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The Stalking Jack the Ripper Series Hardcover Gift Set

The Stalking Jack the Ripper Series Hardcover Gift Set

With writing hailed as “masterful,” “engrossing,” “compelling,” and “marvelous,” Kerri Maniscalco presents her wholly addictive and incredibly suspenseful, #1 bestselling mystery series in a complete gift set. Gorgeously packaged with an exclusive poster signed by the author, it’s the perfect present for readers who love heart-pounding thrills, twists, and romance.

Stalking Jack the Ripper
In this spine-chilling gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, a resourceful lord’s daughter named Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her brilliant friend Thomas Cresswell find themselves inescapably embroiled in the investigation of a ghastly serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.

Hunting Prince Dracula
In this haunting sequel, Audrey Rose and Thomas uncover bizarre murders deep in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer…or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?

Escaping From Houdini
In their third harrowing adventure, Audrey Rose and Thomas find themselves aboard a luxurious ocean liner that becomes a floating prison of scandal, madness, and horror when passengers are murdered one by one…with nowhere to run from the killer.

Capturing the Devil
In the shocking finale to the bestselling series, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the elusive, sickening killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer—or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy.

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Genre: Teen & Young Adult / Young Adult Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories

On Sale: October 29th 2019

Price: $75 / $97.5 (CAD)

Page Count: 1680

ISBN-13: 9780316492829

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Reader Reviews

Praise for the #1 New York Times bestselling series:
*"A marvelous yet somewhat gruesome unexpected twist makes the ending worth the wait. A must-have."
---School Library Journal (*starred review*)
"There are plenty of suspects and red herrings as well as tense escalations....A scenic, twisty mystery."
--- Kirkus Reviews
"Maniscalco has created a serious, sharp-minded, and forward-thinking protagonist in Audrey Rose, whose fearlessness will endear her to readers looking for an engaging historical thriller. Abundant red herrings and a dash of romance round out this gruesome but engrossing story."
--- Publisher's Weekly
"Audrey Rose Wadsworth prefers breeches to ball gowns, autopsies to afternoon tea, and scalpels to knitting needles. Though her father, Lord Edmund, has forbidden it, Audrey covertly studies forensic medicine...while "the Ripper" remains two steps ahead, lurking where Audrey least expects....Maniscalco's portrayal of scientific invention in a newly industrial era will serve as a fine first foray into Victorian classics."
"Audrey is a young woman eager to use her brains and willing to flaunt society's rules....This mystery pays homage to classics like Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [and] will satisfy those readers looking for historical mystery, a witty heroine, and a little romance."
---School Library Connection
"An entertaining debut full of twists and turns, perfect for fans of historical fiction and mystery."
--- School Library Journal
"Audrey Rose is a witty, resourceful feminist who refuses to bow to Victorian-era gender norms. This dark, gothic landscape is peopled with nuanced, diverse characters who keep readers enthralled. A gripping mystery with a compelling heroine and just the right touch of romance."
--- Kirkus Reviews
"Every sentence of this novel drips with decadence. The settings and Midnight Carnival performances are lush yet dangerous, beautiful yet terrifying. It was easy to understand just how Audrey Rose comes to be so enthralled with the Midnight Carnival and the performers because, as readers, we're put under the same exact spell.... Masterfully crafted."
--- Hypable
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Qualified Real Estate Development, Committed to Your Projects

At JMI, we work with you directly to understand the full scope of your real estate development needs. From the initial site evaluation to navigating city approvals and permits to finance planning, our team of highly-qualified real estate developers is with you from the beginning of the project through completion.

As a full-service company, we manage the project’s complexity on your behalf. Our in-house experts and affiliates work as one team to identify the right solutions to suit all of your development needs. Our team will examine the project’s viability, overcome design and construction challenges, and identify the end-user needs. Through this approach, we can assure that the real estate development proposal chosen will be the most effective decision for meeting the current and future needs of your company.

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Our Development Services

  • Site Evaluation
  • Permit Processing
  • Due Diligence
  • Land Acquisition
  • Land Use Planning
  • Entitlements & Government Approvals
  • Economic Incentive Identification
  • Telecom Services – Through Affiliates
  • Financial Analysis
  • Master-planning
  • Project Coordination
  • Project Status Reports
  • Client Coordination
  • Sub-Contractor Coordination
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  • Public Hearing Presentations
  • Permit Fees and Bonding
  • Field Changes
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Development Assessment

At JMI, we look for situations where available property and market conditions align for a positive return on investment. We consider the needs and goals of a company and local market conditions to ensure the success of every project. Our team is uniquely qualified in all areas of the development process allowing our team to make prompt assessments, getting projects moving forward quickly.

We coordinate the right internal teams and connect with the appropriate affiliates to maximize time, energy, and return throughout the project.

Results & Relationships

At JMI, we believe that good business ends with great relationships built. For us, a good opportunity is one where everyone involved benefits.

Since 1935, our commercial and residential development team has been developing and building the St. George area. We have developed over one million square feet of commercial real estate in the Southern Utah market, in addition to multiple large acreage land developments. We are committed to enhancing the Southern Utah landscape through architecturally significant design and high-quality construction.

Through our experience, area market expertise, and respective track record we can help you develop and manage a project of any size.

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Recruitment #19-PT5-BB

This class is a physician class with clinic medicine experience. Incumbents serve as the director for various Health Services Agency medical clinics. Assignments may rotate depending on agency requirements and specialty training. Incumbents are responsible for the medical quality assurance and medical management of one or more clinics, provide medical and technical advice to staff and the local medical community and may serve as the Health Officer in the latter's absence. The current vacancy is at the Santa Cruz Emeline Clinic overseeing a staff of 10 physician and midlevel providers. This clinic is a dynamic integrated health setting serving vulnerable populations in Santa Cruz County.

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1244 Senior Human Resources Analyst

Recruitment #PEX-1244-094194

1244 Senior HR Analyst, Technology Staffing

SFUSD Department of Technology

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 57,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 132 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile.  Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

        Student-centered: We put students’ needs first

        Fearless: We persist through challenges

        United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths

        Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community

        Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision 2025, which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan, Transform Learning. Transform Lives. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences who are committed to and will champion our Core Values, are inspired by our mission steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, problem solvers and who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

As the Senior HR Analyst, Technology Staffing you will report to the Director of Classified Staffing, be a valued member of the Department of Technology and the Department of Human Resources, and a district leader in innovative, high-value staffing for technology positions. You will help to lead DoT and HR’s transformational work to deliver on the promises outlined in both Transform Learning. Transform Lives. as well as our long-term, city-wide North Star, Vision 2025. We want someone who will get candidates excited about the impactful opportunities at our Department, and drive a highly effective recruitment process.

In this role you will source talent to run the technology systems and practices that drive improved educational outcomes for San Francisco’s 57,000 public school students. You will build close relationships throughout the Technology Department’s dynamic senior leadership team. You will conduct your work with high autonomy and responsibility, and will also have great teams in Technology and Human Resources to support and collaborate with you.

