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As parents we feel it is easier to give younger kids a tablet to keep them quiet at the table especially when dining out. But kids are missing out on important social skills that comes with interacting with people instead of screens.
For younger kids meals are the best time for them to practice listening, paying attention and taking turn when speaking.
You may not realise it, but when you allow your children devices, you are giving them the message that it is ok to be zoned out from the conversation. Instead what you want is :
Having regular conversation with your children during meal times will help you find out if there is any problem your child is facing and help them out before it becomes too serious.
But the constant notifications and being highly connected with devices makes it harder for our children to seperate themselves from the screen.
Having a phone at the dinner table is becoming increasingly normal.
Two researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology on the effect of mobile phones during meal times.
They found that phone used during meal time lead to decrease in diners' enjoyment. It caused people to feel more distracted and less engaged. It also lead to a drop in the enjoyment of the meal.
A device-free dinner can go a long way in building a positive relationship with your children. Your child is away from distractions and have no option but to engage with you in a real conversation.
It can be difficult at the start to separate your child from their devices for even thirty minutes, but it will eventually get better and easier.
Even parents who are highly connected with their devices will find it challenging at the start. But the undivided attention you get from your children will be rewarding.
A simple step of device-free dinners can open up avenues for other activities that you and your child can do together. You can take this opportunity to understand what is happening in their life.
1.Set up device-free meal plan :
Don't let your children get sucked into the world of 24/7 communication with their peers online. Whether they realise it or not , they need the time to unplug and get a reality check from their family.
Let your children know that you will be enforcing stricter time limits to create more family time. Let them know that the rules apply to grown-ups in the house as well.
Since family members need to be in agreement, set up a a device-free dinner plan together. Get your children involved in creating it. Your kids should give reasons why they think this is necessary so they can understand the importance of it.
2. Be clear on the purpose of device-free dinner
Be intentional about having screen-free meals. Many families do not realise the importance of having a meal together. For instance, I do not send my baby to singing class because that would not allow my family to have dinner together.
Let your children know that is the time for the family to bond and spend some time together.
3. Create a Phubbing jar
Phubbing means peeking at your mobile phone when someone is talking to you.
Like a family swear jar, create a phubbing jar so everyone in the family adapt good behaviors When someone goes to check their phone at dinner time, make them put a dollar in the jar. Even better, if it is your kids that is phubbing then for every dollar they put in their screen time gets reduced by the same amount.
Also, discuss other consequences for breaking the rules with the kids. For instance, cleaning up the dishes or doing the laundry for breaking rules.
4. Use Phone's built-in feature
Google Family Link allows you to switch off your kids devices during certain hour of the day. For instance, during meal times. Read the step by step guide to set up Google Family Link.
5. Keep all phones in one location
When you and your kids are struggling to keep the screen away at mealtimes, sometimes it is easier to remove the temptation all together. Ask everyone to turn off their mobile phones during dinner time.
All devices can be kept in a family phone bag or stored in one cupboard so no one can access it while you eat.
6. Set time frames
Some children will rush through their meal time to get to their phones as quickly as possible. Avoid this from happening by setting a time frame. For instance, family dinner will be for thirty minutes followed by tea or coffee for another fifteen minutes. This way your children is aware that for the next forty five minutes they cannot access their devices.
7. Lead by example
Parents who are glued to their phones or constantly checking their emails are bad role models for their children.
Everyone knows that it is hard to ignore an important work email. But whether your child is 6 months old or 16 years old, he will know that you are not paying attention to him and not truly engaged.
Do not attempt to multitask parenting with technology. Your kids will notice that you are peeking at your device or texting under the table. So put your devices away if you are expecting your child to do the same.
Also do not replace one distraction with another. For instance, there is no point having the TV switched on instead of the tablets.
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8. Make dinner time more engaging
To help kids stay away from devices, keep conversation going with talk on current events. You can also start dinner by talking about with what is good during the day and what went wrong, and have each family member share. This will lead to fun conversations and debates before you even realise it and it keeps devices away from your children's minds.
Also, when discussing about your children's day do not be judgemental to what they have to say. Instead, learn more about subjects they are interested in or what is bothering them. It will be a good way for you to have a better understanding of your children.
Don't forget to take this opportunity to talk to them about their online lives. Ask them about what is trending, what they have seen or read online.
You can also play fun and simple game like Who Am I? or Finish the Story. Make dinner time fun again and no one will think about looking at their devices.
9. Relate to your child's Issues
Make sure that rules are adhered to without any exception. Children are fueled by FOMO: Fear of missing out. It can become hard for them to stay offline for a long time. They also feel the pressure to respond to every notification instantly.
Have a conversation with them about this subject; be firm with the rules, but do not ignore their concerns.
10. Follow through
If you want this to continue not just during the holiday season then follow through the same restriction every single night. Some days it can be difficult as your child can rebel and insist on wanting their devices. But do not give up.
One day your children will accept the idea of no devices during dinner time and they will keep the devices away themselves before reaching the dinner table. It will just become a norm in your home.
Here are other tips to you keep children safe in the digital age :
Tips for Non-Tech Savy Mums :4 tips to digital parenting for non-tech savy mums
Stop kids from being datafied : Are your children datafied from birth
3 dangerous places for children to be online : 3 places kids should have limited internet access


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Finding the Best Wheelchair Lifts
So, when you are someone that is looking to enjoy life, even as you get older, you will find that there are a lot of questions that may arise in the meantime. How can you be sure that you work it in a way that makes sense? If you or someone you love is struggling to get around on a regular basis, you may be trying to figure out what it is that you can do to make that process easier for them?
Whether on vacation property or at home, hillside lifts can be a huge help for what it is that you may be trying to accomplish. More often than not, you will be looking at a lot of details and trying to ensure that you've got everything that you need in order to get ahead and stay ahead of things. These lifts can make it easier for you to get around and they'll be the tool that makes the most sense if you want to be 100% sure that you can get where you want to go. And, if you do it right, you'll be able to work things out in a manner that makes sense and that is affordable for your family.
Look at what you can find and learn as much as possible. More often than not, you will be able to work things out and know that you've got a pretty good idea of what your home needs to be safer and more accessible to everyone. There's so much that you can learn that you want to be sure that you work it out properly and that you can learn as much as you need in order to get the lift that makes the most sense for you and your family.

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Dark Magick Rising (Draegan Lords Book 5) by M.L. Rhodes
Copyright 2019 by M.L. Rhodes, All Rights Reserved
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In the end, there'd been surprisingly few questions and most of those had been over minor issues.
Wen wasn't sure if the lack of questions was a good thing or a bad thing, but he didn't feel any concerning emotions from Wesley, so he decided not to overthink it.
"Anyone else have anything they'd like to discuss?" he asked, before moving on.
When he received no response, he continued. "All right, if you think of anything later, feel free to find me and ask, or, if I'm not around, check with Lieutenant Brannock.
"Now, on to the next bit of business… Current guards, and trainees who are choosing to join the vellanjhere today, Edric is in the armory right now, waiting to fit you with your own armor and update your weaponry as necessary."
Wen and Wesley had brought Edric in on the plan for the vellanjhere last night to get his help. Wen was determined to give every single guard in the vellanjhere the best possible chance to stay alive, which meant not only excellent armor, but excellent weapons, too. Many of the current guards had decent equipment, but the trainees had been using a mishmash of spare blades taken off Byram's soldiers or they'd been borrowing weapons. In Wen's eyes, that was no longer good enough. He might not have a lot of soldiers at his disposal, but he was going to make damn sure the ones he had were outfitted properly, all of them, including the least experienced.
"Go ahead on down, and Lieutenant Brannock and I will be there shortly to help."
No one moved, which was…odd. But then Wen realized why.
With a slight smile, he said, "Dismissed."
As the group dispersed, with lots of talking amongst themselves in what Wen thought sounded like mostly positive tones, he jumped down off the fountain wall to meet Wesley.
"Well?" he said quietly, so only Wesley could hear it as people passed by them on the way to the armory. "How do you think it went? Did I shock them too much?"
"I think…that if we weren't surrounded by so many people right now, I'd kiss you until you couldn't breathe."
The words caught Wen off guard. "You would?" he murmured.
"Oh yeah."
Damn. Wen felt himself being sucked in by Wesley's warm, dark-eyed gaze.
"And you did shock them," Wesley continued. "But in a good way. You were every inch the strong, confident, inspirational leader they need right now. And all I could think about while you were speaking was, how in hel did I ever get so lucky not only to have had you as my mentor, but now to have you as my mate?"
Wen drew in a slow breath and released it. "If we weren't surrounded by so many people, I'd gladly let you kiss me until neither of us could breathe," he whispered.
Wesley's smile sent a jolt of sweetly aching longing through him.
They were so caught up in one another for those few precious seconds, neither of them heard someone approaching.
"Bloody hel. I go away for a little while and when I come back, you two are even more gooey-eyed with each other than when I left."
Wen turned at the same time Wesley did.
"Jarrad!" Wesley said breathlessly. "When did you get back?"
Jarrad shrugged a shoulder. "Pretty much now." Then he smiled sheepishly at them. "Guess I have a habit of catching you two during naughty moments."
