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Modern SEO
Link Building is Dead: 3 Reasons to Stop Wasting SEO Resources On It
Link building is unpredictable, and is not scalable or repeatable. So, why do some people still recommend it?
Many agencies still recommend link-building as a tactic to raise a website's standing in SERPs, but many digital marketers are starting to question if this strategy is still effective.
While the quantity and quality of inbound links still play some part in the overall ranking of a page or a site, it is also true that Google's advanced algorithms use a multitude of unknown factors to identify the best content.
And because Google has gotten smarter about identifying the best content, the value of backlinks has changed: All backlinks are not created equal, nor are they equally impactful for SEO. Consequently, investing time and resources into backlinks isn't worth the effort for the following reasons:
The importance of links has been on the decline for years.
Links were never an ideal ranking factor to begin with.
The hype around link-building is misleading.
How Link-Building Got Started
Twenty-five years ago—before Google's AI-infused machine learning algorithm was the norm—search engine ranking factors were based on relevancy, keyword density, and meta tags. Search engines worked with what they had, and that was all there was.
Then, in the late 1990s, Google introduced its PageRank algorithm, which relied heavily on incoming links to help identify "good" content. Google assumed that a lot of backlinks from other websites indicated quality. Thus, a page with a lot of inbound links could rise through organic rankings.
When the black hat SEOs discovered this, "link building" began. Because quality didn't matter, some SEOs started creating and purchasing lots of low-quality links. "Link farms" (websites set up specifically for the purpose of creating these meaningless backlinks) were established all over the web, and they worked—elevating bad content and websites to the top of SERPs.
So Google started cracking down. It began programming the algorithm to recognize and prioritize high-quality backlinks, and also give more weight to hundreds of OTHER ranking factors to determine which content is the best (which has the natural effect of de-emphasizing backlinks).
If an SEO strategy today includes trying to quickly acquire a lot of inbound links, avoid that at all costs. Here are three reasons why link building is not a quick-win strategy.
1. The Importance Of Links Has Been On The Decline For Years
When it became apparent that black-hat SEO tactics were influencing rankings and surfacing less-than-great websites, Google began rolling out a series of algorithm updates meant to put an end to the practice.
In 2005, the Jagger update negatively affected websites buying sitewide links, engaging in reciprocal link exchanges with irrelevant websites, and acquiring links from link farms.
In 2011, a major update, called Panda, heavily hit "article marketing," in which SEO practitioners used to publish low-quality articles on sites like ezinearticles.com as a form of link building.
In 2012, Google rolled out Penguin, a "webspam algorithm update," which specifically targeted link spam and manipulative link building practices.
In 2015, Google introduced RankBrain, a machine learning algorithm that helps process search results. RankBrain emphasizes different ranking factors (including backlinks) per industry/niche/query as they seem important. Thus, backlinks in general will be more important for some verticals than others. For example, for a search involving a news topic, RankBrain will emphasize "timeliness" and de-emphasize "backlinks," because good, fresh, news content hasn't had time to earn backlinks.
In 2016, Penguin 4.0 was Google's response to the increasing practice of manipulating search results (and rankings) through black hat link building techniques. With this update, Penguin became a part of Google's core algorithm. Webmasters were charged with continually monitoring their backlinks, and removing or disavowing links deemed low-quality in order to avoid penalties or a de-indexing from Google.
So, while inbound links are still a part of the overall equation, their importance has been on the decline for years. There are just too many other factors that are of equal or greater importance.
2. Links Were Never An Ideal Ranking Factor
There never was—and probably never will be—a single, ideal ranking factor. But when Google started using backlinks to judge content quality, it was one of the best options available—and it worked! Google won huge leads over Yahoo! and Alta Vista by providing better search results in those early days, and using backlinks as a ranking factor had a big hand in that success.
But inbound links were never considered an ideal ranking factor—or even a long-term algorithm solution, because they can be easily manipulated. Thus, they don't necessarily indicate a true measure of content quality.
Additionally, backlinks don't measure truly satisfied end users, because the people creating links aren't the end users. Even a well-intentioned, authentic backlink created by a publisher might not be as relevant or valuable to his audience as he thought it would be.
Google recognized this many years ago and has moved away from emphasizing backlinks for those reasons.
Today, Google has enough of its own data, from its enormous daily traffic volume, to measure user satisfaction directly. It has so much historical data that it doesn't need to look at links to figure out what users prefer—it looks at its own data to figure out what users find most helpful.
3. The Hype Around Link-Building is Misleading
Today, high-quality, authentic, natural links are still a net positive. They can drive qualified traffic, and they may provide a small, perhaps imperceptible, positive for organic rankings. But these are not the kinds of links that can be purchased.
Today, the only way to create high-quality inbound links is to create high-quality content.
So, why do so many people still recommend link-building for SEO? Why invest time and money in an activity for which the outcome is not predictable, scalable, or repeatable? Claims that link building is valuable for organic SERP rankings are based on hype and may be purposely misleading.
Years ago, when inbound links were an indicator of quality content, many people built businesses around link building. And those people have a vested interest in promoting its supposed value. I still get emails (and you probably get them too) that ask if I'd like to buy some links. The fact is, people want you to buy what they have to sell.
But the best inbound links are earned over time and they should be a proxy for the overall health of your website; that is, how valuable your website is to your marketplace. Websites with high traffic and high-quality content should earn links naturally. If you aren't earning links naturally, it could be a sign that your site is not the best quality. It may even be an indicator of future traffic declines.
SEO Backlinks: Effort ≠ Impact
There are, essentially, two types of backlink efforts that marketing leaders are often offered: buying cheap links, and "white hat" backlink campaigns that attempt to generate the kind of high-quality backlinks Google responds to.
The quick-fix of spammy backlinks is not only ineffective, but could actually damage a site's SEO because of Google penalties and manual actions.
More "modern" link building efforts are often offered as an alternative. These services generally network with publishers or content creators to create backlinks to your site, from other higher authority domains. The backlinks may pass Google's spam tests, but the rates that companies pay for a handful of links that create negligible SEO results are hardly justifiable.
An SEO Strategy that Transcends Algorithms
Google's algorithms change constantly (they literally update themselves now). The goal will always be to surface the very best content and prevent spammers from gaming the system.
This should not bother a smart marketer whose SEO strategy is built on producing the most-helpful content created for specific user needs. Instead of trying to quickly build inbound links, focus on your goals, and make data-driven decisions based on the metrics that matter most to your business.
And, as always, keep producing SEO content that is better than anything already on the web. Not sure what that process looks like? Our Modern Guide to High-Impact SEO Content will get you started.
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Love Rilke so much….he always makes me wish I could read his poems in the original language so that I could be that much closer to his amazing thoughts.
Profound question is it not. A gift from Rilke via Jamie.
I learned something this morning in the sermon on Pentecost. Spirit – as in the Spirit of God – is a feminine noun. What a beautiful difference that makes for me. She is working through me, around me, and in me. Wow.
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Murthquake Continues to Shake Washington
On Friday, Republicans in the House of Representatives pushed to the floor a bill they wrote but did not favor:
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.
To no surprise, the bill failed 403-3. The yes votes came from the Democrats Cynthia McKinney, Jose Serrano and Robert Wexler.
This bill was must-see C-Span, but I've been struggling to figure out what Republicans hoped to gain with such a transparent stunt. It may please Sean Hannity and other tail-wagging right-wing housepets, but the GOP doesn't need to engineer fake victories to throw a bone to their supporters. They have the majority in Congress and can mop the floor with real Democrats every day of the week.
Liberal Democrats regularly serve up new bills that have absolutely no prayer of being enacted. If Hannity enjoys the taste of fictitious Democrat, wouldn't he love to gnaw a nice tasty leg of Dennis Kucinich?
There's a real withdrawal bill they could have opposed: Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha's call to redeploy U.S. troops outside of Iraq within a reasonable time as a "quick reaction force" with an "over-the-horizon presence of Marines."
The GOP took a huge risk with their fake bill, because they pushed the subject of withdrawal higher in the news. This became clear yesterday when 100 Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders responded Monday by demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops "on a specified timetable."
I couldn't figure out the Republicans' logic until I read Salon Managing Editor Scott Rosenberg this morning.
Republicans hope that this 400-vote victory squelches debate of Murtha's proposal, reducing the war in the eyes of the public to their heroic defeat of nobody's call for immediate withdrawal. Americans are as heartsick as Rep. Murtha about 160,000 U.S. soldiers serving as target practice for suicide bombs and IEDs while we're given no exit strategy more concrete than "as Iraqis stand up, we will stand down."
They're clearly afraid of Murtha, a conservative hawk and decorated Vietnam veteran who visits weekly with wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital and has strong ties inside the Pentagon. He legitimizes a perception that's growing among disenchanted supporters of the war -- the belief that our presence in Iraq hurts more than it helps:
Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. They are united against U.S. forces and we have become a catalyst for violence. U.S. troops are the common enemy of the Sunnis, Saddamists and foreign jihadists. I believe with a U.S. troop redeployment, the Iraqi security forces will be incentivized to take control. A poll recently conducted shows that over 80 percent of Iraqis are strongly opposed to the presence of coalition troops, and about 45 percent of the Iraqi population believe attacks against American troops are justified. I believe we need to turn Iraq over to the Iraqis.
If only cowards cut and run, as we recently learned from newly elected Rep. Jean Schmidt, why are war supporters running as fast as they can away from this debate?
politics · 2005/11/22 · 15 COMMENTS · Link
This is the same Murtha who called for an immediate withdrawal from Somalia after the Black Hawk Down incident. You might remember that Al Quaeda specifically referenced that as a rationale for hitting the US hard - leading through numerous terrorist incidents (African Embassies, USS Cole, 9/11) designed to drive the "paper tigers" out.
Yeah, that guy Murtha is really quick on the uptake. He served honorably as a Marine, but it looks to me like his grasp of causal relationships is really, really weak. He failed to learn what my wife and her best friend learned in one afternoon of role playing about a decade ago - showing weakness in the face of violence doesn't lead to good results.
#1 · James Robertson · 2005/11/22
showing weakness in the face of violence doesn't lead to good results. Ahem... tell that to Saddam... no wait... someone already did... and look where he ended up! Considering that Iraq was invaded by a country that had rendered it pretty much defenseless a decade prior to the second onslaught your argument is weak or doesn't apply to this scenario.