The position also offers excellent development opportunities, benefits, and work-life balance.

Core responsibilities will include:

        Leading end-to-end candidate cultivation, recruitment, screening, selection, and onboarding of talent for San Francisco Unified School District’s Department of Technology

        Innovating best practices for job description development, candidate sourcing, candidate assessment, and candidate selection with a focus on developing a diverse and inclusive technology team

        Providing technical/professional assistance on joint San Francisco City and San Francisco Unified School District Civil Service hiring processes to the Department of Technology, HR colleagues, school sites, department heads, and labor representatives.

        A high degree of freedom to identify and collaborate with DoT and HR leadership to act on HR needs within DoT and SFUSD more broadly

        Other duties as assigned and other duties appropriate to a Senior HR Analyst in San Francisco Civil Service

The strongest candidates will have:

      Familiarity with technology for business and education, to enable knowledgeable discussions with hiring managers and candidates

      Passion for education, impact, and social justice

      A balance of initiative-taking and consultative collaboration

      Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with staff, colleagues, outside organizations and other stakeholders

      Experience and success with effective collaboration and communication with diverse groups of employees

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

Three (3) years of verifiable professional human resources experience, similar to 1241 Human Resources Analyst, in one or more of the following areas of activity: recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, employee and/or labor relations, benefits administration and human resources operations.

Education Substitution - Additional qualifying work experience as a professional human resources analyst may be substituted for up to two years of the required education on a year-for-year basis (30 semester/ 45 quarter units equals one year).

Experience Substitution - Completion of a 12 month human resources trainee program equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco’s 1249 Human Resources Training Program may substitute for one (1) year of required professional experience.

Experience Substitution - Possession of a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or Master’s degree in Personnel Administration, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Public Administration or Clinical/School/Industrial-Organizational Psychology may substitute for one (1) year of the required professional experience.

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $85,224-$103,570 commensurate with experience in a similar position. We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including dental and vision plans, a defined benefit pension plan, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we

encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.

How to Apply

      If you have previously applied to a job on JobAps, you will be prompted to “select an application to copy;” please select any previous application: you will have the opportunity to update the application and your resume

      You will be prompted to electronically attach a resume and any applicable credentials or licenses, and to answer brief screening questions about your aptitude for the role

      Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status and contact you directly should you move forward in the process

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at http://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

Non-Discrimination Policy

San Francisco Unified School District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This policy extends to San Francisco County Office of Education, including community school programs and activities.

For more information about the District's non-discrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030.

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Irish motorists urged to get Green Card if they plan on driving in Northern Ireland post-Brexit 3 months ago

Irish motorists urged to get Green Card if they plan on driving in Northern Ireland post-Brexit

This could be an issue for Irish drivers.

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) have issued a reminder to motorists about the potential need for a Green Card that could be required to drive in Northern Ireland post-Brexit.

As has already been reported, if a no-deal Brexit were to take place, then anyone taking an Irish registered vehicle into the UK, including Northern Ireland, will be required to have an internationally recognised insurance document to show authorities that they have valid motor insurance.

This international insurance document is called a Green Card.

Green Cards are internationally recognised insurance documents which provide proof of insurance cover to law enforcement agencies.

It is a hard copy document which is printed on green paper or with a green background.

Policyholders who may be impacted and have not already received a Green Card are encouraged to contact their insurance providers this week to ensure they receive their documentation before the updated Brexit date of 12 April.

Of course, the situation could change if Brexit is subject to further delays.

If a deal is reached between the UK and the EU, then Green Cards will not be required. Should Brexit be further delayed, then the requirement for Green Cards will also be pushed back to a later date.

If there is a ‘no deal’ Brexit, then any motorist who plans on driving their Irish registered vehicle in Northern Ireland or the UK is advised to ensure they have a Green Card or they could possibly be subjected to the penalties for driving uninsured after that date.

Different means for distributing Green Cards have been adopted by the various insurance providers.

Some are issuing Green Cards to all their policyholders, some are issuing Green Cards to policyholders in select areas (particularly counties on the border) and some are issuing Green Cards to policyholders upon request.

Policyholders who have not received any communication from their insurance provider on this matter and expect to need a Green Card immediately after Brexit should contact their provider this week.

Any motor insurance policyholder who has taken their insurance out with an insurance company should contact that company, while if they receive their policy via an insurance broker they should contact the broker.

Since the beginning of March, all insurance providers are required to process any requests they receive for Green Cards from their policyholders. This is the industry agreed procedure. Many insurance providers also have details on their websites about their application process as well as additional information about Green Cards.

David Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of the MIBI, said: “There is still time to get a Green Card ahead of Brexit. We would encourage anyone who needs one to contact their insurance provider this week – if they have not already done so or if they have yet to receive a communication from their insurer on this matter.

“If there is a ‘no deal’ Brexit then Green Cards will be required under UK and European law. Anyone who may need to drive in Northern Ireland or the rest of the UK in the days following Brexit should not take a chance, they should apply for one now.

“Those who will not be driving in Northern Ireland or the rest of the UK immediately after Brexit have more time to apply, they should contact their insurance provider one month before they travel.

The MIBI acts as a Green Card Bureau in the Republic of Ireland. So far they have distributed one million blank Green Cards to insurance companies, as well as electronic application templates for insurance providers who plan on completing the documentation digitally.


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A Voice of America Report on June 13, 2019, indicated that the Trump Administration had purportedly finalized an agreement with Guatemala that would prevent asylum-seekers from passing through Guatemala to the United States without first seeking asylum in Guatemala.  This agreement, known as a “safe third country” agreement, would presumably ease the flow of Central American asylum-seekers into the United States.  It is an open question as to whether the outgoing Guatemalan administration will sign the agreement, but VOA speculated that Guatemala had more to gain than lose by signing the pact.

That being said, VOA then reported on June 14, 2019, that the agreement had hit a snag. Allegedly, Guatemala did not understand that it would be obligated to actually process the asylum claims of individuals returned to Guatemala pursuant to the agreement, which supposedly presented legal and constitutional issues for the Guatemalan government.  As of now, this issue is still under discussion, but a true “safe third country” agreement seems to be off the table in the short term.

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Classical Radio 89.7

Only in Miami! A few years back when the only classical station went off the air, we truly missed it. Imagine, a world class city without classical music radio! So when we learned through the airwaves that the recently formed Classical South Florida Public Radio was in peril for not meeting its pledge drive, we took action. Instead of making a single donation we quickly determined the best way to help was to multiply the station’s efforts by requesting more donations. Within minutes we created a Facebook campaign (“He too will be a Classic”). The two different ads featuring Bach’s and Mozart’s respective wigs around rapper Jay-Z and pop star Justin Bieber’s faces, ran for seven days specifically targeting people with a classical music interest. The total cost for us was minimal, and the number of would-be contributors peaked at 73 when we pulled the plug. We are happy to report the station is broadcasting as usual and if you are not in Miami, you can opt to listen to their great streaming service on the web at  Your tax deductible donation will be greatly appreciated.