"There are no naughty moments, you git. Only stupidly pathetic commentary from you," Wen said, but the words held no bite. He pulled Jarrad into a hug, happier than he cared to admit to see his brother.
Jarrad hesitated for a couple of seconds, before hugging him back, and Wen could almost feel the tension flow out of Jarrad's body.
"It's damned good to see you," Wen said.
"It's good to see you, too," Jarrad murmured before they stepped apart.
"How are you?" Wesley asked him. Wen could tell by Wesley's intense expression that he was reading Jarrad.
"I'm… I'm all right," Jarrad said quietly. "For real," he added when Wesley continued to look at him intently.
When Wesley slowly nodded and smiled, Jarrad did the same, and whatever unspoken exchange had passed between them, they'd obviously made their peace.
"I'm happy you're back," Wesley said.
"Me, too."
"Does that mean you're staying?" Even though Wesley's voice didn't betray it, Wen felt his hope.
Jarrad nodded again, slowly. "Probably. Unless you need me to be out there?" The question was addressed to Wen.
"We have other people who can scout. I'd rather have you here, if you're willing. I need my best people protecting Kellesborne."
A hint of red crept up Jarrad's cheeks. "Okay. I'm a little out of touch, though. Clearly I missed a few things while I was gone. Not the least of which is that the two of you were promoted. Congratulations. You both deserve it." His blush deepened. "Just don't tell anyone else I said that since I don't want to ruin my reputation for being a smart ass."
Wen smiled. "Thanks. And I don't think your reputation's in any danger."
"Your secret's safe with us," Wesley added, a smile still flickering on his face.
Clearly trying to get the attention focused elsewhere besides on him, Jarrad said, "So, good speech. And the vellanjhere… I like it." He dropped his voice. "I've noticed a couple of other fairly big things that are different, too."
Wen nodded, knowing what he was getting at. "Lord Rizik is gone," he said, keeping his voice equally quiet so they wouldn't be overheard.
"Solanis told me when I got to the guard camp. He didn't say specifically to where, but I read between the lines. He told me Iann's away as well."
"And a handful of others, sent out as envoys in the hopes of gathering some allies."
"Solanis also said it's been a couple of weeks since Lord R left. Has there been any word of him or Hareldson?"
"No one but the inner circle knows where he's really gone, so keep it to yourself."
"I will. Of course I will."
"How are things out there?" Wesley asked, nodding toward the courtyard wall, his face creased with concern.
"Not good. The sorcerer holds the entire east road now, from Lafaria to Thrythgar. His soldiers aren't letting anyone traverse or cross it who aren't army. Any civilians are searched. And…you're gonna love this…they have a glargak."
"Are you joking with me?" But Wen could tell Jarrad wasn't kidding in the least. "Bloody hel."
"What's a glargak?" Wesley asked, his tension rising, probably from Wen's reaction to the news.
"It's a sort of hound-like creature, but bigger. Much bigger," Wen told him.
"And uglier," Jarrad added. "It's more like a cross between a huge grey, hairless hound with sharp teeth, and a giant, oozing slug."
"Eww. Is it particularly fierce or something?"
"It can be used to tell who's human and who's something else," Wen told Wesley. "Byram had one a century ago, when he first went after the draegans, until it was finally killed. He'd use it in villages to find draegans who were trying to pass as human."
"How can this glargak thing tell who's a draegan?" Wesley asked.
"That's where the slug part comes in," Jarrad said. "It secretes a slick, slimy substance from its skin. When humans come into contact with the slime, it does nothing. It's like humans are immune to it for some reason. But if it gets on anyone else, any other creature of any kind, it creates big, puss-filled sores that make the skin around them rot away."
"Oh my gods," Wesley in horror. "But…how in the hel did Byram use this thing? Did he round up everyone in a village and make them touch the slug-hound? Surely draegans, and anyone else, could get away as soon as they saw it coming."
"That was the problem," Wen said. "No one saw it coming because Byram never had the glargak taken all the way into villages. His soldiers would camp with it somewhere nearby in secret, then they'd scrape off a bucket or two of fresh slime and sneak it into the village water supplies. Humans could bathe in it, drink it, and nothing would happen. But if a draegan bathed in it—"
"It became blatantly obvious who wasn't human," Jarrad said. "Oozing, blackened sores, not easy to hide."
Wen nodded. "And if a draegan drank it…it was basically poison because it would do the same thing to draegan insides as it did to the outsides, which was fatal."
"Holy gods."
"Also, its hide is damn near impenetrable," Jarrad responded. "A lot of attempts were made to hunt and kill it before someone finally succeeded."
"Where in hel did Byram conjure up another one of the damnable beasts?" Wen asked his brother. "We were always told the one he used was the only of its kind. A leftover relic from Byram's dead, old mentor. And I don't think anyone knew where he got it."
"Don't know. But I saw it with my own eyes," Jarrad said. "It looked exactly like we'd always heard it described, which is why I recognized it. And, believe me, it's not a sight easily unseen." He shuddered. "Anyway, it's being heavily guarded. Meanwhile, the soldiers are capturing any civilians who dare to be out on the road and testing them with the glargak slime. I'm sure if they turn up any draegans, they kill them on the spot. As for the humans…the soldiers are taking anyone old enough to hold a sword and forcing them to serve in the army, as 'punishment' for daring to be on the road."
"Fucking hel," Wen muttered.
"What about kids? What's happening to them if the parents and older siblings are being pressed into the sorcerer's army?" Wesley asked.
"I'm not sure. I didn't see anyone with children encounter the soldiers while I was out. But I expect the kids are either left to fend for themselves or they're taken to the army camps to do chores and serve in menial capacities."
"So they're forced to be slaves," Wesley muttered darkly.
Wen felt, and shared, his disgust and worry at the idea of defenseless children being used, and probably abused, in such a way.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Wesley asked, turning to Wen.
Wen sighed, knowing Wesley was referring specifically to protecting any children left behind or abused. "I don't know, love. But we'll give it some thought," he promised.
He'd add it to the already gigantic mental list of problems and things to deal with that plagued his every waking hour.
The knowledge the sorcerer held the east road and had somehow come up with another glargak unsettled the hel out of Wen.
And here we sit on the side of the mountain, with barely enough guards to keep us protected in spite of this magically fortified stronghold, much less be able to send anyone out to help fight the fucking sorcerer's takeover of all of the land.
Wesley rested a hand on his shoulder and squeezed. Wen knew Wes was picking up on his fear and frustration.
"Sorry," Wesley said, looking at him with understanding. "Let's just focus on one issue and one solution at a time. Right now, we need to get our people properly armed. That's the most important thing at the moment."
Wen drew in another deep breath and slowly released it. Then he nodded, giving Wesley a grateful look.
"If I'm staying here, do I get one of your fancy new blue suits, too?" Jarrad asked, seemingly oblivious to the tension, and comfort, that had just passed between Wen and Wesley.
Inwardly, Wen smiled. "Only if you say please very nicely."
"Oh my gods," Wesley said with a snort. "You're both asses sometimes. But right now, Wen, you need to move your ass. We promised Ed we'd help him."
Jarrad chortled.
"What's so funny?" Wen asked, looking at him askance.
"Wesley bossing you around. I kind of enjoy seeing that."
Wesley rolled his eyes, and Wen bit back a retort.
But then Jarrad's brows shot up. "Wait a second…you left Edric alone down in the armory to deal with everyone? Good gods, he's probably hiding in a corner by now from being forced to have too much face-to-face contact. Way to go, Captain."
"Shut up, dumb a—"
"For fuck's sake. Less talking, more helping!" Wesley gave both of them a shove, but Wen sensed his humor.
He also felt Wesley's relief over having Jarrad back in the fold.
It was a relief he fully shared, and, for the first time in weeks, Wen felt as if he could breathe just a tiny bit easier about that concern at least. For as much as he'd assured Wesley Jarrad would be fine and would come to them if he really needed help, he'd still worried every day about his brother. He had no idea if Jarrad was still haunted by the nyctophan attack—probably he was. It was unlikely his memory of it drifted away like so much magick smoke while he'd been gone. Wen just hoped that at the very least, Jarrad wasn't living in as much fear of it now and that he'd lean on the people who cared about him if he needed to.
And then he smiled as he realized he was sounding suspiciously like Wesley. Which wasn't a bad thing. Not a bad thing at all.
When they got down to the armory a few minutes later, and Wen discovered that every trainee, without exception, had chosen to become a member of the guard, yet another weight he hadn't realized he'd been holding lifted from him.
"I never expected all of them," he murmured under his breath to Wesley.
Wesley smiled. "I told you weeks ago, they're here because they believe in what we're doing. And your speech only further confirmed it for them. Whether you realize it or not, today you convinced every single one of them to willingly follow you wherever you might lead. To the ends of the land if necessary."
"I think that might be a slight exaggeration."
"But it's not. This afternoon they got a taste of how I always feel about you."
Wen instinctively reached for Wes, stroking his cheek for too brief a moment, before remembering they were still surrounded by other people. It didn't stop him from wanting more though.
"I'm just concerned there may yet be some draegans who are less than happy about the name change of the guard, and who might feel like we're disrespecting, or perhaps even outright abandoning, our history." He kept his voice low, to be sure no one overheard.
