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Kanye West’s Mother and Surgical Risks.

Earlier this year the life of rapper Kanye West’s mom ended tragically after undergoing a cosmetic surgery procedure.  This is an unfortunate and tragic event and besides the personal tragedy it also brought light to many other aspects of cosmetic surgery.

First of all, it shows that there is risk with any surgery.  Every year, patients die during or after surgery and anesthesia.  Some patients are sick and the high risk of surgery and anesthesia was known.  Some patients were perfectly healthy and some very unusual event occurred.  Some of these events are the fault of the surgeon, anesthesia personnel or hospital staff.  Some of these events are the fault of an undiagnosed health problem.  I recently read of a completely 16 year old patient who had a rare and undiagnosed cardiac condition and died during a tonsillectomy.  No one, the patient, hospital or surgeon had any idea that such a problem existed.  The bottom line is that any surgery, cosmetic or otherwise, carries some risk of complications including death.

When Mrs. West passed away the night of her surgery, every news station and tabloid show hovered tightly over “the dangers of cosmetic surgery”.  Allegations flew faster than speeding bullets and finger pointing started early.  Dr. Jan Adams, the celebrity plastic surgeon on TV was the biggest target.  This famous surgeon was used to being in the limelight and was suddenly cast into cold darkness.  The finger of blame pointed directly at Dr. Adams even though not official cause of death was determined.  He was tried, sentenced and executed by the media.  What’s more, his own people turned on him.  Organized plastic surgery, who has long been tooting the horn of “only board certified plastics surgeons” should do surgery”, condemned him for not being board certified.  Instead of sticking up for their own and coming out with a statement that no surgeon should be condemned until the facts are discovered, they simply turned on him.  By the way, saying that only a “board certified plastic surgeon” should do cosmetic surgery is as silly as saying that only Fords are safe cars and that you should not drive any other car.  There are many talented board certified plastic surgeons and there are many board certified plastic surgeons that have very little, if any cosmetic training.  On the other hand, there are thousands of very qualified board certified surgeons in ophthalmology, dermatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ENT, facial plastic surgery, general surgery and other specialties that have extensive cosmetic training.  It is the surgeon and his or her training that is important, not what specialty they come from.

Dr. Adams was getting pounded by everyone that had an opinion.  Former patients came out of the woodwork with accusations of malpractice.  Entertainment Tonight showed bad scars caused by Dr. Adams and women stood in line to denigrate Dr. Adams.  Funny they did not complain prior to the West tragedy.  In addition, other cosmetic surgeons in the area where Dr. Adams practices also got their 15 minutes of fame by condemning the actions of Dr. Adams, even though not one single person had the facts. I have no idea if Dr. Adams is a good or a bad surgeon, but I would bet that he is pretty talented to be selected for a national show and I bet when he wakes up and goes to work in the morning he has the main goal of performing his specialty in a safe and effective manner and to do his best to help his patients.  I am sure that he received many benefits from being surgeon to the stars, but I guess being famous has a big downside as well.

Fast forward six weeks.  The coroner released the official cause of death report.  Preexisting cardiac conditions and nondescript post operative problems.  Guess what?  Nary a mention of Dr. Adams was made.  Not a single sentence in the report detailed a single problem during surgery or any wrong doing of Dr. Jan Adams.  Too bad his career has been ruined, too bad that the media and detractors could not hold their tongues for six weeks to find out the truth.  In this age of sensational journalism, people do anything to sell a show.  We were all tired of the Anna Nicole Smith and Paris and Lindsey scandals, so we were hungry to feast on the new meat of Dr. Jan Adams.

Apparently Mrs. West had some preexisting heart problems and there may have been other non surgery related problems like over dosage of pain medications.  Yes, once the patient leaves the surgery center or hospital, there are many potential problems that could lead to complications.  Sometimes it can be from patients not following directions, sometimes it can be from unforeseen coincidence, and sometime things just happen.

The bottom line is that all medical procedures, including cosmetic surgery carry risk.  Fortunately, the risk is very low for elective cosmetic surgery procedures.  Fortunately, you have a better chance of dying from falling out of bed in the middle of the night than you do from dying from cosmetic surgery.  It is important to know that all procedures carry risks.  It is also important to discuss the informed consent with your surgeon before the procedure.  Don’t be afraid to ask questions, I actually love it when my patients have questions about complications, as it means they are educated.  Also, the patient and surgeon should have a plan in place if complications do occur.  Good questions to ask are how will these potential complications be managed, when will they be treated and who will pay for the treatment.

Although it is impossible to prevent post surgical complications, you can do some homework to insure standard of care treatment.  Some good points to follow are:

  • Choose a surgeon who is experienced in your procedure.  There may be a big difference in a surgeon who performs 2 facelifts a year and a surgeon who performs 2 a week.
  • Insist to see your surgeon’s work.  Experienced surgeons should be able to show you many before and after images and allow you to talk to patients that have had that specific procedure.
  • Your surgeon should be board certified in his or her specialty
  • Your surgeon should operate in an accredited facility.  Stringent rules apply in order to have an accredited facility in ones office and this means that the doctor has met these qualifications.
  • Your surgeon should be available.  If you cannot reach your surgeon when you have a problem, you choose the wrong surgeon!  I personally give all of my patients my home and cell phone numbers and it is my privilege to assist them when they have questions.
  • Choose a surgeon you can communicate with.  A great surgeon with poor communication skills may not be as good as an average surgeon who is personable, approachable, available and affable.
  • Is the surgeon’s practice limited to cosmetic surgery?  Although there are many fine surgeons that dabble in cosmetic surgery, those who limit their practices obviously have more experience.
  • The standard of care prior to many cosmetic surgery proceudres is a history and physical as well as lab work and sometimes EKG and chest X-ray.  Very simple procedures my not require these tests, but longer or multiple procedures or medically comprimsed patients need a thorough pre surgical work up.

Many patients spend more time picking out a pair of shoes than they do researching a cosmetic surgeon.  Fortunately, most times everything works out well but heeding the above points can make your choice easier.

