study at community events, churches, food banks, as well as through door-to-door solicitation. Prior work from this study has demonstrated the comparability of the recruited cohort to that of the eligible population.20 Inclusion criteria were (1) age ≥ 40 years and (2) residing in one of the counties included in the study (Cochran, Bailey, or Parmer County, Texas).
Of the 211 Mexican Americans, mean age and years of education were 55.5 (SD 10.3, range 40-86 years) and 7.4 (SD 4.1), respectively, with 147 females and 64 males. Mean age and years of education of the 279 non-Hispanic White participants were 65.6 (SD 12.7, range 40-96 years) and 13.2 (SD 2.7), respectively, with 189 females and 90 males. Demographic characteristics of the sample are provided in Table 1.
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This study was conducted with IRB approval. All participants signed written informed consent, and participants were paid for their participation. Participants were interviewed either at a central location or in-home, if they preferred. Following informed consent, participants underwent the research protocol that included screening for depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance.
Depression was assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30),21 a 30-item validated measure of depression in older adults. A recent factor analytic study identified 4 factors underlying the scale: Dysphoria, Meaninglessness, Apathy, and Cognitive Impairment.22 The Dysphoria factor contains items primarily associated with a sad mood. The Meaninglessness factor consists of items that reflect an appraisal of the meaning (or lack thereof) in one's life. The Apathy factor is made up of items that reflect a lack of motivation or initiative. The Cognitive Impairment factor consists of items that reflect difficulty and concern with cognitive processes. Information regarding sleep disturbance was collected as part of the medical examination that was conducted by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner. Presence of sleep disturbance (any kind, yes/no) was queried as part of the psychiatric component of the review of systems. More detailed information regarding specific type(s) of sleep disturbance was not available.
A χ2 analysis examined differences between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites for the frequency of sleep disturbances. The link between presence of sleep disturbances and depression scores among the two ethnic groups was analyzed via stepwise linear regression models with sleep age, gender, education, body mass index (BMI), and presence of (yes/no) cardiovascular diagnoses (i.e., diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension) entered in the first step and sleep disturbance (yes/ no) entered in the second step. The amount of variance was examined at each step to determine the relative impact of sleep disturbance on depression scores. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine if sleep disturbance (yes/no) was a significant risk factor for categorization of depression (i.e., GDS ≥ 10). The significance level was set at p < 0.05. Analyses were performed using SPSS 20 (IBM).
Mexican Americans were significantly more likely to report sleep disturbances than non-Hispanic whites (25% versus 17%, χ2 = 5.6, p = 0.013). Mexican Americans (mean = 6.82 [SD 5.3]) endorsed higher depressive symptoms (GDS-30 total scores) than non-Hispanic whites (mean = 9.79 [SD 6.6]; t = 5.88, p < 0.001). In a full single-step model, sleep disturbance was significantly associated with higher GDS-30 total scores for both Mexican Americans (B = 5.33, t = 5.27, p < 0.001) and non-Hispanic whites (B = 2.72, t = 3.21, p = 0.001. Aside from sleep disturbance, presence of diabetes (B = 2.14, t = 2.28, p = 0.02) was the only additional significant predictor of total depression scores among Mexican Americans. Among non-Hispanic whites, higher education was associated with significantly lower total GDS scores (B = -0.03, t = -3.95, p < 0.001), while higher BMI was associated with significantly higher GDS scores (B = 0.14, t = 2.46, p = 0.01).
In the stepwise linear regression models, a clear pattern of the degree of relationship between sleep disturbance and depression scores (total and subfactors) became apparent. For Mexican Americans, sleep disturbance was significantly associated with total depression scores (accounting for 12% of the variance) as well as the subfactors of dysphoria (13% of variance accounted for), meaninglessness (8% of the variance accounted for), and thoughts of cognitive impairment (8% of the variance accounted for). The combined variance accounted for by all covariates (age, sex, education, BMI, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension) was not a significant predictor of total GDS score or any subfactor scores. Among non-Hispanic whites a different pattern was found, with the covariates accounting for upwards of 10% of the variance in GDS scores, with sleep accounting for only up to 4% of the variance (see Table 2).
Relationship between sleep disturbance and GDS total and factor scores
In the logistic regression model, sleep disturbance was a significant risk factor for being categorized as depressed among Mexican Americans (odds ratio [OR] = 3.02, 95% CI 1.26-7.21) but not among non-Hispanic whites (OR = 1.73, 95% CI 0.88-3.42).
