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"The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"
by: Protoclown
A couple months ago my friend Josh (who longtime readers of the site will remember as Jaeger S. Meistersen) was organizing his comic collection, and he unearthed an ill-advised purchase from back in 1990, "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" four-issue series published by DC Comics. He immediately tossed them my way, knowing that they would make excellent fodder for a Tales From the Longbox column.
Unfortunately, this prompted me to rewatch the film (starring Andrew Dice Clay), which I found very funny when I first saw it well over a decade ago. These days, not so much. I still found it enjoyable on a "laughing at it, not with it" kind of level, though I found myself uncomfortably embarrassed for the actors on multiple occasions during the film. The comic book series is actually a prequel that explains how all of the characters got to where they were when the film started. I have to give them credit for at least doing something a little different from the typical movie adaptation, but it's still not a good comic by any stretch of the imagination.
The covers are deceptively not-horrible, but don't let that fool you for an instant.
The story starts out with our protagonist, Ford Fairlane, reminiscing about the events that led him to become a "rock 'n roll detective". He formed a band back in Brooklyn with his friend Johnny (played in the movie by Gilbert Gottfried) and when they showed up for their first gig, things didn't go quite as planned.
If Gilbert Gottfried was in your band, you'd probably look pissed off all the time too.
When they showed up at the Black Hand Bar to set up, they discovered that they'd been replaced that night by a disco act. Ford goes to over to Gina, a girl who works at the bar, for an explanation, and she informs him that disco is the way of the future.
These characters are shown in silhouette so you can't see Ford Fairlane's tears as Gina tells it like it is.
Ford goes into a loud rant about how much disco sucks, and suddenly the synthesizer player of the band leaps off the stage and lunges at him right in the middle of their set.
Mongo doesn't like when people make fun of his music. Mongo doesn't like it one bit.
A fight ensues, some things get broken, and then some badly dressed, goofy-looking mobsters show up, who are apparently pissed off because they own the bar.
That front guy's got a little hint of green to him there.
Could it be that we wouldn't like him when he's angry?
Ford and Johnny hightail it out of there and then decide to go to Los Angeles, because they can obviously never show their faces in Brooklyn again because they broke a window and some furniture. Out in LA, they fare no better as everywhere they audition they are told that rock is dead, and disco is where it's at! Johnny leaves the band and decides to become a radio DJ (which is what he is in the film), which leaves Ford high and dry without a partner. He decides to take on some odd jobs in the music industry until he figures out what he's going to do. One of his jobs is to pick up the former rock musician turned disco singer Bob Balloo from LAX and bring him back to his record label.
"So, uhh...you guys are lesbians, right?"
Of course, Ford can't resist making fun of his feathered, bleached hair and his bitchy girlfriend Brik Scheissus (does that mean Brick Shit in German?) complaining about how she needs her liquid protein. Ooh! Is your dirty joke sense tingling when you hear that? I know mine sure is! Let's wait and see what happens!
Obvious sex joke coming in 3... 2... 1...
Naturally, Balloo and his girlfriend are annoyed with a lowly limo driver making fun of them, and she insists that Balloo use his influence to get Ford fired. Instead, Balloo throws a big pile of money at Ford and decides to insult him by making him his personal errand boy, knowing full well that Ford won't say no to that big wad of cash. As he gets dropped off at his record label, he tells Ford to pick him up a pound of calcium hypochlorite so he can bleach his hair. Then Ford has to drop off Brik at her recording studio, and he decides to make a quick stop inside where he makes a totally unpredictable dirty joke about liquid protein. They left us hanging for three whole pages! I thought they'd never come through!
Well, I never! If I'd known this comic was going to be so racy,
I'd never have agreed to review it!
Ford is then told to go down the hall to pick up Brik's "voice", which he soon finds out is a black woman named Chantal who sings remarkably well, who provides the vocals that Brik simply lip syncs to, much like Milli Vanilli.
Every year for Halloween, Chantal dresses as Velma from Scooby-Doo. It gets old.
Ford eventually shows up at the hotel where Balloo is staying, to deliver the calcium hypochlorite for his hair. Balloo tries to get him to run more demeaning errands, but Ford has had enough and he tells off Balloo, flicking him off and leaving the hotel.
"Does it entice you, Mr. Fairlane, that I always answer the door in my knickers? Oh, how delicious!"
Knowing that this is liable to get him fired, he goes to his DJ friend Johnny (now called Johnny Crunch) and asks him for some work. He ends up getting a gig doing publicity for Captain Cool, lead singer of Disco Express (and played in the film by Ed O'Neil).
Even on paper disco music sounds horrible.
He ends up just making fun of Captain Cool a lot, and then they go to a hot LA club, where Captain Cool tries to get in even though Ford tells him there's no way in hell that's happening. After Captain Cool gets his ass kicked by the bouncer, a girl runs out of the club screaming that Brik Scheissus has been murdered. Apparently someone has poisoned her liquid protein!
What, no sex joke?
Captain Cool hauls ass out of there, saying he can't be seen by the cops, and Ford goes back to the recording studio just in time to see Chantal being hauled away by the police, as she's the most likely suspect in the case. Ford goes back to the scene of the crime and talks to the cops, where he learns that Brik was killed by a really strong bleach, calcium hypochlorite. He and the cops then show up at a mansion where Bob Balloo is having a party, and Ford confronts him, stating that he knows he's the killer.
"Hoo-ha! Look at me! My hand's so big I can grab both of this girl's breasts... at once!"
Balloo freaks out and tries to run, but Ford intervenes and stops him. During the scuffle, Balloo trips over a speaker wire and falls into the swimming pool with a couple of giant speakers, thus electrocuting him.
One might say he gave the most electrifying performance of his career that night! Wokka wokka!
After Ford helps the cops solve the case, he gets a call from Mr. Amos (aka Captain Cool) who tells him that he couldn't be seen by the cops at the crime scene because he's in the police academy training to be a detective. Ford gets inspired by this, realizing that if a fuck-up like Captain Cool can become a detective, then he should be able to do it too. So he becomes the one and only private investigator working solely in the music industry.
"Yes! That's it! I'll be the only naked detective in the industry!"
Our second issue opens with Ford living out of his office and barely able to afford groceries, when, wouldn't you know it, a well-dressed sexy dame named Kiki Diehl comes knocking on his door with a case.
"Yes, that's it lady! Fight your way out of that polar bear's stomach! You can do it!!"
She wants Ford to track down a new artist/producer, Don Cleveland (played in the movie by Morris Day), signed onto the label she works for. Rumor is he has a thing for underage hookers, and she's looking to break his contract, but the label wants proof first. So Ford tracks him down to a hotel and takes pictures of him with a couple of hookers, and somehow doesn't manage to draw any attention with his blinding camera flash.
Good lord, it's like a tiny sun right outside the window! How the hell did nobody notice that!?
Realizing that the guy was just lying there unconscious while three girls were toying around with him, Ford realizes something fishy must be up, because there's no way anyone could sleep through all the stuff they were doing. Realizing he'd been drugged, Ford wakes him up by taking him in the shower and spraying cold water all over him.
This is it, ladies and gentlemen! The gayest panel in the series!
After talking to Cleveland, Ford learns that his agent Skip Garabedian must be trying to frame him for some unknown reason. So he decides to drop in on Garabedian's office to find out. He barges past Skip's receptionist (who later becomes Ford's assistant Jazz in the movie) and into his office.
"Hey! No flirting in my office unless it's directed at me!"
Skip immediately demands the pictures that Ford took of Cleveland, but Ford says he brought some songs of his own (that were secretly written by Cleveland) he wants to sell, and that he'll trade the pictures if Skip can sell his songs.
If this guy was a Gotham City criminal, his name would be The Chipmunk.
Ford goes home, where he finds Kiki Diehl waiting for him. She tries to seduce him and get him to give her the pictures, but he refuses to do it.
It seems Ford can't even go to the grocery store without
some crazy woman breaking in and trying to seduce him.
