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28. Ethics and Clinical Practice
We examine core ethical theories, the Situational Ethics which Gestalt draws on, & the difference between Emic & Etic perspectives. We challenge orthodoxies & look at how complexity can be incorporated without compromising the interests of a client.
Course includes: 349 minutes video presentation by Steve Vinay Gunther, 92 core readings, 51 additional readings, 2 related books, 172 item quiz, Completion certificate for 27 CPE points. Subtitles in 30 languages:
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Unit Objectives
"Understand the Gestalt perspective on ethics. Understand the ethical codes and concurrent responsibilities relevant to Gestalt. Be able to apply those codes to the practice of therapy. Understand the requirements of setting up and maintaining a practice."
Ethics of Gestalt associations , Issue of multiple relationships , Ongoing supervision , Requirements of a practice , Record keeping , Referrals to other professionals , Gestalt view of ethics , Ethics in terms of 7 deadly sins , Understand gender, cultural issues , Understand legal issues
"Clear on own personal code of ethics , Able to recognise and deal with ethical dilemmas , Integrity , Responsibility , Develop own professional code of ethics."
Practice Skills
"Knowing own limits professionally, when to refer on , Able to maintain appropriate boundaries , Report writing , Appropriate touching , Sexual boundaries , Dealing with enamourment in therapy , Maintain confidentiality , Use supervision effectively."
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1. [u]Core[/u] Readings ~ General [for quiz]
Amida Therapy. Code of ethics. Amida therapy.
Basevi, R., Reid, D., & Godbold, R. (2014). Ethical guidelines and the use of social media and text messaging in health care- a review of literature. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 42(2), 68–80.
Behnke, S. H., & Warner, E. (2002). Confidentiality in the treatment of adolescents. American Psychological Association.
Ben-Ari, A., & Somer, E. (2004). The aftermath of therapist-client sex Exploited women struggle with the consequences. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 11, 126-136.
Bird, J. (2000). The Hearts Narrative. Edge Press, Auckland. Excerpts No. 1
Broughton, V. Thinking about ethics.
Carroll, M. (2011). Ethical maturity Compasses for life and work decisions - Part 1. Psychotherapy in Australia, 17(3), 3444. Ethical maturity Making ethical decisions - Part II. Psychotherapy in Australia, 17(4), 40-51.
Celenza, A. (2006). Sexual boundary violations in the office When is a couch just a couch? Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 16(1), 113-128.
Celenza, A. (2008). Rehabilitation of sexual boundary transgressors. Psychiatric Times, 25(4), 36-43.
Celenza, A. (2010). The analysts need and desire. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 20(1), 60-69.
Celenza, A. (2010). The guilty pleasure of erotic countertransference Searching for radial true. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 11(4), 175183.
Celenza, A., & Gabbard, G. O. (2007). Analysts who commit sexual boundary violations A lost cause? Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, 5(4), 483-492.
Cleret, M. (2005). But its different in this case Is there a case for multi-role relationships_ Psychotherapy in Australia, 12(1), 48-55.
DOCS. (2004). Mandatory reporting to DOCS. httpwww.community.nsw.gov.auhtmlchild_protectmandatory.htm
Geistwhite, R. (2000). Inadequacy and indebtedness- No-fee psychotherapy in county training programs. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 9, 142–148.
Godfrey, M., Madill, A., Martin, C., & Meekums, B. (2012). Managing attraction within counselling and psychotherapy practice.
Gottlieb, M. C. (1993). Avoiding exploitative dual relationships- A decision-making model. Psychotherapy, 30(1), 41–48.
Gunther, S.V. (2007). Multiple complexity in relationship.
Hermansson, G. (1997). Boundaries and boundary management in counselling- The never-ending story. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 25(2), 1–21.
Knapp, S., Gottlieb, M. C., Handelsman, M. M., VandeCreek, L. D. (2013). The dark side of professional ethics. Professional Psychology Research and Practice, 44(6), 371-377.
MacKay, E., & O'Neill, P. (1992). What creates the dilemma in ethical dilemmas? Examples from psychological practice. Ethics & Behavior, 2(4), 227–244.
Martin, C., Godfrey, M., Meekums, B., & Madill, A. (2011). Managing boundaries under pressure A qualitative study of therapists experiences of sexual attraction in therapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 11(4), 248-256.
McMahon, M. (1992). Dangerousness, Confidentiality and the Duty to Protect. Australian Psychologist, 27(1), 12-16.
McNulty, N., Ogden, J., & Warren, F. (2013). 'Neutralizing the patient'- Therapists' accounts of sexual boundary violations. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 20(3), 189–198.
Nordmarken, N., & Zur, O. (2007). Home office- When the office is located at the home. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Nordmarken, N., & Zur, O. The professional will- What it is and how to write it. Zur Institute.
Pope, K. S. (1990). Therapist-patient sex as sex abuse- Six scientific, professional, and practical dilemmas in addressing victimization and rehabilitation. Professional Psychology- Research and Practice, 21(4), 227–239.
Radical Honesty Advisory Board. Trainer sexual conduct agreements for radical honesty trainers and trainer candidates. httpswww.radicalhonesty.comtrainer-sexual-conduct-agreements
Pope, K. S., & Tabachnick, B. G. (1993). Therapists' anger, hate, fear, and sexual feelings. Professional Psychology- Research and Practice, 24(2), 142–152.
Skidmore, M. Dual relationships- An Ericksonian perspective.
Slama, K. (2004). Rural culture is a diversity issue. Minnesota Psychologist, 9–13.
Slama, K. M. (2004). Toward rural cultural competence. Minnesota Psychologist, 6–13.
Smith, D. (2003). 10 ways practitioners can avoid frequent ethical pitfalls. httpwww.apa.orgmonitorjan0310ways.html
Szasz, T. S. (1971). The ethics of addiction. The International Journal of Psychiatry, 51-61.
Thomas, J. L. (2002). Bartering. In A. A. Lazarus & O. Zur (Eds.), Dual relationships and psychotherapy (pp. 394–408). Springer Publishing Company.
Totton, N. (2012). Not a tame lion Psychotherapy in a safety-obsessed culture. In Towards professional wisdom Practical deliberation in the people professions. Routledge.
Tudor, K. (2007). Value for money? Issues of fees in counselling and psychotherapy. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 26(4), 477-493.
Tune, D. (2005). Dilemmas concerning the ethical use of touch in psychotherapy. In N. Totton (Ed.), New dimensions in body psychotherapy (pp. 70–83). Open University Press.
Vasquez, M. J. T., Bingham, R. P., & Barnett, J. E. (2008). Psychotherapy termination- Clinical and ethical responsibilities. Journal of Clinical Psychology- In Session, 64(5), 653–665.
Vyskocilova, J., & Prasko, J. (2013). Ethical reflection and psychotherapy. Neuroendocrinology Letter, 34(7), 101-111.
Williams, M. H. (2003). The curse of risk management. The Independent Practitioner, 23 (4), 202-205.
Wong, P., & Reilly, T. (2017). Frankl's self-transcendence model and virtue ethics. Dr. Paul Wong.
Younggren, J. N., & Gottlieb, M. C. (2008). Termination and abandonment- History, risk, and risk management. Professional Psychology- Research and Practice, 39(5), 498–504.
Zur, O. (2001). Bartering in Psychotherapy & Counseling Complexities, Case Studies and Guidelines. httpwww.drzur.combartertherapy
Zur, O. (2001). Out-of-Office ExperienceWhen Crossing Office Boundaries and Engaging in DualRelationships are Clinically Beneficial and Ethically Sound. httpswww.zurinstitute.comout-of-office
Zur, O. (2005). Guidelines For Non-Sexual Dual Relationships and Boundaries in Psychotherapy. httpwww.drzur.comdualrelationships
Jordan, M., & Marshall, H. (2010). Taking counselling and psychotherapy outside- Destruction or enrichment of the therapeutic frame? European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 12(4), 345–359.
Zur, O. (2005). The standard of care in psychotherapy and counseling- Bringing clarity to an illusive standard. Zur Institute.
Zur, O. (2006). Therapeutic boundaries and dual relationships in rural practice Ethical, clinical and standard of care considerations. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 9(1), 1-34.
Zur, O. (2007). An ethical decision making process. httpwww.drzur.comonlineethicaldecisions.html
Zur, O. (2007). Beyond the office walls-Home visits, celebrations, adventure therapy, incidental encounters and other encounters outside the office walls. Dr. Ofer Zur.
White, M. (2002). Chapter five: Addressing personal failure. In Addressing personal failure(pp. 149-232). Adelaide, Australia: DulwichCentre Publications.
Zur, O. (2007). Gifts in psychotherapy. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. (2007). The risky business of risk management-How risk management guidelines can increase risk and decrease clinical effectiveness. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. (2015). Power in Psychotherapy and Counseling. Zur Institute.
