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Charles R. Drew: Athlete, Surgeon, Innovator, Mentor!Print Page
grade level: 7–8 | subject - history and social studies
time needed
two 45-minute class periods
Students explore the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers website to learn the concept and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and about Charles R. Drew, MD, an African American surgeon. In Class 1, students are introduced to Dr. Drew through selected visual and textual materials about him, which they use to define what primary and secondary sources are. Students read an excerpt of the site's biographical text, then create their KWL chart about Dr. Drew and identify primary sources related to the excerpt. In Class 2, students work with Dr. Drew's biographical information, write summaries of their readings, and complete the KWL chart that includes the historical context in which Dr. Drew lived. As a class, students construct a timeline of Dr. Drew's life and are assigned to write an essay about him, including primary sources, a secondary source quotation, and information about a relevant historical event or context.
- learning outcomes
Students will be able to
- Understand the concept of primary and secondary sources and be able to distinguish between the two types of sources.
- Analyze and interpret details from online primary and secondary sources, describing the work and legacy of Charles R. Drew, MD.
- Write about one of Dr. Drew's accomplishments, supported by a selection of primary and secondary sources.
- Identify at least one historical event or context that influenced Dr. Drew.
- background information
African American surgeon Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) has been called "the father of the blood bank," for his outstanding role in conceiving, organizing, and directing America's first large-scale blood banking program during the early years of World War II. While best known for the blood bank work, Drew devoted much of his career to raising the standards of African American medical education at Howard University, where he trained a generation of outstanding surgeons, and worked to break through the barriers that segregation imposed on black physicians. His premature death in a car accident generated enduring stories that he was a victim of medical segregation, though this was repeatedly proven false.
(Excerpted from "Biographical Information" in Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers. http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/BG/p-nid/336. Courtesy National Library of Medicine)
Teachers are encouraged to review extensive materials about Dr. Drew, his achievements, and his legacy that are used as source materials for the class, by becoming familiar with the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers website.CloseClose All
- vocabulary
The following words may be introduced or incorporated during class discussion: primary source, secondary source, attain, acclaim, personification, predicament, illustration, segregation, Great Depression, World War I, World War II.
There may be additional vocabulary terms students look up during the course of the lesson, depending on their assigned passages.CloseClose All
- materials
Internet access to the following websites:
- Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers
[If there is no access to the Internet in the classroom, display or hand out copies of the materials listed under the "Handouts" section below.]
- Introduction: Charles Richard Drew (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's Introduction: Charles Richard Drew (PDF)
- Optional, Definitions: Primary and Secondary Sources (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's Definitions: Primary and Secondary Sources (PDF)
- Optional, Quiz: Primary and Secondary Sources (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's Quiz: Primary and Secondary Sources (PDF)
- An Excerpt from "Biographical Information" (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's an Excerpt from "Biographical Information" (PDF)
- Charles R. Drew: Primary Sources (PDF), if no access to the Internet (class 1, step 9)
- KWL Chart: Charles R. Drew, MD (PDF) (MSWord)
- Biographical Information: Paragraph Assignments (PDF)
- Biographical Information: Brief Chronology (PDF)
- Biography Summary: Charles R. Drew, MD (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's Biography Summary: Charles R. Drew, MD (PDF)
- Teacher's Primary Sources (PDF), if no access to the Internet (class 2, step 6)
- Charles Drew Timeline (PDF) (MSWord); Teacher's Charles Drew Timeline (PDF)
- Essay: Charles R. Drew, MD (PDF) (MSWord)
- Extension Activity Excerpts (PDF) (MSWord)
- Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers
- class 1 procedures
- Ask students whether they know of Dr. Charles Richard Drew. If yes, have a student or two volunteer to briefly share how and what they already know. If not, proceed to the next step.
- Show students the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers site and hand out copies of Introduction: Charles Richard Drew to students. Tell students that they will use this online exhibition to learn about Dr. Drew, an influential American.
- Read aloud the first paragraph. Optionally, read it a second time and model vocabulary work-understanding meaning in the context of a sentence, deconstructing, or looking a word up in a dictionary, etc.
- Have students work in pairs and answer the following questions based on the information on the Introduction: Charles Richard Drew handout:
- What are your observations on the portrait?
- What information can you gather about Dr. Drew from the text?
- What do you already know about historical events and the setting during which Dr. Drew lived?
- Call on several student pairs to share their answers to the above questions. See Teacher's Introduction: Charles Richard Drew for discussion guide.
- (Optional) Assess whether students understand what primary and secondary sources are by taking a poll on whether the photo (primary) and the text (secondary) are primary or secondary sources. If needed, conduct a review activity with Definitions: Primary and Secondary Sources and Quiz: Primary and Secondary Sources. See facilitation guide in Teacher's Definitions: Primary and Secondary Sources and Teacher's Quiz: Primary and Secondary Sources.
- Display the "Biographical Information" page or An Excerpt from "Biographical Information", from the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers site, and read aloud the paragraph-"Washington was still...to become an electrical engineer."
- Hand out copies of An Excerpt from "Biographical Information" to students, and work as a whole class or assign student pairs to re-read the text and answer the questions on the handout. See Teacher's an Excerpt from "Biographical Information" for possible answers.
- Assign student pairs to look at the primary source items in the "Photographic prints" and "School records" sections of the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers website, and identify at least two items related to Dr. Drew as a young athlete.
[Note: If students don't have access to the Internet to view the website, have students work in pairs to examine the primary sources from the Charles R. Drew: Primary Sources handout, and select primary sources that support the excerpt text.]
- Distribute copies of KWL Chart: Charles R. Drew, MD to students, and have them complete the "Know" and "Want to Know" columns using their handout materials from this class.
- Have 3-5 students work together to share and revise what they "know" and "want to know" based on the small group discussion. Afterwards, allow several students to present one or two of their own "know" and "want to know" items.
- Class 1 Evaluations: In addition to class participation, completed handouts may be used for assessment of student comprehension and progress.
- class 2 procedures
- Display the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers site or the Introduction handout, and return to students their copies of KWL Chart: Charles R. Drew, MD from Class 1.
- Review as a class the various items from the "know" column, while relating them to relevant primary/secondary sources that have supported students' knowledge about Dr. Drew. Then review students' items from the "want to know" column.
- Tell students that the class will work together to learn more about Dr. Drew so that some of their "want to know" items can move into the "learned" column.
- Display the "Biographical Information" web page. Have students pair up and assign each pair one or two paragraphs (including the quote at the top) of the "Biographical Information" text. See Biographical Information: Paragraph Assignments.
- Hand out copies of Biography Summary: Charles R. Drew, MD and Biographical Information: Brief Chronology. Review the tasks on the Biography Summary handout, addressing any questions students may have.