So she draws a knife and attacks him, and during the fight she cuts open Ford's grocery bag, spilling ice cream all over the floor, which she later slips on, allowing Ford to win the fight.
"For the love of Christ, please tell me that's the ice cream you just sat in!"
Ford locks her in a closet, takes her keys and heads to Garabedian's office where he's going to snoop around. But shortly after he enters, someone comes in with a gun! That someone turns out to be Skip's assistant, who Ford calls "Jazz" after she tells him the reason she came back into the office late at night was that she forgot the new jazz CD she bought earlier that day, and she wanted to go home and soak in the tub while listening to it.
"Girls sure do love it when you sneak up behind them, yessir!"
Ford explains to Jazz why he's there and they both snoop around some more. Eventually they find a safe with lots of blackmail material in it. Apparently Skip Garabedian was blackmailing his artists so he could get complete control of the rights to the songs, so he could earn all the money and the artists could do nothing about it. He was even going to blackmail Ford for the songs he brought in. No sooner do Ford and Jazz learn this than Skip and Kiki come storming into his office with guns!
Wait a sec, she's not even holding a gun. Is he telling himself to fire?
They start shooting at Ford and Jazz, who have to escape by jumping out the second storey window. A car chase ensues, with Skip shooting out the windshield and two of the tires on Ford's car.
Ah, the old Stevie Wonder gambit. I hear he gives very good meeting indeed.
Ford leads Skip and Kiki crashing into the garage recording studio of Don Cleveland, where he's recording some songs with some new rap group. Skip realizes he's outnumbered even though he has a gun, so he tries to placate them with an improvised rap song.
I'm just glad this wasn't in the movie, cuz just one panel of this is painful enough.
His horrible rapping only enrages them, and they smash his head into the ceiling, at which point he is knocked unconscious and arrested. At the end of the issue, Ford hires Jazz on to become his assistant.
The third issue opens with a new client, Joel "Gutbucket" Guteburger, owner of Gutbucket Records, explaining to Ford that several white bluesmen who used to record for him have been murdered, and he's concerned that more artists on his label may be next. After Ford agrees to take the case, blues artist Blind Sonny Stevenson shows up on Ford's doorstep.
I see old ladies driving around wearing those exact same sunglasses all the time.
After he explains to Ford that he's not actually blind but that Blind Sonny Stevenson is just a good name for a bluesman (nyuk, nyuk!), he tells Ford that he's the number one suspect in this murder case, because people believe that he's murdering these white bluesmen out of anger at them for stealing the black man's music. At Jazz's insistence, Ford agrees to look into his side of the case.
While Ford and Jazz are driving to find another white blues player whom Sonny fears may be next, Ford asks Jazz to adjust his side mirror, which somehow magically makes her skirt fly up in the wind!
Jazz always wondered why Ford had a little fan on the side of his car where a mirror should be.
They arrive at the blues player's house, but too late, as they find him murdered when they get there. Jazz runs off to phone the police, and Ford is hit on the back of the head and knocked unconscious while he checks out the scene.
Turns out he wasn't dead at all; he was totally shitfaced. How embarrassing!
Ford's body is then dragged inside the house by his mysterious assailant and the whole place is set on fire, but luckily Jazz finds him in time and pulls him out of there. She then mentions that as she was calling the cops, she saw a car that looked just like Blind Sonny Stevenson's car speeding away from the house. They confront him about this, but he convinces them that he's being framed, and tells them there's another white blues player who may be in danger: Whitey Snow. Yes, that's right. His name is Whitey Snow.
There were many beautiful princesses across the land, but the prettiest of all was Whitey Snow.
They track him down at a record signing and we the reader discover that he looks almost exactly like the villain in the previous issue even though he's not. After questioning Whitey, they learn that Blind Sonny is dangerous and paranoid, and he has a real problem with white guys singing the blues. Ford tries to find Sonny back at his hotel but he's checked out and the room is empty. So he goes back to Whitey's house just in time to find Sonny there, wielding a lead pipe menacingly at Whitey.
Dude, he's totally wailing on Colonel Mustard with that lead pipe! In the Conservatory.
And even though Ford is right outside the seemingly open window...
For a brief moment Ford thought the window was a door. Disaster was narrowly averted.
For some reason he takes the long way around and crashes through the door. But it's too late, because Sonny has already smashed Whitey on the head with the pipe! But they spot Guteburger around the corner aiming a gun at Sonny, yelling for him to finish off Whitey!
"Yes, that's it! And now, kill yourself with that lead pipe... or I'll kill you!"
Soon they learn that Guteburger has been killing off his own blues artists, because it's been creating a huge increase in sales. He also figured that Blind Sonny would have a great deal of sad shit to sing about after he'd been imprisoned unjustly, thus being able to create more intense blues records!
This comic combines all the witty banter of a superhero battle with
all the no-holds barred action of a tiff between investment bankers.
Ford and Guteburger fight for a while, but eventually Guteburger is taken down. Also, it's revealed that Whitey Snow is okay, as Sonny only hit him very lightly with the lead pipe.
This has to be one of my favorite out-of-context panels ever.
After he's arrested and Sonny's name is cleared, Ford and Jazz go back to his place to celebrate, and despite Ford's constant hitting on her and her getting pissed off about it, they end up drinking some wine, and one thing leads to another... which was alluded to in the movie. See, it's all connected, man!
Have you ever had a moment of passion so intense you just let
shit spill all over the floor all around you? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Our fourth and final issue opens with Ford running away from some muscle-bound steroid poppers on Venice Beach, for some as yet unknown reason.
One man's nightmare is another's dream come true.
Ford keeps looking over his shoulder so he doesn't see where he's going, and he runs smack into a girl on roller skates and listening to a walkman (who didn't hear him coming).
"Oh, Ford! You are one saucy fellow!"
This allows the three muscled thugs to catch up and start beating on Ford, which triggers a flashback of the events leading up to this moment. The day before, some random kid on a skateboard rolled his way into Ford's office.
Yes Ford, be careful. You might accidentally slam the door on
some fucking annoying kid who's breaking into your house.
The kid has been watching Ford for a while, and he offers to become his new assistant, as Jazz left after things got all weird and didn't work out after they'd had sex (hopefully something that won't be an issue with the kid). Ford says he doesn't need an assistant but he lets the kid tag along anyway while he goes for a walk on Venice Beach. While there he runs into an old hippie woman selling patchouli oil, who tells him that her husband was killed because his guitar (previously owned by Jimi Hendrix) was stolen and he died of a broken heart.
Unbeknownst to the drugged-out hippie woman, Moondog wasn't really her
husband at all, but in actuality a moon pie that she found quite delicious.
After learning that Jimi had owned the guitar, Ford agrees to take the case and ends up following a lead to track down a surf-Nazi named Bingo. He finds a group of them on the beach and inquires about Bingo, but he's not around. He makes arrangements to leave a message for Bingo, who'll be back at 7:00 in the morning.
It's a little known fact, but Surf Nazis love spending time
in retirement homes, playing Bingo with the old people.
The next morning he shows up on the beach and the muscled-bound thugs (who are apparently in league with the surf Nazis) are chasing him, and after beating on him for a while, they knock him out. The kid goes running off as soon as he sees the thugs coming. Ford later awakens in a warehouse with a surf Nazi jeering at him, telling him he stole the guitar and he's found a buyer for it, and just what does Ford think of that?
I think once you've been bitch-slapped by a guy named Bingo,
you should never be allowed to show your face in public again.
Just as Bingo the surf Nazi is about to slit Ford's throat, a familiar '57 Ford Fairlane crashes into the building, driven by none other than Jazz! It seems that the kid ran off and enlisted her help when he saw the thugs.
Wahoo! Looks like them Duke boys have done it again!
Ford, Jazz, and the kid take advantage of the chaos and run off with the guitar, with Bingo and the thugs not far behind. But eventually they run into a large crowd of people and the mob, led by a street rapper, dogpile on Bingo and beat the crap out of him.
You know, for some reason people just don't seem to like Nazis very much. Funniest thing...
