Witnesses at London's Parsons Green underground train station say a 'fireball flew down the carriage' following an explosion on a District Line carriage on Friday morning. They describe victims with facial burns and people injured in a stampede.
Commuters are reporting the explosion stemmed from a fire in a bucket, although the contents of the bucket are not known. Images circulating on social media show what appears to be a burning bucket inside a shopping bag on the floor of the train. RT.com has not been able to verify these reports.
An eyewitness told Reuters that flames engulfed one carriage forcing passengers to trample others as they rushed for an exit.
The man said people were trampled as they fled. He said he did not hear a bang.
The train was packed with people, he added.
Commuter Peter Crowley tweeted pictures of his head, which had been burned in the explosion.
BBC London presenter Riz Lateef, who was at Parsons Green on her way in to work, said: "There was panic as people rushed from the train, hearing what appeared to be an explosion"
Another eyewitness called Luke told BBC Radio 5 Live there appeared to be "a sort of loud explosion."
"It happened just as we were pulling up to the Tube station so everyone just sort of piled out of the Tube and there was a distinct smell of burning."
"I certainly saw some burning injuries."
"Everyone behaved in the right manner as such, everyone got off as quickly as they can and you know supported everyone."
Another witness called Emma also told the BBC: "We were running down the stairs like. It felt like for our lives. Like sprinting, so happy I was wearing trainers.
"And I went down the stairs and after a while people were just piling on top of each other, because people were falling over trying to run so quickly.
"And there were two ladies underneath me and a little boy to my right, his head had been smacked into the concrete."
It is not yet clear whether the incident is terrorism related.
Britain has suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year which killed 36 people.


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Establishing Shared Use Agreements for School Facilities
This blog post was authored by Safe Routes Partnership research advisor Christina Galardi.
Schools often have indoor and outdoor facilities like gyms, running tracks and ball fields, playgrounds, and open spaces that are not in use outside school hours. These facilities could provide easily accessible environments for physical activity and recreation to local residents, especially underserved populations with fewer parks and community centers. Through shared use (or joint use), a school can establish a partnership with park/ recreation departments or community organizations to allow after-school programming or open school grounds for community recreational use after school, on weekends, and during summer and other school vacations.
Shared use in Pomona, CA.
According to the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study, 46 percent of schools had joint use agreements for use of facilities for outdoor recreation and physical activities. This is an improvement over 2006, when 28.6 percent of schools reported providing community access to physical activity or recreation facilities (Healthy People 2020, PA-10). Other research has reported even higher participation: 69 percent of 360 schools in 48 states reported shared use in one survey (Spengler et al., 2011) and 88.1 percent of schools had facilities used by community groups in a study in North Carolina (Kanters et al., 2014b). However, disparities in participation in shared use may exist by community income and rural/urban locale (Thrun et al., 2016). Children in low-income communities are less likely than children in suburban/urban areas or shared use agreements (Thrun et al., 2016), and urban areas are more likely to have formal or informal shared use agreements than suburban schools (Chace and Vilvens, 2015) or schools in rural communities (Thrun et al., 2016).
Furthermore, schools need support to foster strong partnerships that promote facility use while easing administrative and liability concerns. In a survey of Ohio schools by Chace and Vilvens (2015), top barriers to shared use were "costs related to maintenance, cleaning, or supervision" (68.8%), "liability concerns" (60.0%), "security" (56.3%), and "fear that facilities will not be left in the same shape as found" (53.8%).
In terms of administration, responsibility for costs and maintenance was a reason for not establishing a joint use agreement among 13.7 percent of schools without shared use (Kanters et al., 2014b). However, another study by Kanters and colleagues (2014a) found no significant association between levels of shared use participation and facility operating cost per square foot or per enrolled student. Burbage and others (2014) estimated a cost of only $0.38 per community member to develop and implement a shared use agreement among 18 Los Angeles schools.
Support is also needed to address concerns about potential liability for injuries occurring on school property outside school hours; these concerns were reported by 12.2 percent of North Carolina schools without shared use (Kanters et al., 2014b). In another study, 85.7 percent of schools without shared use felt that stronger state-level legislation was needed to protect schools from liability (Spengler, Connaughton, and Maddock, 2011). Spengler and colleagues (2010) also found that many state liability statutes lacked specific language targeting protection for school facilities and activities common in those settings. Only 41 percent of schools surveyed were familiar with state laws relevant to shared use, and even among those that were, 76 percent still reported concerns about liability (Spengler, Connaughton, and Maddock, 2011).
Liability concerns could be addressed by establishing more formal written agreements concerning shared use. A nationwide sample found that only 25 percent of children lived in communities with formal shared use agreements; children were more than twice as likely to live in communities with shared use addressed in long-range plans (Thrun et al., 2016). Chace and Vilvens (2015) found that only 9.5% of Ohio schools surveyed lacked shared use agreements, but only 38.5 percent had formal, written agreements. The formality of agreements depended on the facility type; formal written agreements were most common when schools shared use of gyms (67.3%), compared with 26.7 percent for shared use of open space. Informal agreements were most common with playgrounds and track facilities. Furthermore, the content and number of legal clauses that addresses scope, cost responsibility, and sustainability of the policy can vary widely across schools (Burbage et al., 2014).
More policy evaluation is needed to establish a link between shared use agreements and levels of physical activity. Studies that focus on students have seen incremental associations between shared use policies and physical activity. Slater and colleagues (2014) found that the prevalence of physical activity participation (i.e., physical activity almost every day, at least once a week, or occasionally) among students increased by one percent for each additional facility space specified by a joint use agreement. Kanters and colleagues (2014a) found a more consistent connection between minutes of physical activity and the number of activities and participants in shared use community programs for girls than boys. However, shared use policies may differ greatly by school, and these partnerships also have the potential to increase physical activity outside the student population among local residents more broadly, which makes impacts on health hard to quantify. Nevertheless, National Physical Activity Plan and Healthy People 2020 target shared use of school facilities as an important opportunity to encourage physical activity, and the American Heart Association has also supported shared use as a strategy to move toward improved cardiovascular health. Beyond opportunities for exercise, schools also identify shared use as promoting a sense of community through improved relationships with taxpayers and local organizations (Chace and Vilvens, 2015).