The point Murtha is making is that the US has accomplished pretty much all that it can accomplish in Iraq and throwing more bodies at the misguided cause is pointless. IIf you noticed... there hasn't been an overwhelming support base that formed inside Iraq aligning in with the US and coalition.
Iraqis are more concerned with the civil war simmering underneath the headlines and the longer the US stays there the more likely it is that we will be forced to take a side.
There have been all sorts of excuses for this but that doesn't change the fact that it is a struggle to get enough people on board with the US to make the imposition of democracy sustainable. In fact what appears to show up are those of the idea that "showing weakness in the face of violence is a bad idea" mindset. Unfortuanatly they are not in agreement with the invaders. They have rendered the rebuilding process next to useless relative to energy and money expended on the task.
Now the US is hiring Saddam's military... to help stabilize the situation. The irony of it all. Oh well I'm sure that they are better experts about the situation than any outsider will ever be.
The US is trying to correct a collosal blunder and it just isn't happening. There is civil war brewing under the headlines and the longer the US stays involved the more likely it will be that we are forced to take sides and create another situation like Vietnam. This is not standing up in the face of violence as much as it is saving face with violence.
The knee jerk response was to accuse anyone pointing this out as a "cut and run coward". The administration continues to insist that those putting up resistance in Iraq are those that would have attacked us on our own soil and it just isn't so. It is a marketing scam that becomes more transparent every day. Iraq was never a threat to the US.
#2 · 9_iron · 2005/11/22
James: If we're fighting this war to send some kind of message, what have we done there the last six months that could be interpreted as a sign of strength?
Honestly James.. do you really think that this isn't Vietnam in 1962?
We can 'stay the course' and tally up ~60,000 American Deaths.. and leave anyway.. or we can do what John Murtha said and scale back and force the Iraqi's to deal with it with assistance from the US .. rather than US taking the full pressure of an IED located at every street corner.
You are kidding yourself to say this isn't another Vietnam.
If you need some sort of victory march.. then you can always fall back on 'Mission Accomplished' ....
#4 · The Founder · 2005/11/22
You might remember that Al Quaeda specifically referenced that as a rationale for hitting the US hard - leading through numerous terrorist incidents (African Embassies, USS Cole, 9/11) designed to drive the "paper tigers" out.
Heh. The old domino theory. That gives me the green light to get all pretentious and start quoting Hannah Arendt. From Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers:
From 1965 on, the notion of a clear-cut victory receded into the background and the objective became "to convince the enemy that he could not win." Since the enemy remained unconvinced, the next goal appeared, "to avoid a humiliating defeat," as though the meaning of defeat in war were mere humiliation.
What the Pentagon Papers report is the haunting fear of the impact of defeat, not on the welfare of the nation but "on the reputation of the United States and its President." Thus shortly before, during the many debates about the advisability of using ground troops against North Vietnam, the dominant argument was not fear of defeat itself or concern with the welfare of the troops in the case of withdrawal but: "Once US troops are in, it will be difficult to withdraw them without admitting defeat." There was finally the "political" aim "to show the world the lengths to which the United States will go for a friend" and "to fulfill commitments."
All these goals existed together, almost in a helter-skelter fashion; none was permitted to cancel its predecessors. For each addressed itself to a different "audience" and for each a different "scenario" had to be produced. McNaughton's much-quoted enumeration of US aims in 1965: "70% - To avoid humiliating defeat (to our reputation as a guarantor). 20% - To keep South Vietnam (and the adjacent territory) from Chinese hands. 10% - To permit the people of South Vietnam to enjoy a better, freer way of life," is refreshing in its honesty but was probably drawn up to bring some order and clarity into the debates on the forever troublesome question of why we were conducting a war in Vietnam of all places.
She also writes, prophetically:
The crucial point here is not merely that the policy of lying was hardly ever aimed at the enemy (this is one of the reasons why the Papers don't reveal any military secrets that could fall under the Espionage Act) but chiefly if not exclusively destined for domestic consumption, for propaganda at home and especially for the purpose of deceiving Congress - the Tonkin incident where the enemy knew all the facts and the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee none is a case in point.
#5 · Sven · 2005/11/22
Domino theory, sure. I'm merely quoting the enemy, something a lot of you seem unwilling to do. Here's the thing:
1) In 1991, when we decided (because of intl strings) not to take Hussein out, we created a long term problem
2) If you believe that Hussein wasn't going to go the "plausible deniability" route with terrorists eventually, I have a bridge for you. He was paying off lots of people - including high officials in France and Russia. He was almost free of the sanctions regime that way, and was funding suicide bombers in Israel ($25k a pop).
3) He hatched a plot to kill Bush sr. during the Clinton administration. That's justification for war right there, full stop.
As to this:
"Ahem... tell that to Saddam... no wait... someone already did... and look where he ended up! Considering that Iraq was invaded by a country that had rendered it pretty much defenseless a decade prior to the second onslaught your argument is weak or doesn't apply to this scenario."
Via bluster and two weak administrations (Bush 41 and Clinton), he managed to stay in power after 1991, and managed to slaughter Shiites in the south with impunity as a result of us leaving him alone.
As to Vietnam - I could draw parallels to 1936, but I rather suspect that you wouldn't like those. Iraq is its own situation, and it doesn't map well to Vietnam, or the inter-war period.
I watch Sean Hannity with his 'to hell with accurate reporting, this is showbiz' approach to journalism, and compare it to the sober delivery of Huntley-Brinkley or Walter Cronkite.
How far American news journalism has sunk.
When John Murtha, a lawmaker since 1974, said about representative Jean Schmidt: "This is a new member, and sometimes they give her something to say that...", I wondered exactly who shepherds freshman congresspeople through the early days of their terms.
I would imagine the Republican House leadership exercises tight control over the public utterances of freshmen. I can't imagine a senior member of the House so exposing himself by making such a statement as hers.
I thought Schmidt almost literally being wrapped in the flag was a lame show stunt.
#7 · Vince Williams · 2005/11/22
I'm merely quoting the enemy, something a lot of you seem unwilling to do.
bin Laden also says the US invaded Iraq "to serve the Jews' petty state and divert attention from its occupation of Jerusalem and murder of Muslims there."
You buy that as well?
Any successful businessperson can tell you that it's best to have a business plan before you start a business.
One would think the the President of the United States, his Cabinet, and his advisers by now might have congealed a coherent business plan for our adventure in Iraq.
#9 · Detached · 2005/11/22
I think this administration did have a business plan, but not for the troops.
#10 · Realistic · 2005/11/22
You know, sometimes you hate to think your suspicions were correct. You really don't want the world to be as corrupt as you know it is.
But then along comes Jones, and he lays this line on you, and you listen, but you know it's swill.
The most rational response is ,"Good day, my brother, how are you?".
#11 · Audi · 2005/11/22
#12 · erik · 2005/11/23
Sven asks, "bin Laden also says the US invaded Iraq "to serve the Jews' petty state and divert attention from its occupation of Jerusalem and murder of Muslims there." You buy that as well?"
Fact: Israel is occupying Jerusalem.
Fact: The US supports Israel
Fact: US invaded to depose Saddam
Your rhetorical "questions" are an effort to avoid the facts presented to you by the poster you make your misdirecting question of. Anyone can see that the Left literally cannot face, or deny those facts since they consistently avoid doing so by bringing up inane and specious "questions," and which they have already assumed an "answer" to...
Murtha is a party hack and is indeed aiding-and-abetting the terrorist faction(s) and their hope that the US will allow them free reign in Iraq -- and then in Afghanistan...
Having been on the receiving end of such public dissaffection created by partisan politicians, he knows full well that he is acting against the moral and best interests of our troops who must face the enemy today, while Murtha plays anti-patriot for his selfish partisan interests...
He used to be a hero, but now he is a virtual traitor to our servicemen and women who are fighting and dying now, in the field he wishes to abandon...
Despicable and forsworn...for what?
"The People's Progressive Party"
#13 · Tadowe · 2005/11/24
Rogers confesses, "I've been struggling to figure out what Republicans hoped to gain with such a transparent stunt."
Then Rogers says, "Liberal Democrats regularly serve up new bills that have absolutely no prayer of being enacted."
Which begs the answer to the question: Are you struggling to figure out what the Democrats hope to gain with such transparent stunts?
Perhaps you can find the answer on Air America Radio, or from your idol, the "tailless" Alan Colmes? How about the tail-wagging left-wind housepet tail, Randi Rhodes? Does she enjoy the taste of the invented errors of the right-wing?
BTW, Murtha is NOT a conservative "hawk." He is an ideologue who joined the party during Vietnam and supported the twist and spin to blame the war on Republicans, and although he knew very well it was started by Democrats. He was elected and continued to support the demonstrations and riots which he knew reduced the moral of our servicemen and endangered their lives by encouraging the North Vietnamese to continue their war of aggression...
Now, here you are erecting fictitious "hawks" and "conservatives" in order to advance your own ideology. You and your ilk deny that there are plans (and which have been stated over and over) to withdraw from Iraq as they are able to control their own environment. Instead, you virtually lie and spin these facts in order to gain political advantage -- you literally support lying as somehow "good" for the US and our welfare; as well as supposedly helping our troops...
What a scummy bunch of goebbelesque propagandists your party has become. Sad, if it weren't so despicable!
Well, Schmidt just chose the wrong guy to utter the right sentiments.
First, we have Murtha the ex-Marine: "The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. The American public is way ahead of us. The United States and coalition troops have done all they can in Iraq, but it is time for a change in direction. Our military is suffering. The future of our country is at risk. We can not continue on the present course. It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interest of the United States of America, the Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf Region"
Now, from Army LTC Erik Kurilla, recovering from a shattered femur and other wounds incurred in Mosul on 19 Aug 2005: "Without a strong Coalition military presence in the near term, all our gains would be eroded. Worse, we'd be consigning our Iraqi allies, who have become increasingly effective fighting side by side with us, to a brutal civil war against an enemy that is savagely intent on clinging to a power they should never have possessed."
Finally, here is deceased Marine Corporal Jeffrey B. Starr (featured in an anti-war article in the New York Times, in which his final letter home was extensively quoted, except for the quote you see here): "Obviously if you are reading this then I have died in Iraq. I kind of predicted this, that is why I'm writing this in November. A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances. I don't regret going, everybody dies but few get to do it for something as important as freedom. It may seem confusing why we are in Iraq, it's not to me. I'm here helping these people, so that they can live the way we live. Not have to worry about tyrants or vicious dictators. To do what they want with their lives. To me that is why I died. Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark."
And Murtha would retreat over the horizon. The operative word here is "retreat".
#15 · UncleSmrgol · 2005/11/28