Ford returns the guitar to the old hippie woman, who decides to let him keep it as his reward. Ford and Jazz then make up and she comes back to work for him, and everything falls into place just in time for the start of the movie.
"Oh, Fat Elvis! You always were such a ham!"
These comics aren't remotely good, as just about every attempt at humor falls completely flat, but they still manage to do a decent enough job of introducing all the characters from the movie and explaining how and why Ford knows them. They actually have more plot than the movie (which isn't saying much), but unless you're some kind of hardcore Ford Fairlane fan, you'll definitely want to steer clear of these turkeys.
Found any weird, bizarre, stupid or funny comics that
should appear in a future "Tales From the Longbox" column?
Email Protoclown and let him know!
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Top seed for the knockout stage, Guo Qiang He from China knocked out one of the strong title contenders, Florian Nuβle 4-2 to step in the quarter finals of the 2018 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship here in Jinan, China.
It was certainly a tough match in schedule as Florian carries his strong resume of World No.3 position with him. On the other side Guo Qiang has shown consistency so far in this tournament and grabbed top seed for single elimination.
From the first frame only, there was a clear reflection that it is not an easy walk for either of them. However, Florian managed to clinch first frame and taken up lead. In response, Guo Qiang He posted two back to back breaks of 60 and 61 to turn the match his side.
Guo Qiang He again established 65 points in fourth frame but a chance given costed him the frame as Florian posted a break of 51 to level the match.
This was an alert for Guo Qiang He and after that he did not opt for any unwanted attempt and went steady to take next two frames and knockout Florian.


Full disclosure. I'm a bargain junkie. I store coupons in my wallet, have a pretty solid list of go-to apps for deals, subscribed to almost every kind of membership possible for discounts, and more often than not, take me to a mall and I'd be able to point out which store has an ongoing promotion. I'm all about stretching whatever ringgit I have, and especially so when spending on my wants.
In comes Traveloka, a pre-trip planning site that's all about helping you get that bang for your buck. If you're a fairly frequent traveller, you don't need me to tell you that Traveloka isn't the only player in the flight+hotels booking scene. But after getting acquainted with it, what I can tell you is that they're all about playing this game well.
I think the ideal app is one that anticipates your needs. So checking out flights is pretty much the standard across all pre-trip planning sites where you key in the details of your journey (namely the departure and destination airport, dates, number of passengers, number of nights), and you wait the standard amount of time for the page to load with the cheapest flights available (about 30 seconds to a minute depending on where you're going). Traveloka has all of that, and a little more.
Along with the usual calendar which highlights the lowest fare, it also includes the local public holidays which makes it so much easier for planning trips on long weekends!
Lowest fares marked in green, February public holidays marked in red.
So you'll need a little discernment when it comes to state holidays. For example, if it's the Sultan of Terengganu's birthday, the app would still mark it as red, but you'd be able to check out what the occasion is and evaluate its relevance to your state. But all in all, it makes bookings easier, saves you time, and don't we all want travel planning to as fuss-free as can be?
I wish all travel sites did this!
If you've already downloaded one of the booking apps, you may be a little reluctant to add another to your home screen. But Traveloka's Price Alerts alone is enough to make it worth the extra seconds needed to download the app, especially if you're the sort to plan ahead for your trips.
It's no secret that I'm in a long distance relationship, but along with a wonderful boyfriend and many hours on FaceTime, comes an implied annual commitment to fly over 6,000 miles from KL to London, which can be very expensive if not well strategized. I asked around and it's not unheard of to hear of friends who have paid over RM3,000 for a return ticket to London.
So price trackers aren't new and plenty of sites allow you to set alerts for flights for a particular date have fallen in price. But Traveloka distinguishes itself by how flexible its alerts are!
This makes a massive difference to trip planning because if I have a season I don't want to miss (like sakura season in spring!) but still want to get the best price, this omits a lot of the guesswork in picking the best combination of dates for my journey.
I've set some alerts for London, Philly and Sydney to visit my boyfriend, sister, and brother.
Okay, so I don't think we should be going on a holiday if we plainly can't afford it. If you're willing to pay installments, you're better off saving a little bit every month till you've reached your savings goal, then you spend on what you want. But I do see the value in not having to pay a lump sum to go on vacation.
Especially if you're booking flights far in advance, it doesn't always feel worth the pinch when you're RM5k dryer in your bank account in January for a holiday in December. That's money that would've been interest bearing had you let it sit in a fixed deposit!
Traveloka introduces 0% installment plans (only for Maybank cards) so you aren't charged extra for paying over a 6 month or 12 month period. There are some terms and conditions that apply though so be sure to read up before opting for this. If it's a trip you were going to take anyway, and you're confident you'll be able to meet the monthly payments, it's a really good way to spread out your big ticket travel expenditures over the year.
We live in a time where the bargain app ecosystem has developed so much that we can pretty much approximate our entire budget for a trip before we step foot in it. But c'mon, how many times have you gotten excited over a perceived good deal for a flight online, only to realize that once you've added travel taxes, credit card surcharge and a multitude of other misc. fees, the flight was no where near the bargain you thought it was?
Title here's self-explanatory! Traveloka's quoted prices are the #honestprice so what you see is what you get. Bundle that together with its "Best Price" feature, which lets you redeem hotel credits for a purchase you've made if there's a better price out there for the same details, and you've got confidence that what you're booking is the cheapest and most transparent price you'd find.
As you can tell, I'm totally sold on Traveloka, but let me qualify the enthusiasm by saying that at least right now, it's primarily geared for the Asian market. When I searched up flights from London to neighbouring European cities, the usual Easy Jet and Ryan Air flights didn't come up. In fact, it took several searches before any flights showed up on the system. But for flights from Asia or to Asia, I highly recommend it! They've paired up with several airlines that offer exclusive deals to Traveloka members, so you'd have access to flights prices that other search engines won't even be able to pick up! Definitely worth the download, available on Google Play or the App Store and you can do so here.
I got the chance to learn more about Traveloka when I was invited for a staycation in KL with one of the hotels featured on their site, the Kuala Lumpur Journal. Picturesque, relaxing, and set in the heart of KL, it's the sort of hotel I'd recommend for those looking for something modern and cool. If you're into supporting local, even better!
Open, leafy spaces that transforms into a chill speakeasy at night. Best part? Free-flow cocktails for ladies night on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays!
There's been plenty of times my friends and I have discussed going on a staycation, possibly heading for a night out and having somewhere to spend the night after. The Journal sounds like just the place to hang with your friends, take gram worthy pictures, and enjoy all KL has to offer.
Made myself very much at home beneath the fluffy sheets!
My roommate, Rika Jue, was getting ready for Comic Fiesta and I just had to try on her wig!
Getting to know Rika Jue and Renness.
I'm hardly a big time blogger (4 posts in 2017 is hardly reassuring) but I got the chance to partner with Traveloka thanks to The Butterfly Project, a blogger community set up by the ever enterprising Tammy who really created such a warm, welcoming community for those who blog. It was my first time at a Butterfly event (lol so I was technically a caterpillar) but I wasn't made to feel awkward or alone at all. Huge thanks to my roomie, Rika Jue, who took photos for me, introduced me to people and teman-ed me so I was never alone.
Escaped with Traveloka! Thanks for the snap, Eros.
But praise the Lord, I escaped unscathed and will be back soon as I won myself another night's stay at the hotel thanks to my #talkatiff video. LOL sorry if I'm more famous one day maybe I'll host a giveaway, but for now, I'm excited to go back to play tourist in my home city.
Happy new year, everyone! My resolutions for the year are a little belated as I'm going to spend the week thinking about them, but if you have any suggestions of good habits to adopt, feel free to drop me a comment or an email!
This post is written in collaboration with Traveloka, which sponsored our stay at KL Journal.


The final-year dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended piece of independent research over the course of your third year.