What steps can we take to strengthen shared use in our communities?
Clarify state-level protections and provide support for local shared use development and implementation. Even among schools that already opened facilities to community use, 78.3% still reported liability concerns (Spengler, Connaughton and Maddock, 2011). When asked about needs to support implementation or continuation of shared use, 56.3% of school facilitators indicated a desire for clearer state liability laws and nearly 1/3 identified a need for model examples, funding, and other resources (Chace and Vilvens, 2015). Liability protections concerning injuries on school property differ by state, and statutes on community recreational use do not always encompass school facilities and related physical activity (Spengler et al., 2013). The American Heart Association has created policy guidance with model language for strong liability protection, and states can also provide other resources for developing shared use agreements, including state-level toolkits and local dissemination plans as well as dedicated efforts from state workgroups to assess and address local barriers (Young et al., 2014).
Ease concerns about facility use and maintenance costs. Conducting a financial analysis can make potential costs transparent, and establishing cost-sharing provisions as part of the joint use agreement could reduce this burden (Spengler, Connaughton, and Carroll, 2011).
Encourage community groups to actively seek shared use partnerships. Surprisingly, 61.8% of North Carolina schools surveyed by Kanters and colleagues (2014b) reported having no requests for shared use from the community as a reason for not having a joint use agreement. From a nationwide sample, children were least likely to live in communities that identified shared use partnerships with community recreation leagues (2%), park districts (2%), before and after school programs (1%), or YMCA programs (1%) (Thrun et al., 2016). Both schools and municipal/community groups should look for opportunities to collaborate.
Taking these steps can help establish schools as community centers promoting health through physical activity for students and local residents alike.
Chace, M., & Vilvens, H. (2015). Opening the Doors for Health: School Administrators' Perceived Benefits, Barriers, and Needs Related to Shared Use of School Recreational Facilities for Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 12, 1017–1022.
Kanters, M.A., Bocarro, J.N., Filardo, M., Edwards, M.B., McKenzie, T.L., & Floyd, M.F. (2014a). Shared Use of School Facilities With Community Organizations and Afterschool Physical Activity Program Participation : A Cost-Benefit Assessment. Journal of School Health, 84(5), 302-309.
Kanters, M. A., Bocarro, J. N., Moore, R., Floyd, M. F., & Carlton, T. A. (2014b). Afterschool shared use of public school facilities for physical activity in North Carolina. Preventive Medicine, 69, 44–48.
Slater, S., Chriqui, J., Chaloupka, F. J., & Johnston, L. (2014). Joint use policies : Are they related to adolescent behavior ? Preventive Medicine, 69, S37–S43. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.032
Spengler, J.O, Frost, N., Connaughton, D.P. & Prince, D. (2013). Clarifying Liability for After-Hours Community Use of School Recreation Facilities. Annals of Health Law 22(2013), 342-354.
Spengler, J. O., Connaughton, D. P., & Maddock, J. E. (2011). Liability Concerns and Shared Use of School Recreational Facilities in Underserved Communities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41(4), 415–420. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2011.06.031
Spengler, J., Connaughton, D., & Carroll, M. (2011). Addressing Challenges to the Shared Use of School Recreational Facilities. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 82(9), 28-33.
Spengler, J. O., Carroll, M. S., Connaughton, D. P., & Evenson, K. R. (2010). Policies to Promote the Community Use of Schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(1), 81–88. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.02.019
Young, D.R., Spengler, J.O., Frost, N., Evenson, K.R., Vincent, J.M., &Whitsel, L. (2014). Promoting Physical Activity Through the Shared Use of School Recreational Spaces : A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. American Journal of Public Health 104(9), 1583–1589. http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301461
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Cultural & Academic Films
This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: "What in the World?"
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ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!
Oct 30, 2019 by TED.com
For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas behind the characters and their meaning -- building from a few simple forms to more complex concepts. Call it Chineasy.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, china, education, language, TED2013, 2013
Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness -- from the inside
May 30, 2014 by TED.com
"Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, she asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, brain, health care, mental health, TEDGlobal 2012, 2012
Ramesh Raskar: A camera that takes one trillion frames per second
Nov 29, 2013 by TED.com
Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it shows the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look "around" corners or see inside the body without X-rays.
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Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, innovation, invention, photography, technology, TEDGlobal 2012, 2012
Tony Porter: A call to men
At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the "man box."
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDWomen, TED, Talks, culture, global issues, men, women, 2010
Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?
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Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, cosmos, physics, science, universe, TED2012, 2012
Edith Widder: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence
In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing footage of glowing undersea life.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, biology, exploration, ocean, oceans, photography, science, TED2011, 2011
Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison
At Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help girls and fathers stay connected and in each others' lives. But what about girls whose fathers can't be there -- because they're in jail? Patton tells the story of a very special father-daughter dance. (Filmed at TEDxWomen)
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, activism, children, dance, parenting, social change, women, youth, TEDxWomen...
Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers
As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, Internet, business, technology, TED2012, 2012
Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions -- and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDWomen, TED, Talks, business, education, leadership, technology, women, 2010
Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of "4D printing"
3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time. This emerging technology will allow us to print objects that then reshape themselves or self-assemble over time. Think: a printed cube that folds before your eyes, or a printed pipe able to sense the need to expand or contract.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, design, industrial design, technology, TED2013, 2013
Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, alternative energy, energy, politics, science, technology, TED2012, 2012
Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED2009, TED, Talks, business, environment, oceans, plastic, science, 2009
Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while translating the Web quickly and accurately -- all for free.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDxCMU, TED, Talks, Internet, collaboration, computers, language, technology, 2011
Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes
As political turmoil in Yemen continues, the editor of the Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, talks at TEDGlobal with host Pat Mitchell. Al-Sakkaf's independent, English-language paper is vital for sharing news -- and for sharing a new vision of Yemen and of that country's women as equal partners in work and change.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDGlobal 2011, TED, Talks, communication, global issues, journalism, politics, war,...
Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy. Far from being a "soft" issue, she says, women's issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. A frank and funny Q and A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDWomen, TED, Talks, Foreign Policy, business, iraq, 2010
John Doerr sees salvation and profit in greentech
"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr says in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. To create a world fit for his daughter to live in, he says, we need to invest now in clean, green energy.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, climate change, environment, global issues, green, investment,...
Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral
Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk posted from an amazing TEDYouth event. Many others will come on line next month as part of our TED-Ed launch. We can't wait ...)
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDYouth, TED, Talks, entertainment, video, 2012
Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games
How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, brain, education, gaming, TEDxCHUV, 2012
Paul Collier on the "bottom billion"
Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, Africa, activism, business, development, economics, global issues, politics,...
Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?
Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, environment, green, nature, plastic, product design, technology, TEDGlobal...
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDGlobal 2009, TED, Talks, Africa, creativity, energy, invention, poverty, 2009
Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED@State, TED, Talks, alternative energy, climate change, development, environment,...
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls
Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan. She celebrates the power of a family's decision to believe in their daughters -- and tells the story of one brave father who stood up to local threats. (Filmed at TEDxWomen)
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, education, global issues, women, TEDxWomen 2012, 2012
Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landscape that links nature and humanity for mutual benefit.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDWomen, TED, Talks, architecture, biology, cities, design, 2010
Jacqueline Novogratz on escaping poverty
Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED2009, TED, Talks, activism, business, culture, global issues, poverty, women, work,...
James Nachtwey's searing photos of war
Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his life's work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED2007, TED, Talks, TED Prize, activism, arts, culture, death, global issues, media,...
Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement
In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, culture, development, education, global issues, invention, women, TEDGlobal...
Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. At TEDxCaltech, she shows us how it's done.
Topics: TEDTalks, TEDxCaltech, TED, Talks, DNA, alternative energy, biology, evolution, genetics, nature,...
Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?
Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain't seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising and even thrilling view of what comes next.
Topics: TEDTalks, TED, Talks, business, technology, TEDxBoston 2012, 2012
Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with non-violence
How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests. (Filmed at TEDxExeter.)
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Pink Friday Tour
Tour by Nicki Minaj
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16)
August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)
No. of shows
21 in North America
15 in Europe
4 in Asia
3 in Oceania
44 in total
Nicki Minaj concert chronology
Pink Friday Promo Tour
Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour
The Pink Friday Tour is the debut concert tour by Trinidadian singer/songwriter Nicki Minaj. The tour is to promote her second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The tour began in May 2012 with shows in Australia and Asia. The tour then continued on to Europe and North America in June, July, and August 2012. The tour came to a close on August 14, 2012 in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom. The final show was a part of a free Pepsi promotional concert. Attendees were only eligible for tickets if they called radio stations Hot 97, Power 105, Z-100, 92.3 Now, and WBLI or tweet Nicki Minaj or Pepsi on Twitter.[1] After playing 41 shows on 4 continents, Minaj quickly followed up the tour with the Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour.
1 Background and development
2 Concert synopsis
3 Critical response
4 Opening acts
5 Setlist
6 Tour dates
6.1 Notes
6.2 Cancellations and rescheduled shows
6.3 Box office score data
7 Notes
Background and development
While promoting her second album in the UK, Minaj revealed tour dates for major cities in England. The singer officially announced the tour via Twitter on May 1, 2012—showcasing the stage resembling Barbie's Dreamhouse.[2] Minaj stated that she will play radio and outdoor festivals in conduction with arenas and theatres.[3] She also mentions the tour will have an "intimate yet big" feel. Laurieann Gibson will serve as creative director and choreographer for the tour. Gibson stated "Nicki Minaj was so much fun for me, and it was like a real breath of fresh air, and musically, to get back to the rap game, to see a female MC dominate the pop charts, this, historically, for me, I feel a bit of responsibility", in a MTV interview.[4]
Concert synopsis
The concert is divided into five acts, they all incorporate Minaj's hip-hop, pop, rap, and R&B styles of music. An interlude kicks-off the show with Minaj's voice explaining that her alter ego "Roman", warrior of "Pinkslam", must travel for 40 days, and 40 nights, to planet Earth to defeat an evil force known as "Nemesis". Minaj begins the concert in a black cloak, singing the fiery-bar spitting song "Roman's Revenge" or the fast-paced "Roman Holiday" while standing on top of the stage with a church themed backdrop. The dancers are also dressed in black cloaks. After the first chorus, Minaj takes off the cloak and reveals a new outfit which consists of pink and black polka dot high rise panties, and a yellow and black polka dot jacket, or a graffiti themed jacket, paired with leggings underneath. The dancers also appear in different attire after their cloaks are removed. She then burst out into her hip-hop segment starting off with "Did it on 'Em" followed by her verses in "I Am Your Leader" continued with "Beez in the Trap" and then on to a snippet of "Stupid Hoe" before rolling into her verse in Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)".
After a brief pause Minaj continues the show with a new segment starting with "Right by My Side" that flows into "Champion" and concludes the segment with "Moment 4 Life" while wearing the same attire as last segment. The medley's backdrop consisted of a sky themed backdrop. After finishing the medley Minaj heads backstage to change outfits while the DJ plays an interlude leading up to the next segment.