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Home security system has become more and more important due to the increasing crime and theft around us. They are capable to provide us with video footage, whether live or recorded, within our property. In fact we should thanks to the presence of surveillance systems, undeniable video evidences have led to the incarceration of many criminals.
The popularity of security cameras for home installation have increased in the last decades and due to the advancement of technology, they now come in many sizes and shapes. For these considerations this is why a lot of people are protecting their homes and businesses with security cameras.
Home security cameras are one of the most popular gadgets that people can equip their home with. This is because home security cameras are very easy to install. Having home security cameras in your home may not prevent your home from being robbed but it also offers a high amount of peace knowing that everything going on in your home and its overall areas are well recorded. With a home security camera, no one can go in and out of the house unnoticed and even no movement goes undetected and unrecorded.
Home security cameras for outside of house are available in many types and shaped allowing you to install you to install them in the most inconspicuous areas in your home. It also comes in wired or wireless models. The wireless home security camera allows you to set the camera up without the tall – take signs of the cords and wires running along in every corner.
The number of cameras that you have covering your home should be your one and only consideration. Your homes and family's does not step there. Always keep in mind that as many as three home security cameras per room would still be useless if you these cameras are not backed up by solid home security system with people who can easily monitor and respond quickly.
Hence, the importance of a residential security system has become more and more undeniable. There are lot of intruders who are wary of security cameras and are well aware that they can be easily tracked and by low enforces if they ever get caught in one. So, one of the major benefits of having a video system is safety of your family. The installation of these security systems give home owners and business owners a peace of mind along with full fledge security.


