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One comparatively straightforward approach to improve the worth of your property is to put in a new garage door. Yes, you can remodel your kitchen or a bathroom and that would not hurt anything. But perhaps the largest return on investment in your home improvement dollar is in front of where you park your automobile, store lots of your things or both. Your garage door.
There are lots of attractive doors from which you might desire and you will discover that these doors can be an interesting enhancement to your home's appearance.
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There are different color schemes from which you may chose. A number of styles of garage doors come with raised panels. When the raised panels are painted one color while the recessed portion is painted another color, an interesting and very attractive pattern develops.
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There are many types and shapes of windows from which you can chose for your new garage door. Generally the objective with garage door windows is to have the windows have an appearance similar to the windows in your home. Garage doors can have beveled windows or paladium style windows or windows that are opaque or semi-opaque. The choices are diverse and exciting.
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In a world where things seldom are as they seem,
There is a place where things are.
You can find a place where things enlighten you
Just like the one where shadow people become true.
Comical they imitate you and follow your every move.
They will dance when you dance, move when you move, and most certainly stay near you.
They see the land of dark and are not afraid to come out.
Always stealing a move when you are up and about.
They take each opportunity they can to get your attention
They see so much, it is hard to make mention.
Shadow people are among the few that like you just for who you are.
They ask no questions, tell you no lies, and like to be near.
What more could a person ask for?
They take on the forms of whatever is around.
Be careful what you show them though,
They will show it back to you
Even the excess weight you might have and your silhouette too.
Shadow people are great for telling your secrets to
They won't tell those to another or fuss at you.
I like this world of dark where my shadow people stay
Just don't think I'm crazy for what I had to say.
Thank you for reading 🙂

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For example, a provider with 30 million customers might have a subscriber database with 110GB of data, that handles 70,000 transactions/second with a 40MB/second data thruput, with 10 ms reads and 15 ms updates. There's no way that a commercial relational database system can do that.
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Jan 24, 2018
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed Liberty Counsel's federal lawsuit against GuideStar, stating that under the federal Lanham Act GuideStar's republication on its website of a "hate group" label did not met the commercial purpose requirement of the act. The lawsuit, Liberty Counsel, Inc. v. GuideStar USA, Inc., charges GuideStar with violating the federal Lanham Act, along with state law violations of Interference with Business Expectancy and Defamation. Since the court found no commercial purpose, it did not rule on the state law claims.
The Lanham Act states: "(1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which—(A) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person, or (B) in commercial advertising or promotion, misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin of his or her or another person's goods, services, or commercial activities, shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged by such act."
Judge Jackson only analyzed the Lanham Act claim and stated that the suit did not satisfy the first element which requires that the advertising or promotion constitute commercial speech. Jackson further stated that because the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) notation on Liberty Counsel's profile does not solicit funds for GuideStar, then it is not commercial speech. The analysis on this point is subject to an appeal. Judge Jackson did not analyze the rest of the Lanham Act claim or the state law claims.
Liberty Counsel's case presents accurate facts and harm caused by GuideStar's reckless action. GuideStar presented the SPLC "hate group" label as "fact." GuideStar issued a statement saying it will continue to provide the SPLC "hate group" information upon request and is considering other ways to distribute this incorrect information to the public. Though after receiving a letter confronting GuideStar's false label, it temporarily removed the label from the pages of conservative nonprofit groups. However, the damage already done by GuideStar is far reaching because this lie has been spread through scores of media sources and widely published on the internet.
GuideStar used the SPLC false and dangerous "hate group" designation by placing its logo and rhetoric on Liberty Counsel's page, stating, "This organization was flagged as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center." GuideStar placed the same 'hate group' label on 46 nonprofit organizations, including Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, Family Research Council, and others.
"Despite GuideStar's admission that it was seeking to influence the purchasing decisions of its constituents and the general public, the court without much analysis ruled such a goal is not commercial in nature," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "The GuideStar publication was designed to inflict financial harm because its purpose was to affect the financial transactions of the public. The SPLC false label has become discredited and it has proven to be dangerous as history has shown with the attack against Family Research Council. This false label applied to non-violent and law-abiding groups must stop," said Staver.
Liberty Counsel is considering an appeal of the decision.
Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and related topics.


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Here's a few ideas of things to do when out and about with the kids.
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Here's a few ideas of things to do when out and about with the kids.
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I haven't purchased any summer-related clothing yet and the email from Garnet Hill, offering 20% off skirts, was just the push I needed.
Thus, soon this cute sweater and tangerine skirt will be mine!
Have a lovely weekend- I am enjoying the wild wonderful wilderness of the Georgia mountains with Mr. Southern and the doggies. (by the way, they are thrilled to come along and hope to romp in the river tomorrow).
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Darling was a young girl rescued by the Black Company during their Forsberg campaign in The Black Company. She possessed an anti-sorcery null, and for this reason would come to be considered the reincarnation of the White Rose, a woman who overthrew the Domination about 407 years earlier.
Darling was the long-awaited savior who was prophesied to defeat the Lady, and she became the leader of the New White Rose Rebellion, a renegade movement against the Lady's Empire. Her growth into the leading figure of the renewed Rebel movement played a major role not only in the history of the Company but of the northern continent as a whole. One year after The White Rose, she and her allies – an army of ferocious monsters from the Plain of Fear – faced off against the Limper and other enemies in Oar to secure the silver spike.
The Black Company[edit | edit source]
Darling was a blue-eyed, blonde girl from a village in the province of Forsberg. She was deaf and used sign language to communicate with others. She was nine years old when the Black Company met her for the first time. Croaker and Raven found her and her grandfather Flick in their burnt village which had been sacked by the Limper's savage army. She was being raped by drunken soldiers serving one of the Limper's captains, Lane. Raven killed two of them and freed her, but at the cost of securing the Limper's unmitigated enmity. Raven looked after her closely, and he became her primary guardian after Flick was murdered in Oar by thugs working for the Limper's subordinates Lane and Colonel Zouad. The Company effectively adopted her.
Outside the Tower at Charm, Darling foiled an assassination attempt against Raven. The mysterious attacker kept Raven subdued with a sleep spell, but, Darling was inexplicably unaffected. She swatted away the assailant with her doll. One-Eye and the Captain reported this confusing event to Croaker, but the girl's unique ability would only be understood after later events. Croaker would immediately surmise that the failed assassin must have been Soulcatcher or possibly Stormbringer.
