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Patty: Well Madeleine Taylor thank you so much for being on her legacy podcast so appreciate of connecting and I know the first time we had baby,your baby was going to be in guest with that let baby had the baby times. So I'm so happy to have you back.
Madeleine: Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it and thanks for being flexible and rescheduling.
Patty: Absolutely. As a mom I get it. We were talking about how life would so be there and I don't know how many kids you have by the way.
Madeleine: He's my first.
Patty: OK. All right. I have two boys and they're teenagers so just looking back at those days I mean I remember really relying on people's understanding and flexibility because it's like every stage is a new situation.
Madeleine: And a new challenge.
Patty: Oh my God. Well, I don't have baby burp being in the background or me feeding. My kids are like Mom I need you to drop off food at so-and-so is just a whole host of the other issues. Naughtier.OK so were you, Madeleine. We always start with the show with like let's get braggy I'd love to know what do you believe is your superpower.
Madeleine: Oh are we talking like business wise or personal.
Patty: Whatever you'd like your superpower like that thing that you know that you are just really good at.
Madeleine: Oh let's get braggy. OK. Can I list two things?
Patty: Absolutely. Have at it.
Madeleine: OK. Well, I think something that I have realized that I am very good at is creating children. I have the most wonderful baby in the entire world. And I'm so proud of him and I'm proud of myself and my partner for making him. And. Yeah, I think that that is that's a gift.
Patty: Awesome.
Madeleine: Yeah yeah. So there's that. But I think that I'm also very good at building businesses. Yeah, I've created a business over the last couple of years called content refined.
And I think we've had our ups and our downs but I think that it's a pretty solid business and I've put a lot of hard work into you know procedural lies in it and creating systems and a strong foundation for my business. And I think that that is something that I'm pretty good at.
Patty: Which is fantastic and I was checking you're your website out content refined or comment. Leave that contentrefined.com and just the success that you had and the fact that they. Whoever they may be invited you to do a talk at a marketing conference in Bangkok Thailand in October 2017 Jean because of the entrepreneurial success.
So tell us about how did content refined come to be and why do you believe because at this point how long have you been in business. And I feel like it was a rocket ship to success.
Madeleine: Yeah it was pretty quick so at that point it had been; at that point in 2017 hadn't even been a year yet. It had been like ten months yeah. 10 Months.
Patty: So what do you think? I mean how did content refined come to be let start there.
Madeleine: Right. So content refined came to be because I decided to move from Toronto to a smaller town outside of Toronto called Collinwood.
And there wasn't like a whole ton of like job opportunity up here. It's very it's a very small town and unless you really know people and have connections up here you're probably not going to get like a mainstream job up here. They're women.
So I sort of had to put my entrepreneur's hat on and make some different connections and I ended up partnering up with a local guy here. And actually working for him originally to sort of create a marketing plan for his own portfolio of websites. So he was really into at the time he was really into you knowing the Amazon affiliate Web site world.
Patty: Right.
Madeleine: Yeah. So he just wanted to you know procedural lies the content creation for his for his portfolio but sites that he didn't have to really take care of it.
So he hired me to do that. And then once we got that system running we kind of wrapped those procedures in a little bow and called at Content refined and. And here we are today.
Patty: Interesting. Okay, so I've heard you say procedures and systems now a few times I feel like I'm hearing that that's yours. You're another one of your superpowers right. You just have this ability to make order out of an idea am I caption that correctly.
Madeleine: Yeah definitely.
Patty: And how did you what other experience or you're bringing is from I guess the prior work that you read into this situation that there just really was opportunistically perfect so that you created this connection with you your business partner and started this amazing business.
Madeleine: Yeah great question. So I originally had been working in Toronto at a small startup company so I started there from like the ground up. And I worked my way up to a pretty senior role there within a few years.
And so I was exposed to technology for the first time really and Business and Entrepreneurship for the first time because I was working right right in and I was like one of eight. In a new startup business so I was like definitely like an employee of that business.
But I was able to see how it worked. And the thing that really stood out to me was like the importance of creating processes and procedures in order to build the business and in order to scale properly.
Madeleine: And so I guess that's why I extracted that tidbit was was you know the importance of an org chart the importance of you know standard operating procedures so that you can really outsource that piece or hire somebody else to do that job so that you can focus on you know business growth initiatives which is what the CEO of my last company was really doing and he was really good at it.
So I think that that's where I sort of understood the importance of those things when it comes to business. And so when I came here and started my own thing with with my business partner John that's what was that's what really stood out to me and that's what enabled me to to build this business up to where it is now.
Patty: It's fantastic. You've. Have you heard of the book Rocket Fuel?
Madeleine: No I haven't.
Patty: OK. So you're still reminding me of this book because in rocket fuel he talks about the two critical elements for success and in business as a visionary and an integrator and the integrator as the one that's the genius you know keeps the wheels greased systems processes to make sure that visionary is a distinctly different role in which they're driving the bus to just to say okay here's where we want to take the business strategically.
So I feel like hearing what you have in your business plan to refine it off that you know both of those elements were probably the reason that you're so successful. And can we go to the success part of it the fact that you spoke at a conference within one year of being in business? We know the statistics that most small businesses fail certainly within the first year if not the first five years. So what do you think is the reason that you had this exponential success so soon?
Madeleine: Well I will give some credit to John my business partner had a really really big like. Following and like a list of contacts. So that was that was strategic. And. And we were really able to launch the service quickly to demographics that I, that we knew was going to be into the service offering.
Patty: And how did you know they were being in the service offering because it was a pain point that you had identified in these small business owners.
Madeleine: Yeah it was. It was a pain point but it was also like John ran this blog basically called How to Make Money Online. And so all of these people were or wanted to make money online and Content Marketing is like the key to that.
Patty: Well that's great. So with content creation being so important can you just speak to people maybe more solopreneurs that they have their small business there? Do you think it applies to everybody even brick and mortar businesses? Occupation strategy.
Madeleine: Yeah I definitely think that it's something that everybody who has a Web site or everybody who has a business that relies on you know Google traffic to get business should be doing some sort of online marketing and I might be a little biased because I run a content marketing agency
Grey but I do think content is king and I think that Google changes their algorithms all the time and over and over again we're seeing that they're looking for good quality content and that's what's going to basically rank your site or sink your site if you have crappy shitty content on your site. Google's got to figure that out pretty quickly and you're not going to be rewarded for it.
Patty: And what is deemed like crappy like what's crappy as opposed to something that is working really well that so few I mean the difference would be like oh I write my own blog post right. Right. What you guys bring to the table is their expertise's in knowing how the algorithm is changing like can you give some notes of why it's important to potentially outsource this to somebody else.
Madeleine: Definitely. So I can speak to it from my own experience actually. So I have my own like affiliate websites as well as like a bit of a side hobby. And at first, what I used to do is I would sort of do it the lazy way and I would essentially just think up of topics off the top of my head but I thought would be good for the website.
I would hire a bunch of like really really cheap freelancers not necessarily like native English speakers just like the cheapest I could I could get an article written for I would outsource those articles. I'd get them back. And I'd throw them on onto my website. Wouldn't necessarily really even edit just I and within my instructions I just like wanted them to sort of keyword stuff to the articles and I was just looking for a quick easy cheap solution.
And I I sort of sat back and waited and waited and waited and waited for my content to get like to get indexed and stuff and then I got I got a message from Google ads sometimes because I had applied for for Google ads to get put on my site and they said sorry we're like we're not going to grant you access to Google app sense because we don't think that the content on your website is strong. So I was like. OK. So. People are looking and people are definitely monitoring content and it's not about just an abundance of content with a.
A ton of keywords stuffed into the text. It's not about that anymore it's about quality. So later down the line when we did like a ton of research on content marketing and and really understood the algorithms and understood what-what Google wanted. We started building content around that. And so when I started applying that to my sites you know it really works required me to actually think about the content actually do a roadmap for like for your website.
Strategically do keyword research to see like how many search queries are being searched per month over certain topics. What what are related topics to that key term that you're trying to rank for all of those? Elements that are extremely important. Content marketing before before the content is even written. So there was that piece but then actually getting really strong writers who actually sit down and think about the content that they're writing and obviously these are going to be slightly higher paid writers and people that might even be experts in the field.