After the interlude ends Minaj returns to the stage wearing a white vest, white leggings, and a white tutu accompanied with white high heels. Minaj's dancers have also changed into gold attire. Minaj then takes a splatter-painted gun and sprays the crowd with white fog. After Minaj sets the gun down she returns to her group of female dancers before jumping into "Starships" which starts the pop segment of the concert. To go along with "Starships" the backdrop was inside of a "Starship". After "Starships", she then sings "Pound the Alarm". Next, Minaj walks around the stage slapping her dancer's butts before heading into "Whip It". Minaj then dives into her verses in David Guetta's dance anthem "Where Them Girls At". Then Minaj performs "Turn Me On". Minaj then walks off stage for a second time for another outfit change.
At the end of the interlude Nicki emerges from backstage with a pink dress on and also changed her wig to a short blond wig with pink accents. She then talks about how she got her heart broken and wanted to literally kill someone. She followed that statement with saying "But instead I wrote a song." which lead into "Fire Burns" with an Autumn themed background. She followed the song by then performing "Save Me" with Barbie's house as a backdrop. After "Save Me" she left the stage which ended her softer, more emotional segment of the show. Another DJ interlude played while she made her final costume change of the concert.
For the last segment Minaj is dressed with graffiti leggings, a striped shirt, black panties, with a pink hat and some necklaces. She had also changed her wig to solid black with bangs. The background for this segment is a basic speaker system. She then performs a mixtape medley which consisted of songs such as "Go Hard", "Sweet Dreams", "Slumber Party", "Beam Me Up Scotty", "Freaky Gurl", "I Get Crazy", and "Itty Bitty Piggy" from her mixtapes. In the European leg of the tour Minaj also performed "Itty Bitty Piggy" in the medley. Minaj then performs "Come On A Cone" before the final medley. The final medley consisted of songs such as "Up All Night", "Make Me Proud", "My Chick Bad", "Bottoms Up", "Monster", "Letting Go (Dutty Love)", "Hold Yuh", "BedRock", "Roman Reloaded", and "Roman in Moscow". Following the final medley Minaj states "Is there a song you haven't heard yet?", which leads right into "Super Bass". Minaj finishes "Super Bass" at the top of the stage with white fog shooting in the air along each staircase before saying "Thank you and goodnight!" which leads to an encore chorus before Nicki and her dancers exit the stage.
The tour received generally positive reviews from music critics. Kicking off the tour in Australia, music critics gave the performances extremely positive reviews. Kathy McCabe (The Daily Telegraph) writes that Minaj was "colorful" during the tour's debut at the Horden Pavilion. She continues, "Minaj graciously brought her arena show to town with its awesome backdrop of videos, those ripped dancers, a song list of hits, her graciousness and potty mouth, and smashed it all together into a one-hour show. A lot of smoke and mirrors but all of it rather delectable. Except for the poor mums".[5] Hannah Kimber (news.com.au) states Minaj's show in Sydney was an array of "deep beats, technicolour lighting and Disney inspired ensembles". She further states, "It was a night of tiny tasty Nicki treats all mashed into a mini musical feast with tight choreography and lots to look at. But 65 minutes was not long enough for a full Nicki fix and the rabid Barbz in Sydney craved more Minaj".[6] At the Hisense Arena, Tran Nguyen (Take 40 Australia) humorously gave the show eight out of ten weaves. He says, "it was her performance of "Starships" that drove the fans completely wild. The ground shook harder, and more arms were flailing about (and blocking my view—although, my lack of height may have something to with that). Fans were jumping up and down, and occasionally busting a move or two".[7] The concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre was given two and a half out of five stars by Bridie Jabour (Brisbane Times). She says, ""Nicki did the obligatory good night and I love you and left the stage. And then something happened that I have not witnessed at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre or even the Tivoli. Everyone just left. There were no screams for an encore, no chanting of her name, no pleading for her to return and do just one more song. Nicki had finished her show and her fans were more than ready for it to be finished".[8]
Alexis Petridis from The Guardian attended the show at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London, he gave the Pink Friday Tour an average score with 3 out of 5 stars, saying "It seems a strange thing to say about a performance that opens with a woman rapping "I'm a bad bitch, I'm a cunt", but there's something oddly restrained about Nicki Minaj's live show. Then Petridis later commented on how moderate the show was in comparison to her exorcism-themed performance at the 54th Grammy Awards, "Given this is a woman who staged a mock exorcism on stage at the Grammys, before being hoisted into the air on wires while singing O Come All Ye Faithful, it's a relatively stripped-down show, which cleaves more to hip-hop tradition than pop extravaganza. There are costume changes and a confetti cannon, but there's no band, just a small troupe of dancers, a DJ and a hype man".[9] Jon Carmanica of the NY Times, gave the tour a positive review speaking on her ability to reach pop and hip-hop audiences, "Unlike almost any other rapper, she manages to exist on pop radio and hip-hop radio simultaneously (generally with different songs), and she's equally comfortable in both spaces."[10]
Opening acts
Stooshe (UK)
Timomatic (Melbourne, Sydney)[11]
Stan Walker (Brisbane)[11]
2 Chainz (North America)[12]
Baby K (Italy)[13]
• Mr Polska (Neatherlands)
"Roman Holiday"
"Did It on 'Em"
"I Am Your Leader"
"Beez in the Trap"
"Stupid Hoe"
"Dance (A$$)"
"Right by My Side"
"Moment 4 Life"
"Champion"
"Starships"
"Pound the Alarm"
"Whip It"
"Fire Burns"
"Save Me"
"Bottoms Up"
"Where Them Girls At"
"Turn Me On"
"Super Bass"
"Roman Holiday"
"Did It on 'Em"
"I Am Your Leader"
"Beez in the Trap"
"Stupid Hoe"
"Dance (A$$)"
"Right by My Side"
"Champion
"Moment 4 Life"
"Pound the Alarm"
"Whip It"
"Where Them Girls At"
"Roman's Revenge"
"Bottoms Up"
"Turn Me On"
"Super Bass"
"Itty Bitty Piggy"
"Roman Reloaded"
"HOV Lane"
"Come On A Cone"
"Letting Go (Dutty Love)"
"Make Me Proud"
"Monster"