The dissertation is 10,000 words in length, spans both the autumn and spring semesters, and you get to choose the topic. You can build on knowledge that you have already acquired in your other modules or, alternatively, if there is a subject that you've always wanted to find out about but haven't had the opportunity, then this is your chance to expand your learning even further. Many of the topics that students opt for are inspired by the research interests and expertise of our staff. Whatever you decide to work on, the whole point of the dissertation is that it is your project. As a result, students often find this to be one of the most exciting parts of their whole degree and our students frequently win national prizes for their dissertations.
Right from the start you will be able to discuss your ideas with members of staff who will work closely with you to refine your topic and who will be happy to help guide your initial reading and shape your project around a workable question. You will have regular one-on-one meetings with your supervisor (at least eight hours per term, but you can meet more regularly if you want to) and they will offer advice and guidance throughout the project.


In 2014, content ruled the marketing world. Every company (MarketBridge included) raced to write engaging and cutting-edge articles, whitepapers, how-to guides, and blog posts. Each was designed to position the company as a thought leader, with just the right information to massage potential customers through each stage of the buying process and to ensure a sale. However, in the wake of the scramble to create quality content, businesses are faced with a new challenge: getting their content to stand out and to be present in the places where customers are searching. A successful marketing strategy not only requires strong and relevant content, but a strategic content distribution plan.
"According to research by Altimeter, only 26% of marketers are investing in content distribution, even though more than half believe they need to." (Forbes) In 2015, it will be imperative for businesses to optimize for search and mobile, partner with branded publications, and/or leverage influencers to ensure that their content gets in front of their target. In this post, we're going to focus on optimization for search, so that when your prospects go looking for answers, your content is the first they find.
Search Optimization, or SEO, refers to "the process of earning traffic from the "free," "organic," "editorial" or "natural" search results on search engines." (Searchengineland) This is different from Search Engine Marketing, or paid search, which involves buying traffic by bidding on keywords. Paid search results show up as the sponsored links at the very top and right hand side of a search results page. While paid search is important, you must start by optimizing your content to ranking highly organically before moving to paid marketing. Optimizing for search is absolutely essential. A report by Chitika Insights showed that more than half of all search engine clicks go to the top two listings on the search results page. If you do not optimize for search, the content you craft so carefully will never be seen.
According to the Marketing Profs How-To Guide, SEO for Content Marketers, the first step in building your SEO strategy is understanding your target consumer. This means going beyond demographic profiling and also considering how their needs change as they move through the sales funnel and as they learn more about the product or industry. So, companies must combine their understanding of who their potential clients are with where they are in the process to figure out which keywords to focus on for each content item.
For example, people at the top of the funnel have just identified that they have a problem or need are most likely discovering and reading up on new concepts or ideas, diagnosing the newly found issue or concern, keeping tabs on their competitors, or trying to understand their own customers' needs and how they can better cater to those needs. However, as you move down the funnel into engaging a customer, readers are now more informed, and are doing deeper research to try and determine whether other people are also experiencing the same problem or issue and if so, what they are doing to deal with it, why the issue occurred, and the greater impact of the issue. Understanding how the search queries change per potential customer as they move the sales funnel is key to serving them relevant and valuable content.
Once you understand your target, you can create a list of keywords that prospective users are likely to use throughout each step of the process.
If possible, optimize for search before you even create new content. When developing your content, look at common questions your target market has, particularly in the beginning of the buying process, or hot topics related to your target keywords. Tools such as Google Trends and Google Correlate can help you find related queries. Also, look at what users are searching within the search bar on your site. If you do not currently have content that matches these searches, but it is relevant to your business, write pieces in relation to those topics. Give the people what they want!
The best strategy to rank highly in search engines such as Google begins with creating the highest possible quality content, which is extremely difficult. To supplement high quality content, keywords demonstrate to the searcher that the content is relevant to their needs.
However, it is very important to note that keywords should always be used in the right context, how the searcher would naturally use them, and not awkwardly sprinkled throughout. In order to avoid over-using them, aim for a keyword density of 2-4% or about every 100 to 200 words. Online tools like this Keyword density calculator can help to avoid over use or keyword "stuffing" Also remember to place keywords up as high on the page, if possible in the first paragraph and in the headings and subheadings, as both Google crawlers and humans will be able to quickly see that the article is what they were looking for, and not bounce off the page, thinking it was an irrelevant result.
In order to make sure that your content is not only gaining clicks and page views, look at metrics such as time on page and the path the user takes once they go to the page. If you are seeing very high bounce rates, your content may not actually be relevant to the keywords you're ranking for. High bounce rates will signify to Google that your content is not relevant and hurt your ranking. A truly optimized page not only provides content that is unique, but also value that is unique, meaning that they the takeaways and learnings from that content cannot be found on any other pages targeting the same keyword phrases.
Using the primary keyword phrase at least one in the page's title as close to the start of the title tag as possible, as well as in the headlines and near the top of the body text.
Image and image alt attributes help tell Google what the images are, and also allows users to see what the images are if they have images turned off.
Internal and external links – include links to and from popular pages, use anchor links, and repurpose your content into other forms, such as infographics, videos, or podcasts, and link back to the original piece when you publish it.
Meta description– while Google does not use the Meta description in creating their rankings, it is extremely important and should be treated somewhat like ad copy. It should inform entice searchers to click.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but at a high level will get you started on optimizing your content. For a more technical guide for optimizing for Google crawlers, check out Geoff Kenyon's Technical Site Audit Checklist.
In the world of SEO, Google is all-powerful, and because their algorithm is constantly changing, your Content Optimization strategy needs to be re-evaluated often and involves a great amount of testing, but is well worth the time to ensure that your prospects can find your content.


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In 1946, a few Jewish families living in and around south Florida's Coral Gables area began meeting in homes, storefronts and at the University of Miami Hillel Center to worship and have social gatherings. Their numbers increased and in September 1948, the group officially formed the Coral Gables Jewish Center, joining the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Although they adopted all of the literature and teachings of the Union, they preferred to refer to themselves as Liberal Reform, using the Kippah and Tallit in their services. Soon thereafter, in 1950, a full time Rabbi and Cantor were hired, followed by construction of a temple in the commercial section of Coral Gables. In 1956, the Coral Gables Jewish Center changed its name to Temple Judea.
In the early 1960's, metropolitan Miami's Jewish community was growing and young families were moving further south. Rabbi Mordecai Podet served the congregation from 1962- 1964. His main area of interest was furthering Adult Education. The leadership of the congregation knew that their current location was not going to serve the needs of the families, and they began to re-evaluate how they could address this reality. In 1964, they hired Rabbi Morris Kipper who understood the needs of the traditional families, but was able to attract young families. (He later became the founder of the High School in Israel). In 1966, with the help of the University of Miami, Temple Judea was able to purchase the current prominent location on US 1 in Coral Gables and dedicated the existing temple building, designed by the world renowned architect Morris Lapidus. At that time the membership was 400 families, the school program had expanded to 6 hours/week, confirmation classes were holding retreats and a strong high school youth program was developed.
In 1973 Rabbi Michael Eisenstat came to Temple Judea where he would serve for 23 years until 1996. During his tenure, in addition to normal rabbinic duties, he authored extensive worship service liturgies; created the Annual community-wide Interfaith Day of Understanding, established a weekly Soup Kitchen for the poor that still exists today. He was involved in many other community organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Through the years the congregation has grown and expansion occurred. Enhancements such as the Grossman Room, Silverman Music Room, Harrison Library and Reiter pavilion patio, plus the sought-after Margaux Early Childhood School, were added. The Temple also has added social action programs such as a weekly Soup Kitchen served at a local church in Coconut Grove; periodic Mitzvah Days; and involvement at local public schools. Other programming includes the Eric B. Meyers Scholar-In-Residence weekend; Kalish Artist in Residence; Apple Adult Learning; a lecture series; Torah and Talmud study in multiple locations; rabbi- or staff-led youth trips to Israel, New York City, and Washington, D.C.; rabbi-led congregational travel abroad; and a wide range of support groups open to the community.