Zur, O. Fees in therapy- Summary and guidelines. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. Introduction to informed consent in psychotherapy, counseling, and assessment. Dr. Ofer Zur
Zur, O. Reflection on fees in therapy. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O., & Gonzalez, S. (2002). Multiple relationships in military psychology. In A. A. Lazarus & O. Zur (Eds.), Dual relationships and psychotherapy (pp. 315–328). Springer Publishing Company.
Zur, O., & Lazarus, A. A. (2002). Six arguments against dual relationships and their rebuttals.
House, R., Karian, P, Young, J. (2011). Power, Diversity and Values-Congruent Accountability in the Psychological Therapies Report on an Emerging Dialogue. Psychother. Politics. Int. 9(3) 174187
Williams, M. H. (1997). Boundary violations- Do some contended standards of care fail to encompass commonplace procedures of humanistic, behavioral and eclectic psychotherapies? Psychotherapy, 34(3), 238–249.
Zur, O. (2000). In celebration of dual relationships How prohibition of non-sexual dual relationships increases the chance of exploitation and harm. Independent Practitioner, 20(3), 97-100.
2. [u]Core[/u] Readings ° Gestalt [for quiz]
Amendt-Lyon, N. (2008). Gender differences in Gestalt therapy. Gestalt Review, 12(2), 106-143.
Amendt-Lyon, N. (2020). Developing Your Personal Style as a Gestalt Therapist, Gestalt Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, p.60-73
Bernhardtson, L. (2008). Gestalt ethics- A utopia_ Gestalt Review, 12(2), 161-173.
Bloom, D. (2003). Tiger, tiger... - Aesthetic values as clinical values in Gestalt therapy. In Spagnuolo Lobb, M. & Amendt-Lyon, N. (Eds.), Creative license The art of Gestalt therapy (pp. 63–77). Springer.
Bloom, D. (2013). Situated ethics and the ethical world of Gestalt therapy.
Chidiac, M. & Denham-Vaugh, S. (2020). Gestalt, the Good and the concept of Ethical Presence. British Gestalt Journal Vol. 29, No. 1, p.2129
de Almeida, E. F. (1997). Enamourment in psychotherapy.
Doak, J. L. (1997). Mentorship, roadmaps, and the impersonal Cognitive support for the therapuetic process. Gestalt Review, 1(4), 318-330.
Egumenovska, K. (2018). A shred of revolution The ethics and politics of psychotherapy. Kairos Slovenska Revija za Psihoterapijo, 12(1-2), 125-136.
Feder, B. (2004). Dual relationships A Gestalt therapy perspective. Gestalt Review, 8(2), 135-145.
Fuhr, R. (1992). Beyond contact processes Ethical and existential dimensions in Gestalt therapy. The British Gestalt Journal, 2, 53-60.
Gremmler-Fuhr, M. (2001). Ethic dimensions in Gestalt therapy From a normative to an integral formation of value judgments. Gestalt Review, 5(1), 24-44.
Jacobs, L. (2003). Ethics of context and field The practice of care, inclusion and openness to dialogue. British Gestalt Journal, 12(2), 88-96.
Johnson, R. (2014). Contacting gender. Gestalt Review, 18(3), 207-225.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 5 Assessment and diagnosis. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 57-70). Sage Publications.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 24 Diversity, culture and ethics. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 57-70). Sage Publications.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 1 Preparing for the journey. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 1-15). Sage Publications.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 6 Treatment considerations. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 71-82). Sage Publications.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 13 Practice issues. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 167-188). Sage Publications.
Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2004). Chapter 15 Ending the journey. In Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy (pp. 203-213). Sage Publications.
Lee, R. G. (2002). Ethics A Gestalt of valuesThe values of Gestalt A next step. Gestalt Review, 6(1), 27-51.
Melnick, J., Nevis, S. M., & Melnick, G. N. (1994). Therapeutic ethics A Gestalt perspective. The British Gestalt Journal, 1194, 3, 105-113.
Mller, B. (2016). Ethical Paradigm of Gestalt Therapy. How does one acquire a self-determined ethical profile_ Gestalt Today Malta, Vol 1. p.21-83
OShea, L. (2005). Exploring the field of the emerging therapist. Australian Gestalt Journal, 47-61.
Swanson, J. L. (1980). The morality of conscience and the morality of the organism Valuing from the Gestalt point of view. The Gestalt Journal, 3(2), 71-85.
Wheeler, G. (2005). Gestalt Ethics. In Nevis, E. C. (ed) Gestalt therapy Perspectives and applications. Psychological Publishing Co.
White, J. R. (1995). A special case for Gestalt ethics Working with the addict. The Gestalt Journal, 28(2), 35-54.
3. [i]Additional[/i] Readings ~ General
American Psychological Association. (2002). Comparison of codes of ethics and codes of conduct.
American Psychological Association. (2007). Record keeping guidelines. Massachusetts Psychological Association.
Arvan, A. (2016). The Dark Side of Morality Group Polarization and Moral Epistemology. Published in The Philosophical Forum, httpsonlinelibrary.wiley.comdoi10.1111phil.12213
Barnett, J. E. (1992). Confidentiality- Limits or limitations_ The Maryland Psychologist, 38(1), 10–12.
Barnett, J. E. (1996). Does confidentiality exist_ The Maryland Psychologist, 41(4), 17–20.
Barnett, J. E. (1999). Effective documentation for counselors and psychotherapists- Clinical, ethical, and risk management issues.
Barnett, J. E. (2000). Document this! 42 Online.
Barnett, J. E., & Sanzone, M. M. (1997). Termination- Ethical and legal issues. The Independent Practitioner, 17, 149–151.
Barnett, J. E., MacGlashan, S., & Clark, A. J. (2000). Termination and abandonment- Issues for clinicians.
Barnett, J., & Zur, O. Ethics codes on confidentiality in psychotherapy and counselling. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Barstow, C. (2014). Managing dual role relationships. www.rightuseofpower.org [Accessed 26.07.18]
Baughey-Gill, S. (2011). When gay was not okay with the APA A historical overview of homosexuality and its status as mental disorder.Occams Razor, 1, 5-16.
Bradley, L. J., & Hendricks, C. B. Ethical issues- Cases, codes, and decisions.
Career Development Association of Australia. (2019). Career development practitioner in private practice - Calculating costs and charges.
Dineen, T. (1998). Selling psychology as science. In Manufacturing victims- What the psychology industry is doing to people (pp. 103–147). Robert Davies Publishing.
Dineen, T. (1998). The rise to power of the psychology industry. In Manufacturing victims- What the psychology industry is doing to people (pp. 233–266). Robert Davies Publishing.
Dineen, T. (1998). Victim-making. In Manufacturing victims- What the psychology industry is doing to people (pp. 37–65). Robert Davies Publishing.
Dineen, T. (2001). Psychological illusions- Professionalism and the abuse of power. Tana Dineen.
Dineen, T. (2002). The psychotherapist and the quest for power- How boundaries have become an obsession.
Fowles, T. B. Until we meet again. httpwww.psychnetuk.comreaders_articlesuntil%20we%20meet%20again
Guilfoyle, M. C. G. (2006). Concealing and revealing power in the therapeutic relationship (dissertation).
Gunther, S. V. (2014). The ethics of ethical regulation- Protecting the practitioner as well as the client. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 12(2), 111–128.
Gunther, S. V. (2015). Alternatives to adversarial processes in the regulation of professional ethics. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 13(3), 217–232.
Gunther, S. V. (2016). Questioning the victim status of complainants in professional ethics investigations. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 14(3), 173–186.
Gunther, S. V. (2017). Justice for professional health practitioners. In J. Evans (Ed.), Restorative and transitional justice- Perspectives, progress and considerations for the future (pp. 25-79). Nova Science Publishers.
Gunther, S. V. (2017). Personal reflections- Ethics. The Knowing Field, 30, 33–40.
Gunther, S. V. (2022). Statement on malpractice. Client handouts.
Gunther, S.V. (2007). Work exchange invoice template.
Irvine, C., Robertson, R., & Clark, B. (2010). Alternative mechanisms for resolving disputes A literature review. Health Professions Council.
Miscellaneous Court Report Templates
Nottingham, E. (2001). Risk managed documentation- What it is and how to do it.
Oswald, R. F., Gebbie, E., & Culton, L. S. Rainbow Illinois- A survey of non-metropolitan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Rashid, T., & Anjum, A. (2013). 340 ways to use VIA character strengths.
Rumberg, J. Folding up your shingle- Termination of practice.
Soderlund, J. A century of fees. New therapist magazine.
Sparrow, R. (2021). Why machines cannot be moral. AI & Society, 36, 685-693.
Stamm, B. H., & Rudolph, J. M. (1999). Changing frontiers of health care- Improving rural and remote practice through professional conferencing on the Internet. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 2(1), 1–3.
Stein, M. (2014). Chapter 13 The problem of ethics. In Minding the Self Jungian meditations on contemporary spirituality (pp. 92-100). Routledge.
Steiner, A. The therapists' professional will- If not now, when_