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The 100 Facelift a Year Mark: A Personal Milestone

  Performing 100 facelifts in a calendar year has been a personal goal and yesterday I did my 100th facelift this year to date (will have 109 for the year end).   This is a big milestone for me.  It is actually a big milestone for surgeon who reaches this goal as the average cosmetic or […]

Facelift and Chin Implant: A Powerful Combination

Numerous procedures can enhance the natural results of facelift surgery.  A simultaneous chin implant in the appropriate patient can make a huge difference in the surgical result.  Dr. Niamtu discusses the combination of facelift surgery and simultaneous chin implant. For more information about cosmetic facial surgery visit Joe Niamtu, III DMD Cosmetic Facial Surgery […]

Facelift with Combination Procedures: The Key to Natural Results

Some patients present for face and neck lift only.  It is not uncommon to undergo other simultaneous complimentary cosmetic facial surgery procedures.  This video discusses a case of face and neck lift, cheek and chin implants, brow lift and laser skin resurfacing. For more information about cosmetic facial surgery visit

What is a “Full Facelift”

Patients often ask “Do I need a full facelift”?  The term “full faceilft” is a myth of sorts and Dr. Niamtu discusses this and explains how old unnatural looking facelifts have evolved into modern safe and natural procedures. For more information on facelift or cosemetic surgery visit Joe Niamtu, III DMD Cosmetic Facial Surgery […]

How Do You Know When it is Time for a Facelift?

No one ever “needs” a facelift as it is obviously an elective surgery.  I do get asked daily by patients, “How do you know when it is time to do a facelift?”  I have attempted to answer this question in the video below. For more information about face and neck lift or cosmetic facial surgery […]

The Ten Most Important Steps in Facelift Surgery

If you are considering having a facelift this may be the most important time you can spend to understand the critical steps required for safe, natural and long lasting facelift results. Many surgeons take short cuts and promote “miracle” procedures. There is a right and wrong way to perform face and neck lift surgery and […]

Facelift Myths, Facts & Discussion

Many patients are interested in face and neck lift surgery but are confused by the reams of misinformation and myths online and elsewhere.  Dr. Niamtu dispels some of these common myths and misinformation and discusses contemporary facelift surgery. For more information about Dr. Joe Niamtu, III or cosmetic facial surgery visit

SMASectomy: Safe and Predictable Deep Tissue Management with Facelift

Old school facelifts involved “skin only” treatments meaning that incisions were made, the skin was stretched and the excess was cut off.  Although this looked good at first, it was not stable or lasting as skin stretches.  The SMAS (Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System) is a group of tissues deep in the face that becomes loose with […]

Facelift Incisions & Scars: Watch this Video if you are considering having a Facelift

Dr. Joe Niamtu discusses the good, bad and ugly about facelift incisions and scars.  This is one of the most important parts of facelift surgery because a good lift with bad scars in no longer a good lift.  Interested patients can learn what to look for and avoid in a facelift surgeon. For more information […]

“I Hate My Neck”: Options for Excess Neck and Chin Fat that Really Work

A lot of people have excess skin and or fat on front of the neck and under the chin and want improvement.  This is one of my longest YouTube videos, but worth watching for any person who has excess neck skin or submental (under the chin) fat.  Many patients waste time and money on procedures […]

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My parents grew up in Laos during the Secret War, which was a smaller conflict of the Vietnam War in Laos. During May of 1975, the Hmong General, Vang Pao, decided to leave Laos. He said to the Hmong people who were still there, ‘Go to Thailand. That's where you'll find safety, and from there we'll see what our future is.’ So my mom and dad and my grandparents all decided to leave.

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Khong Meng Her | Eau Claire, WI

“They made it to Thailand, to live in the refugee camps. They lived there for about 20 years. I was born there, but when I was about two years old my family came to the U.S., so I don’t remember much from the camps.

We came to Appleton, Wisconsin. Then from there we moved out to Kimberly, Wisconsin.

I went to school there for a few years. There were only two Hmong families in the whole school. Me and my family were still new, and we didn’t speak English that well. All I remember from Kimberly was getting bullied and being the only one who was different and not understanding why.

When we moved back to Appleton, that’s when we reconnected with the Hmong community there. At that time, our neighborhood was surrounded by a lot of Hmong kids. There were ten or 15 Hmong families just in that two- or three-block radius. So we were able to grow up and keep our language and practice it every day. It was like a mini-village, almost. It was a community that really supported the kids and helped raise us.

In the Hmong community, one of the biggest ways we support each other is through family gatherings, or ceremonies.

One is called Hu Plig. It’s a soul calling ceremony. A lot of relatives come together, and we gather around to call back someone’s soul if they feel sick or lost. We really celebrate them so they can get better. When you’re at a ceremony, there’s always elders there. They’re there to teach you about the culture. You can ask questions, you partake in it, you learn about it, and you just reconnect with everyone.

It’s really important to me to help the Hmong kids in my community learn about our culture. One way I do that is by leading a Hmong Cub Scouts pack. We work with kindergartners all the way to sixth-graders. The kids really like storytelling, so we talk about the Story Cloth and why it’s important for the Hmong community. The Story Cloth started in the refugee camps. A lady decided to cut pictures and sew them onto a cloth to tell the story of the Hmong people and their history. Initially, they were sold to tourists or volunteers for money. Now, they’re really popular. We ask the kids about their families and have them make a mini Story Cloth.

We use the Cub Scout guidelines, so a theme might be the outdoors, and we’ll tie that to our culture and history. We’ll say, ‘This is how the Cub Scouts start a fire, and this is how our elders did it back in the old days.’ Kind of taking the bigger theme and incorporating our own identity so the kids who haven’t been exposed to the Hmong identity yet can really understand and learn from it.”

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“My dad really believes in education. He stressed it a lot. He would tell us kids the story, all the time, of how he went to school in Laos. He had to walk miles away, because his village was so far from the city. He always talked about the privilege we had, just walking two blocks to school. As kids, we didn’t really care. We just said, ‘Sure, whatever, Dad.’

When I was a kid, my English was horrible. I didn’t participate a lot in class because I didn’t know how to communicate with my classmates or teachers. I didn’t learn my alphabet until I was in fourth grade. So, I was put in a lot of different programs to help me read, and do my alphabet, and all that stuff.

