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Comic Book Review: The All New Atom #5
November 3, 2006RokkDC Comics0
The Revolution has been pleasantly surprised at how much better The Atom has gotten with each issue. I am certainly enjoying the Atom much more now that Eddy Barrows has taken over the art duties from John Byrne. Hopefully, Simone can keep this title moving in a positive direction with the Atom #4. Let's find out.
Penciler: Eddy Barrows
Inker: Trevor Scott
Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
Story Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
Synopsis: We start with micro-sized alien group called the Waiting. We see a class of students being instructed about the Earthmen are their enemies. That the Earthmen are making allies with the forces of magic and chaos. But, that the Waiting have science on their side. And that the Dog has given them food and protection as well as mobility and strength. But, above all the dog as given them their home. We then see that this alien colony is actually located in the fur of the stray dog that Ryan adopted.
Ryan's father informing him that he is coming back home to China. Ryan asks his father to come outside and talk to him in private. Once they leave, Dwarfstar enters the room. (Uh-oh, the Dean may be his next victim.) Dean Mayland then chews out Dwarfstar for showing up with Ryan in his house. That Dwarfstar could have blown the whole thing. (Swerve! The Dean is Dwarfstar's boss!)
We shift to outside the house where Ryan is talking with his father. They continue their conversation back at Ryan's house. Ryan explains to his father the entire events of the past four issues concerning the war between science and magic. Ryan then puts on the Atom costume and demonstrates his powers to his father. Ryan then tells his father that he can't give up on this, yet. Ryan's father tells him that he has until the next morning to convince him. Suddenly, Panda enters the house with all the various gadgets that his fellow scientists have created. Panda shows off a couple of the gadgets and then tells Ryan about Dwarfstar threatening to kill him. Ryan interrupts Panda and introduces him to his father.
We cut to a laboratory on the other side of Ivy. Dean Mayland is paying a visit to Richard Renslovski who was formerly known as a very unsuccessful super villain names Ricky Robot. He got defeated by Elongated Man several times. Ricky drinks a glass of water. The Dean tells Ricky that the war between science and magic is arriving and that Ricky needs to pick a side. Ricky says he doesn't want to be involved. The Dean says that he can't have people saying "no" to him, so he is going to make an example of Ricky. The Dean tells Ricky that he just drank the assassin that the Dean sent to kill him. Suddenly, Ricky explodes as we see Dwarfstar grow to full size out of Ricky's mid section.
We shift back to Ryan's house, where two soldiers and a large floating head from the Waiting are at his door. Panda answers the door and calls for Ryan's help. Unfortunately, Ryan is busy fighting some magical creature that attacked him in his bathroom. Ryan then rushes downstairs and takes out the two alien soldiers.
The floating head tells Ryan that he is too dangerous to be allowed to live. That the war between magic and science is already taking place. We then see the Waiting's forces along with various science based super villains clashing with various magic based super villains. Also the Waiting have launched a sneak attack on the White House. Ryan then hops on his new bangstick and rockets off to Washington, D.C. to stop the attack on the President. End of issue.
The Good: Atom #5 was a good read. Simone has managed to put together back to back solid issues. I think that we are finally seeing what Simone is capable to putting out on this title. Atom #5 was nicely paced. It kept the story moving without feeling too rushed. The transitions between the various scenes were improved. They still aren't great, but they are much better than the jarring transitions of the earlier issues that gave the issues a disjointed flow.
Simone's biggest talent is her sense of humor. Simone brings an enjoyable humorous touch to this title that makes it a "fun" read. Simone keeps the entire story brighter and lighter with her constant tongue in cheek humor. There are so many scenes in this issue that made me chuckle. It is this light hearted feel that gives the Atom the fun adventurous feel of a shonen manga.
Simone wasted no time dropping a huge bomb on the reader by revealing that Dwarfstar's boss is none other than Dean Mayland! What a great twist. You had a feeling that something was up with the Dean with the way he conveniently showed up at the scene of last issues battle and rescued Atom. Then the extreme measures the Dean took to get Ryan to give up being the Atom including flying his father all the way from China just didn't make sense. Now, it all fits together. I like the choice of Dean Mayland as the evil mastermind behind Dwarfstar.
I'm starting to get a better feel for where Simone is going with this title and the world that she is trying to create Ivy. And I like what I'm seeing. Ivy is a unique and quirky background for this story. There are practically endless sources of plotlines at Simone's disposal in the town of Ivy. I think it is a wise idea to build up Ivy's importance and position in the DCU just like the position and importance of the other big named DCU cities like Gotham, Metropolis and Keystone City. This move just further fleshes out and develops the DCU into an even more complex and interesting universe.
Gadgets are always cool, so needless to say, I dig all the neat weapons that Panda and the other science professors have created. These new toys for Atom should provide for plenty of interesting action scenes. Plus, these new hi-tech weapons provide the Atom with a serious power upgrade. He is no longer just a guy who shrinks.
I dig Dwarfstar. Yeah, his personality is very typical. He is your standard issue psycho villain. However, it is neat seeing a psychotic version of the Atom use his powers in ways that the Atom would never dream to do so. For example, the way that Dwarfstar killed Ricky was sick. I loved it.