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Joshua Sofaer

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Moriya is like one of the Medway towns in Kent – a short train ride from somewhere you would rather be. The train station courtyard is brimming with bicycles belonging to people who are somewhere else.

And just like the Medway towns, Moriya advertises itself on the length of the commuter journey. 32 minutes. Although at times it can feel like being outside the central action, actually the travelling in from here to there is one of the highlights. A train journey alone in Japan is a culturally enriching experience. And living on the outskirts does enable escape from the heaving megalopolis that is Tokyo. It is also a constant reminder that Tokyo (like London, New York, Berlin) is a world unto itself and not representative of the country as a whole.

There are beautiful spots in Moriya. Lots of small farmsteads, with blue glazed tiled roofs; bamboo forests and three rivers snaking through the flat landscape. The sound of the crickets are a permanent accompaniment in even the most sparsely green area. The late summer heat, which chills at dusk really gives the sense of a seasonal change.

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There are impressive isolated houses for middleclass families where the wife keeps the stove warm while the husband travels the 32 minutes to Tokyo as one of the millions of so called ‘salary men’.

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But there are also a lot of long roads with anonymous apartment blocks, unexciting restaurants and shops in an unimaginative urban sprawl.

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Moriya is a relatively new and rapidly expanding commuter city, trying to find its own identity. Efforts are taken. Look at the Moriya City manhole covers, for example; like so much else in Japan, they are very cute.

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I’m settling in well and enjoying being here. I have spent this first week working out how to use my phone, negotiating the supermarket and learning the quickest cycle route to the station! I’ve joined a gym so that I don’t get fat on all the delicious Japanese food that I’m eating. As you enter in your workout gear, you are greeted by a deep bow and graciously welcomed to the training floor as if your were a dignitary come to inspect the squat rack. Everything is a sharp contrast between tradition and modernity. Take my keys, for example. The key to my studio is this ridiculous long thing that jabs my thigh as I cycle around but my apartment key is a flat oblong piece of metal with the locking information stored magnetically.

The default position in Japan is one of trust. Just as in London there are gates at the train and subway entrance and you need to swipe your pass to get through but unlike in London, the gates are left OPEN. They only shut if you do not swipe. This seems to be a metaphor for the way in which trust is placed in the honesty of the citizens.

On the one occasion that I purchased an inadequate fare for my journey, I went into the office by the gates and presented the ticket I had bought. The inspector looked at it and bowed deeply, apologising several times for my mistake. I needed to pay an extra 100 yen (50p). A little bit different from the on the spot £20 fine in London then. The thing is that trust breeds trust. You want to pay the correct fare because it is expected that you will.

Having said that, once you get to the platform, in peek times, women only carriages operate because of the amount of unsolicited groping that happens in packed trains. Japanese mobile phones always make a sound when a photograph is taken because of sneaky photographs being taken up skirts. So perhaps trust doesn’t extend to sex.

A friend of mine described Tokyo as ‘the land of neon’. The train from Moriya gets into Akihabara, which translates as ‘Electronic Land’ and there really isn’t a neon-free centimetre. When I’m not sleeping or working in my studio, I’m in Tokyo. I’ve visited various places this week, including a few contemporary art spaces and all of us ARCUS artists gave an introductory talk at AIT (Arts Initiative Tokyo) which was a fun evening.

Now I need to tell you about three of the most amazing shops in the world.

Ito-ya is an eleven floor stationary megastore. It is the stationary fetishists heaven. There is literally every sort of paper clip, folder, pen, paintbrush, paper that you can possibly think of. You just cannot believe that there is so much stationary in the world gathered in one place. I was in there for 2 hours. And just when you leave, exhausted from the possibilities of plastic wallets, there are TWO MORE stores, Ito-ya 2, which sells paper products for craft and Ito-ya 3, which sells Japanese papers and, erm, model ships (sorry, I have no idea why).

Then there is Tokyu Hands, the self-proclaimed ‘creative life store’. What does it sell? Well, erm, anything. A million useful things and several million more useless ones. No, literally it sells anything from agate and fox skins to tombola machines. It really is the kind of place that you discover needs you never knew you had. Much of what Tokyu Hands sells, similar to many retail outlets in Japan, is about customisation. You select a ‘life-identity’ from a pre-made selection.

Another extraordinary shop is Kiddy Land, which, as the name implies, sells ‘stuff’ for the kid in all of us. This shop sells much of what the West perceives to be the uniquely cute kitsch of Japan. There is nothing in this shop that has any utilitarian value whatsoever. It is stuffed full of nonsense. Banana shaped plastic figures that dance, miniature plastic sushi stalls, cuddly things of just about every genus possible and this season’s special: a whole floor dedicated to Snoopy.

Yesterday I wandered up past Kiddy Land in Harajuku to Aoyama, to the famous city graveyard. Right in the centre of Tokyo, with the high rise towers looming in the background, are the shrines to the dead; a small city of granite blocks which spookily echoes that of the living.

You may well wonder if with all this, I am getting any work done. Well I have decided how I want to start and I have put in a fairly dramatic request to ARCUS. I would like the entire ‘unburnable’ rubbish collection of Moriya City from one day to be delivered to my studio. This is ambitious, especially as the rubbish is normally compacted and I would prefer it to remain intact. If the request is granted, then I will begin to think about how best to use such an incredible resource but I am trying not to plan ahead too much before my wish has been granted.

Tomorrow we are off to Mito City for our formal welcome from Governor Masaru Hashimoto, of Ibaraki Prefecture, the first in a series of official meetings I have with various individuals and organisations.

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“once you get to the platform, in peek times, women only carriages operate because of the amount of unsolicited groping”

Well what do you expect at peek times? They should go in the rush-hour instead 🙂

Welcome to Japan, and indeed to the blogoshpere.

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Optimizing Your Site For Lead Generation

Creating a website that has not been optimized for lead generation is like erecting a billboard facing the woods: utterly useless for bringing in potential customers.

As we discussed in previous chapters, an optimized site uses a call to action (CTA) to guide a visitor to a landing page, where they enter their information and turn into a lead. In Chapter 2 we went over developing a lead generation strategy, detailing the development process of creating effective email, content, search and social marketing campaigns.Here are a few steps to turn that billboard around and optimize your visitor’s journey to you.

Identify where you are

There is no point in throwing a ton of money into paying a web development firm or devoting the time and resources of someone on-staff to create a new or upgrade your existing website if you don’t understand where your site ranks currently. You need a benchmark from which to operate so you know what is working (and what is not). Think of your initial audit as a baseline: You need to understand where and how your site is currently performing, and these numbers will be what you compare against later to measure how you’ve grown.