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During the bloody chaos of the Battle of Charm, Darling's unique talent first manifested publicly. A Rebel sleep spell knocked down a group of soldiers, including Raven, but Darling was unaffected. She quickly woke up Raven and several others, who sprung back into battle when this should not have been possible. This attracted some unwanted attention, as 400 years in the past, a legendary general known as the White Rose presumably had the same sort of magic resistance, or "null", which enabled her to defeat the Dominator. Raven was the first to react, and after the battle he disappeared, taking the girl with him. Croaker and Silent managed to track them down, and Croaker revealed that he and several others also had realized that Darling was in fact the White Rose reborn, which explained her immunity to magic. Fearing that the Lady would make an attempt on Darling's life, the Company decided that she should leave with Raven, while reporting them dead to cover their tracks.
Shadows Linger[edit | edit source]
Six years after Charm, Darling and Raven were established in the frigid city of Juniper, on the distant northwestern coast of the northern continent. They stayed at the Iron Lily inn, where she started working as a barmaid for Marron Shed. Raven began surreptitiously selling corpses to the castle creatures, which the Black Company was eventually ordered to investigate. Raven quickly learned who was after him, and believed (incorrectly) that his old comrades had been sent by the Lady to assassinate Darling. He left the city with Darling and faked his death outside the city of Meadenvil. The Company didn't fall for his tricks and kept following. In Chimney, they learned that Raven had apparently died, but found this time even Darling was utterly convinced. She stayed with the Company on the run for the 4 years it would take them to arrive at the Plain of Fear.
"Bone Eaters"[edit | edit source]
During "Bone Eaters", Darling and the loyal Black Company were leading a train of refugees from the Lady's Empire eastward, away from the Imperial pursuit led by Whisper.
She and her constant companion Silent arrived at the front of the line shortly after Rusty's failed attempt to rape Chasing Midnight, a newly-captured brigand girl who was 14 years of age. Darling subjected Rusty to a look of disapproving disdain, and the young soldier was humbled. She then asked Croaker to examine the girl first, in case she was pregnant and needed attention (she was not). When Midnight wretched in pain upon Darling's approach, they learned she was a witch because her body was reacting to Darling's null. Empathizing with her, Darling instructed Silent to train her, keep her safe, and keep her separated (from Darling herself) so the null would not hurt her again. She also issued an explicit, global order that no one was to harass or even approach her sexually. She later angrily interrupted One-Eye when he made a creepy statement directed at the girl.
Darling overlooked the desertion of Midnight's brother, Chasing Moonlight and his companions. When they returned to assault Rusty, she simply assigned them additional duty shifts. As Midnight became increasingly popular with the itinerant band, Croaker detected that Darling was becoming a bit jealous. She also seemed to fear that perhaps Croaker was being seduced by the attractive young woman.
At the Village of Hungry Ghosts, Darling situated herself at a point where her null blocked her followers from the lethal siren call of the discorporate spirits residing there. Four people (including Company brother Thorodd Asgeir) circumvented her, however, and were killed by the spirits. In reply, Darling agreed to enact Chasing Midnight's plan to hunt down the 3 incarnate hungry ghosts. Darling even personally beheaded an old possessed woman using Otto's axe. She continues as the spiritual leader of the group when they briefly join in service to the Magistrates of Rue and after they depart the city.
The White Rose[edit | edit source]
The Black Company arrived at the Plain of Fear after 4 harrowing years being chased by the new Taken. There, they established a subterranean headquarters called the Hole where they were safe from the Lady's forces for 2 years. Darling was now about 24 years of age and had grown to almost six feet tall. Now known as the White Rose, she led the New White Rose Rebellion – a major Rebel movement against the Lady and her Taken. Her primary protector was the godlike Father Tree, who commanded the bizarre and powerful species of the Plain to support her.
In the Plain of Fear the two opposing forces had an epic battle. The Lady counted on the Taken and their magic, while Darling used her null and the strange creatures inhabiting the Plain. The flying mantas, the windwhales, and her anti-magic field granted her some victories, but her counter-offensive was stopped by the Lady's forces outside Horse.
While Darling and the Lady battled, the Dominator secured a guaranteed means of escape from the Barrowland. Darling accepted the Lady's proposal for alliance, and their mutual enemy was defeated at the Battle of the Barrowland. However, the Lady immediately betrayed her new ally, using Darling's true name to strip her of her power, the anti-magic null. In retaliation, Silent broke his vow and spoke aloud the Lady's true name in the same ritual, rendering her powerless as well. Afterward, Darling left the Barrowland and the Black Company.
The Silver Spike[edit | edit source]
Although now powerless without her null, Darling still retained the respect of Father Tree and continued to travel in the company of his Plain monsters. As for human companions, the wizard Silent and the three Torque brothers – Stubby, Paddlefoot, and Brother Bear – remained fanatically devoted to her. She was encamped with them in the Windy Country when the sorcerer Bomanz tracked them down. They were surprised to see him alive, as he had convincingly faked his own death in combat against the dragon at the Battle of the Barrowland about a year prior. Bomanz recruited them in his mission to bring attention to the revelation that the Limper was still alive and posed a threat to civilization. Darling accepted him in her company, taking him aboard their windwhale, but her new travel companion was deeply distrusted by Silent and comically harassed by the talking Plain buzzard Virgil.
Darling and her forces had several confrontations with the Limper and Toadkiller Dog, pursuing them as far as the Temple of Travellers' Repose in the southern continent. Outside the Temple, the windwhale they were riding was attacked by the fire-eater, a ferocious demon commanded by the Limper. The humans survived only because of the intercession of Bomanz, but, their windwhale was mortally wounded and it crashed to the ground. They were dragged from the wreck of the burning beast by Raven and Case, who had arrived near the Temple via the land route. She and her horde, which still included 4 windwhales, next besieged the Temple after it was captured by Limper and Toadkiller Dog. They conducted a successful invasion of the structure, but, were suddenly forced to end it prematurely when the menhirs accompanying them received psychic orders from Father Tree to return north.
Darling immediately rushed back over the Sea of Torments with the beasts and her human companions as news from the Sapling that the silver spike had been stolen from it spread. She was unaware that the Limper and Toadkiller Dog both survived her siege. She made a brief stopover in Opal, a city already being rebuilt by the Empire after it had just been sacked by the Limper. There, she orchestrated an anticlimactic reunion between Raven and his estranged son and daughter.
Confrontation at Oar[edit | edit source]
In Oar, she and her allies unfurled the banner of the White Rose one last time. She partnered with Exile and his Imperial forces in one last fight against the Limper, who was finally vanquished. During the fray, she personally slew either Gossamer or Spidersilk. Although the silver spike was secured forever, the victory came at grave personal cost to Darling. Paddlefoot and Brother Bear were killed by the spike thieves, and Silent sacrificed himself during the battle. Darling was even forced to order Raven's death after he accidentally touched the silver spike with his bare hand. Anguished, she abandoned the title of the White Rose once more and chose to lead a peaceful life in the province. She married Case after giving him a tour of the Hole, her former headquarters during the New White Rose Rebellion. The two would go on to have children and become grandparents.


