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With Brett Favre finally reporting to Minnesota earlier this week, I think we all assumed everything in Minnesota would be smooth sailing until January, when Favre throws four picks in the final two minutes and Brad Childress calls six punts from inside the opposing 10-yard line to mark yet another horrendous playoff defeat. That's just what the Vikings do, you know. That's how they are.
But this week is a reminder to you folks out there that the Vikings are always a safe bet to collapse at virtually any time. Both Mike Silver and Jason Cole at Yahoo spent a good of time yesterday documenting the apparently lousy relationship between Favre and Childress. Some of the key quotes from Cole's article on the matter:
"Brett thinks Childress has no clue about offense," a Vikings player said.
"Brett just doesn't trust him," a player said.
Some players believe that most of the offensive coaching staff is made up of yes-men like Bevell. Furthermore, Childress is the type who doesn't take outside ideas very well.
As someone who follows this team closely, I can tell you that Favre's feelings about Childress are pretty much the exact same feelings every Vikings fan has about the Vikings head coach. Until Favre arrived, this was an absolutely horrendous passing offense, and it's clear that Favre's audibles during the two-minute drill represented a vast improvement over Childress' play calls in similar situations in the past. Favre makes Childress look better, and to say otherwise is disingenuous.
If you recall Favre's retirement drama from LAST year (and really, they're starting to all blend together), you may remember that one of the reasons Favre decided to come back was because of Childress. Specifically, Childress' offense, which Favre knew intimately, and well enough to not require preseason training of any sort. This was the same offense Childress had been preaching as "kickass" (his word) for years, only to have nothing to show for it. It wasn't until Favre arrived that Childress' offense finally looked like something appealing.
So, taking all that into account, the obvious conclusion is that Favre is RIGHT about Childress. Yes, Favre threw a horrid pick at the end of the NFC title game, but it was Childress who ruined the game by trying to settle for an unreasonably long field goal and getting caught in a 12-man penalty before Favre's pick went down. That was Childress' doing, and he saddles as much blame for that brutal ending as Favre does, if not more so. And I say that as someone who enjoys blaming Brett Favre for virtually all of the world's ills, even Autotune.
The problem with Favre being right about Childress is that it makes his comeback this year look all the more disingenuous. He said he "owed it to the Vikings." He said he wanted one last shot at helping them try to win the Super Bowl. Those words struck me as incredibly pedantic. Oh here! I'll come back and RESCUE you, you poor Minnesota masses. I suppose I can swoop in and grace you with my presence one final time.
This is all so Favre can supposedly gift a final title shot to his teammates. But he knows who's in charge. He knows, deep down, that Brad Childress is the kind of coach who will never win a Super Bowl, regardless of how talented his roster is.
And if Favre knows that, then why did he really come back? Well, I think you already know the answer to that. I don't expect Favre and Childress' relationship to be this team's undoing. I think their undoing is inevitable somewhere down the road regardless. That's just what happens when you entrust a team to these two particular men.


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That's right kids, it's time to kick up the cardio and sweat it out. Bikini season may be over, but staying in shape is a year-round must. Cardio is one of the most important things you can do for your body. Not only does it make a difference on the inside (improving your cardiovascular health), you will see results on the outside too (especially if you stick to it 3 or 4 times a week).
Every week I work with my trainer, Jarett Del Bene. We always mix up my exercises, but one thing remains constant and that's the cardio element.
After a particularly grueling cardio session, I decided to take advantage of Jarett's expertise and asked him a few questions about cardiovascular exercise so I could share it with all of you… Check out my questions and his answers below!
Why is cardio so important?
Cardio is important because it strengthens your heart and therefore it does not have to work as hard to pump blood through your body.
How do you get the most out of each cardio session?
I suggest doing cardio in the morning before your first meal. Your body is most likely to use fat as the energy source because your glycogen stores are depleted. If you are concerned about muscle loss, take 15-25 grams of whey protein before your morning cardio session.
Any tips to make it a little easier?
Make a cardio playlist on your iPod to get you through the workout. Pick out your favorite songs that you love listening to so you forget about the time.
Aerobic exercise is also important for weight control and it is great for blasting fat. To avoid getting strung out on running, mix up your cardio routine as much as possible. There are plenty of fun cardio exercises such as kickboxing (which I love), bicycling, using the elliptical, swimming, and even step aerobics. This way you will keep you body guessing and your heart pumping!
My favorite cardio exercise is kickboxing. What's yours? (And you cannot say, "Shopping!")
XO Lauren
P.S. Let me know if you would like me to do a blog about kickboxing! And for more of my fun fitness ideas, click here.

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Transforming Your Services
- Joan Frye Williams' opening remarks "Conference Session Rules"
- George Needham's and Joan Frye Williams' joint presentation
- Karen Hyman's presentation, Part 1
- Karen Hyman's presenation, Part 2
Saturday, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Renaissance Washington, Grand Ballroom South
Program Chair
- Karen Hyman, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
As a result of participation in Transformation Track programs, libraries will:
- Choose high impact services that and exceed the expectations of their customers.
- Implement the staff changes, technology, environment and culture to support these services.
- Position and market these services in a way that resonates with potential users.
- Deliver these services in a flexible, responsive and intelligent manner.
- Maximize the results of their efforts.
What do people want and where is your library in that picture? What are the high impact new services that could reinvent your library today? Do you deliver services in a way that stalls you somewhere short of transformation? It's past time for big changes that will transform your organization and the experience of your customer. We'll tell you why, what and how.
- Karen Hyman, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
- George Needham, OCLC
- Joan Frye Williams, Information Technology Consultant
Room Information
Arrangement & AV
- Podium
- Head Table for 3
- Microphones
- Podium microphone
- Two portable handheld microphones for head table
- Two floor microphones – one in each aisle – for QandA.
- Computer projector/ screen, etc.
Location & Size
Renaissance Washington, Grand Ballroom South
Room for 200-400 in Convention Center


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Petition made for South Eastern trains to lose their franchise
Published on by Chloe Garnham (author)
A dark tunnel ahead for Southeastern trains
People Worry About Changing Careers
Published on by Aimee Carney (author)
According to a recent survey of 2000 people, 1 in 7 Brits feel too scared to change their jobs.
Hastings borough council to host annual Holocaust memorial
Published on by William Dyett (author)
The annual Holocaust Memorial Day service "lacks advertisement" according to a local photographer.
The world's first 'selfie' film, set to premier in St. Leonards
Published on by Helen Westgarth (author), Iara Kaiser (author)
Hastings town is buzzing with anticipation ahead of the pre-release of the world's first ever "selfie" film.
Hastings hosts 'Bowie Bash' at the Observer building to remember the iconic star David Bowie (Duplicate) 1
Published on by Cydnee Holder (author), Ryan Daly (author)


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What to watch in Friday's action.
Antonio Blalock, G, Ashbrook
The 5-foot-11 senior has scored in double figures five straight games and leads the Green Wave in scoring at 11.9 points per game. Blalock also leads the team with 31 3-pointers as Ashbrook tries to knock off Hunter Huss Friday.
Jaelan Kennedy, F, Hunter Huss
The 6-foot-4 senior is enjoying a player-of-the-year type season, averaging an area-best 23.1 points to go with 5.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 steals. In his last three games, Kennedy has scored 28, 29 and 28 points and he looks to keep it up in Friday�s Big South Conference showdown at Ashbrook.
Tuesday�s best:
Boys: Lee Holcombe scored 28 as Cramerton Christian beat Southview � Nayquan Wilson�s 21 points helped Gaston Day beat Statesville Christian � Gaston Christian�s Jarris White had 22 points in a loss to Metrolina Christian.
Girls: Cramerton Christian�s Caroline Carper had 17 points in a win over Southview � Nina Okoroji scored 17 as Gaston Christian lost to Metrolina Christian � Gaston Day�s Evonna McGill scored 16 in a win over Statesville Christian.
Boys: Hunter Huss (13-2, 5-0) at Ashbrook (10-6, 4-1) � First place is on the line in this longstanding rivalry. Hunter Huss rides a six-game winning streak while Ashbrook is 3-0 since the holiday break.
Boys: Lake Norman Charter (9-4, 4-1) at Bessemer City (11-2, 4-1) � The Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference co-leaders go head-to-head in what�s been a balanced league. They split the regular-season series last year.
Girls: South Point (12-2, 3-2) at Crest (11-2, 5-0)� The Red Raiders will try to become the first Big South team to knock off Crest, which won a pair of three-point games against Ashbrook and Forestview.
Boys and girls: West Mecklenburg at East Gaston� The boys teams are tied for second among 4A teams in the league while the West Meck girls lead East Gaston by a game for first in the 4A conference standings.
Weather watch: If school is called off, Friday�s games aren�t automatically postponed. School system officials would monitor conditions throughout the day before making a decision, Gaston County Schools athletic director Dennis Noble said. Check gastongazette.com and twitter.com/gazettephil for updates.
Rankings: The Hunter Huss boys (13-2, 5-0 Big South) moved up a spot to fifth in this week�s NCPreps.com 3A state poll after a pair of wins last week. Previously No. 1 Rocky Mount dropped to sixth after a loss to Wilson Hunt. � Bessemer City (11-2, 4-1 Southern Piedmont) dropped three spots to sixth in the 1A boys poll after a loss to North Lincoln. � Shelby (14-2, 4-0) climbed two spots to fourth in the 2A boys poll. � Gaston Day�s boys (15-5, 3-1) are ranked No. 2 in the latest ncprivateschoolsports.com NCISAA 2A state poll.
Conference standings can be found here.
Preview on the Ashbrook-Hunter Huss game is here.
Big South 3A
Hunter Huss at Ashbrook
Kings Mountain at Forestview
South Point at Crest
Southern Piedmont1A/2A
Lake Norman Charter at Bessemer City
Cherryville at Highland Tech
North Lincoln at East Lincoln
West Lincoln at Lincolnton
Berry Academy at Harding
Charlotte Catholic at Olympic
West Mecklenburg at East Gaston
Private/charter schools
Covenant at Cramerton Christian (boys only)
Westminster Catawba at Gaston Christian
Gaston Day at Westchester Country Day