Systemic Constellations Association of Southern Africa. (2008). Ethical code. Systemic Constellations Association of Southern Africa.
Warrington, J., & Barnett, J. E. (1998). When a practice closes abruptly Ethical issues for clinicians. The Maryland Psychologist, 43(6), 20-21.
Wityk, T. L. (2002). Linking research to educational practice II. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. (1994). Psychotherapists and their families. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 13(1), 69–95.
Zur, O. (2003). Taking care of the caretaker- How to avoid psychotherapists' burnout. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. (2005). 53 clinical forms. Dr. Ofer Zur
Zur, O. (2005). Clinical form pertaining to confidentiality. Dr. Ofer Zur.
Zur, O. Record keeping guidelines. Zur Institute.
4. [i]Additional[/i] Readings ° Gestalt
Aylward, J., Bowman, C., Cole, P., & Feder, B. (2019). Four reflections on a Gestalt peer consultation group. Gestalt Review, 23(2), 97-112.
Beja, V. (2014). A pragmatic perspective on the Gestalt therapy experience. Gestalt Review, 18(1), 54-64.
Gillie, M. & Shackleton, M. (2022). Gestalt Coaching or Gestalt Therapy_ Ethical and Professional Considerations on Entering the Emotional World of the Coaching Client
Hughes G. (2014). The competent Gestalt practitioner. British Gestalt Journa, Vol. 23, No. 1,1926
5. Video lecture on Ethics and Clinical Practice. Subtitled in 30 languages
Video lecture on Ethics and Clinical Practice - 349 minute
6. Quiz for CE points
Quiz on Ethics and Clinical Practice
7. Assessment for Gestalt trainees
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 107 • Ethics Agreement - Ethics Agreement
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 108 • Essay - Ethics situation
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 109 • Essay - Ethics discussion
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 110 • Concept Map
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 111 • Reflection Form
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 112 • Essay - Ethics application
28. Ethics and clinical practice • Assessment 113 • Core Readings - Focus summaries / concept maps
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D. litigiosus
D. oliviformis
D. whitmeeanus
Drymophloeus Zipp., Alg. Konst- Lett.-Bode 1: 297 (1829)
Taxonomic accounts
Bismarck Archipelago ‒ present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Maluku ‒ present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
New Guinea ‒ present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Samoa ‒ present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Solomon Is. ‒ present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Eight species extending from the Moluccas and New Guinea, through the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands to Samoa. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Zona (1999a) demonstrated good evidence for removing Drymophloeus samoensis and returning it to the genus Solfia and some evidence for dividing the genus into two groups: undergrowth species (Drymophloeus) and emergent species (Rehderophoenix). However, Drymophloeus in the broader sense is retained here. Zona (1999a) suggested that Drymophloeus is closely related to Brassiophoenix, Balaka and Solfia, with Balaka as the sister genus. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Small to moderate, solitary pinnate-leaved palms, native to Moluccas, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands and Samoa, with crownshaft and praemorse leaflets, elongate peduncles and seed rounded in cross section; the endosperm can be ruminate or homogeneous. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Understory palms in rain forest in areas of high rainfall, variously occurring from sea level to 1200 m. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Common names not recorded. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Drymos — wood, phloios – bark, but the reason for the choice of name was not explained and remains obscure. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
The black wood of the trunk is used for making spears, arrowheads, and other items. Some species are grown as ornamentals in moist tropical areas. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Small to moderate, solitary or rarely weakly clustering, unarmed, pleonanthic, monoecious palms. Stem erect, slender, ringed with rather widely spaced leaf scars, sometimes short stilt roots present basally. Leaves pinnate, arching slightly, few in crown; sheath rather thick, forming a slender crownshaft, glabrous adaxially, abaxially densely covered with whitish tomentum and small red-brown scales, becoming minutely brown-dotted; petiole absent or short, slender, adaxially deeply channelled, abaxially rounded, covered with deciduous tomentum and pale or dark scales; rachis long, slender, adaxially often sharply pointed or ridged and rounded, abaxially rounded, densely covered with brown tattered scales or tomentum; leaflets subopposite to alternate, in one plane, single-fold, broadly or narrowly wedge-shaped, or broadly lanceolate to narrowly obovate, distal pair sometimes broader and united or small and narrow, leaflets distally variously lobed or oblique, raggedly praemorse, adaxially glabrous except for a few scales near bases of major veins, abaxially densely covered with small scales on minor veins, major veins with ramenta toward the base, or lacking scales except on midrib, midvein and a pair of large veins along or close to the margins prominent, margins densely covered with caducous tomentum and scales, transverse veinlets not evident. Inflorescences infrafoliar, branched to 1 or basally to 2–3 orders, protandrous; peduncle relatively slender, elongate (except Drymophloeus subdistichus), elliptical in cross-section; prophyll deciduous, tubular, slender, dorsiventally flattened, with 2, narrow, lateral keels, pointed, splitting apically and for a short distance abaxially to release the peduncular bract, densely covered with multibranched or pale-margined brown scales; peduncular bract tubular, slender, much longer than the prophyll, with a long rather flat, pointed tip, densely covered with scales like the prophyll, a few small incomplete peduncular bracts sometimes also present; rachis shorter than the peduncle, angled, tapering, bearing rather few, distant, spirally arranged branches; rachis bracts low, rounded; rachillae short, tapering, bearing spirally arranged triads of flowers basally, and pairs of a pistillate and one staminate, or a single staminate flower distally; floral bracteoles low, rounded or truncate. Staminate flowers borne laterally toward the lower side of the pistillate flower in rounded indentations in the rachillae; sepals 3, distinct, imbricate, irregularly but strongly keeled, margins thin, variously notched; petals 3, distinct, ovate, valvate, evenly thickened, adaxially grooved, reflexed at anthesis; stamens numerous, 24 to more than 320, filaments moderate, awl-shaped, anthers elongate, sagittate basally, uneven, sometimes divided apically, medifixed, versatile, latrorse; pistillode with 3 short, rounded, 3-angled lobes or ovoid attenuate to 2/3 as long as the stamens, usually shortly trifid apically. Pollen ellipsoidal or oblate triangular, asymmetric to pyriform; aperture a distal sulcus or trichotomosulcus; ectexine tectate, perforate or perforate-reticulate, aperture margin similar or slightly finer; infratectum columellate; longest axis ranging from 50–63 µm [2/7]. Pistillate flowers broadly ovoid; sepals 3, distinct, imbricate, hooded, edges minutely toothed or variously notched; petals 3, twice as long as the sepals in late bud, distinct, ovate, imbricate, lateral margins shortly fringed, tips thick, valvate; staminodes 3, shortly joined basally, wide, truncate and bifid or uneven distally; gynoecium symmetrical, ovoid, tapering distally, unilocular, uniovulate, stigmas 3, recurved, ovule attached laterally or pendulous from the top of the locule, form unknown. Fruit fusiform to ovoid, red at maturity, stigmatic remains apical; epicarp thin, smooth, becoming pebbled when dry, mesocarp fleshy, fibrous, with stinging crystals, fibres adherent to the thin, rather smooth endocarp, endocarp usually circular in cross-section, 5-lobed in D. hentyi and D. subdistichus). Seed ovoid, surface smooth, hilum apical, raphe much branched, branches somewhat sunken, endosperm homogeneous or ruminate; embryo basal. Germination adjacent-ligular; eophyll bifid, or entire, ovate, margins toothed. Cytology: 2n = 32. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Leaf (Tomlinson 1961), root (Seubert 1998a, 1998b) and fruit (Essig 1977). (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
No generic records found. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Lewis et al. (in prep.) resolved Drymophloeus as polyphyletic. Drymophloeus litigiosus and D. oliviformis are resolved in a clade with Normanbya, Carpentaria and Wodyetia with low support. Drymophloeus hentyi is resolved as sister to Ponapea with high support. Norup et al. (2006) resolve a clade with low support comprising D. litigiosus and Normanbya. (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
Zona (1999b). (J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008)A
A. J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