Eddy Barrows is a solid artist. Barrows makes the Atom a much more enjoyable read than John Byrne did. Barrows is a little inconsistent from panel to panel. Some look great while others are average. However, on a whole, Barrows delivers a nice looking comic book.
The Bad: The ending of this issue wasn't as good as the ending to the past several issues. Simone has been able to deliver big hooks to the endings of most her issues on the Atom. However, this ending was just your generic hero zipping off to save the world style ending.
Simone's dialogue in this issue is only average. It seems stiff at some points and a little generic at other points. And related to the average dialogue is the lack of depth of the personalities of the various characters. Even though I am enjoying the Atom, my enjoyment is limited by the depth of the characters on this title. None of the characters in the Atom could be confused with well developed and complex characters. Everyone seems a bit one-dimensional. They are all a bit shallow. Panda is the generic nice guy. Ryan's father is the stereotypical dad. Dwarfstar is just your average psycho villain. And Ryan is just a standard optimistic good guy.
I've come to realize that Ryan is what he is and Simone isn't going to give us any additional depth to his personality. Simone has clearly designed Ryan to be that likeable positive shonen manga style hero that younger readers can easily root for. Ryan isn't going to be a textured character. And that is ok, but this ensures that the Atom will never be a title that rises above the level of a "fun" dependable title. It won't take that next step to be a title that is special. I think that the Atom will continue crank out issues that get a 6 or 7 ranking for the story.
And even though I am enjoying this new Atom, do I think this title is any better or more enjoyable because DC didn't use Ray Palmer? Absolutely not. If anything, this title would be better if DC did use Ray Palmer. I find Ray to be a much more compelling and complex character than Ryan. I feel like Ryan is the kid's version of the Atom while Ray is the adult's version of the Atom.
Overall: Atom #5 was another solid read. The art and writing are both above average. The magic of this new Atom is that it is a fun title. Simone has created a story with plenty of action, adventure and humor. If you like your titles to be lighter hearted than many of the grim and gritty titles currently on the market, then I'd suggest you give the Atom a try.


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Prof. Dr. Saad N. AlSaad, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
Editorial Manager
Dr. Bassam B. AlKindy, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
1. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Haddad, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
2. Prof. Dr. Sodky Hamed Mohamed, Sohag University, Egypt
3. Dr. Mohanad Tahrir Younis, Mustansiryah University, IRAQ.
4. Dr. Ali H. Al-Saedi, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
5. Asst. Prof Dr. Ahmed Mahdi Rheima, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
6. Asst. Prof. Dr. Nadal Abdulamer Al Saryi, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
7. Dr. Abbas Kamal Hasan, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
8. Dr. Ali Raheem Al-Nassar, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
9. Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Jasim Mohammed Ali, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
10. Prof. Dr. Dominique Manchon, Laboratoire de math´ematiques - UMR, France.
11. Prof. Dr Ghazali Bin Sulong, UTM-IRDA, Malaysia.
12. Prof. Dr. Fars Al-naemi, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.
13. Dr. Abbas Maleki, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Haddad, Mustansiriyah University, IRAQ.
Proofreading Manager
Saad Najim Al-Saad, Editor-in-Chief
Saad Najm Al-Saad is a professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Mustansiriyah. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Iraq in 2001. He has been working as a teaching staff member for over 25 years, including four years (2010-2014) as Head of the Department of computer science, and eight years at the Faculty of Information Technology, Philadelphia University (Jordon). His research interests lie in information security and object-oriented software engineering. He is now working as a Head of the Scientific Committee at the department and Editor-in-Chief of the Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science.
H-index (Scopus)=2, h-index(Google Scholar)=5.
Bassam AlKindy, Journal Manager
Bassam AlKindy receives his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Al-Rafidain University College (1999), Iraq. In 2005, he obtained an M.Sc. degree in computer science – Artificial Intelligent from Yarmouk University, Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Jordan. In Dec. 2015, he had a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence -bioinformatics, from the Université de Franche-Comté, Lab. Femto-ST (DISC, Department of computer science), France. Since 2005, he is a full-time member of the University teaching staff at Mustansiriyah University, Department of Computer Science. His researches focus on the domains of Artificial Intelligent, Bioinformatics (Ancestor reconstruction and phylogenetic analysis), Robotics, and Machine learning.
H-index (Scopus)=3, h-index(Clarivate)=1, h-index(Google Scholar)=6.
Ahmed Al-Haddad, Production Manager
Ahmed Al-Haddad received his Bachelor's and Master's in general physics from Mustansiriyah University, Iraq, before moving to Germany, where he earned his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology at the Ilmenau University of Technology. His studies in nanotechnology and their diver's applications such as solar conversion energy, energy storage, chemical and biosensors, and electronic devices. This experience prepared him for an assistant professor position in the department of physics, college of science, Mustansiriyah University, at the same time he got a section editor position at Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science. His publications in nano research fields had a high impact on Scopus and google scholar sites for their relations to the advanced challenges of nanotechnology science, some of these publications were cited more than 100 times and published in high-impact factor journals.
H-index (Scopus)=10, h-index(Clarivate)=10, h-index(Google Scholar)=10.
