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6719293919_e841d7862e_qQ: When using an adoption attorney who provides full adoption services, how can you tell what type of services they offer to expectant parents before the adoption and after the adoption? What types of services should we expect?

A: Adoption is a hybrid of law and social work. Offering birth parent counseling is, in the long run, best for all members of the adoption triad: birth parents, adopting parents, and the child. Asking an adoption attorney about his or her process in working with expectant parents and birth parents can provide some good indicators of the quality of services provided. Unfortunately, working with birth parents is sometimes handled in a perfunctory way, without the necessary commitment made to “options counseling” and third-party private counseling provided by professionals who have experience in working with the expectant parent population. When looking at the services offered to expectant parents, an attorney should be able to provide an in-depth description of the work they do with an expectant parent as well as who carries out those services (ie. a social worker on staff, a licensed counselor trained in adoption, etc). Well-rounded services often include options counseling with the expectant mother regarding her pregnancy, adoption education, and helping expectant parents determine what type of family they envision for their child, as well as the type of on-going contact with the family after placement.

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Talking with Young Children about Adoption and Birth Parents

How should you talk with young children, toddlers, and preschoolers about adoption. How do you talk about birth mothers and birth fathers? In this episode we talk with Jenna Howard, a LMSW who has worked in the adoption field since 1994 in both domestic and international adoption. In addition, she is an adoptee and an adoptive mom.

In this episode, we cover:

  1. Why is it important to start talking about adoption and birth parents with kids when they are very young?
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  3. How to talk with infants about adoption.
  4. What do young children understand about the concept of adoption?
  5. What name should be used when referring to birth parents?
  6. How to talk with toddlers and preschoolers about adoption. (They are accepting of what parents say and the attitude it was said.)
  7. Adoption is cool stage.
  8. Oversharing details. Distinction between secret and private.
  9. Oversharing as a parent.
  10. Helping child explain adoption.
  11. Talking about adoption vs. different ways families are made.
  12. Keep it short and simple. Laying the groundwork.
  13. Positive adoption language.
  14. Common questions children this age might ask and sample answers.
  15. How to talk about birth fathers and the role of birth fathers when the child doesn’t understand conception?
  16. How to talk about birth fathers when birth father is unknown or otherwise not in the picture?
  17. How to talk about birth siblings.
  18. Why do some adoptive parents hesitate to talk with young children about adoption?
  19. When should parents share some of the harder parts of their child’s adoption story  (domestic violence, substance abuse, incarceration, unknown birth father, rape)?
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    2. Movies/TV shows (Sesame Street, Mister Rodgers, etc)
    3. Make a life book
    4. Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler and the link won’t change so that makes it easy.

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Your southern accent and folksy colloquialisms leads Kathleen Parker to think she's smarter than you, all evidence of her own thoughts to the contrary.

Don't you just hate liberal elitists with their elitist Yankee values and sneering of anyone outside their liberal elitist, latte-sipping, college-educated, coastal-living, granola-munching world?

Oh wait, that's no liberal. That's Kathleen Parker.

Kathleen Parker quite visibly cringed at the AFP's newest anti-Obamacare ad, not because it was full of crap and propaganda. No, she didn't like the fact that the "Obamacare sufferer" depicted had a Southern accent:

And by the way, I think you could find someone who doesn't have a southern accent who is confused by this act. (CHUCKLE) Because we always seem to find a character who seems a little country-fied, who can't just fathom. You know, there are plenty of smart, sophisticated people, who are equally hazy about what is really going on.

This is not the first time that Parker has been uncomfortable with the less than urbane, big city dweller she is representing conservative values.

She found herself less than entranced by Sarah Palin's folksy affectations at the 2008 Veep debate, which separated her from most of the conservative male punditry who got turned on by it. When she suggested that Palin might not be ready for prime time, she was attacked by her base, for just not getting it.

She also defended Ann Romney's "horse therapy" for her MS.

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Help! I’m Stuck on an Airplane and Need Some Skills

Dear Joseph,

Recently, I was on an overnight flight, trying to sleep. The person in the next seat was using headphones and laughing loudly every two minutes or so. I told her, politely: “Excuse me, you probably do not realize it, but you are laughing quite loudly, and it is preventing me from going to sleep.” In response, she muttered an offensive epithet and turned away from me. I decided not to engage further and closed my eyes. I didn’t get any sleep as she continued to make noise. Once the lights were back on and we started having breakfast, she started talking to me angrily saying that I should find a different seat or use earplugs if I am disturbed by noise. I had no desire to be engaged in an argument but did not know how to respond to get her to stop. What could I have done differently?

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Dear Anger Management,

A sign of your emotional maturity is your capacity to sit with others’ drama without absorbing it.

Your experience bears a striking resemblance to one I had three months ago. A perky woman next to me began peppering me with questions the instant she sat down. “What’s your name? What do you do? Why are you going to LA?” and on, and on. I introduced myself, answered a couple of perfunctory questions, then said, “I’ve got some work I want to get done. May I talk with you more when I finish in a couple of hours?” She huffed and turned away.

That was a crucial moment. In moments like that, I have three emotional choices: ignore, absorb, or acknowledge.

Ignore. I can reject the clear evidence of the other person’s upset—often in a defensive way. I can actively neglect him or her in an attempt to punish. Or, I can do so to ensure my own safety. In either case, this willful ignorance is false. I actively resist the other person’s emotions while pretending I am not.