The current findings are unique in that they demonstrate a differential impact of self-reported sleep disturbance on depressive scores among Mexican Americans as compared to non-Hispanic whites. In the current study, self-report of disturbed sleep was a powerful predictor of total depression scores as well as depressive subfactor scores of dysphoria, meaninglessness, and cognitive impairment among Mexican Americans accounting for 8% to 13% of the variance. Additionally, age, gender, education, BMI, and diagnosis of diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension did not combine to account for significant amounts of variance in any depressive symptom scores among this ethnic group. On the other hand, demographic and cardiovascular risk/disease factors accounted for 4% to 10% of the variance in depression scores among non-Hispanic whites, while the amount of variance accounted for by self-reported disturbed sleep was very small, ranging from only 1% to 4% of the variance, though these were statistically significant. When combined with the finding that self-reported disturbed sleep was more common among Mexican Americans, the current study points to a potential health disparity that requires further attention. That is, sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms both appear to be higher among Mexican American adults and elders, and the link between sleep disturbance and depression appears to be stronger among this ethnic group than non-Hispanic whites. This is not to say that sleep disturbance is not associated with depression among non-Hispanics. In fact, the link was significant as has been documented in prior work. The lack of a significant finding in the logistic regression analyses is likely due to sample size, given that only 16% of all non-Hispanic whites endorsed sleep disturbances.
The association between disturbed sleep and symptoms of Dysphoria is consistent with previous work.23,24 Prospective analysis also show that disturbed sleep predicts subsequent ratings of low life satisfaction.25 One possible explanation for this connection is the dysregulation in the frontolimbic system that occurs in depression and disturbed sleep.26–29 People with insomnia evidence reductions in hippocampal volume as do individuals with depression.27,29,30 Furthermore, previous research shows that sleep disturbances play a mechanistic role in psychiatric disorders through numerous shared and interacting neurobiological substrates.31
The finding of a relationship between reported sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms related to thoughts of Cognitive Impairment for both Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic whites was not unexpected. As outlined above, sleep disturbances have been found to be associated with reductions in hippocampal volume and there is a longstanding literature linking sleep disturbances to dysfunctional cognition. In addition, prior work has shown that disrupted sleep is a contributing factor in the cognitive decline of older adults.32 Specific sleep disorders also appear to impair memory consolidation differently. For instance, patients with insomnia showed deficits with verbal and visual declarative information; obstructive sleep apnea patients demonstrated deficits with verbal declarative information; and narcolepsy patients showed difficulties with visual procedural skills.33 Of note is that the cognitive functions most adversely affected by depression are attention, working and episodic memory, and executive functioning.34 For instance, patients with depression evidence greater impairments in immediate and delayed memory recall.35 In addition, scores on the Cognitive Impairment subscale have been found to have an inverse relationship with immediate and delayed memory in Mexican Americans.36 Thus, the presence of both a sleep disturbance and depression may have increased the likelihood of reporting cognitive impairment symptoms in both Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Therefore, additional work looking at the link between sleep disturbance and cognitive status among Mexican Americans is important.
This study also highlights potential therapeutic opportunities that could be targeted to reduce the health disparities of increased risk for sleep disturbances and depression among Mexican Americans. Prior work suggests that treating sleep disturbances has a symptom reduction effect on depression. Additionally, the current work suggests a stronger link between disturbed sleep and depression among Mexican Americans. Therefore, interventions aimed at sleep disturbances may have a stronger impact on depression among this underserved, but rapidly growing, ethnic minority group.
The current study supports further exploration into sleep disturbances and their association with mental health and health outcomes among Mexican Americans; however, several limitations exist. First, information regarding sleep disturbance was dichotomous (yes/no) captured during the medical examination review of systems without any detailed information regarding the type(s) of disturbance. Our team is currently conducting more in-depth investigations on this topic within this specific target population. Second, the sample reflects rural-dwelling Mexican American and non-Hispanic whites limiting the generalizability of the findings. The cross-sectional nature of the current study prohibits any causal conclusions; however, longitudinal studies led by our research team are underway. Third, it is possible that other differences exist between the ethnic groups that account for the increased sleep disturbances that were measured and taken into consideration in this project (e.g., dietary and exercise patterns). Despite these weaknesses, this preliminary study supports a more in-depth exploration of specific sleep disorders affecting this group. Thus, while the current analyses were a cross-sectional look at both disturbed sleep and depression, additional work needs to be done to determine the prevalence of specific sleep disorders and their association with depression in Mexican Americans. Furthermore, the independent and cumulative link between sleep disturbance and depression on cognitive impairment in Mexican Americans should be examined.
This was not an industry supported study. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers R01AG039389, P30AG12300, and L60MD001849. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This research was also funded in part by grants from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health (JRG-040, JRG-149, & JRG-213), and the Environmental Protection Agency (RD834794). Project FRONTIER is supported by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural & Community Health and Garrison Institute on Aging. Dr. Al-Farra is a paid speaker at lung disease (Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, COPD, and Asthma) learning events for Grifols, Forest, and AstraZeneca. The other authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
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Robert Bork dies at 85
Robert Bork, whose failed nomination to the Supreme Court sparked one of the most contentious appointment battles in American history and helped inspire the conservative legal movement, died Wednesday. He was 85.