They had an IEP, an individualized education plan, for me, so I had extra test time and everything. Because I was put in that program, I created this belief for myself that I was stupid, and I wasn’t like any of the other kids. I didn’t think I was smart enough, so I never really tried in school.

When I was in my chemistry class in high school, one of the Hmong girls said nobody wanted to be my partner because I wasn’t good at it. But then we had a test, and I got the highest score. That same girl said, ‘You’re actually pretty smart,’ and I’m like, ‘I am? I didn’t know that.’

From there I really started to question myself more. I realized that maybe it wasn't that I was stupid. Maybe I just didn't fully understand what I was doing, and so I didn't take it to heart to work hard enough.

I decided to apply to college because all my friends were. I kind of just went along and said, ‘Hey, I want to do it, too.’ I applied to Oshkosh, Stout, and Eau Claire. My family had moved to Eau Claire around 2005. That was when the last wave of Hmong refugees from Thailand were coming to the U.S., and my uncles arrived in Eau Claire. The Hmong people are all about community and connecting, and so my dad said, ‘That’s where all my family is, I want to go up there.’

My dad told me he didn’t want me to go too far for college, so I stayed in Eau Claire for him, and I think it was the right choice.

My oldest brother wanted to go to college, but he couldn’t. My parents had gotten into a car accident that gave them back problems, so they actually stopped working. My oldest brother worked and supported my parents and us kids. He sacrificed his college goal for his younger siblings. My two older sisters didn’t have the opportunity to pursue a higher education, either, because they didn’t graduate from high school. They dropped out and worked to support the family, as well.

I was next in line, and my older siblings really wanted me to go to college. They invested in the younger siblings. They wanted us to go forward and pave the path for the next generation. Every day now that I see my older siblings, I think about how much I owe my success to them.”

 “I was the first one in my family to go to college. At first, I didn’t understand the point of doing the financial aid forms, or of registering, or meeting with my advisor. I really had to figure everything out on my own, and try to balance my family life with college, as well.

My family was going through a tough time then, so I never shared any stress from school with them. At one point I was failing, but I never shared that with them because I didn’t want to add to their stress. When they asked me how school was, I just said it was good and brushed everything aside.

There was this one time when I was doing my chemistry homework, and I was crying because I just couldn’t understand it. My dad walked into my room and heard me, and we talked. He just said, ‘This is a hard route that you chose, but at the end it’ll be worth it, and you just need to keep going. If it was easy, like everyone says, then everyone would do it.’

My dad sat down with me in my third year, and we had another serious conversation. He told me, ‘You need to decide what you want to do now, because you’re approaching your fourth year.’ I realized that I liked thinking about my childhood, and I really enjoyed listening to my dad tell stories about the Hmong, and his childhood, and growing up. I love history, I love listening to his stories. So I declared my major in history.

I connected with a history professor, and he became a great mentor. He really pushed me through the history field. It was good for me to be able to connect with someone who had a similar interest. Having him there was like having a father on campus.

One day after class he came up to me and said, ‘Have you ever thought about doing research?’ I said, ‘Oh, I’ve done research before but it was boring. I just don’t like it.’ And he said, ‘What about traveling to Thailand? Have you thought about that?’ I was like, ‘Tell me more.’

We sat down and he went over the requirements and said, ‘This is how you do the travel, you’ve got to write this proposal, you’ve got to explain why you want to go.’ He helped me with the whole process.

He was supposed to go to Thailand with me, but then it turned out he couldn’t, so my dad said he’d come along and help me. He was my tour guide, and he connected me to the Hmong elders in the village and really explained the culture to me. It was good to have him along.

He was so interested in education, and now he was at my side, really doing research with me. It was good to come full circle and connect with him like that.

One of the Hmong elders I met with grew up during the war and talked about those experiences. The other people I interviewed talked about staying behind in Thailand, why they chose not to come to the U.S., what some of the benefits were of staying there, and some of the struggles they’d had.

I also spent time with my uncles who still live in Thailand, and I got to know my father more through that. They shared stories of my father growing up. I learned that my dad was a naughty kid, too. So we connected in a lot of different ways.

When I came back, I was required to write a paper about my research. I wrote about the history of Hmong men so I could tell my father’s story.”

“Today, I’m one of the student services coordinators at UW-Eau Claire for Blugold Beginnings, which is a pre-college and career readiness program. We meet once a month with our students and monitor them through the whole four or five or six years—however long it takes them to graduate.

I have about 300 or 400 students I oversee. I monitor them when they need help, or when they reach out to me. They come and see me, I talk to them, and just really make sure they are doing good as a student. Sometimes we do things outside of our job requirements, like we help students move.

I make sure they know all the resources that are available to them. We want to start off by giving them resources, and eventually we’ll really be hands-off, so by the time they leave the program they can go out there and not depend so much on other people.

I work mainly with students of color. I think it's really important for us to work with those students. I know a lot of them are first-generation students, and they have no one to look up to who went to college.

I think some of our students of color don’t see college as a place for them. They come here and maybe the first year they try it out, and they go, ‘College is not for me because x, y, and z.’ This is where we come in, and we say, ‘Well, this is why it IS for you.’ A lot of students we’ve worked with are about family and wanting to give back. We touch on that, and we say, ‘How can you give back if you leave school nowadays?’ We really want to focus on them, and push them, because every student we work with has potential, it’s just that they don’t see it in themselves.

I share my story with a lot of my students. I let them know that I didn’t get here because I was an A student. I worked hard to be here, and I say, ‘You can make it, as well, by just working hard.’ I really like providing support for our students who come in and don’t know anything about college, because I’ve been through it and I know how hard it can be.”

-Khong Meng Her | Eau Claire, WI

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Supporting Temporary Regulatory Relief - How It affects LPOs

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LPOGroup recommends Licensees contact their local Federal Member to add your voice to support the move to improve the utilisation of the Postal Delivery arm of Australia Post. To allow Australia Post to move forward and remain viable for the future.