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Boise State tops Nevada, earns share of Mountain West Conference title
RENO, Nev. -- Boise State coach Chris Petersen stated the obvious for the thousands of orange-and-blue clad fans who made the trip to Reno on Saturday to watch the Broncos (No. 20 BCS, No. 25 AP) earn a share of the Mountain West Conference and ensure their nation's best seventh consecutive 10-win season.
"It's better than last time we were here," he said.
D.J. Harper ran for 130 yards and a touchdown and Joe Southwick threw for two more scores to lead Boise State past Nevada 27-21 on Saturday.
Boise State (10-2, 7-1) opened up a 17-point lead in the third quarter just like it did in 2010 when Nevada stormed back to score one of the biggest victories in school history, 34-31 in overtime.
But this time the Broncos' defense put the clamps on the Nevada offense that was averaging 38 points per game. And just as the home team seemed to be gaining some momentum, tight end Zach Sudfeld fumbled the ball on the way into the end zone, silencing the sellout crowd of 30,007, the fifth largest in Mackay Stadium history.
"You know a game like this going to come down to a couple of plays and you're going to have to get a couple breaks, we're going to have to get a couple turnovers," Petersen said. "A play like that makes all the difference in the world."
Boise State gave itself a slim chance to reach the BCS, but the Broncos will have to move up at least four spots in the last standings to the top 16 and be ahead of Mid-American Conference champ Northern Illinois to grab a bid to the marquee games.
They'll probably have to settle for something smaller, again.
"I know we'll play somebody good," Petersen said. "There are no bad teams going to bowl games."
Stefphon Jefferson ran for 139 yards and a touchdown and Cody Fajardo passed for 203 yards and ran for 81 for the Wolf Pack (7-5, 4-4), who lost four of their last five games after starting the season 6-1.
Matt Miller caught seven passes for 127 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown from Southwick that put Boise ahead late 24-7.
Southwick completed 19 of 26 for 199 yards.
"We made plays when we had to," Southwick said. "Nevada didn't quit. We knew they weren't going to quit, just like two years ago here. They came out and fought hard. On offense, we had one or two little, little mistakes that kept us out of big drives. But we still did enough to win the game."
Michael Frisina made the second of two field goals from 30 yards with 3:30 left in the game to make it 27-14.
Fajardo capped a 74-yard scoring drive with a 6-yard TD run to pull within 27-21 with 2:27 left. Nevada tried an onside kick but Harper recovered on the Wolf Pack 44 with 2:25 remaining to put the brakes on a comeback.
"Unfortunately, our offense started clicking too late and it ended up in a loss," Fajardo said. "Their defense is very sound. They have 11 players playing together and it's tough to execute against that."
Boise State's defense allowed only 90 yards total offense in the first half and Ricky Tjona-A-Tjoe, Darren Koontz and Jamar Taylor all sacked Fajardo before intermission.
"I'm not sure really how we slowed those guys down like we did. But even though we did that, we knew they'd come answering back in the second half," Petersen said.
Broncos linebacker J.C. Percy had 13 tackles and recovered a fumble in the end zone.
"This was one of our goals coming into the season and doing it at Nevada makes it even better," Percy said about the league title the Broncos will share with Fresno State and San Diego State.
Nevada accepted an invitation earlier in the week to play a Pac-12 opponent in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 15.
Southwick completed his first six passes, including a 17-yard toss to a wide open Chris Potter in the corner of the end zone that put Boise State ahead 7-0 midway through the first quarter. Harper had 75 yards on nine carries by the end of the first quarter and scored on a 2-yard run a minute into the second quarter to make it 14-0.
On the next series, on third-and-10 from his own 14, Southwick scrambled 15 yards to keep the drive alive, then threw a 26-yard pass to Miller to set up Frisina's 20-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead 3:37 before the half.
Fajardo led Nevada on an 86-yard touchdown drive to open the second half, throwing 32 yards to tight end Kolby Arendse then running 20 yards on a keeper to set up Jefferson's 1-yard score to pull to 17-7.
But Shane Williams-Rhodes returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards and on the next play Southwick found Miller alone along the left sideline for a 52-yard touchdown to make it 24-7 at 1:52 in the third quarter.
Fajardo came storming back with an 18-yard pass to Rickey Turner and a 28-yard run to Boise's 14-yard line. But after Sudfeld grabbed a pass in the right flat, he fumbled the ball near the goal line and Percy recovered it in the end zone for a touch back.
"The air just goes right out of you on a play like that," Nevada coach Chris Ault said. "When you play a great defense like Boise, you can't do that."
"It's OK to make first down mistakes, third down mistakes but you can't make touchdown mistakes. And we made touchdown mistakes," said Ault, whose team lost four times at home this season for the first time in his 25-year career.
"We moved the ball well in the first half and had some things open. But Cody was not sharp. We had things open and he didn't hit them. You have to hit them in a game like this," he said.
Jefferson followed a 28-yard run around left end with a 9-yard stroll through a big hole on the left side of the line for a touchdown to pull the Wolf Pack to within 24-14 with 8:26 left.
"I knew, we knew that this would come down to a couple of points," Petersen said. "You know how Nevada is going to play when they play us. I think they're a darned good team. I was proud of the kids for fighting so hard."
NCAAF News
Luginbill: California bill would have trickle-down effect
Tom Luginbill joins OTL and says that California schools would not have an edge in recruiting if the bill is passed and discusses how it would affect the college landscape.
New Mexico's Davie expects to return Sept. 28
New Mexico coach Bob Davie expects to return to the sideline Sept. 28 after experiencing a medical issue after the opener.
Why Bo Nix was born to play QB for Auburn
Just like his father before him, Bo Nix is leading an undefeated Tigers squad. And now the true freshman is looking at his biggest challenge yet against Texas A&M.
Heisman Watch: There's no stopping Jalen and Tua
Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow remain in the lead, but Justin Fields is gaining ground.
Exploring the innovation and evolution of college football
"The American Game: Evolution" examines the development of American football and how the rules, talent and schemes have evolved. "The American Game: Evolution" airs Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Mason enjoys hosting top teams like Tigers
Derek Mason and Ed Orgeron break down the LSU-Vanderbilt matchup with the Commodores hosting their second top-5 team of the season.
2019 Mountain West Conference Standings
|Boise State
|Utah State
|New Mexico
|Colorado State
|Air Force
|San Jose State
|Fresno State
|San Diego State


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Inspired by Sawtooth Surround from designer Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings Quilt Shop
Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke
1⁄3 yard panel print (quilt center)
1⁄8 yard light gold print (triangle-squares)
1⁄4 yard each tan, dark gold, olive green, and brown prints (triangle-squares)
1⁄8 yard brown leaf print (border No. 2)
1⁄8 yard brown-and-green wicker print (border No. 4)
1⁄3 yard green print (binding)
3⁄4 yard backing fabric
27" square batting
Finished quilt: 18-1⁄2" square
Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width.
Measurements include 1⁄4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.