SEO-Hacker explains that there are two main areas to identify when establishing your SEO-effectiveness: keyword rankings and traffic.Keyword rankings help to establish where your target keywords are in relation to your site in the search results of most search engines. Your keyword rankings should show movement, or fluctuations, and if time and effort are invested you could move your rankings further up and up in the search results. Most companies aim to maintain their standing or get on the first page of search results.Website traffic can be directly tied to your lead generation campaign and SEO efforts. When your marketing strategy and keywords are paired, you should see an increase in new, unique and returning visitors to your site.

Optimize your homepage

Where should you begin to optimize your homepage? First, add a current phone number for your business, as well as any pertinent contact information (such as email, contact form and physical location/address, if applicable). Additionally, if you have any certifications, memberships (like the BBB) or trust seals, include those in a place that is highly visible.

Every site should include testimonials. GiveMeService.com details how there are five main reasons that testimonials are important:

▪ They increase the trust between you (or your company) and the consumer.
▪ Testimonials add relevant content to your site, increasing SEO efforts.
▪ They help to distinguish and differentiate you from your competition.
▪ They can help explain and highlight the variety of services your business offers.
▪ Testimonials demonstrate how previous customers appreciate working with you — which provides a potential new consumer with a reference and reason why they should purchase your service, instead of a competitor’s.

Don’t forget the high-quality videos and photos — many people prefer to see what the business is about, and even if they are high-resolution photos from around your office, the images and videos should assist in telling the story of your site.

Other important SEO factors:

▪ Title tags.

▪ Meta description.

▪ Headings tags.

▪ Keyword density on each page, especially landing pages.

▪ Alt text on all image tags.

▪ Internal and outbound links to relevant content.

▪ A sitemap.

▪ Robots.txt information.

▪ Caching.

▪ Asynchronous loading of scripts.

▪ Redirects, where appropriate (like to landing pages).

▪ Microdata.

▪ Technical SEO (which includes site structure, indexing and URL salvaging).

Create lead generation forms

Now that you’ve identified your baseline and optimized your homepage and website with SEO best practices, it’s time to build a lead generation form. This is the process in which you’ll encourage a visitor to opt-in to a service (like your email marketing or blog), turning them into a lead.

There are many types and locations for lead generation forms:

▪ Your site’s homepage.

▪ Your site’s footer.

▪ Landing pages built for promotions.

▪ On the company’s blog.

▪ Smart bar (a field that sits at the top of your site that prompts email sign-ups).

▪ Opt-in pop-up.

▪ Demo request.

▪ Contact form.

▪ Pop-up forms.

▪ Off-hours live chat.

▪ Email opt-in.

Some important things to note when picking a location for your lead generation forms: HubSpot recommends your form be above the fold, or accessible in a manner in which the visitor doesn’t have to scroll down on your landing page to see it. They also advise making your headline a call to action; limiting your form to not be too long, but also not just four fields; having a mix of required and not-required fields, which are clearly marked (and will help you to gauge which leads are warm and which are not); making your submit button say something that prompts them to submit, like “submit” or “download” or “join”; and to link to a privacy policy when requesting personal information, where applicable.

Lead generation expert, Lilach Bullock, says asking too much in your opt-in forms is a huge mistake businesses make. If they take too long to complete, or ask for too much personal information, you’ll most likely lose high-quality leads.

Create CTAs

A call to action is not only what draws the visitor in, but also is usually the push to take an action on your site. Your CTA should be easily identifiable, preempt any and all objections that might be lingering, and compelling enough that it attracts attention and encourages the visitor to click.

Try making your CTA a button, to give it differentiation from the rest of your site content — perhaps even try it with multiple colors to make it bold and stand out. Make the wording and intention of the action (clicking that submit button) extremely clear: Instead of just “submit form,” try “submit registration” or any terms that are relevant to the action you’re asking the visitor to take.
In addition to your primary CTA (or your submit button), which is the primary action you’d like the visitor to take, test secondary, personalized CTAs that perform secondary actions. For example, while your primary button may call to the visitor to click “submit” or “finish” on their lead generation form, the secondary would be an option to go back, or cancel, or reset the field or entire form. Patternry describes secondary CTAs as alternative actions, which are usually less important than the primary CTA but can change the user experience.

Create offers

With huge changes in how people buy and spend their money comes unprecedented changes in the buying cycle.

Therefore, you need to give your visitors something in exchange for their information. You need to give them a reason to sign up, whether that is a:

▪ Free trial of your product or service. ▪ Webinar or online video. ▪ White paper, a relevant article, or another similar content guide. ▪ Newsletter or ongoing email content. ▪ Coupon or discount on your products or service. ▪ Different product, service, or other objects of value.

This compelling offer helps to establish a meaningful relationship with the visitor, not only transforming them into a lead but also helping to distinguish you from the competition. This is your time to define your business, solidify the solutions to the consumer’s problem, and establish that initial relationship with your lead.

Your offer can range from an exchange of information for content, like an ebook, to one that demonstrates an element of scarcity. Some marketing and sales professionals argue that the establishment of scarcity creates an emotional response and fear of shortage, and will prompt the user to act quickly.

No matter what path you take, the important thing to remember is that your offer should be relevant to your industry, and it should be something that the consumer is already looking for or, after they discover it, won’t want to do without.

Run A/B tests

Now that you have multiple offers, and their corresponding landing pages and lead generation forms, it’s time to run A/B tests on the content to ensure that your SEO is effective and you’re getting the site traffic that you’re looking for. (Remember how we established a baseline, first? This is how you will compare your success and progress, and the effectiveness of each piece of content.)

Do this on all three parts of the lead generation process: the CTA, landing pages and thank-you pages. Use your benchmark to see what works and what does not.When you find content that needs improvement, try improving the effectiveness of the content by changing wording, images, offers, headlines, and requirements or barriers to entry. If your form is 10 questions long and your visitors aren’t completing it through to submission, see which fields you can cut or auto-fill and shorten it. If you’re not getting quality leads from your forms, try requesting additional information in your forms that will help to weed out the leads from the non-interested parties.Evaluate and test each step in your conversion process from visitor to lead. Improve the quality of leads by utilizing the data of what is most effective, and build on your content from there.

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Finally, maximize your lead value through lead nurturing. You should be engaging your leads, encouraging them to complete the sales process, and hopefully retaining them as either continued, future customers, or as someone willing to give a testimonial and/or positive review. See chapter 9 in this ebook for more information on how to nurture your leads through the entire lead funnel.

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Eric Esterline is named Lecturer in Sports Journalism

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has hired Eric Esterline as a lecturer in sports journalism/production and sports communication, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. He will join the College’s faculty this fall. This position is part of a partnership between the College’s Sports Journalism and Communication program and the College of Health and Human Performance’s Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management.