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Q: How do I know whether my computer is compatible with Windows 7 64-bit? Is there even a reason why I should be asking this question? I'm sure it would run but just in case I want to know if it's perfectly safe for me to assume that all hardware drivers will be supported? I have a good laptop that's running Windows 7 RC 7100 32-bit and have my MAPS Win7 Pro 64-bit DVD handy with me... and fidgeting...!

A: The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will tell you with certainty whether your computer meets the requirements for Windows 7 x86 or x64.

A: The quickest way is to post the CPU information and we can tell you!
Press Windows Flag+Pause/Break then look where it says Processor.
Google that information or look on either Intel or on AMD for the CPU and see if it is compatible. That being said, nearly every mainstream (and some budget) CPUs in the last couple of years have been 64 bit.

A: There is a free utility called Securable that reports the maximum bit length, as well as some other features of the processor it is run on. If this reports 64 bits, you should be good to go.

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I've always said that I wanted to die when I'm 30 years old, when my body and strength are at their relative peaks so that any chances of weakening and atrophy would be avoided. I wanted to leave the world when I'm at my strongest. Those who die young are robbed of life but also avoid the entropic nature of deformation, decay, and aging. They are forever frozen in their beauty and youth, and that they are always at an apex in people's minds. Some of the greatest human beings died or stepped off the stage at their peaks, and are forever remembered as the greatest. It was why Michael Jordan chose to retire during his prime (his first retirement, anyway), and why the death of Heath Ledger and James Dean were so beautiful and in a way, perfectly timed.
If I ever find the perfect mate/love, I won't let that love deform and fade, and I won't let her age and decay. I will kill her at her apex – when my love for her is at its greatest and when she is at the pinnacle of her beauty. I will make sure that she dies at her absolute best under the most exquisite and glamorous conditions. I will pick the brightest and the most beautiful day, hire the best cinematographer, best makeup and wardrobe artists from Hollywood in order to place her under the best lighting, dress her up with the most stylish wardrobe, and put on her the most alluring makeup. Then I will have sex with her on the most expensive bed I could afford and shoot her up while she is having the best orgasm of her life. And then I will stuff and preserve her corpse so that she is forever frozen in the expression of sexual ecstasy, allurement, and youth like Bernini's statue of the "Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica" and mount her to the top of my roof.
Because I know, a dead love never dies.
ernini's statue of the "Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica"
Globalization :
With globalization, overpopulation, the internet, and technology, the world is becoming more analogous and the people are becoming more alike. In the future, everyone will be connected. Everybody's skin, flesh, hair, visceral, consciousness and mind content will be blurred and merge into one another as a unified whole, where one never knows exactly what or where anything is, who anyone is, or where one person begins and and another ends. When we look at the earth from outer space, the color of the earth's atmosphere will appear "human toned" because the whole of earth's surface will be covered and embodied in this homogenous and gigantic mixture of "human substance". And when aliens visit earth, they will experience the whole of human condition as a unified, singular, and coherent field of perceptual and cognitive experience where there's no room for diversity, violence, and multiplicity.
I wrap my intestines around my face
Eat through the bones
It tastes like my shadow
is short and sweet
the tongue under the lock
is smaller than the rain drop's hands.
Sculpting the Whole World.
If I have the power to obtain immortality and have all the time there is and ever will be, I would like to embark on an enormous artistic endeavor. I will figure out a way to ask the whole world to pose for me or invent a device to freeze the world so I can model and create an exact duplication of its entirety. I want to make sculptures every EVERY single object and person on earth. The end product will look just like the earth. The only differences will be that my sculpture of the world will be non-utilitarian and useless, and that nothing in it will have colors – all objects will be glazed and painted in various shades of grey. I will start at the inner core of the earth, work my way up to the mantle, crust, the hydrosphere and lastly, the atmosphere. I will then work on the objects on the surface of the earth by using various materials such as clay, paper, plastic, metal, plaster, wood, and stone to re-create copies of everyone on this planet, life sized. I will make every person in the world my model and make them in the exact positions and gestures, expressions, and temperament they were asked to pose in or were frozen in. I want to create a sculpture of every blade of grass, every drop of water, every petal of every flower, every single grain of rice on every plate of leftover foods, every piece of clothing, every single car, house, animal, insect, guitar, coin, chair, table, spoon, stained underwear, broken condom, bloody tampon, every word in every page of every book embedded in every range of emotion from love to hate, pride to fear, etc and etc and etc.. Lastly, I will make a final figure sculpture of myself sculping myself sculpting myself sculpting myself sculpting myself. I will regress into an infinite cycle and become smaller and smaller until I am condensed into the size of a clay particle., Then I will flow into the deep space of the universe and watch my sculpture mound itself right along side the real earth and as they spin together in harmony from outer space and be hailed as the greatest sculptor the universe has ever known.
I hate switching earrings. I wish I had multiple pairs of ears that I can put in my drawer, each pair with a different sets of earrings on them already. So instead of changing earrings on my one pair of ear, I'll just attach, de-attach, and re-attach my multiple pairs of ears if I want different pairs of earrings. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to hear differently too.
My new sculpture :
Woman with Shark as Womb
the jaws of a shark is always for me, a metaphor for a woman;s womb/reproductive system.
for the rest of my sculpture work.
12 Thursday Nov 2009
Nothing Important Happened Today – directed, written, and edited by Frank Yang
A child walks in on his grandfather while he is "working out" his penis with a TV monitor. This film illustrates the external and internal influences along with the effects this particular circumstance has on him and the man that will come to be. The initial reaction from the child is anger and frustration, as he takes out his anxieties on the material world and his environment by destroying every object in sight.
The entropic demolition is followed by an intense episode of seizures because the memories that are repressed in his body lone and struggle for escape. The effects upon witnessing his grandfather's obscene gesture then manifest themselves in an obscure pregnancy as he becomes impregnated with the future older version of himself based on the Freudian theory, "the child is the father to the man". This experience has caused the child to be impregnated with the future and to metaphorically give birth to an older version of himself who is a mutated monster that is both mute and paralyzed. The loss of speech and the paralysis are physical expressions and manifestations of his current neurotic symptoms. Apparently, the kid had suppressed what he really felt about the experiences of his life thus far: alienation from his family and the world while dealing with the fright and inability to speak to anybody who would truly understand his unique situation. The loss of speech therefore, symbolizes the fact that the boy was unable to "swallow" this traumatic experience; eventually regressing back to the oral phase in Freudian theory where the libido is focused on the mouth. The peculiar paralysis of the legs symbolizes the fact that he cannot go on anymore with his life until his hysteria – the neurotic symptoms are cured.
After giving birth, the child wraps a dog chain around the neck of his older self because in a way, his older version is still trapped and chained within the trauma of his childhood memories. The child takes the chain and guides him through a journey to the infantile and primal love of the mother in order to find the love and care where he might finally be able to express his true feelings for her and confess to her what he had experienced (in a way, he feels guilty by the fact that he saw another man's penis when he was supposed to be in love with the mother, and he wants to confess this guilt to her).
The mother is depicted in this film as a cross-dresser because I wanted to express Jung's idea of anima and animus – the concept of that our true inner self of an individual (as opposed to the persona or outer aspect of the personality) finds expression in the opposite sex. In this case, the unconscious of the female (the mother), is expressed as a masculine outer personality: the animus. This can be identified as the totality of the unconscious masculine psychological qualities that a female possesses. In other words, there is a feminine side to every male, and a masculine side in every female. What triggered the masculine characteristics in the mother in this film is the love, desire, needs and the loss of the child. Due to the absence of the father figure in this film and family portrait, the mother feels the need to activate and express her masculine side in order to partially take on the role of the patriarchal figure in order to fully take care of, love, and mollify the child who is in dire need of a cure, love and care.
The mother uses her vomit to "cure" the older self's mute symptoms the way a mother uses her body (breast milk, warmth and comfort) to nurture and comfort a baby. When the man-child has finally returned to his primal love while he is being comforted and healed, he is able to finally express himself in words by telling the mother what had happened. (This is why the film now has sound. The perceptual window is now widened for both the character and the audience). The man then reverts back to a child because our childhood memories/experiences will always be a part of us. Deep down inside, we will always be little boys that want to be nurtured by our mothers. And throughout our adult lives, we continue to be in search of mates that resemble our mothers (our first love). In a way, we should feel sad for the child because he never grew up or moved on from the experience, and that he was merely carrying around the imaginary and metaphysical body of a grown man who he was not ready to grown into. As long as his mother nurtured him at the end, he knew that the best way to win over her love is to remain a child that she can take care of and look after.
I know everything about your brain
its anatomy and chemical ingredients
I know where every neuron is located,
how it's fired and connected.
I know every mode of its spatial aggregation
I even know the position of every atom
and its subatomic structure
But to know what's on your mind
Is like beating up a dead shark
with another dead shark.
P : Come visit me in my new apartment.
F : Okay, can I bring a girl over?
P : No. If you brought a girl over I won't let you come in.
F : What if that girl was yourself? Would you have let yourself come inside your own house?
Open up the garage door
A thousand babies fell from the sky
They all have your face
An whale is stuck
in the middle of the freeway.
It was eaten by a thousand women
who all had your tongue.
Sitting at the water's shadow
I used my brother as a bait
Caught a Great White Shark.


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Gentleman Jim's
Dates of Operation: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
(Summerside) 480 Granville St
GPS N46° 24.863 W063° 46.888
A landmark establishment in Summerside specializing in charbroiled steaks and seafood dishes.