"Up All Night"
"My Chick Bad"
"Hold Yuh"
"BedRock"
"Whip It" / "Turn Me On" (2 song medley)
"Go Hard"
"Sweet Dreams"
"Slumber Party"
"Beam Me Up Scotty"
"I Get Crazy"
"Freaky Gurl"
"Roman in Moscow"
"Itty Bitty Piggy" / "I Get Crazy" / "Roger That" (3 song medley)
Pepsi Promotional Show
"I Am Your Leader" (with Cam'ron)
"Touch It Or Not" (with Cam'ron)
"I Luv Dem Strippers" / "Dance (A$$)" (2 song medley)
"Can't Stop, Won't Stop"
"Born Stunna" / "Roger That"
"5 Star Chick"
"Freaky Girl"
"Out of My Mind"
"BK Anthem"
"Oh Yeah" (with Foxy Brown)
"Tables Will Turn" (with Foxy Brown)
"Up All Night" (with Drake)
"Make Me Proud" (with Drake)
"Take It to the Head" (with Lil Wayne)
"The Motto" (with Drake and Lil Wayne)
Leg 1 —Oceania[14]
May 16, 2012 Sydney Australia Hordern Pavilion
May 18, 2012 Melbourne Hisense Arena
May 19, 2012 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Leg 2 —Asia[14]
May 22, 2012 Osaka Japan Namba Hatch
May 23, 2012 Tokyo Zepp Tokyo
May 25, 2012 Yokohama Yokohama Bay Hall
Leg 3 —North America[14]
June 1, 2012 [A] Camden United States Susquehanna Bank Center
Leg 4 — Europe[14][15][16][17]
June 8, 2012 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
June 9, 2012 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
June 11, 2012 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret
June 13, 2012 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
June 16, 2012 Berlin Germany Tempodrom
June 18, 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
June 21, 2012 Milan Italy Discoteca Alcatraz
June 23, 2012[B] London England Hackney Marshes
June 24, 2012 HMV Hammersmith Apollo
June 26, 2012 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
June 28, 2012 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
July 6, 2012 Paris France Zénith de Paris
July 7, 2012[C] London England Hyde Park
July 8, 2012[D] Kinross Scotland Balado Airfield
July 11, 2012 Manila Philippines Mall of Asia Arena
July 16, 2012 Chicago United States Chicago Theatre
July 17, 2012 Detroit Fox Theatre
July 18, 2012 Minneapolis State Theater
July 19, 2012 Cleveland State Theatre
July 21, 2012 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
July 22, 2012 Atlanta Fox Theatre
July 24, 2012 Miami James L. Knight Center
July 26, 2012 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
July 27, 2012 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
July 28, 2012 Houston Bayou Music Center
July 29, 2012 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 31, 2012 St. Louis Peabody Opera House
August 2, 2012 Denver Wells Fargo Theatre
August 4, 2012 Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
August 7, 2012 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
August 8, 2012 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
August 9, 2012 Oakland Paramount Theatre
August 11, 2012 Seattle Paramount Theatre
August 12, 2012 Vancouver Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
August 14, 2012[E] New York City United States Roseland Ballroom
A This concert is part of Wired 96.5 Fest.[19]
B This concert is part of Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.[15]
C This concert is a part of the Barclaycard Wireless Festival.[16]
D This concert is a part of T in the Park.[17]
E This concert is a part of a free, Pepsi promotional concert, Attendees were only eligible for a chance to win tickets if you called on radio stations Hot 97, Power 105, Z-100, 92.3 Now, and WBLI or tweet Nicki Minaj or Pepsi on Twitter.[1]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
June 2, 2012 Mansfield, United States Xfinity Theatre-JAM'N 94.5 Presents: Summer Jam 2012 Cancelled[20]
July 4, 2012 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre Rescheduled to August 21, 2012[21]
August 5, 2012 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Rescheduled to August 8, 2012[22]
August 18, 2012 Weston-Under-Lizard Weston Park – V Festival Cancelled due to strained vocal cords.[23]
August 19, 2012 Chelmsford Hylands Park – V Festival Cancelled due to strained vocal cords.[23]
August 21, 2012 Dublin Olympia Theatre Cancelled due to strained vocal cords.[21]
Box office score data
Tickets sold / available
Gross revenue
Hordern Pavilion Sydney 5,377 / 5,377 (100%) $490,692[24]
Chicago Theatre Chicago 3,521 / 3,521 (100%) $229,938[25]
Fox Theatre Atlanta 4,357 / 4,545 (96%) $282,785[26]
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Los Angeles 6,300 / 6,864 (91%) $453,170[27]
19,555 / 20,307 (96.29%)
$1,456,585 (only shows reported at the boxscore)
"Slumber Party" was introduced to the setlist in Cleveland on July 19, 2012.[28]
Nicki Minaj performed "Roman in Moscow" for the first time in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2012.[29]
On July 22, 2012 in Atlanta at the Fox Theatre, many surprise guests came out to perform alongside Minaj, including Young Jeezy, Monica, Bobby Valentino, Waka Flocka Flame, T.I, and Lil Scrappy.[30]
On July 24, 2012 in Miami, Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled were brought out to perform. Celebrity Angela Simmons was in attendance at this concert.[31][32]
On July 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Birdman presented Minaj with a Platinum plaque for her second studio album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.[33][34]
Rappers Bun B, Slim Thug, and Paul Wall were guests at Minaj's show in Houston on July 28, 2012.[35]
On August 8, 2012 in Los Angeles Tyga and Sean Kingston came out as surprise performers, also Natasha Bedingfield was in attendance at this concert.[36]
On August 14, 2012 in New York City, at Roseland Ballroom, Cam'ron, Foxy Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne were brought out as surprise performers. This show was streamed live by Pepsi, and broadcast in Times Square. Celebrities Busta Rhymes and Russell Simmons were in attendance.[37]
^ a b "Nicki Minaj". Mypinkfriday.com. April 29, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ Martin, Andrew (May 1, 2012). "Nicki Minaj Announces Summer Tour". Complex. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
^ "Nicki Minaj Tour Dates 2012: Pink Friday North American Stops to Include Miami, Dallas, Vancouver [FULL LIST]". International Business Times. May 1, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
^ Vena, Jocelyn; White-Wolf, Vanessa (May 23, 2012). "Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Tour Is 'Intimate But Big'". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