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By Nat Reveil (Beyond the Bars Fellow, CU School of Social Work)
The past two years have been challenging for people with marginalized identities in the US. As a Black, queer, gender nonconforming immigrant, I am constantly prompted to consider how do we as LGBTQ people—especially people of color with intersecting identities—continue to breathe and survive as we are subjected to daily assaults on black and brown bodies? Moreover, where do we find and build community, a shared purpose, and spaces to heal individually and collectively, especially in the face of pervasive phobias and prejudices while striving to create meaningful change?
This past January, I was fortunate to find such a space while attending my first Creating Change conference in Detroit, Michigan. While I have attended other LGBTQ and diversity-focused conferences in the past, I cannot express how unprecedented and inspiring Creating Change was to me. Sponsored by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force for the past 31 years, Creating Change ranks as the largest conference gathering of LGBTQ people and allies from across the country. Despite the frigid winter, a radiant sea of almost 4,000 diverse individuals, including subcultures, lifestyles, gender expressions, creeds, languages, ages, races, genders, abilities (and much more) all came together to learn, empower, and strategize about queer and trans equality and liberation.
In three short days I was stretched and pushed in ways that I didn't think were possible. The opportunity to share space with so many talented and creative folx, all bringing their diverse expertise to make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, was electric and contagious. I was struck by the caucuses, hospitality suites, self-care rooms, film screenings, worshipful gatherings, receptions and social events. Beyond that, there were great spaces for people to genuinely engage and learn from one another. I was inspired and overwhelmed by the creative and interactive dialogues around the hundreds of workshops as well as day-long institutes that ranged in topics from racial justice to civil engagement, leadership development and allyship.
Studying Religion and Women and Gender Studies at Columbia, I was particularly fascinated by the conversations around queer spirituality, spiritual violence, and ways to incorporate queer people and spiritual justice in interfaith circles. For instance, a few months ago I helped start a queer group at the church I attend. From attending Creating Change, I gained a nuanced understanding of navigating faith and LGBTQ issues and the importance of radical intersectionality in justice work. Moreover, I came back to New York with valuable skills to use in my everyday survival and effective language to expand and make faith-based spaces, like my church, more accepting of LGBTQ people.
Overall, it was a delight to witness the changing nature of activism and the ways in which the LGBTQ community strives to make space for the most vulnerable among us. Recognizing that the LGBTQ community (just like any other community) isn't perfect, I am hopeful and feel empowered to persist in the work that needs to be done to positively advance LGBTQ rights in the various communities I ascribe to.
Special thanks to the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (IRWGS) for contributing to this experience. My heart is full!
Support to offset some of Nat's travel costs to Creating Change was provided by an IRWGS Travel Grant funded through donor contributions. If you are interested in supporting opportunities for student travel to conferences such as this, or other student initiatives, we encourage you to consider making a contribution to IRWGS, or emailing Ryan Grubbs, IRWGS Associate Director, at email@example.com to discuss available support options.


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GLB x The Craft Collaboration Brew Available
ETOBICOKE, TORONTO – Recent Patrons of The Craft Brasserie in Liberty Village may have noticed a new Great Lakes Brewery beer available there since around January 6th. The session IPA, called Why I Oughta, was brewed in collaboration with the restaurant and comes in at 4.5% abv. and 25 IBU. It is now available on tap and in growlers at the brewery as well.


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Culture Trip stands with
Black Lives Matter
She releases her SS17 lookbook exclusively on Culture Trip below.
In an interview with Culture Trip, Jones says, "I had a vision of this dystopia we are living in that it would force a utopia from a a group of people." The designer's goal in life and this collection is to create "a safe place where we can love, share equal rights. Perhaps we would have permaculture gardens and solar power." Artist Terence Koh shared rave reviews of the SS17 lookbook, shot by photographer Alexandra Carr, known for shooting actress and model Paz de la Huerta's photo book, The Birds Didn't Die Over the Winter.
deer lindsay, what a beautiful collection a new way of family, future garden fairies family handle with care handle with pure love —Terence Koh
As Jones releases her lookbook in the landscape of a nation divided, with many mourning and protesting a Trump presidency, pieces in her collection — created before result political events played out — feel strangely prophetic. "I never thought the elections would end on this note so the vision [see her "Don't Fuck Up The World" /"Handle With Care" tops] sadly manifested. It's a hope of mine that the people come together to work hard for the higher vision and goals of humanity."
"In art and design I always try to transform my fears and anxiety because it's a realm where all wounds are healed and all fears soothed," Jones said.
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Moldovan president will be temporarily removed from office
Constitutional conflict between Moldovan president Igor Dodon and pro-Romanian parliament majority broke out in September 2017. The government sent Moldovan troops to international NATO military exercises despite strong presidents opposition. As a result of the conflict President Dodon resigned a minister of defence as a supreme commander-in-chief.
On 12 September 2017, prime minister Pavel Filip put forward to President Dodon the candidature of Eugen Sturza for the position of defence minister; the head of state turned down this proposal. Subsequently, the PM repeatedly put up the same candidacy, which was again rejected by the head of state. Prime minister appealed to the Constitutional Court.
The Constitutional Court on October 20 decided that the speaker of parliament or the prime minister will hold office of president on an interim basis for issuing the decree to name the minister of defense. Given that the president deliberately refused to fulfill the constitutional obligation to name the candidate proposed two times by the premier for minister of defense, this will be temporarily removed from office.
The current composition of the Constitutional Court exceeded the constitutional limits as it shouldn't have allowed the speaker of parliament or the prime minister to hold office of president on an interim basis so as to sign the decree to name the minister of defense, said invitees of the talk show "Key issue" on NTV Moldova channel.
Socialist MP Vlad Batrancea said the Constitutional Court exceeded the constitutional limits and law norms. "The judges showed that they serve the Democratic Party and are politically controlled. These people rewrite the text of the Constitution and draw friendly conclusions resulting from preambles that do not exist in the supreme law," he stated.
Politologist Zurab Todua noted that by its decision, the Constitutional Court worsened the situation and aggravated the impasse concerning the appointment of the minister of defense. The Court shouldn't have dealt with something like this. "The Constitutional Court in other states does not interpret the Constitution and does not adopt decisions that in some parts replace the supreme law or supplement it. This Court everywhere simply checks the compliance of the bills passed by Parliament with the Constitution," he said.