If you're a teen who is needing or expecting to get braces, you may have questions about treatment and how it is going to affect your appearance, habits, and activities. We've created this guide to answer some of the most frequently asked questions that we get from teens before, during and after their orthodontic treatment.
Dr. Larrabee is an experienced orthodontist who genuinely cares about the comfort of his patients. The process of putting brackets on your teeth and the initial placement of your wires is generally painless. There are no shots or needles needed to place your brackets and wires. Many of our kids go back to school after getting their braces on. You may experience some discomfort in the day or two after you get your braces on and following adjustments. Many of our patients tell us that there is only mild discomfort and Tylenol is recommended to help with soreness.
The length of your orthodontic treatment varies from patient to patient and is determined by the severity of the orthodontic issues. With the high tech self-ligating brackets Dr. Larrabee uses, treatment can be completed at a faster rate than traditional brackets with colored bands.
How do I brush and floss with braces?
When you have braces, it is important that you practice excellent oral hygiene by brushing and flossing regularly. Dr. Larrabee recommends brushing in the morning, after every meal, and before bed. Use a soft bristle toothbrush and carefully brush above and below each bracket and wire, paying careful attention to the gum line.
As part of any oral health routine, you should be flossing daily. With braces, it is especially important that you floss because food can easily become trapped in your wires and brackets causing plaque to build up. When you get your braces on, Dr. Larrabee provides all of our patients with a take home brush kit. This includes, floss threaders to help you get the floss between your brackets and a proxy brush, a tool specifically made to help clean between your wires.
If you want to have excellent oral health, you should consider using an antibacterial mouthwash. This will help to reduce any irritation of your gums and cheeks, while also keeping your teeth squeaky clean and your breath minty fresh!
What sweets can I eat with braces?
Don't worry! You can still have all the creamy milk chocolate your heart desires with braces! You're safe to indulge in soft sweets such as chocolate, cake, cookies and ice cream. However, you'll want to avoid anything hard, crunchy or sticky-things like taffy, caramels, mints and anything that goes "crack!" when you bite into it. These foods have a high potential to bend or break your wires or pop off one of your brackets, leading to an extra trip to the orthodontist to have them fixed.
One downside to braces is that there are going to be some foods that you simply should not eat. Anything hard, crunchy, or sticky needs to be avoided. Eating these foods can lead to a broken wire, a bracket or several popping off, or having food stuck in your braces. Examples of items that should be avoided include nuts, pizza crust, chips, raw vegetables, and chewing any non-food items such as pencils or fingernails.
Yes! We highly recommend protecting your teeth with an orthodontic mouthguard if you play any type of contact sport. You can pick one of these up in our office at any time. Dr. Larrabee does not recommend using the at home, boil and mold mouthguards as these have a higher likelihood of causing damage to your appliances. The orthodontic mouthguard we are happy to provide you are specifically made to fit around and protect your brackets.
Can I still play an instrument with braces?
Many teenagers are involved in band and are worried that their braces are going to prevent them fro playing their instrument normally. This is a valid concern and we admit that there is a transitional period when you first get your braces put on. After a few days, you should be able to play your instrument as you did before and won't even notice your braces.
Am I going to need a retainer?
After your braces are taken off, a retainer is vital to the success of your smile. The retainer works to keep your teeth from shifting once the braces are removed, help stabilize the teeth in the position they are in and is an essential part of your orthodontic treatment. Failing to wear your retainer as recommended can lead to unwanted shifting and relapse. See our retainer guide to answer all of your post orthodontic care questions!
Will I need to have my teeth whitened?
Whether or not you choose to whiten your teeth after getting your braces off is a personal decision. Some people find that following the removal of their braces there are spots left where the brackets were placed. This most commonly happens due to poor oral hygiene during treatment. Other patients want to show off their new smile and want the brightest, whitest teeth they can get. Dr. Larrabee is happy to discuss your whitening options with you following your orthodontic treatment.
Yes! Invisalign is becoming a popular alternative to braces and is being requested more and more by our teenage patients. See our Invisalign Guide for Teens to get all of your questions answered and get some help talking with your parents about Invisalign Teen!


Recently, I was pretty annoyed with people misusing the word "ergonomic" – especially people who should really know better. I feel that there is a need for the general public to understand more about ergonomics, without just buying a product that is labelled as "ergonomic" but it is not, or buying a genuine "ergonomic" product but not using it correctly.
Ergonomics, as (I hope) we all know, is the process of designing or arranging workplaces, products and systems to optimise the comfort and performance of individuals, and to minimise risk of injury or harm.
As such, a chair can't be "ergonomic" until you've established who will use it, the shape and size of the user, and what their activities are while sitting on it. Similarly, a study desk with adjustable height does not automatically make it "ergonomic".
I've seen many cheap China-made study desks that claim to be ergonomic just because their height is adjustable. I've also recognised that there are situations where brands use the word "ergonomic" to add a marketing edge to their products without feeling the need to fully research, understand or justify that description.
The most important messages that I want to share with you today is: 1) before you buy an ergonomic product, please check whether the brand is medically endorsed by doctors, medical professionals or posture specialists, 2) make sure that you know how to use the ergonomic product effectively from the people where you bought it from.
I quote a very good example here. Don't just buy an ergonomic school bag just because it's labelled as "ergonomic" and let your child use it without teaching them the proper way of using it. You can't reap the benefits of an ergonomic product, unless you use it correctly.
Recently, we were out shopping for an ergonomic study desk and chair for Edison. I came to know ERGOWORKS when I worked with them on a campaign a year ago. (I'm not paid to write this post.) Since then, I told myself that I want to buy an ergonomic study desk and chair for Edison when we move to our new home.
Much to my surprise, I discovered that ERGOWORKS showroom at Marina Square has a revamp. I love its clean, simplistic but highly innovative design. The new concept showcases the vast range of ergonomic products that ERGOWORKS can provide in this niche market.
Here are some of the ergonomic products at ERGOWORKS that we really like.
There are a wide range of Ergonomic Study Desks that provide a healthy study, reading and writing workstation for our kids.
I really like the IMPACT Bundle 2. The golden maple top with pink trim and a pink chair is so beautiful that it totally screams "buy me now!" This set is sold at a promotional price of $999 now (u/p $2,399). But don't worry, I won't buy a pink desk for Edison. He will get a blue, white or grey set.
ERGOSTARS ES-8501 Desk & Chair Set is another good choice, especially when it's having an online promotion now for just $699 (u/p $1,998). It comes with 3 colour options – blue, grey and pink. This video gives you a very good introduction of this product.
The important ergonomic features of these tables include desk top height adjustable, desk top tilt angle adjustment, rounded edge for child safe design, easy mobility with caster wheels, desk feet leveler, and wrist support pad that holds book and laptop. They are suitable for kids 4 years old to adulthood. I'd say it's a good investment for a quality product that lasts for years.
I tried the DUOREST Chairs and I really love them. They provide excellent whole body support and comfort. The unique design of the highly adjustable neck rest and back support puts my spine into a good posture. Most importantly, it prevents neck aches or back stiffness from long hours of sitting.
Please read my previous review on IMPACT Ergo-Comfort Spinal Support Backpack, if you haven't.
IMPACT Backpack is simply the best for its design, structure and spinal protection benefits. After one year of usage, Edison's backpack is still in good condition – despite his rough handling (boys can never be gentle with their belongings!). The bag is made of durable, water and UV resistant materials that are built to last.
Most importantly, the professional Spinal Care Systems provides excellent support to the contour of the back while effectively distributing the weight equally on the surface of entire back. Edison's posture is greatly improved with IMPACT ergonomic school bag.
ERGOWORKS provides a 20% trade in royalty program, that's going to save a lot on our next upgrade of IMPACT backpack for Edison.
I also came across Computer Accessories Solution at ERGOWORKS which interest me greatly. Occasionally, I suffer from wrist pain due to prolonged use of keyboard and mouse. I really hate it, but I don't have a choice – as long as I'm stuck with this desk-bound job.
The CONTOUR RollerMouse Red (also a Red Dot Design Award Winner 2013) and Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand are perfect for my home office. The RollerMouse Red is placed below the keyboard, so I don't need to reach for the mouse. I move the cursor by rolling the bar lightly with my fingertips.
Everything I need to control my computer is just right in front of me. This ergonomic position eliminates repetitive movements that can cause neck, shoulder and elbow pain. It took me a while to get used to it, but once I did, I really love the product.
Apart from school bags and workstations, ERGOWORKS also have a lot of ergonomic lifestyle products that I've never heard of. I'm glad to discover these gems.
I recommend ERGOWORKS because it's the only medically endorsed and certified ergonomic brand in Singapore. Just a note to you that ERGOWORKS has three showrooms in Singapore at Marina Square, Centrepoint and Causeway Point. Many times, I walked into the "wrong" Ergo shop as there are a few shops with similar names that confused me.
ERGOWORKS is a brand that I trust, and I can genuinely recommend to you. Their extensive range of products have won numerous accolades and achieved international ergonomic standards. All ergonomic products from ERGOWORKS are also endorsed and recommended by The Chiropractic Association (Singapore) and Singapore Physiotherapy Association.
Most importantly, ERGOWORKS delivers professional services to their customers. Every time we shop at ERGOWORKS, their friendly staffs demonstrate to us the proper use of their ergonomic products and give us recommendations on products that suit our needs. ERGOWORKS truly cares for customers who desire comfort, wellness and protection for their body structure and posture.
Check out ERGOWORKS if you're looking for ergonomic products and professional services.
I just purchased the Ergostars desk and chair set for my girl recently, she likes it so much. Glad to give her a wonderful space for learning. I got it from their online promo, great price. I recommend it too.