^ McCabe, Kathy (May 17, 2012). "Rap pop singer Nicki Minaj plays hour set at Hordern Pavilion in Sydneythat excites the young but not their mums". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ "Starships align for Nicki Minaj at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion". news.com.au. News Limited. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ Nguyen, Tran (May 19, 2012). "REVIEW: Nicki Minaj Melbourne Concert – Hisense Arena, Friday May 18th". Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment, Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ Jabour, Bridie (May 20, 2012). "She came, she rapped, but Nicki did not conquer". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ Alexis Petridis (June 26, 2012). "Nicki Minaj – review | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
^ Caramanica, Jon (July 17, 2012). "A Stylish Assassin Shows a Softer Side: Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Tour at the Chicago Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
^ a b "Nicki Minaj Australian Tour Support Acts Confirmed As Timomatic And Stan Walker!". Take 40 Australia. May 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
^ Markman, Rob (June 18, 2012). "Nicki Minaj Recruits 2 Chainz For Her Pink Friday Tou". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
^ del Giudice, Alberto (June 18, 2012). "BABY K, LA FEMMINA ALFA DEL RAP ITALIANO". GQ Italia. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
^ a b c d e "Past Events". My Pink Friday. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ a b Cochrane, Greg (11 June 2012). "Nicki Minaj joins Radio 1's Hackney Weekend line-up". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ a b "Nicki Minaj Joins Wireless Festival Line Up". MTV. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ a b "Nicki Minaj to play T In The Park – ticket details". NME. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj here for Manila concert". Inquirer Entertainment. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ http://mobile.thegrio.com/all/2012-06-04-nicki-minaj-wows-in-electric-get-up-at-wired-96-5-fest#1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/arts/music/nicki-minaj-backs-out-of-summer-jam.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ a b Musicscene (20 August 2012). "Nicki Minaj cancels Olympia Theatre Dublin August 2012 live concert date!". Musicscene. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: Correct > RT @Billboardnika:". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ a b Blas, Lorena (20 August 2012). "Nicki Minaj cancels shows because of 'strained vocal cords'". USA Today. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York. 124 (20). June 9, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York. 124 (31). August 25, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York. 124 (28). August 4, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
^ "Marksaw.com".
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: So Cleveland, Ohio inspired". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: Lol. Yes. They brought it out". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "A parade of Atlanta rappers joined Nicki Minaj at the Fox | Atlanta Music Scene". Blogs.ajc.com. July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: Thanku 4 cmng baby girl!!!". Twitter.com. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
^ Hasty, Katie (July 25, 2012). "Nicki Minaj brings out Lil Wayne at Miami gig, books Today show". Hitfix.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: S/O to my baby @BIRDMAN5STAR". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: Thanku barbz. I appreciate". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Nicki Minaj brings out Bun B, Slim Thug + Paul Wall in Houston". SoulCulture. July 29, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "Twitter / natashabdnfield: On way to see Ms Minaj in concert". Twitter.com. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
^ "Twitter / NICKIMINAJ: And s/o to bussa buss &". Twitter.com. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
Minaj's Official website
Nicki Minaj
Awards and nominations
Live performances
Pink Friday
The Re-Up
The Pinkprint
We Are Young Money
Rich Gang
Young Money: Rise of an Empire
Playtime Is Over
Sucka Free
Beam Me Up Scotty
Pink Friday Tour
The Pinkprint Tour
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Choosing a Small Dog, But Which One?
If you're considering a small dog to join your household, take the time to learn which breed will be best for your family. There's much more than a cute ball of fur to consider. If you have small children a dog under five pounds is not one I recommend. Toy or tiny teacup dogs can be fragile, and if handled too rough can be injured quite easily.
Maintenance, as with any breed is another factor to consider. Are you ok digging deep into your pockets for grooming every 6-8 weeks? Most long coated dogs will need professional attention on a regular basis, even if you tend to their brushing at home. Your toy breed will not cost less at the salon because of it's small size, prices are set by haircut types and how long their grooming takes.
As a retired professional groomer I didn't want to deal with grooming, so I chose a short haired Chihuahua. Meet Rudy, a three pound Chihuahua, 8 months old.


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Young, Sikh and Proud on BBC1 – Everything you need to know
The one-off documentary explores the legacy of a prominent Sikh leader
Tuesday, 28th January 2020 at 4:35 pm
A new BBC One documentary will explore the life and legacy of Sikh leader Jagraj Singh, who recently passed away from cancer.
His brother, journalist Sunny Hundal, reflects on their relationship and the increasing prominence of activism in the Sikh community.
Here's everything you need to know about Young, Sikh and Proud…
What is Young, Sikh and Proud about?
Journalist Sunny Hundal explores the legacy of his brother Jagraj Singh, who abandoned a Westernised lifestyle in favour of becoming a prominent Sikh leader, sparking an unprecedented revival of young people returning to the faith with his activism. Their opposing religious views caused the brothers to fall out and not speak to each other for years.
Following Singh's death from cancer, Sunny reflects on their troubled relationship and examines the rise in religious activism in Sikh culture.
Who is Sunny Hundal?
Sunny Hundal is a journalist who has written for numerous major publications including The Independent, The Guardian and The Financial Times.