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quiz Personality Quizzes - Questions to Ease Your BoredomPerhaps you are lost regarding how you should spend your lazy afternoon? Or perchance, you are merely curious as to how your personality compares to those of fictional characters? Regardless, this topic is based upon "personality quizzes" of the internet. If one must know, I am referring to those of websites such as Playbuzz and Quotev contrary to the well-known Myers-Briggs personality test. These quizzes are often generated by users and thus, their quality most certainly varies from that of a shameful state to a most impressively devised test. This thread is dedicated to the users of Serenes Forest to recommending and posting these quizzes here for other users to discuss and answer together. As such, this post shall record the results underneath this section. If you ever wish to share your multiple results or those your score is close to, you may also have these included. Mind you, commenting on the result of others is strongly encouraged and supported—especially if one is to be surprised by another individual's result. If I may add, you may simply retake a quiz if you disagree with your result. As to what you are permitted post here, I would advise to keeping recommended quizzes to that of acceptable quality. As such, the quiz should be presentable and include comprehensive results so the users may easily understand just what their result truly means. Of course, there are no restrictions as to what the theme of the quiz may be—whether it may be one based upon a video game, a trope-based quiz or perhaps one based upon a film. The only exception are those containing overly inappropriate content, of course. But I must say, do refrain from recommending quizzes requiring an extensive amount of knowledge regarding the subject. To commence this thread, you may answer this mildly casual quiz regarding the classes of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It may require mild knowledge of the video game but this one is overly simple. As for my result, mine happens to be a Mage with a close score to a Cleric. May you be entertained. Needless to say, one ought to be honest with these quizzes. Otherwise, there simply is no true reason for answering them. Your may also submit a personality quiz recommendation here. Results Database:
The Official Serenes Forest "Quiz Thread"
Julian Teehee posted a topic in Forum GamesIn this thread your general knowledge is tested with relevant and also trivial questions. Each day I ask you four questions, I'll give the answer one day later. How to answer? Select your answer in the poll. It's annonymous so one can be blamed. The purpose of this thread is the fun factor and maybe to learn the one or other thing. Of course you can submit questions too by sending me a PM. Each question shall have four answer possibilites to make it similar to quiz shows like Who wants to be a Millionair. Day 1 Question 1: How is the phenomenon called when the moon sets between sun and earth? a: new moon b: full moon c: solar eclipse d: lunar eclipse Question 2: The Dutchman Max Verstappen is the youngest... a: student on Oxford University b: winner of a Formula 1 race c: Noble Peace Price Winner d: daddy on earth Question 3: The distance of the mainland of which countries amounts less than 100 km? a: Iceland + North Pole b: Argentina + South Pole c: USA + Russia d: Japan + North Corea Question 4: The current Prime Minister of the UK is... a: March b: April c: May d: June
The Political Compass
DarthMikey posted a topic in Serious DiscussionHow about a quiz? Quizzes are always fun, right?! ...No? Wait, don't close the topic yet! The Political Compass is a pretty well-known test that basically examines your opinions on a variety of topics and then places you somewhere on a two-axis graph based on your positions. The two axes are left-to-right (assessing your economic opinions) and libertarian-to-authoritarian (assessing your social positions). Of course, it's not a perfect test, as political opinions are often complicated and involve a lot more than just these two factors, but it's better than the typical left-to-right labels that just throw everything into one big one-dimensional pot. Similar tests include the World's Smallest Political Quiz and the Nolan Chart, but I think this one is best since it's the most comprehensive that I've seen. The test is here (and also linked above :I) if you want to try it out and post your results, though it is a little lengthy. Here are my results. I'm suppose I'm just interested to see the variety of views that exist here on the forum.
Star Wars Episode Jedi: Return of the Quizi!
Jedi posted a topic in Far from the Forest...Pretty basic stuff here. 1. Who is my favorite Fire Emblem Lord? A. Lyn B. Ike C. Roy D. Eliwood 2. My favorite game of all time is.. A. Super Mario Brothers 3 B. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles C. Ogre Battle 64 D. Final Fantasy 4 3. Which of these do I say the most often A. I'm sorry B. Justice will always triumph! C. -Insert Stahl related pun here- D. All of the above 4. What is my favorite Manga Series? A. Rurouni Kenshin B. Dragon Ball C. Yu Yu Hakusho D. Mahou Sensei Negima 5. You all know that Sonic is my favorite video game character of all time. But who is my 2nd favorite? A. Richter Belmont [Castlevania] B. Zero [Megaman X] C. Aeris/Aerith [Final Fantasy 7] D. Kratos Aurion [Tales of Symphonia] 6. What Fire Emblem related weapons have I actually used/trained with in real life? A. Bows B. Swords C. Axes D. All of the above 7. Who in my Fire Emblem headcanon do I pair Briggid with? A. Ardan B. Holyn C. Finn D. Lewyn 8. Who in Binding Blade did I decide to oddly get to Armads level axe use one run? A. Wendy B. Zealot C. Bors D. Dieck 9. Which Ninja Turtle am I assigned as when I play Arcade online with Shin, Darros, Refa, Xinny, Horace etc A. Leonardo B. Raphael C. Michelangelo D. Donatello 10. What is my favorite drink? A. Milk B. Lemonade C. Coca Cola D. Red Wine
The Knight joins the fad!
Knight posted a topic in Far from the Forest...How well do you know the honourable knight? Here's a quiz to find out. (I may or may not have mentioned all of this) 1. What country am I from? A USA B Canada C UK D Sealand 2. Below are my favourite game series, what's number one? A Metroid B Metal Gear Solid C Legend of Zelda D Fire Emblem 3. Which of these toys am I most passionate about? A Transformers B G.I. Joe C Lego D Train sets 4. My favourite Fire Emblem lord is? A Ike B Eliwood C Lucina D Sigurd 5. I write a fantasy story on my spare time, it's called? A Red Warrior B Dark Legends C Magic of the Dead D The Blue One (all the other ones I made up on the spot) 6. How many countries do you think I've been to apart from my own? A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 7. My favourite Pokemon is? A Alakazam B Blaziken C Charizard D Deoxys 8. I own a cart of what Japanese Fire Emblem game? A FE4 B FE5 C FE6 D FE2 9. Who's the best honourable Dictator A Kim Jong Un B Knight C Fuhrer Adolf D Stalin


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Srinagar, June 14: JKPM General secretary Shehla Rashid paid her respects to the well-known Journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was assassinated outside his office exactly a year ago.
Paying tribute to the brave journalist on his first anniversary, Shehla said that while the bearer of truth had been silenced, no one could silence the truth he bore.
Attending the memorial event organised by Kashmir Media House at Tagore Hall, Srinagar, she said that "Shujaat Sahab was more than just a journalist, he was a believer, an optimist. He had shun the pessimism that is characteristic of journalists working in conflict zones, and fervently worked towards the achievement of peace in our times; a dream which costed him his life"
She also expressed concern over the conditions in which local journalists operate. "It's not as if things have improved since last year. Our journalists have to withstand pressures and fatal threats from both state and non state actors in order to bring normal stories out. The administration must understand that when Journalists aren't able to work free of fear, truth becomes a causality, and no one will benefit from a world devoid of truth."