Absorb. I can take responsibility for how the other person is feeling by apologizing, or rescuing him or her. I could turn to this lady next to me and say, “I am sorry, what’s on your mind?” or, “Please don’t be mad, I’m just very busy—I have to get these things done or I’ll be in big trouble.”

Acknowledge. Acknowledgement means I care that she is upset but also recognize that it is her choice to be upset. After acknowledging that she is angry, I first examine my own role to discern whether I have fallen short of my own moral duty. If I have, I own it. I don’t own her emotions, but I own the actions that invited her to feel that way. For example, if I had been curt with her I might say, “I don’t think I said that in a very respectful way. I am sorry. I would enjoy talking with you once I have handled some things on my mind. I hope you understand.” Next, I acknowledge that she is feeling that way by validating her. “It appears you’re upset that I won’t talk with you now. I’m sorry you feel that way.” Do NOT apologize for your choice, simply express your empathy with her upset.

In my own case, the woman began to order drink after drink. The more she took in, the angrier she became. Every few minutes, she would turn to me and say, “Are you ready to talk now, Mr. Big Shot?” With a couple of more drinks in her she began to swear at me and call me names.

It is hard to stay in acknowledge rather than absorb when a relentless string of profanities is coming at you. But it is possible. You slip from one to the other when you begin to feel either that: a) the other person’s behavior means something about you—i.e. when people are unhappy with you or don’t like you that your own worth is threatened; or b) you are responsible for the other person’s feelings—i.e. your safety or worth require you to keep others happy.

Moments like the one you had on the plane—disruptive though they may be—are a great chance to develop the internal muscle to stay in acknowledge and avoid slipping into absorb. When you are able to sleep in spite of someone else’s drama, you’ll know you’ve reached momentary competence. My ability to sleep is usually affected more by the emotional noise inside me than the physical noise outside me. If I can quiet the first, I have at least a hope of rest. Continued practice can propel you to sustained competence. Truthfully, I’m working hard to get there myself.

Once I finished my work, I turned to the woman next to me and said, “I would like to talk now if you are still interested.” It turned out, she was on her way to the Betty Ford Clinic for her alcoholism. I doubt my conversation with her changed her trajectory much, but I was happy that I was able to connect with her for a few minutes.

Next time you’ve got a party going on in the next seat, take advantage of the opportunity to do some emotional calisthenics.

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21 thoughts on “Help! I’m Stuck on an Airplane and Need Some Skills”

  1. stephen

    “I’m sorry you feel that way” and the similiar “I’m sorry if you took offense” can be understood as “I’m sorry that you’re wrong…..” and doesn’t seem to work well for me. Saying you’re sorry, to me means that if it were possible you’d do something differently next time. In these sorts of cases, that’s rarely the case.

    1. Robert

      I agree with Stephen. I think you apologize when you don’t mean it (and this case I would definitely NOT mean it) a lot of people can sense you are not sincere. Maybe I’m too unkind, but I don’t feel it’s necessary for me to make a person feel better about them being rude. My experience has been that unless you are willing to do what they want, talk to them, put up with the noise etc., they are not going to be happy, but it’s not my responsibility to make them happy. So I choose ignore. However, I disagree that ignoring a person after you have politely declined to engage is punishing that person. It’s just choice to not engage. The experience with the alcoholic is evidence that ignore would have been the best choice in that situation too.

    2. Andrew

      Overall, I really liked Joseph’s article. For me the three classes of responses were ‘sliced and diced’ a little differently than what has become a simple rubric for me. I tend to think of a continuum of responses that go from ignore, to acknowledge, to accept, to apologize. Ignoring doesn’t typically work well accept for when it’s warranted due to personal safety or such a brief encounter that it doesn’t make sense. When I Acknowledge where someone else is at or what I might have done to trigger their reaction (bearing in mind their reactions are truly theirs to manage) that seems to work best in most situations. The greater the need or the more valuable the relationship, then I am discerning what amount of personal Acceptance or Apology is needed. I tend to find myself evaluating the latter two only as an internal exercise in my self-assessment, and am only likely to actually use that language with someone close to me or only rarely in the situations that are called for it outside of close relationships.

  2. Hi,

    Always great to read you, thanks to all the team for the great work. I’ve been a follower since Crucial conversations.

    Stuck in an aiplaine, I can relate too. The fourth attitude that is sadly in use in these situations is to complain. As I said, I relate. Some of us north-americans, well bred to be polite at all costs and feel ashamed at any sign, find solace in complaining. This is my ironic way of saying that the trap is too tempting and feels so comforting. Venting is good, but sanity tends to dilute. This is the child in us and the ego that team to give us an impression of power that doesn’t last and leaves a sad taste afterwards.

    There is no better way to learn than to be in the experience, I totally agree. Flying in two weeks, this will be a nice topic to share with the occupant of the seat next to me !

    Sylvie Racine, coach, Montreal

  3. Toni

    I am going to echo what Stephen said above. “I’m sorry you feel that way” is one of the examples of a BAD apology we use when teaching Make it Safe in Crucial Conversations. So what gives?

  4. Stephanie

    Thank you for this post, it helped clarify things for me, however, I have found myself in situations where family members were verbally berating me because they didn’t like my choices. I acknowledged how they were feeling and tried to explain my reasons, but they continued to be verbally abusive. I felt there was nothing left for me to do, except remove myself from the situation, which would seem to be “ignore” in your post and something that is undesirable. On one hand I understand, but on the other, the other people refused to understand/compromise or in any way work with me to resolve the the issue. It was “their way or the highway.” I chose the highway, because their way was impossible for me to live with.