Sodky H. Mohamed, Section Editor
Sodky H. Mohamed Sodky H. Mohamed has got his Bachelor in May, 1995, his M. Sc. in January, 2000 and his Ph. D. in December, 2003 from Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Sohag, Egypt. His main research interests are fabrication and development of new metal oxide nanowires and Fabrication and development of new optical functional coatings of oxides and oxynitrides. Prof. Dr. Sodky H. Mohamed has extensive experience in the design and characterization of coatings, excellent knowledge about vacuum deposition systems and about thin film compositional, structural, optical, electrical and thermal characterization techniques. He has large experience in studying materials, from bulk to nanoscale level. He has been working for several projects on thin films and nanostructured materials for the past twenty years. He has contributed significantly to the understanding and application of thin film technology and characterization. During his stay at RWTH-Aachen, Germany, he had the opportunity to work with the product research and development department of Interpane GMBH, Germany, a market leader in architectural glass, for the development of optical window coating materials by magnetron sputtering technique. Prof. Dr. Sodky H. Mohamed has worked at nine international laboratories for the past years and has been the recipient of various prestigious awards such as DAAD (Germany), Fulbright (USA) and TEMPUS (Spain). His research deliverables include 105 refereed journal papers and 10 papers presented in refereed conferences.
H-index (Scopus)=25, h-index(Google Scholar)=28.
Mohanad Tahrir Younis, Section Editor
Mohanad Tahrir Younis received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence (School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK) in 2018. He finished his master's degree in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence (Department of computer science, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq) in 2007. He completed his BSc in Computer Science (Mustansiriyah University, Iraq) in 2002. His research interest covers most AI areas.
Ali H. Al-Saedi, Section Editor
Ali H. Al-Saedi received his B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Mustansiriyah University (2004), Iraq. In 2009, he obtained an M.Sc. degree in Mathematics science college of Science, Mustansiriyah University. In 2017, he had a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics Science from Oregon State University, Corvallis. From November 2017-present, he is a full-time member of the University teaching staff at Mustansiriyah University, Department of Mathematics Science. His researches focus on congruences and combinatorial properties.
Ahmed Mahdi Rheima, Section Editor
Ahmed Mahdi Rheima receives his B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the College of Science, Mustansiriyah University (2011), Iraq. In 2013, he obtained an M.Sc. degree in physical chemistry-Nano-chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University. In Dec. 2016, he had a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry-Nano-chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University. From 2017-2021, he is a full-time member of the University teaching staff at Wasit University, Department of chemistry. Since January 2022, he is a full-time member of the University teaching staff at the Chemistry Department, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University. His research focuses on Nanochemistry and its applications. Assistant professor in Nanochemistry from 2020. Now, Section Editor at Al-Mustansiriyah journal of science.
H-index (Scopus)=14, h-index(Clarivate)=7, h-index(Google Scholar)=19.
Nadal Al-Saryi, Section Editor
Nadal Al-Saryi is an Associated Professor in the Biotechnology branch /Biology department/college of science at Mustansiriyah university. She joined the biology department as a lab assistant in 2002. She got an M.Sc degree in Microbiology in 2009. Later, she got her Ph.D. (2016) in Molecular Cell Biology from the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department, University of Sheffield, UK. In addition, she was a Fulbright visiting scholar, who joined the program at the University of Central Oklahoma, the USA in 2018. Nadal's background is in Molecular biology, and she is interested in many fields associated with gene function and pathogenicity.
Abbas Kamal Al-barazanchi, Section Editor
Abbas Kamal Al-barazanchi is an Assistant Professor at the department of physics, college of science, Mustansiriyah University. He received a B.Sc. degree in general physics from Mustansiriyah University (Iraq) in 1998. He received an M.Sc. degree in Solid State Physics Semiconductor Thin Films from Mustansiriyah University in 2001 and received a Ph.D. in Photonics from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2015. He is interested in different fields such as photonics, solid-state physics, semiconductor, and thin films.
Ali Raheem Al-Nassar, Section Editor
Ali Raheem Al-Nassar is a lecturer at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq 2005. He had a B.Sc. degree in Atmospheric Sciences in 2001, then received an M.Sc. degree from Mustansiriyah University (Iraq) in 2004 in applied meteorology. In 2018, he received a Ph.D. Degree in dynamics of atmospheric science from Spain, Barcelona from Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Barcelona Tech - UPC. He is interested in different fields such as Climate Variability, Atmospheric Physics, weather Dynamics, and extreme Precipitation episodes.
Mohammed Jasim Mohammed Ali, Section Editor
Mohammed Jasim M. Ali got an M.Sc. degree in atomic physics from the Department of Physics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad-Iraq in 2004. Then, he has been appointed as a lecturer in the same department in 2006. In 2018, he received a PhD. in Physics/ Optics from Montpellier University, France. His studies are in the Optical properties of semiconductors and nanotechnology and their applications such as sensors, solar cells, and optoelectronic devices. He has many honors and awards from the Iraqi minister of higher education and scientific research and the president of Mustansiriyah University during 2011 – 2022. As a researcher, Dr. Mohmmed Ali participated in some annual international conferences held in France and Russia. Also, he put his prints in some conferences held in Iraq. In addition to his native language, Arabic, he is fluent in English and French. His scientific research interest with articles is referred to in ORCID and google scholar.