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Explore Marseille
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Located in Marseille's 2nd Arrondissement, between the City Hall and the Cathedral, and built on the ruins of an ancient Roman warehouse discovered in 1947, the Roman Docks Museum features, as its name states, exhibits based on the 20 Roman shipwrecks that have been found nearby.
The museum opened in 1963, and was renovated in 1987. It is one of the only still-used today commercial warehouses from the Roman era in all of France, and is considered a Historic Monument. Fernand Benoit, a world-renowned archaeologist and historian, helped preserve some of the site's relics including 30 large jars dating back from the Roman Empire, and walls and wells from medieval homes.
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Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm; Closed on January 1, May 1, November 1 and December 1
10 Place Vivaux, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 13002


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WWII Jeep in a Crate for $50 – fact or a tall story
Aug 17, 2015 Jack Knight
A young man reading one of the magazines like Boy's Life or Popular Science in the 40s or 50s might have come across an exciting advertisement. 'Army Surplus Jeeps. Only $50'.
All you had to do was send away $20 (about $200 the US in today's money), and you'd be given a good deal on a Jeep or another piece of army surplus equipment!
Sounds too good to be true? That's because it wasn't. It was a scam. The scammers weren't buying Jeeps for people. Rather they were sending pamphlets with information on how to bid at government auctions. And the same information was available from the U.S. Government for free! And even then, very few complete Jeeps were available for sale. Most Jeeps were scrapped, leaving only spare parts for sale.
But who would want a Jeep anyway? They carried a 1/4 ton, they were a four-wheel drive vehicle. Nevertheless, it was advertised as a great boon to civilians. With the end of the war in sight, Popular Science began encouraging the market for surplus Jeeps by running a contest in March 1945.
The magazine encouraged readers to offer their ideas on the theme 'how I'll use surplus goods'. It was suggested that the Jeep could be a tractor, a power generator, a truck, a pick–up. Everyone had to have a Jeep! And they have become very popular with civilians, both for work and recreational use, right up to the present time.
But it wasn't army Jeeps that answered the demand, but rather Jeeps designed for civilian use. The first CJ, or Civilian Jeep, was produced in 1941 and was called the CJ2A. And Jeeps like the Wrangler and Cherokee are popular as family vehicles nowadays.
Of course, the Jeep wasn't built for civilians. It had an important military purpose. The military needed a tough vehicle that could carry heavy loads, pull heavy objects and move quickly over rough ground. 648,000 Ford GPW's and Willys MB's were built during World War II – 15 percent of military vehicles produced were Jeeps. The Jeep was used by every branch of the U.S military, with an average of 145 assigned to each infantry regiment.
But to return to these old advertisements – they promised that they would send you in a Jeep boxed up in a crate. How did they get that to work? Well, it didn't. Again, it was a scam to try and get the reader's money. It is true that the Army did crate complete Jeeps for shipment to U.S. forces and countries like Britain and the Soviet Union. However, it was a costly and time-consuming exercise which was done only when necessary.
It is doubtful if any crated Jeeps remained in the United States to be sold to civilians after the war. Dealers and organizations have offered substantial amounts of money for anyone who can produce a Jeep in a crate. So far, no money has changed hands.
So if you do want a Jeep, you'd be better off going to your local car dealer.


A ROW of healthy trees is to be cut down, causing outrage among walkers and neighbours.
Sixteen poplars are due to be removed from Normand Park in Fulham on Monday, after residents failed to overturn a decision to scrap the preservation order placed on them, despite a 500-signature petition.
The decision to allow the removal of the trees, which border the park and Queen's Club Gardens, was made by the Planning Inspectorate, after overturning the order following pressure from the management company in charge of the road.
A row has been rumbling between residents since 2009, when Queen's Club Gardens Ltd, the company formed in 1993 to manage the street, deemed the trees were causing garages to subside.
It ordered them to be chopped down and removed before residents applied for a preservation order.
The council agreed, stating in a report the trees were 'middle-aged specimens in a good condition' which 'make a positive contribution to amenity in the local area'.
It added there was a 'lack of evidence' to justify their removal.
However, in 2011 the order was removed and the trees are now set to get the axe.
"There are 250 homes in the road and only 15 have garages and this apparently justified this decision," said Mr Nice, a freelance musicologist. "It hardly seems fair."
Hammersmith and Fulham Council's leader for transport and technical services, Councillor Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler, said: "These are private trees on private land and the council is not responsible for them.
"The council has tried to keep these trees by serving tree preservation orders and refusing consent for their removal.


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news Retail Tax and legislation
Asda staff launch equal pay case
By Jennifer Paterson	 16th April 2014 5:10 am 3rd November 2015 5:03 pm
More than 400 female employees at Asda have launched legal action against the supermarket around equal pay.
The cases are aimed at determining if the mainly female-staffed retail jobs are of equal value to higher-paid jobs in Asda's male-dominated distribution centres.
If the case is successful, the employees who have alleged they have been underpaid could be entitled to six years' back pay for the difference in earnings.
The cases are possible because Asda owns and operates its own distribution warehouses.
Other supermarkets that also own their own distribution centres, such as John Lewis Partnership, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco, could also face legal action, said Michael Newman from the employment team at law firm Leigh Day, which is representing the Asda employees.
He added: "In the supermarkets, check-out staff and shelf-stackers are mostly women. The people in the warehouses are pretty much all men. And, who would be surprised, the group that is mostly men gets paid more.
"We are very confident that the jobs are pretty much the same. In the warehouses, they take stuff off the shelves, put it on a pallet and stick it on a lorry. In the supermarket, they do the reverse: take the pallets off the lorry, unstack them and put stuff on the shelves.
"There has been huge advancement in equal pay within the public sector, but in the private sector it is still the 1970s. Job evaluations don't happen. Cases aren't brought. So you still get this very segregated workplace. Women are over here doing the women's work and men are over there doing men's work."
A spokesperson from Asda said: "We are aware of a small number of claims. We pay a fair market rate for the job people do regardless of gender and we don't recognise discrimination in our business."
The legal action is expected to be heard within the next two months at Manchester employment tribunal.
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alison sinclair 17th May 2014 at 9:16 pm
I have worked for Asda for 16 years how can I find out if I have been under payer and who could deal with this for me
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s owens 25th October 2014 at 2:58 pm
I have worked in both store and warehouse and in no way r the jobs comparable they pick to a set target every hour in warehouse drive machinery etc so it is not the same but reversed ad it states in article and there ae many women who work in the warehouse on the same money as the men