    It is a difficult situation to live with, but they have repeatedly made it clear that the only way they will tolerate my presence is if I conform to their conditions and requirements. Something I cannot do.

    Comments, thoughts? Am I understanding your post correctly?

  5. Doreen Boettcher

    I was thinking that there may be an opportunity for a contrasting statement in both scenarios. “I am not I don’t want to visit with you; I am saying there are things that I must complete before this plane lands. I’d be ready and able to speak with you then.” Not sure what the statement might be for the first one, but I think there’s a good one out there!

  6. Lee Motley

    what a great article! The Ignore-absorb-acknowledge concept is new to me, yet opened my eyes to a new approach to thinking, and acting. Thanks!

  7. First – regarding Anger Management’s story.
    I have discovered that if I want to ask a stranger to change their behavior, I may need to establish some rapport first. Small talk when we first sit down and a cordial exchange of some stories leads to a shared experience and a realization that both of us are connected human beings. That goes a long way to generating cooperation from someone when I ask them to stop doing something they want because it bothers me. Otherwise, I am just being a selfish jerk – in their eyes – not someone who they realize needs my sleep and a very small sacrifice from them.

    Second – to Joseph’s story. For a number of years, I did a lot of flying – have I got stories! But I learned to see patterns. As soon as you started your story, I saw this pattern: she is excited, nervous, or fearful – either about the flight itself or the event. So THAT is what I acknowledge; “Enough about me – you seem a little keyed up; is everything OK or are you just excited about your trip?”

    That would have elicited the real story, real time and upfront. You could then could bring all of your excellent empathetic listening skills, which would have helped her take the edge off, and probably would have helped her self-regulate without alcohol.

    However, once I was in the situation that Joseph was in, I would like to think I would have tried to recognized that the situation had changed. It no longer was a situation of someone inconveniencing me, but a situation where I had misread her intent, and responded badly to the situation, I felt bad about that, and would like to repair it -AND get my work done

    I would have tried something like this: ‘Because I fly a lot, I sometimes have to use my airplane seat as a mini-office. Because I had work on my mind, I was thoughtless and rude to you, and I apologize. I can do my work later in the flight. Can we start over? Are you flying for fun or profit?’ or something else lighthearted, disarming or charming.

    I realized some time ago that although it is not always my job to make things better, it is ALWAYS my job not to make things worse – even by accident.

  8. Anon

    Couple of thoughts. The word sorry does not = apology. However many equate the two. When they hear “I’m sorry” the expectation is you are apologizing for an offense. What they want when they have taken offense (intended or not) is an apology because they have told themselves it’s your fault. When that doesn’t happen it may escalate. Rather than apologizing for someone else’s feelings, acknowledging them in a different way may help. “It seems what I said/did disappointed you. That wasn’t my intent. Right now I xzy, I hope you understand” may have de-escalated the situation with the alcoholic woman. Then again, it may not have helped but I have found this to be more effective than telling someone – especially a person who wants me to take responsibility for how they feel ~ I’m sorry you are having unpleasant feelings. It may be well intended but can be received as patronizing.

    A suggestion when flying… if I need to sleep I bring ear plugs (the wax ones that mold best), a headset for white noise, an eye mask and a pillow. Asking a noisy seatmate to pipe down (not matter how politely) has a 50/50 chance of making the situation worse for me since it’s obvious I’m trying to sleep.

    Your question was “did not know how to respond to get her to stop. What could I have done differently?” If asking her politely to be more quiet didn’t work I would have asked the attendant if there was another seat open where I could go and sleep because I cannot control another’s behavior no matter what I say to them/moving might have increased my chances of getting the sleep I wanted.

  9. Clifford Spoonemore

    I have a long flight ahead of me at the end of April. This will be a good chance to practice being prepared for the flight. We usually make sure we have food, drink, entertainment, luggage, tickets and other personal items for the trip. This article shows that I also need to make sure I’m in the correct state of mind for the trip. Knowing you are going to interact with other individuals does not mean you are ready to interact with other individuals. Be ready……

    1. Thanks for your comment and perspective. You added that extra cherry on top for me by pointing out that the correct state of mind to navigate public spaces requires prep.

  10. Sally

    Something I don’t think has been considered yet is to give up what you want in order to fill the other person’s need even if for a little while. For example, not nodding to sleep and asking the person what they are listening to that is so funny; this would get the person on your side and they might then be more mindful of you and your needs. When you discount the other person’s need you are essentially telling them that they aren’t important. In the example of the person who wanted to talk you could have taken more time and asked her about herself and her travels. This shows her that she is important too and then she may have been willing to be quiet while you accomplished some work.

  11. deanna seaman

    What a lovely article. Thanks for posting. Super useful anywhere – kitchen at work, car ride, plane, waiting room. Stay in acknowledge.

  12. GrizzlyBearMom

    On the way in today I stopped at a stop sign waiting to make my left. until I could travel completely through the intersection and not cause grid lock. While I was waiting, cars from the right drove across my field of vision to make left turns around me. The guy behind me wanted me to move into the field of traffic so he could drive around me. I told him i would not do so. He started honking, called me an asshole and told me to move just 5 feet. I repeated that I wouldn’t block the grid. I don’t understand why people think that behaving in a bullying manner is going to change another person’s mind.

  13. I really like this advice….

  14. H. Burns

    Why not share your concerns *discreetly* and diplomatically with an airline steward? In my experience, it’s gotten me moved to a better seat and the crew appreciated the advance warning about a potentially problematic passenger.