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Sweet, Sweet Irony
Sure, simple cake goofs and misspellings are fairly common. Sometimes they just result in more hilarity than usual.
How about misspelling your correction of a misspelling?
Ouch. Nothin' like messing up a good rant over the fact that someone else messed up, is there? (And yes, I *do* know that from personal experience. Heh.)
Taking team unity to a whooole new level.
Thanks to Wreckporters Christine A., Lindsay W., Monique R., & Jaclyn S.!
- Related Wreckage: Maximum Irony Has Now Been Achieved


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SingleHop API
SingleHop is a server and cloud hosting service. They offer dedicated servers, private and public cloud hosting, and an array of managed hosting services. The SingleHop API enables users to build applications to interact and exchange data with the server management, ticketing, and billing systems. The API uses REST calls and will return JSON. The service requires an account and an API key for access and features over 150 API calls.


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Jean Dieuzaide
Grand Prix de Pau, 1949, Fangio MaseratiAbout this photograph
The few shots that Dieuzaide realized during the epoch in which he was working for the weekly But et Club, from 1946 to 1953, are precious. His coverage of the Grands Prix of Albi, of Pau and of Cadours constitute a unique testimony which lingered atthe sidelines of the competition, capturing live the most famous actors of this epoch. The stars that were the Fangio, Villoresi, Louis Rosier... are surprised in postures and in situations that offer a new fashion to photograph in sports press.Read more Read less
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|Icon, Classic, Colorful
|Giant, Collector, Exception
Born in 1921, Jean Dieuzaide very quickly showed a passion for photography. He proved it ardently, everywhere, from Paris to Toulouse, passing through Arles. Launched by a photograph of General de Gaulle that would be largely distributed, Jean Dieuzaide became a photojournalist. Many of his reportages appeared in the international press, such as the one dedicated to the marriage of two tightrope walkers and published by ' Life ' Jean Dieuzaide also photographed for ' documentary ' works : Gascogne, Portugal, Périgord, Languedoc... Many are the prizes, nominations, requests for hischairing jurys, associations, contests to which the name of Jean Dieuzaide isattached.In addition, he was the winner of the prize Niepce in 1954, of the prize Nadar in 1961. He was named an Officer of the National Order of Merit and an Officer in the order of Arts and Letters in 1981. He received the grand prize of the Arts of the City of Paris in 1985, the gold medal of the city of Toulouse in 1986, the gold ' Sicof ' at Milan and was named a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International in 1988. He was also given an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society in 1994.


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Clean-Up On Aisle 12
Note to Parents: Today's wreck may expand your child's vocabulary in some unsavory ways.
When Steve S.'s coworker received a transfer to a different branch, the store decided to get the coworker a going-away cake. The inscription was your typical "You make our store better!" kind of thing.
Now, normally this wouldn't be a problem, no matter how badly the Wreckerator mangles the inscription.
But then, normally the company in question is NOT BJ's Wholesale Club.
Which, naturally, someone chose to abbreviate:
I'd like to point out that Steve submitted this Wreck because "better" looks like "bitter," and he thought that was funnily appropriate. And it is, but clearly Steve's mind did not make the leap the rest of ours did. (Like I always say: Get your mind out of the gutter! There's barely room in here for mine.)


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|© Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer
So. Family Stories is where I write it all down. Their bad decisions. And their good decisions. The times they got it right. And the times they couldn't have been more wrong. It's where I tell you about them in hopes that they won't be forgotten. Everything they've willingly told me. And what I've had to pull from them. They're imperfect. Just like you. And just like me. But they're mine, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
So take a look around. Read a few stories. Laugh. Cry. Shake your head in disbelief. [*snort* I do it all the time.]
For these are my family's stories.
I encourage you to take a look at my Surnames and Locations Page to see if your family tree and my family tree might cross somewhere along the way.
If you think we might be related, please Contact Me, so we can collaborate on our research. I'll share whatever I have. I don't suffer from My Tree-itis. ;)


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Huckabee rallies for Akin
TAMPA, Fla. — Mike Huckabee rallied hundreds of Southern Baptists on a conference call Friday night in support of Todd Akin, offering advice about how they can help the embattled Missouri Senate candidate stay in the race — while acknowledging Akin still may have to bow out.
"This could be a Mount Carmel moment," said the former Arkansas governor, referring to the holy battle between Elijah and the prophets of Baal in the book of Kings. "You know, you bring your gods. We'll bring ours. We'll see whose God answers the prayers and brings fire from heaven. That's kind of where I'm praying: that there will be fire from heaven, and we'll see it clearly, and everyone else will to."
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"Obviously, Todd's numbers have dramatically gone down," Huckabee added during an hour-long call, which started immediately after a defiant Akin reiterated during a news conference that he's in the race to stay. "Two things: The poll numbers need to come back up. Todd needs to show that he can still raise money. That's a game-changer. If not, then the pressure will continue. It maybe won't be public, but the pressure will still be there for Todd to exit the race and clear the field for somebody else."
Huckabee said he received calls from the highest levels of the Republican Party after he came out in support of Akin, who came under fire Sunday after his "legitimate rape" remarks. But Huckabee suggested the GOP establishment has begun to realize that Akin may wind up being their only hope.
"Today, the rhetoric was dramatically dialed back," he said. "You did not see the NRSC, the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, coming out with the kind of harsh statements because they've dialed it back. They've assured me that they will no longer be threatening the business of some of the vendors in politics and telling them that if they do anything to help Todd, they'd be blackballed and not get any business.
"That kind of stuff's been going on, and I told these people yesterday that I talked to: That's got to stop. It can't continue. That's what union goons do: breaking people's kneecaps when you cross a line. And Todd Akin has done nothing but make a mistake for which he has roundly repudiated the comment and apologized. There's nothing else he can do."


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After we finish our garden chores and head indoors for the winter, we long for a way to satisfy our green thumbs. Mine scratch their proverbial gardening itch by growing amaryllis that brighten winter days with their magnificent, exotic blooms.
Amaryllis planting, care
1. Start by choosing a top-size bulb. When it comes to bulbs, size really does matter. Smaller amaryllis bulbs may cost less, but the larger the bulb the more flowers are contained within.
2. It is very easy to grow amaryllis. Plant one of these voluptuous bulbs in a pot just slightly larger than the bulb – a couple of inches larger in diameter than the bulb.
3. Gently press the soil down around the bulb so that the shoulders and neck of the bulb are visible.
4. Water it lightly and place the pot in a sunny window and wait. When growth begins, water often enough to keep the soil barely moist. Six to eight weeks after you plant the bulb, you will be rewarded with huge blooms that explode from one to two-foot stems. For continuous bloom all winter long, plant bulbs at two-week intervals.
5. Once the flowers open, move the pot away from the sunny window into a spot with indirect light to keep blooms from fading.
After-blooming care
1. When the last flower has faded on a stem, cut it near the top of the bulb.
2. When all stems have been cut back, move the container to the sunniest spot available to encourage as much leaf growth as possible.
3. Fertilize once a month and never let the soil dry out completely.
4. After the danger of frost has passed in spring, move your amaryllis outside. The foliage will keep on growing all summer. Continue to fertilize.
5. When leaves begin to yellow in fall, cut back foliage to about two inches from the top of the bulb.
6. Be sure to bring it back inside before the first frost. Remove soil from the bulb, and let it "rest" in a cool, dark place for two months.
7. Repot the bulb into a larger pot and get ready for a repeat performance.
Amaryllis varieties
Amaryllis are available in a wide array of colors from deep velvety red to satiny pink and orange to pure white. Bi-colors are also available.
The glistening, pure white flowers of Mount Blanc are a holiday classic. Christmas Gift is another gorgeous white variety. Plant either in a bright red pot – stunning!
The blooms of Pink Impression are bright pink giving way to white toward their throats. Apple Blossom has softer pink petals.
If you want a bi-color flower, choose Amorice with white petals subtly striped with red. Or if you want something even flashier, try Dancing Queen.
Queen of the Night has deep, dark velvety red blooms; Red Lion is bright red; and the flowers of Double Dragon are deep red with an extra layer of petals. Plant any of these in a black glazed pot – so glamorous!
• Diana Stoll is a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener for Kane County. Call the extension office at 630-584-6166 for more information.
Learning to Grow: Amaryllis are available in wide array of colors
After we finish our garden chores and head indoors for the winter, we long for a way to satisfy our green thumbs. Mine scratch their proverbial gardening itch by growing amaryllis that brighten winter days with their magnificent, exotic blooms.