Bork's son, Robert H. Bork, Jr., told the AP his father died at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington of complications from heart ailments.
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Bork had served as acting Attorney General and as Solicitor General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed him to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. But Bork only became a household name in 1987, when Reagan tried to promote him to the Supreme Court.
Bork's nomination was fiercely opposed by Democrats, who saw him as a reactionary who would threaten racial progress and eliminate the line between church and state. Defenders pointed out not a single one of Bork's earlier rulings had been overturned by the court.
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) delivered a famous speech on the floor of the Senate, where he portrayed " Robert Bork's America" as place where there "was no room at the inn for Blacks, and no place in the Constitution for women." In October 1987, the Senate rejected Bork's nomination, with 58 Senators voting against. Bork would resign from his judgeship the next year. Justice Anthony Kennedy — today considered the key swing vote on the court — eventual filled the vacancy.
"We would have had a jurisprudence over the past 25 years that would have been much closer to the founders' intent," had Bork reached the high court, Edwin Meese III, who was Attorney General under Ronald Reagan, told POLITICO. "This is not to disparage anybody, but the force of his intellect and his scholarship would have had a tremendous impact on the court."
For example, Meese predicted Obamacare almost certainly would have been overturned in July if Bork was on the bench.
Meese said he counted Bork as a mentor, and that the judge "was one of the country's greatest legal minds and a great champion of the Constitution."
The fierce nature of the fight over Bork's nomination gave rise to the term "Borking," meaning to vilify a person to prevent his rise to public office, and has become an increasingly common occurrence in Washington since his nomination.
"My name became a verb," Bork told CNN years after the nomination, "and I regard that as one form of immortality."
Bork became even more influential in conservative circles after his nomination was defeated, serving as a rallying cry and icon. He worked at two conservative think tanks, the American Enterprise Institute and the Hudson Institute. In 2012, he served as an adviser to GOP nominee Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on legal issues. (Vice President Joe Biden, who helped defeat Bork's nomination, attacked Romney for associating with Bork.) In a 1996 book, "Slouching Toward Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline," he attacked moral relativism and blamed social liberals for the nation's ills.
"Robert Bork was one of the most influential legal scholars of the past 50 years," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in a statement. "His impact on legal thinking in the fields of Antitrust and Constitutional Law was profound and lasting. More important for the final accounting, he was a good man and a loyal citizen. May he rest in peace."
Two senators agreed with the Justice's assessment.

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September, 1916: South on the Border
In September, 1916 Sgt. Sam Avery and the rest of the Massachusetts Brigade continued to secure the Border from their base at Camp Cotton (the "City of Tents") outside of El Paso, Texas. The National Guard troops were inspected by the Regular Army to ensure their compliance with Federal standards for training and performance. In mid-September, there was a Brigade March to test the men's strength and endurance after three months of active duty. This was followed by a military parade to Fort Bliss which formed the largest military column seen in the United States since the Civil War.
Read the page South on the Border to learn more about the events of the Mexican Revolution that made American military action necessary. Read the page September, 1916 to learn more about the living conditions of the Massachusetts troops at Camp Cotton as they continue to secure the Border. Read Sam's correspondence to his family as he relates his ongoing experiences of camp life and the dangers of patrolling along the border.
September, 1917: Watchful Waiting
Following the formal entry of the United States into the Great War, in August 1917 1st Sgt. Sam Avery and the rest of the 8th Mass. Infantry were mobilized once again for federal service. The encampments used by the men of the 8th Infantry for training and reorganization were at Lynnfield and Westfield. During this time, the 8th Mass. Infantry was disbanded and Sam found himself reassigned to the 103rd U.S. Infantry Regiment. Read Sam's diary notes and letters about life in the encampments, being reorganized into the 103rd U.S. Infantry and preparing to sail to France.
September, 1918: Recovery in the Hospitals
In September, 1918 Sam Avery remained in the AEF hospital system while he recovered from severe gas poisoning. At the same time, the 103rd Infantry participated in the St. Mihiel Offensive with the rest of the 26th "Yankee" Divison. Read about recovery in the AEF base hospital system here. Also, read about the St. Mihiel Offensive juxtaposed with Sam's September correspondence which reveals a rare parallel narrative.
The Soldier's Mail correspondence is published here according to the sequence in which it was written. Therefore, letters are organized in "reverse order" with the most recent at the top. To read them chronologically, readers should start at the bottom and work upwards.