  15. A.M.

    My husband used to struggle when I would ask for some quiet time or space. It didn’t seem to matter how important my work was, how worn out I was from caring for a toddler with special needs and a typically developing toddler, or how I made my request. He couldn’t handle it. Turns out he not only had rejection issues, but grew up in a home where the norm was to ignore and block out people to create personal space. He thought that was more polite than asking for space. It took a counselor to help him see that his norm was not emotionally healthy. I agree 100% that if you truly were kind and respectful then you have to walk away from emotionally disproportionate responses. And travel with ear plugs and headphones!

  16. anonymous

    What total bullsh*t! Why do I even have to interact with someone I sit next to on a plane? I would have asked the stewardess to address the noise complaint or asked them to stop serving the drunk.

    1. Suzy

      Seriously? Next time you fly, please buy all the seats in your row for yourself.

  17. J Harris

    It seems, Joseph, you said, “You control what you can.” You can’t force someone else behave considerately, you can only give them the opportunity to.

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Is Blockchain Speed & Capacity a Problem? Vitalik says Yes, CZ says No

There was a disagreement over two vital blockchain-related points earlier today between two major figures in the crypto and blockchain world. The issues: speed and capacity of existing blockchains. The figures: CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), and co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin.

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The short argument started when Zhao referenced Buterin’s interview with the Toronto Star earlier this week, in which Buterin discussed major issues for today's blockchains.

Zhao tweeted that he likes both Ethereum and its cofounder but that speed and capacity were a problem a year ago, and that they are now “largely solved […] for newer blockchains (for now).” Zhao argues that “We need to increase real applications that people actually use, so that we hit the new capacity issues/limits again,” suggesting to “focus on applications.”

Buterin replied saying that the issues are “not solved at all,” and that “even the newer semi-centralized blockchains have TPS (transactions per second) in the hundreds,” adding that, to his knowledge, EOS, a competitor of Ethereum, has already had scalability bottleneck issues.

He also said that he’s been growing more pessimistic about off-chain-data layer two solutions and that Ethereum Foundation researcher Vlad Zamfir is right, “they're just hard to build, require too much application-layer reasoning about incentives, and hard to generalize.”

However, it can be said that if speed and capacity issues have indeed been solved by the "newer blockchains" such as Binance Chain, the native blockchain of Binance, then it has been achieved by sacrificing their decentralization, which is considered to be one of the main features of public blockchains. Buterin has emphasized the issues of the decentralized networks, even likely some semi-decentralized, while it’s possible that from Zhao’s perspective, these may be yesteryear’s problems for centralized blockchains.

Many people shared their own opinions too, sometimes agreeing and often contradicting each other.

Meanwhile, Buterin said in the interview with the Star that the blockchain is much bigger than just Bitcoin today. “It’s split off into separate spaces that have a lot of different visions.” Ethereum wants to take the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin that enables a cryptocurrency to be decentralized and make it usable in general so that it can be applied on other things too.

When it comes to issues, Ethereum co-founder names: scalability, usability, account security and privacy. While the last three are improving, he says that scalability is “a big bottleneck because the Ethereum blockchain is almost full.” If you’re a bigger organization, the calculus is that if we join, it will not only be more full but we will be competing with everyone for transaction space.” This is already expensive, and because of ETH, the price would rise five times.

“The main problem with the current blockchain is this idea that every computer has to verify every transaction”, say Buterin. “If we can move to networks where every computer on average verifies only a small portion of transactions then it can be done better.” While the sacrifice of the security would be “fairly modest”, scalability would bring the cost down by a factor of over 100 for every transaction, he said.


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As the final offering of the antipasti portion of our Ab Ovo Usque Ad Mala Thanksgiving menu, I was inspired by this passage in Crystal King's The Chef's Secret* - "One day I was helping Bartolomeo make meatballs when the court jester found us and, of course, the name polpetta stuck" (pg. 23). It's not that Crystal mentioned or even described an intriguing meatball dish; it's just that 'polpetta' made me chuckle as a nickname. So, I opted to make one of my own favorite Italian-inspired meatballs. These are baked in the oven, then simmered in a fragrant sauce. I did use ground venison for this version though I have also made these with lamb and beef.

makes 24 walnut-sized meatballs

  • 1-1/2 pounds ground venison
  • 1/2 C organic raisins
  • 3 anchovy fillets
  • 2 T balsamic vinegar
  • 1 T minced garlic
  • 1 T capers
  • Also needed: baking sheet, parchment paper, fresh herbs for garnish (I used fresh thyme)

  • 1 organic onion, peeled and diced
  • olive oil
  • 1/4 C raisins
  • 1 C tomato sauce
  • 1/2 C wine (I used some leftover red)
  • 1 tomato, thinly sliced
  • 2 T aged balsamic vinegar
  • freshly ground salt, as needed
  • freshly ground pepper, as needed

About an hour before you want to cook - or longer if you need to - place the raisins and anchovies in a small container. Pour the vinegar over the top and let stand. When you're ready to cook, place the raisins, anchovies, and vinegar in a blender or food processor and pulse a few times to break down the raisins.

Place the ground lamb in a mixing bowl along with the raisin mixture. Add the garlic and capers. Use your hands to mix everything together until well-incorporated.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Form meatballs and place them on the prepared baking sheet.

Place tray in the oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. The meatballs should be firm to the touch and lightly browned. While they bake, make the sauce.

In a large skillet, warm a glug or two of olive oil. Add in the onions and raisins. Cook until the onions and cook until they begin to soften and turn translucent.