"Maybe," Wesley responded in an equally quiet tone. "Change can be hard. But sometimes it's also necessary. And for the one or two draegans who might be like Lochlann, I think you can see by looking at all of them in the guard who are here that the majority at Kellesborne are ready to embrace change. You're not abandoning your history, you're merely adding to it, guiding it farther along the new path that Lord Hareldson and Lord Rizik chose to forge."
Wen liked that analogy. It made it seem less like he was completely overturning a thousand years of draegan heritage and more that he was simply helping things along toward the next logical step.
Though banishing Lochlann should have made it crystal clear his slurs and behavior were unacceptable, Wen had worried the event might still have stirred a quiet discord among other draegans who felt similarly. So, ever since then, he'd been searching for a way to cement in not only the guards and trainees minds, but the general population of Kellesborne as well, that everyone under the castle's roof was equal to everyone else. It had seemed especially critical to do it once Lord Rizik had gone because without having their half draegan/half human leader visibly at the helm, with his powerful draegan lord magick as both an example of how different races could meld together successfully, and also as a deterrent to trouble, it might make bolder those who had ideas of dissent.
Wen's idea of renaming the guard had been borne of wanting to solidify the bond between the races, as well as give everyone a sense of pride about what they were building and fighting for here, in spite of the fact they were horrifically outnumbered by Byram's armies. When he'd broached the possibility with Wesley, and then with his mum, they'd both supported it. His mother had also said she was certain Lord Hareldson and Lord Rizik would agree were they here, which is why, as interim leader, she'd officially approved it.
Maybe it was idealistic, but Wen wanted to show people that their unified strength was a bastion upon which they could lean in the difficult times yet to come. Because, ultimately, they all needed each other if they were going to survive. It was something he and Lord Rizik had discussed many times on their nightly flights over the land.
The forward progress today gave him hope. And that was a win he'd gladly take.


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Discussion Board for collaboration on QlikView Scripting.
Hi all,
Could someone explain why this expression isn't valid in the script.
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I'm trying to group buyers that have bought within the last 3 months if they have mark them as 'Active'.
Aggregations in the script like Max(UNIT.SOLD_DATE) need a GROUP BY clause.
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One thing we struggle with as SEOs is measuring success.
What do you base success off?
What you rank for? How much you earn? What everyone thinks of you? or simply how much you care?
Its a tough one and its not really talked about much in the seo community.
In my opinion there are only 3 potential ways to even consider measuring how "good" of an SEO you are:
- What others in the industry say about you (reputation)
- What terms you actually rank for (effectiveness)
- How successful financially you are (earnings)
And as Google is constantly changing and sometimes asking people directly about earnings can be a touchy issue, I decided to compile a list, written by SEOs, about SEOs, for SEOs.
I've compiled votes from 40+ SEOs who work in the industry, responding to 1 simple question:
"Who are top 3 SEOs in the world."
And who better than SEOs to vote on SEOs
I emailed over 150 SEOs across the globe. Around 40 responsed and here are the results.
Results BELOW! In infographic form (obviously) – Pins Please!!
Individual votes below:
I'll kick this off then
My votes are for: Bill Slawski, Steve Morgan and Jerry West."
The seo nice guy goes with – Rand Fishkin, Dr Pete and Cyrus Shepard.
Another difficult question! I don't know the ins and outs of what most SEOs do, the site's they've worked on, and the rankings they've achieved, so I'm going to base my decision on which SEOs consistently publish great content on their own sites. So, in no particular order…
– Brian Dean (https://backlinko.com) Why? The No.1 source for finding ways to get links to sites.
– Jason Acidre (https://kaiserthesage.com) Why? Regular comprehensive articles on a wide range of SEO techniques and strategies.
– Matthew Barby (https://www.matthewbarby.com) Why? Creative SEO ideas and how to get the most out of tools.
I'd say @bill_slawski, @dr_pete and @aaronwall. At least for opinions I actually read/listen to.. :)"
Cyrus went with the classic:
I love all the SEOs, so sorry to say I can't contribute to this one 🙂 Think of all the SEOs who I wouldn't be able to pick! (valid point)
I'm not a big believer in ranking SEOs against one another. There's so many folks I think are impressive in this field that calling out any three would feel like a disservice to the hundreds of other great ones.
I do not really have 3 SEOs that I would consider as the top SEOs. Three, of the many, that I pay attention to are Bill Slawski, Linda Buquet, and a member of several forums that goes by Godoveryou.
I wouldn't be a good fit as we do all of our testing in house and don't follow anyone. Plus, the best three SEOs in the world aren't know. They are smart and stay underground. 🙂
There is no such thing as the best SEO in the world. Search Engine Optimisation has reached a point where individuals specialise in certain disciplines such as technical SEO, outreach, strategy, mobile, internationalisation, localisation and content. On top of all that there's your usual x-hat labelling. Instead, I'd like to highlight a few people who've recently inspired me in my own journey.
Michelle Robbins. SEO Level: Oracle. Third Door Media
I've had the pleasure of meeting Michelle in Munich during SEOktoberfest and found her level of insight to be a step above most people I know. Her profound understanding of search technology and ability to predict future trends hasn't happened overnight. I believe that after a decade of industry expertise one starts to develop a special kind of intuition and deeper understanding of current and future events. Best way to get in touch with Michelle is on Twitter.
Enrico Altavilla. SEO Level: Scholar. Search Brain, Italy. Enrico is a self-labelled "atypical search marketer". Given his technical abilities and the profound understanding of information retrieval and search engine principles it's hard to understand how this man doesn't work for a search engine. I would argue he understands crawling, indexing and ranking process better than most Googlers given only a fraction of their engineers is involved with core search and search quality. Enrico is particularly active on Google+ so make sure you circle him after reading this.
Martin Reed. SEO Level: Wizard. Head of SEO, Dejan
Martin represents all the brilliant SEOs out there who quietly amaze those around themselves but prefer to stay out of public spotlight. I've worked with him since the inception of my company and he's always been the one whose advice I seek when I find myself out of depth. In addition to technical SEO mastery, Martin's strength is in the ability to see things from a different angle than most of us, which makes him an extraordinary problem solver, a rare and valuable talent in any organisation. Here's more (or less) info about Martin.
1. Brian Dean (Backlinko.com)
He's shown it time and time again, Brian doesn't just get results (Backlinko.com is a DA 65 domain getting a ton of traffic from Google in less than 2 years), he also does an excellent job at teaching you how to do the same. His tactics changed my online businesses and We are seeing a real before and after Brian.
2. Jason Acidre (https://kaiserthesage.com/)
Love what Jason is doing over there, always practical, always illustrated and always innovative tutorials. A real hands on no BS SEO Blog
3. Nick Eubanks (https://www.seonick.net/)
He's one of these guys you don't see much because he's running his businesses most of the time but when he gets out you always get blown away with the originality yet accuracy of what he shares.
1) Nick Eubanks. He is always available to discuss about things, and to teach (me) new things. People are saying that he is even handsome. Now, I'm not entirely sure, but he is a good looking guy for sure.
2) Chris Dyson. He is smart and I like the fact he goes straight to the point, no bullshit. Experience is talking, and I like when people is teaching me something because they tried, and not just because they read it.
3) Aleyda Solis. She is one of the first 'SEO hero' I met in real life in Italy. She is always ultra kind with me and I like her because she is an incredible always-in-motion person. And I tend to like people like her.
@theGypsy. @billsebald and @seo_theory
Rishi Lakhani
Martin MacDonald
Julia Logan aka Irish Wonder
I have worked in the industry for a long time and out of everyone I've interacted with, Rishi, Martin and Julia understand most about the web and its relationship with search engines. They have all had years of experience working with large data and interpreting it to understand how they can use it to their advantage. From information architecture and content to spamming techniques and algorithm manipulation, all three I believe are the best at what they do.
This is an extremely hard question to answer, as SEO as a phrase is really starting to mean Internet Marketing, and SEOs becoming more Digital Marketers.
As far as people actually still doing SEO, I would say I look to Loren Baker, Andrew Beckman and Tyler Shears when I have questions about traditional SEO.
Loren Baker has been in SEO, on all fronts, for about as long as anyone. Andrew Beckman also has a long time in SEO and is really knowledgeable in Paid and Local SEO. Tyler Shears is wicked smart but remains more behind the scenes, working in organic link building and reputation management through SEO.
Besides myself, i believe Matt Cutts is probably the top SEO in the world as he and his team are making the rules! He who makes the rules is king. In the normal world, I think there are many good choices. Eric Enge, Rand Fishkin, Danny Sullivan, Ian Lurie, Brian Clark, Bruce Clay, Greg Boser, Jayson Demers and Loren Baker.
But again, these guys are the most vocal SEO's in the world that talk about SEO openly. I know there are better out there but they don't share their secrets.
Terry Kyle, Brian Dean & John (Limbocker), off the top of my head on a hazy sunday morning…
Many of the best SEOs intentionally are not particularly public. For instance, my original mentor in the SEO industry was a guy nicknamed NFFC & most people only know him by his nickname. I'd certainly put him in the top 3 & a couple others who are a bit more publicly known would be Jim Boykin and Joe Sinkwitz (aka Cygnus)
Best SEOs in the world … hmmmm. Depends how you define it? Best at securing rankings when a business doesn't deserve those rankings? Best at creating a content system to help the company perform over the long term? My answers would differ for each.