Esterline will teach graduate and undergraduate students in sports communication and multimedia sports reporting/production, assist with mentoring sports students in the Innovation News Center and cultivate relationships between the sports management and communication programs and professional sports associations.

A native of Indiana, He comes to Gainesville from Butler University in Indianapolis, where he served as a faculty member in the College of Communication teaching courses in sports media, digital journalism and digital media. He helped to create a new major in sports media and was the lead faculty adviser and liaison to the Butler University Athletics Department for live video production of athletic events.

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South-central Kentucky lost one of its notable citizens on April 3 with the death of Doug Isenberg who served our community with distinction and passion.

In his vocation as a real estate broker, appraiser, builder, and developer, Isenberg left an indelible mark on nearly every part of Barren County. Travel the highways and byways of the area known as “The Barrens” and you’ll find something he touched in some way over more than 50 years as a businessman.

To compile a complete resume of Isenberg’s involvements would be quite a task for a researcher. He was a devoted member of First United Methodist Church in Glasgow, his participation touching nearly every aspect of the congregation over his decades of membership. In the community, he shared his talents and knowledge in roles such as president of the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce, the Glasgow Jaycees, and for 43 years a member of the Glasgow Rotary Club where he was a Paul Harris Fellow and demonstrated his dedication with tallying 31 years of perfect attendance. In service to his community and his country, Isenberg was a former member of the Glasgow City Council, a member of dozens of committees, commissions and boards, and member of the Kentucky National Guard.

Albert Schweitzer, the legendary theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician once said, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” Schweitzer could have written those very words about Doug Isenberg for he was a commendable example of embracing the notion that life might be a bit more complicated when serving others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Isenberg exemplified the concept of a servant-leader. He realized one of the great truths in life is understanding that we don’t live in a world all our own and that others are here, too. No matter the circumstance, Doug Isenberg found a way to contribute meaningfully and he did so consistently. He enriched us, our community, and our world through his service. May we not forget his gifts to us.

  1. Stephanie McClellan on April 20, 2018 at 12:27 pm

    Doug Isenberg was a very nice man . Always the same no matter where you saw him . RIP Doug…

  2. Michael B. Wilson on April 20, 2018 at 1:42 pm

    Doug was a good friend. He was always offering encouragement and gave exemplary advice when I needed it. I apprecate all his help.

  3. steve scott on April 20, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    one of the best men I have known he was like a second father to me. even though I’ve only known him for 9 years he always treated me well. really miss the talks we had rest in peace my friend

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How cool would it be if the state’s top amateur golfers competed in a tournament in which a hole-in-one was possible by every player on every tee shot?

It’s about to happen. The Wisconsin State Golf Association is launching the inaugural Wisconsin State Par-3 Championship this summer. The one-round event with a field of 72 will be held July 30 at the Sandbox, a new par-3 course at Sand Valley Resort in the Town of Rome.

Entrants must have a handicap index not exceeding 9.4, not coincidentally the requirement for the State Amateur. With some of Wisconsin’s top players teeing it up on holes that range from 51 to 149 yards, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a few “1s” on scorecards.

“The plan is for this event to be successful and grow,” WSGA executive director Rob Jansen said. “We hope the word spreads and people get excited about it.”

Eventually, the tournament could include women, juniors and seniors, all playing from the same set of tees. Perhaps the United States Golf Association will take notice. How much fun would it be if Jordan Spieth, Lexi Thompson and Fred Couples comprised the final threesome at a national par-3 championship?

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After winning just one long track speedskating medal in the last two Winter Olympics combined, U.S. Speedskating has turned to a familiar face to try to get the team back on track.

Ryan Shimabukuro, who resigned in 2014 after 12 years as the national sprint coach, has re-joined the organization as the national training program co-head coach, alongside Tom Cushman. Matt Kooreman, the national sprint coach the last four years, will become the long track program director.

The long track team was shut out at the 2014 Sochi Olympics for the first time in 30 years and won just one medal, bronze in women’s team pursuit, at the Pyeongchang Games in February.

Shimabukuro isn’t just being recycled. He’s a capable coach with a good track record and wasn’t to blame for the litany of mistakes U.S. Speedskating made going into the 2014 Olympics. The question is whether he’ll have enough talented skaters to make a difference in Beijing in four years.

U.S. Speedskating has taken its lumps, the latest of which was John-Henry Krueger’s announcement that he is seeking Hungarian citizenship so he can compete for that country. Krueger won America’s only short track medal in Pyeongchang.

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“Bull Durham” is on just about everyone’s short list of the best sports movies ever made. But how was it made? The answer(s) can be found in the book, “The Church of Baseball: Making Bull Durham,” written by Saukville resident Jim Cryns.

Cryns, a freelance writer who contributed for many years to the Brewers’ GameDay publication, spent hours with “Bull Durham” writer-director Ron Shelton, interviewed the movie’s stars and knocked it out of the park.

“You hate to say it’s a love story, but it is,” Cryns said. “It’s a love story that happens to take place in the minor leagues. You don’t care about the Durham Bulls, you care about the people and the coaches and the players. It still resonates today, after all these years.”

The 1988 movie starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins grossed more than $50 million.

“The Church of Baseball: Making Bull Durham” is available on Amazon for $9.95. Cryns said he was working on arranging signings with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Lakeshore Chinooks.

Boresch on a roll

Sometimes, when bowler Lennie Boresch Jr. sees his name among the leaders at PBA50 Tour events, he wonders “What the heck am I doing here?”

The short answer: winning.

Boresch, 56, who lives in Kenosha and owns a pro shop in Racine, beat PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke, 198-192, in the title match to win the PBA50 National Championship at The Villages, Fla., on April 28. It was Boresch’s fourth career PBA50 title and his first major.

The next week, he reached the final of the PBA50 Mooresville Open and lost to Brian Voss, another PBA Hall of Famer, 226-223. Boresch, a part-time touring pro for most of his career, was the only bowler among the five finalists not in the Hall of Fame.

“If you thought about that all the time, you’d never succeed,” he said about competing against the all-time greats. “I still think on any given day, I can bowl with anybody. You’ve got to think you can beat ‘em.”

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Barolo, Monvigliero, 2015

  Paolo Scavino

Cooling, svelte dark berry fruit. There is a certain density here but great polish, too. Packed with dark, spicy and mineral character. Layered and very persistent hedgerow, blueberry and cherry fruits mixed with floral and spice aspects, all of which are clutched but binding but incredibly noble tannins. From a fine limestone-influenced vineyard at 310 metres altitude in the Verduno commune with a south / south east exposure with a special micro climate close to the river where there are big day /night temperature differences. This yields a wine that is equally floral, mineral, smooth and powerful.