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Because the Environmental Studies students and faculty recognize the value of students applying their interdisciplinary learning to problem solving and research in the community, Community Based Learning and Research (CBLR) opportunities are a centerpiece of the Environmental Studies program. Students who major in Environmental Studies are required to engage in CBLR. Since ENVS students and faculty share concern about the health of current societies and the ecological systems of which societies are part, calling upon students to engage with our campus and local communities in productive, environmentally related work is a natural fit for ENVS. As a student, if you choose your CBLR experiences carefully, they can also serve as valuable career experience.
As an ENVS student, you're also required to take ENVS 496, Senior Seminar. Although this course doesn't specifically require engagement with the campus or local community, interested students are encouraged, where possible and relevant, to design research projects that include such engagement.
Take a look at previous internships and internship guidelines.
Community Internship (ENVS 410, 3 credits)
For ENVS 410, you are placed with a community organization, public agency, or local business to explore firsthand the skills and knowledge required to solve environmental problems. The Environmental Center may assist with finding an appropriate placement. You'll complete a final report that demonstrates the educational and societal impacts of your internship experience. One-hundred-fifty hours of community-based learning the research is required.
ENVS 410 requires instructor permission for registration. As a student, in order to discuss possible internship placements, you must meet with the course professor during the term prior to that in which you take the course. You're encouraged to begin thinking early in your program of study about the kind of work in which you would like to engage for ENVS 410. When you have a good idea of which topics and/or organizations with which you're interested in working, the course instructor will more easily be able to assist with your placement. Also, when you're able to tailor your experience in the course to suit your individual interests and talents, work done for this course can more easily serve as relevant career experience.
For students planning to enroll, see previous internships and internship checklist.
Environmental Colloquium (ENVS 395, 4 credits)
For this course, you'll work in groups or as an entire class on an environmentally related community based project relevant to the campus and/or local community. The course instructor works with campus/local agencies, organizations and individuals to develop a project or projects for the class. The project can involve research, assessment, or analysis of ongoing programs, policy, or proposals for action. ENVS 395 is a capstone experience for both ENVS majors and for students minoring in Environmental Policy.
For students planning to enroll, see previous colloquia projects.
Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (ENVS 496, 3 credits)
ENVS majors are also required to take ENVS 496. Although this course does not specifically require engagement with the campus or local community, interested students are encouraged, where possible and relevant, to design research projects that include such engagement.


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The Sleuth Kit
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The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a collection of UNIX-based command line tools that allow you to investigate a computer. The current focus of the tools is the file and volume systems and TSK supports FAT, Ext2/3, NTFS, UFS1, and UFS2 file systems.
Autopsy is a frontend for TSK which allows browser-based access to the TSK tools.
Sleuth kit is arranged in layers. There is a data layer which is concerned with how information is stored on a disk and a metadata layer which is considered with information such as inodes and directories. The commands that deal with the data layer are prefixed with the letter d, which the commands that deal with the metadata layer are prefixed with the letter i.
Some of the commands in Sleuth Kit are:
- dcat
- Views the contents of a block.
- dls
- Lists unallocated blocks. Makes keyword searches more efficient. Gets a list of unallocated blocks.
- dcalc
- Tells you where an unallocated blocks are.
- dstat
- Details about a given block.
- icat
- View contents of a file given its inode value or cluster number. Doesn't list directories, lists the contents.
- ils
- Lists the files extents on a disk.
- istat
- Information about an inode number.
External Links
- The Sleuth Kit homepage
- Autopsy homepage


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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
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BEIJING - AUGUST 20: Sarah Walker of New Zealand competes in the Women's Seeding phase of the BMX competition at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) — Getty
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Pottermore, the official Harry Potter website, was recently launched and attracted billions of page views in its first two weeks. The site is built on Windows Azure, an open cloud platform that lets users quickly build, deploy, and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers.
Harry Potter is one of the largest entertainment phenomenas of all time, so fans of all ages couldn't wait to experience the world-famous stories and social and interactive experiences that the site offered. Eagerly awaiting the launch of Pottermore, the website based on the popular Harry Potter stories, Brittany Talbot and her sister, Priscilla, raced to sign up when the site went live. "I like being able to go up there and do potions and spells and walk around where Harry was," Talbot said. "I read the first book in the first week because I was so excited."
The Pottermore website demonstrates the powerful platform that Windows Azure offers for even the most challenging development projects. The site currently features activities and text based on the storyline of the first "Harry Potter" novel, additional material from Rowling, and highly interactive elements such as the ability to make comments, earn house points, learn spells, mix potions, and duel with other fans.
A factor in favour of Windows Azure, is that it provided a platform as a service (PaaS), which means that Pottermore could simply move its application onto the Windows Azure platform without the burden of managing and maintaining virtual machines. Windows Azure provided a cloud-based testing environment that enabled Pottermore to test whether the site could scale up to meet massive demand. "Elasticity was critical," said Julian Thomas, chief technology officer at Pottermore. "We knew there were between 2 million and 20 million Harry Potter fans who were waiting to get on the site, and we had to be ready."
Working hand-in-hand with Microsoft, Pottermore had its new site up and running in just three months. On April 14, Pottermore launched the new site with just a single tweet @pottermore "we're opening to everyone."
"Literally within minutes, the traffic started to flood in," Thomas said. "The demand was just enormous, but the site continued to work properly, running on Windows Azure."
Visual Studio Achievements for student Windows Azure developers
There are many talented students working with Windows Azure, and we hope the Pottermore website will provide further inspiration for developers. As additional motivation for students and to bring some game to their code, Microsoft has released Visual Studio Achievements. The achievements of students talents and learning are recognised as they perform various coding feats. This unlocks achievements and earn badges which can be shared and displayed on social network profiles and web sites.
We recently announced an update to Visual Studio Achievements, adding 15 new achievements, all focused on Windows Azure development. The Visual Studio Achievements Extension includes fifteen new achievements, all focused on exercising features of Windows Azure. Using the extension, various achievements are unlocked based on your activity. When you unlock an achievement, Visual Studio lets you know visually with a pop-up. In addition, your Channel 9 profile is updated with any achievements you earn. So, head over to Channel9, sign up for an account and download the plugin.
There are 15 Azure achievements, such as publishing to Windows Azure from Visual Studio (Heading into the Cloud), using page blobs (Attack of the Blob), using SQL Azure (Database Darling) and configuring start up tasks (It's My Party). Two of the achievements – Phone in the Cloud and Game in the Cloud – require use of Windows Azure toolkits.


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It was Christmas morning, and I lay impatiently in my bed awaiting the sound of my parents stirring downstairs. We've never been the kind of family that wakes up and rushes to the living room to tear into the gifts before we have properly washed the "eye boogers" out of our eyes (disgusting I know, but hey . . . the truth is ugly sometimes). We tend to be a little more reserved about the process.
We sleep in, which for our family is until about 8:15. We shower and dress for the day, as we usually spend the afternoon with extended family, and we often debate about what we want Dad to make for breakfast. It's usually his world famous omelets. If you think I'm exaggerating . . . well, I'm not. They're insane.
This one particular Christmas, though, held one very unique gift, wrapped in a beige envelope and delicately placed in between the branches of our tree. There were actually two envelopes; one had my brother's name on it and the other had mine, written in my mother's elegant penmanship.
Curious as to what could possibly be in something the size of a letter and thin as paper, my brother and I opened them slowly, simultaneously.
Please be a check.
A picture of a beautiful little girl from Indonesia, about my age, came to light as I slowly pulled the contents out. I looked at my parents, utterly confused.
"I don't get it." I said innocently.
I really didn't. Were they breaking the news that I would soon have a sister via adoption or that they were exchanging me for her entirely? My brother used to always joke that I was adopted, and I suddenly wondered if perhaps I was. Was I really related to this girl?
As my parents explained to me who she was and what Compassion was doing for her, I can honestly say that I was moved. I was grateful for the knowledge and understanding of her and what she encompassed: life outside the blessed United States of America, literal need and not obsession with want.
Despite my age (10), it was sobering, thought provoking, and challenging. An unlikely gift, one that I certainly didn't ask for, but something I was grateful to have received.
Now I must continue to be honest, and, unfortunately, the rest of the story is not as neat and tidy as it began.
I remember being excited the first time I received her letter. Getting to see the words that she herself had written and the translation into English on the other side was fascinating to me. But where fascination with her began, intimidation and miscommunication soon followed.
Her letters were filled with praise and glory to the Lord, thanksgiving for her current health (because it wavered) and things of the like. And the degree and extent of her faith was beyond my comprehension. I couldn't seem to follow along or understand the depth of it considering her circumstances.
"She sounds fine to me," I thought. "Does she need me to be her pen-pal? Does she really need us to sponsor her?"
Such questions stemmed from naivety on my part in two ways.
- I didn't fully understand poverty, nor did I fully understand the blessing of my personal upbringing.
- My little girl's spiritual maturity was far above my own. We both had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The only difference was she was walking in faith because that was all she had. I didn't even know how to walk in faith because I never had too.
The prideful part of me hates to admit to such a lack of knowledge and understanding, to such an ignorant and sheltered view of life and faith. But there's something to it.
I was asked to write a blog post about the gift of sponsorship that I received because, given the season, we want you to consider the idea as well.
After I began writing, I remembered that my story was not like that of so many others who write vigilantly and faithfully, who send their children gifts and pictures, who remember — without fail — to pray for the little one every night.
I cannot attest to any of those things.
But, what I can say is that so many years later, through the mysterious and divine intercession of the Lord, I am more aware than I ever thought I would be of who Compassion really is and what Compassion really does.
My little girl has since graduated, and I feel as though, perhaps in some small way, my journey to Compassion and my season here — however long that may be — is a tribute to her and the lessons that she taught me long ago. I remember her frequently as I walk the halls of the office, contemplating just how it is that I got here and just what it is that I am here to do.
Honestly, some days I still don't know. Other days it's clear as day. But everyday, without fail, I feel the Lord is changing me, and I find myself feeding off of and borrowing from the richness of faith from the little faces I see on our walls.
If you have a child I would ask that you prayerfully consider sponsoring a child in his or her name. Give the gift of insight, perspective, and fellowship to your child this Christmas.
Like me, they may not fully grasp or understand the power that the gift holds. But the Lord's timing is perfect.
"I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in [them], will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." –Philippians 1:6 ESV
Merry Christmas.