Continuing to pay the same pay to employees that do not have the same amount of work to do, yet refusing to find other ways for those employees to be productive in other ways, is not the way to ensure a robust and economically sound business moving forward. As investors in this business this must be called out for what it is, an absolute waste of our resources.

There is little doubt most LPOs have experienced change over the past decade, but the last 3 months has seen rapid change piling in on top of us, in the form of more and more parcels all over Australia. Most Licensees have had to work out very quickly how we adjust to these changes on the fly, because the parcels just kept coming in over the counters and the flow did not diminish to what we had previously expected. We are once again facing an increased need to adjust because Christmas is not so far away, and that is our next expected peak period.

With that in mind Australia Post management has taken the very necessary steps to address the underutilised Posties service delivering letters to our residential addresses in metro areas, in an effort to get ahead of the next peak, and the future growth areas for the business.

Licensees have invested billions of dollars of our personal funds into this business, and we have every right to expect the management of Australia Post to best utilised the resources of the business, to provide the best outcomes for all the stakeholders in this business, not just the employee arm of this business. Licensees have long called for a retainer payment to compensate for when we experience downtimes, when our door are required to remain wide open as per our agreement, our overheads continue to accrue and that does not change, but our foot traffic is no where to be seen and our revenue diminishes as we wait at the counter for a customer to appear. There has been no appetite from any sector of the business, nor any Government of the day for such compensation payments, most especially the Unions. The cry is always - there is no money!

If this waste of resources is going on all over the employed arm of the business, there is little wonder there is no money!

The previous CEO tried to improve the under utilisation by pushing a lot of small parcels into Postie's bags and having them do a bit of both. Licensees often see these small parcels carded back to a PO when the addressee is not at home, and many of them are not so small. There is only so much you can carry on a Postie bike, and shoe boxes and wine deliveries do not suit.

Australia Post has the same amount of Posties on the road now, that they had 10 years ago, only now most households get less than 1/2 a letter per day. It makes sense to restructure the delivery to street letter boxes to make that service more productive, where the Postie will be delivering an actual letter to a letter box, rather than just riding by.

So why then is there such a collosal fuss to protect under utilised Posties from moving into a more productive space, to help deliver the massive influx of parcels that we have been seeing over the recent months, instead of riding around on an empty bike in the rain and the sunshine, just waving at most of the letter boxes on their runs as they ride by?

Why would anybody not see that adapting to the changing needs of our communities to improve the sustainability of the Postal Service not be in everyone's best interests?

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It is an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement after all, signed off on by both parties.

And not like the LPO Agreement that has a clause 34 which allows AP to change whatever they like and cut our payments at anytime.

And weren't the cuts to the MMF from 1st July last year due to the decline in letters?

They'll be coming for us again soon, bet on it.

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All the more reason for us to be making sure that cost efficiencies are across all sectors of this business, not just us. If this level of under utilisation is systemic, then it is little wonder they cry poor. I am not prepared to give up any of my hard worked for income to support someone doing the same job they did 40 years ago, in the same way, when nothing else about the job is the same. If the Postie is delivering 1/3 of the letters to residential address, he only needs to be going their 1/3rd of the scheduled time. Why has that change not been taken up as it was first flagged as necessary for the future of the business in 2017?

That's a question for AP.
How many EBAs have they signed off on in the last 40 years.
How many times have these mail routes been reviewed in the last 40 years?
Why have they not made any efficiencies in the last 40 years?
A postie has to ride the same streets, day in day out, whether he has mail or not. And who sends him around day in, day out, not the unions thats for sure.

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AP have not addressed this until now. We have a relatively new CEO looking at a lot of things that should have been looked at a long time ago. Underpaying Licensees got a spot and we got some relief, paying Posties that no longer are as utilised as they were 40 years ago is now in the spotlight. Something is being done about it. Are you suggesting that it shouldn't be reformed because no one has dome it before? I think it would be better to cheer about someone finally doing something about a long overdue problem. I suggest not many Contractors are still paying the same amount of bike Posties that they did 10 years ago? We are far quicker to adapt to the changing needs of our part of this business because it is our money. Posties should not be riding the same streets day in day out without mail. That is what the reform is all about. And it is the Unions fighting back on the reforms.

What I am suggesting is that LPOG should not be supporting one part of the organisation against the other.
LPOG was not formed to take sides in the reformation of Australia Post.
Particularly, if what emerges from the ashes may not necessarily be in the best interests of Licensees.

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LPOG is protecting the interests of our LPO business interests. Sitting back and letting rubbish happen is how we all got into the mess we used to be in, in the first place. There has been thousands of Licensees who have lost their financial futures because no one did anything, just left it all to someone else. And that someone else did exactly what you are suggesting LPOG do. It is not a good way to run a business keeping your head in a bucket of sand.

LPOG is not in the business of doing nothing. We advocate for the best interests of LIcensees, because we are Licensees. We have our money on the line, and just as I do with my own staff, Licensess have every right to expect the business is paying employees to be productive in cost effective jobs, not to pay employees because their still on the payroll even if the job is long gone.

That would be first lesson in Business 1.01 and it would be pretty concerning if it was not part of your business plan!

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Maybe CEO should consider throwing out the EBA and transition her workforce onto APs modern award and wages of APs direct employees frozen until they match the modern award - that would be a real dose of reality ! Govt's ultimate agenda is to privatise AP .... but that will never happen when AP employees are paid more than 50% above private industry. It's not just delivery that needs a good shake up, there's some real deadwood within RNP that also needs a shove out the door....

Originally I thought we shouldn't be touching this with the proverbial 40 foot pole but after some thought about the knock on effects of AP not becoming as sustainable as possible we definitely need to weigh in here! Whenever we face changes in our businesses we have to change! Cut here, spend there and so should AP! Seriously the same amount of posties delivering mail as there was 10 years ago??? I have to change and adapt nearly every week (lpo with 2 contracts) just to adjust to the volumes and to achieve the best result for my business and for my staff utilisation. If AP go out the back door they take us too! If AP are spending dead money on posties doing stuff all they can send some of that my way!