Pour in the sauce and wine. Stir to combine and lay the slices of tomatoes over the top. Cover the pan and simmer until the meatballs are ready. Spoon the sauce into a blender or food processor and gently pulse to break up the larger pieces. Return the sauce to the pan and simmer until thickened slightly.

Stir in the aged balsamic vinegar. Drop the cooked meatballs into the sauce. Simmer for a few minutes and turn to coat the meatballs with sauce.

To serve, place the meatballs on a platter or individual serving plates. Serve immediately.

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Check the latest United Arab Emirates Dirham to US Dollar exchange rate and track historic currency performance.

Live AED/USD exchange rate: 0.27225

AED = 248.02 USD
Stat Last 7 days Entire period
High 0.27226 0.27227
Low 0.27225 0.27225
Average 0.27225 0.27225
Volatility 0.00% 0.00%

At the exchange rate of 0.27225 on 25th October 2021, a sum of د.إ911 is worth $248.02.

Using the 30 day high exchange rate of 0.27227, a sum of د.إ911 would be worth $248.04, while at the 30 day low of 0.27225 it would be worth $248.02. This variance equates to $0.02 over the last 30 days.

At the highest exchange rate seen in the last 7 days, د.إ911 would be worth $248.03, while at the weekly low it would be worth $248.02. This weekly variance equates to $0.01.

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Content is still king in the marketing world. However, the authenticity, relevance and frequency of it matter even more now, than ever before. In this post, you’ll find top tips on content marketing for Forex with nine easy steps to implement in your content strategy.

Let’s get started with the first tip:

1) Be consistent

There is a lot of competition online, where brokers will try almost anything to convert a client, swapping from one campaign message to another, and spreading their resources thin by adopting too many activities without much thought.

We recommend keeping a consistent stance on your key messaging across your chosen channels and sending communications that frequently drive-home your core business positioning.

Occupying a defined space in the mind of a consumer makes it easier to build relationships with the right clients, makes you more distinguishable and helps build stronger brand loyalty.

2) Be responsive

The markets move fast, and so should you. Every broker should have a Forex content marketing plan which includes, at a minimum, the core brand messages discussed above. The plan should also mention how frequently to promote those messages. Besides that, you can try to add spaces in your plan for some variable content that’s receptive to the changes in the industry and markets as they occur.

Using brand messaging and topical responsive content in a balanced mix, a broker can respond to crucial information that happens in the market while still effectively preparing ahead of time for relevant content that addresses predictable periods of activity in the year.

3) Be Interactive

Traders engage with other online services outside of Forex and their heightened service expectations are flowing over into how they interact with brokers.

Brokers can look at leading B2C companies for inspiration of how they use content to improve experiences. You can see how they promote a more engaging experience for clients during key value driving moments such as signups, payments or cart abandonment.

In the case of Forex, brokers can begin by planning content that improves processes such as their registration forms and deposit mechanisms. When traders are more engaged, the likelihood of them dropping out of the experience without completion is much lower. If they do drop out, having a plan to pick them back up and bring them back into the funnel is crucial.

There are lots of tools to help a broker be more interactive and attentive to a client’s needs. Building content pieces with polls, competitions, AI chatbot experiences, voice, and videos are just a few options you can explore.

4) Be sales-oriented

There are many small conversions needed along your sales funnel until a trader finally places a trade. Your teams need to be crystal clear with which actions a trader should take to progress through the buying experience and what relevant content and experiences promote those next steps.

Any distraction from the sales path can lead to the trader deferring the desired action until later, or maybe never. Try to include calls to action in your content, or forms, that help nudge and guide the trader to the desired end goal while making it as simple as possible for them to do so.

Check that your client portal is optimized for your buyer’s journey and that you have internal systems in your Forex CRM that track where each client is situated within the predefined process. You’ll want your onboarding teams ready to reach out while trading desire is high, and have team members ready to send re-engagement content before those traders lose interest.

5) Be Optimized

Every broker wants to ensure that their marketing team is reaching their target key performance indicators (KPIs). Processing leads via a Forex CRM helps the marketing team track campaign metrics and their sources. You can also you can keep an eye on those KPIs from your management portal. That way, you and your team know where to put effort to adjust ads or pieces of content that aren’t working, and when to double down on tactics that are producing exceptional results.

There are many strategies to fine-tune your content and ad campaigns, like changing audiences, artworks, landing pages or overall messaging. Keep testing to drive continued growth and remove or repurpose any content that doesn’t seem to be working for your lead flow or retention goals.

6) Be Unique

When referring to content, being unique is a critical standpoint that’s often overlooked. The FX markets move so fast, and by the time you research, adapt and publish any piece of content, you’re probably already too late and someone else has done it before you.

Sure, copying ideas is certainly acceptable, as it’s likely that others have already thought of your idea before, but we strongly believe differentiation is a vital part of survival and growth in a saturated market. First of all, copying content that everyone else is doing doesn’t mean you’ll have the same results. Secondly, if you’re too similar and not an improvement to what was published before, it’s unlikely to rank well in SEO.

Building a unique spin on everything you do, creating new ideas and finding your own niche in which to be a leader can help you reap great rewards.

7) Be Progressive

Be quick to find new ways to work with up and coming media channels or content marketing strategies that show promise. Always stay on the lookout for the next big audience engagement opportunities. The first broker on the channel gets the majority share of voice, for the least cost.

If we look back to influencer marketing, which exploded over the past number of years, brokers that quickly adapted to using content creators as a part of their marketing toolkit saw immediate rewards and strengthened their positions significantly.