Associated Editors
1. Prof. Dr. Nameer El-Emam, Philadelphia University, Jordan.
2. Prof. Dr. José Luis Pelegrí Llopart, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Spain.
5. Prof. Dr. Muatez Mohammed, , University of Central Arkansas, United States.
4. Prof. Dr. Dheyaa Azeez Bilal, Thi Qar University, Iraq.
6. Asst. Prof. Dr. Abbas Maleki, lam University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
7. Asst. Prof. Dr. Wanisa Abdussalam-Mohammed, Sebha University, Libya.
8. Asst. Prof. Dr. Nasouri Nasouri, Institute Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Indonesia.
9. Asst. Prof. Dr. Wisam Hussein Selman, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.
Nameer El-Emam, Associate Editor
Nameer El-Emam completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science with honor rank in 1997. He works as an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, Basra University. In 1998, he joined the Department of Computer Science, Philadelphia University, as an Assistance Professor, and then he got the rank "Associate Professor" in 2010. In 2016 he got the full Professor rank at the same university. He works as a chair of many departments (Computer Science, Web Engineering, and cyber security), and he is working as the deputy dean of the faculty of Information Technology, at Philadelphia University. His research interest in Computer Simulation with the intelligent system, Parallel Algorithms, and Soft computing using Convolution Neural networks, GA, ACO, and PSO for many kinds of applications like Image Processing, Sound Processing, Fluid Flow, and Computer Security (Steganography).
José Luis Pelegrí Llopart, Associated Editor
José Luis Pelegrí Llopart (12 Nov 1957) is a Research Professor at Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Department of Physical and Technological Oceanography (Spain). His professional career in oceanography is marked by the following stages: Oceanographic studies for the oil industry (1980-1988). At the end of his Licenciatura in Physics (Universidad Simón Bolíva, Venezuela, 1978), he did a Master in Physical Oceanography in Great Britain (the University of Wales, 1978-1980; After a semester at the La Salle Foundation (Venezuela, 1980), then he did a Master's in the USA with a scholarship from the oil industry (Oregon State University, 1982-1984). Doctorate on western boundary currents (1988-1992). From Old Dominion University (Virginia, USA), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, to do his Ph.D. in oceanography. Professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC, 1992-2002). When he finished his doctorate (Sept. 1992), he joined the ULPGC, first as a visiting professor and since 1996 as a University Professor. In addition to teaching and being Dean of the School of Marine Sciences. He joined the ICM-CSIC in June 2003 as a Scientific Researcher and was promoted to Research Professor in March 2011. Head of the Department of Physical and Technological Oceanography (January 2016 to February 2018). During this period, he authored 73 articles in SCI journals, 11 other articles and book chapters, and 5 outreach articles, and acted as leading editor of five special issues of SCI journals. During this period 8 doctoral thesis was completed under my supervision. Director of the ICM-CSIC (2018-present), he has published 18 SCI articles and another 5 non-SCI articles or book chapters, some 20 outreach articles, and has been the leading editor of a dissemination book on the Ocean Decade. During this period 6 doctoral thesis were completed under his supervision, and he currently supervises another two doctoral students.
Muatez Mohammed, Associated Editor
Muatez Mohammed is a visiting professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Central Arkansas. His research is focused on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, graphene, semiconductor thin films, 3D nanomaterials, and dye-synthesized solar cells (DSSC), examining their useful physical properties, and modifying those properties for practical applications in mechanical, electronic, and optoelectronic devices. He is also interested in other aspects of the nanotechnology field of study for environmental, industrial, biological, and medical applications. In medical science applications graphene, metallic nanoparticles, and carbon nanotubes have been used as drug-delivery agents for viruses, micelles, liposomes, dendrimers, and polymers. Additionally, interested in how silver nanoparticles and gold nanorods have multifunctional characteristics that are being used in the field of cancer research and other medical research.
Dheyaa Azeez Bilal, Associated Editor
Dheyaa Azeez Bilal is a Professor in the Department of Physics /College of Education for Pure Sciences /Thi Qar University He received his Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Iraq in 2008. He has been working as a teaching staff member for over 17 years 10 years in Collage of Science Al Mustansiriyah University, He is interested in different fields such as Climate Variability, Atmospheric remote sensing, He is now working as Scientific Dean Assistant of Collage of Education for Pure Science and a Director Editor in Education for Pure Sciences Journal.
H-index(Google Scholar)=2.
Abbas Maleki, Associate Editor
Abbas Maleki is an Assistant Professor at the Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Iran. His research Interest in Molecular analysis for the detection of antibiotic resistance genes, Molecular detection of Pathogenic agents, Molecular analysis of ESBL-producing bacteria, and Transferrin/ Lactoferrin binding proteins in Gram-negative bacteria. He is a Member of the Iranian Society of Microbiology.