And then really focusing on like best practices for publishing your content because it's not just about sticking it into the back in the word like Word press and clicking clicking the publish button anymore you know it's about really optimizing content to make sure that that you're really incorporating all of the elements that are important to SEO and important. The Google algorithms into each piece of content.
Patty: My gosh it is so involved that I can see how it is. It's not as easy as oh let me just be inspired and write.
Madeleine: Totally
Patty: If you're doing it. If you're doing it as a hobby and I think that's a distinction that you're talking about are you doing it for a hobby or are you doing it to get the right eyeballs so that you can continue the conversation.
And before we started well before I hit the record button you were talking about a new exciting thing that you're offering in content refined which is a content upgrade which is a reason for what I call a pull strategy for people to engage with you even further.
Madeleine: Yes.
Patty: We would Love to hear about maybe a case study in a small business owner that was kind of questioning the value and then what you get back to the table what happened as a result to that person jumping.
Madeleine: Yeah absolutely. Well, we have we have a ton of case studies So in terms of the content creation case study so we had somebody approached us within the first few months that we actually launched the business and they said hey you know like I have this really awesome domain. There's not a whole a whole lot of traffic but I just bought the site and I want to make a return and then I want to sell the site.
So we took a look at it we think and at the time there was like zero traffic. They had like a few articles published they had a really great domain domain name had it it was great and like they really put a great theme on the on the WordPress site and it looks nice but it just didn't wasn't getting a lot of traffic. So what we did is we came up with a really robust plan.
I think he was doing 24000 more words of content a month. So about 24 articles a month. So that's like a pretty aggressive strategy like a very aggressive strategy.
And so we are prepared it and then we executed it and within eight months he was able he got. That he was at seventy-two thousand viewers per month on a site and he was able to turn around and sell his site for 150 grand in eight months. Yeah. So that was like crazy inspiring made us feel really good because were like Yes. It just helped to make a boatload of money.
So that was that was really great. And then in terms of the content upgrade stuff we had a client come to us and say hey is like hey I have a handful of articles that are on my site that just like aren't performing well anymore but they they really represent like 80 percent of my business and like I can't afford to have these articles slip. So we took them and we gave them like a content upgrade is what we call it.
So basically a facelift we like. Added a ton of content to it. So between like 500 and a thousand words of like content gap filling is what I call it. And then we added new links we made it a little little bit more relevant in terms of. Making it like a 2019 article rather than a 2016 article added new elements to them. And then we sort of hit re publish we saw like a 40 percent increase within a week. On his on his traffic, so that was really cool.
Patty: So that is something I've never thought about is refreshing or putting a facelift on maybe blog post that might have gotten some traffic. Once upon a time that it can be done again with a service like I have never even heard of that that is so smart.
Madeleine: It's honestly so effective because we don't think that you need to sort of rewrite articles on on keywords that you've already targeted like if you've already targeted that just yet upgrade it refresh it.
Make it relevant to today because Google's always looking for relevancy. If it's a 2016 article it's not going to get the same kind an attraction as the 2019 article it needs to stay current.
It just needs to make like you just need to make sure that your content is still like energized and you're still getting energy sort of around that piece of content and if it's gone slot and if it hasn't been touched in years then circle back and see and pull some data and see like how-how you're ranking where you were ranking a year ago. If those rankings have slept then time to time to refresh.
Patty: That is super smart. So then how long have you how long has content refined going around.
Madeleine: We've been around for like two and half years now.
Patty: That's amazing and where do you see the next three years how big you want to build that site. What's your vision?
Madeleine: I would love to. My vision is to. Oh, that's a great question. I would love. To be at a point where we have liked an established presence in our community that we're not only doing stuff online but we're also doing things in in our community for local clients.
I would love to see our revenue increase. I'd like to be at around 150 K in like monthly recurring revenue which would be sort of a goal within the next five years. And I would just like content refined to be like unknown content marketing company and for people to have faith in our services. And I want us. To be known as like a quality content service provider.
Patty: Now there's some.
Madeleine: Yeah there are lots of people who produce content like there are lots of lots of companies out there that produce content. We. Like to differentiate ourselves or ourselves from those other like businesses by really putting an effort into understanding the changes in an online marketing.
We pull so many are we yeah we pull together so many data analysis studies on like what are the ranking factors when you're creating content like what do you have to incorporate in your content. Make sure that you're going to rank with certainty.
And so we're refreshing those those data analysis says study studies all the time just to make sure that we're incorporating the best practices that are like current best practices.
Patty: So out of curiosity if somebody said OK I want to implement a content strategy on my blog site just to keep things currents. The best practice adhering to the best practices what any what is the recommendation like.
One blog post a week or is it a month like what would be the minimum that someone will have to do so even be seen as relevant in Google's sizes. And I know that's a loaded question. But you said you know best practices.
Madeleine: Yes certainly a lot of question. It totally depends on like what kind of site you're you have if it's like an if it's a personal blog. I would say you know maybe one a week if it's like an affiliate like marketing website I would say like between 12 and 20 articles a month.
So it depends on the purpose. I guess if you're looking to you know rank for a huge variety of different keywords in a specific niche then I would hit it with aggression and and really pump that content out. If you're a little bit more specific in terms of in terms of brand and in terms of in terms of what your goals are then I would I would do it. Yeah probably once a week so for tickles a month.
Patty: All right. Well OK. And that is obviously something that carbs or refined come up with. Definitely, it could do that because it is you thinking like wow I know that I want to focus on what I'm doing and my business and the writing side of it it's not necessarily something that I love. I would do it but it would just be a labor of love
Oh my god, I have to write you know images becomes really cumbersome for me personally it's not natural. And so knowing that that could be altered in a way that represents and is brand with my personality and that whole thing I think that's phenomenal.
Madeleine: Yeah.
Patty: Gives you the. Ok cool. I'm doing what has it done in order for me to remain consistent irrelevant online. So it just makes so much sense.
Madeleine: Definitely. And I think that the way I see it is that yeah for sure you could sit down and write your own content if you wanted. But like how much and like no disrespect to writers writers have like the the one of the hardest jobs for sure.
No disrespect to writers but like as an entrepreneur and as like a business owner like how much is your timer's. And you know is it better spent working on other things that are going to grow the business. And yeah just other things that that are more worth your time.
Patty: Very well stated. All right. So you've had tremendous success with what you're doing. What do you believe is the reason that you are successful?
Madeleine: Honestly and I hope that like other millennials are listening to this. But like hard work and work ethic, there's a man that has been drilled into me since I was a kid and I think that unfortunately. I have come I'm a millennial and I've come across many others and work ethic just isn't something that's like emphasized and I don't think in our upbringing.
And it has been a huge source of frustration in terms of hiring in terms of in terms of running a business where you rely on. Millennials to sort of run things smoothly. But yes work ethic work hard. If you work hard you can play hard. And and I think that yeah work ethic. MAN.
Patty: Yeah and paint a picture of your dad and your mom. Yeah. Own a business. How do you? Because I don't believe that there's real balance but how do you maneuver it all.
Madeleine: Yeah so I have taken the last well from June to January. I took a lot of time off my business and dedicated at that time to my new little human. And I thought that was really important. And I really wanted to be able to do that. And I'm very happy that I did.
But now he's a little bit older. He goes to daycare three days a week. And so I'm in the office three days a week. But then on the other four days, I find time to make it work. Without it, it's really hard to to. It's really hard to be in a position where you know that if you're focusing too much on your business then you're maybe neglecting your baby a little bit.
But if you're neglecting. But then yeah it's like you don't want. You don't want to be in a position where you have to sacrifice one or the other. So finding the balance is really challenging. But we make it work you know like if if I have to work six hours after he goes to bedtime or after bedtime then that's what I'll do. You know if I if I have to squeeze in work while he's napping in them that's what I'll do. You know and I think just setting your priorities straight. You know I think you can probably really sympathize with this.
But like when you have a small baby at home and other things start to pile up like dishes and laundry and all that stuff and that to do list for me either get outsourced. So like I hired a cleaning lady. That's what I need to do. You know and. And. Yeah. So that's how I sort of prioritize things I really outsource what I can and and focus on the really important things which are first my baby and second my business.
Patty: I love that I love it and it's so true. It's a prioritization and then really looking at the tasks and the things that you're doing and outsourcing them which I think I don't know some women I was completely AFAM.I'm like I'm sure you would be superwoman and then what happens is adrenal fatigue happens you know totally like you're trying to do it all and it just doesn't make sense.