Shehla expressed solidarity with the family of the martyred journalist, and wished his children success.
"Tamheed has already shown the same steadfastness which was characteristic of Shujaat sahab. I wish him success in his life"
She prayed for peace for the departed soul.


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Tucker Center Presents "A Great Conversation" with Former Gopher Star Lindsay Whalen & Cheryl Reeve
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport recently hosted a discussion on the topic of building leaders and champions, both in sports and in life. "A Great Conversation" offered insights from former Gopher star and current Minnesota Lynx player Lindsay Whalen and Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve and was moderated by Tucker Center director Mary Jo Kane, Ph.D. The WBNA is a highly visible and successful arena where women's leadership is on display. These highly accomplished leaders shared personal stories and experiences, as well as insights and strategies, on what it takes to build leaders and champions, both in sports and in life.
Lindsay Whalen, a native of Hutchinson, MN, led the U of M women's basketball program to national prominence during her career. She is the first Golden Gopher to earn All-America honors in three different seasons and lead the U of M to its first-ever Final Four appearance. She's a two-time Wade Trophy and Naismith Award finalist and a unanimous selection for All-Big Ten First Team in 2002-04. A three-time Academic All-Big Ten, Whalen's jersey was retired in 2005. She began her pro career in the WNBA as a first-round pick in 2004, and in 2011, returned to Minnesota where she helped lead the Lynx to three WNBA titles. Whalen is only the second player in WNBA history to record 4,000 points, 1,500 assists and 1,000 rebounds. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and a FIBA World Championship in Turkey in 2014.
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The collection "Tailoring" di Vito Nesta has added a new object, or rather two, matasSal e PEPitolo are, respectively, a door and a door salt pepper shaped skein.
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Brinsea Products Ltd
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She had them at "Ni hao ma."
When Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand grabbed the microphone at the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown two weeks ago, she blurted, "Ni hao ma, zenma yang?" in Mandarin, or "Hello, how's it going?" Later that day, after wrapping up a meeting with local leaders at a senior center, she walked by a few card tables and said, "Hao bu hao?" or "Are you doing O.K.?"
It is customary for politicians eager to connect with ethnic voters to butcher a few words in Spanish, Chinese or other foreign tongues. But Ms. Gillibrand is no ordinary politician when it comes to linguistic and cultural comfort: as an Asian studies major at Dartmouth, she studied for six months in China and Taiwan, becoming proficient enough to absorb stories in Chinese newspapers, and later spent four months in Hong Kong as a corporate lawyer.
Ms. Gillibrand's Chinese is rusty now. But she tells her 5-year-old son, "Man man yi diar," or "Slow down a little," and calls chopsticks "kuaizi," out of habit. And she can still converse for a few minutes, as evidenced when a reporter from a New York City-based Chinese-language newspaper trying to learn her Chinese name unexpectedly found an enthusiastic Ms. Gillibrand on the line.
"She definitely understood what I was saying, and she had good pronunciation," said the reporter, Yan Tai, who writes for The World Journal. "Actually, I was very impressed."
Now a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ms. Gillibrand has come a long way from her days in China and Taiwan as Lu Tian Na, an exuberant adventurer who sucked down toad venom to counteract poisonous crabs from Beidaihe beach (about 180 miles east of Beijing), and who rode helmetless on a motorcycle in polluted Taipei. But those experiences deepened her appreciation for different cultures, Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview, and helped to shape her views on relations between the United States and China.
Ms. Gillibrand's background has piqued interest among the fast-growing Chinese-American community in New York. And winning over Asian-Americans, who make up 6.7 percent of the state's population, could provide an edge in 2010, when a special election will be held for the remaining two years of the Senate seat. That could prove helpful given that Ms. Gillibrand, a centrist Democrat, has drawn fire for her views on immigration.
"It's encouraging for us to know that she has the background," said Virginia M. Kee, a founding member of the Chinese-American Planning Council. "Her message was, 'I'm listening to you,' and I feel that she was sincere."
Ms. Gillibrand gravitated toward Chinese in college, she said, because she had never been to Asia and she loved the artistry of Chinese characters. Her Chinese name, Lu Tian Na, reflected a routine transliteration of her name. Tian Na (heaven and beautiful, respectively) represents Tina, which she was known as growing up, and the surname Lu (which means land) was thought to be a close match to her maiden name, Rutnik, and adds poetry and meaning to her Chinese name.
As a member (and eventually captain) of the squash team at Dartmouth, Ms. Gillibrand would practice writing countless Chinese characters during van rides to matches.
"She was more enthusiastic than average; she really stood out that way," said Seth Hendon, a student at Dartmouth who taught her at a language drill class. "She really wanted to learn."
During her studies abroad in 1986, first in Beijing, then in Taichung, Taiwan, Ms. Gillibrand, then a junior, sampled everything from congee to dried cuttlefish and stinky tofu. She used a slide projector to show images of people and places she photographed, talked constantly to ordinary Chinese, took up tai chi and navigated her bicycle through Beijing's thoroughfares and narrow alleys.
By the time she returned to Dartmouth, Ms. Gillibrand could comprehend television news and newspaper articles, according to two classmates, Eve Stacey and Dana Beard, who accompanied Ms. Gillibrand overseas.
"I know it was a life-changing experience for me, and I suspect it was the same for Tina," said Ms. Beard. "It opened our minds."
Ms. Gillibrand agreed.
"Our relationship with China is extraordinarily complicated, and when you do understand the culture better, having that appreciation means you can hopefully find compromises," she said.
She said that the United States should be a "candle for the world," and that "so much of our foreign policy and national security depends on China."
She also suggested that she would be pragmatic in dealing with China's human rights record. She recalled trekking in Tibet, and noticing a 5-year-old boy who had little choice, because of his family's economic predicament, but to work alongside his father, carting stones in a wheelbarrow.
"When we talk about child labor laws, I have a recognition of how far other places have to go," she said.
Ms. Gillibrand has forgotten many of the 2,000 characters she once memorized. But she still comfortably wields the q's, z's and x's of the Pinyin romanization system when e-mailing friends or acquaintances.
She talked briefly in Mandarin with this reporter, too, but said that she wants to brush up, and hopes her older son, Theo, now 5, pursues Chinese in school so they can converse. But she can occasionally surprise: a few years ago, Mr. Hendon said that he bumped into Ms. Gillibrand on the street in New York, and she greeted him with "Han Sai Si!" his Chinese name at Dartmouth.
Since Gov. David A. Paterson tapped her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, who stepped down to become secretary of state, Ms. Gillibrand has introduced herself to people beyond her upstate district, including Latino and Asian groups.