- Allow student pairs to work on a computer and complete the tasks on Biography Summary: Charles R. Drew, MD including completing the "learned" column on their KWL Chart handouts for the task #8 of the biography assignment.
Alternatively, if there is no access to the Internet, have student pairs work with copies of one of the six Biographical Information: Paragraph Assignments. For #7 task, display or handout printouts of primary sources from the website-see Teacher's Primary Sources for a suggested list of items to printout or display.
- Have student pairs present so that the full biography text and related primary sources are reviewed as a class. Allow students to add items to "learned column" on their KWL Chart handouts based on the presentations. See Teacher's Biography Summary: Charles R. Drew, MD.
- Tell students that they will put their knowledge about Dr. Drew together with what they have learned about U.S. and World History during his life time.
- Display Biographical Information: Brief Chronology, hand out copies of Charles Drew Timeline to students, and complete the "Charles Drew Biography" and "Relevant Primary Sources" columns. See Teacher's Charles Drew Timeline.
- Have students work in pairs to complete the "HISTORICAL CONTEXT" column on the Charles Drew Timeline handout. Then have several pairs share their historical context entries. See Teacher's Charles Drew Timeline.
- Ask students what they consider key historical events or settings that influenced Dr. Drew's life as a person or as a medical scientist. Have students consider how their understanding of Dr. Drew's work and accomplishments are enhanced by taking into account the historical setting in which he lived.
- Distribute Essay: Charles R. Drew, MD assignment. Review the assignment requirements and rubrics with students. Students should write the essay for homework.
- Class 2 Evaluations: In addition to class participation, teachers can use students' completed handouts to assess their progress in meeting the learning outcomes.
- evaluations and extension activities
In addition to observing and assessing students during class discussions, teachers can evaluate student progress and understanding of the topic by reviewing completed handouts and the essay assignment collected from students.Extension Activity:
- Put 3-4 students into writing-workshop groups and have them revise their essay on Dr. Drew, then create a group poster presentation that includes at least five photos and three documents from the Profiles in Science: The Charles R. Drew Papers site.
- Have students choose and study at least two excerpts from Extension Activity Excerpts in order to create a presentation that focuses on the connection between Dr. Drew's success in the medical field and his experiences in other parts of his life. Provide students with examples of possible topics, such as
- Coaching at Morgan State and being part of the surgery department at Howard;
- Being a mentor as a professor/doctor and being an athletic coach;
- Being a leader in the African American community and an innovative doctor; or
- Dedication to his wife/family and to his career
- National Education Standards
Common Core State Standards: Literacy in History/Social Studies
- Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
- Determine the central ideas of information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
- Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose.
- Integrate visual information (E.G., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and the style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- Distinguish between past, present, and future time.
- Identify the temporal structure of a historical narrative or story: its beginning, middle, and end (the latter defined as the outcome of a particular beginning).
- Interpret data presented in time lines and create time lines by designating appropriate equidistant intervals of time and recording events according to the temporal order in which they occurred.
- Identify the author or source of the historical document or narrative.
- Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage by identifying who was involved, what happened, where it happened, what events led to these developments, and what consequences or outcomes followed.
- Draw upon the visual, literary, and musical sources including: (a) photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings; (b) novels, poetry, and plays; and, (c) folk, popular and classical music, to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.
- Consider multiple perspectives of various peoples in the past by demonstrating their differing motives, beliefs, interests, hopes, and fears.
- Obtain historical data from a variety of sources, including: library and museum collections, historic sites, historical photos, journals, diaries, eyewitness accounts, newspapers, and the like; documentary films, oral testimony from living witnesses, censuses, tax records, city directories, statistical compilations, and economic indicators.


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This season offered a lot of twists and turns, and its finale did not disappoint.
After Clayface was made to look like Jim, he met the strike team at the gates to call off the raid of Indian Hill. Sent by Penguin, Barbara went to the police station to talk to Jim but discovered that it was Basil in disguise. She punched him, distorting his face and revealing his true nature. This led Bullock and Alfred to lead an assault on Indian Hill.
Nygma tried to get answers from Lucius and Bruce, while Strange interrogated Jim. Strange tells his superior that the trio knew nothing about who actually ran Wayne Industries. Despite this, she orders him to cover his tracks by setting off a bomb, with all of the test subjects, Jim, Bruce, and Lucius trapped inside. Despite Nygma's assistance, he too is locked in a cell to die in the bomb blast.
Selena had taken on the role of sidekick to Firefly, which she uses to help free Bruce and the others. This led to a battle of fire and ice between Firefly and Victor Fries. Strange, hit in the crossfire, fears for his monsters and the bomb that will destroy them all.
Fish Mooney had escaped her cell using her new mind control powers. She made her way outside to the bus full of Strange's monsters but was trapped in the gates as the complex went into lockdown.
Nygma helps to cut the power and open the security gates so that Jim and Lucius can get to where the bomb is located. This allows Fish to drive the bus full of Strange's monsters out the gates.
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The bus full of monsters tears through the streets of Gotham. A lone GCPD squad car attempts to stop the bus but is destroyed by Penguin and Butch, who are looking to take revenge on Strange. Instead of Strange, though, they find Fish Mooney, leading Penguin to faint and Butch and the gang to run away in terror. Fish flounces away from the crash, leaving the monsters still inside the bus.
A homeless woman, hearing cries for help, opens the bus's emergency door, freeing a menagerie of horrors. Instead of hurting her, they thank her and make their way into Gotham. We hear a laugh similar to Jerome's and see creatures similar to members of Batman's Rogues Gallery. Bane, Killer Croc, and a boy similar to Bruce Wayne are just a few of these.
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I find myself saying that quite often. And it always follows on from when something has gone wrong. I do the post-mortem.
Why did I do that? Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
It might have been an impulse buy. It could have been a career decision. It may have just been a choice of route on a journey. But if things go wrong, I will ask the question and I will answer… it seemed like a good idea at the time.
The end of Genesis finds Joseph and the family safe and sound in Egypt. They have survived the famine, found one another and now have enough to eat. They can settle down and watch The Ankh Factor. Everything seems fine and all is well. Of course, as we'll find out, things don't stay that way, and very tough times are ahead. All because they have moved to Egypt. Well, with the famine and all that, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
The big picture
One advantage we have when reading the Bible is that we can see the big picture, the whole story of the Bible, yes the Big Bible. We know that without moving to Egypt, God wouldn't have been able to redeem his people. And that is quite important when it comes to the creation of the Hebrew nation and for God's ultimate redeeming act through the incarnation.