So keeping an inventory of the things that you do and saying can be outsourced probably for 15 or 20 bucks an hour. And then that way I am more focused on spending the time with my family or going to love my husband. The fact is we have the luxury to make and create our own schedules which is such a luxury.
Madeleine: Such a luxury.
Patty: In the corporate world. You know it was like working on you know on the clock and asking for permission to go on vacation is so crazy now thinking about it. And so with that luxury, you still have to have a schedule like you have to.
It's really interesting because some people and I'm going back to your hard work ethic comment. Yeah. Some people think I'm out of work for myself and then they're going to yoga and they're hanging out with friends that going to lunch and it's like OK.
Madeleine: I wish.
Patty: You're now working right. You really have to keep inventory and had this discipline.
Patty: Working really consistent and honoring that Company because it's your own business you know if you're slacking you're not slacking at the job your slacking
You know in your own business it's just hurting you definitely it doesn't really understand where you're coming from with that comment.
Madeleine: And you know what. I'm not going to I'm not going to lie. I struggled with it hard when we were first like launching the business because I got into this like vicious vicious cycle where I put like dollar signs on every single thing I did because my time represented my income.
And so that drove me honestly within the first year to be probably a workaholic and it wasn't healthy and I needed to sort of find some find a better balance and I worked hard on doing that. But it got to a point where like going to the gym for me is something I've always loved doing and then it's just like part of my life.
And during that year it would stress me out when I was at the gym because I was like oh my god this is like two hours of my time. How much money is that worth? You know it's always been like really analytical about it. And it wasn't probably healthy and it was definitely like an obsessive-compulsive thing for sure you get for my mental health.
But I think recognizing that taking a step back and and being able to to realize that that was happening was important. And then you know work to sort of rebalancing that was important.
Patty: I think that's a really healthy assessment. I went through the same day where I just branched off on my own after being a business partnership and like I have to work twice as hard. Not necessarily. I really let go of the self-care aspect and that's so crazy because you have to focus on self-care first in order to bring the right kind of energy and focus into your day.
I'm not a millennial I'm a Gen X ers so it even more so because it's like the focus goes by the wayside if I don't take care of the self-care anyway. It's a whole balancing act and the thing is is that one of the things I see is the habits and the discipline and consistency versus thinking you have to like grind grind grind really hard to get really fastening of that.
It's a nuanced shift at least for me where I'm starting now I'm starting I really made a commitment to just kind of re-engineer my day reengineer like compartmentalizing my calls compartmentalizing my free time really honoring that I'm not going to take calls on on Saturday and Sunday right. Send me a Baxter it'll be ok like this. Yeah. I am not calling If I don't answer the Baxter ten minutes after it's somebody send a box like its.
Madeleine: Totally.
Patty: But you have to literally be about like what am I doing is just burning me out. And what is a return on your energy? That's the way I see it now where it's been really really helpful.
Madeleine: One hundred percent 100 percent. And I think that like all of these apps that are meant to be like really helpful and useful in breaking down like can be communication barriers like like Slack and all those things like
I had just delete slack off my phone because I was like my clients cannot have access to me at 2:00 in the morning. Like that's just not OK anymore. And so so yeah establishing barriers and boundaries and stuff is really important or else you're going to work yourself.
Patty: Exactly what. True that.
Patty: All right. So a couple more questions. What is a personal development or growth habit that you have?
Madeleine: Ooh personal development or growth habit that I have. That's a great question. Let me think about this one. Oh. Research. I do a ton of research all the time and it's something that I enjoy doing because I like learning. But it also allows me to apply my new knowledge to my business. And so I I really like doing research.
So right now I'm doing research on like paid traffic for like paid paid advertising online. That's something that we haven't really dipped our toes much into because we haven't really needed to but now we are getting to a point in the business where we should probably start doing that because most businesses do. And so, of course, I'm going to hire somebody to do it for us. But I want to understand it a little bit first. And I want to understand it enough to hire the right person so that I think is is my my business or my development personal development habit. I guess it's more of a professional.
Patty: It's a growth habit.
Patty: Like you're thinking ahead in terms of OK what do we need or what other talents you need to bring in. And so you're learning and deep diving so nobody can tell you oh you should look for that because I know I'm going to learn enough to be dangerous and how to make the right decision for my business.
Madeleine: Exactly exactly.
Patty: Totally.
Madeleine: So I don't need to know exactly how to do it myself. Like if I buy played with it long enough I'm sure I'd figure it out. But I want to know enough exactly to equip myself to make the best decisions for the business.
Patty: Fantastic. All right Madeleine, after all, is said and done what do you want your legacy to be.
Madeleine: Oh my legacy. That's a great question. So basically if when I die what do I want people to remember me.
Patty: It's an interesting question because when I ask a Gen Xer a baby boomer they're like my legacy could it when I've asked somebody who was in their 30's or late 20's. It's a very different answer. So I'm really curious. Yeah like coming from a millennial lens what were you thinking about legacy?
Madeleine: I would love. For my children to remember me. As. a badass fun mom who did everything with them. Who is there, there are soccer games. Who is there? You know they're like dance recitals. Who is the present? I want them to remember that I want to be so present in their lives. And I also want them to remember me as a badass businesswoman and I want them to. Inherit greatness from this business.
Patty: Beautiful. And so it will be Madeleine. Taylor thank you so much. How did people find out more about content refined how to connect with your business if they are looking for content.
Patty: For their own business.
Madeleine: Yeah for sure. So people can either email me directly at Maddie MADDIE maddie@contentrefined.com or they can go to www.contentrefined.com. To check out more about our services. And what we do or. If you are not at the point where you want to outsource content and but you just want like know how to write really great content.
I actually have a page it's a podcast special page where you can go in and put in the code the code is PODCAST all in caps and you can actually download our article write in SOP's. So those are a gift to you guys. If that's the direction you want to go or if you want to check out any of our or try out any of our packages. You can get 20 percent off month one in put in a podcast as your coupon code on upon check out.
Patty: Oh fantastic. OK, so this will be shown up so you're not going to miss any day and how to connect with Madeleine or maddie@contentrefined.com and then the generous 20 percent off which just fantastic.
So thank you so much for being on her legacy her it's truly been an honor. I love what you're doing and I think it's absolutely super. It's just awesome.
Madeleine: Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. It's been a pleasure.
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The missionary concern of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand has always been an important aspect of its life. In the matter of missionary work among the Maori people the Presbyterian Church was late in the field, and when it did begin, its activities coincided with a difficult period in Maori-Pakeha relations. The first Presbyterian missionary to the Maoris was the Rev. James Duncan, a minister of the Reformed Church of Scotland. In 1843 he began work in the Manawatu district but, while he laboured faithfully, no results of his work remain in the form of stable Maori congregations. Constructive work began with the appointment of H. J. Fletcher to the Taupo district in 1889, followed by the opening of further work in the Urewera and King Country. In 1905 the Turakina Maori Girls' School was established, the first of a number of schools and hostels which the Presbyterian Church has established for the welfare of the Maori people. Outstanding Presbyterian workers among the Maoris have been the Very Rev. J. G. Laughton and a number of dedicated women. Significant developments in recent years in Maori work have been the constitution in 1952 of the Maori Synod, the establishment at Whakatane of a Maori Theological College, and the extension of work to city areas where large numbers of Maoris are now living.
The New Hebrides was the first overseas mission field of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. In 1868 the Rev. William Watt went to the islands as the representative of the Northern Church and in 1869 the Rev. Peter Milne followed as the representative of the Southern Church. The mission has developed into the self-governing Presbyterian Church of the New Hebrides.
The second field was in South China (Canton Villages). The work in this field grew out of the contacts made by the Rev. Alexander Don with Chinese gold diggers in Central Otago. Don's friendly ministrations resulted in the opening of the closed villages of Canton to the Rev. George McNeur, the first of a notable band of missionaries who represented the New Zealand Church in South China for well-nigh half a century until the tides of communism made it necessary for them, in the interests of the Chinese Church, to withdraw. A few of the South China missionaries continued to serve in the British colony of Hong Kong.
The third field was opened in the Punjab, India, in 1909, when Dr W. J. Porteous began medical work in Jagadhri. This mission, which includes evangelistic and educational activities as well as medical, is now part of the United Church of North India.
Further extension of the missionary outreach of the New Zealand Church occurred in 1957 when the General Assembly decided to assist the Church of West Java by providing two missionaries (a minister and a doctor) and in 1959 when a decision was made to cooperate with the London Missionary Society in Papua (New Guinea).
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How to cite this page: 'Missionary Outreach', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.