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Europe | Charlemagne
Sebastian Kurz is flirting with the far-right Freedom Party
Will Austria's political wunderkind bring xenophobes into government?
SEBASTIAN KURZ has a problem. On October 15th Austria's 31-year-old foreign minister scored an impressive election victory, somehow presenting himself as a credible messenger of change even though his centre-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) has been in office for 30 years. His energy and charisma kept the Freedom Party (FPÖ), a far-right outfit with neo-Nazi roots, from running the country; it had led in the polls for two years before Mr Kurz took over as chairman of the ÖVP in May. But to govern Mr Kurz needs a coalition partner, and the FPÖ, which came third in the election, is his first choice. Now Europe is left wondering whether Austria's political whizz kid is fending off a populist uprising, or preparing to lead it.
Mr Kurz spoke to your columnist this week. He was fresh from a day spent discussing the vagaries of coalition politics with Austria's president, and taking a congratulatory call from France's Emmanuel Macron. Should he become chancellor, Mr Kurz will be the world's youngest head of government (Kim Jong-Un has three years on him). Older readers who fear a decline in decorum among millennials should be reassured. Charlemagne was greeted with the greatest of courtesy and thanked profusely for finding time to visit Vienna; afterwards he was walked personally to the ministry's exit and seen off with a formal bow.
Yet Mr Kurz's charm conceals a rough edge. Coalition talks will begin on October 20th, but Mr Kurz will not speculate on what a deal with the FPÖ might look like. In 2000, when the two right-wing parties first formed a government, EU governments cut bilateral links and Israel recalled its ambassador. Alert to the dangers, this week Mr Kurz told an Israeli daily that he would not accept anti-Semitism in a coalition partner. Besides, these days the FPÖ leadership sees more fertile ground in Islamophobia and Austria-first nationalism. It has formal links to Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, and portrays the EU as a threat to a "Europe of fatherlands". If Mr Kurz does link arms with the FPÖ (and other coalitions are possible), his European counterparts will need convincing that the nationalist influence will be muted.
A second fear among Europeans is that Mr Kurz himself is merely a rabble-rousing populist in centrist clothing. He earned his reputation abroad by adopting a tough line during the refugee crisis of 2015-16, when Austria was taking in, per person, more asylum-seekers than any EU country bar Sweden. In early 2016, before Angela Merkel convinced Turkey to keep refugees from Europe's shores, Mr Kurz plotted with Balkan ministers to close the borders across which they had been pouring. He then turned his attention to Italy, hammering the NGOs he said were smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean, and threatening to deploy troops to the Brenner Pass. All this has some Europeans fearing Mr Kurz could join the leaders of Hungary and Poland in an axis of resistance to migration.
Yet Mr Kurz's obdurate stance on borders is now conventional wisdom across the EU. Moreover, he cut his political teeth on a subject that is less typical of far-right populism: how to integrate immigrants. Here Mr Kurz has something for both sides. He wants to help newcomers learn German and find jobs. But he also denounces Islamic radicalism and plays up the difficulty of integrating refugees from countries with "different systems", like Afghanistan and Iraq. And he defends Austria's ban on face-covering veils, a solution in search of a problem. (Few Austrian Muslims wear veils, but the ban recently ensnared a man clad in a full-body shark costume.)
Confidantes of the minister describe a good listener eager for advice and untroubled by history or ideology. "For me, the EU has always been a given," says Mr Kurz, who was eight when Austria joined. That might explain his readiness to question its free-movement rules—he frets about so-called benefit tourism—and to jab at a meddlesome Brussels bureaucracy. Some find his openness to ending sanctions on Russia and backing strongmen in the Balkans naive. But supporters welcome his pragmatism.
Mr Kurz is also keen to flaunt his pro-European credentials. His government, he says, would be "as supportive as possible" of Mr Macron's proposals for EU reform, even if he distrusts some of his ideas on the euro zone. ("We are on the German side," he says, even before being asked about any specific policies.)
Europeans are right to fear a right-wing coalition in Austria. The FPÖ is a nasty party harbouring unreconstructed neo-Nazis, and its enduring strength is Austria's shame. But its electoral success means it must now face the dilemma that confronts many radical-right parties: the compromises of coalition versus the purifying rage of opposition. It has already had to drop its advocacy of an Austrian exit from the EU, after realising that few voters were interested. The FPÖ would earn government posts in a coalition, perhaps including the next foreign or interior minister, as well as extracting some policy concessions. But Mr Kurz will not allow himself to be tugged out of the European mainstream.
All Europe contributed to the making of Kurz
Mr Kurz's critics have been too quick to confuse a focus on border management with xenophobia. He makes the opposite case: properly integrating newcomers, he insists, goes "hand-in-hand" with showing that migration is under control. Integration, he accepts, will be "extremely difficult", and his critics will hardly be calmed by his flirtation with the FPÖ. But the relative quiet at Europe's borders offers him space to make good on his claim.
Mr Kurz's ascent has been fuelled by two factors: tough talk on borders, and the Macronesque appeal of a fresh face to a weary electorate. Both of these will wear off soon enough. He will not lead a populist revolt in central Europe; he will probably spend more time fighting vested interests at home. But he may be the first European leader forged in the heat of the refugee crisis. That experience has shaped his thinking, and Europe's too.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "The kid goes all right"
Europe October 21st 2017
Spain faces a constitutional crisis over Catalonia
The death of a crusading journalist rocks Malta
Georgia and Abkhazia are making Nutella's job harder
Emmanuel Macron's employment reforms may not go far enough
Alexei Navalny tells Russians they have a choice
From the October 21st 2017 edition
Spain's economy is recovering from the pandemic, but problems persist
The government must grapple with chronic issues
Experience from a past crisis suggests Europe should shake off any complacency
The ghost of 2009 haunts Europe
After a steady first 100 days, choppier waters await Giorgia Meloni
Division and disunity could rock her boat


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Nick Griffin
Nick Griffin posts address of B&B case gay couple online
BNP leader uses Twitter to say 'A British Justice team will come ... & give you a bit of drama ... Say No to heterophobia!'
Lizzy Davies
Fri 19 Oct 2012 03.20 EDT First published on Fri 19 Oct 2012 03.20 EDT
A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire police said it was looking into "a number of complaints" it had received about the tweets by Nick Griffin. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA
Police in Cambridgeshire have said they are investigating complaints made after the leader of the far-right British National party, Nick Griffin, posted the address of a gay couple on the internet and appeared to urge his supporters to demonstrate outside their home.
Michael Black, 64, and John Morgan, 59, a couple from Brampton, Cambridgeshire, had found out earlier on Thursday that they had won their highly-publicised civil case against a Christian bed and breakfast owner who had told them they could not stay in one of her double rooms due to her religious convictions.
Black, a writer and exams consultant, had told the Guardian he and his partner were delighted by the ruling from Reading crown court, which found that Susanne Wilkinson, owner of the Swiss Bed and Breakfast in Cookham, Berkshire, had been directly discriminatory in her treatment of the couple. She was ordered to pay £3,600 in damages, which Black and Morgan – who have been living together for six years and in a relationship for nine – said they would donate to charity.
But within hours of celebrations at what was seen as a significant vindication of equality legislation, gay rights activists were outraged by several messages on Twitter by Griffin, chairman of the BNP and an MEP, in which he made public Black and Morgan's address and claimed a "British Justice team" would come and protest the ruling at their home.
The first messages read: "If anyone can give us address of the 2 bullying 'gay' activists who've won case v Christian B&B owners, we'll hold demo … for rights of all home owners, gays included, to rent or not rent rooms to whomsoever they wish."
Two hours later, Griffin posted the following tweet: "A British Justice team will come up to [their Huntington address] & give you [Black and Morgan] a … bit of drama by way of reminding you that an English couple's home is their castle. Say No to heterophobia!"
The comments sparked anger. LGBT Labour, the party's campaign for gay rights, urged people to report Griffin for allegedly breaching the Communications Act 2003, under which it is an offence to post menacing messages on the internet. Others said they had reported his comments to the Metropolitan police's internet hate crime unit.
A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire police said it was looking into "a number of complaints" it had received about the tweets. Officers had been in contact with the men and would visit them on Thursday night, she said. A spokesman for Stonewall, the gay rights campaign group, said: "This is beyond words unbelievably shocking. It is a real example of the hatred still out there towards gay people. We assume the couple concerned will make immediate contact with the police to guarantee their safety."
Griffin then wrote: "Why don't left & gay activists confront Muslims instead of picking on meek & forgiving Christians? Bullies are always cowards!"
Twitter users trying to access Griffin's account were subsequently told it had been suspended.
Black and Morgan, a computer consultant, had spoken of how their treatment at the Cookham B&B in March 2010 had made them feel "like second-class citizens". But Black said he hoped their victory would serve as proof that discrimination against any minority was no longer permissible. "We're doing this to try and make sure that all B&B owners realise what the law is and think twice before discriminating against gay people, black people, Christians, Muslims, Irish, any other group."
Asked how he had reacted to being refused access to the B&B, Black said: "It felt as if we were being treated like second-class citizens. I was shocked that it had happened. If it had happened 30 or 40 years ago it would have been far less surprising because discrimination was much more overt and common then. But for it to happen nowadays was a shock. I think the great public support we received as a result of it shows that we were right to be shocked – that it's only a minority, a small minority, who feel that gay men and women are sinners and that they can't allow us to sleep under their roof."
In the ruling, Recorder Claire Moulder said that, although the court recognised the sincerity of Wilkinson's religious beliefs, the owner had treated Black and Morgan "less favourably than she would treat unmarried heterosexual couples in the same circumstances" and had therefore broken equality law.
Wilkinson – whose legal defence was paid for by the Christian Institute, a national charity – said she was giving "serious consideration" to an appeal against the ruling.
"Naturally, my husband and I are disappointed to have lost the case and to have been ordered to pay £3,600 in damages for injury to feelings. We have the option to appeal, and we will give that serious consideration. We believe a person should be free to act upon their sincere beliefs about marriage under their own roof without living in fear of the law. Equality laws have gone too far when they start to intrude into a family home."
Lawyers for Wilkinson argued that she was entitled to refuse double rooms not only to gay couples but also to couples who were not married or in a civil partnership. Black and Morgan are not in a civil partnership.
Wilkinson and her husband say they have received two years of abuse for the decision, which enraged gay rights campaigners but gave succour to some Christians' claims of persecution.
In her statement, Wilkinson said: "People's beliefs about marriage are coming under increasing attack, and I am concerned about people's freedom to speak and act upon these beliefs. I am a Christian, not just on a Sunday in church, but in every area of my life – as Jesus expects from his followers.
"That's all I was trying to do and I think it's quite wrong to punish me for that, especially after enduring over two years of vile abuse and threats. We find this a strange justice in a society that aspires to be increasingly tolerant."
Gay couple hit back at 'idiot' Nick Griffin
Police investigate BNP leader's comments as couple whose address was posted online say his views not shared by majority
Christian who refused to let gay couple stay at B&B ordered to pay damages
Nick Griffin's ridiculous cry of 'heterophobia'
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Q: Multiples queries in meth app.post I need to render in a single page several query returns, for example:
1) students per neighborhood
2) student average
app.get('/gerais',(req,res) => {
const client = new Client();
client.connect()
    .then(() => {
        return client.query('SELECT COUNT(name) studentsperneighborhood,'
        +' neigh FROM student INNER JOIN adress ON student.adress_id ='
        +'adress.id GROUP BY neigh');