But that doesn't take away any of the pain, hurt and despair that went with the later generations' time in Egypt. It may have been great for Joseph and the family, a really good idea at the time, but several generations as slaves will have led some to ask, 'why did they do that?'
Messy Bible
This is another of the things I love about the Bible. It is messy. It deals with real people and real people's lives. We still make decisions that may look good at the moment, but down the line may lead us to wonder what on earth we were thinking.
I recently had to make a big decision. The decision I made seemed like the right decision at the time. I'm not sure what will happen over the next few months, as repercussions from that choice work their way out. I may end up regretting it at some point, or not, I don't know. Things may go well, or they may go very wrong.
At the end of Genesis things are looking good for Joseph et al. In a few chapters things will go from bad to worse. Throughout it all though, good times and bad, the people believe in God. They are not always happy with what is happening, but belief is part of their DNA.
That's one good thing about belief and its close friend faith. They don't need a specific time or circumstance. They always seem like a good idea.


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During the past several months I've had the opportunity to travel to Australia, Canada, countries in Europe, and throughout the United States of America. On each trip, I noticed the flags that were flying in these countries, and I wondered if the citizens of each of these countries were as proud of their flag and their country as I was. I guess it was more of an assumption. Surely everyone feels about their beloved country as I do about mine, but I wondered nonetheless. I'll come back to that thought in a minute…
Yesterday Sterling and I celebrated America's independence in Kanab (my favorite place to celebrate the 4th!) with family and friends.
All of our girls and their families were celebrating with their in-laws, so Sterling and I joined some of my parents and siblings and their families for the holiday festivities—a simple parade in the morning, complete with candy tossed from the floats and children scrambling to gather their fair share, to a community Dutch oven dinner in the evening at the city park along with musical entertainment while we waited for the sun to set and the fireworks to begin.
Usually we spend the afternoon at the park, wandering from booth to booth, where vendors sell their wares, but this year, because we didn't have grandchildren to entertain (or to be entertained by!), we decided to take a little nap (and catch up on some work) instead of sitting in the hot sun. It was relaxing and delightful!
The highlight of the entire day was when the lights at the park went black and there was an instant where the only light was the spotlight that shown on the flag. In that brief moment, my eyes welled with tears and I felt such an enormous amount of gratitude for the many who have served my country and those who have made it possible for me to enjoy the freedoms I hold so dear!
Even during the fireworks, with the beautiful red cliffs as a booming backdrop to the brilliant art in the sky, our beautiful red, white, and blue flag was the focus of my attention as it swayed gently in the breeze. It was a majestic sight! So if you're wondering about me like I wondered about you during my many recent trips, I'll say it loud and clear. I'm proud to be an American!!
May God bless America and may He bless us all to be loyal to our country and to the values we hold dear!
Happy 4th!


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Olaf worships Odin. Just like everyone else in eleventh century Sweden. Bob worships Jesus. Just like everyone else in 20th century Alabama.
There is no doubt in your mind that your god, the one taught to you by your parents and worshipped by all your neighbours, is the one and only.
Out of hundreds or thousands of religions throughout time and around the world, only yours is true. Pretty lucky.
God chose one place, in one time, to reveal himself, and let everyone else, around the world and throughout time, worship false idols.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time!
How can this be? How can an actual god choose to reveal himself to a lonely tribe somewhere, sometime, in such an ambiguous way as to leave the world squabbling, if not out right killing each other, over who is right?


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School's Ban on U.S. Flag Shirts on Cinco de Mayo Upheld
A federal appeals court has upheld a California school administrator who barred white students from wearing U.S. flag apparel during a high school's Cinco De Mayo celebration because of hostilities between the white students and students of Mexican descent.
The case stems from the Cinco de Mayo celebration at Live Oak High School in the Morgan Hill Unified School District in 2010. The school has a history of violence and gang issues, and the 2009 Cinco de Mayo event had sparked a minor clash between white students and students of Mexican descent.
The next year, several white students wore American flag shirts to school on Cinco de Mayo, a May 5 celebration of Mexican heritage and pride that is primarily observed in the United States. Some students of various ethnic backgrounds expressed concerns that the U.S. flag shirts were intended to provoke Mexican or Mexican-American students.
During lunchtime, a group of students of Mexican descent gathered in the school's outdoor quad, court papers say. One asked Assistant Principal Daniel Rodriguez why the white students got to wear "their flag" while Mexican students could not wear "our flag." (The record suggests that at least some students were allowed to wear Mexican-flag clothing and were not required to stop.)
Rodriguez met with the white students and told them they had to turn their U.S. flag shirts inside out or else go home. Two students who were wearing shirts with less prominent flag designs were allowed to return to class.
Two other students refused to turn their shirts inside out and opted to go home. They were not disciplined. Those students, identified only as D.M. and D.G., and their parents sued the school district and Rodriguez, among others, alleging a violation of the First Amendment free speech rights.
A federal district judge in 2011 dismissed the school district as a defendant on sovereign immunity grounds, which the appeal didn't challenge. The district judge granted summary judgment to Rodriguez, holding that the assistant principal did not violate the students' rights.
In its Feb. 27 decision in Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco, unanimously upheld the district court.
"There was evidence of nascent and escalating violence at Live Oak," the appeals court said, with the school imposing "minimal" restrictions on student expression. "In keeping with our precedent, school officials' actions were tailored to avert violence and focused on student safety."
"The events of 2010 took place in the shadow of similar disruptions a year earlier, and pitted racial or ethnic groups against each other," the court added. "Moreover, students warned officials that there might be physical fighting at the break."
The opinion by U.S. Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown notes that "our role is not to second-guess the decision to have a Cinco de Mayo celebration or the precautions put in place to avoid violence."
Usually when a judge phrases the idea that way, it means that he or she actually does have at least some doubts about a school's policy or decision.


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Gary Zecevic is not concerned with having a high profile; he is genuinely passionate about designing fashion that is of the highest calibre which is how he came to name the brand. He never wanted to use his own name because he explains that his purpose has never been to make the Calibre journey about himself; his aim has always been for the product to speak for itself.
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Without doubt, one of the most exciting parts of being a marketer today is the perpetual challenge of finding new channels and tactics to leverage. There's a whole host of marketing arbitrage opportunities out there - if you know where to look and spend your time.
Identifying opportunities that we think will create business value is not only a lot of fun, it's key to driving future growth. For that reason, organisations need to invest in the discovery and cultivation of such opportunities.
Why is this important? As marketers we're well acquainted with the standard playbook of inbound marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), Google AdWords, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, email marketing, social media and online ads. While these channels and tactics remain effective, and help companies all over the globe to grow, they're in many cases becoming less impactful. They're working for now, but eventually they won't. It may not be next month, year or decade, but eventually decay will set in. When you recognise this truth it becomes clear that marketing leaders need to empower their teams to explore new channels and tactics. Organisations can either create a team with this responsibility or structure their business so everyone feels ownership (something like Google's 20% time, albeit for marketers is an example of what the latter could look like).