8) Be Educational

The industry might be bored with the long-standing strategies of converting clients through education; however, for the novice trader, it’s still a great way to build trust and that initial relationship.

The good news for brokers is that media tools are improving daily. That means there are always new ways of sharing informative, educational content with potential traders. New developments in Artificial Intelligence allow brokers the possibility of providing hyper-tailored content, directly one on one to clients, at the right time and place, to boost trading interactions and generate more engagement.

9) Be Visual

It’s normal, we all skim through content or flick through channels, and if something isn’t interesting enough within the first few seconds, we move on.

The best way to capture attention online is with images. Luckily, digital visuals can be used in many forms: static, animated, augmented, video. Pretty much anything your mind can dream of can be created digitally with the right resources.

Videos are not just visually appealing; they also offer sound, a great way to instantly connect with the audience even if they can’t see the screen at that moment. Most of all, videos can be used to capture ‘real-life’ moments which can be shared live. Other types of pre-prepared content or static images may prove harder to use to promote trustworthiness, as we all know how powerful Photoshop has become for editing images. Just remember that the more authentic you are, the more your traders will trust you.

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CWU Women’s Open Evening

Frustrated that issues in the workplace and wider society no longer speak to you as a woman?
Always wanted to speak out but don’t have the confidence?

Then the CWU calls you.

Meet and socialise with like–minded women. Find out what the CWU is really about and how you can play your part, no matter how small. Women represent over half the workforce and the CWU wants to make sure that women’s concerns are front and centre of it’s agenda.

We would like to invite you to an ‘Open Evening’ where you can meet members of our CWU Women’s Advisory Committee and Regional Women’s Committees.

When: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Where: CWU Office, 3rd Floor, Unite the Union, 26-34 Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 2AA
Time: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Refreshments Provided

Together we can be Part of the Solution
A Woman’s Place is in Her Union

An email has been sent to all members about the event. Please reply if you wish to attend

You can also let us know on our Facebook Event page


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About Me
Your Guide To Starting A Business

Hello, my name is Barbara Mason and if you're interested in starting your own business, there are many resources available in this blog. You'll learn about start-up costs, securing inventory, hiring employees and customer relations. You'll also learn information about the legal aspects of owning a business, such as registering your business name and obtaining business permits and a license. I don't own my own business, but my sister does and that's why I'm so familiar with the aspects of starting a business. I helped my sister get everything in order before she opened her doors for business and there was a lot to do. Many people want to start their own business and I wanted to make it easier for everyone by writing this blog. I hope that after reading this information, it will help you to have a successful grand opening too.

Service First: What Makes A Great Trash Removal Company

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Running a great trash removal company starts will stellar service. But finding out exactly which factors play a role in creating these services goes beyond simply showing up and hauling trash away. Expanding the area serviced, offering great rates, and boosting customer morale will all play huge parts in what makes customers choose one's trash removal business over another. Here are a few factors to incorporate within a trash removal business. Read More …

Keys To Using CBD Oil For Sleep-Related Purposes

20 August 2021
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CBD oil is a very popular substance and continues to be so as more people rely on it for different things. If you plan on using it to help with sleep, then there are a couple of precautions you want to take as to have optimal experiences each time. Look for Oil Approved by the National Sleep Foundation The National Sleep Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with sleep problems and disorders via research and insightful information. Read More …

Hard Well Water Can Reduce Your Hot Water Availability

16 July 2021
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Taking a hot shower can definitely be refreshing and soothing unless the hot water runs out too quickly. Then you are shivering while you try to rinse the shampoo out of your hair. If you are constantly running out of hot water, even when it hasn't been used all day, there's something wrong with your water heater, so you will need to call to have it repaired. Here's why.  Sacrificial Anodes Read More …

Temp Tags For Privately Purchased Used Cars And What To Know

14 June 2021
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When you begin the process of buying a car from a private owner, the option of using a temp tag may come up. Temp tags are a standard for many car dealerships. The tags are used to prove that you are the owner of the car. Before you choose to move forward with using a temp tag on a car you are purchasing from a private buyer, there are a few things you need to know. Read More …

Things You Should Know When Replacing Your Residential Water Well Pump

3 May 2021
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The water well on your property may be the only source of water you have, and if you are not getting good flow from it, there are some potential problems that you might need to consider. Water well pumps that sit down in the well can stop working, the well could be running low on water, or there could be other issues, but a residential water well pump service company is often the best place to call for help. Read More …


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Apple TV available

APPLE has started shipping its Apple TV box, a gizmo that lets people take music, photos and video stored on a computer and play them on a television screen.

The small silver box with a white Apple logo costs $US299 ($372) and can store up to 50 hours of video, 9000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination thereof. It is available this week at Apple’s online store, retail stores, and also from resellers.

In Australia, the unit is priced at $449.

Apple TV has garnered some positive early reviews, including one by Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg (a long-time Apple fan), who said the wireless box was easy to install and simple to use.

A remote control lets user watch movies or TV shows bought from Apple’s iTunes store, view photo slide shows, or listen to music.

One of the chief complaints is that the Apple TV does not – at least for now – record TV shows, which means it cannot replace digital video recorders like the TiVo popular in the US.

Over the past year, TV networks and movie studios have increasingly made their shows available online. That spurred a flurry of gadgets and services that connect the PC to the TV – including those from Microsoft, Sony and TiVo – but none has emerged as a clear winner.

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Tip #2 for Cycling a Century (100 miles) on Your Bicycle

Start the day well rested, fueled and hydrated. You will need to spend several hours in the saddle on a century (100 mile) ride. In my case, it takes me about 7 hours to complete a century. So, it stands to reason that my body needs more fuel than most days.