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High school to take tornado relief donations to Kennedale
By Kathryn Jones/Editor
Apr 8, 2012 at 12:01 AM Apr 8, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Glen Rose High School will continue accepting donations until the end of school Monday to help with tornado disaster relief in Kennedale.�
Then Principal Tommy Corcoran plans to transport the items to Kennedale late Monday afternoon.�
The school has asked for donations of water and non-perishable foods to help the tornado victims.
"Imagine if you lost your entire closet of clothes, you'd only have what you were wearing," read a statement put out by the school. "Think about the K-12 students who are going to live in shelters over Easter weekend. Wouldn't you want someone to help if it happened to us?"
Items may be dropped off at the high school office today.
The National Weather Service reported that a single tornado about a quarter-mile wide last Tuesday cut a 4.6-mile-long path through Kennedale and Arlington. Wind speeds were estimated at 135 miles per hour.
About 500 homes and other buildings were damaged or destroyed. Kennedale Mayor Bryan Lankhorst declared the city a disaster area.
The weather service rated the tornado an EF-2 in strength.
Corcoran said he and Andres Betancur, the tennis team's assistant coach, were talking about how 50 kids lost their homes in the tornadoes. Players on Kennedale's tennis team managed to show up for a district tournament in Glen Rose, but life there is far from normal.
They wondered what Glen Rose could do to help.
Corcoran got on the loudspeaker Wednesday and met with Coach Tommy Dunn and Coach Linda Waggoner and the disaster relief project got rolling.
Corcoran already has received calls from people wanting to donate items.�
"Word has spread, so we're taking anything we can get," Corcoran said.
The items needed most, besides food and water, are toiletries and clothing.
"I told the kids, 'Go raid the dollar store and buy the dollar razors,'" Corcoran said. "The little things are probably more valuable right now."


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Released .xz spec 1.0.2 due to this fix too.
- quickly access the beginning of any Block (random access).
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(Denver, November 2015) Dr. Evelyn DeLaCruz has been recognized as one of three finalists for the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year award. Dr. DeLaCruz, who serves as the department chair for the College of Arts & Sciences at Argosy University, Denver, joined the campus in 2007 as a member of the admissions department. She worked with that team until she completed her graduate degree in 2015 with a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership from Argosy University, Denver.
The Young Professionals Award recognizes the efforts of an outstanding Colorado young professional woman who demonstrates significant accomplishments in her career and has contributed to the business community. This emerging leader pursues excellence and possesses leadership qualities, creativity, and demonstrates role model qualities. Additionally, she works to improve the quality of life of others through community service. To be eligible, a candidate must be a professional woman working in Colorado and must be 39 years of age or younger.


What are small cell and non-small cell lung cancers?
While lung cancer is less common than cancers of the breast or prostate, it is responsible for nearly a third of all cancer deaths in the United States – 27% according to the American Cancer Society. The stigma of lung cancer being a "smoker's disease" still persists despite the fact that 20% of deaths from lung cancer occur in those who never smoked. The last few years have been very exciting for lung cancer research. New immune and targeted therapies are available to treat this very deadly cancer.
The FDA has approved Opdivo® (Nivolumab) and Keytruda® (Pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Both medicines stimulate a patient's own immune system to destroy cancer cells.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, with an estimated 224,210 new diagnoses in 2014. The most common type of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer or NSCLC, affects seven out of eight lung cancer patients.
In October 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opdivo® (Nivolumab) and Keytruda® (Pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced, or metastatic, NSCLC. Both medicines stimulate a patient's own immune system to destroy cancer cells.
At the University of Michigan's Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Clinic, we are using both drugs in appropriate patients as standard of care. We also have other similar immunotherapy drugs in a variety of clinical trials.
The article was co-written by Ella A. Kazerooni, M.D., director of cardiothoracic radiology at the University of Michigan Health System. It goes on to urge Medicare to cover lung cancer screening.
Lung cancer is the #1 cancer killer in the U.S.
If you ask people what a pink ribbon stands for, they may give you a funny look and wonder how long you have had your head buried in the sand. Who doesn't know that pink ribbons are used for breast cancer awareness? But I wonder how many people know what a white ribbon stands for, or when was the last time they saw one. The white ribbon can look invisible and be invisible, but this cannot hide the harsh fact it represents the number one cancer killer in the United States – lung cancer.
Lung cancer is an aggressive disease and is most often detected in its later stages when it is difficult or impossible to cure. Its association with cigarette smoking has given lung cancer a stigma that other cancers lack. While most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, they may not know just how deadly it is. The American Cancer Society estimates at least 80% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking.
In a major policy change, government advisers are recommending annual CT scans for certain smokers and former smokers. The recommendations on routine lung cancer screening apply to adults who have no signs or symptoms but who are at high risk for developing the disease because they are current or former smokers.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its final recommendations late on December 30, 2013. See a public-friendly summary here and the full recommendations here.


Giving blood for any reason has become one of those things where I draw the line quickly these days. Of all the things that cancer left me with, scarred veins in my only good arm has been the worst. It's my only good arm because four years after my mastectomy I got a hangnail that got infected. I ran it under hot water as I always did, but this time the infection was set. The next day a red streak had run up my arm and was moving onto the chest wall.
Scary, and serious enough that when my breast surgeon saw it, she walked me over to the hospital and admitted me. I was there for five days—longer than my mastectomy.
I have often said that I wish I had gotten a port to receive my treatment, but when I received my diagnosis, they weren't using ports for what they saw as a basic round of chemotherapy. So now when I must give blood, or worse—get an IV, I start talking about what a hard stick I am as soon as there is a human being present.
So, here I am with bad veins made worse by cancer treatment. And my problems were exacerbated when I received a second diagnosis of cancer 20 years after the first in the other breast. They did a sentinel node for that one, and I had immediate reconstruction after a second modified radical mastectomy.
But, while a sentinel node reduces the chance of lymphedema, it doesn't eliminate it completely.
I had to have an MRI a few months back. After calling in the best in the hospital and sticking me nine times, they gave up on contrast. By the time they quit, I was sobbing, which no one seemed to care about.
With all this in mind, I have learned to treasure those techs who can find a good vein and hit it the first time. I had such a nurse yesterday when I had to give lots of blood for an upcoming procedure.
She worked at one of those independent labs that we have around the city. As soon as I saw her, I remembered that she had drawn my blood before and that she was good.
I went through my routine while she was getting the vials ready.
"I am a really hard stick," I said.
"Hmm," she replied, never once looking directly at me.
"I mean I am a REALLY hard stick," I said.
"Uhuh," she said, not making eye contact as she began looking for a vein.
"I am going to my happy place," I said, closing my eyes and trying hard to meditate away from the moment.
And then she was in. I could feel my whole body relax, and I recognized how hard sticks were for me since they took me back to chemotherapy in a very visceral way.
"I will be back," I said.