Those constituencies could be crucial in a primary or general election next year. The number of registered Chinese-American voters in New York City jumped to 112,000 in 2007, or 3 percent of the city's 3.7 million voters. That is a 36 percent increase since 2001, and one of the biggest surges among ethnic voters, according to John H. Mollenkopf, director of the Center for Urban Research at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
It also does not hurt that Ms. Gillibrand is apparently the only member of Congress with some proficiency in Mandarin, other than Representative David Wu, an Oregon Democrat who was born in Taiwan.
At the Chinatown parade down Mott Street on Feb. 1, Ms. Gillibrand was flanked by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose district includes Chinatown, and Councilman John C. Liu, who represents Flushing. Mr. Liu, who immigrated from Taiwan as a child, rarely speaks Chinese in public, even though his Mandarin is quite good. Mr. Silver, meanwhile, can say, "Hello, I am Silver," in Cantonese.
But Ms. Gillibrand, bedecked in a red Chinese dress, was the main attraction.
One boy who marched alongside Ms. Gillibrand hoisted a sign with her Chinese name, prompting a few spectators to say, approvingly, "Lu Tian Na." And on Mulberry Street, two elderly Chinese women told her cheerily, in Mandarin, about a local event, prompting Ms. Gillibrand to nod, and say, "Xie xie," or "Thank you."
In an interview days later, Ms. Gillibrand said she regretted one thing: not delivering her speech in Chinese.
"Next year," she vowed.


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A popular Stafford location, which has welcomed many new residents over the last couple of years, is now nearing completion - and home seekers need to act fast to secure their dream home there.
Bovis Homes' St Mary's Gate has only one new home available to buy, and to celebrate the completion of the development, the house builder is offering the final purchasers some great extras.
"We're very proud of our St Mary's Gate location," says regional marketing manager, Louise MacRae. "A real sense of community has grown here and once the final home has been sold, it will complete the neighbourhood."
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"We're excited to be able to offer such fantastic deals for the last buyer here," says Louise. "It really is dream deal time, so if you are looking to move, it's well worth contacting us to find out more about our offers."
Buyers can also take advantage of Bovis Homes' Home Exchange scheme, where the house builder will help to take the hassle out of moving by buying your existing home and dealing with the estate agents on your behalf.
The five-bedroom Oxford house type has an open-plan kitchen and dining area, which includes integrated appliances, and a separate sitting room, useful study and utility area. Upstairs, the master bedroom boasts an en suite and a built-in wardrobe.
If you would like to find out more visit St Mary's Gate, Stafford, ST18 0YH or call 01785 530014
Home Exchange scheme is subject to independent valuations, survey and contract on your existing property and is subject to criteria, which include the property you are selling is worth no more than 75% of the value of the new Bovis Home you wish to purchase. Maximum property price excepted via the Home exchange scheme is £400,000. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion. Please ask our sales advisor for details.


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A schoolboy was killed as a human hauler hit him at Pachubari Bazar in Durgapur upazila on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 12, a class IV student of Sridharpur Government Primary School and son of Abbas Ali of the upazila.Khurshida Banu, officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station, said the human hauler knocked down him while crossing a road around 9:30 am, leaving him dead on the spot.
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Don't Mess with Partridge
Who would have imagined years ago that it would have been possible for a washed up show biz has-been who resurrected his career appearing on a television show about other has-been celebrities to suplex a dude who was famous strictly for appearing on similar low budget garbage productions at a show giving awards to nincompoops who appear on these types of programs? Watch Danny Bonaduce body slam "Survivor" villain Jonny Fairplay above, and remember never to chest hump Danny Partridge.
In the real world, reports are surfacing about Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney General, authoring a series of secret documents that authorized extreme torture methods by the CIA after public documents decried these tactics. Amongst the techniques allowed in the secret files was forcing reputed members of Al Qaeda to watch all of the VH1 Really Awards and leaving out the Bonaduce/Fairplay tussle. Our government really is a bunch of brutal bastards.
Word in Iraq is that the country is fed up waiting for weapons for their police force to come from the U.S., so the Iraqi government is going to pay China $100 million for more guns and ammo. And who said democracy would never work in Iraq? Much like Wal-Mart, Iraq has discovered it can get what it wants and what it needs cheaper from China than from America.
Netizens looking to get their bullshit straight from the source need look no further than the new, handy-dandy U.S. Department of State blog Dipnote. I can't wait to see their next entry on how well they have created, "a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community," through their efforts in Iraq. I can't wait to read Condi's next post...it will be great to engage her directly in the blogosphere.
Finally, Mr. Sulu will get to orbit through outer space forever now that they named an asteroid after actor George Takei. The "Star Trek" veteran who currently appears on the show "Heroes" was recognized by the International Astronomical Union's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature, an organization dedicated to naming celestial bodies and to saving small bodies like Nicole Ritchie and the skinny Olsen twin here on Earth.
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Topical authority is the new big trend within SEO. This is why more and more site managers and bloggers focus on topical optimization instead of the classic keyword optimization.
While the rules of topical authority seem to be clear enough, re-optimizing an established site with tons of content that has been optimized according to the old standards can be quite time-consuming, almost impossible. This post will help you do exactly that: easily and efficiently.
Topical Authority's Pillars
Topical authority is an umbrella term for a number of rules used by search engines to classify and evaluate content based on focus and thoroughness. Unlike keyword optimization and single-post-based evaluation of content, here what's important is that the whole site focuses on a topic in particular and researches it in depth by publishing multiple posts approaching it from all possible angles.
In order to achieve topical authority a site must live up to a number of requirements:
- Topic: The whole site must focus on a single topic or on a few strongly related topics. Each page should be further optimized for topic-relevant keywords. Different types of content supporting the topic are a big plus.
- Structure: The way you structure your content with the help of menus, categories, and tags is quite important in terms of topical authority. Menus should make your content easy to find and should follow its logic. You should not only consciously choose a small number of categories but you should also make sure they're all topically relevant. Last but not least, you shouldn't use more than one category per post or page to avoid duplicated content. Tags should help site visitors find their way around your content so they should be precise and, ideally, supporting your site's topic.
- Interrelation: Your single posts must be connected via relevant and useful internal links. Relevant internal links prove that your posts are on interrelated topics and provide site visitors the opportunity to research in-depth.
- Topical relevancy: Topical relevancy means that the backlinks your site receives, come from sites from within your own field. Search engines take such topically relevant backlinks as an additional sign of quality in-depth content.
- Domain authority: Domain Authority, a term used by MOZ to replace the outdated Page Rank, is unfortunately also a part of the equation. It's unfortunate because it doesn't have anything to do with the quality or depth of your content but is a cumulative ranking method, placing importance on such things as site visits, bounce rate, backlinks, etc., thus favoring established sites at the expense of the new ones on the market.