I eat a good dinner and get plenty of rest the night before. In the morning, I start drinking water when I wakeup. My goal is to drink at least a full water bottle or more before the start. I also eat a solid breakfast with both faster burning carbohydrates and slower burning proteins and fats before I start riding a century.

Only with a well rested, fueled and hydrated body am I is ready for the challenge ahead.

Ken Whittaker


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Baloo’s Dressing Room

Baloo’s Dressing Room Special Fantasyland attraction at Disneyland until displaced by Toontown construction, open from March 15 to September 8, 1991. The attraction was inspired by a similar area in Mickey’s Birthdayland at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom where guests were able to visit Mickey Mouse in his dressing room. Eventually, Toontown would provide the experience of directly meeting Mickey.


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Paragnost Daan Akkerman

You may expect the following of a consultation.

Through clairvoyant observations (voices, images from the spiritual world) you will be helped out for as long as an hour. An exploratory interview ahead will not be necessary, since your appearance in itself already makes clear the reason of your visit.

Furthermore by means of your aura and chakras, information will be read which is determining to your filling-in of the future. This information will also clarify your path of life, your so called karma, including karma originating from former lives. If desired, you can bring along handwriting and photos.

You may record the consultation on cellphone or Mp3 player, that way you can listen to the recording again. Should questions still be bothering you later on, you're always free to telephone during telephonic office hours: 9.30 - 13.00 o'clock (monday - thursday).

Consultations are given in Westerlee, Groningen and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). In Germany: Oldenburg. More enquiries about this and appointments can be made telephonically in Westerlee. Due to possible waiting periods, you may also have a written consultation. Answer within one to two weeks.

At Daan Akkermans practice the following homoeopathic products are used

iliomare is a high-quality food-supplement, made of the Chlorella Pirenoidosa Algeae, a single-celled water greenalga, known to researchers and scientists als the best known eatable alga. It has maintained its pure genetic structure of old. The ultra-fast growth and reproduction-value (quadrupled every twenty hours) is caused by the pithy structure that stimulates tissue-repair with people and animals and aids to a fast recovery of many diseases to come.

The approach of Bloem is simple. Bloem wants to help you in a natural and human friendly way to build and maintain a good health. A health that has a fully balanced interaction between body en spirit. The basic assumption to this is the centuries-old power of nature.


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What is a smoldering look?

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The City Dictionary defines it humorously as: Smoldering. “The act of accessing your deep, interior, and molten sexuality and capturing it via your eyes into an undeniably horny stare.”

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Smouldering (British English) or smoldering (American English; see spelling variations) is the gradual, flameless type of combustion, sustained by the warmth developed when oxygen straight assaults the floor of a condensed-phase gasoline.

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What does Smouldering imply?

to burn slowly with smoke however with out flames: a smouldering fireplace. smouldering embers. The fireplace was began by a smouldering cigarette.

How do you spell Smoulder?

Right spelling for the English phrase “smoulder” is [smˈə͡ʊldə], [smˈə‍ʊldə], [s_m_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə] (IPA phonetic alphabet)….Comparable spelling phrases for SMOULDER

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On this web page you possibly can uncover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and associated phrases for smoldering, like: fuming, smouldering, effervescent, boiling, burning, calming, smothering, seething, fulminating, festering and steaming.

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Joe to the airport, an iTunes exchange, The Kite Runner movie, a little reading, and karaoke...

I met Joe at his house at 8AM, and before leaving for the airport, we exchanged gifts. As usual, he went over the top in gifts, so much so that I insisted that he take back one of his $25 iTunes gift cards!

I dropped him off at the airport at just after 8:30 for his 10:00 flight. He called me about 20 minutes later to let me know that there were no lines and that he was already at his gate.

I was a little early for the 1:45 movie I was going to see, so I stopped at the Target at North Hills Shopping Center on the way and returned a $25 iTunes gift card I thought I was going to use for a Christmas gift.

The Kite Runner

I saw this movie this afternoon. It has had very mixed reviews. Here's my take in one word: exquisite. Caveat:  The fact that the book upon which it is based is on my list of Top 5 Books of All Time might have had some influence on this assessment.

I guess this is a little technical communicationy [made up word], but I absolutely loved the typeface (and the music) used on the opening credits to this movie.

I forgot to mention this yesterday: My aunt and uncle called to tell me that I absolutely made their Christmas with my package full of pictures from our Labor Day weekend visit. They were just beside themselves, which was totally cute and warmed my heart.

I'm really scrutinizing The Turn of the Screw on this read through (my second—the first was many, many years ago), watching specifically for the degradation in reliability of the narrator.

Right before I stopped reading it (and began reading the back of my eyelids), a huge credibility reduction took place in Chapter VII. It's interesting to note the technique used by Henry James to pull it off. A good writing lesson, as well as a good read.

Karaoke was festive tonight, with a lot of people being off tomorrow, I suppose.

Van, the soldier, was there and at one point during the evening, he said to me, "Have you ever asked God for a boyfriend?"

"No, I can't say that I have," I replied. "Have you?"

"No," he said. I thought it was a devilishly interesting question, and I wondered where it had come from. Perhaps someone he was talking to before me had asked him that.

I sat next to Patrick (from line dancing) most of the night, as he proceeded to get totally polluted. Fortunately, he had a room at a downtown hotel tonight so wasn't driving home.