    })
    .then((results) => {
        console.log('results?',results);
        res.render('general-info',results);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log('error',err);
        res.send('FAIL');
    });
});

how could I modify the return, to return another query?

A: Try running the queries separately and pass the results of both the queries in different objects.
Then render your page and inject these objects there to use them.
for eg. if you are using ejs file:-
then
for eg:-
    connect.query('query1',function(err1, data1){
    connect.query('query2',function(err2, data2){

res.render('studentsinfo.ejs',{
       studentsperneighborhood: data1,
       studentaverage: data2
      })})})

Now, you use use these 2 objects to display your data.


Romanoff Consultants a provider of marketing automation best practices and strategy invited Boris to participate in their MarTech Braintap Podcast.
Inga: Welcome to the weekly "MarTech Braintap," weekly insights from Marketo consultants in New York. I'm Inga Romanoff.
Robert: And I'm Robert Vo.
Inga: All right. And today, we have a special guest. Boris Bauer and I have actually known each other for a few years. He started TEMPO Strategic, which is a digital agency that's harnessing technology to master business growth through evidence-based marketing. Every time I speak with Boris, I'm left full of insights. And I'm inspired because it's just so interesting how you think of technologies, how you think of leveraging them, how you actually stay a bit ahead of the trends. And even though you might be in a traditional space of a digital agency, how innovative you are about combining all these tools to drive the growth. You want to say a couple of words about yourself?
Boris: Sure. Good morning. That sounds really nice. Keep going! Well, I think, obviously anybody that is in marketing right now is a decision-maker and is very well aware of the incredible pace that we're having. The martech stack is getting ever more complex. The decision-makers in marketing, they're often already working, typically more than 60 to 70 hours a week. And many still have, in my observation, a very siloed approach in marketing, or at least, multiple vendors and reports. So, decision-makers get to the end of the month, they get all these automated PDF reports that everybody dumps on them. And nobody really consolidates all the reporting and insights, and says, "Okay, here's 40 pages of PDF reports. We looked at this and this is what it means to you. These are the decisions you need to make, these are the actual insights." So even if they have the data, they're not leveraging it in real time.
And of course, at the same time, marketing is often under fire from the sales teams who are in the front trenches and see everything and feel everything that marketing is or isn't doing. They feel it in their salary and their bonus in the end of the year. And they often really don't or can't make really the connections to all the fancy stuff that marketing is doing.
Marketers succeed when they bring everybody to the table, when they includes sales, and show how our initiatives impact the deals that they're trying close. That's a huge step in working together. But there are clearly still many, many gaps in the process, and that is what we're trying to fill in.
Helping marketers keep up with changes in digital platforms.
Inga: I'm going to ask you a question later because in our last conversation here in our office, you mentioned something that really piqued my interest about how marketing works for sales. But I wanted to also ask you, how do you…not just hear about the technologies. I actually enjoy reading your blog as well. How do you sort of process that? How do you internalize that? And how do you make decisions on what's right, how to use it? It seems that you always sort of…I ask you about a technology, how to use it, and you have a very clear understanding how it works, but have a unique way to apply it. How do you keep up with the martech stack and constant innovations in the space?
Inga: That's the real secret.
Boris: Sure. Sometimes, we find like little nuggets ourselves. For instance, Quora.com, the question and answer platform that's sort of replaced Yahoo Answers. Just two months ago, they opened up a self-serve advertising platform. And we looked into it, looked at the requirements, and we said, "Look, there's actually one client who always gets fairly high-quality traffic from Quora because they've answered a couple of questions. Let's run the test." And we shifted a little bit of the budget over, and Quora, right now, is driving as many conversions on the website as Google natural search and we're paying 10 cents per lead.
Boris: And I told the client, "Look, this is probably because nobody else is playing this right now. The second people figure this out it's gonna get a lot more crowded and probably more expensive.
If you have a good metric established for the lifetime value of a client is and how much you're willing to pay for that lead, you're in a position to test. And we always test for our clients, always. Different things, different platforms, that's part of our job.
Helping marketers align digital initiatives with their customer journey.
Robert: I have a question for you. Could you talk a little bit about the natural search again? Because I want our audience to hear your thoughts on how many years or months or weeks it takes to leverage that or really get a sense of how that works and take advantage of it?
Boris: Well natural search is obviously still one of the biggest drivers to anybody's website. And when you rank well and you have valuable content that you deliver for your clients, it's probably also the cheapest way of getting leads. Paid search has the big advantage that we can assign a budget, we determine how much you want to spend, we push out the message. It's instant.
Search takes a long time, but in the end, it's by far the highest-quality indicator for your positioning as a company. Because people are researching certain topics and you being on the first page of Google communicates to them that you have a authority in your field and expertise. So, you will get a lot of business based on that trust.
But it's just one part of the marketing. I think many people are still stuck in the old form of search where it's like, "Oh, I want to rank for this keyword." But that doesn't work anymore. This is really about understanding your audience and it's very classic sales, right?
You have the sales funnel, awareness, interest, consideration, intent, action, right? And for each stage there are marketing tools that work best, with some overlap, of course. For instance, if you wanna drive awareness and interest, you have to push out the message. Search means they want something, and the goal is to get them to get it from you. Once people have come to your website they are nearing the end of the consideration and intent phase. That's where email marketing automation is clearly a workhorse that delivers. But it's always surprising to me how people just wanna focus on the best practices and on-site optimization. It needs to be done, but it's pretty basic, right?
And then, we talk to clients and we say, "Look, have you really worked out your main buyer personas? What are those people that are buying from you like? Let's get sales to come in and explain the people that make the decisions." For example, is it always a decision-maker or maybe also procurement that at some point comes in and does some research? So, you need to have that mapped out, so you can say, "Okay, what are those people's needs? How can we really help them?" If it's a broad audience or a retail sale, we might put some focus on keyword phrases. But for a complex sale you have to ask "Okay, how can we deliver value content to them?" Out of that,we develop a publishing calendar we discuss with all the teams. Is there an in-store promotion or event that sales knows about that we can push and support? Is there an important buyer in a market we want to influence? Those pieces should inform any channel from email marketing, to pay-per-click, to display, what those topics are, what we want to communicate.
Helping clients identify their real competitors and customers.
If a client has a more comprehensive marketing budget, we start out with an audit where we figure out exactly, what each page is doing well for, who are your real competitors, why do your competitors rank, and what do you have to do in building content to outperform them? Because people will tell us who they think their competitors are based on whatever impressions they've built up over time. But online, it's crystal clear.
Robert: From your experience, what's the percentage of marketing and sales teams that actually get that right, right, sort of developing the personas? Or do you always go in when they don't know how to do it?
Boris: I think, in general, what I find is that sales and marketing often have the knowledge, but it's not really written down and shared, right?
Robert: Right, I've seen that.
Boris: They may not call it a persona, but the salespeople can tell me exactly, "Okay, here's a typical scenario, this and that and this and that." In marketing, they often come more from like a brand point, branding communications message, they're focused on what they want customers to know. But once you bring them all together and say, "Okay, let's just take an image, give that person a name and just use a template for persona creation and fill it in.
Then start to see the overlaps of the personas, what they need, what they need when they first become aware that they have a problem? What information they need when they're getting interested in solving it or when they start considering you as a platform. The exercise gets everybody in alignment across all the different channels, marketing, and sales.
And then, usually once you get the clients really involved in that very classic user experience, like creating the top three to five personas that we wanna service, like they start realizing how complex it gets and how it informs every single inch of their marketing initiative and sales strategy. Then everybody usually gets really onboard and very excited quickly.
Robert: So, I assume you close that deal. Right.