A couple I really like and admire are:
1. Wisam Abdulaziz (he's our head SEO) … both content and algorithm inner workings
2. Dave Naylor … not sure about being a great creator of content, but definitely knows a lot about the inner workings of the algorithm
3. Rand Fishkin … I think he's done an amazing job creating a site with great enough content that it performs over the long term … it's the Wikipedia of the search world
Jim Boykin (Internet Marketing Ninjas CEO)
Jim has managed to remain in the forefront of SEO despite having been involved with SEO for about 15 years. His contributions to the industry after major algo update have been invaluable.
2. Ian Lurie (Portent CEO)
Ian has been involved for about 20 years and is one of the geekiest persons in the industry. Ian's technical approach to SEO is incomparable. He's one of very few SEOs still looking for scientific evidence before making sharing an opinion. He's also a great creator and contributor of advanced SEO tools and processes and an excellent presenter.
3. Dan Petrovic (Dejan SEO Director)
Another brilliant technically-minded SEO. Non-stop innovator and researcher with a very practical and actionable approach to getting things done. His ability to spot new Google trends, changes and updates is one of his biggest skills.
It's an interesting question you pose and I can guess most of the names that will bubble to the top of your list. Ultimately, these will be the people discussing and theorising about SEO – mainly known around the industry through self-promotion at events – rather than those at the coalface.
I'm a big believer in those that are hands-on, doing SEO on a daily basis, are typically more up to speed than the majority of the "big names", therefore my top 3 is based on people I know can both implement and deliver results and not just converse about it.
· Jonny Artis
· Mike McDougall
· Matthew Barnes (a very talented up and comer!)
If you get any other votes for any of these I will be massively surprised J.
Brian Dean – His link building ideas are always on point, thinks outside the box and I often find myself lost in his site for hours.
Jon Cooper – Another great link builder, his link building guide (https://pointblankseo.com/link-building-strategies) has helped me out tons of times.
Rand Fishkin – He's no doubt going to be at the top of the list, and as much as he does frustrate me on times. He knows his stuff and Moz is a damn good resource.
I don't have an opinion on who the top 3 SEOs are in the world, but there are certainly people in the industry who I have a lot of time for. If I had to pick three, I'd probably recommend the following:
– Eric Ward – Eric has a subscription called LinkMoses Private. For $8.00 per month, you'll get 1 or 2 emails which containing link building opportunities, updates on what is happening in the industry and loads more. Whilst the link building opportunities are usually fairly niche, they open your eyes to new ways of acquiring links and they can be transitioned for your clients projects. It's well worth the $8!
– Barry Schwartz – As most people will know, Barry is the founder of Search Engine Roundtable, a brilliant blog that keeps you up to date on the changes Google are making. There are regularly case studies to show what does and doesn't work, along with articles all about updates that Google look to be making, before Google announce them.
– Aleyda Solis – If you're not already following Aleyda on Twitter, you should be (@aleyda). She regularly posts updates to new tools available on the market, along with posting out lots of articles that are well worth a read for keeping up to date with SEO, new tactics etc!
Rand Fishkin, although I suppose he's more of a digital marketer than an SEO. Then again, I think all SEOs are digital marketeers now. Interesting how buzz words and phrases come and go… The Moz blog and Rand's personal blog speak for themselves really, but it boils down to being THE thought leader and pioneer in the field and running an agency that constantly pushes the boundaries for knowledge and sets the bar when it comes to best practice.
Will Critchlow and his Distilled team. Distilled U is an amazing resource for new comers and seasoned SEO professionals alike. There is always something new to learn in SEO and Distilled help with this massively.
Kath Dawson, who I have the pleasure of working with at Strategy Digital (and Alexei Lee who is our Head of Social & Promo). Kath is an expert in Google + strategies and I've learned heaps from her, and Alexei supports our social team. His expertise is amazing. Together they form an SEO Social Media Strategizing Monster, a little like Zaphod Beeblebrox but with more internet knowledge. admittedly, I'm biased because I work with them, but then part of the joy of working in digital marketing is being able to work directly with innovators like this that you can learn so much from.
1.) I suspect that many of the people doing the best SEO in the world are people we've never heard of, who are just doing great work for their clients and not talking about it much to the larger industry. I also think there are a lot of people all over the world doing great search marketing in different ways. That said, here are three people whose work I trust absolutely, and who I think are doing a lot to further the state of SEO in the world today:
Marshall Simmonds (@mdsimmonds): Marshall is the number 1 person I would go to if I had an SEO problem I couldn't solve. He's incredibly smart and has a ton of experience with large, difficult websites. He really understands the business side of SEO and how it integrates with larger marketing programs.
Mike King (@ipullrank): I think Mike's contributions to the field of SEO are some of the most important ones happening today. There are a ton of people out there attempting to be "thought leaders" and pulling it off to various degrees, but Mike is consistently testing new methods and using data in new ways, and sharing his results with the industry. He's invested in improving SEO as a craft and as a business.
Annie Cushing (@anniecushing): Annie really understands how to measure and sell SEO. Her work in data visualization for SEO contributes to an industry focused on meaningful change and marketing practices, rather than on shortcuts or vanity metrics. Her audit checklist is an amazing resource that I point new SEOs to all the time as an example of the proper time and care that should go into a full website audit.
This isn't a perfect list of top 3 SEOs in the world by any means – they're all Americans, for one thing – but it's certainly a list of top SEOs whose work is important and influential to me. There are other people who are making huge contributions to the industry (Dr. Pete would be a close 4th for me).
My top 3 SEOs is a really difficult one. Naming the top 3 SEOs in the world is impossible really, as no-one really knows much about what anyone else is up to and although we're all global marketers we are all limited networks of one kind or another.
In many ways it also depends on what you mean by top SEOs, for example there are those SEOs who rank well for terms like SEO, SEO Consultant, Freelance SEO Consultant etc – they obviously know what they're doing and are demonstrating it in the results they get for themselves. Others concentrate their efforts locally and that's harder to work out. There are those who speak a lot on SEO and are incredibly knowledgeable but I sometimes wonder how much opportunity they have to actually carry it out! and there are those others who have done very well from carrying out SEO who work in house or who wouldn't normally consider themselves SEOs – so we just don't know about them.
It's always hard to say how good an seo actually is, therefore I thought I'd look at those people I respect (and a list of 3 is nowhere near enough!). The content from these three always makes me sit up and take note:
Michael Gray from https://graywolfseo.com/ – he's been blogging on SEO since 2004 (and probably earlier) and is a go to authority – longevity counts for something in SEO. I've been involved in SEO for about 10 years ago and in that time I've seen a lot of people come, in the past 5 / 6 years I've used the domain GrowTraffic.co.uk and so have been much more focussed on what other SEOs are doing and it's always surprising how many people pop up and drop off.
Likewise I rate Barry Schwartz of https://www.rustybrick.com he's had a similar amount of longevity and generally puts out some pretty useful and topical posts, plus he's really active on social media – and I often get seo news in my twitter stream first from him.
I'd also choose Gianluca Fiorelli of https://iloveseo.net – I find his insights fascinating and coming at it from an international perspective (he's a native Spanish speaker) Gianluca often provides a different take on things.
This is an extremely hard question. There are some super brilliant SEOs out there – people like Dan Shure, Mike King, Dr. Pete, Cyrus Shepard, John-Henry Scherck, Jon Cooper, Sha Menz, and Matt Brown have provided a lot of amazing pieces (or presentations) that inspired me this year. There's a bunch more, but you asked for three…
So if I have to make a top 3, my list is for SEOs who produced stuff I bookmarked, and re-visited the most this year (in no particular order):
1. Bill Slawski – breaks down so much great patent stuff and really helped me think about engines differently.
2. Annie Cushing – picked up a lot about technical auditing, excel, and how to make deliverables look better.
3. AJ Kohn – I never miss AJ's stuff. It's fantastic, larger picture stuff that always resonates with me.
Jimmy Wales and Jeff Bezos. Barring those, I'm always impressed by Justin Briggs, Ross Hudgens, and AJ Kohn.
It's hard to say who are the top SEOs since being expert and being visible are different things, often. I'll name three SEOs I esteem a lot:
Enrico Altavilla
Dan Petrovic
Justin Briggs
Ryan O'Connor. Ryan is an expert at ecommerce SEO and is knowledgeable about actual techniques to use to get results instead of just theory.
Kevin Bland. This is one of the foremost experts in the carpet niche and has a brilliant twitter feed.
John-Henry Scherck . JH is an expert in working with big brands and tweets great little tips all day.
David Mihm – his local knowledge is unparalleled
Bill Slawski – algo knowledge and Google patents
Justin Briggs – link building and content marketing / old school turned new school
Matt Cutts, The dude currently ranking all the big pharma keywords. Or one of the dude(s) ranking Louis, cheap uggs, payday loans, etc, Jacob King
Paddy Moogan, Backlinko and Wil Reynolds
Ill name a couple of guys which you probably haven't heard of before who ive considered over the years to be worth listening too but they are by no means "the best" or "guru's" , just guys which know what they are talking about ( or did ).