While I understand the view that LPOG should not be taking sides in a dispute between AP and the unions, the Boards view is that we are not as such taking sides but putting the interests of Licensees front and center,  we believe that a profitable AP serves us better than a financially constrained AP given that neither Labor nor the Liberals will fund AP if there cost to operate increases and they are being constrained by antiquated business practices that are crippling the business if that continues to happen the Board believes Licensees would be the first casualty and we would be remiss in not acting, we needed to be proactive rather than reactive on issues like this.

Many Licensees have been telling LPOG and the  Board has shared this view with AP,  that it's about time  AP got their own house in order rather than continuing to gouge LPO's, I'm not suggesting our prompting has had any meaningful effect but rather AP now has a competent Management team who have seen the need to make changes to the business model to ensure its future viability rather than the 2 previous CEO's who did little to shore up the business nor take the hard decision needed to restructure the business.

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“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” Those stirring words from the end of William Henley’s poem Invictus—Latin for “unconquered”—embody Prince Harry’s brainchild, the Invictus Games. In September, the third iteration of the Paralympic-style event will take place in Toronto. For a week, more than 550 ill, injured and wounded servicemen and women from 17 allied nations will compete in 12 adaptive sports ranging from archery and running to rugby and cyling.

Harry may be fifth in line to the throne, but to the participants of the Invictus Games, he’s a fellow military veteran. (He undertook two deployments in Afghanistan.) “There is very little that can truly prepare you for the reality of war,” he recalled last year. “The experiences can be stark and long-lasting.” Returning home from his first mission in 2008, he shared a flight with three seriously wounded British soldiers. “From that moment, I knew I had a responsibility to help all veterans to lead healthy and dignified lives after service.”

He created the sporting event in 2014, after going to the Warrior Games during a visit to the United States. “I saw the power that sport could play in the recovery of both mind and body. I thought that surely everyone, whether connected to the armed forces or not, would be inspired by their achievements,” he said. He broadened the concept to an international competition, lined up sponsors and got the first Invictus Games off the ground in just six months.

He’s shameless when it comes to raising awareness of this cause, even roping the ultimate bigwig—his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II—into a humorous video with Barack and Michelle Obama that went viral before the 2016 games in Orlando, Fla. If the previous games are any indication, Prince Harry will be onsite 24/7, encouraging and joking with athletes and their families.

New to the Toronto games will be a torch relay through military bases and neighbouring communities. As well, golf is being added to the sports line-up, along with a quintessentially northern sport: sledge hockey. As Harry noted, “This is Canada, everything happens on ice, doesn’t it?”


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The first quarter of the year is typically quiet for Apple and its Taiwanese iPhone supplier after a boom in sales over the holiday season. However, ongoing delays from the coronavirus outbreak in China could cause Apple to miss its schedule for mass producing its upcoming low-cost iPhone, according to at least one report.

"As of today, the production resumption has reached 50% of seasonal required capacity. Based on the current schedule, we shall be able to reach full seasonal capacity by the end of March," [Foxconn] said in a stock exchange filing. "There are still plenty of uncertainties which we cannot quantify around the potential impact on the full year."

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Current rumors have suggested Apple plans to unveil the new iPhone at an event that's set to take place in March, perhaps on March 31, with Apple then releasing the device on April 3. Though there are issues with production, multiple sources have said the new iPhone is still going to launch on time.

Foxconn slashed its 2020 revenue outlook in early February after it imposed strict quarantines at its main base in China to guard against the coronavirus outbreak. The manufacturer previously claimed the viral outbreak had had a "fairly small impact" on iPhone production, but since then the virus has spread to 70 countries and is responsible for 90,000 infections and 3,000 deaths, most of which have occurred in China.

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24/7 news hungry media needs a good scolding on this outrageous virus scare tactic

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Hasn’t medicine advanced a tad since 1918?

Viruses are as hard to directly treat as ever, while in terms of treating life-threatening symptoms, most countries won't have the facilities to put thousands upon thousands of people on intensive respiratory support in a worst case scenario. The only positive is it seems to be somewhat milder than the Influenza outbreak of about a century ago.
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Appointed23 March 1990
Term ended15 June 2004
PredecessorNarciso Jubany Arnau
SuccessorLluís Martínez Sistach
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1994-2013)
Ordination29 June 1951
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Consecration3 August 1969
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Created cardinal26 November 1994
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Birth nameRicardo María Carles Gordó
Born24 September 1926
Valencia, Kingdom of Spain
Died17 December 2013(2013-12-17) (aged 87)
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Josefina Gordó
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Ricardo María Carles Gordó (24 September 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona in the Catholic Church.

Born in Valencia, Spain, Carles Gordó was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951.

He studied at Teresian school in Valencia; then, he completed his secondary education at the Jesuit Colegio de San José. He entered the Seminary of Valencia, where he was a pupil at Colegio "Corpus Christi" and finally, he studied at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, where he obtained a licenciate in canon law in 1951–1953.

After his studies he served in pastoral ministry in the archdiocese of Valencia, including parish priest, rector of the parish of San Fernando in Valencia (1967); counselor of the Juventud Obrera Católica, JOC (Catholic Youth Workers); director of the boarding-school for deacons; vicar for clergy; and diocesan counselor for the pastoral for the family.

In 1969 he was appointed Bishop of Tortosa, and later as archbishop of Barcelona in 1990, a post he held until stepping down in 2004. He was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 26 November 1994 and held the title of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

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Emerson Woodcock from Peterborough, Ontario, sang The Footboy to Edith Fowke in 1958. This recording was included in 1975 on the Leader album Far Canadian Fields which was the companion to Edith Fowke's Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. She noted:

This ballad is puzzling: I have been unable to find it in any traditional collection in either Britain or North America, or in any broadside collection. It contains elements suggesting various known broadsides: the father who tries to prevent his daughter marrying a servant is common in the ballads of ‘Family Opposition to Lovers’, and the device of planting items on the lover so he can be accused of robbery occurs in such songs as William Riley (Laws M10), Henry Connors (Laws M5) and Mary Acklin (Laws M16). But in none of these is the lover hanged: at worst he is transported or imprisoned, although usually his sweetheart manages to free him.