Blog Revamp: Instant Topical Authority Boost
As an owner of a blog or content-driven site that has been around way before topical authority became relevant, you face issues as single-page-based optimization, topically irrelevant content, too many categories, too many tags, multi-topic blogs, serving multiple target groups, etc.
While your strategy certainly was chosen for a reason, when it comes to topical authority, the rule is simple: one topic, one target group, and one need you address. That's why you need to perform a cleanup of your site that will result in homogenic in-depth content.
Here're the steps you need to take in order to boost the topical authority of your established site – step-by-step.
Step 1: Perform Topic Cleanup
If you have a content-driven site focusing on, for example, healthy lifestyle and you write about everything from exercises and food to homeopathic treatments, you probably have a problem with topical authority.
I say "probably" as a lot depends on the way you have structured your content – and SEO is always somewhat relative. If you, in all your posts, focus on achieving healthy lifestyle as a whole, you might convince search engines that your content is focused and in-depth enough.
However, you must be aware of the fact that blogs focusing on narrower fields, such as healthy food, exercise or homeopathy in this case, will have a SEO advantage as they will be considered to have higher topical authority (with everything else equal).
It's therefore a good idea to try to benefit from narrowing your blog's topic. Review your existing posts and remove the ones that don't clearly support your main topic.
If you're not sure what's relevant and what's not, try to write it down as a chart. Identify your main topic and write it at the top. Try to identify all subtopics by reviewing your posts, maybe use categories as a helping tool, and write them down below the main topic. Try to connect them and create as many sublevels as necessary. Place the directly related subtopics on the first sublevel, less relevant subtopics on the second, etc.
Keep your first-level subtopics and either rewrite or discard all further levels – and eventual unrelated topics.
The topic cleanup should also be performed on pages and media files. Remove irrelevant pages and media files or revamp them by focusing on your site's topic.
You don't, per say, need to stop posting on some of your subtopics or trash all irrelevant posts but it's highly recommended that you spread different topics among separate blogs.
You can do that by implementing a subdomain or a subdirectory structure. Ideally, you'll have your main site where you write about the basics of heathy lifestyle (example.com), while you discuss food, homeopathy, and exercises on separate subdomains (food.example.com; homeopathy.example.com; exercise.example.com).
Be aware, though, that while Google claims that they're very good at figuring out when subdomains host one site or separate sites, it doesn't always seem to be the case. Translated in SEO terms, this means that you might have to fight for ranking of each subdomain instead of your domain as a whole entity.
Step 2: Perform Content Structure Cleanup
It's a general SEO rule to create a small number of categories and only use one category per post – and you probably follow it already. However, in terms of topical authority, you need to go a step further and make sure that all categories are relevant to the core of your site's topic.
For example, if you write about medications, it's a good practice to have categories as Painkillers, Blood Pressure Medicine, Sleep Disorder Medicine, etc. It's, however, not optimal to create a category for each medicine or cross-categorize by marking certain medicine as a painkiller and a sleep disorder medicine in the same time.
In order to achieve maximum topical authority, you have to perform a cleanup of your categories. Remove categories that don't directly support your site's topic. Make also sure that all posts are categorized correctly and with only one category per post.
Posts that fall under categories that'll be removed should either receive a new, more topically relevant category, if possible, or be removed from the site, if they don't support your site's topic.
When it comes to tags, keep two things in mind: tags should be topically relevant and, even more importantly, useful to your site's visitors.
It's usual for bloggers to come up with one or more new tags every time they post resulting in 100s of tags, most of them used only once. As tags are powerful content organizing tools, you should use them smarter than that.
Limit the choice of tags to topically relevant ones and remove duplicates. If the changes turn out to affect many posts, you should use the time it takes to review each individual post and find new and more relevant tags for it. Removing irrelevant posts found to not fit any of the newly approved categories or tags should be a priority.
Last but not least, when performing a content structure cleanup, you must review your site's structure and the available navigation options.
You structure your site by using the page attribute Parent (this option might not be available to you depending on your WordPress theme) to the right of the screen in page edit mode.
It's a good practice to group relevant pages (for example, place Contact, Company Structure, Jobs, etc. under the page About). This doesn't have direct implications for navigation as you can structure your menus as you like. It has, however, importance for how your site is crawled and read by search engines. Grouping relevant pages can lead to a boost in your topical authority by highlighting the interrelation between your pages.
When it comes to menus, you should focus on user experience. Try to follow the logic of your content and lead site visitors from introduction to in-depth presentation of your topic and, when relevant, to call to action, such as buy, contact us, etc.
This way you maximize your chances for conversions and minimize the risk for bouncing.
Step 3: Boost Interrelation And Topical Relevance
To help site visitors perform in-depth research on your pages and in the same time convince search engines that your content is of high quality and topically relevant, you should place focus on linking, both internal and external.
Internal linking serves as a navigation tool helping site visitors quickly find relevant content of interest – and use even more time on your site. By including appropriate and helpful links you make it easy for people to, for example, find an explanation of a term or learn about a smart way to approach a problem connected to your post's topic.
Do not overdo it though! Posts with too many links can easily be misread as spam by search engines and become confusing for readers!
External linking in the form of backlinks have long been one of the absolute pillars of SEO. Quality backlinks are indeed the most important part of all search engines' algorithms.
In terms of topical authority though, it becomes even more important to focus on generating relevant backlinks. This means that you should work to get high quality backlinks from websites from within your field.
This doesn't automatically mean that you should ask Google to not count any backlinks from irrelevant sites, as they still have value. It's much more about having the right topically relevant backlinks as the dominant part of your backlink portfolio.
As always, when it comes to backlinks, you should simply concentrate on providing quality content focusing on just one topic. As long as it's good enough – and marketed properly – the backlinks should come on their own.
You are, of course, in your right to approach webmasters and do your best to get the backlinks you need. Just like with everything else – don't overdo it and follow the rules!
Domain Authority: Oh, Well… Let's Jump To Conclusion
Just as with almost everything in life there's that thing you can't really do anything about. You cannot magically boost the domain authority of your site. The reason is that the algorithm behind is too inflexible and – unfortunately – sometimes irrelevant to the real world.
No matter how good your site is, if it doesn't have the age or the backlinks required, you won't get far.
The good news is that this gives you the opportunity to work on all those things you have control on and one day the domain authority will come on its own.
The other good news is that site visitors don't care about such things. Provide them quality and they'll come back or recommend you and this is the true way to beat the system.
If you do a good job with the 3 steps described above, you'll see results pretty soon.
A word of warning: As you narrow your topic and remove irrelevant content, you'll experience that some of your followers disappear. This is due to you no longer serving their needs – and it's normal.