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Former First Lady Laura Bush on how the Bush Center is helping schools improve American educational outcomes. Photo: Associated Press
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So I sent out a question asking a bunch of bloggers what their biggest struggle is as a blogger, is it promoting your posts? writing the content? the actual understanding of your website and designing it? Well over 70% of you said getting traffic to your blog was the hardest part! Social media promotion wasn't far behind! So I thought if traffic is what you're struggling with then let's break it down together! Because WE GOT THIS!
Traffic traffic traffic….the thing all bloggers want and yet so little receive! So why is it sooo hard to get traffic to your blog?! Well when you say it's hard to generate traffic or views to your blog in my book that boils down to several things that lie behind the scenes that will affect your overall traffic:
Your content needs to be good for people to actually want to read it!
Blog post promotion needs to be relevant and strategic!
You need to promote to your Target Audience, not just any audience!
So let's break this down together!
1. Your content needs to be good for people to actually want to read it!
Okay so you've just published a brand new blog post! Yay! You can't wait to share it with everyone! So you do, you share it a ton of places and yet no one is viewing it?
A common pitfall it that you share a post that you think is great (And it could damn well be the best piece you've ever written!) and yet, it literally has no relevance to anyone. The title isn't grabbing anyone's attention and the content itself doesn't help your reader at all. It's important to remember that yes your blog is for you to share whatever it is you want to blog about, but if traffic is something you're hoping for then you can't just blog for yourself, you have to make your blog posts for your reader too whilst writing about what you love!
Here's an example, say you're a travel blogger and you just spent the best week in Hawaii ever! Compare the two blog titles:
'My incredible week in Hawaii!' Or 'My Top 5 Things to do in Hawaii!'
Which would you be more likely to read?
Remember: The people who are finding your post are probably those who have literally searched for 'Things to do in Hawaii'. So if I was that person then the latter title would entice me much more to read your post! Presenting your information in a way that will actually benefit your readers will gain a lot more interest than simply putting the information out there in any manner!
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2. Blog post promotion needs to be relevant and strategic!
Nothing bugs me more than a 'follow for follow' or 'like for like' post on Facebook. For several reasons:
- These people are not your 'ideal audience', they may boost your page views but the success is temporary. Also if someone follows to just unfollow 24hours later then this actually affects your blog negatively meaning your content is less likely to be seen.
- This does not provide you with engaged fans of your work. Traffic is nothing if you don't have any engagement, that's why you need to be searching for the RIGHT kind of traffic.
- If this is the only way you can get likes or followers then you really need to rethink what you're writing about and how you're promoting yourself, harsh but hey!
So how can you actually relevantly promote yourself AND with a strategy in mind!
Well this does take a lot of practice! Not going to lie, for ages I neglected probably one of the biggest platforms I really shouldn't have….Pinterest! It is definitely one of the hardest platforms to grow on at the beginning because there is soo much content already on there, however perseverance is key and definitely worth it!
Facebook is a great way to get your content out there and get some feedback but you are constantly trying to find your ideal audience and sharing can become repetitive with little results whereas on Pinterest your Ideal audience is pretty much trying to find you! It does take time to build followers, but updating your boards regularly (or using an app to do it for you) and joining collab boards really helps! (You can join my collaborative board here! Simply leave a comment on one of my pins and I'll add you in!)
When sharing your content online make sure to include a reason WHY people should be interested in reading your post. Posting a link just simply isn't enough! Even write a well thought out promotional status with the link to your new blog post and copy and paste that and share it in several different groups or pages or with people specifically! You don't need to waste time writing a detailed promotional post over and over again but of course depending where you are sharing it you may need to change it up slightly!
So how can you be strategic in your promotional posts?
This of course takes some pre-planning! A good way to entice your readers into sticking around and excited to see what you have to offer next is by literally telling them what is next to come! I love when someone shares a post and tells me 'if you enjoyed this then just wait until next week where I'll share with you my top 10 reasons why I love to blog!' (Random example but you get my drift right?) I'm now clocking this blogger to make sure I keep an eye out for their post next week, or I'll follow them because I already know I'm interested in the other posts they have to offer! This takes planning on the bloggers part because you can't share your next blog title if you haven't even thought of it yet! This also works well when you're creating an online product to sell or in the process of creating an awesome freebie, by dropping hints and teasers in your promotional posts you'll gain the interest of your readers who can't wait to get their hands on your product when you finally release it!
Being strategic ensures that you as a blogger are organised and stops you from just throwing out whatever content you think of on the day! Instead your posts are well thought out, they're exactly what your ideal reader want, and you can consistently deliver top class content!
3. You need to promote to your Target Audience, not just any audience!
So you're sharing your awesome content and you know it's awesome because you've used this Awesome Content Checklist! and you know you're sharing your posts with detailed descriptions and enticing teasers for future content/freebies and yet hang on a minute…still no traffic?