Figuring this out isn't easy - it takes speed, investment and autonomy, but the marketing landscape is scattered with examples of businesses moving quickly when they spy an opportunity with much potential and little competition. We call this situation "marketing arbitrage". A marketing arbitrage opportunity is when marketers identify a channel or tactic with low saturation that they think will have an oversized impact if they leverage it quickly.
The difference between channels and tactics
Before we go any further it's important to recognise the key difference between channels and tactics when discussing marketing arbitrage, as people often use them interchangeably. When I mention channels, these are external to your website and crucially, are owned by someone else. For instance, Google AdWords, Facebook and PPC are all channels - marketers are essentially paying to access an audience. Channels can be highly effective, but ultimately, marketers are using someone else's service and they could change the rules at any stage. Dwindling organic reach on Facebook and the subsequent move towards pay to play is one such example.
Whereas, tactics are fully owned by you. Examples of marketing tactics would be SEO, email marketing, marketing automation and bots. Marketers are in full control of tactics, but results are typically slower in comparison to channels. Best practice is for marketers to take a blended approach and leverage a range of channels and tactics. The key takeaway is to avoid being overly reliant on a channel in case the environment changes.
A recent example of this happening would be the launch of Google Jobs, as Google seeks to take on Indeed.com, my former employer and the world's largest jobs website. Indeed.com now finds itself in the unenviable position of competing directly with Google, but also being heavily reliant on website traffic from Google AdWords and its search engine.
Every channel and tactic decays eventually
It's important to recognise that every marketing channel and tactic has a lifecycle that fatigues over time. To ensure that organisations are equipped to take advantage of emerging opportunities they need to make it someone's responsibility. A person or team needs to be charged with identifying new opportunities where the potential rewards disproportionately outweigh the investment and risk.
Within the software as a service (SaaS) industry it's increasingly common to have a growth team that seeks out marketing arbitrage opportunities. Growth from new channels and tactics for SaaS businesses is particularly important - they operate in an environment where organisations have two options, they can either grow fast or die slow. In short, seeking out marketing arbitrage helps businesses hedge their bets for future growth.
This isn't a new concept and the world's leading companies are acutely aware of what happens once a business stops growing. Amazon's Jeff Bezos best sums it up when he talks about the concept of Day 2:
"Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1. To be sure, this kind of decline would happen in extreme slow motion. An established company might harvest Day 2 for decades, but the final result would still come."
While Bezos is talking about halting decline at Amazon, the lesson and warning is applicable to any channel or tactic. Eventually they all decay.
A brief history of marketing arbitrage
There have been some notable waves of marketing arbitrage over the past 25 years. The very first online ads were served in 1994 by HotWired and the clickthrough-rate (CTR) was an incredible 78%. Today, the average CTR on Facebook ads is 0.9%. Online ads have been through a huge transformation - they were once a highly effective tactic, but after some initial traction, came increased competition and in some cases, dubious practices. That started the decline of online ads, and while the level of sophistication and targeting has improved, their effectiveness is on the wane and the days of double digit CTRs are long gone.
With more competition and diminishing returns the future of online ads is uncertain - there's a big question mark over the accuracy of advertising numbers due to ad fraud, plus the emergence of ad blocking software. However, it must be said there's some outstanding companies in this space that are continually innovating. After all, a well targeted online ad at exactly the right moment is to be welcomed, but the reality is there's often a large gulf between what the marketer and person being served the ad wants.
Marketing in the 2000s
A decade ago content marketing represented a big opportunity for marketers. Few businesses were creating quality content and those which invested in blogging, webinars and ebooks saw impressive gains. Nowadays, everyone seems to be publishing content, and mediocre content is the scourge of the internet. It's a massively oversaturated tactic, and companies just starting out in their content marketing journey often find themselves competing against organisations that have had a 10 year head start.
Good content can still rise to the top, but wading through subpar content is a challenge. Attention spans have not increased, but the volume of content has. Exponentially. Content marketing works as a tactic, but it's increasingly competitive.
During this period we also witnessed the golden era of email marketing. While a highly tailored email that's based on a behavioural trigger will likely deliver the best results, it too is becoming less effective as a tactic. Doing more of something that is having less impact is never an effective strategy - indeed it should serve as a wake up call to organisations to explore marketing arbitrage opportunities. However, the death of email is overplayed and is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. There's lots of progress being made in terms of marketing automation which may herald a second golden era of email marketing.
Around the same time as content and email marketing came to the fore, we also saw the rise of AdWords, which enabled companies to buy highly qualified search traffic. Others soon wised up to the benefits of this channel and the average cost of AdWords traffic increased. AdWords is still highly effective and many companies have built great businesses off the back of it. However, it's an increasingly competitive channel - as more people start buying AdWords, it pushes the price up for everyone. This is especially worrying if the search volume for your product or service does not increase accordingly.
For a period of time, mobile websites offered a marketing arbitrage opportunity, but now they're simply a prerequisite for good SEO. This change was less about a channel or tactic becoming oversaturated or more competitive, but technology evolving. It became much easier to have a mobile website and Google began taking this into consideration in its search results.
The rise and fall of social channels
There was once a time where social media platforms offered a big, untapped opportunity for businesses. It's unhelpful to cluster all social media together as they have unique characteristics, but MySpace represented a sizable opportunity in the mid-2000s, then Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter came along. Facebook and LinkedIn are still valuable to marketers, but the cost is rising as competition increases.
It's a different story for Twitter however. After years of anaemic growth and an unclear monetisation strategy, it's becoming a less effective channel. Its audience numbers are falling and with it, the value it offers brands. The next wave of social media platforms like Snapchat, plus messaging services, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are the current marketing arbitrage opportunities. Some businesses are making notable progress, but there's no clear winner yet.
Should you invest in something that is decaying?
That's a tough question and the answer is, it depends. If a channel or tactic is delivering for you, I would absolutely continue investing in it. But you should also be aware of how it is trending in terms of impact, saturation and cost. You should create a model to see how each channel and tactic is expected to change over two or three years. This will give you an understanding of what the mid-term future looks like (this is imperfect, but it gives you a data-driven indication of future performance).
Once a channel or tactic becomes more expensive, less impactful or oversaturated, it's time to explore others. This doesn't mean abandoning it (not by a long stretch), but it's important to recognise that you need to innovate in order to continue growing. Marketers should view each channel and tactic through an S-Curve, so they keep experimenting as older channels and tactics become less effective. The chart below illustrates how some channels and tactics have decayed, while others are still on an upward trajectory.