However, you'll also experience that others become more loyal site users and new ones join them over time. Topical authority is indeed the strongest tool you have to cultivate trust and loyalty.


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The TCSA officially released a report on food services at Trent entitled "A Raw Deal" last Wednesday at its campaign launch. The report "provides an analysis of student opinion regarding food services at Trent university, as well as recommending a direction for improving those services." Arthur spoke with TCSA President Brea Hutchinson about this new campaign launch.
Hutchinson criticizes the survey that Trent conducted last year for its cost and low number of participants, while emphasizing that the TCSA's survey cost $60 and "twice as large as any other survey on food that has been done at Trent." The second largest food survey was initiated by Trent last year; the survey aimed to include 320 participants (though the official number of students surveyed has not yet been released) and fsStrategy, the consultant group hired to do the report, was paid $60,000.
Trent was not happy about fsStrategy's report either; Hutchinson told Arthur that a senior administrator working on the file expressed that they did not get their act together, which is why Trent has asked Aramark for a one year contract extension. "Once they got the fsStrategy document, they said this wasn't good enough, this was not a meaningful consultation, and they wanted more time to do a good job."
However, Hutchinson says that Trent should not have needed this time. "You had 12 years as a university to prepare for the day Aramark was no longer here…. Ultimately, what should be happening now, is that we should be closing up a RFP [Request for Proposals] process. We should just be waiting until September 2013 for [everything to come to life]."
"Let's see if the university getting an extra 12 months gets much done with that…. I don't know any student who can get a 12 month extension on any assignment."
Hutchinson emphasizes that the TCSA's survey was conducted in the most "unleading" way possible by simply asking, "What would you like to see changed about food on campus."
"We always have to be open to that kind of a question… so having a survey that is utterly routed in that creates really intense data analysis and also creates really remarkable results… it [also] harvests the creativity of students as opposed to harvesting the creativity of the person creating the survey."
Arthur supposed that the document did not seem very radical, but Hutchinson says that although recommendation 6 may be a simple idea, formalizing that sort of document is itself very radical.
"Having a charter of food student rights is quite radical. Right now you are governed and protected and restricted by the charter of student rights and responsibilities, which guarantees you freedom from religious discrimination. It says that someone who discriminates [against] you based on religion shall be penalized. But that doesn't include Aramark. They say, "you have a right to be free from discrimination, but I don't have an obligation to feed you because of your religious affiliation." That sounds like discrimination to me."
Referring back to the comment on the document not being very radical, Hutchinson says, "The group we're talking to is not a radical group… We're presenting it to the board of governors… [and] this is a very conservative approach."
"This is directed not to convince students that it's a problem, they know it's a problem. It's the board of governors, it's the housing director, it's the university who thinks it's not as much of a problem as it actually is."
When Arthur asked about what the most challenging part of the process will be, Hutchinson answered, "I think the university is trapped in a box. They want to offer cheap food, they want to offer higher quality food, and I think they are operating under the presumption that there is only one way to do that. I think one of the things we really have to say is that we can deconstruct the box."
"This isn't what Tessa and I think should be done with food. This is what the 661 people who participated wanted to be done with food. I would have loved to shown a much larger local and sustainable emphasis in this document, but the survey we did didn't give us that. We're not going to take these numbers and distort them for them to give us what we want."
When Arthur asked which recommendation would be the most difficult to lobby, Hutchinson answered, "12 and that's sad," though noting that recommendation 2 and 6 would also be very difficult.
The TCSA has organized a petition for students and community members to sign in support of the Raw Deal document. "I feel very comfortable saying that we could get 2000 students saying this is the vision for food at Trent. I don't think anyone else has proposed a vision yet. Someone could, I would love to see Food Not Bombs or OPIRG write a really radical equivalent to this, and if they can get 2000 people to support it, that's amazing."
"Raw Deal" recommendations
661 participants at Trent were asked "What would you like to see changed about food on campus?" Based on the results, the TCSA has made 12 recommendations for the improvement of food services at Trent.
1: Increase the number of autonomous food service outlets on campus excluded from primary food contract.
2: Put more "flex" in "flex dollars" by allowing students to use flex dollars at a diversity of food service outlets across campus and in Peterborough.
3: Ensure that all eating areas and cafeterias are common spaces and are accessible without financial cost.
4: Make nutritional information and ingredient lists available online for all menu items.
5: The food service provider must ensure that all students, faculty, staff, and visitors are able to access fully nutritional meals regardless of their dietary constraints.
6: A Charter of Student Food Rights be developed and implemented with broad pan-campus involvement.
7: Potential food service providers must agree to work with elected student representatives and the University, in consultation with local stakeholders, to develop a local procurement policy.
8: Change the current monopoly for on-campus catering to a system of "open tender."
9: Ensure that whenever classes are being held, students have the opportunity to eat on campus both before and after their classes.
10: Develop a centralized location to post food-related information.
11: An investigation into the impacts of food served on campus to health be conducted.
12: Current Aramark staff unionized with CUPE 3205 be given priority hiring and the rights to maintain their union status.


text: Robotronix 1 Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Well like 2 days ago I installed the creators update for Windows 10, I had Comodo Antivirus and firewall installed on my system... The update is not compatible with one of those things... After Windows rebooted from the updates nothing worked right, all the icons on my desktop had zero text and programs where missing text and I couldn't even perform a system restore (broken stuff) None of the tools I would normally use to repair Windows with would work. OK no problem just reinstall Windows and all my stuff? (This is how I learned that Comodo was not compatible) OK 2nd Windows install in one day (thank God for a fast SSD and my windows install being stored on a USB 3.0 thumb drive.) I finally have all my programs installed and I wanted to enjoy some of my Launchbox/BigBox games... All of those files where stored on other drives so Windows being reinstalled shouldn't have been a problem.... But a lot of programs refuse to run from my other drives it's hit and miss... NeoRageX 5.0 runs fine (with compatibility mode for Windows 95 and DPI scaling off) but other ones including LaunchBox will not run. I have tried the take ownership (takedown) command on all the drives and all the folders and even setting Launchbox to compatibility mode doesn't work (also run as admin) If anyone has any helpful advise please tell me what I am doing wrong lol (I have also googled my brains out and resorting to forum posts are my last resort, I try not to bug people with any problems, as usually Google has answers for almost everything.) Edit: Also I gave every account on my machine full access to all drives, still nothing. Edit 2: Good news everyone! I downloaded Launchbox again and had it just reinstall to the same folder, everything now works as it should even the 3 emulators I tested, the installer gave me some odd error that I managed to fix by right clicking the installer and selecting "install as administrator" Not sure why all this is going on... Makes me miss Windows XP and even 7 never gave me these issues (I have had multiple drives forever, it makes things like Windows reinstalls a lot less painful. Edited April 9, 2017 by Robotronix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites