Know what not to blog about. Things like private information—both yours and other people's—and personal details that you don't want to share with people close to you shouldn't be topics for your blog.
If you have a job that required you to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), you should avoid discussing activities or topics outlined in the NDA.
Blogging about other people is fine as long as you don't harass or discriminate against them, but be aware that they may see your content and retaliate.
Teach something — Best-suited to instructional blogs (e.g., DIY projects).
Document your experience — Good for travel blogs, fitness challenges, and so on.
Entertain — Well-suited to a variety of mediums such as comedy writing, fan-fiction, and so on.
Call to action — Commonly used for your business or company blog.
Inspire others — This is a category that can stand on its own, but may best fit any of the other intentions in this section.
Check out other blogs in your category. Once you've established your blog's topic and goal, research other blogs that use the same topic and/or your preferred style of writing to see how they engage their audiences.
You shouldn't outright copy a blog you admire, but you can take inspiration from the tone, layout, or language used for the blog content itself.
Blog name — Come up with a name that you feel comfortable sharing with others. This may be a combination of your interests, your blog's content, and/or a nickname; just make sure that your blog's title is both unique and easy to remember.
Blog design — You probably won't be able to design your blog's layout exactly the way you want to, but having a general idea of the color scheme and font type before you go to create your blog will make it easier to find a template you like.
Open the service's website on your computer.
Create an account (preferably a free one to start).
Enter your desired blog name, then pick a URL.
Select a blog layout and any other requested details.
Promote your blog on social media. Once you've created your blog and made a few posts, you can increase your blog traffic by posting a link to your blog on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
You might even consider using the blog's address in your bio or as your "Company Website" on social media.
Research keywords for your posts. "Keywords" are words which both pertain to your blog's topic and have a high search engine rating. Using keywords in your blog posts will make it easier for people who look up those words to find your content.
Keyword generator sites such as http://ubersuggest.io/ or https://keywordtool.io/ will come up with a list of words that relate to your blog's topic.
Re-check the keywords you use every time you create a blog post.
If you fit the keywords into your posts in a natural way, search engines will be more likely to pick up on your blog than if you just scatter them throughout the posts.
Get your blog indexed by Google. Ensuring that your blog is indexed by Google will increase your search engine ranking, making it easier for people to find your blog when they look up related keywords.
Use images in your posts. One thing that search engines tend to prioritize over all else is image use, so make sure your posts have high-quality images attached to them.
You may get bonus points for original photos.
Users tend to appreciate visual input alongside text, so adding images to your blog is a good idea even if you aren't worried about search engine optimization.
Keep posting content. Little will cause your blog to stop drawing in traffic faster than not posting for a long period of time (or posting erratically). Develop a posting schedule that allows you to post at least once per week and stick to it.
Missing a post by a day or two once in a while is fine, though you should consider making on social media a note that your post will be late.
Fresh content will also help keep your blog near the top of search engine results.
Open WordPress. Go to https://wordpress.com/ in your computer's web browser.
Click . It's a link in the upper-right corner of the page.
What would you like to name your site? — Enter your blog's name here.
What will your site be about? — Type in a one-word category, then click a category that fits your blog in the resulting drop-down menu.
What's the primary goal you have for your site? — Type in a one-word category, then click a category that fits your blog in the resulting drop-down menu.
How comfortable are you with creating a website? — Click one of the numbers at the bottom of the page.
Click . It's at the very bottom of the page.
Enter your preferred address for your blog. In the top text box, type in whatever you want your blog's URL name to be.
Don't include the "www" or ".com" part of the URL here.
Click next to the "Free" option. This option will appear below the text box. Doing so selected the free address for your blog.
Click . It's on the left side of the page. Doing so will take you to the account creation page.
Enter an email address. Type the email address you want to use to create your account into the "Your email address" text box.
Enter a password. Type a password for your account into the "Choose a password" text box.
Click . It's a blue button at the bottom of the page.
Open your WordPress email inbox in a new tab.
Click the "Activate [blog name]" email from "WordPress".
Click Click here to Confirm Now in the email body.
Close the tab once it finishes loading.
Click . It's in the middle of the original tab on which you created your WordPress account.
Add a theme to your blog. The "theme" dictates how your blog looks. Scroll down to the "Customize" heading, click Themes, and select the theme you want to use for your blog. You can then click Activate this design at the top of the page.
You might want to click Free in the upper-right side of the page to see results for free themes only.
Start writing. You can start your first blog post by clicking Write in the upper-right side of the window to bring up the post window; at this point, you're free to begin creating content for your blog.
Open Blogger. Go to https://www.blogger.com/ in your computer's web browser.
Click . It's in the top-right corner of the page.
Sign in using your Google Account. Enter your email address, click Next, and then type in your password and click Next.
If you don't have a Google Account, create one before proceeding.
Click . It's a blue button on the left side of the page.
Enter your name. Type your first and last name into the text boxes at the top of the page.
Select a gender. Click the gender drop-down box, then click the gender you want to use for your blog.
Click . It's at the bottom of the page.
Add a photo. Click your current photo, click Upload a photo when prompted, and then find and double-click a photo on your computer. You can then click SAVE to proceed.
You can also click SKIP below this section to add a photo later.
Click . You'll find this option near the bottom of the page.
Click . It's in the middle of the page.
Enter a blog title. Type your blog's title into the "Title" text box.
Select a blog address. Type the address you want to use into the "Address" text box, then click the address that appears below it in a drop-down menu.
If Google indicates that the address is already taken, you'll need to choose a different address.
Select a theme for your blog. Click a theme in the "Theme" list.
The theme determines how your blog will appear.
Click . It's at the bottom of the window.
Click when prompted. Doing so takes you to the blog's dashboard.
Start writing. Click New post at the top of the page to open the blog post window; at this point, you're free to begin creating content for your blog.
Always fact-check rigorously before posting anything news- or fact-related.
Many people like to read blogs on their mobile devices. Make sure that your blog site has a mobile version that is optimized for smartphone or tablet viewing.
Have a strategy for your blog and know whether to write evergreen content (that will remain relevant forever) or news-based content that has higher short-term appeal but quickly becomes irrelevant.
If you want to maintain a blog for your business, but you aren't confident about your writing skills, hire a professional writer to write your posts for you.
Be consistent with your posts. For example, aim to have new content published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Be wary of unwarranted attention. Don't give out personal information such as your full name, your location, or other identifying attributes.
Avoid posting anything that infringes on the privacy of others if you allow everyone to read your blog. If something is personal, avoid using last names at the very least, or make up a name for that person. Also, never post private pictures of other people without their permission.
Remember that what you post is visible to the world, so be careful about how much information you share. Also, in certain countries, blog posts that are critical of the government or otherwise "offensive" could get you into serious trouble. Be smart about what you post.
Prepare yourself for some unkind comments, especially if you are blogging about sensitive topics.
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There are few things as delicious as a perfectly ripe peach that you've picked yourself. Go to the orchard and look for fruit that smells sweet and looks ripe. Once you've found juicy peaches, gently pick them. To pick peaches from a grocery store or farm stand, ask to sample the fruit before choosing. If you accidentally bring home peaches that aren't soft enough, place them in a paper bag at home until they're ripe. Then use the peaches in your favorite recipes or enjoy eating them out of hand!
Choose shallow containers to hold the fruit. If you use a deep bucket to hold the peaches, the weight of the fruit will bruise or crush the fruit at the bottom. Instead of a bucket, take a shallow container with sides that are about high.
Some orchards will provide their own containers. If they only have deep buckets, take several into the orchard, but only fill them halfway to prevent bruising the fruit.
Look for peaches on the edges of the branches. These peaches are exposed to more sunlight, so they're usually riper than peaches that grow near the center of the tree. Peaches on the periphery also grow larger and are sweeter because they have a higher sugar content.
If you're picking organic peaches, there may be tiny dents or spots on the peaches. These are harmless bug bites that won't affect the flavor of the peaches.
Find peaches that are yellow, red, or orange. Depending on the type of peach you're picking, they'll turn a shade of yellow, orange, or red once they're ripe. Peaches that are still green aren't ready to pick.
Some white flesh peaches will have a pale white and yellow skin, but you still shouldn't see any areas of green.
Smell the peaches to tell if they're fragrant. If you sniff a few peaches and can't smell anything, they're probably not ripe enough. Peaches should smell sweet and floral if they're ripe for picking.
The stronger the peach smell, the riper the fruit is.
Squeeze the peach a little. The peach shouldn't feel firm or hard. When you squeeze it gently, the peach flesh should give a little so you know it's slightly soft. Avoid squeezing too hard or you'll bruise the fruit.
Pull the peaches off of the branches. Once you've found a ripe peach you want to take home, hold it firmly in your hand and gently pull it away from the branch or twig that it's on. Ensure that you don't pull so hard that you injure the tree or cause nearby peaches to fall.
If you're having trouble pulling the peach off of a branch, it's probably not ripe enough yet.
Ask to taste the peaches. Many farmers will offer to let you taste the peaches they're selling. If you're buying peaches at a grocery store, they may have samples set out or you can ask someone in the produce department to cut one for you.
Tasting the peaches is one of the best ways to decide which peaches to buy. If you taste a peach and aren't impressed with the flavor, they're probably not ripe.
Decide which type of peach you want to buy. Although there are many varieties of peaches, you'll need to choose whether you want freestone or clingstone peaches. If you purchase freestone peaches, you'll be able to pull the flesh away from the pit, but you won't be able to if you buy clingstone peaches.
Purchase local peaches from the grocery store. If there aren't farm stands in your area, check the grocery store for peaches. Ask someone in the produce department where the peaches came from and try to choose fruit that came from somewhere nearby. This usually means the fruit will be riper.
For example, if your grocery sells peaches that came from 50 miles away and 500 miles away, the ones that didn't travel as far were probably picked closer to ripeness.
Look for unblemished fruit that smells fragrant. Whether you're buying peaches at the farm stand or grocery store, choose peaches that don't have dark spots or bruises. They should smell floral and sweet. When you pick them up, they should feel a little soft, not hard like rocks.
If you're buying from a farm stand, the farmer has probably selected some of the best fruit to sell so you're more likely to get perfectly ripe peaches than what's displayed at the grocery store.
Remove the peaches from the container you brought them home in. Peaches shouldn't remain stacked in a bucket or container and you shouldn't leave them in plastic. A plastic bag will trap moisture and cause the peaches the spoil faster.
Place the peaches in a single layer into a paper bag. Loosely close the top of the bag and set the peaches on the counter at room temperature. The peaches will release ethylene gas which will cause the fruit to ripen. Open the bag and check the peaches after 24 hours to see if they're soft and ripe.
Avoid putting the peaches in the refrigerator or in a hot room. These extreme temperatures won't help the peaches ripen.
Use the peaches as soon as they're soft. Since peaches will quickly begin to turn mushy once they're soft, it's important to use them as they ripen. Slice and eat the ripe peaches, bake with them, make peach jam, or freeze sliced peaches for later.
If you'd like to enjoy the taste of ripe peaches year round, slice and can the fruit.
If you're picking peaches at the orchard, bring hats, bottles of water, and wear sunscreen.
Most grocery stores and farm stands don't want you squeezing or handling the fruit too much, so ask if you'd like to feel the peaches.


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Toy Soldiers, Explosionade, Alice on DS, Enslaved, and why $60 does NOT fit all
Games: My latest review just went live over at GameCritics. You can click HERE to see what I thought of XBLA's Toy Soldiers. (Hint: it was really good.) While I'm on the subject, I actually interviewed Max Wagner from that studio a few months before the game actually came out. If you missed it, then click HERE and see what he had to say. I'm currently in the process of trying to arrange a follow-up interview, so if you have any questions or things you'd like me to ask, drop me a line.
Games: Although the release of Explosionade (XBLI) was delayed for a while thanks to some screwy activity on Microsoft's Indie service, the latest from Mommy's Best Games is now available for download at the incredibly reasonable price of one dollar. I purchased my copy on the spot and played through the entirety in one sitting. If you are a fan of old-school platform-shooty action, then you definitely need to check this out. I'll be doing a review of the game in the next couple days, but I'll save you the wait: it's great, and you need to buy it. Like, now.
Games: I've mentioned it before, but I do want to throw out another plug for Alice in Wonderland on the DS. I will probably have finished the game by the time you read this, and although it was a bit slow at times and had a few frustrating parts (mostly due to my own self-inflicted collection-oriented OCD) I really think it's a superior title.
While it essentially follows the same storyline as the Tim Burton film (which was atrocious) the art style is quite dark and moody, and the gameplay can best be described as Ico-lite -- the player controls one of the Wonderland residents and Alice tags along behind.
There's a bit of combat which never gets too interesting, but it's more than made up for by the puzzles. Each of the main characters (White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Caterpillar) has their own set of powers which can be used to navigate obstacles. For example, the Rabbit can alter the flow of time with his giant pocket watch. The Cat can make things appear and disappear, and the Hatter can see different dimensions of each level.
The developers clearly put a great deal of effort into this project, and it's not at all the movie cash-in that you'd expect. If you're in the market for something tastefully left of center for the DS, I'd say that Alice in Wonderland is certainly worth a look.
Games: On the console front, I'm about three quarters done with Enslaved. I went with the 360 version after playing both 360/PS3 demos because the graphics seemed cleaner and sharper (on my particular setup, anyway) and I'm happy with the choice.
In general, it's a pretty good game. I've mentioned a few times that I was not a fan at all of Heavenly Sword, but developer Ninja Theory has stepped it up and turned out a fast-moving adventure that I think most people would enjoy. The characters are likable and the adventure is well-written for the most part.
In terms of action, it's a bit on the shallow side but the pace moves along at a good clip, and there are plenty of showy setpieces to keep a player's attention.
I'll have more to say when I turn in my full review, but at this point I'm giving it a pretty solid thumbs-up. I don't know that I would necessarily recommend it at full retail price of $60, but it would make a pretty fantastic weekend rental -- which is a good segue to my next point.
Earlier in the week I sent out a tweet saying that retail games need more viable price points. I fully believe that the current industry business models in place are absolutely outdated, and a serious shakeup needs to happen in order for growth and sustenance to be able to happen in a healthy way.
The reason I bring this up while speaking about Enslaved is that (like I said above) it's certainly a good game and I'm enjoying it, but it doesn't feel as though it's worth $60. I mean no disrespect to the developers or the publishers because it's a fine product, but it is a product that I think most players will go through in two or three sittings, and likely never touch again. It's a thrill-ride with cinematic flair, but that type of experience doesn't seem to possess the kind of value that I mentally associate with that much money.
If different price points were available for different kinds of games, I'd feel much better about recommending good ones to my readership.
Staying with Enslaved as the example, it's certainly a fun game and if it was priced at $30, I'd have no problems telling everyone to run out and buy it. At $60, I'm just not comfortable suggesting that the quality-to-quantity ratio is justified. Although it's true that as a critic I do receive plenty of free software to review, I do actually buy plenty of games with my own cash and I work hard to earn the money that goes into my wallet. I haven't lost sight of what it feels like to be a retail consumer.
While I say again that I enjoy Enslaved, it's hard for me to accept that buying a brand-new copy costs the same as it did to buy something like Fallout 3. The one-size fits-all mentality of retail pricing doesn't make any sense, and I think everybody knows it.
I would personally love to see more publishers acknowledge this reality and start experimenting with different price points. To be quite honest, I think it would benefit everyone involved -- consumers would feel as though they got fair value for the money, publishers would sell more since more consumers would be willing to pay lower prices for titles that aren't AAA infinite-replay blockbusters, and all parties would come out ahead.
Can't we give it a try?
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Mr Durand Pierre
I'm totally with you on pricing. We so seldom see a half decent game priced under $60 (or $50 for Wii). I guess there's Deadly Premonition, but that's an exception.
I'm not sure Enslaved fits that model though. While I totally know what you mean about it being quite spendy for such a linear, single player only game, it's also got very high production value and I'd hate for the fine folks at Ninja Theory to profit less just because their game doesn't have multiplayer or some such nonsense. Then again, if your point is that it would sell vastly more copies and allow them to profit more overall at a lower price point, then I'd agree (if that's the case. I'm no analyst and don't know how profits get divied up).
I definitely agree that the stigma we have to budget games is an issue. Namco wants people to think of Enslaved as a AAA title, and it is. Priced any lower and people would assume it was a bit naff. Luckily it came out at the beginning of the holiday season, so I expect to see it on sale for $40 by Black Friday (I know I'll be looking out for a copy since I had to send my review code back and eventually want to play it again on hard).
The good news is that we are seeing a lot more price variation on the digital front. As you point out, Explosionade is $1 and there's some pretty impressive looking games like Lara Croft that are nearly as long as most retail games at a quarter the price. Now if only there was something in between those two models...
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Biography by Cobain Jr Published on 06 Apr, 2018 Updated on 09 Apr, 2018
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Waleed Aly is an Australian lawyer, writer, media presenter, academic, and musician. He is well recognized as a co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television show The Project. Aly also serves as a writer for Fairfax Media and politics lecturer at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre. He is also a songwriter and lead guitarist for a rock band Robot Child. Aly has received the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television in 2016.
Early Life And Education Of Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly was born on 15 August 1978 in Melbourne to his Egyptian parents, Aly is Sunni Muslim. Ethnicity wise he is Egyptian and holds Australian nationality.
Waleed Aly attended Wesley College. In 1996, he completed the International Baccalaureate at Wesley, later joined University of Melbourne. He graduated with Bachelors of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 2002.
Waleed Aly's Legal And Academic Career
After his graduation, Waleed Aly served as an associate to Family Court judge Joseph Kay till 2007 and then worked as a solicitor in Melbourne for Maddocks Lawyers. In 2006, he became a pro bono lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, on secondment from Maddocks.
Waleed Aly also served as a staff member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University. He says most of the conflicts in the Middle East can be traced to the arbitrary way in which its terrorists were divided-up by Western powers by the ongoing demand for Middle Eastern oil and invasions of Iraq.
CAPTION: Waleed Aly SOURCE: Daily Mail
In 2017 May, Waleed Aly received a Ph.D. on global terrorism after completing a thesis titled 'Towards a structuration theory of global terrorism".
Waleed Aly has also made his appearance as the host of ABC TV's Big Ideas program on ABC1 and ABC News 24. He made regular appearance as a guest co-host on The Conversation Hour along with Jon Faine on The Project and 774 ABC Melbourne on Channel 10.
Aly has also been a co-host on the ABC's News Breakfast and a panelist on ABC TV's Q&A program. In late 2014, he resigned as Radio National drive host at ABC to work as a permanent co-host of Channel 10's The Project, began from 26 Jan 2015.
In April 2015, Aly returned to ABC as the co-host of The Minefield in addition to his role on The Project for Channel 10.
Waleed Aly is also a principal songwriter and lead guitarist for a rock band Robot Child. The band was well praised for their cover songs of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.
Waleed Aly has received several prestigious awards and nominations. In 2015, Waleed Aly along with producer Tom Whitty was a finalist for two Our Watch Awards for reporting to end violence against women, for their viral editorial, ''Show Me The Money.
The pair was also nominated for a United Nations Associations of Australia Media Peace Award for Promotion of Climate Change Issues. In 2016, he received the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television. The winning candidate was chosen by the public via an online vote.
In October, Waleed Aly along with Whitty won two Walkley nominations for Excellence in Journalism.
Waleed Aly's Net worth
Waleed Aly earns a decent amount of money from his various successful career as a lawyer, writer, media presenter, and musician. As of 2018, Aly's total net worth is estimated to be $18 million. As per report, he was paid $500,000 as a host on The project. On the other hand, he was paid $300,000 by ABC.
He owns a luxury mansion worth $2 million. The house consists four-bedrooms. Dining areas and spacious living are decorated with polished floorboards, Jetmaster fireplace and a fully equipped kitchen with integrated storage.
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They purchased the house a year after Aly revealed that he and his family rented a house previously because of the skyrocketing price of houses in Melbourne.
Waleed Aly's Personal life
Waleed Aly is a married man. He tied the knot to an Australian feminist author and academic Susan Carland. The couple shares two children together named Aisha Aly, and Zayd.
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The couple rarely makes a public appearance together because of their secretive nature but since their is no rumors of their divorce we can assume that they are in a blissful relationship.
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'In case of consumption' - public health education poster about tuberculosis at the Bourke Street baby clinic 1914
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Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.
Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.
The size and complexity of health and welfare services has increased exponentially since the early years of colonial settlement, but the partnership between governments and charities has remained at the heart of solutions to the problem of misfortune.
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Veteran Urdu fiction writer Intizar Hussain passes away
February 2, 2016 Breaking News, Editor's Choice, PakistanShahid Mehmood
02 Feb, 2016 4:55 pm
LAHORE (92 News) – Renowned Urdu fiction writer Itizar Hussain passed away after a brief illness in Lahore on Tuesday.
Intizar Hussain was born in Dibai, Bulandshahr, India, on December 7, 1923 and migrated to Pakistan in 1947.
He wrote short stories and novels in Urdu, and also columns for newspapers in English.
He has received many awards in Pakistan, India and the Middle East, and has also been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013.
The Seventh Door and Leaves are among his books translated into English. He has translated works from English to Urdu. His writings include "Basti", "Hindustan Se Aakhri Khat", "Agay Samander Hai", "Shehr-e-Afsos", "Jataka Tales", "Janam Kahanian" and "Wo Jo Kho Gaye".
He received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Lahore Literary Festival in 2012. Intizar Hussain has been included in finalists of Man Booker International prize 2013.
On September 20, 2014 Hussain was awarded French civil award Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Why customer demographics aren't telling marketers the whole digital story
Wotif Group digital marketing leader, Shaden Mohamed, talks to CMO about why relying on demographic information is stopping marketers from improving their customer engagement and conversion rates across digital marketing activities
Nadia Cameron (CMO)
Marketers relying on traditional demographics such as lifestyle, location and purchasing history for digital engagement could well be missing an opportunity to become more relevant to their customers.
Executive general manager for digital marketing and distribution at Wotif Group, Shaden Mohamed, told CMO consumers demonstrate similar behaviour and buying patterns that don't always tell the same story.
Using this as the basis for her presentation at the recent ADMA Engage events in Sydney and Melbourne, Mohamed challenged marketers to redefine how they perceive customers in the new digital age. Using herself as a profile example, she endeavoured to demonstrate why an individual doesn't always fit a typical customer demographic segment and why it's important to focus on customer behaviour, their interests, and their real-time preferences.
"Looking at my profile as a customer in Sydney, people might automatically assume I'm a Parramatta Eels or Canterbury Bulldogs supporter, but that would be false," she said. "Based on the demographic, you might also assume I have a large family, which is true.
"And in my professional life, I take 12 business trips a year and eight international ones.
"My point is that as individuals, we are vastly more complex than our perceive stereotypes, and that identity, lifestyle and purchase patterns are not always aligned. How I behave in my personal life is also very different to how I behave in my professional life. As a customer, I might have more in common with a demographic that's completely opposite."
For example, why align a special offer to a target customer demographic of 18-25 years of age if online behaviour shows a different type of individual is interested in your product and service, Mohamed asked. If a male has shown interest in an inherently female product, such as a Gucci bag, they could well be shopping for their girlfriend or wife. So why not show them a relevant display ad?
In Wotif's case, a package holiday to the Gold Coast could equally appeal to both a group of teenage girls looking to join in on Schoolies Week, and a family wanting a vacation by the beach. This may represent two distinctly different demographic groups, but with a shared interest.
"We often try and define who our product or service is relevant to," Mohamed pointed out. "We should make sure we are opening up those items to the customers who indicate certain behaviours online, too.
"Demographics are still very important – they give us a way to customise the message. But it shouldn't form the core of marketing."
Mohamed has been with the ASX-listed online travel retailer for just under 18 months, and manages a database of 3 million customers. The challenge is how to customise every message going out to every single customer and keep it relevant, as well as timely.
"It's about being clever in how we utilise media and our marketing spend," she said.
"We have had a very close look at our technologies, and we've employed different techniques such as behavioural targeting. Just because we're advertising on a travel website, it doesn't mean that ad is relevant to everyone hitting that site. So we have added filters on top, such as only displaying ads to people that have shown an interest in a hotel in the last 30 days."
Wotif is also engaging in more retargeting initiatives to better communicate with customers on a relevancy basis, and will exclude individuals identified as having already booked their stay. In addition, the company is looking into customers who have shown a particular interest on its site over a specific timeframe, and know its brand, to serve different display ads across channels.
Customer engagement vital but marketers lack single point of view
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With so many different channels available in the digital space today, Mohamed said it's not just about working out which channel works 'best', it's about working out which channels work best in combination with each other. For Wotif, this also involves understanding which channels work best for a particular destination, as well as the customer segments and even the time of year.
"As an example, social and video channels work really well when people are still in the 'inspiration' phase, researching where they want to go on holiday because they haven't yet made up their minds," she said. "They will be looking to see what people are recommending, watching videos and might even be using different devices, such as an iPad, while watching TV at the same time.
"That's very different to someone who has already made a decision of where they want to go and who is ready to book. At that point, we need to ensure we have a strong call to action through mobile and SEM."
In order to handle this ever-complex approach, Wotif has structured its various marketing and communication teams in a way that allows them to brief in every channel as they are preparing marketing communications, Mohamed said.
"The key here is alignment between the marketing groups," she claimed. "Many organisations have different teams sitting in different areas. The most important thing for me is to ensure my SEM team is in constant communication with the SEO team, social and email marketing teams. That's what gives you the efficiency."
It was also crucial marketers focus on what the customers want before producing content, Mohamed said. One way Wotif Group is doing this is through its market intelligence team, which looks at the latest trends and help marketers understand what they should be marketing based on user wants.
"It's not only understand a customer from behaviour and what they do with you, but also respecting the information they are telling you," she continued. "Some may just want a shopping cart; others may only want to receive relevant information to them. You need to be able to offer both extreme customisation and the general shopping cart experience."
While she readily admitted no marketer has got one-to-one marketing right yet, Mohamed was excited by the challenge and opportunities new data-driven digital marketing techniques and channels present.
"This isn't black or white, nor does it require one point of view," she said. "Customer needs are not static and as marketers, it's about being able to adapt and change our processes as this evolves. That is the beauty of it all."
Mohamed's tips around better customer insights
Get your analytics in order. "You need to have a clever understanding of how customers come to your website and take actions, otherwise it's hard to know how to improve," she said.
Work hand-in-hand with the IT department: Align with them to find solutions.
Attribute beyond the last click. "How did other channels play a role?" Mohamed asked. "Get some analysts on that to try and work it out."
Make sure your legal T&Cs compliant. With the changes to Australia's Privacy Act coming in March, and rapid technology advancements constantly changing the game with consumers, Mohamed said it was also important to use your common sense. "Company ethics also play a huge part here," she added. "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
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Another record on the books and this one's got environmentalists worried. 2016 is now officially the third consecutive hottest year on record. The top 10 hottest years have all happened in the last two decades, according to the international State of the Climate report. With President Trump announcing the U.S. will exit the Paris Climate Agreement, state and local government leaders are scrambling. A joint legislative committee met Thursday to map out New Jersey's next steps. Senior Correspondent David Cruz reports as part of our ongoing series Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.
On a beautiful beach day, it can be easy to let your thoughts drift away from unpleasant things like climate change and rising sea levels, but a joint hearing of the Senate Environment and Energy and Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees convened to address those very issues in Lavallette, a borough that still has bruises left over from Sandy.
Hearing from a panel of academics and advocates, lawmakers were treated to a sobering assessment of where we are and where we might end up if we don't get our collective acts together. More frequent and longer heatwaves, more intense and frequent heavy rain, changing global wind patterns and rising sea levels.
"Looking back, New Jersey's average temperature has risen at a rate of just under three degrees Fahrenheit per century, or somewhat faster than the global average," Broccoli said. "The six warmest calendar years on record have occurred since 1998, with 2012 being the warmest year. The trend towards higher temperatures is expected to continue in the decades to come as the concentration of heat-trapping gases continue to increase," he added.
What's more, sea level rise along the New Jersey coast has been more rapid than the global average because the land is sinking at the same time water levels are rising.
"The question is, what are we going to do about it?" asked Edward Lloyd, a trustee with The Fund for New Jersey, which issued a report with some recommendations.
Lloyd also recommended a moratorium on, and reevaluation of, all pipeline projects, tougher Clean Water Act protections and renewed concentration on fixing our water infrastructure.
So while it may have been a beautiful day at the beach, a couple of blocks away at town hall, the message was act now to make future beautiful beach days possible.
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Alabama Legend Welcomed Into Seattle Ring of Honor
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Joe Gaither Published: September 16, 2022
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The Alabama Crimson Tide has put numerous players into the NFL throughout the history of the program. The Tide has seen its alums dominate the league and now one of its best is being honored by the franchise he played most of his career with.
The Seattle Seahawks have decided to honor former Crimson Tide legend Shaun Alexander by inducting him into the franchise's Ring of Honor.
Alexander was drafted by the Seahawks with the No 19 overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. The Alabama Sports Hall of Famer made the Pro Bowl three times during his career and is a member of the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team.
In 2005 he set career highs in 370 carries for 1880 yards and 27 touchdowns on his way to an MVP season. Unfortunately for Alexander that season ended with his Seahawks losing in the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He started 96 games for the Seahawks and totaled 9453 yards and got into the endzone 88 times He also managed 1520 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns over his eight year Seattle sport.
He was already a member of the Seattle Seahawks 35th Anniversary Team and now he will be recognized as one of the 14 people in the Seattle Rin of Honor.
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Q: How do I turn this ActiveRecord query into a named scope? I'm trying to implement a trending feature on my app. I have a table called Search that has a keyword column. Every time a user uses the search function, the keyword is stored in the table as a row. What I did is I get the searches done for the past 4 hours, group them by keyword, limit the search to 6 keywords, and arrange them based on the number of occurrence of the keyword. At the moment, I'm using this query on the controller:
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'Dune' debuts to box office-topping $40.1 million
Dune, Denis Villenueve's sci-fi epic starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem, topped the box office on its opening weekend, grabbing an estimated $40.1 million. The film, also available to stream on HBO Max, was predicted to make somewhere between $30-$35 million.
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Review: B!RTH Festival's Syria & Kenya
By Brogen Campbell
The plays that are raising the issues and creating a discussion about childbirth and inequality
The B!RTH Festival is 7 plays from 7 different countries all exploring the issue of child birth. On Thursday the 20th of October the focus was on Syria and Kenya. The Syrian play was called 'Q & Q' and the Kenyan play was called 'Orchid'.
'Q & Q' was focused on three Syrian refugee women who are questioned and interrogated as they attempt to escape the cruelty of war. One woman is searching for her husband and can not seem to conceive a child. Another woman wants her daughter back who is being held by the interrogators. The final woman has been raped.
The play was created by Liwaa Yazji and it explores how these three very different women overcome their obstacles, without help from the interrogators who are supposed to be helping. The play raises issues of the problems with characterising an entire country as terrorists, or at the very least terrorist sympathisers. The victim blaming of rape culture, as the woman is asked why she was in the conflict area instead of focusing on the rapists' crime. It also touches on refugee camps and the life threatening routes people take to attempt to come to safer countries.
Overall, the play was gripping and compelling as these women are repeatedly questioned and treated with suspicion instead of with compassion. It leaves the audience thinking how they can help both woman and man in these war torn areas, as the plays' ending was an image of an endless cycle of thousands of women ready to take the seats of the three women. Simply to be interrogated without help. None of the women found help or assistance from the authorities, instead they choose to leave. The play was profound and highlighted the desperate need to help Syrian refugees and not to treat them as criminals for simply not being born in the west.
'Orchid' was focused on the struggles of women who suffer from fistula. Fistula is when a woman has a hole in the wall of the birth canal. Orchid explores how women who suffer from this are excluded from their communities and the harsh inequalities facing women in Kenya as they are valued on the effectiveness of their vaginas.
The play was graphic about its detailed description of how women are treated, especially in terms of female genital mutilation (FGM) treatments. The play was created by Mũmbi Kaigwa and it explores how fistula is treatable and how women can reclaim their place in their communities. The play is interlaced with dance, which showcases the vibrancy and culture of Kenya.
Orchid highlights that the birth of a girl is not as celebrated as the birth of a boy, as 'among my people, in traditional times, the women would ululate to announce the birth of a child, five ululations for a boy … and three for a girl'. At the end of the play six ululations are performed in appreciation of all girls. This play highlights the inequalities facing women and how medical procedures we take for granted in the west aren't available or known about for many women in Africa.
The B!RTH festival raises important issues about childbirth and inequality, not just for developing countries, but for the west too. Much is still needed to be achieved, but these two plays, along with the other five, help to raise the issue and debate to a wider audience.
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His departure comes days after Prime Minister Theresa May secured the cabinet's backing for her Brexit plan despite claims from critics that it was "soft".
Davis was appointed to the post in 2016 and was responsible for negotiating the UK's EU withdrawal, according to the BBC.
Junior minister Steven Baker quit shortly after Davis - as Theresa May prepares to face MPs and peers later.
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The NFU's chief adviser for renewable energy and climate change, Dr Jonathan Scurlock, and climate change adviser, Ceris Jones, report from Farmers' Day at the COP23 climate conference in Bonn.
Wednesday 8 November was Farmers' Day here at the Bonn climate talks, with a string of 'side events' in the many meetings rooms on site. The World Farmers' Organisation and International Fertiliser Association kicked it off with a well-attended discussion meeting on best practices in climate mitigation and adaptation.
A Fijian cane sugar grower, Parbindra Singh, and the environment chair of the German farmers' association, Eberhard Hartelt, offered opening remarks, which were followed by presentations and a panel discussion. Theo de Jager, the South African president of the WFO, commented that no-one is as exposed to climate change as much as farmers – and no-one is better placed to do something about it.
Meryl Richards, representing the CGIAR international research network, described measures to enhance dairy production in Kenya covering animal health, fodder improvement and energy management for milk processing.
Scott Angle from the International Fertiliser Development Centre in Alabama highlighted the '4 Rights' (right source, rate, time and place) for application of crop nutrients – echoing our own Tried and Tested programme in Britain.
Later in the day, presentations covered the growing private sector investment worldwide in solar powered irrigation. I had the chance (with my German opposite number) to put a question to the Fijian climate action champion and agriculture minister, Inia Seruiratu, who has personally made agriculture a priority thematic area for the high-level talks.
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As a representative of the Farmers Constituency, I had the opportunity to tell my story of working on the Greenhouse Gas Action Plan to the Fijian and COP 23 president, Frank Bainimarama, and the UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa. I said that success was more likely when farmers were actually involved in setting objectives for improving productivity, and when research is commissioned to fill gaps in knowledge and practice. And being told now and then that we are doing a good job is a great motivator!


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Every website needs one, and it's an important part of your brand. Choosing a domain name can be a tough decision. In this domain name buying guide, we'll show you everything you need to know to make a confident decision.
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Part of creating an online business involves building a website. Websites are identified primarily by their domain name. At its most basic form, a domain name is a string of text that identifies a specific website on the internet.
Domain names are used as addresses – to identify websites so that users can access them. Think of a domain name like your home address – without a home address, how could a postal worker deliver your mail?
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The section: www represents the top level domain – www is essentially a generic identifier for the internet, or the world wide web.
The middle section, i.e. Digitalsupermarket is the subdomain. This is typically the business name. Finally, the end section, i.e. .com is the domain extensions – we have detailed this in below sections.
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Domain Name Servers interact with name servers – the name servers keep a list of records that correlate IP addresses with their relative domain name. It is this system that enables the internet to work, and allows domain names to exist.
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Choosing a domain name is incredibly important for your business. It is how customers will search for your business, and something they will come to associate your business with.
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The domain name should ideally include your business name.
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Amy Sinclair, mom of 7th grader, Zach, had a wonderful memory of a tulip garden that Zach and his classmates planted at ROWE school when they were first graders. Noticing that the garden needed a re-fresh, Amy created the plan for Project Rainbow!
With the help of the educators and students from HMS and ROWE, Amy devised a beautiful opportunity for the 7th grade students and first grade students to interact. The HMS students traveled to ROWE on October 25. The two grades of students shared their favorite books with each other, then planted a new tulip garden together!
A huge THANK YOU to Amy and everyone at ROWE and HMS for the wonderful experience, which allowed our students to play together and plant together! It was exciting to see the interest and investment of the ROWE students in this project, and to watch our 7th graders in the role of mentors/guides as they supported their new friends.
We are so appreciative of Amy's outreach about this opportunity and we are looking forward to seeing the beautiful flowers that will bloom as a result! Thank you to Estabrooks for their generous donation of the bulbs, which made this partnership between the two schools possible!


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Simon Mpondo, né à une date inconnue et mort en 1979, est un ingénieur et écrivain camerounais.

Biographie

Enfance, éducation et débuts

Carrière
Simon Mpondo c'est ingénieur chez Mobil à Douala.

Il a co-écrit plusieurs ouvrages notamment avec David Mandesi.

Assassinat
Il est mort assassiné lui-même, sa femme et leur fils Nicolas de 3 ans à Douala.

Annexes

Notes et références

Écrivain camerounais
Ingénieur camerounais


We had receiving for an art show this morning where every piece had to be 16x20. That is the image size, not counting mat, not counting frame, etc. The actual image had to be exactly 16x20. I never paint that large with my pastels. I work 9x12 or 11x14, and I buy frames in bulk in only those sizes. I didn't *want* to have to go out and buy a large sheet to work on and a large frame, .
So I decided to try acrylics once again. Michael's had gallery-wrapped 16x20 frames on sale for about $8.60 each so the price was certainly right and no frame required! I was allowed to enter two in the show so I decided to go for it. This is the first one I completed.
[sigh] I still feel like a kindergarten kid when it comes to trying to use acrylics.


Jackson & Ryan Architects provided master plan design services for this newly established parish in Katy, Texas. Services included a needs assessment, programming, budget analysis and interviews with leaders, staff and members. Divided into six phases, the 15-year master plan is for a collection of eight buildings, totaling 143,000 SF, planned around various internal courtyards on a 20-acre site. The courtyards will engage in a visual and spatial dialogue with the adjacent buildings and provide an outdoor home to many parish functions.
The 1,600-seat church will rest on a divergent axis with that of the other parish buildings. Prominently located near the front of the property, the planned church is protected by a circular garden and prayer path, which includes the Stations of the Cross placed under 14 Japanese magnolia trees that bloom during Lent.
The initial phase will include two buildings, totaling 38,000 SF, and will provide for the parish's immediate needs of worship, fellowship and education.


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Climate change: Is more news good news?
The Indian media has been reporting on climate change far more frequently in the past months. As the international community prepares for the end-2015 Paris Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Climate Change Convention – which will decide on the successor to the Kyoto Protocol – there have been far more stories mentioning climate change and global warming in the Indian media.
Indian newspapers and climate change
Does this signify a coming of age for climate change reporting in the country, or is this a flash-in-the-pan interest that will not continue after the Paris CoP? This question emanates from the trend for India in the continuous assessment graphs being plotted by the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
The CSTPR graphs track 50 newspapers across the world using the keywords 'climate change' and 'global warming'. The global list includes four newspapers from India – the Hindu, the Times of India, Hindustan Times and the Indian Express.
Like with media across the world, Indian media's interest in the subject peaked around the December 2009 Copenhagen CoP, where the world hoped for an international political solution to the climate change issue. However, that was not to be, and the media attention never peaked as much as with the Copenhagen CoP later. The only periods when the attention peaked was during and immediately before and after the annual CoPs, which were held near the end of the every year.
World newspapers and climate change
India follows this global pattern. However, there has been a consistent increase in media coverage in India since the beginning of 2012, from where there has been a near-consistent plateau in the CSTPR graph. Though this does mirror the global trend, there are far less peaks and troughs in the Indian graph.
Absence of peaks and troughs signify consistent day-to-day reporting, which means that there is a potentially higher issue recall among readers. This in turn means that there is potential for greater public pressure on policy makers to support greenhouse gas mitigation and climate change adaptation.
The CSTPR graph is just the tip of the Indian media iceberg, but it gives an indication of the trend. According to the Indian Readership Survey for fourth quarter of 2012 (the figures since 2013 have been disputed by the media industry), the Times of India, Hindustan Times and the Hindu are the top three most widely read English newspapers, with a combined readership of 13.5 million. The Indian Express added another 0.5 million.
The figures of the English newspapers, however, pale in comparison to the readership of the Hindi dailies, whose readership has grown manifold in the past 15 years. The most read Dainik Jagran itself had a readership of 16.5 million during Q4 of 2012. In spite of their lesser readership when compared to the Hindi newspapers, the four English dailies tracked by the CSTPR study have the potential of reaching a strong section of the readership in India and also parliamentarians and other decision makers.
Thus, if the increased reporting in these four newspapers reflects the thinking of the people who read them, then there is an increased attention on climate change in this section of the population. Even if it the other way around, i.e., these newspapers are driving the interest among the readers, it is a good indication that there is a greater discussion on climate change.
The CSTPR graphs show that in the build up to the Paris CoP, media attention on climate change has been increasing in most of the countries. In the USA, though the graph is still jagged the peaks of media stories, especially those contributed by the New York Times, have been high.
The graph for the UK is both similar and dissimilar to the one for the USA. The British media seems to have reported more frequently about climate change than its American counterparts. However, like in the USA there is one leader among the pack in the UK too. Since September 2014, the Guardian and Observer have been doing far more stories on climate change than any other media outlet in the world. In November 2014, the month before the Lima CoP, there were 446 stories in the Guardian and Observer.
Media in Australia and Canada continue to have periods of interest and disinterest. In the number of news stories on climate change published in a month, the Australian media scores much higher than the Canadian media.
As the CSTPR graph for India shows, the Indian media has had a weaker coverage on climate change before 2005, even though New Delhi hosted the CoP in 2002. This is despite the fact that India has been an active participant in the climate change negotiations since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Earth Summit).
Interestingly though, the Indian negotiating position has not changed much from the "we are against binding emission reduction targets" in the past 23 years. In Paris, India will need to show its commitment to emission reduction, even while keeping its space for economic growth.
This is where a steady flow of stories on climate change will help make the discussions in the country more comprehensive, and possibly also pressure the negotiators to have a more nuanced than a rhetorical position. The developed country vis-à-vis the developing country binary position of the early 1990s is certainly passé for India, and when there are more stories in the media there is more scope for the multiple dimensions of the climate change discussions to be articulated in the public domain.
Like with the Copenhagen CoP, an increased media attention on climate change in the build up, during and immediately after the Paris CoP can be expected in India. The likelihood of this momentum continuing is high, since the media has been steadily exploring how the climate change discussions link to the day-to-day lives of the readers, viewers and listeners.
Citation for the graphs:
McAllister, L., Nacu-Schmidt, A., Wang, X., Andrews, K., Boykoff, M., Daly, M., Gifford, L., and Luedecke, G. (2015). World Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2004-2015. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Web. [18 June 2015] http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/media_coverage.
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1883: "You have the journey – that's it!"
December 29, 2022 January 2, 2023 / Laura Lee Carter / 4 Comments
I have been blown away by watching the Yellowstone prequel "1883" in the past week or so. I did not know a "western" could be so poetic, authentic and full of heart. I loved it so much I watched it again after I got back from Christmas and loved it even more!
First, a little background. I was raised in Kansas near the prairie where my ancestors arrived many decades before me. When I first started reading books, I loved stories about the pioneer West. The first stories I ever wrote were about Native Americans and their ponies. Then I started reading everything by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the personal journals of westward women. I only wanted to play "pioneer woman" as a kid. I guess you could say I have been unconsciously searching for the perfect "western" my whole life. I finally found it in "1883."
First of all I love that the main character and narrator is a teenage woman. The whole story is told from Elsa's perspective, with just the right combination of authentic and sensitively-written narrative and dialogue. I felt like I could see into Elsa's heart, while also understanding the other characters' inner lives as well. As the writer, Taylor Sheridan, explains in "Behind the Story," he wanted this story to feel as intimate for the audience as reading a good novel, or even the personal journal of a young woman on a wagon train heading west. He does a masterful job of that, and yet I keep wondering how a man could have such an intimate understanding of a teenage woman's worldview.
As I think about it now, the ever-changing landscape is the main character in this story, that and the silence. So many of Elsa's observations remind me of my own after moving to rural Colorado eight years ago. My amazement at the silence and beauty of each sunrise and sunset, the comfort of the wildlife passing by our home each day, the glorious seasons we experience so intimately, this is what I love about living out here. Elsa's story seems to authentically capture the beauty and the violence of the American West over one hundred years ago around the time the transcontinental railroad began changing everything. There is so much truth in some of her observations like:
"I think cities have weakened us as a species."
Another profound aspect of Elsa's story is how living in the West allowed so much more freedom for women. I enjoyed watching her relationship with her mother develop as her Mom tries to remind her of the limitations of being a woman in 1880s America. Elsa rebels every chance she gets. Elsa enjoyed the loss of rules and customs as they moved west. The big transition came when she decided she was a cowboy and got herself some pants to wear instead of dresses.
I loved the writer's sensitive portrayal of the other characters, especially when it came to 'race.' Race is not a word I use, because I do not believe we humans are different 'races.' But back in 1880s America, blacks were treated badly as a general rule. Thomas, the old Civil War friend of Shea, played by the wagon train boss Sam Elliott, understood how badly others could treat him for being black, as he stated at one point, "You ain't never been whipped." Native Americans play an important role in this saga and mostly as sympathetic characters including members of the Comanche and Crow tribes. The true "bad guys" of this Western are "bandits."
Suffice to say this is by far the best western story I have ever seen. It shows the beauty and severe violence of the American West in no uncertain terms, and I believe it may be more authentic as a story than any other I have read. I found the very last phrase in this story so vivid and relevant to my state of mind these days –
"There is a moment when your dreams and memories merge together and form a perfect world. That is heaven, and each heaven is unique. It is the world of you…"
"I've spent too many years at war with myself…"
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Every time I listen to Sting sing "Consider me gone" I get stuck on these words. Why do we spend so much time picking on ourselves? As a psychologist I assume we learn how to do this from our overly self-critical parents, and then carry on the practice by habit. Some say these patterns get stuck in our brains and are almost impossible to fight against or change.
I know I have been far too self-effacing for as long as I can remember and then, of course, others along the way helped me become even more critical. Now, in my 60s, I'm still working at fighting this pattern in various ways. It helps so much to have a close friend or life partner who points out how hard we can be on ourselves. I remember back in my late 40s I gained a lot of new insight when I read Gloria Steinem's book "Outrageous Acts & Everyday Rebellions" but this is a process that will last forever I'm afraid.
The three Carter kids at Grandma's house at Christmas
Just recently I was rearranging things and came across a small photo of myself at around age three, looking pretty sassy in my new Easter clothes. Now I focus for a few minutes everyday on that little girl, on loving her all the way through and sending good thoughts for the many ways she might feel really good about herself for the rest of her life. I feel so much compassion for the battles she has fought in her war against herself and visualize how much easier her life could have been if she had learned self-love at an early age. I seems it has always been easier to be critical rather than compassionate towards myself.
I watched a marvelous 2005 movie recently called, "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont." It's about a retired older woman, played wonderfully by Joan Plowright, who befriends a young man, played by Rupert Friend, (YUM!) by chance on the streets of London. It's has a lot of insights into aging and how we treat our elders with a number of great lines, but the one that keeps coming back to me is:
"It's very important to praise people a lot early on, otherwise they might die of disappointment."


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