Here's another pitfall, are you sharing your awesome posts in the right place? I'm always seeing bloggers posting in Facebook blogging groups which are more or less designed for bloggers to get advice on blogging etc. But if you're a parenting blogger, blogging groups are not your ideal audience! Yes you will get a good few views from sharing on there but not huge numbers if that's what you're looking for! Go find a parenting group, get involved and share your content with them if you feel it would genuinely help them!
No matter what your ideal reader is go find them, where do they hangout online? What apps are they more likely to use? How can I effectively reach these people and show them I have the answers they need? Putting a whole load of effort into your blog and sharing it to the wrong kind of people will not equal a great return for your efforts! So be strategic!
Top tip: If you can't find a place where your ideal audience hangs out, create that place! You can create a Facebook page or group, joining together a small gathering of people and get a interactive community going! However don't make it your prime focus just to share your posts because that can be annoying and spammy so aim to actually create an environment where people are engaged with one another and as a bonus you have the potential to share your relevant content to people you know will be interested!
Phew, we did it!
So how do you feel about traffic now? Maybe you've identified somewhere you can improve to increase your chances of more viewers, if so great! Let me know if this information was helpful in the comments!
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Wright doesn't need 'C' on his jersey to be leader
NEW YORK -- David Wright on any day is as remarkable as the Mets on Opening Day. And they've won 34 of their most recent 44 openers. They do have some work to do on how they handle the subsequent 161. He too has a to-do list, because success in a game based on failure is as challenging as solving Rubik's Cube blindfolded.
You can wager your wallet that he'll keep at it. His foot comes off the accelerator only after the lights are turned off. But whether or not the brighter lights shine on him, Wright carries himself properly. In the arena that has no balls or strikes, he bats 1.000.
Monday was the ninth Opening Day in Wright's career, his first as the betrothed of Molly Beers, the first as a Rockefeller-rich young man and the first as the captain of the team that benefits so from his presence and his production. And through all those relatively recent life changes, he seems to have changed no more than the beaks of eagles.
It can't be said often enough. Wright is a remarkable man; a pretty fair baseball player, but a remarkable man and as appropriate a choice for captain as the game has seen.
His four-digit batting average is noticed throughout and outside the game. That's why the contents of one of his two lockers in the home clubhouse of Citi Field include an autographed copy of a new book by Tom Coughlin, hand delivered Monday by the New York Giants coach, and why Wright received a letter from Coughlin a few years back that said the coach enjoyed watching the Mets third baseman play.
Such communication across sports is uncommon -- even if Wright does get sideline passes from the Giants.
He stubs neither his toe nor his tongue. It isn't that his rap sheet is blank. No rap sheet has been prepared. Of how many high-profile folks in the world of professional sports can that be said?
In keeping with what we have come to expect of him, Wright was at his locker Monday soon after the Mets had put an 11-2 whacking on the Padres. He was giving credit to his teammates, declining much of whatever credit had been directed at him and saying nothing that could be misconstrued. He can be fooled by a slider, but not by an question. Good for him.
As much as any player -- and more than many, he plays with pain. When he isn't hurting, he plays as he did Monday, stealing bases, setting up runs, scoring a run, driving in another, making plays. He produced the kind of game a special player does when he doesn't have a special game -- complementary. And maybe he was hurting. He won't acknowledge any of it or even respond specifically to the question, "How many times in a season do you feel as good as you felt today?"
I would have appreciated a candid response, but I respect his sidestepping, so long as he didn't strain his groin doing so. He believes no one needs to know what he tolerates -- not the public, not his teammates and certainly not the Mets' opponents. "I'll count this year and tell you next Opening Day," is how he responded to my question.
He is less guarded than he was as a plebe in 2004, or even two years later when he was a formidable force on a division-winning team. He wasn't that guarded then, only deferential to his older colleagues -- Paul Lo Duca, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado in particular. When he had to speak, he did. Ask Lastings Milledge.
"Seniority is big in this game," he said Monday. Wright knew his place then, and it was in the not-to-be-noticed corner of the clubhouse. Seniority is no less an element in the Mets' clubhouse now than it was when Cliff Floyd had Wright as his personal clubhouse butler, and Tom Glavine drew parallels between Wright and the too-good-to-be-true Dale Murphy. Murphy was genuine and Wright is too.
And the Mets, as lacking as they may be in terms of talent and experience, are better off because of his caliber -- could there have been a thought not to extend his contract? -- and better off with him setting the bar. Wright doesn't wear the C of the captain. He doesn't need to. His invisible rank is more noticeable than his No. 5.


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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Kemba Walker had 25 points and eight rebounds, and Gerald Henderson added 17 points as the Charlotte Bobcats snapped a five-game losing streak with a 106-100 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
The Bobcats evened the season series with the Magic and now return home for four consecutive games, beginning with Sacramento on Saturday.