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UFC 249 Ferguson vs. Gaethje (ursprungligen Khabib vs. Ferguson) var den fjärde MMA-galan i ordningen som suspenderades av UFC på grund av Coronaviruspandemin. Det var dock inte den sista galan att ställas in, då utlåtandet från UFC löd:

Det här var den gala av UFC:s redan planerade galor som Dana White kämpade längst med för att få till stånd trots rådande pandemi.

Bakgrund
En mästerskapsmatch i lättvikt mellan regerande mästaren Chabib Nurmagomedov och utmanaren, före detta interimmästaren Tony Ferguson var planerad som huvudmatch. Detta var den femte gången de två planerats att mötas. De tidigare fyra försöken (TUF 22 finalen, UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans, UFC 209 och UFC 223) har samtliga ställts in. Det här, det femte, fick i sin tur ställas in på grund av coronapandemin och de därpå följande reserestriktionerna i Ryssland som låste fast Chabib hemma i Dagestan.

Måndag 6 april meddelade Dana White att Chabib ersatts av Justin Gaethje och matchen nu gällde interimbältet.

Ändringar
En tungviktsmatch mellan Sjamil Abdurachimov och Ciryl Gane var planerad till galan, men 5 mars meddelades det att Gane tvingats dra sig ur efter att ha drabbats av lungkollaps på ett av sina träningspass.

MMAjunkie berättade 4 april att Lyman Good tvingats dra sig ur sin match mot Belal Muhammad på grund av en skada, men de visste däremot inget om en eventuell ersättare.

TSN-journalisten Aaron Bronsteter meddelade 6 april via twitter att Islam Machatjev inte kommer kunna vara med på kortet, men hans motståndare Alexander Hernandez fortfarande förväntas vara med på kortet men med en ny motståndare.

Tisdag 7 april meddelades det uppdaterade kortet och det löd som visas nedan.

Ett returmöte mellan Magomed Ankalaev och Ion Cuțelaba var planerad till denna gala efter att det tidigare mötet stoppades kontroversiellt efter bara 38 sekunder i den första ronden vid UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo 29 februari 2020. Men på det uppdaterade kortet som offentliggjordes 7 april fanns matchen inte längre med.

Rose Namajunas drog sig ur andra huvudmatchen mot Jéssica Andrade rapporterade ESPN 9 april 2020.  lät Andrades manager meddela då. De hade redan rest till USA för att undvika problem med flygrestriktioner och ville inte ha gjort resan och campet i onödan.

Namajunas manager lät senare meddela att Namajunas dragit sig ur matchen på grund av två dödsfall i familjen, båda coronavirusanknutna.

Coronavirusutbrottet
Galan var ursprungligen planerad att hållas i New York, men 12 mars lät guvernören Andrew Cuomo meddela att sportevenemang och andra sammankomster med fler än 500 deltagare förbjudits på grund av coronapandemin. Som ett svar på det skickade UFC:s president Dana White 16 mars ett brev till sina anställda där han meddelade dem att galan "fortfarande låg kvar som planerat, men att platsen kunde komma att ändras". Den 18 mars lät NYSAC (New York State Athletic Commission) meddela att galan inte skulle komma att sanktioneras i Brooklyn, New York. Ett par dagar senare, 23 mars, lät White meddela att han redan funnit en ny plats att hålla galan. Han berättade inte var, bara att den skulle komma att hållas inför tomma läktare.

Chabib fast i Ryssland
Den 30 mars sa Chabib själv på Instagram att han var fast i Dagestan och på grund av reserestriktioner inte skulle kunna åka till UFC 249. Men han sa även att UFC skulle fortsätta med galan oavsett om han kunde vara med på kortet eller inte.

Inställt
Efter påtryckningar från ESPN, Disney och Kaliforniens guvernör Gavin Newsom valde till slut UFC:s president Dana White 10 april 2020, bara åtta dagar innan den var tänkt att gå av stapeln, att officiellt ställa in galan.

Nytt datum, nytt kort, ny plats
Den 24 april 2020 gick UFC ut med meddelandet att UFC 249 återigen var bokat. Nu med ett nytt datum, nytt kort och en ny plats. Som en del av avtalet med Florida State Boxing Commission bestämdes det att UFC 249 och de två efterföljande galorna skulle sändas inför tomma läktare.

Ändringar nya kortet
Jacaré Souza skulle ha mött Uriah Hall i en mellanviktsmatch. Båda atleterna vägde in, men efter invägningen testade Jacaré och två från hans hörna positivt för corona så matchen fick strykas även om galan i sig fortfarande kommer att gå av stapeln.

Invägning
Vid invägningen UFC strömmade via Youtube vägde utövarna följande:

Resultat

Bonusar
Följande MMA-utövare fick bonusar om 50 000 USD vardera:
Fight of the Night: Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje
Performance of the Night: Justin Gaethje och Francis Ngannou

Se även
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Noter

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Магнитната глава е компонент на магнетофона, запаметяващите устройства с магнитна лента, твърдите дискове и на флопидисковите устройства в компютрите. Тя изпълнява двупосочни функции: преобразува електрическия информационен сигнал в магнитен поток, с който се намагнитва покритието на дисковия носител (операция запис), както и обратно – преобразува измененията на магнитния поток на носителя в електрически информационен сигнал (операция четене).