The Marketing Arbitrage Opportunity
Today's marketing arbitrage opportunities
More recently podcasting has been a big marketing arbitrage opportunity - there was limited competition and the barriers to entry remain high (you can't outsource a podcast in the same way as a blog post). While this tactic is becoming somewhat busy, it remains a tremendous opportunity for smart marketers to steal a march on their competitors and increase the reach of their brand.
There's also much discussion around messaging and bots, and the intersection between these technologies. In my mind they represent the greatest untapped opportunity today. There's a number of companies investing in both technologies and they will likely achieve significant results, before decay starts to sets in. Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is also a big marketing arbitrage opportunity. This tactic seeks to get more conversions from existing website traffic or to increase website traffic to high converting parts of a website.
Identifying marketing arbitrage
To identify marketing arbitrage opportunities you need to keep a close eye on the big trends occurring. Where are people now spending their time online? What captures their attention? How is people's behaviour changing? And at a team level you must be structured to move quickly and comfortable operating without an established playbook.
To understand if a channel or tactic is worth investing in, use the marketing arbitrage matrix below. It helps you easily identify what will be most valuable.
Marketers should focus primarily on channels and tactics which have low saturation and high impact. This is where the marketing arbitrage opportunities will be found. However, it's important to recognise that this matrix is dynamic and fluid - the channels and tactics may be recategorised as they grow or decay. This makes speed crucial to leveraging marketing arbitrage opportunities.
Next up, you should also keep a close eye on channels and tactics which are characterised as low saturation and low impact. You read that right. This may be seem counterintuitive at first, but allow me to explain. Firstly, if anything changes and these channels or tactics become more impactful, you want to be able to respond quickly to take advantage of the emerging opportunity.
Secondly, it's highly likely you'll already be well acquainted with the high impact and high saturation opportunities. The majority of marketers follow the same playbook and leverage the same channels and tactics. They work and are highly effective, and that's why it gets saturated, but you don't want to invest extra time here. Lastly, marketers should always avoid channels and tactics with high saturation and low impact. These are time wasters and will not provide significant returns.
Remember, there's always an advantage to being an early adopter of new trends. It gives you the opportunity to get, and importantly stay ahead of competition. But as more companies leverage new channels and tactics they inevitably becomes more competitive and often over time, they deliver less value (this malaise could take many years). To combat decay, marketers must continually be investing in ways to steal a march on competitors.
While channels and tactics evolve, the continual challenge for marketing teams is to strike the balance between investing in activity that generates great results today, but also investing in the new and emerging activity, that will drive future growth.


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Buckle rib fracture
Buckle rib fractures are typical of an anterior compressive force to the chest, most commonly external cardiac massage, but can be seen following any such traumatic injury.
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Buckle rib fractures occur in all ages, even very elderly patients. Thus ribs are not the same as most adult long bones that tend to break like pencils on the tensile side when exposed to an extreme force.
Buckle fractures are usually seen in the middle ribs (anterior one-third) and in a line. The anterior force responsible for the rib injury may also cause a similar sternal fracture.
Radiographic features
Buckle rib fractures are similar in appearance to buckle fractures elsewhere, but have important implications in forensic radiology.
Buckle is an engineering term describing cortical disruption to the compressive (inner) side of a structure (i.e. the rib) and maintenance of the tensile (outer) side cortex.
- 1. Yang KM, Lynch M, O'donnell C. "Buckle" rib fracture: an artifact following cardio-pulmonary resuscitation detected on postmortem CT. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2011;13 (5): 233-9. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.05.004 - Pubmed citation


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Another doh! I've passed Seagull's Diner in Juno Beach a zillion times, and never went in till yesterday, when I had lunch with my dining pal Susan, who has been going here for years. She's a long-time friend of the family who runs it, the Seagal's.
"I can't believe you've never been here, Jan-o. You of all people will love it!"
She was dead right.
Seagull's is a great Jewish deli/diner with breakfast all day. That one key phrase is enough to win over my boyfriend, who drags late on weekends and weekdays when we're off – making breakfast more lunch. Yet he still wants eggs and such.
I had a brisket sandwich this noon-thirty, with rye bread and great thick-like-homemade potato salad. Susan got a roast beef – equally good, with fresh, crunchy cole slaw.
How can you beat this? A very tempting dessert case filled with black-and-whites, rugelah, cheesecake, pies, cookies and pastries calls at you before you even sit down. Next to that is the prepared foods case. All around is kitsch – toys, collectibles, antiques and tchotckes all over the walls and on shelves. It's so homey, you almost feel like taking your shoes off and feel compelled to take your dishes to the sink when you're done.
Choose a booth or one of the many tables in the airy, bright spot where everybody's treated like family.
My warmed brisket sandwich was stuffed a mile-high with the most tender brisket – I don't do better myself, and I'm great at brisket cooking. The thick rye bread it was on was heaven on its own. I can't wait to go back and get a "side of bread" to slather with butter and enjoy something so simple. No food police in my neck of the woods can stop me.
The roast beef of Susan's was equally tender, some medium rare, some more done, but none tough. Tarzi, Susan's boyfriend, joined us late, and got a beautiful dish of fresh fruit.
Prices are reasonable – $10 got me a sandwich I really shouldn't have finished, with great half-sour pickles, potato salad and a soft drink. Half of the sandwich should have come home, but I was more than hungry this noon – and, it was just too good not to do. Wish I had had room for a black-and-white or linzer cookie, but it just wasn't going to happen after that huge sandwich.
Since I'm going to become a regular here, I'm sure I'll get to try one. Comment and tell me what you love here.
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Stand assist lifts, also called sit to stand lifts, are ideal for transferring patients who are partially weight bearing. Stand assist lifts provide patients with support as they pull themselves up into a standing position for the transfer.
Stand assist lifts are excellent for use in a rehabilitative setting. Because the patient must partially support their own weight, they can gradually build their strength and begin to use muscles that need to be developed. Using a stand assist lift can also give a patient a sense of accomplishment and progress, helping to fight off feelings of depression and frustration during a slow recovery.
Many stand assist lifts feature footplates and handles for the patient. Most of these lifts also include knee pads, which help to support and stabilize the patient's legs during the transfer. Sometimes the footplate is removable so that you can customize the lift to the individual patient's needs. Once the patient is on the lift, the caregiver can maneuver the lift to the chosen destination.
You will find that stand assist lifts vary in style. Some of these patient lifts are designed so that they can be used with or without a sling. Adding a sling to the lift provides patients with additional support, which is particularly important when patients are just beginning to bear weight again. As the patient gains strength, the sling can be removed.