Charlotte started fast and shot the ball well throughout, with its field goal percentage hovering above 50 percent for most of the night. The Bobcats also shot 17 more free throws than Orlando, including some crucial ones in the final minute to secure the victory.
Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 23 points, followed by Jameer Nelson with 22.
Orlando has lost its last six games against teams with records below .500.
The Magic seemed to be making some progress following their convincing win over Indiana on Wednesday, when they got production from both the perimeter and inside.
Meanwhile, Charlotte came in rested following a 27-point loss to Indiana on Tuesday.
The Magic were flat throughout against the energized Bobcats, but trailed by just five entering the fourth quarter.
A pair of free throws by Nelson trimmed it to 98-94 with 1:13 to play, but he left the game on the ensuing Charlotte possession following a collision near midcourt.
Afflalo was called for a technical foul for making a demonstrative gesture after a no-call by a referee. Walker knocked down the resulting free throw, and two more to make it 101-94.
Afflalo redeemed himself with a three-point play to close within four, but Charlotte made enough free throws the rest of the way to hang on.
Henderson scored nine of Charlotte's first 11 points and finished the first half with 17 as the Bobcats took a 57-45 lead into the locker room.
Henderson and Walker combined for 33 points in the opening 24 minutes, pacing a Charlotte team that shot 59 percent (23 for 39). It was the best an opponent has shot against Orlando in any half this season.
The Magic didn't have many crisp halfcourt sets and got only 11 minutes out of Glen Davis before he went to the bench with three fouls.
Notes: Charlotte earned its first road win since Jan. 6, improving to 5-14 on the season. ... Magic C Nikola Vucevic finished with 11 points and nine rebounds, ending his string of eight straight double-doubles.


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Shannon Flowers enters his 16th year as an assistant coach with the UMBC Men's and Women's track & field programs. Flowers began his coaching career as a volunteer hurdle coach alongside Bobb as they embarked on their inaugural season in 1998.
As a collegiate competing for Lincoln University, Flowers earned 10 Division III All-America honors in the 110m hurdles and the 400m intermediate hurdles. He is a former NCAA indoor champion in the 55m hurdles and NCAA outdoor champion in the 110m hurdles. Flowers still holds the 110m hurdles NCAA Division III outdoor record (13.86) which has stood since 1993.
Flowers' post-collegiate career included numerous USATF Indoor and Outdoor national championship appearances with the highlight being a provisional qualification in the 110m hurdles for the 1996 USA Olympic trials.
In 2001, Flowers became an official assistant coach working with the men and women hurdlers. He enjoyed some success with this event group but with the expanding team size and his knowledge base, Bobb felt that he was capable of bringing more to the table. In 2006, Bobb expanded his responsibilities to include the men's and women's horizontal jumpers. Bobb turned to Flowers once again in 2009 when he expanded his event group to also include the men's and women's long sprinters.
"I am impressed with his (Flowers) dedication and his ability to connect with athletes. He has been my right-hand man for the past 11 years and I could not have done what I've done without him. He has been an integral part in building the program to its current status" says Bobb.
In his tenure at UMBC, coach Flowers has coached 5 conference champions, 13 IC4A/ECAC qualifiers and one regional qualifier. In addition, Flowers has coached 10 current retriever school record holders in the short hurdles, long hurdles, long sprints and horizontal jumps.
The Baltimore, Maryland native earned his bachelor's degree in health Science from Lincoln University, Pa. in 1993 and his master's degree in special education from Coppin State University in 2003. Flowers currently teaches special education students in the Montgomery County Public School System.


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Business Recycling Requirements
All kinds of businesses throughout the Portland metropolitan area are doing their part for our environment by recycling at work. But, during an average year, businesses still send more than 100,000 tons of recyclable paper and containers to our local landfills.
To encourage recycling in our region, Metro has adopted Business Recycling Requirements. Businesses in the Portland metropolitan area are required to recycle paper, metal cans, plastic bottles, and glass bottles/jars.
Administrative rules
City of Portland Administrative Rules referencing this requirement can be found here*:
City of Portland Business Administrative Rule, 5.2, Recycling and Solid Waste Requirements for Commercial Customers, Generators and Self Haulers – B. Business Recycling Requirements, (1) and (2).
For more information about City recycling rules, email email@example.com or visit the Administrative Rules.
Assistance for businesses
Sustainability at Work to offers free, non-regulatory assistance to set up or improve your recycling program. Contact Sustainability at Work at 503-823-7037 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Answers to common questions
What are the consequences for not recycling?
If the City of Portland receives a complaint that your workplace is not recycling, the complaint will be investigated. If found out of compliance, the business will be expected to come into compliance within 30 days.
If compliance is not achieved within 30 days, fines will be issued. Fines are $200 per month for the first infraction. Subsequent infractions will increase by $200 each month, i.e., second infraction will be $400, third infraction will be $600 and continues at that level until the infraction is resolved.