Конструкция на магнитната глава

Във флопидисково устройство
Основният конструктивен елемент на главата е (магнитопровод) – пръстеновидна сърцевина от магнитен материал с процеп, запълнен с немагнитен материал. Върху магнитопровода е разположена бобина, съставена от две противоположно навити полунамотки, съединени в единия си край в обща точка, която обикновено е свързана към общата (маса) на електронния блок за запис/четене.

В твърд диск
Тук има три пръстеновидни магнитопровода: един основен за запис и четене и два допълнителни за т.нар. тунелно изтриване на записаната пътечка. Трите магнитопровода са споени посредством специално стъкло към керамичен плъзгач. Със стъкло са запълнени и техните процепи, като по този начин е фиксирана широчината им. Върху магнитопроводите за тунелно изтриване е разположена обща намотка. Протичащият през нея постоянен ток възбужда постоянни по посока и големина магнитни потоци в тях. Именно тези потоци, отклонени от процепите на двата магнитопровода през покритието на диска, извършват тунелното изтриване.

Принцип на работа

При запис
В моментите на постъпване на всеки информационен импулс в електронните схеми протича токов сигнал. Токовете възбуждат в магнитопровода противоположни магнитни потоци и тъй като процепът е с голямо магнитно съпротивление, по-голямата част от магнитния поток се отклонява и преминава през покритието на диска, като го намагнитва с определена полярност. По този начин върху повърхността на въртящия се диск се оформя записана информационна пътечка. Полярността на всяка намагнитена зона от пътечката се определя от посоката на магнитния поток.

Дължината на намагнитените зони зависи правопропорционално от честотата, с която изменя посоката си този поток, и обратно пропорционално от скоростта на движение на носителя в областта, лежаща под процепа. Тази дължина определя надлъжната информационна плътност. Дискетите се характеризират с голяма надлъжна плътност на информацията, която в някои модели достига до 466 бита/ мм. Това се дължи на високата честота на записвания сигнал, малката линейна скорост на въртящия се диск и малкия диаметър на пътечката.

При четене
При четене на информацията полето на намагнитените зони на информационната пътечка индуцира в намотките на главата електродвижеща сила (наричана още електродвижещо напрежение, е.д.н.), която е пропорционална на скоростта на изменение на магнитния поток на носителя и обратна по знак на тази скорост. Индуцираното е.д.н. ще бъде най-голямо когато абсолютната стойност на скоростта на изменение на потока има максимум. Това става при промяна на знака на магнитния поток, т.е. там, където има записана информация. От този сигнал след подходяща обработка се формират импулси, които съответстват на записаните върху носителя данни.

Характеристики
Статичните характеристики на главата са: индуктивност и активно съпротивление на намотките, резонансна честота при определен капацитивен товар, изолационно съпротивление, допустима асиметрия на двете полунамотки на запис/четене.
Към динамичните характеристики на главата спадат: амплитуда на прочетения сигнал, разделителна (разрешаваща) способност, ток на запис (големина и форма на токовия импулс).

Използвани материали
Изискванията към материала на магнитопровода на главата са две: да има голяма магнитна проницаемост, за да се получава по-голяма амплитуда на прочетения от нея сигнал, и голяма индукция на насищане. Ако тези изисквания не са изпълнени, в режим на запис плътността на магнитния поток нараства силно в областта на процепа, тъй като той има много малко сечение и магнитопроводът в тази област може да се насити, което ще причини изкривяване на сигнала. По-голямата индукция на насищане дава възможност да бъде намалена още повече дълбочината на процепа, т.е. площта на магнитопровода, което увеличава магнитното му съпротивление и намалява по този начин разсеяния поток през тази област.

Качествата на магнитната глава зависят силно от типа на използвания в нея ферит. В главите за ЗУГМД се използват никел-цинкови ферит и манган-цинков ферит, който е с много по-добри магнитни и физически характеристики. Чувствителността на манган-цинковата глава при възпроизвеждане е с 40% по-голяма.

Видове магнитни глави
От функционална гледна точка главите се делят на:
 глави за запис;
 глави за четене;
 изтриващи глави;
 комбинирани глави;

Тези глави трябва да имат минимални загуби при честотите, при които ще се работи, т.е. тока на запис бързо да може да нараства и да намалява. Намотката трябва да има ниска индуктивност. Това се постига с малък брой намотки. Обикновено бобината се изпълнява от биполярен проводник, като краищата на двете полунамотки се свързват. Чрез пропускане на ток през едната полунамотка се създава отпечатък с една ориентация. При преминаване на тока през втората полунамотка се създава отпечатък с ориентация на магнитното поле обратно на първия.
За да се получи отпечатък с минимална дължина е необходимо размерите L и a да са минимални.
L – ширина на процепа;
а – ½ от контактната повърхност между глава и носител;

Глави за четене
При тях една част от пълния магнитен поток създаден от намагнитен участък се затваря през четяща намотка и индуцира електродвижеща сила в нея. Загубите зависят от разстоянието между магнитопровода и носителя и от качеството на магнитопровода. Амплитудата на индуцираната електродвижеща сила може да се увеличи с увеличаване на броя на намотките на четящата бобина.

Комбинирани глави
Те обединяват функциите на записваща и четяща глава (при магнитните дискове). При тези глави намотката е една, съставена от две полунамотки и изпълнява ролята и на записваща и на четяща.

Изтриващи глави
Приличат на записващите, но създават изтриващо магнитно поле, което може да бъде променливотоково и постоянно токово.

От конструктивна гледна точка различаваме:
 магнитни глави за контактен запис – при тях запис и четене се извършват при непосредствен контакт между глава и носител. Като основен недостатък може да се посочи факта, че при непосредствен контакт има триене между движещия се носителя и главата и съответно ограничение на скоростта на въртене на носителя;
 магнитни глави за безконтактен запис – при тях скоростите на запис и четене са големи, защото няма триене.

Външни препратки
 The PC Guide: Принцип на действие на записващо-четяща глава
 IBM Research: GMR introduction, animations
 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies: Материали за производство на записващи глави