I left him there with a good conscience (mine—I wouldn't presume to speak for his).
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Oregon State Swimming sinks to Washington State in late meet

Swimmers from Oregon State and Washington State take their dive into the water at Osborn Aquatic Center.

Lillian Nomie, Sports Reporter

On Friday evening, the Oregon State swim team took on Washington State in a Dual Meet at the Osborn Aquatic Center with a final score of 148-114.

This loss puts the Beavers’ overall record at 3-7, and their Pac-12 record at 0-5.

Junior Ariana Letrari, a regular at the 200m butterfly, took two wins tonight in both the 100m and 200m butterfly.

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“I think my races went amazing today. I was more happy about the 100 because I usually do the 200 fly and I am not really a sprinter,” Letrari said. “I just tried to go really fast and I got the seasons best time, so I am really happy about that. The 200 fly I just wanted to win and I did. I am really proud of myself and the whole team.”

Freshman Cali Rowland set new personal records in two of her events on the night. For the 100m breaststroke, Rowland took her 1:06.42 time down to 1:05.79. In the 200m individual medley, she beat her previous time of 2:14.19 by a little over two seconds, setting her new career best at 2:12.77.

“I set two new in season best times, which is really exciting because we are training so hard, we have another meet tomorrow so it’s exciting to go fast today and then have another opportunity to swim fast again tomorrow,” Rawland said. “I had a lot of fun. I was really excited this whole day and we were really excited this whole week leading up to this weekend. Coming here with a positive mindset and the want to swim fast and to do well are some of the biggest things that helped me be successful today.”

In the meet, freshman Kristiana Schneider set two personal record in both the 200m and 100m freestyle. Despite spraining her left ankle last Tuesday, she was able to take her person best in the 200m freestyle down to 1:53.43, and her 100m freestyle from 52.87 seconds to 52.42.

“I just wanted to swim really fast and be close to my past times. I wasn’t thinking I would swim my best times because I had an injury. I payed a lot more attention to small details like my turns and I think that helped lead me to success,” Schneider said.

OSU Head Coach Jennifer Buffin said she was very proud of the way the team performed in the meet. Throughout the week, she had been talking with the players about arriving as a team and working together to perform well.

“I thought that this was one of our best performances all season. How we came out, the way we focused and how we took what we talked about all week and put it into action tonight,” Buffin said.

The Oregon State Swim team will be back at the Osborn Aquatic Center Saturday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m to take on Idaho State.


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Not so ‘Smart’

Four decades after Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created the wacky, fun TV series "Get Smart," the movie
Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 and Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart in "Get Smart."
Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 and Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart in "Get Smart."

Dreamed up by comic geniuses Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, who sold their idea to NBC in the 1960s, the original “Get Smart” was a wacky novelty that even cynics and hardened critics could regard as a guilty pleasure.

It was dumb, unmitigated fun easily digested in short, sitcomish doses.

Four decades later, “Get Smart,” the movie, has the unenviable distinction of being annoyingly dull.

Despite the presence of Steve Carell, who riffs on Maxwell Smart, the secret agent first played by the late Don Adams, this rebirth comes to us as a cluster of gags less than enhanced by invention or comic timing. Too often, this errant attempt at comedy lingers on a visual joke so that even an initial titter turns into a grim grimace of pain.

Witness one tedious bit early on in which Smart, trying to free himself from plastic handcuffs, spews a dart that stabs his foot. Then another dart, and another one, and another one to different parts of his body.

’Get Smart’

SCREENPLAY BY Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember

STARRING Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, Ken Davitian, James Caan and Bill Murray

RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes

It’s but one example of the clumsy slapstick approach that tries to pass for fresh humor in a work that is blatantly stale. It’s a movie that has no idea what it wants to do or why it exists. When Brooks and Henry got their idea, the airwaves and movie screens were glutted with stories about secret agents: “I Spy, “The Avengers,” “Mission: Impossible,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Matt Helm,” the James Bond features. It was the Cold War. The Russkies were our enemies. Even kids had natural referents, immediately recognizable subjects for a spoof.

In the ’60s, the whole shebang was ripe for satire, and here was a TV show that fit the bill. As a social phenomenon, shows like “Get Smart” may have deflated our anxieties. It was not classic comedy, but it had its place. You might have asked yourself, “How and why am I watching this stupid thing?” but you found yourself watching just the same.

In Peter Segal’s movie, relying on a lame script by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, everyone seems bored or displaced. As the Chief, Alan Arkin has no room to maneuver. Anne Hathaway is Agent 99, but she too flounders. While Dwayne Johnson has the most decent outing as a fellow field agent, Terence Stamp merely runs thought the motions as the villain in possession of nuclear bombs he threatens to detonate if his demands are not met.

Meanwhile, in cameos, James Caan shows up as the president and Bill Murray as a spy in a tree. Occasionally, the movie takes a few well-aimed jabs at Bush and Clinton, but its motto seems to be playing it safe, just in case it a gag offends someone.

That leaves us with Carell, who is a dead-on ringer for the Adams’ character. Still, he adds little that is fresh to the role other than an imitation. His best scene is one in which he dances with an overweight partner, maybe 200 pounds heavier. When Smart informs her he lost 150 pounds, she tells him she has too. It’s one of the few really funny lines in a lackluster attempt at original comedy. Carell is in a movie wedded to nostalgia, a comedy aimed in part at a target audience that has no nostalgic memory.

When the movie has nowhere to go, the solution is to mount an expertly and elaborately edited chase scene that goes on for minutes. It’s one more example of how computer-generated effects fill in for a lack of imagination.

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