How can my business come into compliance?
A business will be considered in compliance by collecting recycling (paper, metal cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles/jars) separate from the garbage and into the appropriate recycling container.
Your garbage and recycling company will tell you the cost, supply you with external service containers, and will help you troubleshoot space constraints. Several haulers doing business in the City can also assist you by providing staff training. Get additional posters, stickers, and staff training at Sustainability at Work at 503-823-7037, firstname.lastname@example.com .
My business does not have the space for recycling. Do you still expect us to participate?
Yes. Here are a few suggestions to help address space constraints:
- Eliminate any unnecessary containers taking up space, such as containers that are rarely used or that can be consolidated.
- Reduce your garbage service levels to make space for recycling containers. It would be important to accurately assess the amount of waste you will be able to divert from your garbage to your recycling so that your service levels are "right-sized" to your volume of waste.
- Ask your suppliers to reduce or eliminate packaging when shipping supplies to you.
- Share service with neighbors. This works well if multiple participants are using the same limited space.
- Share or rent additional space from a neighbor or a neighboring parking lot. If there is not an existing enclosure for the containers, keep in mind there are City regulations:
- City of Portland Neighborhood Inspections 503-823-7034 provides information and assistance for getting containers off the sidewalk or street.
- City of Portland Permitting Services503-823-7357 provides information about permitting and other regulations affecting the construction of interior or exterior storage areas.
- Switch to smaller containers and establish more frequent collection.
- Request that your garbage and recycling company build custom containers for your space.
My property manager won't provide the service. What should I do?
If your property manager provides you with garbage service, they are also required to provide you with the opportunity to recycle and compost. Call Paul de Block at Sustainability at Work (503) 823-2069 to find out more about the responsibilities of property management and how the City can help facilitate the start of composting service.
*In 2009, the City of Portland mailed all businesses a letter communicating the requirement to recycle. The letter referred to following "five easy steps" and required all businesses to fill out a yearly progress report showing their commitment to recycling. Following the "five easy steps" and filling out a yearly progress report is no longer required.


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A stay at Samui Palm Beach Resort places you in the heart of Koh Samui, just a 3-minute walk from Bo Phut Beach and within a 5-minute drive of Fisherman's Village Plaza. This beach resort is 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from Bangrak Beach and 4.1 mi (6.7 km) from Big Buddha Statue.
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This year marks the centenary of the Dublin Lockout, one of the greatest labor disputes in Irish history. For several months, thousands of workers across Dublin went on strike for better employment terms.
William Martin Murphy owned the Dublin United Tramway Company (DUTC), in addition to the city's biggest newspaper and the largest department store and hotel. Murphy demanded that all members of the DUTC forswear membership in Jim Larkin's Irish Transport and General Worker's Union (ITGWU) or be fired. Larkin responded by calling on members to walk away on August 26, 1913. Murphy locked them out and Larkin started a wave of strikes affecting other industries under Murphey's ownership. By September, 20,000 employees and their 80,000 dependants were involved in the strike.
To mark the centenary of the lockout, a new plaque was unveiled at Liberty Hall to honor the Irish Women Worker's Union (IWWU) on International Women's Day, March 8, 2013. Founded by Larkin's sister Delia Larkin, with help from Countess Markievicz, the IWWU worked for better pay for members employed by Jacob's Biscuit Factory and organized food distribution and soup kitchens during the lockout. Feminist historian Margaret MacCurtain unveiled the new plaque with the union's last serving General Secretary Padraigin Ni Mhurchu and IWWU member Kay Marron.
While the IWWU were helping feed the union members, American trade unionist Big Bill Haywood visited Dublin during the lockout. He advocated creating one union for workers across industries and was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Haywood was a controversial figure because of his promotion of radical tactics. During his visit, Haywood inspected what later became the Irish Citizen Army with James Connolly who was executed for his leadership role in the 1916 Easter Rising. The army had been formed to teach men to defend themselves in combat with police and to fight the demoralising influence of unemployment.
Dublin history blog "Come Here to Me!" reprinted Haywood's account from his autobiography "Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood," "There was a splendid meeting of the strikers in front of Liberty Hall. A cordon of police had been formed on one side. In the course of my speech I referred to the then recent strikes in America and told what the workers could do with solidarity among themselves. I described how the workers booed the police and asked the Irish workers to try it with me once, saying: 'Now altogether, as loud as you can: Boo, boo, boo!' It was but a few minutes afterwards that the police formed in ranks and marched away."
However, not events surrounding the lockout were so peaceful. On August 31 police officers rushed on a crowd in O'Connell Street listening to Jim Larkin speak about the lockout. The police riot resulted in injuries and two deaths, laborers James Nolan and John Byrne.