He has previously made a documentary for BBC radio titled Lost in Translation, about Asian brides being brought to the UK.
What time is Young, Sikh and Proud on BBC One?
Young, Sikh and Proud airs on BBC One at 10.40pm on Tuesday 28th January 2020.
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... and then a bridge blew up.
So the promise of a story that might actually mean something or require that you pay attention to things that aren't blowing up feels sort of like a broadening of horizons, and today's release of a real and proper "story trailer" reinforces that impression. Not that I expect Rico Rodriguez to become the next Edith Finch, but a strong narrative is the framework upon which great games are built, right?
Anyway, Rico goes to Solis, finds out something about his dad, hooks up with the local rebels, and KABLAMMO! He careens through cars being thrown about by a tornado, ramps a tank, flies a jet fighter off an exploding aircraft carrier, blows up a blimp or something, jumps a motorcycle through an explosion, flies a wingsuit past an exploding transport plane, blows up an armored car while standing in the back of a pickup truck, and let's see, it looks like one, two, three bridges blow up. Unless it's the same bridge from three different angles, it's honestly hard to tell.
So there we have it. The Just Cause 4 story trailer. Embracing, edifying, intellectually invigorating. Who says story and action can't mix?
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We keep talking about increasing traffic to our website, but two important factors which we often fail to consider are user engagement and user behaviour.
In this post-Panda world, factors such as these matter substantially. When a site gets 10,000 hits a day, but all visitors leave the site after visiting only one page, it is not likely a quality site.
In today's post we will be learning what the term "bounce rate" means. The bounce rate of a site is an analytic factor used to determine what actions people are taking after reading your post. Are they moving to other pages of your site, or are they jumping away to a new website, closing your page, typing in a new URL or burning their computer (joke).
Your site's bounce rate is a great measurement for the success of your blog. Maintaining a good bounce rate is difficult but not impossible. I will share few tips which have been successful in helping me to decrease the bounce rate of my website. They should be helpful to you as well.
What is the bounce rate of a blog?
The bounce rate is the best way to analyze the activity of your blog's visitors. It refers to the percentage of visits during which a visitor lands on your blog post and leaves that page without visiting any other page on your site. There are visitors who bounce soon after landing on your blog post. It is up to you how you welcome visitors to your blog and attract visitor's to other blog's pages as well.
High bounce rates are bad for your website.
"Exit rate" and "bounce rate" refer to two different things.
Suppose this post gets 100 visits, and 50 people leave the site after viewing this page. Their exit could be for any reason — they moved to another site, closed the tab for some reason, they don't browse other pages, etc.
B.R: 50/100 = 0.5 or 50% B.R.
If you are using Google analytics, you can quickly login to your site's dashboard and check the bounce rate for a particular time frame. If you have made any design changes in recent past, I would suggest that you compare bounce rates before and after the design change.
They say the first impression is the lasting impression, and this goes for blogging as well. When a visitor lands on your blog, the first thing he notices is your blog's loading time and the design of your blog. If you promote your articles on social media, make sure that your landing page does not take much time to load, or you might lose your new visitors. Design is another aspect of attracting visitors, and it's best to go for a smooth and professional theme.
Now that you understand what the term "bounce rate" means, you also understand how important it is for your visitors to stick to your site. These days almost all popular web browsers offer tabbed browsing, and it is important to take advantage of this by making all external website links open in a new tab instead of in your (current) tab. A case study by Uxmoment, explains the science of opening sites in a new tab, and why this is important for your website.
In short, when you are linking to any site (Wiki, YouTube, or any other external site), select the option which says "open in a new tab", as shown in the screenshot above.
There are many bloggers who do not write concise, pointed articles. Dividing your blog posts/articles in parts (paragraphs that are separated by spaces) creates a good and easy user experience. If you do not divide your articles in parts, readers have more difficulty negotiating the article and can feel overwhelmed by the amount of unbroken text before them. Furthermore other bloggers and visitors land on your article because they want information on that topic. They may not have time to spend reading line by line by line, so you want to offer them an easily skimmed article.
Make your article scanable and easy to read for your visitors. Try to give a style to your headings (H2, H3, H4) , and use them to make your content scanable. This will also help you to drive traffic via social media sites.
Showing related posts helps a lot, because once a reader is finished reading the article, he may want to read more about that topic or a similar one. Think of yourself as a blog reader. What kind of action do you take after reading an article? There are many WordPress plugins such as Yarpp which recommend posts on related topics. This works out of the box and makes it easy to add related posts.
I like to place related posts after my posted information. Also, showing related posts with thumbnails or bullets has an extra advantage, as it increases CTR (click-through rate).
I would like to suggest that you start showing related posts based on categories and tags. More closely related posts will encourage more clicks.
Your blog should make it easy to navigate from one page to another. Visitors should not get confused about the blog's navigation. If they don't quickly find what they are looking for, they will surely leave the blog.
It's always recommended to have a search box which is clearly visible. Visitors always prefer to search for articles. If you want to decrease your bounce rate, make sure that you link only relevant articles with each other. Irrelevant articles might irritate your visitors, and they will leave your blog if that is the case.
This is one factor which helps a lot to let your readers to remain on your website. Try to interlink your blog posts as much as possible. If you have seen Wikipedia's SEO strategies, you know that they add lots of internal links within a page. This also helps in boosting your search engine ranking if you are linking using the anchor text technique.
If you are using WordPress, you can use SEO Smart Link Premium to auto- interlink posts with your desired keywords. This is one highly recommended tip to decrease the bounce rate of any website. This will also help increase a visitor's average time spent on your site, and will cause readers to browse more internal pages.
Bounce rates show how many visitors like to read your blog articles and find your blog interesting. So make sure that you use the strategies described above to decrease the bounce rate of your website.
If you have additional tips to share, please feel free to do so using the comments section below.
You are right but if you strategically place your content using Categories, Tags and related posts, you are more likely to see less bounce rate.