Wanisa Abdussalam-Mohammed, Associate Editor
Wanisa Mohammed is an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Science/ Chemistry Department /Sebha University/ Libya. She received a B.Sc. degree in 1998. She received an M.Sc. degree in Organic chemistry at the Chemistry department, faculty of science, Sebha University/ Libya 2005, and received Ph.D. in Bio-nanotechnology, (Novel engineered metal nanodevices to be used in therapeutic and biomedical applications). College of Engineering. Swansea University/ the UK. 2017. She is interested in different fields such as organic chemistry; subjects such as the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, bio-applications of ligands as an antibiotic, and bio-nanotechnology).
Nasori Nasori, Associated Editor
Nasori Nasori received his Bachelor's from Ahmad Dahlan University and Haluoleo University, Indonesia, and his Master's in Optoelectronic Research Laboratory of Institute Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Indonesia, then moved to Germany, where he passed his Ph.D. degree in Nanotechnology at the Ilmenau University of Technology. His studies in nanotechnology and its diver applications such as solar conversion energy, biophysics, and biosensors devices. At Present, He is prepared for an assistant professor position in the department of physics, at Institute Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Indonesia. Current research is investigating materials to be made as electrodes and monitoring prognosis for blood cancer.
Wisam Hussein Selman, Associated Editor
Wisam Hussein Selman is an Assistant professor at the College of veterinary medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah. He received a B.Sc. degree in 2002. He received an M.Sc. degree in 2005. And received Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 2018. His specialization is Pharmacology and Toxicology - Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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On August 1, 2018, Google implemented a "broad core" update to their algorithm. This is the latest shakeup from Google following their speed update in July and the earlier Ads Experience Report. Add to that list the introduction of ads.txt, Facebook's news feed change, and GDPR, then 2018 can easily be defined as the year of the shakeups for digital publishers.
Announced via the Google SearchLiason Twitter account, saying the latest shakeup took the digital publishing industry by surprise would be an understatement.
While Google claim they make regular changes to their algorithm on a daily basis – and larger changes several times a year – this recent update has severely impacted a lot of publishers.
Our early results show that different types of publishers in varying verticals have been impacted, however sites that were hit the hardest are what Google's QRG (Quality Rater Guidelines) refer to as YMYL (Your Money Your Life). This includes sites with a lot of health, medical, diet, nutrition, financial stability, or happiness content.
The most seriously impacted have seen calamitous traffic drops of 30-60% in some cases.
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In select updates to Google's algorithm in the past, the search engine has forewarned the whole industry before making significant changes. This gave publishers the time to prepare and make the necessary adjustments to not be heavily impacted.
For example Google's Speed Update on July 9, 2018 was announced to publishers on January 17, 2018 on the Google Webmaster Blog. The decision to implement HTTPS as a ranking signal was also heavily publicized on the Webmaster Central Blog and the Google I/O that summer.
When pressed for clarification for what publishers could do to leverage the changes made in the update or even remedy any negative SEO impact, Google has offered little insight, instead sticking to their "content is king" mantra and pointing to their QRG for guidance.
Algorithm update – what has changed?
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At Marfeel, we'll continue to investigate this update as it unfolds and shed some much needed light on it for all digital publishers within the ecosystem.


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Jentezen Franklin - The Cave Of Couples
So I want you to look with me in Genesis 23 at a remarkable little passage of scripture that I pray God burns into your heart like He has mine in verse 17. And so the field of Ephron was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it. All the trees, the fields, the borders surrounding were deeded to Abraham as a possession. Verse 18. In the presence of his sons. Verse 19. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of the field of Machpelah. Everybody say Machpelah. Machpelah means: mach, cave. Pelah, double. The cave of double or the Cave of Couples.
That's what I want to talk about. The Cave of Couples. The word mate is used to refer in the animal kingdom, the mate of a monkey. The mate of a lion. It can also be used about the sock that's missing. That where's the mate of that sock? Where's the other shoe? But when he describes in Genesis the woman, he calls her the helpmeet. M-E-E-T. That is not a mispronunciation or some kind of, you know, difference in translation. That is a specific word for a specific reason. It's interesting. God called the wife the helpmeet, not helpmate. Helpmeet. M-E-E-T. The Hebrew word is nezer. Nezer. It's the word from which we get Ebenezer.
Now the word Ebenezer, if you live in the south, if you live in the south, somewhere in your town, there's a Baptist church called Ebenezer Baptist. Whether you know what it means or not, it's there. How many of you have ever heard of Ebenezer Baptist? I thought so. Well, that's the story, and this is so important, so just stay with me. That's the story of when Israel was fighting the Philistines, and they were about to wipe them out. And God started throwing hailstones from Heaven and delivered God's people. And as a memorial, the Bible said that they built a memorial to God, and they called it Eber, which means to build. Nezer. Ebenezer. The nezer part means divine help. To build with divine help.
In other words, the only way we made it through the battle we went through was with divine help. And when God speaks of the wife, He says she is, sir, your divine help. She's it. That's why the Bible said whoever finds a wife, or divine help, finds favor with the Lord. You're gonna win or lose your battles depending on whether or not you've got some divine help in your corner. You've got some divine help praying for you when you go to your job. You've got some divine help in that wife helping you raise those children. You've got some divine help in that wife building that career and that business.