Some of the guys which i liked to keep tabs on… "old welsh guy" from umbrella consultancy, I believe he's still in the wales area but he's slipped away from the lime light in recent years ( Spoke on the BBC news once upon a time but these were the days where directory submissions worked lol ), but still the guy knows what he's talking about.
MOG Martin, ( Martin Mcdonald ) Also one of the old guys worth listening too and appears on some of the top blogs from time to time, he does alot of talks and SEO conferences but i believe he's slipped off the map in recent years , he's normally contracted to large company rather than being freelance so his insights and thoughts are less visible now days.
Wiep Knol, probably one of the best link builders of his day for link baiting and creative link building , again we are talking a couple of years ago now, ive not looked into whether any of these guys are still active.
David Naylor , another UK marketer who's done very well for him self and his company is still one of the UK's best i believe.
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By KANERE staff writer, February 2019
A South Sudanese woman was allegedly raped in her house in Kalobeyei settlement on the night of February 3rd, 2019 at 1:00am when two unknown attackers armed with crude weapons entered the house. They had followed the woman as she returned from her relatives' house, where she had been visiting and watching television. (more…)


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PathWays PA Special Budget E-Alert - March 24, 2010
On Monday, Representative Vitali withdrew amendments he had offered that were meant to halt or hinder natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, which would have also required a $110 million cut to basic education funding.
With no other amendments, including one originally proposed by Representative Levdansky, brought up for debate, the House of Representatives yesterday approved the expenses portion of the Governor's proposed budget (HB 2279) by a vote of 107 to 89. The budget includes $26.26 billion in state funds and $2.76 billion in federal stimulus money for a total of $29.03 billion in spending. The revenue portion of the budget is likely to be debated in the House in April.
In the House budget proposal, spending for many programs would continue at levels below FY 2008-09, and most departments would see cuts to their funding. The plan would restore state funding for basic education and provide additional support using federal stimulus dollars. A few other areas, including health care and public safety, would see modest increases.
After the House passes the revenue package both bills will go to the Senate where they are not planned to be move until May and are likely to face opposition.
Philadelphia Budget
Philadelphia City Council has begun to hold hearings on the Mayor's proposed budget, which calls for a tax on sugary drinks and a $300 fee for trash collection.
In lieu of the Mayor's proposed plan to raise revenue, some Council members are calling for an increase in property taxes by 12 percent. The argument for this tax is property taxes can be deducted from federal income-tax returns, so residents would see some of that money back. The problem with the plan is the current status of the Board of Revisions of Taxes in Philadelphia, whose recent problems have caused a moratorium on new property assessments until the city felt the data was reliable.
City Council will continue to hold hearings on the city's budget. To view the hearing schedule, please click here.
Did You Know...
The cuts to services that resulted from last years budget only made the struggle greater for people in Pennsylvania. If you or your clients have been impacted by the service cuts, please contact your state legislators today and let them know.
Budget Coalitions
Better Choices for Pennsylvania Coalition
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center is forming a coalition to bring together individuals, organizations and coalitions working for a state budget that funds essential public services, invests in the future, and has a fair and stable revenue structure.
Coalition members will work in support of:
- A balanced approach to the state budget shortfall.
- A state budget that builds upon sound public investments.
- A state budget that addresses the immediate crisis and prepares for the future.
- A state budget that includes productive, stable revenue that reflect today's economy.
To learn more about the Coalition and to become a part of it see the Sign-On Form.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Coalition
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Coalition (formally the Southeastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Essential Services) is a broad-based coalition of over 80 nonprofits, local government and private sector agencies that provide essential services to improve the quality of life for people of this region. Pennsylvania's budget impasse last year had a devastating impact on children, families, seniors, people with disabilities, other vulnerable members of our communities, and the organizations and agencies that serve them.
The Coalition has come together again this year to urge the Governor and the General Assembly to:
- Spare cuts to the state's most vulnerable residents in 2011 and pass a budget that provides adequate support for Pennsylvania's children, families, seniors, people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations; and
- Use additional sources of revenue to protect all Pennsylvanians and the organizations that serve our communities.
Three Things the Coalition is Asking Everyone to Do:
- Write to your House and Senate members. Tell them how the proposed cuts would impact the people your organization serves. Urge them to increase state revenue to fund the essential services your organization provides.
- Visit House and Senate members while they are home on recess.
- Urge members of your staff, board of directors and consumers to get involved.
Your organization can also join the Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Coalition to stay informed and participate in collective budget action throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. Go to http://pabudgetnow.wordpress.com for more information.
Did You Know...
Programs that provide adult education are crucial to help individuals obtain the skills they need to obtain a job that pays a self-sufficient wage. If you or your clients have been impacted by the need for adult education, please contact your state legislators today and let them know.
Important Programs and Action Steps:
While the state budget is very tight this year, it is crucial for legislators to hear from their constituents about programs that cannot and should not see more cuts this year. Even programs that are not undergoing large cuts need to be advocated for to ensure that changes are not made to their funding during the budget debates. Below we have highlighted just a few of those programs:
Adult Education and Family Literacy Programs: The greatest predictor of a child's future academic success is the literacy level of the child's mother. Adult education and family literacy programs are especially important during this recession to ensure that families have the opportunity to gain the education they need to become self-sufficient. If you or your clients have been impacted by the need for literacy, please contact your state legislators today and let them know.
Industry Partnerships: Workers who participate in the Industry Partnership program have seen an average 6.62% increase in their wages within the first year after training.
HB 2230, currently in the House Committee on Labor Relations, will institutionalize Industry Partnerships to ensure that this important program remains in Pennsylvania for years to come. If you or your clients have benefited from Industry Partnerships, please let your legislators know by emailing or calling their offices.
State Supplemental Program: Help restore cuts to the State Supplemental Payments for Pennsylvania's elderly, disabled, and blind. As a result of the 2009-2010 budget, the state supplement has now been cut each month by $5 for a single person and $10 for a couple. If you believe the payments are important. please contact your state legislators and urge them to find ways to restore this cut.
adultBasic: Over 350,000 people are on the waiting list for adultBasic. While those on the waiting list can pay full price for the program until they can access the program, but the cost to buy in has increased 80 percent. Meanwhile, coverage under the Governor's 2010-2011 budget will not expand beyond 50,000 people. If you or your clients believe that when 12 percent of adults in Pennsylvania are without health care, programs that assist them are essential and need to be expanded, please contact your state legislators today and let them know.
Child Care Subsidy: At least 16,000 families are on the waiting list to receive the child care subsidy. The subsidy allows parents to afford to work by assisting them with the expense of child care. If you or your clients have been impacted by the need for child care, please contact your state legislators today and let them know.


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Property Details for MLS® # C4280282
15 Vincent Cr, Olds
2 Storey Detached Home for Sale
- Price: $437,500
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2(full) 1(half)
- Parking: 4
- Status: Active
- Year Built: 2015
This like new home is located on a quiet street in the Vistas and has the perfect floor plan for families. On the main level there are hardwood floors throughout. The kitchen features granite countertops, good sized island, white shaker cabinets, walk through pantry, and stainless steel appliances. In the living room, warm up next to your stone finished gas fireplace. Also on the main level, a half bath, spacious front entry, and access to the oversized double garage.The spacious master bedroom has a large ensuite with a soaker tub, separate shower, and his & her sinks. The 2 other bedrooms and full bath are located just off the bonus room. Lastly on the 2nd floor, you'll find the laundry room with a window! The unfinished basement is ready for your design and roughed in with in floor heat. Completing this home, a spacious backyard with a large covered deck. Book your showing today!
Contact Dan Salloum About MLS® C4280282
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property information
- Property Type: Detached Home
- Style: 2 Storey
- Year Built: 2015
- Lot Shape: Rectangular
- Total Floor Area: 1,823 sq.ft
- Finished Levels: 2
- Restrictions: Restrictive Covenant-Building Design/Size,Utility Right Of Way
Community Information
- Address: 15 Vincent CR
- Neighbourhood: Olds
- City: Olds
- Postal Code: T4H 0C4
- Included: Dishwasher-Built-In, Dryer, Fan-Ceiling, Garage Control, Garage Opener, Humidifier-Power (Furnace), Microwave Hood Cover, Refrigerator, Stove-Electric, Washer, Window Coverings-All
- Bedrooms: 3 (Bedrooms Above: 3)
- Bathrooms: Full: 2 / Half: 1
- Rooms Above Grade: 8
- Basement: Full, Unfinished
- Floor Finish: Carpet, Ceramic Tile, Hardwood
- Exterior Features: Fenced, Flat Site, No Back Lane
- Exterior Finish: Stone, Vinyl
- Construction: Wood Frame
- Foundation: Concrete
- Roof: Asphalt Shingles
- Front Exposure: North
- Frontage: 14.0200 metres
- Depth: 38.0100 metres
Upper Level Room Dimensions
- Master Bedroom: 3.96m x 3.71m
- Bonus Room: 3.89m x 4.01m
- Bedroom: 3.61m x 3.05m
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- Other: 1.47m x 1.78m
- Living Room: 4.01m x 4.01m
- Kitchen: 3.58m x 2.90m
- Dining Room: 3.58m x 2.54m
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- Features: Ceiling 9 ft., Deck, Vacuum System-Roughed-In, Vinyl Windows
- Parking: Double Garage Attached (4 Total Parking Spaces, 2 Covered)
- Heating: Forced Air-1,In Floor Heat System
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Exterior Painters Tucson, AZ
Your Home's Appearance
Your home is quite probably your principal investment. It's where you reside, and in many ways, it's how you present yourself to the world. Regardless of how much renovation you've done on the inside of it, the exterior matters. Your friends, your neighbors, your in-laws coming to visit and passersby on the street all form an opinion of your property from what it looks like on the outside.