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Book recommendations
This section is dedicated to book recommendations…
Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson
The daddy of all football tactics books. Explains the development of formations and systems from the frenetic 1-2-7 shape used in early British football in the 19th Century, right through to the strikerless systems used in recent years by Roma and Manchester United.
But it isn't a coaching manual, it's a historical account of how football has unfolded throughout the decades – bringing to life the great Hungary side of the 1950s by demonstrating quite how differently they approached the game, and outlining why Brazil were so fabulous to watch in the 1970s.
Direct links: Buy Inverting the Pyramid at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
How to Score, Ken Bray
Takes a scientific approach to analysing football games – for example, it explains how to put the optimal amount of swerve on a football at a free-kick.
Tactically it's most interesting in the first two chapters, it explains the development of football tactics in a briefer way than Inverting The Pyramid, although it is no replacement for that book and explains it in a more matter-of-fact way. The chapters about set-pieces are also interesting, and the highlight is the long-overdue analysis of penalty shoot-outs.
Direct links: Buy How to Score at Amazon.co.uk orAmazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Teambuilding, Rinus Michels
One of the most legendary books about a football team, its style and its tactics. Michels was the father of Total Football, and this book spends a lot of time reminiscing about his coaching career, but of more interest is his thoughts about the functions of the team, and there are also training drills in there too.
The book can be difficult to find – certainly brand new editions are – but it's well worth finding a second hand copy. Few other managers have gone to such length to explain their thinking, and very few as successful as Michels. Good reading in conjunction with A Perfect Orange, below.
Direct links: Buy Teambuilding at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Attacking Soccer, Massimo Lucchesi
A dream of a book for those interested in the theoretical concepts behind tactics and formations. It doesn't focus upon actual matches, particular teams or coaches. Instead, it lays out how different formations line up against each other.
As the title suggests, it focuses on how to break down the opposition, a welcome break from many tactics and coaching books which merely look at how to set out defensively. It also features diagrams on every page to break up what might otherwise seem a difficult read.
Direct links: Buy Attacking Soccer on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Why England Lose / Soccernomics, Simon Kuper
Or, to give it its full name outside the UK, "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey – and Even Iraq – Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport."
Not strictly about tactics (or even about tactics at all, really), but takes an interesting approach to football writing by dealing with statistics and economics, in relation to topics such as when to buy and sell players, and how goalkeepers have started to prepare more effectively for penalty shoot-outs.
Direct links: Buy Why England Lose at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Pay As You Play, Paul Tomkins
An interesting book comparing the transfer market records of every Premier League manager since the league was formed in 1992, and coming up with a way to measure their success based upon their total transfer market outlay, adjusted to take account of inflation.
Has a section on every club and every manager to have competed in the Premier League (ZM contributed passages on a couple of the coaches) and also has various tables and charts – good reading if you're interested in the financial side of the game.
Direct links: Buy Pay As You Play on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Soccer Modern Tactics, Alessandro Zauli
This should be one of the greatest books on football. It analyses formations and tactics and interviews some of the best coaches in the world including Carlo Ancelotti, Marcello Lippi, Arrigo Sacchi and talks to them specifically about their tactical outlook.
It also uses diagrams on almost every page, which is very welcome. Its downfall comes because the book is translated so poorly from Italian to English, which is very frustrating. The text is still readable, and if you can get over the poor translation, it's a fascinating read.
Direct links: Buy Soccer Modern Tactics at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Football and Chess, Adam Wells
How many times has a cautious tactical battle been described by the commentators as something like 'a game of chess' between the two managers? This site treats almost every match and footballing situation like that, and this book outlines why.
Taking both games together, it outlines the similarities under different subjects – creating space, stretching the defence, pressing, build-up play, dominating the midfield, using width – and explains why the two are similar. It also brings in classic matches from both games. No prior knowledge of chess is needed…
Direct links: Buy Football and Chess at Amazon.co.uk orAmazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Coaching the 4-4-2, Floriano Marziali and Vincenzo Mora
This is a coaching book rather than a nice light read, focusing purely upon a 4-4-2, primarily about what positions the defenders should take up in what situations, depending upon where the ball is. More than half the book consists of diagrams.
The downside is that it is entirely about the 4-4-2 formation – written in 1997, some of this can seem slightly outdated considering how many sides now play 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 systems. Still, it mainly looks at the defence, and with a back four still overwhelmingly popular, it's a useful resource.
Direct links: Buy Coaching the 4-4-2 on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Defensive soccer tactics, Jens Bangsbo and Birger Peitersen
Basically a coaching manual, but rather than simply offering drills (this makes up about half of the book) it also offers an overview of general subjects, and explains the differences between, and strengths and weaknesses of, zonal and man-to-man marking and covering.
It's not biased towards one system or the other, but it does offer an excellent overview of how to defend zonally in open play. It is all in relation to the training ground and how a coach can get his team to concede fewer goals, but a read of it makes you more aware of defensive movements within professional games.
Direct links: Buy Defensive Soccer Tactics at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
How to Coach a Soccer Team, Tony Carr
Tony Carr has been in charge of West Ham's academy for decades. Of England's initial 23-man squad that went to South Africa this summer, seven spent time training under Carr as a youth player – Michael Carrick, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, John Terry, Glen Johnson, Jermain Defoe and Rio Ferdinand.
This is basically an overall beginners' guide to coaching a side – most of the book contains drills and training methods in easy-to-understand language so is indispensable for a coach at amateur level, but the overall points make it an interesting read in general.
Direct links: Buy How to Coach a Soccer Team at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de orAmazon.fr
Moneyball, Michael Lewis
As the cover suggests, this isn't a book about football, it's a book about baseball. But the idea translates to any sport – it's a book about statistics, analysis of a particular game, and how to gain an advantage by thinking and acting in a revolutionary way.
You don't really need to know anything about baseball to understand what's going on (ZM has no knowledge of the sport whatsoever), if you're interested in the analytical side of football, you'll find it fascinating. A film was made of the story in 2011, but inevitably the book remains superior.
Direct links: Buy Moneyball at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Brilliant Orange, David Winner
A book about the history and culture of Dutch football. Explains the nature of how the game is played at youth levels in Holland, and puts forward an interesting argument for why the national team has so often underachieved at major tournaments – particularly interesting after the 2010 World Cup campaign.
In tactical terms, it is most interesting when outlining the true nature of the great Total Football system of the 1960s and 1970s, describing a system that was more intelligent, structured and methodical than is often implied in mainstream retrospective analysis.
Direct links: Buy Brilliant Orange at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
The Italian Job, Gianluca Vialli and Gabriele Marcotti
A top-name footballer linking up with a top-name football journalist to write a collaborative piece, focusing upon the differences between English and Italian football.
The chapter on tactics is very interesting and interviews some of Europe's top managers – Jose Mourinho outlines why his 4-3-3 shape at Chelsea was so effective, Arsene Wenger puts forward the argument that 4-4-2 covers space more effectively than any other system, and Sir Alex Ferguson claims to have never played a system with two out-and-out strikers in his career.
Direct links: Buy The Italian Job at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Calcio, John Foot
There seems to be more (English language) quality literature about Italian football than any other footballing culture. This book is a big read and mainly focuses upon the culture and history of Italian football, but it is a great introduction to calcio.
The section about catenaccio and stereotypical Italian defensive-minded play is interesting – Foot puts forward the view that Italians have rarely been more defensive than other nations, they've simply been better at defending, and therefore have relied upon their defensive abilities more than other nations have been able to.
Direct links: Buy Calcio at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Morbo, Phil Ball
This history of Spanish football came out in the early 2000s and was an interesting read because La Liga had come to the top of the UEFA coefficient standings, whilst Real Madrid had won three European Cups in five years. The national side, however, continued to underachieve.
Following Spain's successes in 2008 and 2010, it's even more enlightening, explaining the traditions and culture of Spanish football, the influence of the Franco regime and the regional differences within the country that have shaped the attitude of the European and World Champions.
Direct links: Buy Morbo at Amazon.co.uk at Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.CA or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Futebol, Alex Bellos
The best book around about the most successful footballing nation in the world. As with many of these books, the obvious line is that it is 'not just a book about Brazilian football, but also one about Brazilian culture'.
But as interesting as some of the more general parts of the book are, it is at its best when discussing the actual football, after all, Brazil has probably the most distinctive way of playing the game of any national side. The parts about some of the great characters (the likes of Pele and Zico) and the great games, like the 1950 and 1970 World Cup finals – are excellent.
Direct links: Buy Futebol on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Behind the Curtain, Jonathan Wilson
A book on Eastern European football, dedicating a chapter each to various different countries: Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro (as it was then), Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.
It's a fairly breathless tour, but the structure of the book means everything is easy to follow. It combines history with personal anecdotes and teaches you an awful amount about countries you know little of – both in simple football terms and on a broader level.
Englischer Fussball, Raphael Honigstein
A book looking at the nature of English football from a German perspective might seem an unusual way to approach the subject, but look at some of England's biggest moments – 1966, 1990, 1996 – and it's interesting to know how they were viewed in Germany.
In those famous defeats in 1990 and 1996 England were defeated on penalties, but in 2010 England were inferior in terms of tactics, fitness, technique and mentality, making this book an even more interesting read. But overall it's simply an honest, brutal but humorous take on English football, regardless of the author's nationality.
Direct links: Buy Englischer Fussball on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Tor, Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
The best book about a footballing nation surprisingly overlooked in a lot of good football literature. The subheading is 'the story of German football' and it is just that – a story rather than a mere history.
Football on the pitch generally takes a backseat, as there is more focus on football in relation to political and cultural events in Germany. From discussing how teams picked up some slightly unusual names to the surprisingly late development of the national league becoming professional, it is perhaps the most comprehensive of any of the 'national history' books on this list.
Direct links: Buy Tor! on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
A Season with Verona, Tim Parks
This book has nothing to do with football on the pitch – and there's little or no analysis or discussion of football as a game.
It is, however, a great book about following a football team. Parks travels around Italy for the 2000/01 side with the Hellas Veronas ultras and writes about his experiences. It's as simple as that, but very well done. On another note, it's amazing how many of the players here went onto greater things – Adrian Mutu, Alberto Gilardino, Massimo Oddo, Martin Laursen and Mauro Camoranesi amongst them.
Direct links: Buy A Season With Verona at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de orAmazon.fr
Barca, Jimmy Burns
Barcelona are one of the most fascinating club sides in the world: how they nurture players and create a distinctive, cohesive playing style. Off-pitch political issues are equally important in understanding the nature of the club, and both aspects are covered at length here.
The most interest comes from the Dutch influence on the side, mainly centred upon Johan Cruyff's impact both as a player and a manager. There is a direct line from his era down to the Guardiola years, where Barcelona have established themselves as arguably the most influential side in Europe in terms of playing style.
Direct links: Buy Barca at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de orAmazon.fr
So Paddy Got Up, Various (including ZM)
A compilation of various articles about Arsenal from various writers, put together by the writer of the acclaimed Arseblog site. It includes chapters on the history of the club, on individual players, on finances, on board members and much more.
ZM's contribution is on…tactics, of course. Discussing Arsene Wenger's 15-year reign on the pitch, the evolution of the side he inherited into a team of his own at the turn of the century, and then the attractive but broadly unsuccessful side of the last few years.
Direct links: Arseblog
Capello, Gabriele Marcotti
"The man behind England's World Cup dream" is no longer accurate, but this book is an excellent read. Starting with Capello's childhood, moving through his playing career and dissecting his managerial spells around Italy, it's a brilliantly comprehensive biography.
The best bits are when the focus is on his reign at two Italian clubs: Milan, where he took over from the legendary Arrigo Sacchi, and Roma, where he built a fantastic side playing 3-4-1-2 with Francesco Totti as the trequartista and captain.
Direct links: Buy Capello at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr
Cantona, Philippe Auclair
A brilliant portrait of one of the most fascinating characters in English football. This is both an ordinary biography and a highly unusual one – it covers Cantona's career from childhood to retirement, but also considers various factors not specific to Cantona's life – musings upon the peculiarity and beauty of football. That's probably appropriate considering the subject of the biography.
Though the peak of his career was spent in England, some of the more fascinating parts of the book involve his difficult relationship with the national side, and his reputation back home.
Direct links: Buy Cantona at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com or Amazon.ca or Amazon.de or Amazon.fr