God says without her, the divine help that you need will not be there. You better cherish her. You better appreciate her. You better love her. Because she is your easer. She'll ease your burdens. Women are multipliers. Women are incubators. Women increase anything you give them. If a man gives a woman a seed, she'll incubate it, she'll multiply it, she'll increase it, and nine months later, she'll give him back a baby. You give a woman your bachelor's pad after you get married? She'll incubate it, multiply it, increase it. You'll get furniture. You'll get curtains. You'll get a house. It'll look, it won't look a battle zone from the Battle of Armageddon. It will look like something got a hold, and she'll multiply it, and give it back to you. You give a woman trouble? She'll incubate it. Multiply it. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over shall she give it back to you. But don't you ever forget she's a multiplier. She's your divine help.
Look at your wife and say, you are my divine help. Some women fight depression because their husbands are successful, and they build huge corporations, or they really win in whatever field they're in, and succeed. And they're made almost to feel unimportant, and unnecessary, and just everybody's about, I'll speak in my own life, Everybody, you know, they talk about whatever little success I've had. They almost can ignore your family. Your wife. They always are behind the scenes. The truth is, without my divine help, this ministry wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be holding a microphone. We better never forget that. It's a lie. You are important. You do matter. You can make a difference. You're the difference of whether he wins or loses. Your husband needs divine help in a human package.
Except the Lord build the house, they that labor, labor in vain. Except the Lord build your home, you're laboring in vain. And God said the way I'm gonna build it is I'm gonna give you divine help. And you better treat her right because she's your anointing. She's your favor. How you treat her will determine how I'll listen to your prayers. That's an actual scripture in the Bible. She's your divine help, and when you get to thinking that you're really something, and you're ignoring her, belittling her, competing and acting as though you've done it, don't you ever forget she is your divine help.
And unless the Lord builds the house, we're striving together. We're praying together. We're dreaming together. We're doing the Lord's will together. We're raising kids together. We're building a house together. We're doing life together. It's so important. A couple in love. A spiritual union together.
So here's the deal. Sarah and Abraham started out on a spiritual journey that was remarkable. And we talk about Abraham, but we have to remember Sarah's the one who gave birth to the promise. She was his divine help. And she died at the age of 137. Actually, she was 127, and he was shocked that she died. And I'll, you know, why, he was 137, and he thought he would die first. That's why we buy insurance policies because usually the men die first. But she died first, and it shocked Abraham. And the Bible said, I didn't have time to read it all, but the Bible said he kinda panicked. And he said, I have got to have a burial place for my precious wife. And he bought a cave. And the name of that cave was Machpelah, the cave of double. The Cave of Couples. He paid for it.
What's interesting, if you go to the Holy Land, and we go in November. And when we go, we will go to this place. In Judaism, it's the second most holy site in Israel to this day. The Cave of Machpelah. It's where Abraham and Sarah are buried. It's where Isaac and Rebekah are buried. It's where Jacob and Leah are buried. There are two holy places in Judaism today. Number one, the number one most holy place is the Wailing Wall. And the second most holy place in the Jewish people's minds is the Cave of Machpelah. The Cave of Couples. They go there, and they teach their children, and they have ceremonies there, and dedicate their families, and do all kinds of things there because it's the ultimate place that you can reach in a couple's relationship.
It's we didn't just start out together, and then trouble came, and we broke up. But we made it to the Cave of Couples. That when I die, I die, and we end together. That whatever has happened will not divide us and destroy us. He bought a cave so big that it was 375 feet by 500 feet, large enough to literally hold hundreds of couples. One scholar said it was large enough to hold all of the original children of Israel, which were 12 children of Jacob, plus Isaac, plus Abraham and their wives. All of them could have been buried.
But what is interesting is only three generations kept the marriage covenant serious enough to make the journey back and be buried in the Cave of Couples. By the fourth generation, marriage apparently, potentially, possibly, it just wasn't important enough to make it. Even though we started, the rest of family said we're going to lose this tradition of starting out together and being buried together. And I think we need to understand that we are setting the example for our children. That so much is hanging on us. So much is depending on us. So much is absolutely attached to us that if we go down, our families goes down.
Listen, lemme tell you something. This is interesting. Do you know that the atom is the smallest portion of matter that you can get down to? Everything's made of matter. Everything I'm holding, everything you see is matter. And if you could reduce down to the smallest portion of what matter is, it's one atom. And you cannot divide an atom and get half and half. Because if you take an atom, and you split the atom, you don't get half and half. People think if we get a divorce, we'll just split, and you get half, and I get half. And you get the boy, and I get the girl. And you get the house, and I get the condo. And you get the truck, and I get the car. And you get the dog, and I get the cat. And that's how you end a marriage.
That's not, when you split an atom, you know what happens, don't you? That's how we have the atom bomb. Because when you split an atom, it doesn't split evenly. It splits all the atoms around it. When you split your marriage, it doesn't just affect you two, but it destroys and devastates. All that is is one atom being split, and it attacks everything around it. That's what divorce does. That's what splitting up does. It decimates cousins, and aunts, and uncles, and families, and loved ones. They're decimated because two split.