In 1996, Rabbi Edwin Goldberg became Senior Rabbi. Since then, Rabbi Goldberg and the lay leadership have instituted remarkable changes in worship, education, and youth programs. Through worship transformation, both the music and the prayer book for Shabbat Evening services have changed. The congregation's long range planning effort resulted in the hiring of a full-time youth director (who now will also oversee general programming) and a full time educational director. Youth programming touches the lives of more than 300 children annually, with active programs starting in third grade and continuing through senior high school. Our religious school curriculum has been continually rewritten to stay current with today's children's demands. These changes equated to growth, requiring yet another renovation of the building in order to best serve the needs of the congregation as we moved rapidly into the 21st Century. The sacred space renovation was completed in September 2004 and the school addition and renovation will begin the Fall 2013.
In 2006 we took the much-needed step of adding a second rabbi, engaging Rabbi Judith Siegal shortly after her ordination. Our goal of full partnership between our rabbis has been fulfilled. Rabbi Siegal is involved in every aspect of Temple Judea's operation, from delivering High Holiday sermons, to attendance at all Board of Trustee and Executive Committee meetings, and to fundraising for our Capital Campaign. Rabbi Siegal's growing stature in Reform Judaism also is reflected in her having been elected to the CCAR board in 2010.
We are very proud of our entire senior staff and their continuing efforts to make Temple Judea an outstanding community for the study and practice of Judaism.


The following is a precise transcription of an article published in Chicago Daily Tribune on December 26, 1883. The digital scan of the 133-year-old newspaper is difficult to read. To make it easy on the eyes, I've provided a careful, word-for-word recounting (with everything spelled, capitalized, and punctuated as originally published).
DEAR SANTA CLAUS: This year I should like you to leave me money, as you know I have so many beautiful toys, and I think I can give great joy to the poor people by distributing my money among them. With lots of love, from ALPHONSO.
There are some knotty questions that might be asked just here as to how Santa Claus knew the precise number of inmates of the home, when he never takes any interest in those who do not believe in him and who have outlived the illusions of their youth, and how he came to write in a h and that bore so strong a resemblance to Alphonso's parents; but, passing all these, the money came, and yesterday afternoon Alphonso bumped his precious nose on the icy front steps of the home as he went to distribute his presents. Each woman was the recipient of one dollar, which was placed in an envelope and laid by her plate at dinner. Of course the boy's agency was revealed and duly recognized, and he was the recipient of enough attention to turn his head for the rest of his life. Whether the story can be accepted as a whole or not, certain it is that there are sixty-six old women who will testify to the genuineness of their silver dollars. Besides this very welcome present each inmate of the house received a pretty Christmas card from the Flower Mission. The donations for the table were also very beautiful, and altogether the inmates enjoyed an exceptionally good time.
HOW MUCH WAS ALPHONSO'S GIFT?
To multiply that $23.81 comparison by the 66 inmates that Christmas Day of 1883, totals $1,571.46. That's certainly more than "walking about" money for a five-year-old (or for anyone I know; I must not know any wealthy people). Santa was incredibly generous to young Alphonso that Christmas to indulge his whim, and most generous to the 66 old ladies who ultimately benefited. I'm willing to bet Alphonso's request for money to distribute among the poor arose from some coaching his parents (or perhaps the mentioned aunt) had done. Perhaps a conversation or two or three between parent and child had planted the seeds of awareness that not everyone was as well-to-do as Alphonso and his family, and others struggled to have enough to meet their basic needs. It's a conversation I certainly had with my children when they were young and we contributed what we could to the "Angel Tree" at our Credit Union or to the "Giving Tree" at our church. Like Alphonso's parents, I wanted my children to learn the joy of giving (though mine never saw the recipient unwrap their gift and mine remained fully anonymous). I wanted my children to comprehend that Christmas, to us, was at least as much about giving to others as it was about receiving. In my experience, that's a lesson little ones don't come by spontaneously.
My most recent post, Victorian Letters to Santa, shared some true-to-history stories (at least as far as newspapers reported accurate, truthful information) about what we would call "Secret Santas" today. This newspaper-shared story of 5-year-old Alphonso and his ridiculously expensive Christmas gift-giving to "the poor" Old Ladies' Home inmates (anyone else surprised by the use of that term in such a context?), in an only marginally private manner–we don't know Alphonso's surname. There were plenty of wealthy people in Chicago in 1883, if, indeed, that's where Alphonso's story took place. All it would take was a bit of familiarity with what well-to-do family had a little one named Alphonso, and the cat's out of the bag.
Have you subbed for Santa? What memories of the experience stick out as valuable to you?
Have you donated publicly (more like Alphonso) at Christmastime? How did you feel about the experience?
I'd genuinely like to know! Please scroll down and leave a comment. It's easy to do! I promise to reply (to all legitimate contributions to the conversation; I'm sure you can understand I ignore spam).
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Can Paris Reconcile Political and Economic Interests to Combat Climate Change?
The scientific evidence is overwhelming that climate change threatens the global economy for future generations. Strategies to combat climate change are well known: increased reliance on renewable energies, decreased subsidies for fossil fuels, imposing a carbon tax, incentives for fuel efficiency and conservation, international transfers so poor countries avoid burning coal. Countries attending COP21 in Paris have pledged to reduce carbon emissions and increase renewables, but the commitments may not go far enough, warns economist David Dapice. Curbing climate change is a long-term challenge, and too many politicians fail to sense the urgency. Dapice contends that "neglecting a relatively modest insurance policy and instead risking the costs of climate change, running into trillions of dollars a year even without the security costs of new wars, would be little short of insane." Addressing climate change, while not impossible, may be improbable because of the lack of global leadership. – YaleGlobal
Politics, not economics, curtails smart investments to prevent climate change
David Dapice
Red alert, green technology: Beijing authorities issue Red Alert for citizens to avoid toxic air, top; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledges embrace of renewables
MEDFORD: In a poetic irony, while world leaders met in Paris to address the climate change threat, two of the major countries key to global warming saw their capitals – Beijing and Delhi – smothered in dense smog. Beijing even issued its first "Red Alert" urging citizens to stay indoors. As the so-called 21st Conference of the Parties concludes in Paris, there are commitments by countries to hold back carbon emissions and increase use of renewable and low-carbon energies like solar, wind, nuclear or hydropower. Despite such commitments, keeping the global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, may be an impossible task. Scientists have warned that carbon emissions must drop as much as 70 percent by mid-century to restrict the rise of global temperatures.
This is extremely unlikely in 35 years. Commitments made in Paris would likely result in restricting the rise in global temperatures to at least 4 degrees of warming later this century. Energy systems are large and complex and take decades to change. Making substantial reductions in average global temperatures would be expensive, yet the costs are substantial should the world fail to act.
Reducing carbon emissions would be less expensive if governments were smart about where they spent money – reducing emissions and restricting temperatures might even have no net cost.
But it's unlikely that politics from incumbent global interest groups would allow the best policies. Also, scientists are not sure when costs from global warming will start to rise rapidly, much less how high the costs may go. Leaders are being asked to do something hard when the costs of doing so are unclear and the benefits of accomplishing tough goals are not yet known. Indeed, if variables such as methane release from the tundra and undersea deposits are added, the uncertainties grow even more. Consider, methane is frozen in land and in undersea deposits and is released as temperatures rise. Methane, while not as long-lived, has about 20 times the global warming power of carbon dioxide.
It is normal in such discussions to list breakthrough technologies, or plead for subsidies or regulatory relief for existing ones. Some combination of solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, energy storage, nuclear and conservation are invoked. Unconventional technologies that are potentially promising are also mentioned – carbon capture and storage, possible in some places but expensive at present, and geoengineering – are popular. In conducting cost-benefit analyses, economists prefer the simplicity of a carbon tax or perhaps a cap and trade system: A carbon tax could replace taxes on labor and so leave total revenues unchanged, though in some countries the tax on carbon might be mildly regressive. This could be solved by rebates or programs to promote efficiency. Companies have gamed the cap-and-trade system, and so far in Europe, substantial reductions have not been achieved.