Wind, rain, snow and hail can take a toll. If the paint is chipped and pealing, it's time for a change. New paint will not only make you proud of your dwelling but also protect the very materials it's composed of. In addition, painting your house will probably cost much less than installing new landscaping to hide it.
Other Structures on Your Property
Your options don't end with the outside of your house. We can take care of porches, decks, fencing and all sorts of buildings. A fresh coat of paint can give any structure a new lease on life. The painters we work with can paint:
- Sheds
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At Five Star painting, we have years of experience in handling exterior painting projects for homeowners. We'd be happy to guide you through your options and answer any questions you may have.
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Why Enlist Professional Painters?
In theory, everyone knows how to paint, but there's much more to doing it well than merely applying some pigment with a brush. Accomplishing an excellent outcome requires knowledge, technique, skill and experience. Surface prep alone is a major undertaking, and if it's not done properly, you'll hate the way the building looks in the end. Do you really have the time and enthusiasm to climb a ladder and do your own painting? It's not worth it. Five Star Painting provides quality results at reasonable prices, so you don't have to worry about climbing ladders.
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By Yesim Sert Karaaslan and Mumin Altas
ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) has been extending a "hand of kindness" to people for 150 years, Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay said Sunday.
Speaking at an event in capital Ankara, Oktay said that the relief agency is a "deep-rooted" organization which reflects hospitality, helpfulness and generosity of the Turkish nation.
"Turkish Kizilay is one of the best disaster relief organizations in the world with its nationwide disaster response and disaster logistics systems," Oktay said.
He added that Kizilay had intervened in disasters in 138 different countries in the past 10 years and had met the basic needs -- such as shelter and nutrition -- of people.
"We have never been indifferent in the face of humanitarian crises anywhere in the world," Oktay said.
Kerem Kinik, head of Kizilay, said that the relief agency currently carries out humanitarian assistance in 16 countries.
He recalled that Kizilay gave a helping hand to people in need in 51 countries in 2018, adding that the agency targets to reach stronger governance and further increase corporate trust.
"We must be more agile, more innovative and more accountable," he said.
Turkey is among the world's top aid donors.
Kizilay is the largest humanitarian organization in Turkey, with an international network to help other nations in need.
* Writing by Jeyhun Aliyev


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What is my interior design style? That is a question many new homeowners ponder. Do you like a calm, orderly and predictable look? Or do you like a clean look that is not hard edged with very straight lines? Do you like a more feminine look with soft colors? Or do you like the new Menswear look with Ralph Lauren fabrics? Look at some of the interior design styles below and see what is best for you.Read More
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Which interior design style is best for your living room?
The styles below are some of my client homes and represent different interior design styles.Read More
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Who are the Texas Millennials and what do they like in interior design? Millennials are the group of people born between 1981 and 2000. There are 74 million millennals which is a 31% share of the adult population.Read More
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What is your interior design style? There many interior decorating styles. Find your's.
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Interior Design & Generation Y, Stylish Eclectic Decorating
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Generation Y which is ages 20 to 37, voted the category Style, Design and Appearance as their number 1 characteristic according to Furniture/Today magazine. Also important to Generation Y is quality and durability.
How Do I Find My Interior Design Style For My New Frisco, TX Home
How do I discover my personal interior design style? Your home shouldn't look like your neighbors.
There are a lot of beautiful model homes in Frisco, Texas to draw inspiration from, but you should find the interior design style that is right for you. We all have different likes and dislikes. Some people may want a dark dramatic room whereas someone else would love a light understated look. Some people like contemporary, while others prefer traditional, country french or neo-classical. What do you like?
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Generation Y which is ages 18 to 36, voted the category Style, Design and Appearance as their number 1 characteristic according to Furniture/Today magazine. Also important to Generation Y is quality and durability.
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Het Kip & De Ei
Is there such a thing as 'medeval free improv' or 'conceptual dream yodeling' or 'serial folksongs'? In the ever expanding forest of musical genres and names, they haven't found one for composed chamber music for harp and Fender Rhodes, or did they?
Het Kip & De Ei is series of double bills, in which artists coming from very different backgrounds share the stage. The focus is on the music, 'ear above eye', no distracting fancy visuals, but a simpel informal setting where the musicians are close to the audience.
A perfect fit for the musicians of Zwerm, who took the initiative to launch Het Kip & De Ei. They will curate its concert calendar following their artistic incentive of curiosity and a yearn for surprise.
All concerts take place at Madam Fortuna, Sergeyselstraat 20 in Antwerp (walking distance from Antwerpen Centraal).
Het Kip & De Ei is a project of Zwerm, in collaboration with Madam Fortuna & ChampdAction, with the support of the Flemish Government.


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Islamic State Threatens More Attacks on Egypt's Christians, Obama DHS Adviser Says They Have It Coming
In December, the Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing in a church inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral compound that killed 29 (all but one were women and girls). On Palm Sunday, two separate Islamic State suicide bombings killed nearly 50 worshippers.
Over the weekend, the group threatened more attacks on Christians:
That renewed threat prompted interesting commentary from former Obama Homeland Security Advisory Council member Mohamed Elibiary. He claims that the Coptic Christians in Egypt -- the largest Christian population in the Middle East -- have it coming:
Reading ISIS's latest mag "otherizing" Egypt's Copts. Subhanallah how what goes around comes around. Coptic ldrs did same to MB Egyptians.
— Mohamed Elibiary (@MohamedElibiary) May 7, 2017
This stunning claim follows a long history of anti-Christian comments by Elibiary going back years, as I've reported here at PJ Media:
What has Elibiary upset? Many in the Coptic Christian community backed the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi in 2013. In his tweet, he references "MB Egyptians" -- Muslim Brotherhood Egyptians.
He is drawing an analogy between being anti-Muslim Brotherhood, and mass murder.
His past anti-Christian statements have been denounced by Coptic church leaders:
And yet he has repeatedly denounced "collective guilt" when it comes to the Muslim community:
This is quite the role reversal from 2014, when Elibiary's tweets warning of an inevitable caliphate were used by terror recruiters to push Islamic State propaganda:
Yet that was hardly Elibiary's first brush with controversial extremist statements:
So it was no surprise that Obama's DHS told members of Congress that his appointment would not be renewed:
But as I've noted here repeatedly at PJ Media, it's remarkable that Elibiary was appointed in the first place given some of his greatest hits:
- Elibiary admitted that his mentor and long-time friend was none other than Hamas terrorist leader Shukri Abu Baker, who is currently serving a 65-year prison sentence.
- In 2003, Elibiary was listed as a board member for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Dallas chapter, which was founded by now-convicted Hamas operative Ghassan Elashi. In 2008, federal prosecutors declared in a federal court brief: "[F]rom its founding by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists."
- In Dec 2004, Elibiary was a featured speaker at a Dallas rally honoring the Ayatollah Khomeini as a "Great Islamic Visionary," an event the Dallas Morning News called a "disgrace."
- Immediately after the Fort Hood massacre in November 2009, Dallas Morning News editor Rod Dreher recounted Elibiary's strident defense of jihadist ideologue Sayyid Qutb, whom the 9/11 Commission identified as the chief architect of Al-Qaeda's ideology.
- In April 2010, he published an op-ed at Fox News pleading with the Obama administration to not kill senior Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
- In June 2010, he attacked the Supreme Court after they upheld the material support for terrorism statute in an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News.
- In June 2011, the IRS revoked the 501c3 tax-exempt status of Elibiary's Freedom and Justice Foundation for failing to file the required IRS Form 990s over a period of several years, documents which would reveal the source of his organization's funding.
- In October 2011, I reported exclusively here at PJ Media that Elibiary had downloaded sensitive documents by the Texas Dept. of Public Safety from a secure DHS database, and then unsuccessfully tried to shop them to the media claiming then-Gov. Rick Perry was running an "Islamophobic" operation. Despite multiple claims by top DHS officials that an internal investigation exonerated Elibiary, in Sept 2013 DHS admitted in response to the Judicial Watch FOIA request that no records related to any internal investigation existed, prompting members of Congress to claim DHS was engaged in a cover-up. Texas DPS, having conducted their own investigation, severed their relationship with Elibiary.
- After 30 million Egyptians took to the streets to remove Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi, leading to his ouster, Elibiary added a Muslim Brotherhood logo to his Twitter avatar in solidarity with the extremist Islamic group.
- In November 2013, Elibiary took to Twitter to announce that the U.S. was a shariah-compliant Islamic country.
But not only was Elibiary appointed to the DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council, he also served on the agency's "Countering Violent Extremism Working Group" developing so-called "de-radicalization" policies.