Robert: That's very interesting because like Inga and I talk a lot about how sales and marketing is fairly siloed, I mean, a high percentage of the companies that I've worked with, consulted with, typically I'm in the room mainly with the marketers. Of course, because when I was at Marketo, that was sort of our key audience, right? But I feel a success perspective when we do involve the sales team at the very beginning. And that's like you were mentioning, right? That's kind of a challenge for a lot of organizations right now. But hopefully they're kind of turning a page on that, turning the corner, and realizing that if they work together, they're actually working together for their company.
Boris: To your point, our name is TEMPO, and how we came up with it is because it's all finding the right beat and the right rhythm, and creating harmony. It's like you can't have an orchestra play a beautiful piece of music if you don't have a conductor and they don't play all together, right? So a lot of our effort is to get everybody that is part of that big orchestra that makes up the company, everybody who is a stakeholder in the sales process and marketing process, get them all together and make sure that there's an orchestrated harmony whatever the activity.
There's also so much like offline you can do, event registration, trade shows, proprietary research that you can share. I mean, there's so much where like, many departments can chime in and really work together, and that's, I think, still one of the big things that's missing.
Robert: Do you find that difficult, to convince organizations to kind of be the orchestra, I mean, to actually act like an orchestra?
Boris: I mean, that's always kind of like our ideal thinking as an agency/consultant, our goal is to help the clients think this way.
Boris: But it sort of like, it depends really on the clients, like what their gaps are, what their budget is, and where their learning curve is. So we'll say "Okay, let's have a conversation, figure out exactly where the gaps in your in-house skill-set are." And then, next we discuss, "Okay, do you wanna bring this in-house or you wanna outsource it until you see the ROI on it and then make a decision?" For example, when we started we offered more social media content. But when Facebook went public and the algorithms changed, the ROI fell to the floor. So we don't emphasize it as much.
In general, we have to be extremely flexible because our goal is to make it work for each client and they're all at a different stage. We fill in as much or as little as they want. So it doesn't help if we say, "No, we gotta be the digital agency of record." And some of our clients are extremely smart marketers that are just as on top of everything as I am. And they say, "Now, look, this is my game but I really need more help with marketing automation. Will somebody just look in at the analytics and keep tab of all of this?" So we'll do that for them. Another client said, "We have a great content team, we have our email strategy, but would you guys work with the rest of the team just to do a LinkedIn strategy or maybe LinkedIn and pay-per-click or something like this?" And we'll happily fill in where the client needs us. There are still start-ups and "grandfathered" situations where we can go in and do everything and set it all up nicely from the start, but for most clients, they're past that. They've got the basics, now they want to improve.
Robert: We talked a little bit about Google, Facebook, LinkedIn. Are marketers leveraging search elsewhere?
LinkedIn certainly has ramped, and I think they're doing a fantastic job. They dropped a lot of restrictions on budget and they are ramping up the services they offer, the quality of service. And you don't have to spend a minimum of $20,000 for a quarter any more.
And now, the latest reaction was that Google, in the next version of Chrome, which is like the biggest browser, they're saying, "We're gonna have a prebuilt adblocker built-in." You can see where it's going. There's a big phase right now where it's really about who'll be dominating the market? So Google might do an adblocker for example, that filters, all Facebook ads, to force you to use Google.
Boris: Google, it's this monopoly that has all this information because we all own our Androids and Siri, and use Google Maps, so we're becoming more and more audio-driven, using natural speech pattern search instead of keywords. So I see our clients always struggle to create more and more content. And it's hard, right? The second you start to write stuff, every word is like… I just talked yesterday with somebody about this, every word, once it's written down, has to be tweaked and people get so stressed out, and then the outcome is that like you get out mayb one blog post every three or four weeks, which is certainly, in most cases, not enough.
But yet, at the same time, you can take any expert and let them ramble. My dentist who I'm working with can talk for hours about his expertise. He teaches at Columbia, so he can talk for hours. So we record it, get a transcript and edit it down.
Robert: It sounds like we need to sign them up for our podcast, so they could talk, right?
Boris: We'll transcribe this, definitely. Because five minutes of conversation is like 3,000 words. Try to write a 3,000 word blog post. And Google said now they're gonna make their rankings based on the mobile index. So, for the first time, websites are not gonna be evaluated for their desktop content, but for the mobile version. Think about how many mobile websites you still see that have sort of a smaller version of the desktop website. The vast majority of our clients now see 60%, 70% of their traffic coming from either mobile or tablet. So any website we now build, we start with a mobile version. Because that's 65% of your traffic. And I think that changes everything.
Robert: Do you have like a unique story or customer experience that was unanticipated by…, when you went in, you didn't anticipate sort of the outcome? But the outcome was like pretty amazing that you felt like, "Wow, okay, that's pretty cool." Any experience like that that you wanna share with our audience?
Boris: So, one of our clients is Yale School of Management. We've worked with them for a few years. And at some point, we were running some tests called prospecting. We worked with our programmatic partner and said, "Okay, we need to boost results, let's try something." And we found some inventory of a company that got acquired by Yahoo. But for some reason, their inventory hadn't been fully, taken over by Yahoo, so it was basically running ads in the Yahoo inbox. And we started testing it and it was like somebody opened up the floodgates. It was amazing. Once we had a proof of concept that they were high-quality leads at a really good price, we shifted budget over there and ran with it. And then, it changed. It got expensive, Yahoo woke up, whatever. It ran dry.
We're always trying out something new, . But we love being agile and being able to test…finding something that works and quickly talking to the client to shift the budget and monetize it as much as you can. We keep finding good new sources of driving very high-qualified leads for them.
Inga: I'm listening to this, and thinking "Boris has been in this for more than 15 years, created all kinds of campaigns." And your method is, we have a conversation, and then we tested, tested, tested. You don't have a hard answer. Like you said, being agile and nimble is really important not only because things change all the time, but also you kind of have to find that sweet spot.
Robert: So we obviously see a pattern here, it's just a question if like marketers are really doing a lot of the testing and reviewing the analytics right after the test.
Inga: Yeah, that's where martech comes in.
Boris: Yeah, because, sometimes you maybe get in fantastic click through rate, but you don't get the leads. You need to figure out the disconnect. Are people clicking by accident? Typically people interact with an ad, they show intent, right? So, they get to a landing page and somehow they drop off. But if you get the clicks, they clearly show intent but they're not converting, there's maybe something wrong with the landing pages, something wrong with the connection between the ad and the landing page or the content that is on the landing page, so you have to keep on it constantly.
Inga: Yep, that's exactly what I was gonna say. That's where martech comes in and gives that ability to measure, which then you can modify and optimize constantly.
Inga: All right. Well, it's been a great conversation. Thank you again.


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Jazz Lam welcomes his first baby
31 Dec – Jazz Lam (Lam Tsz Sin) revealed that he and wife Kary Dong have recently welcomed their first baby.
As reported on Mingpao, the "Our Unwinding Ethos" actor shared the good news on 29 December with a photo of his newborn, writing, "A mother really is super invincible. The process from pregnancy to the birth of a baby is very vivid."
Speaking to the media at the hospital following the birth, Jazz said that the delivery went smoothly and quite fast.
"She was admitted at 10.30pm, entered the delivery room at 11, and [soon after] the baby was born. Even the nurses praised her," he said.
Jazz stated that his wife originally wanted to undergo C-section to avoid pain but was later recommended for a natural birth.
"The baby was very helpful to her. She came out quickly," he said with a smile.
For now, the actor said that he will be taking a break to accompany his wife and their daughter.
"I halted all of the other projects. My wife was anxious and told me to save money, but I think the most important thing right now is to take care of her," he added.
(Photo Source: Mingpao)


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Q: How can i disable link styling? How can I completely disable jquery mobile styling for certain container?
I am using data-enhance="false" for container along with javascript code:
$(document).bind("mobileinit", function() {
  $.mobile.ignoreContentEnabled = true;
});

Yet some jquery mobile styling remains, for example link color:
.ui-page-theme-a a{
color: #38C;
font-weight: 700;}

I had to overwrite these css rules manually, it is pretty cumbersome.

A: if you have less CSS to overwrite, then overwriting same classes in our css with !important is best way.
If you are overwriting many classes then don't include jQuery mobile theme CSS just use jQuery mobile structure CSS as its requires for some functionalities such as transition and all.
One more option modify Jquery theme CSS as requires means remove unwanted class as jquery mobile is open source you are good on this.