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One of Italy’s great Estates with holdings in Barolos finest Crus, Cannubi, Bric del Fiasc and Rocche dell’Annuziata. Along with Elio Altare, Enrico Scavino is surely responsible for the great reputation Piedmont has today. Since the 1980s he has been crafting benchmark modern Barolo. Through high fermentation temperatures, short maceration and finishing in a mixture of French oak barriques and the larger traditional ‘Botti’ casks, Enrico makes svelte wines whose polish and sophistication enhance rather than shroud their character and typicity. Their flagship must surely be the Bric del Fiasc, one of the earlier examples of a Barolo single vineyard bottling, the first vintage being 1978. It has a sun-blanched south-western exposure and one of the region's most complex soil compositions - a complex mixture of blue grey marne, sand, limestone and redder sandstone - the coming together of the Tortonian soils of La Morra & Barolo and the Helvetian soils of the Serralunga valley. This is a wine the embodies Castiglione: Powerful and long lived, spicy yet with more elegant highlights of bright red fruit. As complete a Barolo as you will find.

Appellation: Piedmont

Piedmont sitting at the foot of the mountains is justly regarded as one of, if not the finest wine growing region in Italy. The noblest grape found in the region in undoubtedly Nebbiolo, with the DOCG's of Barolo and Barbaresco at the forefront of production. Barbera and Dolcetto come in second and third, and being earlier ripening are often found located on those sides of the hills that receive less sunshine. The wines from Piedmont are intrinsically food friendly wines, a fact understandable given the culinary strength of the area.

Grape Type: Nebbiolo

Arguably Italy's greatest red grape variety, responsible in North-West Italy’s Piedmont region for the great reds of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. At its best it produces wines of an aromatic complexity and subtlety similar to that of great Burgundy, a region from where many pioneering producers such as Elio Altare drew their inspiration. The aromas and flavours are very different in profile to Pinot Noir however, usually characterised by roses, tar and truffle. Naturally tannic and acidic, Nebbiolo wines are excellent for long term ageing.


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El Dorado Dreaming has been withdrawn from the Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick after returning an irregularity to a prohibited substance.

The winner of the Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes in the autumn, El Dorado Dreaming was tested on Tuesday after an inspection of Ben Smith’s Newcastle stable.

Racing NSW stewards went to the stable after two other horses produced swab irregularities.

They suspended Smith after finding him guilty of refusing to give evidence and of giving false evidence regarding unidentifiable and unlabelled substances in his stable.

El Dorado Dreaming was transferred to Kris Lees and was set to run in his name on Saturday pending the results of the swab.

After the result of Tuesday’s swab became known on Friday, stewards attempted to get a further urine sample from the filly to be analysed on race eve but were unable to obtain one.

Smith has applied for a stay of proceedings pending an inquiry but this has not yet been determined.

Fellow Group One winner In Her Time has also been transferred to Lees. She had a race day gallop at Newcastle on Friday and is scheduled to run in the Premiere Stakes on September 22 in preparation for the $13 million Everest.

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Dealing with potential immigration issues during mediation

Many currently living in Salt Lake and throughout the rest of the United States are immigrants who share the dream of obtaining permanent residency or even U.S. citizenship. One way that immigration officials have identified that immigrants could potentially be obtaining legal residency status is marrying to obtain a green card. According to information compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and shared by ABC News, over 227,000 immigrants obtained green cards via marriage in 2009.

Some of those who’ve come to see us here at Just Law who’ve been through such a process and are now contemplating divorce worry that immigration officials could question the legitimacy of their marriages. In this post, we’ll examine steps that could be taken during mediation to ensure one’s immigration status is not endangered.

Those granted conditional residency through marriage typically have to re-apply to have their residency restrictions removed after two years. If one has already divorced by then, he or she will have to include with their petition sufficient evidence supporting the validity of the marriage. If he or she had already achieved permanent residency prior to the divorce, potential issues could still arise if and when he or she seeks citizenship. Again, documentation must be provided to prove the marriage was valid. If not, one could realistically face the possibility of deportation.

Immigrant spouses may want to consider divorce mediation as the time to obtain such proof from their former spouses. Obtaining copies of joint financial records, credit card statements, and even gift receipts may be a good idea, as well as of the original marriage license and copies of the birth certificates of any children a couple may have had together.

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The owner’s original three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house was completely destroyed in the Oakland Hills fire of 1991 in Oakland, California.  The very steep down-sloping lot has panoramic views of the five bay bridges, but the small lot greatly restricts the floor plan footprint as well as the height that is allowed by the Planning Code. The owner wanted to rebuild a new home, taking advantage of the views and cost-efficiently maximizing the space.

Due to the nature of the small lot size and situation, combined with cost concerns, we developed a new house design that had a compact and efficient footprint at 2,000 square feet of living space plus a 500 square foot garage.  The floor plans had minimum space dedicated to circulation alone.  We also stacked the new house vertically to minimize the size of the overall footprint, creating a more efficient envelope and keeping structural costs down. The living and dining areas needed to be relatively small but we wanted to create a feeling of spaciousness, so we combined the spaces to make them fluid and open. Two-story ceilings in the kitchen and entry contributed to the sense of openness and space.

This steep Oakland hillside lot also presented a challenge connecting the street to the garage and house entry. To avoid an unsightly stand-alone garage structure, we placed the garage at the top of the new house and connected it with a poured-in-place concrete bridge to the street.  The bridge was designed to be more than utilitarian, containing a bench and also serving as the main access to the house. Terraces off the main living areas and bedrooms connect the house structure and surrounding areas.  The design of the new house reflects craftsman and Mediterranean themes with a contemporary feel.

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When I first published this post in June, 2014, I was just starting to manage a couple engineers. Interestingly, I’ve only seen this idea get more true as I’ve hired and managed more people. Superstars, rockstars, or heroes rarely pay off. Build a team of consistent performers and you’ll make great products.

A lot of people assume that when you want great talent, you need a hero; someone who will rush in, destroy every barrier, and magically carry his team to victory. Unfortunately, heros like this are mostly mythical beings.

Why heros don’t work

I play for a couple casual beach volleyball teams here in Chicago. From what I’ve seen, there are three kinds of players on each team:

  1. The heroic leader
  2. Underconfident contributors
  3. Consistent team members

Of these three archetypes, by far the most effective team members are those who are consistent, and this stereotype goes much further than social volleyball league players.

Outside of the beach volleyball courts, I’ve now been on half a dozen teams in my professional career, and I’ve seen my share of valiant heroes, frightened contributors, and consistent team players. Each personality type has shown up multiple times, and I’ve been able to manage and train each of them. By far, my favorite kind of employee is the one I can count on; the third one tends to be the most coachable, reliable, and effective one in the bunch, and here’s why:

1. Heros will take chances even when they aren’t required

Beach volleyball is a pretty simple sport. In most cases, nobody is very good at it, and it isn’t that hard to keep the ball away from the obvious ace on the court. Unfortunately, praiseworthy moves like spikes and difficult to return serves are seen as winning skills, when in reality, the ability to consistently hit the ball over the net (and within bounds) is far more valuable.