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Justin Bieber has hit headlines in Australia again after a guest at a hotel in Perth lodged a complaint over the star's behaviour.
The Baby singer concluded the Down Under leg of his Believe world tour in Perth on Sunday, and he spent the hours leading up to the show relaxing by a swimming pool at the Hyatt Regency hotel.
However, a fellow guest at the hotel lodged a complaint against the star over allegations she heard him shout nasty comments at a group of young girls who were sunbathing in bikinis.
Helen Robinett, from Melbourne, tells The West Australian publication, "There were four young girls in bikinis. One girl who was gorgeous looking, with long dark hair and would have been about a size 14. Justin looked over at her and said 'What are you, Hawaiian or something?' She said 'No, I'm not'. Then he said 'You look like a beached whale'… The girl said 'Are you serious' and he said 'You should go on (weight loss TV show) The Biggest Loser'… The whole pool deck heard him call this beautiful young girl a beached whale. Everyone heard. And there was silence. It was almost like his security were used to it."
Hyatt Regency marketing communications manager Rachelle Taylor refused to comment on the alleged incident, but added, "We are a hotel, we have hundreds of guests staying with us, we simply cannot speak on behalf of every single guest that comes in and interacts with another guest. But obviously we want all our guests to feel comfortable and not intimated by anyone. We have security, as do any VIP guests, they have their own security."
During the last show of Bieber's tour, the singer thanked his Australian fans for standing by him during his tumultuous trip Down Under, telling the audience at the Perth Arena, "You guys have stood by me. I love you so much…" before later adding, "I'm sorry if I seem a little upset. This is just my last show, you know. I feel a little sad but I'm also really happy to be spending the last night here in Perth, Australia."
Bieber's jaunt Down Under has been marred by controversy – a member of his entourage was detained by police at an airport in Brisbane on suspicion of carrying marijuana, while the star himself was reprimanded by cops for allegedly making an insulting remark to customs officers. He also incurred the wrath of parents for starting a number of his shows late and leaving his young fans waiting, while the Gold Coast's mayor took aim at the star for daubing graffiti on a wall in the grounds of a hotel in the area.
Justin Bieber has hit headlines in Australia again after a guest at a hotel in Perth lodged a complaint over the star's behaviour.


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The Wii is such a beautiful system. It has clean lines, a small form factor, and is more inviting than high-tech looking. You look at it and you just want to play with it. The only problem is that after you've added a few Wavebird sensors and GameCube memory cards it starts to look like the system has some tumors. We've had many comments in here about how ugly the system gets when you're playing GameCube games. Frank took a look at a mod that moved the controller ports to the front of the system, but this solution is the cleanest yet: adding the wireless sensor to the inside of the system.
The mod looks pretty hardcore; with my lack of soldering and wire-stripping skills I don't think I'd ever give it a shot. The writeup on what exactly you need to do is well-done, though, with clear instructions. The author makes it look easier than it probably is, and that's the mark of a good modder. The post features diagrams and further links that scare me, but should make electrical geeks in the audience ready to tackle this one.
I'd be more than willing to pay more than $250 for a Wii with this mod already installed. If anyone wants to start up a business, they'd probably have mine. If you give this a try, be sure to drop me a line and maybe some pictures. I'd love to hear about your experiences.