As you shop for a stand assist lift, you will need to decide whether a powered or manual lift is right for your needs. Powered lifts reduce the amount of physical effort required on the part of the caregiver. Some powered lifts even feature powered bases, so that the base can be adjusted without the caregiver ever needing to bend down or take their eyes off the patient. Manual lifts tend to cost less than powered stand assist lifts. They feature hydraulic controls which allow the caregiver to operate the lift without too much effort.
Stand assist lifts are useful in a variety of settings, though they're particularly common in rehabilitative settings.
Look for Adaptability
In order for a stand assist lift to be useful, it needs to properly fit and suit each patient. Look for a stand assist lift which is adjustable in size for a customized patient fit. The option to add on or take away a sling will increase the versatility of your stand assist lift. This versatility and adaptability is particularly important in a professional setting where a single lift will need to suit a variety of patients.
Consider Features Carefully
Stand assist lifts come with a wide variety of features. From removable footplates to powered bases, you will have your choice of options when buying a stand assist lift. Carefully consider your specific needs for the lift and the environment in which you'll be using it. Determining what features the stand assist lift needs to have will make your lift selection easier.


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what to Say? Part 2
The restaurant is lovely. The food, delicious. Conversation has been lively and you now know all about her trials with the decorator. But whenever you begin talking about your organization, things seems to go south. She listens politely, appears interested, but asks no questions and offers no clues as to what about your organization could be a hot button. You are left not knowing what would make her open up her purse.
You go back to the office, feeling less than excited and your call report (you do write those, right?) is vague. You have no plan, no strategy for the next move, don't really know what the next step should be.
If this at all sounds familiar, know that you are not alone.
A question I like to ask myself is "Why am I doing this?" It helps to focus me and makes me think about what outcomes I desire from a particular action or activity. What I want to get from something informs what I need to do at the front end.
With fundraising, there are a finite number of reasons—and an infinite number of variations on those reasons—as to why you made that appointment.
In many cases, you're there because Joe suggested you meet with Judy, or because this person (or that corporation or foundation) is on your suspect list. Maybe you know they have money, or they've given to a like organization. You want to qualify them. That is, you want to find out if they have an interest and capacity to become a major donor for your organization.
Perhaps this meeting is because you want to move someone along the cultivation process to the next step on the journey to solicitation.
You might be ready for that solicitation and this is the meeting where you will be asking for the gift.
Perhaps the gift has just been made. You are being a good steward and this meeting is to thank them for their recent generosity. Of course, you are also starting the process for the next gift.
Maybe you happened to run into Stan and he agreed to see you. Or you made this appointment because you could and because your boss has been bugging you get out of the office and do a little of what they are paying you to do—raise some funds.
Let me suggest that if you do not have a clear reason, an outcome that you are expecting, perhaps you are just wasting your time. Fundraising needs to be purposeful. There must be a focus and a goal.
The best fundraiser I ever knew once told me that you should ask the prospect for something at every meeting. Your purpose for that meeting will dictate what you ask for, but it should always be something that connects the person to your organization. And your questions should always be adding information to your donor profile. The more you know about your prospect, the better you can match needs.
What kinds of things should you be asking for? We'll discuss that next time.
Janet Levine is a fundraising consultant. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Her online grantwriting class is available at www.ed2go.com/courses/ggr.


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It's important for you, as a Swappy member, to understand that your username is your identity within the Swappy community and is also instrumental in building a trustworthy reputation with other members.
In the event that you think you need to change your username you will be required to send your request to the Swappy support team for review. If they decide in your favour they will communicate with you and make the necessary changes.
To send the request you can either use the "Chat with us" or "Contact" floating icons on the right hand side of each page within the Swappy website.


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The first four are said to have appeared in the Satya Yuga (the first of the four Yugas or ages in the time cycle described within Hinduism). The next three avatars appeared in the Treta Yuga, the eighth incarnation in the Dwapara Yuga and the ninth in the Kali Yuga. The tenth is predicted to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga in some 427,000 years time. Also according to the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, the Kali-yuga will end with the apparition of Kalki-avatara, who will defeat the wicked, liberate the virtuous, and initiate a new Satya Yuga.
Dashavatar Stotram has been written by Jayadev Goswami. Son of a Brahman, he was born in the village of Kenduli Sasan, Orissa, near the city of Puri, and was closely associated with the temple of Jagannatha (Krishna) at Puri, where recitation of his Gita Govinda was regularly performed by the temple dancers. Furthermore, the classic Tribhangi (threefold) posture of Krishna playing the flute gained popularity due to him. Two hymns composed by Jayadeva have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh religion.
Dashavatar Stotram (from Gita Govinda) by Jayadeva concludes after listing the ten avataras each with a separate stanza:
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You, who appear in the forms of these ten incarnations. In the form of Matsya You rescue the Vedas, and as Kūrma You bear the Mandara Mountain on Your back. As Varāha You lift the earth with Your tusk, and in the form of Narasiṁha You tear open the chest of the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu. In the form of Vāmana You trick the daitya king Bali by asking him for only three steps of land, and then You take away the whole universe from him by expanding Your steps. As Paraśurāma You slay all of the wicked kṣatriyas, and as Rāmacandra You conquer the rākṣasa king Rāvaṇa. In the form of Balarāma You carry a plow with which You subdue the wicked and draw toward You the River Yamunā. As Lord Buddha You show compassion toward all the living beings suffering in this world, and at the end of the Kali-yuga You appear as Kalki to bewilder the mlecchas [degraded low-class people or persons of low character or persons who yielded to the worldly sensual pleasures and lost their character].
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2. Empathy helps open your mind.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft says that empathy does far more than just motivating you to volunteer or donate, (as an example) as it primarily opens your mind up to think more about other people's perspectives.
This is my next piece on an article about Satya Nadella's thoughts on empathy, as the CEO of Mircosoft. The first piece:
You Need To Embrace Empathy To Excel At Your Workplace And In Life
describes all of Satya's 3 main benefits of empathy from a business perspective.
The second piece:
is where I start to look into each of them from my perspective, as someone who works with healthcare professionals (predominantly) to optimise their natural empathic attributes.
Today's piece is about his Number 2 benefit as seen above: Empathy helps open your mind.
Why is this, because I certainly advocate the same message in my training sessions.
When we do not empathise, we do not allow other people's view points, perspectives, truths and therefore experiences to enter our consciousnesses. Sometimes, we struggle as our hard wiring is not set up to do that easily. However 98% of the population are hardwired to empathise, to a greater or lesser degree. We may struggle because we are not encouraged to do this in our workplace, or policy and procedure inhibits this ability. We may be struggling with what is happening in our own world and fear being overwhelmed?