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This weekend was a busy but very fun weekend. It was one of those weekends that is good for your soul.
On Friday night I had a spontaneous night of a few wines and some pizza with some very good friends and a couple of their friends that I'd never met before. It wasn't a late night but it was great.
Yesterday morning started very early for a photo shoot of a very hot man with a ridiculous body who was also great fun to work with. Stay tuned for the first half of those photos to be released next weekend. Then I was the marriage celebrant at the wedding of some friends and had another great night celebrating. Today we all caught up for a post wedding pub lunch.
In between all of that I've binge watched the new season of Queer Eye and cried happy tears a lot. So it's been one hell of a weekend.
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At Mary's Farm & Sanctuary near Goldstream Park, you'll find time and space to slow down and "just be" in the peaceful presence of the horses. Rostad has over 25 years of insight and wisdom as a horsewoman, an educator and a mindfulness teacher. During your one-hour equine guided learning session, staff will facilitate your personal interactive experience with the horses — sessions are one hour and are unique to each person and also unique to any given day.
Did you know that Bon Macaron Patisserie hosts hands-on macaron classes? Owners Yann Fougere and David Boetti — both native Frenchmen — show you everything from how to make the shells and fillings to different decorating techniques. The three-hour classes are held approximately twice a month, but private group classes can also be arranged.
Bon Macaron offers 50 sweet flavours and along with standby favourites, such as Triple Chocolate and Crème Brûlée, seasonal flavours are available in December. Think Candy Cane, Gingerbread and Mulled Wine. Everyone leaves with 30 to 40 macarons in several different flavours — whether to eat or to gift is up to you.
Owls, such as Arktos the Great Horned Owl, are in the spotlight this fall and winter at The Raptors.
Forget partridges and turtle doves — get yourself to The Raptors in Duncan for an interactive experience with a variety of birds of prey. You will get closer than you ever imagined to eagles, hawks, owls and falcons. Time your visit around the daily flying demonstrations, held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday thru Sunday, during November and December. The centre will also be running its popular Close Encounter experience, where you'll get to hang out with several species of raptors on your glove.
"It's a great time of year to do it because the sessions aren't as busy," says operations manager Robyn Radcliffe.
Plan for a late lunch at the Crow & Gate English Pub. This hidden gem — complete with pegged beam and plaster, and open stonework fireplaces — offers traditional nosh and pints. Do save room for the Christmas pudding with rum sauce. Time the trip back to see the Festival of Lights in Ladysmith. The six-week affair is in its 30th year and sees Ladysmith's downtown sparkling with over 200,000 twinkling holiday lights. The Festival of Lights runs from November 30 until the first Sunday in January and its kick-off festivities, complete with a craft fair, spaghetti dinner, parade, fireworks and the official Light Up, is considered a destination event, drawing thousands from around the province.
Do your holiday traditions include family downtime over a massive jigsaw puzzle? Consider upping the ante with an escape-room experience, a live game that utilizes puzzles, riddles and codes hidden throughout a locked room. You and your companions will be required to think creatively and cooperatively to solve the game, find the key and escape the room. Don't worry about the scare factor: Epic Escape's two puzzling scenarios (a small NY apartment or a Mississippi State Prison cell) are terror free and don't use startle tactics. If board games are more your speed, do check out the Interactivity Board Game Cafe. With over 500 games, it's a great spot to try a new one.
The Butchart Garden skating rink, pictured here, with its twinkling lights, is open from December 1 to January 6. Bear Mountain also features a skating rink from November 25 to January 8.
Have you ever found yourself watching Olympic curling and thinking, "That looks easy!"? Well, here's your chance to see how you'd actually fare. The Victoria Curling Club (VCC) will be hosting monthly drop-in Blender Nights, perfect for beginners or those who want to check the sport out.
"It's four ends of fun, beer and a live band playing upstairs," says Paul Dixon, the club's general manager.
The VCC is also home to the BC Scotties this January, when the best women curlers in the province come to Victoria to compete for the right to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships. The event is expected to inspire more locals to take up the sport, and Dixon says the rink will start a mini "Learn To Curl" program in mid-January.
If you're looking to warm up those bones, get yourself to Red Hot Swing's weekly Saturday-night social and strut your stuff on the dance floor in the Bert Richman Building at the Gordon Head Rec Centre. Each social includes a drop-in beginner lesson that will have you dancing in no time — no partner or experience required. (Organizers do recommend bringing your sense of humour.) Following the lesson, there's jazz music for dancing the night away. A live band makes an appearance on the last Saturday of every month, and other weeks feature a DJ spinning toe-tapping tunes, perfect to show off your newfound skills in the Lindy hop, Charleston, Balboa and Collegiate Shag.
The Christmas Craft Beer Show (held at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on December 1 and 2) was established with the belief that beer should be enjoyed any time of the year — it's not just about a cold glass of suds on a hot day. This hoppy celebration brings together all the fantastic local microbreweries to share their seasonal offerings, such as Hoyne's Gratitude Winter Warmer and Vancouver Island Brewery's Hermannator Ice Bock. Your admission ticket gets you a souvenir sample cup and lanyard, a program and a couple of beer tokens to get you started.
There is much to celebrate about Victoria's new rep as a capital of cool (Vogue said so!) and a big part of that is its rich cocktail culture. Experience downtown's holiday splendour by assembling your crew for a self-guided cocktail tour — to be undertaken in one night or over several; choose your speed. Start at the new kid on the block, Foxtrot Tango Whisky Bar, and soak up its speakeasy vibe as you imbibe an After School Snack, an Averna and rootbeer cocktail served in a vintage milk jug, with chocolate chip cookies and a comic in a vintage lunch box.
Next up is the familiar comfort and elegance of Clive's Classic Lounge. Warm up over a Zhivago's Toddy, a hot concoction of brandy and Silk Road's Jewel of India Black Tea. At Little Jumbo, cozy up and stay on season with a blended Scotch Corduroy and Cable Knit cocktail. Finish up with the impressive harbour views from the Q Bar, where the purple-hued Empress Gin 1908 gives their 1908 cocktail a colourful makeover.
The camaraderie and tranquility of a beach bonfire can be savoured year-round and is made even better in the winter by the lack of crowds. Pack a bag of marshmallows and a thermos of hot cider, put on your hiking shoes and head to Mystic Beach. This is considered one of the area's most scenic beaches and even features a small waterfall that cascades from the sheer cliff above. To make your firepit, set a circle of stones around a small, shallow pit in the sand and create a teepee of driftwood and logs around a centre of smaller twigs (and any starter material you may have, such as paper). When the party is over, be sure to douse the fire with water and cover all the ashes with sand.
Whether it's with your true love, your entire family, a group of local friends or visitors from out of town, pick your adventure and get out of the house this holiday season. Hey, it's a long winter; why not try all 12?


Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. When we forget to wash our hands, or don't wash our hands correctly, we can spread these germs to other people.
That's why Intermountain is spreading the word about handwashing as the single most important means of preventing the spread of respiratory infection like colds, coughs, and flu. Even the spread of intestinal infections can be controlled by good hand washing habits.
It's like a nice hot shower for your fingers.
They deserve it after all the hard work they've done.
Just image it's always dinnertime.
Sorry if that sounded like your mother.
What, were your hands raised in a barn?
Don't make us get out the fire hose.
It'll make biting your nails far more sanitary.
What, do we need to get some of those froofy, turtle-shaped soaps?
Germ tyranny must be stopped.
Unless you're up for the "Grimiest Fingers in Utah" award.
Help us make germs an endangered species.
Going green is good, just not on your hands.
It does wonders for your cuticles.
Think of it as your homage to the cleanliness gods.
Or else we let aliens take you away.