Recent investigations of falsification of fuel efficiency in many automobiles suggest that passing laws and regulations are not enough. Some experts throw in the towel and urge adaptation – giving up on cities and entire nations that cannot be defended, relocating tens and eventually hundreds of millions people away from islands and low lying areas.
Then there are the global politics. Four-fifths of the net increases in global carbon since 2000 have come from China and India, home to one out of three people in the world. Both nations can anticipate continuing GDP growth along with slower but still considerable growth in energy demand. In addition, their per capita carbon emissions are much lower than those in North America. China has caught up to Europe on per capita emissions, while India's levels are a quarter of China's. In general, developing countries are hit hard by climate change and have fewer resources to adapt.
China will try to cut coal, in large part due to local pollution concerns. That will slow carbon growth. India has an equal pollution problem, but current policy aims for unimpeded growth in energy use. Indeed, many Indians lack any electricity and incomes are low. The government's insistence, reiterated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP21 conference, will increase premature deaths and illness, especially among children. India requests free clean- technology transfers, but replacing coal is difficult.
Convincing nations to cooperate is hard if temperatures rise anyway. It is a classic "free rider" problem, as many try to avoid the short-term political costs associated with reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
This is where politics meet policy. If subsidies were directed to technologies that reduce carbon rather than to entrenched special interests, current levels of spending would have greater impact. Ethanol in gasoline is required in the US – a kind of subsidy – but makes little if any net contribution to carbon reduction and instead favors farmers who grow corn. Many nations still subsidize fossil fuels and electricity, including energy exporters in the developing world.
Studies by the McKinsey Global Institute suggest that in the US net costs of drastic carbon reduction could approach zero because many investments end up saving money and offset costs of those that do raise costs. A recent MIT study suggested the global cost of reducing carbon emissions by 2100 could be as low as 3 percent of global GDP, or one year of growth. Such estimates suggest that neglecting a relatively modest insurance policy and instead risking the costs of climate change, running into trillions of dollars a year even without the security costs of new wars, would be little short of insane.
International transfers to boost conservation and produce renewable energy and storage so that these sources can compete with coal would solve part of the global political problem. Philanthropist Bill Gates' initiative to invest in clean energy technologies will help. As costs of renewables drop and if carbon taxes rose, poor countries would switch to renewables.
Political debates in the United States, with many candidates declaring that global warming is not real or not caused by human activity, prompt worry that COP21 may be a futile exercise. However mistaken they may be, such leaders simply represent their voters and donors: The US is divided with just over half of Democrats, less than two-fifths of independents and only 15 percent of Republicans regarding global warming as a priority. Perhaps years of propaganda from carbon interests have persuaded people that the science is less clear than virtually all scientists claim.
The US system in particular is designed to allow special, if narrow, interest groups to have an outsized influence on laws. In the absence of leadership, people do not see a reason to vote for a rational insurance policy, and the politicians follow along.
So, there are solutions to stemming climate change, but they are multifaceted and require more coordination than global institutions can easily manage. Solutions require persuading people of the gravity and urgency of the scientific consensus and then getting politicians to follow public opinion rather than donors. It will require more research and development to lower costs carbon-free power production and storage along with carbon capture and storage. Payments from one country to another are needed so that every dollar spent has a maximum impact. All of this must happen quickly. The list is not impossible, but it is improbable. Meanwhile, think twice about buying oceanfront property.
David Dapice is the economist of the Vietnam Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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What matters in "multimorbidity"? Arguably resilience and personal health experience are central to quality of life and optimizing survival
Carmel Mary Martin
Medicine Monash Health
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Rationale: Much is written about "multimorbidity" as it is a difficult problem for health systems, as it reflects a complex phenomenon unique to each individual health journey and health service context. This paper proposes the adoption of 2 constructs or knowledge streams into mainstream "multimorbidity" care which are arguably most important to person-centered care—personal health perceptions and resilience. Analysis: "Multimorbidity" is the manifestation of multiple nonlinear physical, psychosocial, and environmental phenomena in an individual health journey. Multimorbidity encompasses very stable states for the most part together with highly unstable phases that are difficult to manage. Averting or controlling the underlying loss of resilience in instability can be challenging without early warning signals pointing towards tipping points. Monitoring resilience and early warning signals for tipping points is new to health care. Yet what should we monitor in the complexity of multimorbidity? There are multiple and competing health service features and biometrics that can be measured. However, an expanding of literature endorses importance of simply asking a person about their self-rated health in order to provide predictions of their resilience and survival. Interoception, exemplified as self-rated health, arises from internal neurocognitive self-monitoring functions of different internal and external phenomena. Interoception is being to be recognized as predictors and barometers of resilience and survival. Conclusions: Two phenomena of human systems—interoception and resilience—can guide care in the complex nature of multimorbidity in unstable health journeys and should be incorporated into clinical practice.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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Martin, C. M. (2018). What matters in "multimorbidity"? Arguably resilience and personal health experience are central to quality of life and optimizing survival. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 24(6), 1282-1284. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12644
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Nigeria Ranked 3rd Most Terrorised Country In The World
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A new report released by the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) has ranked Nigeria, for the sixth consecutive year, as the third most terrorized country in the world. The report which was released on Wednesday, November 25, ranked Afghanistan as the number one most terrorized country in the world, followed by Iraq.
Syria, Somalia, and Yemen are ranked fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively. The report however stated that terror-related incidents in Nigeria fell by 27% in the same period.
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This was attributed to a significant reduction in violence attributed to killer herdsmen.
"Despite an overall decline in terrorism, Boko Haram, Nigeria's deadliest terrorist group, recorded an increase in terrorist activity mainly targeted at civilians.
Terror-related deaths and incidents attributed to Boko Haram in Nigeria increased by 25 and 30% respectively from the prior year.
"In 2019, Boko Haram carried out 11 suicide bombings causing 68 fatalities. Suicide bombings accounted for 6% of all terror-related incidents by Boko Haram in 2019, marking an 89% decline from their peak in 2017,"
the report read.
Other countries among the 10 most impacted by terrorism are Pakistan (seventh), India (eighth), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ninth), and the Philippines (10th).
According to the report, Nigeria witnessed her worst terrorist attack in 2019 in Borno State, where at least 70 people were killed and 10 others wounded when assailants attacked at a funeral.
"In 2019, Boko Haram carried out 11 suicide bombings causing 68 fatalities. Suicide bombings accounted for 6% of all terror-related incidents by Boko Haram in 2019, marking an 89% decline from their peak in 2017.
Boko Haram was responsible for Nigeria's deadliest terrorist attack in 2019 when assailants attacked a funeral in Badu, Borno State.
At least 70 people were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack and ensuing clash. The two main factions of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) and the followers of Abubakar Shekau, are both engaged in an insurgency campaign against the Nigerian government.
Violence by the two main factions of Boko Haram have taken a large toll on the civilian population, particularly in northeast Nigeria, where continued attacks have internally displaced more than two million people and caused a further 240,000 Nigerian refugees to flee to neighbouring countries."
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(UPDATED MARCH 8; originally published March 4, 2007) Mamaroneck Village Police are looking for help in identifying the woman whose torso, stuffed in a suitcase, washed up on the Harbor Island Beach this weekend. The dark-colored suitcase was picked up on the sand by people strolling the beach Saturday afternoon, March 3 at 2:10 pm, according to Lt. James Gaffney of the Mamaroneck Police.
Anyone with any information to contribute is asked to call the Mamaroneck Police Department at (914) 777-7780.
Westchester County's medical examiner has conducted an autopsy. "A homicide occurred," said Lt. Gaffney, "and we're reaching out to identify the woman." Police do not have a missing person report corresponding to the murder victim.
This tattoo, found on the victim's chest may help with identification.
"Someone knows the person," said Lt. Gaffney, "we're looking for that person – or those people – to come forward." All calls to police will be treated as confidential, he stressed.