That's a great point as internal linking helps readers to discover more related content within the article itself.
Agree with your landing page point, Landing page plays an important role in everything whether it is normal blogging or affiliate marketing. It is important! As landing page would be directing all your traffic.
Thanks for such a excellent tips, as a Blogger I have to agree that Blog should needs related Post option which is best way to decrease your bounce rate. I have new blog and my Bounce rate is lower from 92% to 68% within few days and it daily going down.
I would also agree on interlinking system, where we can redirect readers to particular page by giving link within post!
The link-within widget and a very light theme seem to be working just fine for me. Though this blog is new and most of the visitors are first timers, they visit almost all of the pages!
Searches haven't quite worked out for me though.
Bounce rate is one of my biggest problem right now. There were ideas I did think to changes my blog but this article make me realize there are more I can consider. Thanks for great tips.
Harsh that's an excellent informative article! My bounce rate is not that bad but I have to lower it! It's the connection between the audience and the blog! Very important to know what's going wrong… Thanks for sharing!
Hi Rakesh, I;ve been battling this question whether or not to open the links in new tab. I guess I would give it a shot since you have found success in doing so!
I agree with you.My website is new and i was looking for such kind of tips where one can decrease the bounce rate.I think if i follow all these tips definetly i will decrease my bounce rates.Thanks a lot.
More than a design, it should have clear and crisp navigation, which helps the most here.
Bounce rate is different for different niche websites.
For most of the website, 60-70% bounce rate is considered good. So, pat on your back for the good work you have put in and continue doing it.
Since last 4 months, I have been noticing that my blog is getting high bounce rate and my visitors are leaving my so frequently.
While doing research, I have learn't bellow points which can help to reduce bouce rate of the blog.
During the research, I was noticing few blog content and I found a big diffence in them.
Thanks Harsh for sharing such a great piece of content with us.
I am working on a website and everything is going good, we have good visitors, navigation,ranking, content is also unique but the bounce rate of few pages is either 0% or 100%. Specially Blog Pages have 0% rate. Please do reply.
Once again a great article and yes my question comes in mind, StumbleUpon always creates a high bounce rate, what to do about that ?
StumbleUpon is built for viral content. It has a really good potential to bring huge traffic to your website.
As long as you are getting a lot of traffic from StumbleUpon, you should be okay with that.
Don't get obsessed for Bounce Rate. It is not a direct ranking factor for google and it will never be.
Work on your content and bounce rate will reduce.
How about how-to tutorial websites?
My website has how-to tutorials for tech-related topics such as computer and internet use, smartphones and apps, burning and copying CDs and DVDs, converting and editing videos, and more.
Most visitors come for solutions to their problems and then leave.
Any tips for dealing with these kind of websites?
1. Site has a "Related Posts" section.
4. There's a search bar in the header and just above the title (like 100px above the title).
5. Links to other websites open in a new tab (window).
6. It's easy to read with enough white space (no big blocks of content).
7. Not many ads (only one below the first few paragraphs and one at the end of the content and both are horizontal responsive text ads, so not big at all.
9. Website loads fast (good scores with Pingdom tools, Google PageSpeed, and GTmetrix).
10. Internal links to relevant pages.
11. Nice, but simple design with no sidebar and no distractions.
12. Using a nice image related to the topic at the top of each page which floats to the right with some margin, so that first 2 or 3 paragraphs are shorter and thus faster and easier to read.
13. I'm using bucket brigades (copywriting trick learned from Brian Dean at backlinko).
Do you know any other tips that I can use?
Greate article . I m using "inline related post plugin" to insert related post within the post.
As always, a very informative blog. These tips has actually worked on my blog. I managed to bring down the bounce rate of my website from 79% to somewhere around 54-64%.
Often when bounce rate increases, people start to question the content of their website. However, most of the time content is not the reason rather bad optimization.
I just want to thank you for the post. After reading it and using the tips, my bounce rate definitely became better.
Please let me know that how many interlinks can I have in one post. Thanks again.


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Q: jQuery AJAX or XHR request trigger fail callbacks from done callback Is there a way in my done handler of a jQuery XHR (created from a $.get() call) to look for problems in the response and then trigger the registered subsequent handlers (lie fail & always) with a custom error message?
something like this:
$.get( URL )
.done(
    function (data, status, res) {
    if(/*some condition*/){
            this.Reject(res, status, "some reason");
            return
        }
    //Do stuff on success
    }
)

.fail(
//Common error handler here
)
.always(
    //common always handler here
);

Kind of a secondary filter on done.  The reason is of course all the APIs that shove an error in a 200 response that jQuery could never know was an error.

A: I figured out how to do this, and it works nicely:
$.get( URL )
.then(
    function (data, status, res) {
        if(/**some error check**/({
             return $.Deferred().reject(res, status, "error message");
        }

        return $.Deferred().resolve(data, status, res);
    }
)
.done(
    function (data, status, res) {
        //Do stuff on success
    }
)

.fail(
//Common error handler here
)
.always(
    //common always handler here
);

works like a charm, now i don't have messy data error handling in my done, i can just focus on processing data or setting error messages.

A: Thanks for this question, and Chris's answer.
I tried this and it worked, except it was triggering the fail function for an implicit unexpected exception (caused by a bug), not for my test AJAX exception. Which made me thought, it might work for an explicit exception without the hassle of creating a new promise object. So I though I would try an explicit throw - and it worked.
This explicit throwing works in jQuery 3. I'm not sure about earlier versions. I tried doing this in a done handler and it didn't work: throwing only seems to work in a then handler
$.get( URL )
.then(
    function (data, status, res) {
        if(/**some error check**/({
             throw "error message";
        }

        return data; //this is also important
    }
)
.done(
    function (data, status, res) {
        //Do stuff on success
    }
)

.fail(
//Common error handler here
)
.always(
    //common always handler here
);

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