"Come Here to Me!" quoted John Dorney from his book "The Irish Story," "Most of those injured were not in fact trade unionists, who were at a rally elsewhere in the city, but mere bystanders- showing how indiscriminate the police action was. Several hundred people were injured and there was ferocious rioting all over working class districts of Dublin and the police. In the labour tradition, this is 'their own' Bloody Sunday."
The lockout ended in January of 1914. Without the resources for a longer strike, workers slowly returned to their jobs on employers' terms. In October of that year Larkin left Ireland for the United States. Although the strike had failed in winning better terms for the workers, the lockout was a powerful demonstration of the potential of the mobilized workforce.


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The Duke's Children (Audio Book) 03 - Francis Oliphant Tregear
The Duke's Children (Audio Book) by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has recently been expelled from Oxford; his younger brother, Gerald, is about to enter Cambridge; and the youngest, nineteen-year old Lady Mary, has imprudently formed an attachment to Francis Tregear, who, while certainly a gentleman, unfortunately has no income. Before her death, Glencora knew (and approved) of her daughter's attachment; the Duke, however, does not know of it, and is not at all likely to approve. Mrs. Finn (the former Marie Goesler), who was Glencora's closest friend, learns from Mary of her love for Tregear, and is faced with the question of either keeping silent, thus breaking faith with the Duke (who has entrusted Lady Mary to her care) or telling the Duke, and breaking faith with Mary herself. The other Palliser can be found at: 1 - Can You Forgive Her? 2 - Phineas Finn, the Irish Member 3 - The Eustace Diamonds 4 - Phineus Redux 5 - The Prime Minister 6 - The Duke's Children


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's strong debate performance did little to convince more voters he understands them or is a "good person" even though he has narrowed President Barack Obama's overall poll lead, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Saturday.
Just a month before the November 6 election, the Democratic president is ahead of his Republican challenger on character attributes that can win over undecided voters who have not been swayed on policy points.
Romney gained in a few areas, but not at Obama's expense despite the incumbent's lackluster performance in the first presidential debate on Wednesday.
On the broad question of who they will vote for in November, Obama kept his slim 2 percentage point lead over Romney among likely voters - 47 to 45 percent - in the online survey.
The gap was unchanged from Friday, when Obama led by 46 to 44 percent in the tracking poll. His lead was 6 percentage points before the two men first went head-to-head in Denver.
"We haven't seen additional gains from Romney. This suggests to me that this is more of a bounce than a permanent shift," Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said.
The poll did not show Obama backers shifting to Romney. Rather, Romney's small gains on a few of the issues came from people who had been undecided.
Obama even gained ground in some voters' assessment of his character since before the debate, even though a majority - 55 to 23 percent - felt Romney did a better job during the encounter in Denver, the survey showed.
Forty-seven percent of registered voters deemed Obama "a good person," compared with 31 percent who felt that way about Romney. In a similar survey on September 28, Obama led by 43 percent to Romney's 32 percent.
Obama held his ground on a range of such questions. Far more voters (53 to 29 percent) deemed Obama likeable than feel the same way about Romney. He also leads by a healthy margin (43 to 37 percent) on who has the right values to be president.
In addition, 43 percent felt Obama "understands people like me," compared with 31 percent who felt that way about Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and wealthy businessman who has struggled to connect with average Americans.
"There's still a ways to go to close the gap between him and Obama on some of these important attributes," Clark said. "This suggests to me that while the debate was effective in energizing the Republican base and giving Romney a boost, it didn't fundamentally change perceptions of either man a great deal."
Romney made some gains. He was up 4 percentage points when voters were asked if he is eloquent, compared with the survey released on September 28. But he still lags well behind, with Obama leading 48 percent to 27 percent.
Romney also gained 3 percentage points on the questions of who is tough enough to be president and fun to meet in person. Obama still leads on both, with a 42 to 38 percent edge on the toughness question and a striking 48 to 24 percent advantage on who would be fun to meet.
Ratings of the two men were generally tighter on issues more closely linked to the nuts and bolts of governing. They were tied with the support of just over a third of voters - 37 percent - on the question of who can be effective in Washington.
About a third - 34 percent - of registered voters picked Obama as stronger on the issue of bipartisanship than the roughly one quarter - 27 percent - who opted for Romney.
The online survey of 1,770 registered voters and 1,492 likely voters was conducted from October 2-6.
The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points for registered voters and 2.9 for likely voters.
For the question of bipartisanship, which was added to the survey on Wednesday night, the credibility interval is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, with an interview base of 1,323 registered voters.
Editing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Will Dunham


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An early announcement: The Big Easy Offer is coming back in January!
Remember in my, "Big announcement coming on New Years Day!" post back on December 18th I mentioned that I was hoping to possibly have a second announcement to make? Well, it turns out that the second announcement is happening and we're able to make it now instead of having to wait until the 1st with… Read more