However, the more closed off we are to others perspectives, the smaller our world gets. But what is key here, is the emotional awareness aspect. Learning about our own biases and perspectives.
Understanding some of our fears and when we are reacting to those fears in an unhelpful way, enables us to know ourselves better. When we do that…recognise our emotional data and language…we are more able to recognise emotional language and data in others. But sometimes we can get stuck in our own thoughts, emotions and experiences. Empathy, which of course focuses on the perspectives and feelings of others, often through imagination, can enable us to grow personally by challenging our thoughts and views, understanding them better and developing what we need to also. We open our mind to look in a different direction and see a different perspective.
I very much wished to only see my perspective after I lost a child in hospital and wanted to feel very angry with the consultant and see him and his actions in a hateful way. Yet empathy helped me. It challenged me to try and see his perspective, what might it be like to be in his position and how might that feel? This did not equate in me agreeing with him, but I was able to acknowledge him as having a different set of feelings and perspectives, experiences and understanding than me. Empathy opened my mind to see beyond the initial picture. The difficulty of this process….and trust me…empathising with the clinician was not an easy task! But that difficult process pushed and challenged my mind and how I viewed things. It enabled me to not only see the perspective of the other person, but to understand my own perspective more clearly also. Win win!
Empathy was something that was not reciprocated to me by the hospital, but that in turn, gave me insight to the harm that can be done when empathy is not used. When emotional awareness both individually and culturally is not recognised as important or promoted. This struggle of both sides, 1) trying to exercise empathy and 2) being denied it, gave me a richer picture of the impact the presence or absence of empathy had on interactions, conflict, understanding and compassion. One that I am very grateful to have.
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These next two ladies posted their pics while I was away, but they're two good to languish in the Dropbox, so here they are in all their glory.
First the letter V; the Vee style, aka the Flying Eagle, in Czech the 'Vecko' (Clamshell), in Japanese the Yajirushi (Arrow). This style remains a popular choice judging by our reader's contributions.
No message I'm afraid, but this lovely lady gives us two views of her beautifully trimmed Vee:
Now for the letter I, more commonly called the Landing Strip, the Mohawk, the Pinstripe or the Brazillian.
This proud woman says simply "My lovely pussy!" in the message that accompanies this intimate pic (Warning! Labia ahead! 🙂 )


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Enda Kenny, the prime minister, last week issued forthright and personal criticism of Pope Benedict XVI following publication of the Cloyne report into cases of abuse in one Roman Catholic diocese.
Dublin has pressed the Vatican for a swift response to charges that its bishops suppressed or took no interest in reports of sexual abuse. The report, Mr Kenny said "excavates the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominates the Vatican today".
Having initially called for an "objective" debate on the report, the Vatican on Monday moved to address Irish anger by recalling Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, the Papal Nuncio.
"The recalling of the Nuncio, a measure rarely used by the Holy See, denotes the seriousness of the situation, and the desire of the Holy See to deal with it (with) objectivity and with determination, as well as a certain note of surprise and regret regarding some excessive reactions," spokesman, Fr Ciro Benedettini said.
Mr Kenny threw off generations of official Irish obsequiousness to the Vatican in a speech to parliament on the publication of the report.
The Vatican became embroiled in the latest Irish church scandal after revelations about a 1997 letter, from the then Papal Nuncio to Irish bishops, a year after reporting guidelines were enforced to enhance child protection.
The correspondence stated that the bishops policy was "merely a discussion document" and that the Vatican had serious moral and canon reservations about mandatory reporting of clerical abuse.
Mr Kenny said the role of the Church in refusing to act was unacceptable. He said: "The rape and torture of children were downplayed or 'managed' to uphold instead, the primacy of the institution, its power, standing and 'reputation'," he said. "For the first time in Ireland, a report into child sexual abuse exposes an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign, democratic republic as little as three years ago, not three decades ago,"
Speaking at the weekend, Mr Kenny said he had been inundated by messages of support, including from priests.
"I just wanted people to understand that, when I say we live in a republic with laws and responsibilities and rights, I mean it. The fact that I have had thousands of messages from around the world speaks for itself about the impact and the way people feel.
"The numbers of members of the clergy who have been in touch in the last few days, to say it is about time somebody spoke out about these matters in a situation like you are, has astounded me," Mr Kenny said.
"I haven't made any other comment except to say that we await the response from the Vatican."
Roman Catholic priests enjoyed untrammelled power from Irish independence in the 1920s until thousands of men and women came forward in the 1990s with accusations of rape and molestation. In many cases the abuses were not reported to the police. When reports were made, the police refused to act, fearful of taking on a body that politicians courted.
Eamon Gilmore, the Irish foreign minister, welcomed the decision to recall Archbishop Leanza, saying he hoped it would hasten a swift response.


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April 9th marks the 100th anniversary of Canada's Greatest Victory. This article explores the ground-breaking Teamwork and Training approach that led to success at Vimy Ridge.
Canada's monumental victory at Vimy Ridge was driven by a revolutionary approach to teamwork and training that was unique in the military world of 1917.
The inventive leaders of the Canadian Army at Vimy, Lieutenant General Julian Byng and Major General Arthur Currie, took unprecedented steps in preparing the troops for battle.
Innovative Strategy & Painstaking Tactics
They created an amazingly innovative battle strategy and a painstaking tactical plan that was directed by Currie's philosophy: Thorough preparation must lead to success – neglect nothing. (Read more about the Leadership Lessons of Vimy in Part 1 of this series)
For the first time ever, every soldier was briefed on his section's specific battlefield objectives and every soldier was given a map. The Canadian troops were fully engaged and fully informed.
Smaller Battlefield Units
Byng and Currie revolutionized the infantry's organizational structure by breaking it down into much smaller groups. In the British model the smallest battlefield unit was the platoon. Byng and Currie divided the platoon into sections that were a quarter of the size. Each section was comprised of roughly 10 men each.
It was much easier to manage and communicate with a small section in the heat of battle. Sections were more nimble and responsive, and allowed battle plans to be more precise and detailed.
Each section had specific objectives, but was given some latitude as to how to achieve them. They could adapt their tactics based on the conditions they encountered. They operated as self-directed teams rather than rule-bound soldiers in a large organization.
Cross Functional Teams
In carving platoons into smaller sections, Byng and Currie also did away with specialist units for machine gunners and hand grenade and explosives specialists, known as bombers. They placed a machine gunner and a bomber in every section so that these skills could be immediately deployed as they were needed. This enabled the infantry to use fire and move tactics to great effect.
The Model of Modern Warfare
Reducing the size of battlefield units and creating cross-functional teams may seem somewhat elementary today. But in 1917 it was a radical change. These smaller sections are the model of modern warfare today, 100 years later. It is an enduring innovation from Vimy Ridge.