It's no wonder that Obama's CVE programs have been complete disasters:
All while Elibiary claimed to have had a hand in authoring DHS guidelines that blackballed moderate Muslims from advising law enforcement agencies:
This pattern of anti-Christian hatred by Mohamed Elibiary has continued for years. Will any of the organizations that promoted him as a resource on "de-radicalization" retract their endorsement?


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Alinony Reform Act
Are you contemplating divorce, have you filed for divorce and are unrepresented by counsel, or are you currently ordered to pay alimony? Do you have questions about how the new alimony reform act may impact you? If so, please call the law offices of Qua, Hall, Harvey & Walsh at 978-250-4255 and ask to speak with attorney Laurie Hogan.
The information contained herein is intended for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for legal counsel or advice. Please be represented by a qualified attorney in all legally significant matters.
The Alimony Reform Act of 2011 was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bill is now awaiting signature by Gov. Patrick, and if signed, will take effect March 1, 2012. What does this mean for you? The new bill will impact individuals contemplating divorce, going through a divorce, and those who have already received a Judgment of Divorce.
This article will discuss the impact of the Alimony Reform Act on individuals either contemplating divorce or currently involved in divorce proceedings. It will then discuss the impact of the Alimony Reform Law on individuals currently under an alimony obligation order. For individuals currently involved in divorce proceedings the new act emphasizes the duration of the marriage as being a deciding factor in the maximum alimony terms. The proposed act takes the ambiguity away from previous laws that defined marriages with general concepts like "short" or "long-term" and exchanges them with more direct time-specified restrictions.
For example, for marriages of more than 20 years, alimony will end at retirement age. The maximum alimony terms for marriages less than 20 years are determined using the following data:
- 5 years or less - 50% of the number of months of marriage.
- More than 5 years to 10 years - 60% of the number of months of marriage.
- More than 10 years to 15 years - 70% of the number of months of marriage.
- More than 15 years to 20 years - 80% of the number of months of marriage.
- More than 20 years – the court shall have discretion to order alimony for an indefinite length of time
A key provision, contained within the Alimony Reform Act, is an alimony order may terminate upon the payor spouse attaining retirement age. Under the previous law, there was no termination date for alimony.Under the act, once an alimony order is issued, general term alimony orders shall terminate upon the payor attaining the full retirement age, when he or she is eligible for the old-age retirement benefit under the United States Old-Age, Disability, and Survivors Insurance Act, 42 U.S.C. 416, as amended and as may be amended in the future. The payor's ability to work beyond said age shall not be a reason to extend alimony, provided that:
- When the court enters an initial alimony judgment, the court may set a different alimony termination date for good cause shown
- The court may grant a recipient an extension of an existing alimony order for good cause shown
- In granting an extension, the court shall enter written findings of:
a material change of circumstance that occurred after entry of the alimony judgment;
any reasons for the extension that are supported by clear and convincing evidence.
Modification of Alimony based on payee maintaining a "Common Household" with another
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, if you, as a payor learn the payee maintains a "common household" with another person for a continuous period of three months you are entitled to seek a modification of the alimony order. The payor may seek to suspend, reduce, or terminate an existing alimony order. Below is the definition of "common household" and evidence which may be used to demonstrate an individual is in fact maintaining such a household:
Persons are deemed to maintain a common household when they "share a primary residence together with or without others". In determining whether the recipient is maintaining a common household, the court may consider any of the following factors:
- Oral or written statements or representations made to third parties regarding the relationship of the cohabitants;
- the economic interdependence of the couple or economic dependence of one party on the other;
- the common household couple engaging in conduct and collaborative roles in furtherance of their life together;
- the benefit in the life of either or both of the common household parties from their relationship;
- the community reputation of the parties as a couple; or
- other relevant and material factors.
Alimony Factors
In determining the type, amount and the duration of an alimony order, the Act sets forth statutory factors the court must consider. The statutory factors are:
- the length of the marriage;
- age of the parties;
- health of the parties;
- both parties' income;
- employment and employability, including employability through reasonable diligence and additional training, if necessary;
- economic and non-economic contribution to the marriage;
- marital lifestyle;
- ability of each party to maintain the marital lifestyle;
- lost economic opportunity as a result of the marriage;
- and such other factors as the court may deem relevant and material.
Formula for determining the Amount of Alimony
The formula used by the Act, to determine the amount of alimony, is generally, alimony should not exceed the recipients need or 30 to 35 percent of the difference between the parties gross incomes established at the time of the issuance of the order. However, it should be understood that there is an exception to this general rule for reimbursement alimony or circumstances warranting deviation of other forms of alimony. Income shall be defined as set forth in the Massachusetts child support guidelines, as they may be amended from time-to-time.
Income Excluded for Purposes of Determining Alimony
Some income shall be excluded in calculating income for the purposes of alimony. Income which is excluded for purposes of determining alimony:
- capital gain income and dividend and interest income which derives from assets equitably divided between the parties under section 34; and
- gross income which the court has already considered for setting a child support order whether pursuant to the Massachusetts child support guidelines or otherwise; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall limit the court's discretion to cast a presumptive child support order under the child support guidelines in terms of unallocated or undifferentiated alimony and child support.
Duration of Alimony
At first glance, it may appear the Alimony Reform Act provides a clear guideline for the length of an Alimony order; however, this is not entirely accurate. Despite the durational limits contained within the Act, the Alimony Reform Act contains language which grants the court authority to deviate from the guidelines provided in the Act. Grounds for deviation may include:
- advanced age;
- chronic illness;
- unusual health circumstances of either party;
- tax considerations applicable to the parties;
- whether the payor spouse is providing health insurance and the cost of health insurance for the recipient spouse;
- whether the payor spouse has been ordered to secure life insurance for the benefit of the recipient spouse and the cost of such insurance;
- sources and amounts of unearned income, including capital gains, interest and dividends, annuity and investment income from assets that were not allocated in the parties divorce;
- significant premarital cohabitation that included economic partnership or marital separation of significant duration, each of which the court may consider in determining the length of the marriage;
- a party's inability to provide for his or her own support by reason of physical or mental abuse by the payor;
- a party's inability to provide for his or her own support by reason of a party's deficiency of property, maintenance or employment opportunity; and
- upon written findings, any other factor that the court deems relevant and material.
Modification of Existing Alimony Orders
If you are currently ordered to pay alimony, you may be entitled to file a Complaint for Modification in the Family and Probate Court, seeking a change in your alimony order. The Act provides: "existing alimony judgments that exceed the durational limits set forth in section 49 shall be deemed a material change of circumstance that warrant modification. Existing alimony awards shall be deemed general term alimony, and shall be modified upon a complaint for modification without additional material change of circumstance, unless the court finds that deviation from the durational limits is warranted."
In order to be eligible for a modification the parties must have agreed that the alimony order would be modifiable. This is of critical importance, as it is the initial threshold which must be met in order to seek a modification. For individuals who have re-married and are concerned their new spouses' income or assets will be factored into a new alimony order, the Alimony Reform Act addresses this concern. The Act provides: "If the payor has remarried since the time of divorce the income and assets of the payor's spouse shall not be considered in a redetermination of alimony in a modification action." Additionally, Income from a second job or overtime work shall be presumed immaterial to alimony modification if:
- a party works more than a single full-time equivalent position; and
- the second job or overtime commenced after entry of the initial order.
Time Frame for Filing a Complaint for Modification
In anticipation of large volumes of people wanting to file a Complaint for Modification, of an existing alimony order, the Act contains language which outlines when an individual may file a Complaint for Modification. Any Complaint for Modification filed by a payor solely because the existing alimony judgment exceeds the durational limits as set forth in the Act, may only be filed pursuant to the following:
- Payors, who were married to the alimony recipient 5 years or less, may file a modification action on or after March 1, 2013.
- Payors, who were married to the alimony recipient 10 years or less, but more than 5 years, may file a modification action on or after March 1, 2014.
- Payors, who were married to the alimony recipient 15 years or less, but more than 10 years, may file a modification action on or after March 1, 2015.
- Payors, who were married to the alimony recipient 20 years or less, but more than 15 years, may file a modification action on or after September 1, 2015.


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It is time to accept the fact that humanity is unwilling and thus unable to slow down the coming catastrophic, irreversible, climate change. It is simply impossible for us to change directions so drastically and so rapidly to achieve any significant reduction in greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions.
Many, if not most, respectable environmental scientists believe that past climate modeling and temperature-rise predictions were too timid and too low. Therefore, we must realize that in all probability, we are unable to do almost anything useful to slow down the catastrophic destruction of life on Earth. This reality was evident for several years: In the US, for example, the country with the largest economic ability to change from fossil fuel - based economy, even a Democratic president that promised real action on global warming paid only lip service to it. In addition, a Democratic Congress was not able to pass any laws of substance. In China, the central government must focus on rapid economic growth to placate a massive population emerging from deep poverty and it therefore built one large coal power station a week. Simply put, humanity cannot reverse its focus on short-term gains in order to sustain long-term human survival.
Here is partially what science tells us:
[There are many aspects to the coming catastrophic climate changes, but my focus is on the immensity of human suffering.]