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Millettia 9, also known as Ji Xue Teng Pian, nourishes and vitalizes blood.
Millettia 9 is recommended for those with fatigue, aches, numbness, and pain.
Milletia 9 by Seven Forests is a Chinese herbal formula for the pattern of blood deficiency.
See label for side effects.
Millettia 9 product is available only from licensed healthcare professionals. Buy Millettia 9 Online here at AcuAtlanta.net or our clinic.
Maciocia, Giovanni. The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text.Seattle, WA: Eastland Press, Inc. 2009. Print.
helps get the blood moving and relieves aches. i often combine it with myrrh tablets tablets for sore muscles. to nourish and build blood i combine it with antler 8 and/or shou wu tablets.
I am hoping to address an immune deficiency with the use of this product. My acupuncturist hopes it will address the building of bone marrow. We are hoping to also build my white blood cells with it.
I have MS and was looking for something to reduce the pain in my back and legs so I could continue to exercise. I have see a reduction in my pain after using the product so I was able to increase my exercise regiment, which is awesome for overall health. I take two pills twice a day.
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Bangkok waterways (Klongs) play a huge role in the cities history and continue today as an important part of Thai life. For centuries Bangkok waterways have been an integral part of daily life and you can still see tourists, locals, and monks traveling by river taxi or even peddlers selling their wares in floating river markets. Because Bangkok waterways are such an important part of Thai life, there are many things to do surrounding Bangkok waterways.
The Chao Praya River that runs through Bangkok is arguably the most important Bangkok waterway and offers visitors both a glimpse into Thai past as well as a view of spectacular Thai present. Ancient Thai Temples and traditional houses occupy the banks of Bangkok waterways along with new residences and huge resorts. A trip along Bangkok waterways is a nice change from the city and you can learn a lot about Thai life from such a trip.
Youi can take a cruise along Bangkok waterways aboard a converted rice barge. You can enjoy a traditional Thai dinner and spectacular views of the river, especially if you travel in the evening. You will have great views of temples while on your Bangkok waterway cruise, one the most spectacular being the Wat Arun, or Temple of Dawn.
There are many restaurants and hotels along Bangkok waterways and dining at one of these establishments is another great activity. You can enjoy the scenic river views and a great Thai meal at any Bangkok waterway hotel or restaurant.
Getting from place to place via Bangkok waterways is also a great way to experience Thai culture. There are many river taxi's that will take you from one pint to another and many tour packages include rides along Bangkok waterways.
You can also plan entire tours from Bangkok waterways and spend the day sailing the river and taking in local sights. You will see temples, traditional Thai Houses, beautiful hotels and resorts, and get to see the contrast between the city and country life. You will pass plantations and fields on a Bangkok waterway tour as well as cities and populated areas. You will get to see how locals live and work along the river and get a good feel for Thai life that surrounds Bangkok waterways.
No trip to Bangkok is complete without even a short boat ride along one of the many Bangkok waterways, or visiting the floating markets set up along the river banks. Bangkok waterways have always been important to Thai people and continue today to support both locals and tourists wishing to experience all that the rivers have to offer.


Cole Lawson Communications is an award-winning public relations consultancy that helps businesses across Australasia and the world to build outstanding reputations and achieve commercial performance during periods of change and growth.
As well as working as trusted strategy advisers to boards and executives, we deliver on-the-ground support in media relations, thought leadership, marketing communications, and issues management.
Cole Lawson managing director Margaret Lawson outlines one of the most important things that clients need to know about public relations - how to extract the best value from your relationship with a PR agency.


Yesterday at 6:00 pm the funeral Service for the blessed Elder Joseph Vatopedinos took place in the Catholicon (main church) of the Vatopedion Sacred Monastery of the Holy Mountain; it finished at 9.00 pm, and was followed by the traditional funeral treat in the Synodicon and the Dining Room of the Monastery.
Present at the funeral were 4 High Priests, 10 abbots, the Chief Elder Symeon Dionysiates and the Sacred Supervision of the Holy Mountain, tens of Priests and hundreds of faithful, who, upon learning of the passing of the blessed Elder, came to the Monastery from many parts of Greece and Cyprus, leaving behind whatever pending jobs and activities they had (myself also being one of them).
Funeral eulogies were delivered, in order, by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Limassol Athanasius, the Abbot of the Vatopedion Monastery Archmandrite Ephraim, both spiritual children of the departed Elder, who stressed very emotionally the Elder's immense paternal love which they had witnessed during the years that they had associated with him. Next was the Reverend Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria, who highlighted the Elder's contribution towards the Christian laity, with his comforting and discerning words and writings, and who had furthermore left behind an example of forgiveness and forbearance to all those who had wrongly accused him and slandered him. In his speech in the Synodicon, the Abbot of the Sacred Monastery of Simonos Petra, Archmandrite Elissaios, stressed that the Elder Joseph was a point of reference for the Holy Mountain and possessed by the desire to see the monks loving God. Every encounter with the Elder was an experience in itself.
Those present at the funeral were blessed with the opportunity to offer their last farewell to the Elder and receive one last blessing from him. However, what they confronted there was not a frigid corpse; instead, they were gazing at a cheerful, graceful countenance - one that seemed to be offering them a smile from Eternity. Speaking for myself, it was the first time in my entire life that I had ever seen such an expression and vivacity on a dead person's face (which you can see for yourself, from the photos of the Elder).
The burial of the Elder was not in the Cemetery of the Monastery, but outside the Catholicon, at its northeastern side, where his grave had also been prepared a few years ago.
All those who were present were certain of the Elder's repose at the right-hand side of God. Feelings were mixed: emotional, along with resurrectional rejoicing.
Article published in English on: 2-7-2009.


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Gardens can have many functions. How you want your garden to work for you can be enhanced by thoughtful design. You may want your garden to be: a tranquil place to relax in; somewhere to eat outside and entertain in in summer; somewhere for your children to play; a haven for wildlife; somewhere to grow fruit and vegetables; a contemporary space with strong aesthetics; somewhere to grow and show off, a collection of plants; or simply a sympathetic setting for your house. Most likely you will want your garden to combine any number and more of these functions. Balancing and accommodating competing functions is a major area where good design can help. Paul Telfer GardenCare has over 25 years of experience in landscape design and by working closely with you I can help you to realise your own ideas and aspirations.
No garden is ever 'finished'. All gardens change and evolve continuously, both through the seasons and across the years. This continuous change is one of the great pleasures of owning a garden. Paul Telfer GardenCare can help with the ongoing, creative development of your garden, whether by adding a small amount of additional planting or through a more major project.
Here are some ideas you may wish to consider: new planting including bulbs, herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees; seasonal container planting; creation of productive gardens such as herb gardens, soft fruit or vegetables; colour themed gardens; sensory gardens; creation of seasonal gardens such as winter/early spring gardens; orchards and nutteries; creation of gardens to promote and observe wildlife such as bee and butterfly gardens, wildflower areas, coppice and woodland gardens.
Because no two gardens are the same, Paul Telfer GardenCare provides regular garden maintenance which is carefully tailored to suit you and your garden's individual requirements. I aim to work closely with all customers to clearly establish ongoing needs so as to ensure that your garden is maintained to required standards all year round.
Maintenance services provided include: grass cutting; lawn treatments such as scarification, aeration and repairs; weeding; pruning of trees and shrubs including roses and fruit trees; hedge maintenance; maintenance of herbaceous perennials; maintenance of meadows and other conservation areas; leaf clearance; spring and autumn tidy ups.
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About This Word
noun Movies.
a style of lighting that is bright, even, and produces little contrast between light and dark areas of the scene.
Origin of high key
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby high key
high-income, highjack, high jinks, high jump, high jumper, high key, high-keyed, highland, Highland cattle, Highland Clearances, Highland dress
Other definitions for high key (2 of 2)
[ hahy-kee ]
/ ˈhaɪˈki /
(of a photograph) having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key).
Origin of high-key
What else does high-key mean?
In slang, high-key is the opposite of the more commonplace low-key, or "secretive" or "restrained." So something high-key is "intense" and "out in the open." It's often used as an adverb for "very," "really," or "clearly."
Where does high-key come from?
High-key is a technical photography term for particularly bright lighting style. It's been in use since the early 1900s. Before then, in the world of music, sound, and public speaking, high-key described notes with a high pitch, with evidence dating to the 1800s.
These days, the slang high-key is used a bit differently, though it may draw from notions of "bright" and "pitch" as in the term's historical senses. First came the slang low-key, for "casual" or "on the down-low," in the late 2000s. It was being used as an adverb—e.g., "I'm low-key into her," to express mild interest—by the 2010s in hip-hop lyrics.
High-key functions as a natural opposite to low-key: characterizing something done with intensity, energy, or calling attention to itself.
An early instance comes in the 2013 song "3 The Hardway" by rapper Young Roddy:
Spend on smoke what these ni**as spend on for the whole Key
Low key, or High key
Drop a piano on your head if you try me
Or Young Roddy fly in the Maserati
It was likely Drake, as with so many slangs terms in the 2010s, who helped popularize high-key on Nicki Minaj's 2014 track "Only":
Yeah, low-key or maybe high-key
I been peeped that you like me, you know?
How is high-key used in real life?
High-key is common in hip-hop lyrics, even as the title of some songs, such as R&B artist's Che Ecru's 2016 "HIGHKEY."
But it has spread to mainstream youth slang, where it can be used as an adjective for "intense" or "overt" (e.g., "The party was high-key") or as an adverb for "a lot," "very much," or "obviously" (e.g., "I'm high-key about this new Ariana Grande single")
Well…I just paid off one of my student loans. It wasn't the big one but it's something. I'm highkey happy too.
— [redacted] (@_mister151) November 2, 2018
Im highkey pissed at my mom
— woo love club (@parkseonghwaa) November 16, 2018
More examples of high-key:
"The place I lived up in Georgia in high school—I was in the forest…Like high-key, middle of nowhere, no cars type shit. It was really peaceful and serene…"
—Chester Watson quoted by GFarmaNews, October 2018
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term's history, meaning, and usage.
How to use high key in a sentence
Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
The Golden State Preps for the 'Red Wedding' of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans 'Underweight' Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
26 Earthquakes Later, Fracking's Smoking Gun Is in Texas|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Powerful Congressman Writes About 'Fleshy Breasts'|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
British Dictionary definitions for high key
(of a photograph, painting, etc) having a predominance of light grey tones or light coloursCompare low-key (def. 3)


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Classes run termly (although mid-term starters may be possible, providing spaces are available).
Mini Melodies is a member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance ( www.pre-school.org.uk) and Music Leader (www.musicleader.net) and trained with the Pre-school Music Association, ( www. pre sma.org ).
Taster sessions are available by arrangement.
Private singing lessons are also are available for 7-11 year olds either on a one to one or basis or with a friend. Please contact Jill for more details.


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Who's Who at O.C.
Doris Lang Kosloff, Artistic Director
Amahl and the Night Visitors
AMERICAN OPERA IDOL
CONTACT and DONATIONS
O.C. in the News
Metropolitan Opera Artist
Nelson Martinez
MADNESS & MAYHEM in MANTUA
Special to Town Times by LARRY KELLUM
On Oct. 27, Opera Connecticut launched its 26th season with a stirring
performance of Verdi's powerful "Rigoletto" at St. Joseph's Univ. in
W. Hartford with a stellar cast, conducted by maestro/impresario Doris
Kosloff and directed by erstwhile Met Opera mezzo/current stage
director Sondra Kelly. In a nutshell, it was "one for the record
books!"
Two years ago, Nelson Martinez stupefied this company with his titanic
Scarpia in "Tosca". Since then, he has debuted at the Metropolitan
Opera and appeared all over North and South America. As Rigoletto, he
proved that he is quickly becoming the Pavarotti of Verdi baritones.
for not only does he resemble the legendary tenor in girth and beard,
but his voice is "as good as it gets" today in the great dramatic
Italian roles. His portrayal of the complex tragic jester was also
more sympathetic and less hectoring than usually seen.
Also returning to OC from that same 2015 production of "Tosca" was
tenor Tau Papua as the licentious Duke. Vocally, his brawny, manly
"Casanova'' was more in the darker Corelli/Domingo versus the
lighter Kraus/Valetti mold, but his stentorian high B's shook the
house 8.9 on the Richter scale. Radames anyone........???
Sandwiched between these two forces of nature was young soprano Sarah
Tucker as Gilda. Hers was more the traditional instead of original
Gilda... ie two spiraling interpolated high D's and a zinfandel versus
merlot tonal quality. However, she is already one of those rare
sopranos today who can actually trill..........and basked in the long
ones that conclude "Caro Nome". She also mustered up the sheer volume
to ride the swirling orchestration of the Storm Scene, at least in
this venue anyway. As always. our state's favorite veteran basso
Laurentiu Rotaru served as deluxe casting as the sinister
Sparafucile.
Next October, this innovative company will present another Puccini
masterpiece "La Boheme."
Cuban-American Baritone Nelson Martinez began his operatic career at the young age of 19 singing to great praise and critical acclaim throughout opera houses around the world, with a variety of Italian and French Operas, as well as Cuban and Spanish Zarzuelas. Mr. Martinez' voice is that of a high dramatic Verdian baritone, combining elegant legato with insightful musicality. He has a commanding and dominating stage presence.
Mr. Martinez joined the Metropolitan Opera's roster in 2016 covering Count di Luna in The Met's production of Il Trovatore and returned in 2017 singing the role of Monterone in Rigoletto and Giorgio Germont in La Traviata to great reviews.
Critics described Mr. Martinez as "the real deal, his voice is huge, his presence powerful, and when necessary, scaled down for moments of sensitivity and pathos. The sweetness that is essential for the father-daughter duets is mesmerizing. This is a true Verdi baritone", for his performance of Nabucco in Nabucco with Florida Grand Opera.
In the 2013-14 season Mr. Martinez made his debut with the Greek National Opera in the title role of Rigoletto in Rigoletto, Nabucco in Nabucco with the Florida Grand Opera and Falstaff in Falstaff with the Theatro Municipal de Sao Paolo.
Mr. Martinez has also performed with such opera companies as The Metropolitan Opera, Greek National Opera, Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, Winter Opera St. Louis, Opera Carolina, Knoxville Opera, Miami Lyric Opera, Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey, Baltimore Opera, Sociedad Pro Arte Gratelli of Miami, among others.
Mr. Martinez began his vocal studies in Cuba under the direction of Mr. Raul Camayd and later with Nayade Proenza.
Future engagements include Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Metropolitan Opera.
Mr. Martinez resides in Miami, FL where he studies with Hilda del Castillo.


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Contact with nature is essential for healthy childhood development. Research has found that regular, unstructured play in natural settings helps with social, cognitive and physical development and can even alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, ADHD and autism.
At Forgotten Foodscapes we believe every child should have the opportunity to grow up in a healthy environment that stimulates their senses. By creating gardens specially designed for children, we give them an opportunity to play in naturalistic playscapes that provide an element of physical challenge, a sense of adventure and the chance to wonder at nature. Contact us for our special rates for schools and childcare centres.
Everyone who gardens knows that it feels great to get outside, get your hands dirty and enjoy the results of your hard work whether you grow vegetables or ornamentals. But did you know that researchers have found there are numerous significant health and wellbeing benefits of gardening? Of course, gardening is a great way to exercise and can be done at any ability level. But gardening also stimulates the senses and provides mental health benefits because it gets people in contact with nature and the soil which, it turns out, contains antidepressant microbes.
Therapeutic horticulture is a field of horticulture that is gaining traction, particularly in the US and UK and now in Australia. People with disabilities, the elderly and people of ill health can all gain health and well-being benefits from engaging in gardening activities. And the best thing is that anyone can garden, at least a little bit.
At Forgotten Foodscapes we can design and construct gardens that are tailored to any individuals needs. From raised garden beds to sensory plantings, our designs can help you create a garden that can be used by you and your loved ones to engage, relax and enjoy the fruits of your labour.