The form and style of The Footboy seem closer to the popular ballads than to the broadsides. It uses a common ballad metre and a type of repetition more often found in older ballads. The fact that the lover is hanged also suggests that it dates from an earlier period than those in which he is transported, and the term ‘footboy’ for a young manservant has a medieval flavour: it was in common use at the time of Shakespeare but had largely disappeared by the nineteenth century.

Pete Coe sang The Footboy in 2017 on his CD The Man in the Red Van. He commented in his liner notes:

Back in the 70s I met Edith Fowke at Bill and Helen Leaders when they were selecting songs from her Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs for the LP Far Canadian Fields. She'd recorded this ballad from Emerson Woodcock, Peterborough, Ontario in 1958. It starts as a familiar family conflict but takes a unique turn for the worse. As far as Edith knew there are no other versions of this ballad which has haunted me ever since I first heard it.

Emerson Woodcock sings The Footboy

There lived a man in Devonshire,
A cruel-hearted man was he.
𝄆 He had one daughter, a beauty bright;
On her father's footboy she took delight. 𝄇

Oh, one day this couple were left alone,
And the truth to him she did make known.
𝄆 Said he, “Fair lady, put no trust in me;
I'm your father's footboy of a low degree.” 𝄇

So this old man in the ambush lay,
And he heard all that they had to say.
𝄆 This made the old man both curse and rage,
For he knew his daughter was of a tender age. 𝄇

So the very next morning at break of day,
Said he, “My lad, you can take your pay.”
𝄆 With ready wages he paid him down,
As the teardrop from his eye did fall. 𝄇

Well he had not got but a mile from town
When in a circle they did surround.
𝄆 They searched his pockets and found within
A gay gold watch and a diamond ring. 𝄇

So he was taken and lodged in jail,
No friends or relations to go his bail.
𝄆 Great calculations the old man made
On the executions that he had laid. 𝄇

As he stepped up on the gallows high,
“O father dear, do you want to see my true love die?
𝄆 O father, father, it's a dreadful sight
For to see my true love all dressed in white.” 𝄇

As she stepped out on the gallows stand
The old man did not surmise her plan,
𝄆 And with a dagger she pierced her heart.
“Now I welcome death, it to pain and smart.” 𝄇

As she lay in her bloody gore
Lamenting of her wound so sore,
𝄆 “O father, father, you're the worst of men!
You have brought your daughter to a scornful end. 𝄇

“So there's just one thing now that I do crave:
That's to bury us both in the one grave,
𝄆 For I love my footboy you know so true,
And to this wide world I bid adieu.” 𝄇

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Modified 29 Jan 2008, 10:21 am

The Vision School issue seems set to become yet another episode in the protean saga of the Chinese schools of Malaysia. These episodes have the uncanny knack of exploding on the Malaysian politico-educational arena every time Umno faces an internal crisis.

The issue of unqualified administrators for the Chinese schools during the Semangat 46 split in 1987 and which led to Operation Lallang is a recent example. There have been others during the 181 years of the existence of the Chinese schools in Malaysia. (See Kua Kia Soong, A Protean Saga: The Chinese Schools of Malaysia, DJZ 1999).

For the uninitiated, we suggest that the recent media blitz in the English and Malay-language press by the government on this issue be subject to the usual critical visi-section (pardon the pun)

When Dong Jiao Zong (DJZ) said it supported the encouragement of integrative activities between pupils of the various races, the Government leaders maintained that DJZ had already accepted the Vision School concept.

Then when DJZ said it disagreed with the concept of the Vision School, DJZ was accused of not wanting integration between pupils of various races. Furthermore, on Nov 6, the Prime Minister Dr Mahathir was widely quoted by Bernama as saying that: "What Dong Jiao Zong want is education as in China, everything must be Chinese".

Violating the constitutional spirit

Dr Mahathir's statement has contradicted all the assurances given by the Education Ministry that the Vision Schools will not alter the character of the Chinese and Tamil schools. It has also exposed the hidden agenda of the Vision School concept for the PM is actually negating the existence of the Chinese (and Tamil) schools in this country.

Chinese and Tamil schools (where Chinese and Tamil are the main media of instruction) have been a part of the National Education System since Independence. Their status is entrenched in the Malaysian Constitution and Barisan Nasional leaders have always pledged their support for these schools especially during general elections. It has been accepted all along that mother tongue education of Non-Malay minorities in Malaysia is part and parcel of Malaysia's pluralist culture. And the Chinese schools have survived to this day mainly through the efforts of Dong Jiao Zong and the support of the community. This fact has been widely acknowledged.

The PM's latest statement is akin to saying that the Chinese schools or rather, SJK schools in this country are not Malaysian but modeled after China. It's as good as admitting that the hidden agenda of the Vision Schools is to realise UMNO's "ultimate objective", which is to make all schools in the country into mono-lingual Malay schools. In fact, this objective has already been realised in Section 17 of the new

Education Act 1996.

A fait accompli

It is very clear that despite the efforts of the Government to try to portray an impression of trying to consult with the parties concerned, the Vision Schools are a fait accompli. Thus, even when the Education Ministry was telling the public that the guidelines for the schools were under discussion, the construction of the seven Vision Schools was already half-completed. Some Chinese schools in the Vision Schools programme were merely told orally, they were not given any written documents never mind consulted over the programme.

At the beginning, the Government gave us the impression that Vision Schools would be additional Chinese and Tamil schools. Remember that although the population of Malaysian Chinese has doubled since Independence, the number of Chinese primary schools has actually decreased from 1342 in 1957 to 1283 today. The attitude of some in the community then was that although the government refuses to build new Chinese schools, at least the Vision Schools would be additional schools however imperfect they may be.

It has now emerged very clearly, that the seven Vision Schools proposed so far are not additional Chinese or Tamil schools. They are first and foremost new Malay-language schools but their Chinese and Tamil component schools are relocated existing Chinese and Tamil schools. Consider these concrete cases:

Case 1: SJK (C) Central Site, Segamat This existing school wanted to move to a new housing estate but the State education department insisted that they moved to the proposed Vision School instead.

Case 2: SJK (C) Ladang Hillside, Seremban The estate land on which this school stands has been sold to a developer and the school has been asked to move out. The Education department has insisted that they can only shift to the proposed Vision School there.