I am constantly on the look out for 'the' perfect foundation for my skin that doesn't cost a fortune. I have used the likes of Estee Lauder Double Wear (£31.00), which I adore, and Bobbi Brown Long Wear (£34.00), which again I adore, but as both of them over £30.00 a bottle I find myself not wanting to use them for normal everyday wear.
I have seen a lot of reviews and adverts for L'Oreal foundations recently so I thought I would give them a whirl and see if any of them suit my skin as they are all reasonably priced at around the £10.00 mark and they are usually on offer in shops such a Boots and Superdrug.
So I picked up three from the range; True Match Super Blendable Foundation, Infallible Total Cover Foundation and Infallible Stay Fresh Foundation 24H. Now I know everyone has different skin and different foundation formulas don't agree with everyone but if you have skin like mine the below summaries may be useful.
My skin has changed a lot as I have got older, it's generally very oily however I am prone to dry patches too, just to be difficult, and I also have red patches so I need a full coverage foundation which doesn't feel too heavy or cakey as I don't want it to feel like my pores are clogged up!
"L'Oreal's #1 foundation - a velvety formula matches your skin's unique tone and texture, for a true to skin finish: flawless, blendable, and never fake. Whilst your skin tone is visible on the surface and can alter through the seasons, your skin undertones are determined at a deeper level, they are part of your skin and never change. Each complexion has its own undertone: pink (cool), neutral or golden (warm), so you can now find a match that's true to you."
I like this foundation, it's easy to apply as it has a very thin consistency and it feels very light on the skin. The coverage is light to medium so would suit me better when I am having a good skin day. It lasted well but I did start to notice patches after a few hours so I needed to top up with some powder. I imagine this will be a great foundation for the summer when I don't feel I more of a full coverage. This would definitely suit dry skin as it feels very moisturising to apply and wear however for oily skin you will definitely need to use a good powder with it as a top up.
"Discover Infallible Total Cover Foundation for a flawless, full coverage base that lasts up to 24 hours. The zero compromise, camouflage formula covers everything from blemishes, redness and tattoos without the overload, while the matte finish leaves you with an even, shine-free base. No compromise. No transfer. No overload"
Yes, yes, yes! This is what I was looking and hoping for however it won't be for everyone! This foundation is thick in consistency but when applying it it almost has a mousse like feel and doesn't feel heavy on my skin once it's applied. The coverage is brilliant, definitely full coverage as L'Oreal promise and it is very long lasting. As I am typing this I am still wearing it after applying it at 9am this morning, so 7hrs later, and it still looks great and I haven't had to top up with powder as my oil is minimal - bonus!
"High coverage longwear foundation that hides the appearance of fatigue and blemishes. Now with Hydrating Hyaluron Comlex the 24H non-stop formula is touch-proof and stays fresh for lasting comfort."
This foundation I had high hopes for but unfortunately it is the one I will be least likely to go to. I am presuming this is designed for dry skin as this foundation made my skin extremely oily, embarrassingly oily if I am honest! The coverage is good but doesn't last that long, probably because it made my skin so oily it just slipped right off! If you have dry skin then I would give this a go as I can imagine it being very moisturising but if you have oily skin like me, stay away from this one!
I will definitely continue to use 2 out of 3 of the foundations (True Match and Infallible Total Cover) but overall I really love the Infallible Total Cover as it ticks all the boxes for me - long lasting, full coverage, light on my skin and doesn't make it oily! For a bargain price of £9.99 this is definitely a great everyday foundation for me.
Have you ever tried any of these foundations or do you have any high street recommendations?
thanks for this - I am always after a new wonder foundation and haven't tried any of these. They all look good!
I use the loreal Infallable one and love it! One of the best foundations iv used and thats counting the higher end foundations.
The L'Oreal Infallible Total Cover Foundation sounds perfect. My foundation is running low so this might be my next buy.
Sounds like some good foundation, too bad one of them made your skin a bit oily!
I always struggle to find the perfect foundation. Between my skin tone and my oily skin!
I just realised I can't remember the last time I actually wore foundation. Having very dry, pale skin makes it a nightmare to find a good one so I stopped bothering.
Im not happy with my foundation at the moment - use a maybelline one and it's quite chalky! It sounds like I have the same skin type as you so will look out for the Infallible one next time I'm out shopping!
Needed this!! I have true match and the magic cushioned one, but was tempted by infallable. Will getting that today!
I sometimes struggle with some brands and colour matching. These look like great quality.
The shades look good on you. I doubt they would have a shade for me. I use MAC and Estée Lauder.
I'm always struggling to find the perfect foundation (and I can see by the comments that I'm not the only one!) I was really interested in your review on the true match as I really struggled to enjoy this foundation :( I just don't use it as much now cause it's so hard to find a decent one at good price!


There are three concerts coming up this month in Dearborn, Michigan where the DSO, under the direction of Kypros Markou, will perform 'Aleppo Songs' for orchestra, in Berlin where mandolinist Avi Avital will perform my 'Hanjale' at the Pierre Boulez Hall, and in Kassel, Germany where composer/pianist Samuel Cho will perform 'Aleppo Songs' for piano solo at a benefit concert for a local girls shelter. Details are here.
String Quartet No. 1 Shades of Night has been printed, bound and mailed to the Grand Teton Music Festival where it will have its world premiere on August 2nd. I've posted the score for reading here.
In the meantime, work has begun on Violin Concerto No. 1 which will have its premiere in March 2019 in Berlin. More details coming soon!
This past week saw the completion of my first string quartet (String Quartet No. 1 Shades of Night), which was commissioned by the Grand Teton Music Festival and where it will be premiered in early August. I will also be the first ever composer-in-residence at GTMF this coming summer and I'm very much looking forward to that as well. I'm also excited to announce that the Sphinx Virtuosi will tour in the fall with my Dabke for string orchestra. The tour includes a concert at Carnegie Hall. In a surprise (at least to me) announcement, the Minnesota Orchestra will be programming my Ramal for orchestra in their fall season. Details about all of the above here.
In early May I will travel to Berlin to oversee the recording of my Clarinet Concerto: Adrift on the Wine-dark Sea with clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and the Deutsches Symphony Orchestre. This project has been years in the making and I'm very much looking forward to this recording. A world-premiere is in the works for September of 2019 in Germany. More details on this soon.
It was an absolute pleasure to be in Chicago for the regional premiere of my 'Ramal' for orchestra which was performed by the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra under Fawzi Haimor. Despite the very stormy weather earlier in the day, the clouds cleared and approximately 4000 people attended the concert that also featured music by Haydn and Hindemith. Read the Chicago Tribune review here and the Chicago Classical Review here.
Late winter (if it can be called a winter) and spring are shaping up nicely with a number of concerts coming up. March begins with the world premiere of my 'Aleppo Songs' for solo piano by Thomas Stumpf. This concert will take place at the beautiful Distler Hall in Boston on the campus of Tufts University. I'm very excited about this piece as it's goals are to raise money (I'll be donating all profits to MSF and other aid organizations working with refugees) and awareness (three of the five movements are based on urban folk melodies from Aleppo, one is based a Syriac hymn and the remaining is an original work).
March will also see the mid-Western premiere of my Abu Jmeel's Daughter in St. Louis with Chamber Project St. Louis. I'm also very proud to have the Germany based Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra give a second performance of my Dabke for string orchestra at the stunning new Elbephilharmonie Hall in Hamburg and the Belgian premiere of my Ramal for orchestra. The latter will be performed with the Belgian National Symphony.
In early May the European premiere of my Buhur for clarinet and string trio will take place at the new Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin (with Kinan Azmeh on clarinet) as well as another German performance of Dabke by the Staats Theatre Kassel Orchestra in Kassel, Germany under the direction of Anja Bihlmaier.
On April 28th three of the top string quartets at the Royal Academy of Music in London will give the European premiere of my A Voice Exlcaiming for triple string quartet.
In June Kinan Azmeh will give the European premiere of my A Muffled Scream for clarinet and electronics at the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin.
In July, conductor Fawzi Haimor and the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra will give the Chicago premiere of my Ramal for orchestra.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make all these concerts but I am every grateful for the interest in my work.
More concerts and details of upcoming performances are here.
Aleppo Songs for solo piano is a reflection on a number of urban folk songs from Aleppo, known as qudud, as well as original material. All profits from sheet music sales as well as royalties generated from 2016 – 2018 performances will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to support their work in the Middle East. Other aid organizations will also be considered as this is an ongoing project.
This work is currently in progress (very close to completion) but will be available in early 2017.
Watch here as pianist Riyad Nicolas gives an impromptu reading of this first page from the first movement of Aleppo Songs.
I'm grateful to David Weininger for his preview of tomorrow's Boston premiere of my Traces sextet with pianist Sally Pinkas, clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and the Apple Hill String Quartet.
It was an absolute thrill to be at Abbey Road Studios this August working with the fantastic musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra. We had two days of tracking for an album project that I am producing/composing/arranging whose details I will announce in 2017.
From the Philharmonia Orchestra's Twitter feed.
Talking to the members of the Philharmonia Orchestra before our first session.
Maestro Arturo Rodriguez conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in Studio One at Abbey Road.
With on orchestra that sounds this good, how can one not smile?
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra commissioned me to write a suite, based on traditional Armenian dances, for orchestra. The result was a 13 minute suite that was premiered on August 17th at the DCR Hatch Shell under maestro Chris Wilkins.
Boston Classical Review wrote "One of the most memorable pieces heard Wednesday night was Kareem Roustom's Armenian Dances, which also received its world premiere… Roustom's score is a charming and accessible collection of dances that brim with silky lyricism." Read the full review here.
Maestro Donald Runnicles (music director at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Principal at BBC Scottish Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor at Atlanta Symphony, & Music Director at the Grand Teton Music Festival) gave the American premiere of my Ramal for orchestra, a work that was commissioned by Daniel Barenboim & the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 2014. Maestro Runnicles and the GTMF Orchestra, made up from members of the Los Angeles Phil. Pittsburgh Symphony Dallas Phil. Atlanta Sym. Concertgebouw & a number of other esteemed orchestras, gave two performances of my Ramal to a packed Walk Festival Hall.
A sold out Walk Festival Hall at the Grand Teton Music Festival before the performance of 'Ramal' for orchestra, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto & the Rachmaninoff Symphony no. 2.
With maestro Donald Runnicles at the closing party of the Grand Teton Music Festival.
What's behind this number? This is a page from my Armenian Dances; an arrangement of traditional dances from the Vasbouragan region of Armenia for the Landmarks Orchestra and Sayat Nova Dance Company. The parts and score finally were completed and delivered today; the same day that the German government recognizes the Armenian genocide. There are several dances in this movement and each is titled with only a number. The reason for this is not without insignificance. Vasbouragan was part of Western Armenia but is now part of Eastern Turkey. As I understand the history, during WWI there was a panic in Vasbouragan caused by rumors of an impending Ottoman attack. This caused a massive evacuation of the area, under Russian troops, which came to be know as "the great retreat." Thousands died, at least 150,000 Armenians were displaced, and the region was lost to Turkey. According to a colleague, the titles of each of these dances in mvmt. II have been "erased" from history. No one seems to know what these pieces are called but the music has survived and is only known by the region it was from. Despite their very joyous sound, there is a dark history behind these dances. I'm humbled by the provenance of this music and I took special care with arranging it. I hope that you might come hear it and see the amazing Sayat Nova Dancers on August 17th at DCR Boston Hatch Shell.
I'm very excited to share the news that a fantastic recording of my new work "Embroidered Verses" for the Crossing Choir, directed by Donald Nally, and the Al-Bustan Takht, directed by Hanna Khoury, is now available here. This is a work that combines my love for the classical Arabic song & poetic form called muwashshahaat and for contemporary choral writing. Also, I'm told that it is one of the most challenge pieces written for a traditional takht (oud, qanun, hand percussion, violin, cello) ensemble. Don't take my word for it, have a listen the second of four songs here: Qum Ya Nadim (Arise oh drinking companion) uses a well known muwshshah text that has already been set to music. However, I found the rhythms of the language to be very inspiring and I decided to set it against a 15/8 meter. The Crossing Choir sang it beautifully and the Al-Bustan Takht performed with passion and precision. If you like what you hear, the CD is available here.
I'm very honored, grateful and excited that maestro Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra will give the premiere of my Ramal at the 2016 GTMF. Maestro Runnicles is the music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where I recently heard him direct a very powerful performance of Lohengrin, the chief conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony, the principal guest conductor at the Atlanta Symphony and the music director at the GTMF. Ramal was commissioned by Daniel Barenboim for the West-Eastern Divan and was premiered by that orchestra in 2014 Buenos Aires, the BBC Proms, the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. In early 2015 the Malmo Opera orchestra gave the Swedish premiere. Ramal is dedicated to the memory of the late Edward Said.
The performance will take place on August 19th and 20th.