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Q: How do I remove a CSS class from one anchor and assign it to another using jquery? Here are my anchors,
1
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And my click function i am adding a cssclass to show that it is the current anchor
$("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
                $(this).addClass('page-numbers current');
    });

What happens is when i click the next anchor the same class has been added to the current and the previous anchor... What can be done to remove the cssclass page-numbers current and assign cssclass page-numbers to the previous/all other anchors without changing the current one....

A: To avoid a costly run through the entire dom, do this:
$("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
    $(this).addClass('current').siblings().removeClass('current');
});

A: To follow up on @Danrumb's answer:
A simple solution would be to remove the current class for all (one) a.page-numbers and then add it to the clicked one:
$('a.page-numbers').click(function() {
    $('a.page-numbers').removeClass('current');
    $(this).addClass('current');
});

A: $("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
    $("a.page-numbers.current").removeClass("current");
    $(this).addClass('current');
});

A: $("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
                $(this).addClass('current').siblings('a').removeClass('current');
    });

would also be a possibility, even if actually don't like it.

A: The 'class' page-numbers class is actually 2 classes: page-numbers and current.
To add a class, you simply need
$(this).addClass('page-numbers');

To remove the current class, you would use:
$(this).removeClass('current');

See the docs for more information.

A: Perhaps something like this:
   $("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
                    $(this).addClass('current').prev('a').removeClass('current');
        });

This is assumes the previous element has current as a class.
Even better would be to do a two stage thing when you click:
1) loop through all the anchor tags and remove the current class from all of them
2) set the current element to have class current.
These means you can click on any of them and it should work

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$("a.page-numbers").click(function() {
    $('a.page-numbers.current').removeClass('current');
    $(this).addClass('current');
});

You don't need to keep adding page-numbers, as it's already been added.

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Dodgers fall 6-4 to Tampa Bay Rays; World Series even at 1-1
ByKelley Wheeler
Brandon Lowe busted out early and Tampa Bay's bullpen hung on late.
Rays and Dodgers, tied after two in Texas.
Lowe shook loose from his extended postseason slump with two opposite-field homers, and Tampa Bay held off Los Angeles 6-4 on Wednesday night to square the World Series at one game apiece.
Blake Snell struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings for the Rays and didn't allow a hit until Chris Taylor's two-run homer trimmed it to 5-2 in the fifth. Los Angeles threatened to complete a big comeback in the eighth, but Tampa Bay's relievers held firm.
Lowe and Joey Wendle each drove in three runs for the Rays.
Nick Anderson got four outs for the win. Diego Castillo earned the save when he struck out Taylor, the only batter he faced.
Lowe hit an opposite-field solo homer to left-center in the first off Tony Gonsolin, putting the American League champion Rays ahead for the first time at this neutral-site World Series with their 27th home run of the postseason, matching a major league record. The second baseman was hitting .107 this postseason, and in an even worse 4-for-48 slide (.083) the past 13 games since the start of the AL Division Series.
By the time he went deep again in the fifth, his second opposite-field shot of the game and the entire season — with a runner on against Dustin May, already the fourth Dodgers pitcher — it was 5-0.
By Kelley Wheeler
Kelley Wheeler is a Metro reporter covering political issues and general assignments. A second-generation journalist, worked with all major news outlet, she holds a vast expeirience. Kelley is a graduate of USC with degrees in journalism and English literature. She is a recipient of Yale's Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.


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Vogtle Unit 3 shield building roof set
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2 Months : From Nov 2019 to Jan 2020
ATLANTA, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The two-million-pound roof of the Vogtle Unit 3 shield building has been set into place at Georgia Power's nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia. The shield building is a unique feature of the AP1000 reactor design for Vogtle 3 & 4, providing an additional layer of safety around the containment vessel and nuclear reactor to protect the structure from any potential impacts.
The shield building roof measures 135 feet in diameter, 37 feet tall and weighs more than two fully-loaded jumbo jets. This placement follows the setting of the Unit 3 containment vessel top from earlier this year.
Click here to view a time-lapse video of the placement.
In addition, another important milestone has been achieved with the completion of the first emergency preparedness drill for the Vogtle 3 & 4 new nuclear units, which includes a comprehensive review of the site's plans to ensure the protection of the public. The emergency preparedness plan specifies the response actions if the site were ever to experience an incident. The first drill helps prepare teams ahead of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) evaluated exercise next year and marks the continued transition from construction toward operations.
Vogtle 3 & 4 is currently the largest jobs-producing construction project in the state of Georgia, with more than 8,000 workers currently on site, and more than 800 jobs available once the units begin operating.
Follow the progress being made at the site with the Plant Vogtle 3 and 4 Online Photo Gallery and Georgia Power YouTube channel.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the company's promise to 2.6 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy at rates below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse, innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the company is consistently recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeorgiaPower.com and connect with the company on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).
Certain information contained in this release is forward-looking information based on current expectations and plans that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking information includes, among other things, statements concerning the expected schedule for construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. Georgia Power cautions that there are certain factors that can cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information that has been provided. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is not a guarantee of future performance and is subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Georgia Power; accordingly, there can be no assurance that such suggested results will be realized. The following factors, in addition to those discussed in Georgia Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and subsequent securities filings, could cause actual results to differ materially from management expectations as suggested by such forward-looking information: the ability to control costs and avoid cost and schedule overruns during the development, construction, and operation of facilities, including Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, which includes components based on new technology that only recently began initial operation in the global nuclear industry at this scale, and including changes in labor costs, availability and productivity; challenges with management of contractors, subcontractors or vendors; adverse weather conditions; shortages, delays, increased costs or inconsistent quality of equipment, materials, and labor; contractor or supplier delay; nonperformance under construction, operating, or other agreements; operational readiness, including specialized operator training and required site safety programs; engineering or design problems; design and other licensing-based compliance matters, including the timely submittal by Southern Nuclear of the Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria documentation for each unit and the related reviews and approvals by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") necessary to support NRC authorization to load fuel; challenges with start-up activities, including major equipment failure, system integration or regional transmission upgrades; and/or operational performance; the ability to construct facilities in accordance with the requirements of permits and licenses (including satisfaction of NRC requirements), to satisfy any environmental performance standards and the requirements of tax credits and other incentives, and to integrate facilities into the Southern Company system upon completion of construction; legal proceedings and regulatory approvals and actions related to construction projects, such as Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 and pipeline projects, including public service commission approvals and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and NRC actions; under certain specified circumstances, a decision by holders of more than 10% of the ownership interests of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 not to proceed with construction, and the ability of other Vogtle owners to tender a portion of their ownership interests to Georgia Power following certain construction cost increases; the inherent risks involved in operating and constructing nuclear generating facilities; the ability of counterparties of Georgia Power and its subsidiaries to make payments as and when due and to perform as required. Georgia Power expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward‐looking information.
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