Case 3: SJK (C) Wai Sin, Parit Buntar This school is five miles from Parit Buntar and the community around where the school stands (Jalan Baru town) is not in favour of moving to the proposed Vision School which is another bus ride from Parit Buntar town.

It can be seen that the five Chinese schools which have been included in the Vision Schools programme were not properly consulted beforehand.

Integrated schools

After the failure of the likewise controversial Integrated Schools Project in 1985, DJZ held consultations with the Education Ministry and agreed to the "Programme to Integrate Pupils Toward Unity" in 1986. This involved various activities to promote interaction between different schools. After a promising start, the Education Ministry decided to halt this programme. DJZ stands committed to this programme which we believe is a more meaningful means of promoting integration and inter-cultural understanding.

We do not believe ( and the situation in existing National Secondary schools and universities prove this ) that putting pupils of different language streams under one roof necessarily leads to unity. Try putting all your relatives under one roof for a start!

The Chinese schools of Malaysia have been commended by many including Government leaders for their management and community involvement. This has been credited to the existence of their respective school committees which collectively form state-level and national-level school committees associations (Dong Zong).

It is obvious that the school committee of the Vision Chinese School will no longer be able to play its traditional effective role in the management and development of the school.

Serious about integration?

DJZ strongly upholds the right to defend our mother tongue education system because we believe that the mother tongue is the most effective way for the child to be educated and we believe that our respective ethnic languages (our roots) must be promoted for the propagation of Malaysian cultures.

Nevertheless, we strongly believe that there must be ample opportunities for inter-cultural interaction in the educational, sport, cultural, economic and political spheres. Before the Government points any accusing finger at DJZ, it should justify these incongruities of Malaysian reality first:

We see no justification for mono-ethnic political parties. UMNO, MCA, MIC and other racially-based parties have no credibility to talk about national integration until they disband and reform in a "Vision Party"; We see no justification for new towns which encourage habitation by one race; We cannot accept educational institutions such as UTM, Residential Schools and other schools which are reserved for Bumiputeras only.

May we remind the Government that Chinese-medium schools do not discriminate on the basis of race. In fact, there are more than 65,000 Non-Chinese pupils in Chinese primary schools today.

Dr KUA KIA SOONG is a director of Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) and also the Principal of New Era College, Kajang.

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

October 9, 2019

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Assistant Director for Retreat Ministry

Jonah 4:1-11

Psalm 86

Luke 11:1-4

I suspect the disciples were impressed with our Lord’s example of taking time to pray in the midst of His hectic schedule.  Jesus spent long hours in prayer in the evenings and even through the night.  Before every major event in His life He is found in prayer.  Today Jesus teaches all of us how to pray.

What does the Lord’s Prayer tell us about God and about ourselves?  First, it tells us that God is both Father in being the Creator and Author of all that He has made.  Second, Jesus teaches us to address God as “Our Father” and to confidently ask Him for the things we need to live as His sons and daughters.

It has been said that the Lord’s Prayer gives us several guidelines.  We see that when we give God His place only then can the other things take their proper places.  Not to worry about the unknown future but to live one day at a time.  Finally, we are empowered to forgive because we know what it is to be forgiven.

At the end, the Our Father teaches us how to pray.  It leads us to where our concerns should lie, not only on some individualistic need or concern, but more so, God’s concerns.  It is part of our daily dose of piety, if you will. Do we pray with greater attention, reflecting on the meaning of the words?  Do we think about the privilege of calling God, “Father?”  Think about it – better yet, pray.

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How dare you described a particular group of people rats?Mr. Hamat Bah, in Zoology, rat is a medium-sized rodent belonging to a genus Rattus.

But in English grammar, it is informal if it is used in depicting someone. Anything informal means that particular thing is not formal or ceremonious. It means not accord with usual regulations. Minister Hamat Bah, I Saikouba Ceesay thinks you definitely need someone to be enlightening your little primitive soul.

What do you mean calling an entire group of people Rat? Let me tell you, a rat when used in describing someone means a person who is known for betrayal. Even in the animal kingdom, it is a term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families, example… voles and mice so why did you use the term Mr. Hamat Bah?….. Was it because you don’t know about it or was it just intentionally?

Am sure you don’t know but describing a group of people “Rats” means they are scoundrels which means worthless fellows, rascals, villains, people without honour or virtue.Mr. HAMAT BAH, the best person who can be called a rat is you yourself and if there is a second person to be called a rat, am sure you know him.

He is not far from you. That person has betrayed the entire Gambia by compromising our security, and is squeezing the last breaths out of our economy. Mr. Hamat Bah, Gambia’s Tourism Minister, the man you cherishes, the man you butterfly-kisses, the man you sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy you, an emotional quisling of the first water. You will soon come to regret all what you are saying and doing. This me

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All You Need to Know About the New Mazda CX 9 Rear Cross Traffic Alert System

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With the Australian SUV segment continuing to see fantastic sales, it is no surprise that many manufacturers are offering multiple SUV models. Mazda is no exception, and the CX 9 has recently joined the brand line up as the largest SUV in the range. The new Mazda CX 9 is packed with innovative features and the latest Mazda technology, which can be a little daunting. So, here we will explore all you need to know about Rear Cross Traffic Alert systems.

The Basics

Rear Cross Traffic alerts are becoming more readily available, providing a handy driver assistance feature. The system is designed to alert the driver to approaching vehicles behind your vehicle. This is invaluable when reversing out of a parking space, particularly if visibility is obscured by a large vehicle or wall on either side of your vehicle.
The Rear Cross Traffic alert system is activated when you select reverse gear. The system monitors the traffic approaching from either side of your Mazda CX 9 diesel. If there is a possibility of a collision, you will receive visual and audible warnings to the danger, so you can take time to stop and avoid an accident.

Why We Need Rear Cross Traffic Alert?

Reversing aids have become a more common feature in modern, luxury vehicles. On the CX9, the Rear Cross Traffic alert is packaged with Blind Spot Monitoring and Smart City Brake Support featuring Pedestrian Recognition as part of the model’s safety suite. These types of systems are designed to help drivers avoid car park mishaps and accidents. Rear Cross Traffic alerts provide you with additional confidence when backing out of a space by detecting any approaching vehicles up to 50 metres away.