Heros will try the difficult shots that they should never attempt, they’ll overpower their hits, and they’ll go for a spot on the court that’s challenging to hit rather than a simple volley. Occasionally they hit their mark, but 9/10 times, they fall short, leaving everyone wondering why they tried to make such a big splash.

The same can be said for heroes in business teams. Instead of making low-risk decisions that are a clear win, they will jump into something that - if successful - will shoot the company into stardom. If it fails though, they stand to lose it all, and in most cases, these high risk endeavors fail just like the high-risk volleyball moves do. There’s an argument to be made that a few high-risk choices are acceptable in certain businesses, but if there is a solution that seems simpler, it’s probably better than a high-risk hero move.

2. Underconfidence breeds stagnation

Conversely, players who are decent, but afraid to even hit the ball are almost useless on a beach volleyball team. They run from the chance to touch the ball, and let heroes push them out of the way even when the other party has little chance of making a decent shot. In beach volleyball, these players usually take the form of inexperienced people who think they have no place on the team. By letting the heroes take the risk for them, they essentially become dead space on the court, destroying any chance of getting the ball over the net at a reasonable percentage.

This same personality type shows up in business, usually as a young employee who is given a project he feels is beyond his skill level. Rather than give the task his best shot or ask a more experienced player to give him guidance, he will try to pawn it off on someone else in the organization. He’ll whimper that he didn’t have the expertise to handle the issue or that so-and-so would be better suited for the job. Either way, he’ll bring down your whole group’s effectiveness, and leave everyone wondering what he does exactly.

3. Consistent and predictable performances take the cake

On most beach volleyball teams, there are a few consistently decent performers. They get the ball over the net on 90% or more of their serves; they don’t try to put fancy spin on anything; they don’t go for a spike when a tap over the net is all that’s required. Often times, they will opt to clear the ball over to the other side rather than attempt to set up a play with their teammates.

They aren’t especially exciting to watch, but you know you can count on them to put the pressure back on the other team by returning the ball to the other team almost every time. If they’re above average, they’ll pinpoint risk-takers on the other side and try to put the ball just outside their reach, where they know they’ll make a nearly impossible attempt to hit an impossible shot back at them.

In business, these are your best employees. They show up for work and meetings on time, they ask others how they can improve, they take predictable paths that have been proven by past experience. In short, you know you can count on them to do what they say they will. “You want me to finish this project by Monday? Sure thing. I may have to leave out this one feature though,” They’ll say. You’ll nod and admit that it was just a nice addition anyway, and you’ll have what you expected on the due date.

Predictable team players are the kind of people you can build a business on. Even if they don’t get the recognition of the few superheroes in your organization, you know that every day you can count on them to meet expectations and encourage others to do the same. They won’t take undue credit, and they’ll keep an even temperament. They’ll admit it when they screw up, and they’ll learn to be a little more cautious next time they take on a similar project. Even in high risk ventures like startup businesses, you want predictable performers. You need these people to balance you out; you need them to consistently pull through when the riskier elements of your business fail.

It takes more than just guts to run a successful organization. It takes poise and logic as well, and that’s what you’ll get from consistent team members whether it’s beach volleyball or your next business venture. For what it’s worth, I’d take a dozen consistently above average performers before a hundred high-risk heroes any day, but what do you think? Are heroes worth the risk? Have they ever paid off for you?


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Watched "The Daily Show" last night and was amused how folks like John Stewart don't understand why "We built It" is an American message. Consider how the Huffington Post reports it:
"Tuesday night's speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa were centered on a new catchphrase: We Built It. The slogan is the latest reaction to President Obama's remarks about small business from earlier in the Summer, and as far as Jon Stewart can tell, there's only one problem: the GOP is taking the quote totally out of context."
Whether the Obama quote is out of context or not, it is absolutely clear that the president believes that the government, and not tax payers, is responsible for the things that make business successful. Somehow he thinks that the government can take credit for for the things accomplished by American's tax dollars. In truth, the government builds a bridge only because Americans pay their taxes. So, in a very real sense, Americans have built every part of America - not the government.

Yet I wonder how many really understand this very simple American message?

  1. We as America built it. As a country with a representative gov't (how well it represents us is another question), we are the gov't. Without the gov't the taxpayers couldn't build it. Without the taxpayers the gov't couldn't build it.

    1. Thanks for the comment Scott! In my thinking people built it not institutions. Without the federal govt Americans built many things - roads and bridges were built and communities educated their children long before the govt got so large. Some of the great universities were built long before the feds got hold of our money via income taxes in the early 20th century. In my thinking, free enterprise, not government, is what built our nation. By saying that the government did it we insinuate that things would not be done if it were not for govt. I simply don't see that as an absolute.

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I’m sensing a shift in how we’re going to view hybrids. Putting a hybrid system into a new performance coupe means there’s much more to the genre than cutting MPG. It has always been the case that you could steer the system towards power rather than frugality. One of the problems with that, however, was trying to match transmission response to the greater output of power.

Basically you risked, and mostly got, a time lag, plus lots of boom as your Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) struggled to catch up.

Lexus appear to have mastered that with the LC500h hybrid version of their stunning looking LC performance coupé. I saw it in Detroit and thought it exceptional to look at. I saw it in The Hague and I think it might be exceptional in other ways.

I’m prompted to say that because this front-engined and rear-wheel driven coupe has what they call a Multi-Stage Hybrid system. I spent a lot of time listening and talking to experts and I think it all comes down to this.

Up to now you had a CVT trying to bite off more response to engine/battery power than it could chew in one go. Now they have sort of sliced up the way the power is handled from the 295bhp 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine and battery pack (total system output 354bhp).

There is now a 4spd transmission which creates instant bite-size chunks of power as well as a CVT system that’s programmed to create the sensation of six gear changes. Because all these are matched, through the central power control technology, in effect you get a 10-speed gearbox around a continuously variable transmission. That is something. Gear-change times (via magnesium alloy paddles behind the steering wheel) closely match those of dual-clutch automatics.

The result is much faster reaction and acceleration – 0-100kmh in around five seconds, they claim. And if you absolutely floor it from the start you will spin the rear wheels and burn rubber such is the deluge of power it instantly transmits.

The car will get here late next spring and I reckon will cost from €110,000. There will be a 5.0 V8 version too (467bhp) which is what we saw in Detroit. That engine is in the RC F and GS F too. But the hybrid will sell best. Key rivals include the BMW 6-series, Jaguar F-TYPE, Porsche 911, Maserati GT etc.

They were five years developing the new GA-L platform and we’ll see it in lots of other models. The coupe is 4,760mm long, 1,920mm wide, 1,345mm tall with a 2,870mm wheelbase.

A new lightweight electric motor and lithium-ion batteries mean the addition of the new 4spd box maintains weight in line with existing hybrids.