That's what the enemy wants to do to your marriage and to your home. And you have to have a made up mind, I'm going to the Cave of Couples. Well, you don't understand what's happened. You don't know what I've been through. Fight for what's left. I don't care how bad the enemy has devastated. I don't care if there's been infidelity. I don't care what, these are real things that people deal with. You've been shocked, you've been hurt, you've been broken. But I'm telling you that God can heal, God can restore, God can fix, God can bring back.
Fight for what's left. The enemy may have attacked your family, but it's not perfect families that make it to the Cave of Couples. It's families that have been through hell, but they got the grace of God, and they said we'll fight for what's left. And God gave them the grace to recover it all. Hallelujah. Give God a great shout of praise if you believe He restores what the enemy tried to take. Rebekah made it. Jacob and Leah made it to the Cave of Couples. And none of them were perfect. Abraham was a liar. Yes, he lied. Don't you know she was disappointed in him? Read your Bible. Isaac was a luster, Abraham was a liar, and Jacob was a loser. So God said, I'm the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I'm the God of liars, lusters, and losers.
If you'll give me your family, you got any of those stuff in your home? God says give me all the lies. Give me all the lust. Give me all the losers. I can touch it with my grace, and I can make winners out of that house, and I can bless that house, and I can anoint that house. If you don't praise God, the rocks will cry out. It's the truth. You don't have to give up. You don't have to quit. The Lord spoke to me in studying this message, and He said how would you treat her if she was your anointing? How would you treat her if she was your revelation on the Bible? How would you treat her if she was the key to you being able to effectively touch the congregations that you minister to? How would you teach and treat her all week long?
And that ripped my heart out because I don't want to get to the end of my life, and my wife not even want to be in the Cave of Couples with me. I want her to respect me and love me. I want my children, I want my grandchildren to love me and honor me. And, you know, men, I'm kind of rambling now, but I feel like saying God made you, the Bible said in 1 Peter 3 that we're to give honor to the women as the weaker vessel. That's not a putdown. That's a biological fact. Unless you're married to Rhonda Rousey. But in general, and I got a point to this, But in general, men have 30 to sometimes 35% more muscle than woman. We carry in our body more than a gallon of blood than the woman. That's why we have more energy. That's why we're stronger. Why? Because God said I want the man to do two things for the woman.
Number one, I want you to be the protector of the woman, and I want you to be the provider of the woman. You get out in that field with those muscles, and that energy, and that blood. And you work in those fields, Adam, and you come back, and you provide for her. Because if you don't provide for her, you're worse than an infidel. And I want you to take on the responsibility. It's OK, women should be equal pay, and they should have every opportunity. I totally believe in that. As a man of five daughters, of four daughters, I believe in equality in every way. And she can make more than he can, but he still oughta carry the burden of the responsibility.
As a matter of fact, they did a survey, and they said men who feel like it's their responsibility to provide, in other words, they think about retirement. They think about college. They think about the house payment. They think about what our family needs. They think about the car. They think about what the family, they'll do whatever it takes. Work two jobs. They carry the responsibility. And they said people, men who think that way make, on average, $1.000 more a month than men who said hey, we go Dutch. Nothing wrong with a woman working. Nothing wrong with a woman making more than the man. The point is this: the man oughta carry the stress of that. He is the provider. He is the protector.
I'm almost done. He had to buy the cave. She didn't. Come on. Say amen. I'm closing. But I want them to bring my little picture out, and I want to close with this. There's so much on us, you know. So much is hanging on us. So much is connected to us. So much is, so much that if the atom of your marriage splits, it doesn't just split you two, husband and wife, but it splits everything around you. It decimates families and children. Homes. This nail that I have up here this nail represents your marriage.
So this is a test. This nail represents you and your wife, you and your spouse, you and your husband. This nail is you and your husband. This is a portrait of Jesus. And through the cross, through the nails and the blood that He shed, you and your spouse enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ where His blood covers you. Where His blood says what has started for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, here's the big words. Till death do we part.
We're going all the way to the Cave of Couples. And once you enter into Christ, you have His grace, His power, His forgiveness, His anointing, His Holy Spirit on your relationship. But it's not just you and your mate that have entered into Christ. But you've got so many responsibilities, and you've got the pressures of life, and you've got bills that have to be paid, and it just begins to hang on you. And then something happens. Life just begins to happen. Maybe one of the children gets sick, or you go through cancer with a relative, a family, and it's another strain. And you feel the stress of it, and it's hanging on that relationship.
And now the financial pressure begins to have impact on this in Christ marriage, and home, and family. And not only that, but there's nothing, you know, people who lose a child, people who lose in an accident, I've walked through many in this church who've lost tragically a child. And the enemy decimates those marriages because their pain is connected to one another because they lost a child to cancer or a car wreck. And now suddenly it's pulling on them. It's pulling on them. And then, you know, if you get married and everything's good, and then she gets pregnant, and then she gets pregnant again, and then she gets pregnant again. I should say y'all get pregnant, not she. It takes two to tango. And she's pregnant, and there's pressure.