How It Works

This type of system uses similar technology to blind spot monitoring. In fact, some of the hardware is actually shared by these two systems. When you select reverse, small radar sensors that are concealed in the rear bumper, scan the areas to the right and left of your vehicle. The system then calculates the speed, direction, and distance of any vehicles within a 50 metre radius. If the system does identify a potential collision risk, you’ll receive an audible warning and a visual alert.
While this type of driver assistance technology is not a substitute for driver awareness, it does provide additional visibility and confidence in those tricky parking situations where you may otherwise struggle to safely move out of a space.

If you would like to find out more about the safety features on the new Mazda CX 9 for sale, Perth drivers should call in and see us. The Mandurah Mazda team would be delighted to answer any questions you may have about the Mazda CX 9, price deals and current offers.

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Whatever your sport of choice and the format of the game, the general program of a sporting event is the same. Why? Because it works. Generations have attended sporting events in ballparks, stadiums and arenas to watch their favorite teams play. There are a lot of great lessons we can learn about the way a sporting event is facilitated—from ticket sales to the post-game player meet and greet—particularly when it comes to developing online brand communities that use content marketing to recruit, nurture and convert customers.

As we’ve discussed, online communities are a great opportunity to create deeper audience engagements and gain insightful user-level lead data, leading to a more impactful, long-term marketing and sales approach. They leverage content marketing, sophisticated segmentation and user’s desire to interact with your brand to help move your customers through the funnel. These communities aren’t just about housing content, waiting for inbound traffic, and encouraging users to register – there are a number of key components that add up to the great online communities you see today and pulling off a great game day event. In this series, we have 13 in total, but here are 4 key components to kick us off:

First 4 Components of an Online Community

1. Ticket Sales

In order to watch the big game, you have to buy a ticket. Nowadays, there are a plethora of ticket providers—online and offline—making it easy to shop around and find the best deal. The competition is fierce and users are overwhelmed with options. Chances are, this isn’t any different than one of the challenges you face in your own industry when selling your products and services, and it’s not going to be any different for driving traffic to your community: You’re not the only brand with quality content and a community with whom users can engage.

How do you beat out the competition? Create a strong and innovative marketing plan to get in front of your consumers and lead them to your community. Consider a large mix of digital tactics that drive to personalized landing pages, such as targeting ads and PPC, in addition to tactics such as third party acquisition that provide a direct feed to your lead database. Leverage your community content to provide more information about and showcase your brand. Don’t forget to optimize your SEO strategy – this is even more important with content-heavy websites. Contrary to what you learned in Field of Dreams, if you build it, there’s no guarantee that they’ll come.

2. Giveaways

Bobbleheads and t-shirts might not be right for your brand, but it never hurts to offer fans an extra boost of motivation to make it out to the game. Creating an offer to drive users to your community and sign-up for your email list or register for your site can significantly help your marketing efforts. However, not just any offer will do. Consider the following:

  • Find an offer that is right for you and your brand. Ensure that it supports your mission and what value you hope to provide to your customers. For example, a community centered around sports would drive a more appropriate audience with an offer of a chance to win Super Bowl tickets than a free recipe book offer to every member.
  • Consider the right cost per lead for you and your business. After you convert your customers, the cost of your offer will be a factor in your final customer acquisition cost. Make sure you are considering any fulfillment and processing costs, but also that the offer has a high perception of value to your targets. Free pens won’t cut it in the community game.
  • Finally, ensure you have the right measurement and testing mechanisms in place. This will help you figure out which offers are attracting the right leads: those with high community engagement and ultimately the highest lifetime value for your brand.

3. Security

Security teams let the ticket holders in and ensure no one sneaks through the cracks. While your community probably doesn’t need this same level of protection, you do want to ensure everyone provides what is required to get through your website’s gates: their contact information. Content utilized to create awareness and drive traffic should be approached in a unique fashion from that which helps to identify and qualify leads at this security stage. Here is where your gating strategy comes in. Make the strategic decisions to determine:

  • What level of access do you want for visitors to have without signing-up for your community? Will you limit this to the number of pages or types of content they can view, or is sign-up mandatory for all access? Find a balance between proving your content’s value and providing a reason for users to register. Investigating your pageviews per visit or identifying content consumption trends are good places to start.
  • What level of information is required to access the community? Is email sufficient or will your lead nurture and sales contact strategy require more information? Will you allow for a single sign-on social media experience? Balance form length (seen as a barrier to entry) and the user experience with the needs of your business.

Carefully weigh your company’s selling objectives and processes with the user experience and continuously test to find what strategy will get you the most quality and quantity of community members.

4. First Look

Everyone gets an overwhelming feeling when they first enter the ballpark – the people, the vendors and the signage. While the sensation is exciting, these visitors struggle to figure out how to get where they want to go. Don’t let this happen to your site’s visitors. Create a clear and simple user flow that helps draw emphasis on the pages and features that would be most appealing to that audience based on the user’s entry source or past site performance activity (user-level or aggregate). When designing your flow, don’t just direct visitors to the pages you want them to visit, but anticipate their natural user experience and thought process and match it with the site offerings you think are the best fit.

Measure your success by taking a look at your bounce rate, segmenting by site entry source, browser and other factors that might impact the experience. Help to reduce your bounce rate by ensuring your messaging is consistent with your promotional tactics to your community and that your content marketing efforts accurately reflect the on-site content experience.

Now that you’re in the ballgame, there are number of key components that will keep your users engaged with your content, just like the crowd at the stadium. I’ll cover those in the next part of this series. In the meantime, post your questions below and I’ll try to answer those during Part 2. Let’s play ball!

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The Administrative Court has dismissed an application for judicial review of the policy of Her Majesty’s Passport Office to require those who apply for the issue of a passport to declare whether their gender is male or female, and not to issue passports bearing an X marker (indicating an unspecified sex). The Court rejected the argument that the policy breaches ECHR, art 8 in conjunction with art 14.

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