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Which brands most successfully activate consumer influencers?
by Richard Carufel | Feb 28, 2018 | Public Relations
According to new research from Engagement Labs, Ferrari and Regions Bank earned top distinction as the brands most successful with everyday influencers—those friends, family and colleagues who frequently give recommendations and maintain large social networks—both online (via social media) and offline (via face-to-face conversations).
The firm's Brand Awards series is based on its proprietary TotalSocial data, which continuously measures the four most important drivers of brand performance: influence, sentiment (having more positive than negative conversations), brand sharing (the extent to which people are sharing or talking about a brand's marketing or advertising), and volume (a measure of how much conversation a brand is getting).
Earlier this month, the company released its ranking of the Most Loved Brands based on sentiment, and over the next several weeks, Engagement Labs will announce awards for the highest scoring brands in each of the remaining TotalSocial categories. The brands that were most successful with everyday influencers are those with the highest online and offline influence scores in 2017.
"The winners in our analysis have tapped into a lucrative marketing strategy that greatly magnifies their presence in the market by prioritizing influencers who have above-average social reach and make frequent recommendations," said Ed Keller, CEO of Engagement Labs, in a news release.
"Everyday influencers are also the nation's most trusted consumers, and their words carry considerable weight in their large social networks," he added. "They have approximately four times the 'social value' as other consumers. It stands to reason that brands, such as Ferrari, that understand who their everyday influencers are and what topics drive them, are going to be successful in inspiring conversations about their products."
Indeed, Ferrari, a brand already closely associated with speed and luxury, played into car aficionados' desires by unveiling a new convertible that tops out at 199 mph. The new engine revved consumer conversations among offline influencers, accelerating the brand into first place in this category.
Likewise, Regions Bank tapped into consumer conversations by engaging with key influencers online. The brand recently started a "Piggy Poetry" campaign on Twitter, where it is already active and where many consumers post tweets praising the bank's customer service.
CVS, named as the number two brand with the most influencers among the people talking about the brand online, also has its finger on the pulse of key influencer concerns. For the last several years, the brand has put a greater emphasis on health in its marketing, a move that consumers have embraced. In January, it announced it would stop airbrushing photos used for the beauty brands it sells in its stores. In addition, its offer to buy Aetna for $69 billion—a deal with the potential to reshape the healthcare industry—contributed to even more discussion about the brand. Some analysts believe the merger could help reduce health care costs and make healthcare more manageable. The brand also won second place in Engagement Labs' TotalSocial Award for Most Loved Brands in online conversations last month.
Meanwhile, Puma scored the number three position for offline influence as it tapped into a well of consumer conversations with its celebrity brand ambassador program. The brand's financial results are proof that engaging key influencers works. In 2017, sales increased 15 percent leading to a whopping 92 percent gain in income. The brand has partnered with celebrities that are current, trendy and already have huge followings. Big Sean, The Weeknd, Cara Delevingne, Kylie Jenner, Rihanna and most recently, Selena Gomez, have been Puma ambassadors.
Analyzing more than 500 U.S. consumer brands, Engagement Labs selected winners based on the extent to which this influential audience represented a large proportion of those people who talk about and recommend the brands offline and online.
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19. DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and acknowledge that we will make domain name registration information you provide available to ICANN, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties as applicable. You further agree and acknowledge that we may make publicly available, or directly available to third party vendors, some, or all, of the domain name registration information you provide, for purposes of inspection (such as through our WHOIS service) or other purposes as required or permitted by ICANN and applicable laws. You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and use of information provided by you in connection with the registration of a domain name (including any updates to such information), whether during or after the term of your registration of the domain name. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of your domain name registration information by us. You may access your domain name registration information in our possession to review, modify or update such information, by accessing our domain manager service, or similar service, made available by us through your RSP. We will not process data about any identified or identifiable natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations which we describe in this Agreement. We will take reasonable precautions to protect the information we obtain from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
21. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other Services. In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for other Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to register, reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other Services. We reserve the right to delete or transfer your domain name within a thirty (30) day period following registration if we believe the registration has been made possible by a mistake, made either by us or by a third party.
and in the case of notification to you shall be to the address specified in the �Administrative Contact� in your WHOIS record.
29.ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.