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In a preliminary hearing marked by graphic testimony from a witness, former Montrose District Attorney Myrl Serra was ordered Friday to face trial on sexual misconduct charges related to three of his former employees in the prosecutor's office.
Serra appeared relaxed during the two-hour hearing while an alleged victim who testified rocked nervously in the witness seat and was comforted by friends and victim advocates during breaks. The victim recounted how Serra grabbed her hand and forced her to touch his penis after he called her into his office at the Montrose Justice Center in April. Defense attorney Colin Bresee, during cross-examination, attempted to show that the victim had changed her story over six months and that anything that occurred between Serra and the victim was consensual. He pointed out that she had texted Serra 63 times the day of the alleged offense. She denied that she wanted to have a sexual relationship with Serra.


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I'm mainly interested in opinions on the trade-offs between having a single central server all the websites connect to as opposed to each website mirroring a subset of the master database with all the products in it. For example, will I run into severe performance issues (or even security issues, or restrictions) making queries to an offsite database? Will we hit scalability issues we can't handle early on from the sheer bandwidth required to maintain this? If we do go with something like a script that keeps smaller databases (each containing a subset of the central master data) in sync, what sorts of issues will we likely encounter there? I would really like the opinions of people far more knowledgeable than I am regarding the pros and cons of both setups and what headaches we are likely to encounter.
CLARIFICATION: This should not be viewed as a question about whether we should implement one database vs multiple databases. This question has been answered numerous times. The question is regarding the pros and cons for a deployment like this having the ability to manage all the websites centrally (one server) vs trying to keep them all in sync if they each have their own db (multiple servers).
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE: We are a t-shirt company, and we have individual websites for our different kinds of t-shirts, but we're looking at a central order management integrated with our single shopping cart (which is ColdFusion + MySQL). Now, let's say we have a t-shirt that's on 10 of our websites and we change an image for it. Ideally we would change that in one place and the change would propagate, but how would we set this up?


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Late last month, Keelung Mayor Chang Tung-jung (張通榮) was sentenced by the Keelung District Court to one year and eight months in prison, suspended for five years, for freeing a detained person and influence peddling.
The motion to impeach Chang has been presented twice to the Control Yuan, and has failed both times, setting off public protests. A motion to impeach him a third time cannot be lawfully made.
The offenses committed in this strange case involve violations of the law, but do not constitute dereliction of duty if it is to be believed that the decision to not impeach Chang is the correct response by the Control Yuan.
According to Article 2 of the Discipline of Civil Servants Act (公務員懲戒法), civil servants may be disciplined for breaking the law, for negligence and for dereliction of duty. In addition, according to Article 84 of the Local Government Act (地方制度法), local government leaders who are to be punished for having broken the law or dereliction of duty should be treated in the same way as political appointees: that is with dismissal or a reprimand.
Officials of Chang's level are elected representatives and the decision whether to dismiss them or keep them on is determined by public opinion at the voting polls. This, however, makes it difficult to rely on other punishments such as suspension, demotion, reduced salary or demerit in order to see justice done, and it highlights the restrictions that apply to proceedings to punish elected government leaders.
Since civil servants may be punished for reasons other than violations of the law, they can still be held accountable according to Article 32 of the Discipline of Civil Servants Act even if they are not charged with a crime, if a criminal case against them has been dismissed or if they have been pronounced not guilty in a criminal court.
In other words, as long as such behavior has occurred and as long as it has impeded the execution of official duties, the Control Yuan has an obligation to initiate impeachment proceedings in order to let the Committee on the Discipline of Public Functionaries review the case without regard to any decisions made by criminal courts.
When it comes to criminal trials of civil servants for dereliction of duty in particular, courts frequently issue not-guilty verdicts due to the restrictions imposed on them by the rules on admission of evidence and other applicable legal provisions. Resorting to administrative punishment can make up for these shortcomings and help us attain the goal of clean politics.
In the case of Chang's influence peddling, there is clear evidence of his demanding that the police officer release a person arrested for drunk driving and, after the district court issued a guilty verdict, this means that not only is this a case of major dereliction of duty, it is also a criminal offense. These are grounds for impeachment and punishment that leave the Control Yuan no room for discretion.
Despite this, the request for Chang's impeachment has been rejected twice, and these decisions constitute major dereliction of duty and clear neglect of the letter of the law by the Control Yuan.
The implication of these decisions is that the control branch has placed itself above both the legislative and the judicial branches, and this represents a level of legal violation and dereliction of duty that is no less serious than are the offenses of which Chang has been deemed guilty.


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|Famous model..Uh..JK, it's just me.
Marissa and I began the evening at the cocktail dinner provided in the VIP tent. I'm sure we were surrounded by important people, though - I definitely could not tell you who they were but I can tell you that the appetizers were delicious. In fact, I was much too preoccupied with eating the shrimp with mango pieces and exclaiming out-loud to Marissa "THIS IS SO COOL" to take many pictures. Surround me with free food and free drinks and basically everything else is just white noise...
Irina Kulikova (model) & Monica Cruz
*Alesha performed at the show that night
*Monica is Penelope's sister and was there to present their clothing line, Biaggini Violett.
And thanks to Tilllate.com for snapping pictures of the crowd which was the most interesting to me! Observations below:
-And since I didn't make the not-so-good dressed list here, you can go check out Zurich streetstyle photographer Tina Weiss's sight for a pretty blunt opinion of the outfits of the evening.
Basically, I wish I could make you look at EVERY picture and talk about them with me, but we all have ADD attention spans so I will not. I had a really great time hanging out with Marissa and checking everyone out before the show. While I didn't know what to expect, I didn't see THAT many amazing outfits - which I guess is what I unconsciously expected. We are in Switzerland - there is just not much choice for shopping when local malls are flooded with stores like Chicoree and Tally Weijl and H&M. You really have to go out of your way to shop creatively and find boutiques with unique or different clothes. Switzerland as a whole is just not known right now for fashion - but there are some people that do stand out on the streets. (You could actually probably describe most countries like this). But, that being said, I really think that the new Zurich Fashion Days will help inspire people and based on the Up and Coming Designers show - I think that Zurich is on the right track to become noticed in the greater International Fashion Industry.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the designs from the Opening Night Show then Tuesday I'll cover the Up&Coming Swiss Designers Show (and more about the shoe vending machine of course!)
AND, if you made it this far and still read everything - I'm impressed and thank you =)


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Sacrosidase (Oral route)
Brand Names:
- Sucraid
Dosage Forms:
- Solution
Gastrointestinal Agent
Uses of This Medicine:
Sacrosidase is used to replace the sucrase enzyme in your body. This enzyme helps digest and absorb sucrose (sugar). It is used in certain conditions (e.g., congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency or CSID) where the body is not making enough sucrase.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Before Using This Medicine:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of sacrosidase in children and infants over 5 months of age.
Older adults—
No information is available on the relationship of age to the effects of sacrosidase in geriatric patients.
|Pregnancy Category
|All Trimesters
|Animal studies have shown an adverse effect and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women OR no animal studies have been conducted and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Other medicines—
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Other interactions—
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Other medical problems—
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Diabetes—Use with caution. May make this condition worse.
- Glycerin (glycerol) allergy or
- Papain allergy or
- Yeast allergy—Should not use in patients with these conditions.
Proper Use of This Medicine:
Take this medicine exactly as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered.
You or your child might take the first and second dose of this medicine at your doctor's office. This is done to see if you or your child are allergic to the medicine.
This medicine comes with a patient information insert. Read and follow the instructions in the insert carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
Mix each dose of this medicine in 2 to 4 ounces (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup) of milk, water, or infant formula. Do not heat the medicine or mix it in warm or hot beverages. Hot liquids could cause it to break down and not work as well. Also, do not mix the medicine with fruit juice because the acid in the juice could cause it to break down.
Measure your dose by using the scoop that comes with the medicine or by counting the correct number of drops from the bottle. Rinse the dosing scoop with water after each use.
Take sacrosidase with meals or snacks. It is best to take about half of the dose at the beginning of the meal or snack and the rest at the end.
Your doctor may tell you or your child to limit the amount of starch that you eat. Carefully follow any special diet that your doctor gives you.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For oral dosage form (solution):
- To help digest sugar:
- Adults, teenagers, and children weighing more than 15 kilograms (kg)—2 milliliters (mL) (56 drops) with each meal or snack during the day.
- Children weighing up to 15 kg—1 mL (28 drops) with each meal or snack during the day.
- To help digest sugar:
Missed dose—
If you miss a dose of this medicine, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Store in the refrigerator. Do not freeze.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Throw away any unused medicine 4 weeks after opening the bottle. You should write down the date that you opened the medicine on the bottom of the bottle to help you remember.
Precautions While Using This Medicine:
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits, to see if this medicine is working properly and to decide if you should continue to take it.
Sacrosidase may cause serious allergic reactions. Check with your doctor right away if you or your child have a rash; itching; swelling of the face, tongue, and throat; trouble with breathing; or chest pain after you use this medicine.
Your doctor may order a skin test before you or your child start using this medicine. The skin test is used to see if you have an allergy to sacrosidase. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your home has ever had a positive skin test reaction to sacrosidase.
This medicine will help your body absorb sugar. This might change the level of sugar in your blood and urine. If you or your child have diabetes, you might need to measure your blood or urine sugar more often. Check with your doctor before changing your diet or the dose of your diabetes medicine.
Side Effects of This Medicine:
- Incidence not known
- Chest pain
- increase in heart rate
- itching
- nervousness
- rapid breathing
- rash
- swelling of the face, tongue, and throat
- wheezing or troubled breathing
- Less common
- Abdominal or stomach pain
- confusion
- constipation
- decreased urination
- diarrhea
- dizziness
- dry mouth
- fainting
- headache
- increased thirst
- lightheadedness
- nausea and vomiting
- sleeplessness
- sunken eyes
- thirst
- trouble with sleeping
- unable to sleep
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- wrinkled skin
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Last Updated: 9/5/2019