New Tactical Position
Byng and Currie also created a new battlefield assignment to solve a problem that had plagued the British.
In earlier battles British infantry charges would often stall immediately after taking a German trench line. Once the British soldiers passed the line, undetected enemy soldiers would emerge from their dugouts and shoot them in the back.
Moppers up would solve this issue. As troops advanced past a trench line, the moppers up would remain stationed at the trench to make sure no enemy snipers popped up. The advancing infantry could focus on what was ahead, knowing that the moppers up had their backs.
History's Most Rehearsed Battle
Before any Canadian soldiers crossed enemy lines on April 9, 1917 they had practiced their attack countless times before. Miles from the front, Byng and Currie constructed a full scale replica of the battlefield. Flags and tape marked the exact locations of German bunkers, trenches, gun batteries and barbed wire.
Canadian troops spent weeks on the training site walking through their assignments over and over again. They weren't just told what enemy position to attack, they physically marched to those locations on the training grounds so that they could visualize how far they would have to travel and know the obstacles in the way.
The soldiers became crystal clear on their assignments. Vimy was the most rehearsed battle of all time.
Don't Walk or Run, but Glide
At the replica site the soldiers were painstakingly trained in how they were to advance across the battlefield. There was to be no running or moving in fits and starts. Instead, every soldier was to maintain a measured steady march at the precise pace of 100 yards every three minutes. No faster and no slower. It would be essential to their safety and success.
Soldiers practiced again and again until the speed of 100 yards every three minutes was grilled into their muscle memory. This slow and steady march became known as the Vimy Glide.
A Daring Battlefield Tactic
The Vimy Glide was a key component of the creeping barrage, a daring tactic that British forces introduced at the Battle of the Somme, but had realized only limited success. Thanks to extremely thorough training, the Canadians perfected it at Vimy.
Standard battlefield practice of the day was to shell enemy positions immediately before an infantry assault. During the artillery barrage enemy forces hunkered down in their trenches for safety. As soon as the shelling stopped, the infantry charge began. Enemy soldiers immediately resurfaced and started firing on the advancing infantry.
In the typical Great War battle, huge numbers of foot soldiers were killed or wounded during this phase of the assault.
The Creeping Barrage
Byng and Currie wanted to eliminate the gap between the end of the shelling and the arrival of the infantry. They turned to the creeping barrage.
In a creeping barrage, artillery fire and the infantry advance are tightly choreographed, occurring in unison. The artillery fire lands slightly in front of the infantry. In the Vimy battle, the artillery would fire for three minutes. Then the guns would be retargeted to 100 yards farther down the battlefield. By gliding 100 yards every three minutes, the soldiers were under the continuous protection of artillery cover.
Dictate the Pace of Battle?
In the actual battle the creeping barrage eliminated one of the inherent defensive advantages of trench warfare. It allowed the Canadian troops to advance across the battlefield in relative safety. It dramatically reduced the casualty rate and allowed the Canadians to do the unthinkable, to dictate the pace of the battle.
This notion was scoffed at by the British and French High Command when they reviewed the Vimy battle plan. They had serious doubts about the ambitious timeline for when each of the four lines of German defenses would be conquered. The Canadian troops were scheduled to control the first line a little more than a hour after the assault began. They were to take the fourth and final line in just under eight hours.
Battlefield Results
On the day of the battle the attack proceeded like clockwork. The infantry glided across the battlefield under the cover of the creeping barrage. Eight hours after the assault began three of Canada's four divisions had reached their final assigned positions. The advance of the fourth division stalled, but reinforcements drove the Germans from their last remaining Vimy foothold on April 12th.
All of the planning, teamwork and training led to a colossal victory.
The final article in the Vimy series will look at the vital role that technology played in Canada's Greatest Victory.
Teamwork & Training Questions
Here are some Vimy-inspired questions to help you refine your company's teamwork and training.
Are your teams the right size? Are they large enough to be effective and still small enough to be responsive?
Do your teams have quick access to all the skill sets they need to be successful?
Do your people have all the training they need? Do they know exactly what the battleground looks like before they have to step onto it? Are the skills that they need engrained into their thinking and experience?
How well do your people understand what they need to accomplish? Are their goals vague and fuzzy or crystal clear and tangible?
What can you do to foster greater goal clarity?
This series of articles is dedicated to the Canadian soldiers of WW1 and specifically to Lance Corporal Walter Mathews Oliver of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, my Grandfather, who fought for Canada at Vimy and was wounded in the battle of April 9, 1917.


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Good morning crafters, I have the second of our 9th birthday card competition winners to introduce to you today…
Our 3 lucky winners all got, as part of their prize, the chance to feature on our blog as a guest designer
Today it's the turn of the lovely Nela and here's a little bit about her…
Hi, I'm Nela from Germany.
I´m married and mother of a 6-year-old son.
My job is Financing Controller in a hospital.
I love to craft since I can remember and I have been scrapbooking for 6 years and card making for 3 years.
My favourite part is colouring, I use Copics, Polychromos and Distress Inks.
I am so pleased to be this GDT at Lili Of The Valley!
I hope you'll like my creations!
Nela has made 5 lovely pieces of work for us today
I'm going to put the first three on here and Lucy will show the other two over on Facebook so make sure you stop by and see those
First up this gorgeous matching card and candle using Starry Bunny and Scroll Sentiments
I love this, wouldn't it make a beautiful gift?
Papers: Nitwit Perfect Pair
Dies: Sizzix Framelits Circles and Circles Scallop, Marianne Design Creatables Leaves
Coloured with Copics
Viva Pearl Pen
Hand-rolled roses
Lace and ribbon from my stash
Pins from Wild Orchid Crafts
Next is a clever tri-fold card using two of our stamps and some circular sentiments from Set 6 Dreamy Days
The stamps that Nela has used on this card are Watering The Flowers and Blooming Wheelbarrow
Papers: Nitwit Petal Fresh
Dies: Memory Box Macarena Corner, Marianne Designs Creatables Layered Flowers, Cheery Lynn Embellishment 1,
Coloured with Copics
Finally look at this fabulous little gift box
Nela has used our popular Posy Trio stamps, they're the perfect size for a project like this
Papers: Nitwit Perfect Pair
Dies: Spellbinder Floral Doily Motifs, Cheery Lynn Embellishment 1,
Marianne Design leaves and English Rose
Coloured with Copics
Aren't they all just lovely! I hope you've enjoyed seeing them
There will be 2 more cards from Nela on our Facebook page a bit later
Thanks for joining us Nela …and congratulations on being one of our winners!
You can see more of Nela's work on her own blog here
See you tomorrow


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