Lexus says the LC line-up marks the beginning of a new phase for the brand with the multi-stage hybrid technology applicable to any engine. I think there’s a lot more. I think Lexus are only showing us part of what they have. This is game-changing stuff.


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Kent State’s Dining Services competed in the 11th annual Nutritious and Delicious Gala at the Tangier restaurant in Akron. The annual gala was hosted by the Greater Akron Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAAND) and comprised of various vendors such as Core Life, Farm Fare, Food 4 Thought Café, and many others. The gala’s mission was “to be the advocate of the dietetic profession serving the public through promotion of optimal nutrition and well-being by advocating for its members”.

Kent State Dining Services accompany international students to a Hindu Temple to learn about culture, lifestyle and inspiration for new Indian-inspired food at Prentice Hall.

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At the start of the 2016 academic year, Kent State University becomes the first university in the country to feature an entirely gluten-free dining hall on campus. Kent State restructured Prentice Café after administrators noticed that the number of students arriving on campus with gluten intolerance was rising each year. The new dining facility will meet the ever-increasing demand for gluten-free foods.

Kent State University recently earned the top spot on College Rank’s list of the 50 Best College Dining Experiences. Judging criteria included versatility of menu options, support for nutrition and wellness, sustainability efforts and accessibility for those with special dietary needs.

Kent State University Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.

Each campus’ Undergraduate Student Government is recognized as the representative voice of the students’ interests, concerns and needs. Elected presidents from each campus will serve as the liaison between the student body, Undergraduate Student Government and university administration.

Kent State University’s Dining Services has made various updates to its markets and cafés on campus in response to students’ needs. These updates range from clearer labeling of menus to helping students with food allergies to encouraging students to explore their culinary options.

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There are different symbols diners can use to identify the contents of items on menus in the dining halls and the markets.

Kent State's Food Truck serving customers in front of Risman PlazaVeggie wraps with garlic aioli, fresh-cut fries with homemade ketchup, burgers and flatbreads. These are just a few of the signature choices that Fork In the Road prepared for WKYC’s Food Truck Friday.

The 24-foot, full-service kitchen on wheels travels the campus of Kent State University serving fresh, homemade favorites.

Kent State University students returning for the Fall 2013 Semester can expect more variety at the university’s dining centers. To expand their knowledge about fruits, herbs and seasonal vegetables, executive chefs from Kent State visited the Culinary Vegetable Institute of the Chef’s Garden in Milan, Ohio, where they had a culinary retreat.

The Culinary Vegetable Institute provides the world’s most innovative chefs with a place to share knowledge, experiment and discover techniques for growing and preparing flavorful varieties of vegetables.

Fork in the Road is a mobile food truck exclusively owned and operated by Kent State University Dining Services. The truck features gourmet comfort food executed by Executive Chef Christian Booher, and is available for the enjoyment of students and the public. Fork in the Road operates on the university’s campus and in the surrounding areas.

Kent State University’s Dining Services is now serving burgers, tacos, salads and more from its first food truck this summer. The new food truck, called Fork in the Road, has a core menu and chef specials with a focus on culinary excellence. The menu will change with availability of seasonal ingredients and will feature both classics and signature items.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A player and coach working together can create a thing of beauty. For example, an unwitting halftime collaboration by forward Chuck Hayes and Coach Tubby Smith produced Kentucky's 98-81 victory at No. 12 North Carolina yesterday.

As Smith conferred with his staff outside the locker room about how to toughen UK's rebounding resolve, Hayes directed advice about the offense to point guard Gerald Fitch.

"I told Gerald, the ball's in your hands 95 percent of the time," Hayes said. "Forget the plays the coach calls. Call the plays that will get Marquis in the game."

UK center Marquis Estill's 20 second-half points proved the wisdom of Hayes' advice. Taking advantage of North Carolina freshman big man Sean May's inexperience and foul trouble, Estill made nine of 12 shots.

"I know he really wants to do well this year, it's his last year," Hayes said of Estill, a senior. "I noticed in the first half he was kind of frustrated. Before the coaches came in, I just said, 'Get my man the ball on the block.' "

Estill's work inside combined with Fitch's perimeter sharpshooting to account for all the points in a decisive 18-2 run to start the second half. That broke open a struggle between wise veterans (UK) and athletic whiz kids (Carolina).

It also propelled Kentucky to 60.3-percent shooting accuracy for a second straight game, a feat accomplished only once by UK in the three-point era (in the 1996-97 season).

"Guys are understanding where the shots are going to come from," Smith said of UK's recent swish-fest. "Taking better shots is primarily what's happening."

UK's 62.7-percent shooting against High Point Tuesday could be explained by the caliber of the competition. But North Carolina came into yesterday touting a much-improved defense. For instance, opponents had made only 37.6 percent of their shots and scored an average of 64.3 points.

"Our defense was non-existent," North Carolina Coach Matt Doherty said. "We've been happy about our defense. There's been a lot of talk about our defense. But we didn't play defense in this game."

Foul trouble helped Kentucky's offensive efficiency. May picked up his third foul with 19:27 left in the second half and played defensively (in the bad sense of the term) the rest of the way.

"That was our main plan," Jules Camara said. "Get the ball to Queese and get (the Tar Heels) in foul trouble. We knew they were kind of thin (inside)."

Estill scored eight of UK's first 10 points in the second half, all in the paint. That erased Carolina's 43-40 halftime lead and set UK on course.

"When he picked up his third foul, he backed off a little bit," Estill said of May. "He's big. But I think I'm a lot stronger and quicker. (And) it seemed like he didn't get off the floor well. When I jumped up, he didn't jump up with me."

May, a highly regarded freshman, had a double-double (14 points and 10 rebounds). But he conceded he was too small (6-foot-8, 272 pounds) to deal with Estill.

"Once they got it inside, it was difficult for me and Jawad (Williams, a thin forward)," May said. "We're not the two quickest guys in the country."

Estill took only one shot in his scoreless first half. Yet UK thrived with perimeter shooting (five of eight from three-point range).

The combination of perimeter marksmanship and inside accuracy was Kentucky's best example of balanced scoring this season, Smith said. Hard to believe only a week ago, UK's shooting ability came under question.

"In our first game against Arizona State, we got caught believing we're going to make a lot of jump shots," the UK coach said. "Two-for-22 (three-point shooting against Virginia) got our attention. It was just a matter of patience and getting more balance in the offense."

Smith's halftime attention to rebounding also paid dividends. The Cats were outrebounded 21-12 in the first half, 11-3 on the offensive boards. In the second half, UK outrebounded Carolina 18-14 and limited the Tar Heels to three offensive rebounds.

"They were just manhandling us on the boards and in other places," Smith said of the first half.

Estill did the manhandling in the second half.

And, if needed, Hayes sounded ready to offer the same go-to-Marquis advice.

"It's unreal," Hayes said of Estill's importance to UK. "We can go real far when Marquis puts in the work he does."