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The following is a guest post from Pauline Paquin, a French girl who has recently started to blog over at Reach Financial Independence. Pauline blogs about how she has been traveling the world for the past 10 years, while trying to build wealth and achieve financial independence, and how you can follow your dreams and reach your goals too. You can follow Pauline on Twitter @RFIndependence. Pauline and I are blog swapping today, so head over to her site and read my post about ways to take care of your eyes when traveling. If you would like to guest post, please see the guidelines and contact me, and you still have a few days to enter the giveaway for $100. Traveling to Europe doesn't have to be expensive, even though the Euro is pretty high these days. With some careful planning, you can secure good deals on flights, accommodation, and attractions. Find a Cheap Flight to Europe First, search until you are blue! Depending on the day, the time, the length of you stay, and the route you chose, you can find great variations of price. For example, I just flew from Brussels to Cancún, Mexico. Flying from Paris ...Read More »
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Personalization is here! Wait, it was kind of already here, so now is it "totally" here?
It's often hard to dissect how far we are into personalization already as we work past the ramblings of many who are angry that Google and Bing might actually know something about them. We also have to look back at where we've been as well, and as SEOs, formulate where we need to go in the future.
Personalization is the logical next step in the progression of the top search engines. In Google alone, we have seen the entry of local results, the birth of universal search, the Caffeine update, Google Instant, and Search Plus Your World. This shows that our content marketing efforts need to be fresh, fast, and – most importantly – relevant.
Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt reinforced the fact that changes to search are on the horizon.
"Google search will continue to become more personalized, getting away from the '10 link' approach that we see in search results today," Schmidt said at the Mobile World Congress.
So, why is everyone so mad? In the previous context, Google wants to give us the most relevant results possible even if it is a little creepy. I'm willing to accept the creepiness of artificial intelligence knowing everything about me in order to make my life easier via extremely relevant search results.
When GPS systems became a featured component in newer cars did we freak out that a computer knew where we were? Did we pull over and look for our horse and buggy? No, we appreciated the convenience and it probably saved a few headaches getting to our destination. This is simply the same thing that search engine personalization is evolving into.
How Does Personalization Affect SEO?
First off, Google and Bing are becoming smarter at corralling SEOs into today's search model. The days of building out pages with content just to target a certain term, building some links, and walking away are over.
Optimized sites/content are now becoming a vehicle for forward facing web marketing. Content must have likability. It must be shared and be of the quality that will be passed among the masses socially. In the future, the algorithm won't accept that you feature some keyword terms on a page and some randomly associated links.
Gone are the days of waiting for traffic to arrive at your site. Instead of building a website, now you're building a brand. A brand that delivers content through news outlets, a brand that is engaged in social media, a brand that pushes content through email and through other avenues just to name a few.
The creation of quality content, as well as the strategic delivery of content, helps to propel it to more people and help it gain interest. With this, one will be presented with results that feature their friends' desired content and content similar to what they have searched before. If you have viewed content in YouTube, Google will remember this as with the content of your Gmail, and so on.
Now, some SEOs may begin to think that "standard SEO" is dead. It's not.
As we move forward, we still have to concentrate on indexing, "crawlability," and information organization. We're only being asked to think outside the box and to create content of quality that generate attention. We will need to think more about the returning visitor and being in one's Google Web History, than so intently focused on the new visitor.
Be Relevant
Your content needs to be more than spammy attempts to rank a page for targeted terms. Think outside of keyword terms you would monitor on a ranking report as rankings will fluctuate now even more from user to user.
Be the "owner" of a keyword theme. Build your brand around that theme and picture your internal pages as support for that overall theme.
Content is still king and being known for quality content will warrant a returning visit or shared content. With progression toward Google's Knowledge Graph, we have to also remember that search engines want to shy away from the older model of matching keyword queries to text and gain a better understanding of the meaning and relationship of text on a page.
This "entity" matching model shows that we need to think of a piece of content as a whole rather than the instances of a keyword phrase. Nearly two years ago Google bought Freebase, a community-built knowledge base featuring 12 million relational entities.
Amit Singhal, Google Fellow, revealed in a recent Mashable interview that Google aimed to "build a huge knowledge graph of interconnected entities and their attributes." Currently, thanks to Google technology, the amount of canonical entities is now over 200 million. This goes to show that Google is now not relying on content to match a query but using its own artificial intelligence to gain a contextual understanding of what your content is about.
So, old outdated content is out and I would shy away from the sexy Flash graphic with a few sentences underneath it. That isn't something to be deemed as sharable and you also didn't help the crawling bot to understand the theme of your page.
Be Fresh
Google wants to deliver fresh content and personalize it to a user. Do you feed news to Google? Are you continuously feeding your standard/image/video XML sitemaps to Google to show updates?
As Ben Gomes of Google recently stated in a ReadWriteWeb interview, "We're really quickly crawling the content that's changing fast. The content that doesn't change as fast, we don't crawl as often. And then, we've gotten really good at bringing that data from the Web to the user in a very short period of time."
This falls back to standard SEO arena of indexing and crawling frequency. We have to set forth in promoting our content to users to become a preferred personalized listing but also remember we have to promote content to the search engines too.
Be Social
This point hints on the two above. Build a brand, generate a following, and do this with fresh and relevant content. Your users will like it and so will their friends.
Informative content will be passed by humans and shown by search engines. Have you employed Like/Share functionality across your site? Managing a site with no social sharing ability is like going to a networking function and sitting in the corner with a veil over your face. You can watch everyone talking and sharing but at the end of the day you were left to hold your content all to yourself.
The evolution of personalization will have a strong emphasis on social interests of groups as this will show potentially preferred interest in certain content.
SEOs are being asked to continue to do what we should have been doing over the last few years, move off-site. The days of "here is my site, come visit" are over.
You should be available in mobile, local, and now more than ever in social. Today's search engines are matching intent with interests. You must be found at the point of adding context to content.
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Tips to qualify link building prospects in minutes
How to qualify link building prospects in a simple method. Obtain a list of relevant prospects in several minutes rather than taking days of manual work.
How improved Google ratings impact conversions
In the data set that I used businesses were found via non-branded searches 70% of the time vs. 30% of the time via a branded search.
Four ways to use marketing feedback loop to optimize SEO efforts
A marketing feedback loop is when a business uses responses they get from a campaign or product on the social web. Ways to identify and use it to improve SEO.


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iPhone 3G S unlock path discovered
Liberation from O2, AT&T etc coming soon?
Hardware hackers the iPhone Dev Team claim to have discovered a way to both unlock and jailbreak the new iPhone 3G S.
The group said that the so-called '24Kpwn' exploit – originally identified on the iPhone 2G – "is still applicable to the boot Rom of the iPhone 3G S".
The team thinks the exploit is the result of Apple signing off on the 3G S' boot Rom back in August 2008 – before the 24Kpwn exploit was exposed.
Thanks to this discovery, the group claimed that the latest iPhone model can be jailbroken and unlocked using a similar technique to that used by the team's famous redsn0w tool to free earlier iPhone models from O2's clutches.
The iPhone Dev Team hasn't said how long it'll take to update redsn0w, its tool for unlocking the iPhone 3G, so sit tight. ®
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