To be acceptable, most scientific and environmental papers want to show us that there is still hope, they also say the damage would be in the future and thus allow the public, environmentalists and national and international leaders to disregard the issue. However, it cannot be ignored, it is already well established. All that was done in the last two decades to cut GHG is insignificant - feel good, window dressing: "Global carbon emissions from energy are up 48% on 1992, when the original Earth summit took place."*
The likelihood that the Earth will be able to maintain a stable atmosphere suitable for human habitat is quite small. The rise in global population coupled by a rising demand for a higher standard of living is forcing a sharp demand for more energy. This massive energy consumption, mostly from fossil fuels, generates an immense amount of greenhouse gases [over 30 billion metric tones of CO2 a year]. All evidence is pointing to a continuous rise in greenhouse gases that will force a rise in average global air temperature well beyond the hoped-for 2 degrees C, which was considered manageable and stable just 5 years ago. It is already approaching one degree C. Note also that there is sufficient likelihood that unknown surprises could aggravate the severity and speed of this global atmospheric destruction.
The respected, Nobel Prize winner, economist Dr. Paul Krugman wrote two years ago: "So, what I end up with is basically Martin Weitzman** argument: it's the nonnegligible probability of utter disaster that should dominate our policy analysis. And that argues for aggressive moves to curb emissions soon."
But no significant action has taken place yet, and it is unlikely to happen in the next few years to save the Earth's environment.
The only way to slow down, and maybe reduce the likelihood of sudden unforeseen catastrophic events, (but not stop this destructive process,) is by a massive and rapid cut of global fossil fuel use in the next few years. However, almost all modern life is dependent on fossil energy. Since CO2 gases lasts for hundreds, possibly a thousand years we can not stop this process, even if we stopped emitting GHG today. ***
The drastic change in economic direction to cut down GHG emissions requires government - directed, complete and rapid reorganization of most of the economies on Earth. However, no government will stay in power if it tries to do it properly. It is simply not possible. Therefore, we will continue on our current path to catastrophic destruction of the global climate with its related destruction of the food and water supplies, and much of the living organism, including human beings!
An example, the oceans upper layers are already warmed by a half degree, reducing their ability to absorb CO2, and their acidity is increasing, thus reducing the oceans' ability to supply much of the world's fish-protein.
It is clear that we are unable to slow down this destructive process, and the Earth's temperature almost certainly will increase way pass the unstable 4 degrees C and continue to heat up. It is estimated that at 6 degrees at least half the earth land surfaces would turn into desert. The last time the Earth experienced this range of temperatures was fifty millions years ago when at 11 degrees higher than current level almost all life of Earth was extinguished.
There is no known natural Earth process that will limit the continuous rise in average global air temperature, thus the ability of our natural habitat to sustain life.
The catastrophic impacts would be on an unprecedented scale we are now unable to fathom: Climate fluctuations, which destroy forestation and agriculture, would be world wide and would vary in impact and timing. We would not be able to use large agricultural projects that now feed most of humanity because of weather unpredictability. It is projected that dry areas would become deserts, and wet regions would be much wetter with more floods. Tornadoes would be more frequent, cover larger areas with increase severity. Coastal areas, where much of the world's population resides now, would be flooded by rising seas.
Those with meager incomes just scratching a living, (India has now 500 millions people like that, Africa hundreds of millions more,) may see their livelihood disappear. Some in the US and Europe with their higher level of wealth may be able to endure longer since they would be able to pay the very high prices for the diminishing supply of food and water. Many more would not be able to. Over time, civil society as we know it would collapse. The more powerful may stay alive longer, by forcibly taking what they want for survival. Use of atomic weapons to obtain the diminishing meager resources is a strong possibility. The starvation and death of tens of millions of people would not be a surprise
The only question is how quickly this process will take place. It is already affecting our lives, but will it be momentous in the next few decades if we trigger a massive GHG feedback effect and/or unexpected massive emissions of GHG burst into the atmosphere? Or, will it take a little longer. It is fairly certain that the heating will continue to disturb our way of life on a larger and larger scale.
We must focus now on reducing the coming vast human suffering. "Clean Coal", natural gas, and Geoengineering are not practical solutions, and may cause more climate disturbances than solutions. Despite these immense difficulties we must try any viable adaptation approaches to reduce some human suffering, if at all possible.
And a personal note:
For the last decade I have studied a wide range of global warming literature spending much of my time on it. However, it took me years to accept the reality of GW, to integrate it into my being beyond just the intellectual level. It was very hard for me emotionally to accept the enormity of destruction expected. Although I knew it, it still took me over three years of personal agony to finally write these current conclusions since I did not want to accept the mounting evidence and the reality that humanity would not rise up to save our offspring, our future generations. I finally made peace with it and am able to write my understanding of the situation above. As I have written several times: it is extremely difficult to accept this reality emotionally since it is contrary to almost everything we want: a continuous improvement of our life and standard of living, peace and harmony in the future. And I did not want my family to see it. What hope can I give them?
As I am editing this, I do not want to believe this sad reality. My emotions are trying to subdue facts and logic.
Sadly, we are unable to overcome our deep limitations: Most of human decisions are driven by short term feelings, focusing on immediate gratification. We are reasonably good in running away from immideate danger but are unable to develop a viable future.
The end of ten thousand years of civilization is in our hands and we can not act on it!
Matania Ginosar
Doctor of Environmental Science and Engineering
& Electrical Engineer
** [Dr. Martin Weitzman, Harvard professor of environmental-economics, http://ws1.ad.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/weitzman/files/GHGTargetsInsuranceAgainst
*** Some 10% of the surface of the Earth has been covered by ice and snow, a massive reflector of sun energy back into space. The positive feedback processes of melting of these ice and glaciers, and deforestation, have been going on for many years and will continue to warm the Earth even without additional GHG.
**** Fossil fuel consumption generates some three quarter of global GHG, agriculture and deforestation the rest.
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Qualifications and Experience
I am a qualified Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Counsellor. I trained at Westminster Pastoral Foundation in London (WPF) and hold a PG Adv Dip Psych, accredited by Roehampton University. I am also a practitioner of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and integrate this into my work with clients according to their needs.
I currently work in Putney and Wimbledon in private practice and at a London University providing counselling to students. I have also worked at WPF Therapy in London providing both short term and longer term open-ended therapy and at CRUSE Bereavement Care, as a volunteer counsellor.
I am an accredited member of the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy). This means that I subscribe to their code of conduct and ethics, which inform my practice and I undertake continuing professional development.
I offer psychotherapy and counselling to individuals in either short term work, which is a course of 12 weekly sessions, or open ended therapy.
Areas of interest
My areas of interest and experience include working with those suffering from:
• Anxiety, Stress
• Bereavement and Loss
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• General life concerns
• Health Anxieties
• Identity issues
• Panic Attacks and disorders
• Redundancy and loss of business
• Relationship problems
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The Ocarina of Time Can-Can
June 26, 2011 2:00 PM | Matthew Hawkins
Can-cans cobbled together from game footage is somewhat dime a dozen, at least over at Nico Nico Douga, but I challenge anyone to find another that's as fast-paced and spirited.
Though it also certainly helps that Ocarina of Time has such a rich and varied audio tapestry to cherry pick from. Reason #70,352 why Koji Kondo is a musical genius? But of course.
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Before reading further, what's your personal answer? Based on what you know so far about being in a Soul Group.
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Dr. Hafiz Maje, an HIV Specialist and Internal Medicine Physician, is one of Apicha CHC's newest providers. Originally from Kenya, Dr. Maje attended medical school in Istanbul, Turkey, before completing his internal medicine residency at the University of Hawaii.He then completed his fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, specializing in infectious diseases. Previously, Dr. Maje served as an HIV Specialist at a New York City FQHC -- and has now joined the ranks at Apicha CHC.
1. How long have you been working in the medical field?
I graduated from medical school in 1992, in Turkey, so I've been all over the place. I worked for a couple of years in Kenya as a junior doctor, and then I came to the U.S. in '95. Between my residency and infectious disease training, that took five years. And then I was at Community Health Network after that.
2. How did you end up working in HIV care?
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3. How do you establish trust with patients?
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4. What do you like most about your profession?
The opportunity to make a very significant impact in people's lives. This is a potentially very serious health concern, but with good medical care, people can look forward to leading normal lives with HIV. That is what thrills me most, that you can take a potentially serious condition and turn it into something very liveable with.
5. What do you like to do on your days off?
Travel. Especially Central and South Asia. I also like sports that are not very common in the U.S., so I like to watch cricket, soccer, and little rugby. I like reading, my favorite genre would be humorous fiction. Sci-fi is my blind spot, as far as literature, unfortunately.


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CanWEA Spring Forum a Great Success!
Close to 200 wind professionals participated in the summit, held April 5-6 at the Hilton Lac Leamy Hotel in the National Capital Region. The event's agenda focused on turning ambition into action, with industry leaders and experts weighing in on the opportunity for wind energy to help meet Canada's environment and economic goals through measures to electrify key sectors of the economy, boost clean energy exports, and facilitate the integration of more renewables on North America's interconnected grid.
Keynote Speakers
|The Honourable Catherine McKenna
Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change
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Minister responsible for the Plan Nord
Minister responsible for the Côte-Nord region
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