And then there's pressure at work. Oh, the pressure of work. You just don't understand me, Cherise. You just don't understand the pressure I'm under. How many times have you heard me, you just don't know what it's like to have to preach Sunday. It's an exam. It's an essay every week. Dear God. Do you understand the pressure I live under, woman? And then Dad dies. Mom dies. Loved ones die. Funerals. And it just gets heavier, and more and more is pulling on you, and the whole family, because notice the nails going down.
If you notice that, and then everything's hanging on you. And suddenly, the whole family falls to pieces. The whole marriage falls to pieces. The whole, everything. Because here's the reason why. And I want to tell you why. You know why it couldn't handle all the things that were hanging on? It was too shallow. The only way to handle life as it gets heavier, and heavier, and heavier, you gotta go deeper, and deeper, and deeper into Jesus. We got something greater that will hold us together.
Every time life comes, we're going to go deeper into Him. We don't let trials, and troubles, and issues, and problems stop us. We go deeper into Him. He's the answer. And I don't care what's hanging on you. When you get in Him, you can handle it. Give God a great praise if you know that there's a rock that you can build your house on and it will stand.


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Posted on July 21, 2015 July 21, 2015 Dancing With the Stars, Entertainment, Live Musical Show Review
Move Live Tour: Derek and Julianne Hough: A Review
I decided to attend the "Move Live Tour" featuring Julianne and Derek Hough. They are the talented brother and sister act that are from "Dancing With the Stars." Julianne used to be a dancer on the show, but stepped up to be a judge last year.
I love watching Derek each season, but it's something else to watch Julianne dance with him. It's a treat to watch him masterfully dance with professionals. It reminded me of the Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire movies.
Julianne is as good as he is, and she has a fantastic voice.
Their show sold out the Palace Theater in Columbus, Ohio which holds hundreds of people. The audience was primarily women of all ages, sizes and shapes. During the show the Houghs kept engaging the huge audience, and made it feel like we were a part of the show. They even got the crowd up on their feet to dance.
Derek and Julianne started the show coming out on their huge staircase set, music playing and lights flashing. The set changed with each number. They had a group of talented dancers accompanying them who were just as limber, energetic, and easy on the eyes. There's something refreshing about youthful energy.
The show went from traditional to modern dancing. They even did a few dances emulating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They also shook their booties in a most entertaining way. The skill and artistry was present throughout the show. My favorite duet with the Houghs was a dance they did on "Dancing With the Stars". (If you're a viewer, it was the dance done with the children imitating their dance moves. ( They did it without the kids in this show, but it was still terrific.)
Toward the end, Julianne sang some great ballads wearing unique costumes. One of my favorites was a dress that lit up with all kinds of lights and reflected back and forth between audience and the stage.
During parts of the show, Derek came out and shared some pieces of advice. I suspect it was while they moved around the set and changed costumes.
Julianne and Derek Hough
My favorite was when he said, " if you don't feel confident with a skill go out and try it. You may not be great, but you will get better. If you wait and wait you won't get better."
The show lived up to its name, and kept moving. If it's coming to your town, go see it. You won't regret it!
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Been thinking about what this would be for a few days now. As I am in maintenance mode, I don't want to loose anymore weight, etc.
1. Remain in my maintenance range around 116 to 120.
3. Sign up for a 5K or 10K timed race for sometime this summer.
4. Keep doing occasional virtual 5Ks and 10Ks to try and improve my times.
1. Try to continue to be active in the 5% challenge team, the BLC19 team and the Virtual Racing team.
2. Try to continue being active with online coupon group and with coupon blog.
3. Get more comfortable at my new job and get to know members of the congregation.
4. Find ways to engage/communicate with Zach and let him know he is a good kid and that I love him.
5. Try a new recipe once a month.
I think if I add anymore, I will be overdoing it, but would like to work on getting more comfortable playing piano near Mark, my hubby, and Zach, my son.
Oh how I long for the day when I'm in Maintenance Mode! Good job! You sound like your are on a successful path!
I like the way you included goals that are related to the total you and your family. Good goals.
I think you can do top five easily and I think you will TRY to do the next five to the best of your ability.
Second #4 is so important, son's need to communicate with their mom's, it becomes a close special relationship as the son becomes an adult and you know he still needs to communicate with you. (not every single thing, but a lot) it so so SPECIAL!
As a young teen, going the same place, they tend to go faster or slower for purpose, they want to make contact with you once there, when their ready to, not when you want them to, but if on a time schedule, just have a place and time and consequence if not there.
Punctuality, was the easiest thing I taught my children and it benefits them now, so much at 35/40/45, their on time for work and their on time to pick up mom or I get a phone call, if delayed (like I was stopped by a train)lol.


Fed's reverse repo activity in Treasuries with major banks. When I was on the corporate staff of a large conglomerate, we eventually busted one of our divisions for pushing inventory out the door on the last day of the quarter, only to have most of it returned a few days later, all as a way to boost quarterly revenues. This appears to be the bankers' equivalent of such channel-stuffing.
Are the Feds really fooled by artificial quarter-end liquidity that is provided by the Feds themselves? The stress-tests remind me of the story about FDR declaring a bank holiday, and claiming to have allowed only the strong banks to reopen the next day. How did they know which were strong and weak? They didn't, really. The whole exercise was a PR ploy to boost consumer confidence in the banking industry.