Police described the woman as Latina or light-skinned African-American, aged 35 to 50, around 5'4" to 5'6" tall and weighing approximately 180 to 200 pounds. The woman had a 1 ¼ inch tattoo of two cherries on a stem located on her chest above the right breast.
Mamaroneck detectives produced a flier written in English and Spanish and showing the tattoo. The believe part of the tattoo may have been recent, perhaps improving on an underlying tattoo. They have distributed the flier in area tattoo parlors and received information from tattoo artists and their clientele.
On Monday, Mamaroneck Police released new photographs of clothing found inside the suitcase: a shirt (above) and a pair of pants (below).
Police now believe the woman had been dead for approximately a week before her remains were discovered. According to Lt. Gaffney, "This department has reached out to the FBI, the District Attorney's Office, Westchester County Department of Public Safety, and New York State Police to coordinate a thorough investigation." As of Thursday evening, however, no positive identification has been made.
One possibility the police are investigating is that strong river currents during Friday's flood could have deposited the suitcase into the Mamaroneck Harbor. It's also possible that the suitcase washed in from Long Island Sound.
On Monday, a dive unit from the Mount Pleasant Police Department canvassed the docks and other areas around the perimeter of the harbor to see if there was additional remains of the victim or other evidence.
"We're receiving a number of calls, and following all leads," said Detective Sergeant Robert Holland. "There's been nothing yet that has turned up conclusive."


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Q: How can you run setup files from a symbolic link in windows 7 Create a symbolic link to a network software repository.
C:> mklink /d Software \my.network\some\software
Run C:\Software\MyProgram\Setup.exe
It fails for most installations, including Visual Studio 2008, Resharper 7, etc.
With unexpected errors or missing components.
How can this be made to work?

A: Try using a drive letter instead of a symbolic link:
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Hazardous child labor reduced by 80%
ERWIN P. NICAVERA
THE people behind the ABK3 Leap Project of the World Vision Development Foundation Inc. urged officials of local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental to sustain the gains of the almost five-year initiative which will end this month.
The ABK3 Leap: Livelihoods, Education, Advocacy and Protection Project, which targets to reduce child labor in sugarcane areas in the country, including Negros Occidental, started in November 2011.
ABK3 Leap project director Daphne Culanag, who led the "Sharing of ABK3 Leap's Good Practices" at the L' Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City Friday, said that after four and a half years of implementation, the project reduced hazardous child labor by 86 percent, one percent higher than the target.
The group's records showed that 54,479 children and 30,412 households across 11 sugar-producing provinces directly benefited from the project.
Of these children-beneficiaries, at least 21, 000 are in Negros Occidental, it added.
Culanag said they are very happy that currently, there are communities in Negros Occidental continuing the initiatives started by the ABK3 Leap.
She added that the Provincial Council for the Rights and Welfare of Children Council, during its meeting Thursday, allocated P100,000 for the continuation of the child monitoring system in the province.
It also adopted a resolution requiring the remaining 18 LGUs, which are not yet covered by ABK3 Leap Project, to have their own child monitoring systems.
"We are really hopeful that as we go out, what we have planted will continue to grow and serve its purpose," Culanag said, stressing that local government officials have a huge role in its realization.
Moreover, six good practice themes of the ABK3 Leap Project were highlighted in yesterday's sharing, the last activity of the group for Negros Occidental.
These include the Catch-up program; Savings Group: a platform for livelihood sustainability; Teacher Advocates Against Child Labor; Community Volunteerism; Engaging LGUs to Combat child labor; and Engaging the Sugar Industry: a sustainable approach to child-labor free farms.
Two beneficiaries for each of the six good practices themes shared their testimonies on how the project helped their communities.
Sol Grace Timola, 39, of Barangay Tiling in Cauayan town, principal of Bulwangan National High School in Hinoba-an, is one of the beneficiaries of the project particularly through the Teacher Advocates Against Child Labor program.
Timola, who was a classroom teacher when she became a recipient of the project in 2008, said the program has provided her the necessary trainings that opened her mind to reach out to children in their school who need help.


Though the Indian economy faced a meltdown during the inflation of 2009, it after regaining its strength has shown a tremendous advancement in all the sectors of economy. One such sector to grow out big is Plastics. Growing at a rate of 13 per cent, the industry that serves almost every other sector of Indian is expected to maintain its double digit growth in the coming years as well.
Studies show that India alone is growing market for plastics and consumer of about 11 million tons against global consumption of 275 million tons per year. The consumption should increase to 16 million tons by 2020. This means that the use of plastics will tremendously increase giving opportunity to manufacturers to step into this field of production.
There has been increase in the demand of dimensionally stable and accurate parts/components in the medical sector using PET bottle moulds. Many medical components have checked the developments in injection molding and strive to incorporate it manufacturing precise medical equipment. Tight tolerance of the mould walls, dimensionally correct measurements of the equipment are a few characteristics that needs to be taken care of while designing molds particularly for medical sector. The Scientific Injection Molding (SIM) is the solution to all the measurement related problems while mould making.
How hot runner system reduces cost?
A hot runner system is an integration of heated components used primarily in plastic injection molds. It helps inject molten plastic into the hollow cavities of the mold. Where as, a cold runner system is simply a channel in between the two halves of the mold, designed to carry plastic from the injection molding machine to the cavities.


FBC Oakland and FBC Tri-City went to watch the Oakland A's beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at the Oakland Coliseum. It was Church Night where the A's invite churches to a game and reserve them a section of the stadium at discounted pricing. Check out the pictures!


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Deciding to turn your passion for horses into a profitable business requires planning. Starting and running an equine enterprise is unique in many ways, as the horse industry has many considerations that may not be common to other small businesses. From understanding the scope of the equine industry to writing a complete business plan, this online course helps you identify items that must be considered before you launch your equine enterprise, as well as guidelines for those already running a business in the equine industry.
All of these courses will help you research your business concept and develop a business plan.
This course has been developed in a way to provide you with opportunities to work on the development of an equine enterprise. This is a 12-week course consisting of 12 units, Each Unit starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. Weekly readings, conference areas for discussions with your instructor and course participants and descriptions of learning activities are presented each week. We have invited guest instructors who will be joining us as instructors throughout the course.
Identified your insurance and legal responsibilities and developed a plan.
Prior to earning a degree Rachael spent her time working in different areas of manufacturing, retail goods distribution and transportation. After earning her Bachelors in Equine Industries Management she took on the role of Stable Manager with the University of Minnesota Crookston. This position morphed into a lab services coordinator position as well, which allowed her to provide instruction for the Equine Reproductive Techniques labs. It was this change that ignited her interest in college level instruction. While earning her Master's in Business Administration with an emphasis in management, she signed on with University of Minnesota Crookston again, this time as Adjunct Faculty. As adjunct she enjoyed teaching a variety of equine science courses. Together with her husband she shares in the operation of two businesses. One is an agriculture operation that grows small grains and hay. The other is a small trucking company that provides trucking support for the ag operation, and also does custom hauling.
While her career has become very equine focused, she also maintains horses for her personal enjoyment as well. In the past she and her husband have bred thoroughbreds. Their last colt is running under his current owner in Indiana. Currently there are only two thoroughbred mares in their pasture. More recently Rachael has spent time training and showing two western pleasure mares, a Quarter Horse and an Appaloosa. Along with her pleasure horses, and two thoroughbred mares, Rachael has a pair of miniature horses which she uses for driving. Recent property renovations have also allowed her to provide boarding on a small scale.
As a training consultant: In 1989, after 15 years in the private sector Christine left her post as National Training Manager at a large national company to design and facilitate relevant training and organizational development programs for clients in business and government. At that time she formed Nova Training and Consulting. When not facilitating a wide range of topics to the public and private sector, Christine acts as an in-house subject expert resource, assisting clients through ROI evaluations of programs, creating customer service strategies, and assisting clients in their time management skills. Christine also creates performance management tools; interview guides, conducts time and motion studies and acts as a mystery shopper.
On the horsy side: One of her most interesting experiences has been in the creation of her management training and team building workshops using horses as the avenue of learning. These give the learners a chance to see horses in a different light and they get a chance to be part of a learning experience with a horse.
Christine also has a breeding farm under the name of Polecat Paints and Friesians. The farm was created due to a wish to own a Friesian. Christine bred her paint mare to two Friesian stallions and was lucky to have two lovely fillies. Both have been sold and are now doing well in the dressage and eventing disciplines. Christine furthered her desire to own a "real" Friesian in 2008 when she bought her first Friesian mare, who is now in foal to a Gypsy Vanner. She bought her second Friesian mare in May of 2011. Both mares are ridden in western competitions.
Guest Instructor: Catherine Willson, B.A., LL.B.
Catherine was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989 and is the founder of the law firm Willson Lewis LLP located in Toronto, Ontario. Willson Lewis LLP is a litigation boutique firm practising in the areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Construction, Family and Equine Law. Catherine is an Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) – Civil Litigation section and the Toronto Construction Association, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee – Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, and a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and The Advocates' Society. She is a regular speaker at legal conferences and writes on legal issues for Horsesport magazine and other publications. She has owned and shown her own horses on the hunter-jumper circuit. Her involvement with horses spans the last 28 years and she is well recognized in the horse industry for her knowledge and experience in equine law.
Mike King is a General Insurance broker and is owner/operator of Intercity Insurance Services Inc. A lifetime horseman, Mike has owned horses, competed in various disciplines, worked in the industry as a riding instructor, judge and boarding facility manager. Mike is a specialist in insurance products related to the equestrian world and has developed and successfully marketed a wide range of products designed to meet the unique needs of horse people. Risk Management and related education are also areas of interest and activity.
Classes begin Monday, September 10, and end Sunday, December 2, 2018.


Daniel Hernandez, a trombonist for Harlingen High School South Band, is now in the top 3 percent of high-school musicians in the state of Texas.
He was one of hundreds of students from Houston to Laredo to compete at the Area G auditions hosted by TAMUCC on Saturday, Jan. 12.
Hernandez walked away as a distinguished member of the 2019 TMEA All-State Band. He will travel to San Antonio on Feb. 13 to participate in a four-day long TMEA convention.


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Wildcat Technologies has developed the HAWK Instrument for Pyrolysis, TOC and Kinetic Analyses. Using the HAWK, Kinetic analysis begins with pyrolysis of source rock samples using at least 3 heating rates.
This provides both their distribution of activation energies and the associated Arrhenius factor, which are then used to calculate kerogen decomposition rates. In the Arrhenius equation, A is a constant called the Arrhenius factor (or probability factor or frequency factor), Ea is the activation energy, and R is the universal gas constant (8.314 × 10-3KJ mol-1 K-1). An example of Kinetic analyses are those done on the Monterey Formation samples from Lions Head (Fig. 3) which show very narrow range distribution of activation energies similar to classical Type II kerogen whereby the whole decomposition reaction is described by 2 to 4 principal activation energies (Jarvie and Lundell, 2000). One group of Monterey Formation samples is shown to convert to hydrocarbons at a much lower thermal exposure than other kerogens (Fig. 4).
After pyrolysis (S1 (mg hydrocarbons/g rock), S2 (mg hydrocarbons/g rock), S3 (mg CO2/g rock), S4 (mg carbon/g rock), and Tmax (°C)) and TOC (wt. %) measurements are completed, selected rock samples are evaluated by open system pyrolysis using the HAWK to determine kinetic parameters; these include a distribution of activation energies (Ea) and a single Arrhenius factor (A), which are used to calculate kerogen decomposition rates using rate equations and an assumed first-order reaction (Jarvie and Lundell, 2001 ).
The selected samples are first extracted for 24 hours in a soxhlet extractor utilizing a binary azeotropic mixture of chloroform and methanol (89:11, vol: vol) to remove as much of the extractable organic matter (EOM) as possible. Each extracted sample is then dried and reanalyzed for TOC and pyrolysis data to evaluate any changes in remaining potential (S2 value) due to loss of heavy EOM such as resins and asphaltenes.
The extracted rock samples are used for determination of kinetic parameters. Data from the HAWK (Wildcat Technologies) at six heating rates (analyzed in duplicate) from 250 °C to 900 °C are used in the HAWK's automatic acquisition mode to construct kinetic data files consisting of time, true pyrolysis temperatures and rate of kerogen decomposition. These files are processed using software such as the kinetics2015 software (developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). Kinetics2015 software is available for purchase from Wildcat Technologies or GeoIsoChem.
The Green River Formation's bulk kinetics data file at three heating rates of 1 °C per minute, 5 °C per minute and 30 °C per minute.
The Green River Formation's processed kinetics data in graph format showing the quantitative relationship between the rate of a reaction (k) and temperature (T).
The Green River Formation's interpreted kinetics report discussing this formation's range of activation energies, their associated kerogen decomposition rates, thermal exposure, hydrocarbon products and comparison with those of the Kerogens of selected shale formations.
Burnham, A. K., 2011, Principles of Kinetic Analysis for Condensed-Phase Thermal Decomposition.
Jarvie, D.M, and L. L. Lundell, 2000, Kerogen Type and Thermal Transformation of Organic Matter in the Miocene Monterey Formation.


If you want to improve the appearance of your bathroom, then there are a few features that can be used to create the luxury space that you desire. Regardless of the layout of the room, you should consider the option to install glass shower enclosures and shower doors in Camarillo, CA. These features can be customized to match your preferences and the design of the room.
At Quality Windows & Doors, we have a team of experienced designers who can offer suggestions and advice to help with your show door installation. We will come to your home to measure the place where the glass will be installed. Then, you will receive a personalized proposal that includes the custom details that you desire. It is amazing to see the difference it can make when you install quality shower doors.
What is the style that will look best in your bathroom? Don't rush into the decision. Instead, consider your options so that you create a shower that you love. These features will set the tone for the overall design of the room.
Visit our showroom, and you will see that we offer every design that you can imagine. Choose from traditional framed designs or frameless glass doors. Not only can you select the frame designs, but you should also consider options such as glass patterns, finishes, and more. These details can compliment the other fixtures and details in the bathroom.
Glass thickness between 3/16" and 1/2"
We have example products in our showroom that you can view. Or, you are welcome to bring images that you found online. For example, many customers find pictures of bathrooms that they like; then our team uses these images to source the products to match. Anything is possible when you are working with a contractor that offers customized design services.
When you choose Quality Windows & Doors, you can rest assured to know that we only provide the highest quality materials in the industry. These products are available at affordable prices, with the long-term durability that you need.
If you are going to refinish the bathroom, then it makes sense to choose the products that are built to last. A good bathroom renovation will withstand the test of time. Talk to us about your options for glass shower enclosures and shower doors in Camarillo, CA.
These quality materials are important to improve your comfort and satisfaction. When you come home after a long day at work, you need a home where you can relax and enjoy the space with your family. At the same time, these details are beneficial to boost the value of your home. When it is time to move in the future, you will feel good to know that you can ask a fair price for the property. Then, the added equity can be rolled into the purchase of your next property.
When shower doors are designed with frames, the glass is usually thinner and weaker compared to the frameless designs. The metal is the support and strength for the enclosure. But, many homeowners are leaning towards frameless designs because of the many benefits that are available.
A frameless shower door looks great, helping to improve the overall appearance of the room. Eliminating the thick metal framing makes the area look spacious and classy. Plus, homeowners find that the frameless designs are easier to clean because there isn't hardware to work around during the cleaning process.
As you learn more about the industry, it can be overwhelming to choose the right products and features for your home. But, you don't have to navigate these decisions without support. The best thing that you can do is enlist the help of an industry expert.
Our team at Quality Windows & Doors can offer the assistance that you need for your bathroom construction or renovations. We will discuss your preferences and help you compare options in the industry. This process is designed to support your overall goals, helping you create a bathroom that you love. If you have questions about shower door installation or repair, then you can contact us any time for additional information.