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Surveillance cameras in New South Wales schools cause alarm

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Sunday, July 8, 2007

Installations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) security cameras into schools in the Australian state of New South Wales has alarmed teachers.

Over 50 schools in New South Wales already have surveillance cameras in playgrounds and outside dining areas. The concern from teachers arises from the pending installation of further cameras inside classrooms and also corridors.

Teachers have expressed concerns about privacy and misuse of the equipment. Senior vice-president of the New South Wales Teachers Federation, Bob Lipscombe, said that teachers are worried about the footage being used improperly, as well as the fact that both teachers and students would be filmed at work by the cameras.

The increase in security cameras being used in schools is an attempt to protect valuable schooling equipment from theft and damage, in particular computers in computer rooms. Lipscombe said that installations in computer rooms will potentially affect many teachers, as all subjects can be taught with the integration of technology.

CCTV surveillance is preferred by some schools over fitting alarm systems and physical bars on entrances to the room, as it is cheaper to install.

“[Teachers] are concerned about its improper use and that it may be taken out of context”

Lipscombe said that the Teachers Federation isn’t against CCTV systems provided they are operated properly and with appropriate consent. A solution proposed is to only have the surveillance system record during times when the room is unattended.

A spokesperson for the New South Wales Department of Education and Training has said that the footage obtained is confidential and used to assist police in investigating criminal activity.

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Google is moving fast and algorithms improve rapidly. It s not easy keeping up with the latest in SEO, so I asked the top SEOs of our industry what we should do more of in 2012, and what we should stop doing. Enjoy these 2012 SEO tips!

The experts

Rand Fishkin (CEO, SEOmoz)

Dr. Peter J. Meyers (President of User Effect)

Will Critchlow (Founder, distilled)

Danny Dover (SEO Consultant and Author, http://DannyDover.com)

Bas van den Beld (Speaker, blogger and owner State of Search)

Ann Smarty (Owner at MyBlogGuest)

Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney)

Aaron Wall (Founder, SEObook)

Neil Patel (Co-founder Crazy Egg and blogging at Quick Sprout)

Justin Briggs (SEO Manager at Big Fish Games and blogger)

Tom Critchlow (VP of Operations NYC, distilled)

Gianluca Fiorelli (SEO Consultant, ItaliaSEO and blogger)

Stephan Spencer (Author, SEO and Internet marketer, Stephan Spencer)

Marcus Tandler (Partner at Tandler.Doerje.Partner and blogger)

Dennis Goedegebuure (VP Internet Marketing at Geeknet and blogger)

Scott Polk (VP of Internet Marketing, ObsidianEdge Marketing)

Trond Lyngb (SEO Strategist, Metronet and writer at Search Engine Land)

Russ Jones (CTO, Virante)

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1. What Is Your Best SEO Tips For 2012?

Rand Fishkin

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Move outside of classic, old-school SEO. If you re sticking to keyword research and targeting with a dose of site accessibility and link building, you re almost certainly going to lose out to someone who s broadened to include content marketing, viral product incentives, email, social media, conversion rate optimization and branding as part of their online marketing efforts. The power of combining tactics and reaping the benefits of overlapping marketing practices is insanely awesome.

Dr. Peter J. Meyers

Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate. I think the big lesson of Panda is that more isn t always better. More indexed pages cost Google money and often dilute your most important content. Canonicalize true duplicates, tame near-duplicates, and burn thin content to the ground. If you syndicate, make sure you bring something unique to the table, and if you re a thin affiliate, fatten up.

Will Critchlow

More than ever, I believe code is the new content. I think we will see interactive data visualisations getting bundles of links and shares.

Danny Dove

SEO has grown beyond simply building links, writing comments and optimizing tags. It now involves the entire website experience. Don t focus entirely on doing traditional SEO, instead diversify in other marketing channels (e-mail, CRO, social, PPC). I think the winners will be the ones who excel at online education. I predict that industry will grow much bigger in 2012.

Bas van den Beld

1. Watch out for personalization and make your content shareable. Things are getting personal. Google is making Google+ the center of it all to make everything as personal as possible. This means that we will be seeing a lot more personal elements, for example in the SERPS. This means you should make your content as shareable as possible. Get people to share and they will spread it to their network. It will show up in their personalized SERPS.

2. Optimize your snippets. Google is putting a lot of emphasis on snippets. Optimize all your snippets, not just the meta description, but also the rel-author, the reviews, everything.

Ann Smarty

If your focus has always been content and quality, there will hardly be anything to change for you next year. Maybe you should try playing with some fresh content and thus tracking hot trends for that. But other than that, just keep on!

Jeremy Shoemoney Schoemake

For 2012 I suggest that people should build websites that people want to link to.

Aaron Wall

Google continues to bias the algorithms toward brands. As Google promotes brands then in many cases you might find using one of those promoted platforms offers a higher ROI than building out sites from scratch. If you look in the SERPs across a wide selection of keywords you will see that many people are building business models based on being the eHow of Facebook or the eHow of Youtube. In addition to that low level sort of stuff, one can list their products for sale on sites like eBay, Amazon or Etsy.

Neil Patel

Stop building links too quickly. If you grow at too fast of a pace, you ll find that it becomes really hard to achieve top rankings. In 2012, slow and steady will actually win the race. Don t go after quantity, go after quality links.

Justin Briggs

I d keep a look out for the growth of entity specific search algorithms, with a focus on building a brand, building out AgentRank/AuthorRank, and citations for real world items, such as specific products, locations, movies, songs, etc. I think increased brand detection, rel author, the social graph, and schema are early stages of this style of ranking algorithms. Search engines are moving beyond page and domain level algorithms and becoming increasingly sophisticated at understanding entities / objects.

Tom Critchlow

Focus on user engagement. I think marketers will get a lot more aware of user retention and loyalty and that Google will publicly discuss how they reward these metrics by measuring brand loyalty and search history. Whether it s that exact metric or not, I think we ll finally see a slight weakening of link-based metrics and more emphasis put on social/user metrics.

Sjiinfotech

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No any new technique for doing seo, only unique content posting is the best way for increasing website rank.

I agree, because after penguin and panda update even no old techniques are not working. So just go with fresh and unique content.

So Link building is the best Tips of grow Seo website ranking. If you are doing 20 links daily , then your website ranking grow 100+1% after 1 to 2 month .

Gianluca Fiorelli

I would strongly suggest in implementing the rel=author and rel=publisher tags, hence using Google+.

In fact, I consider that the author rank is going to be one of the most important factors for Google in order to discriminate authoritative sites in the next months, as it will identify what authors and publishers sites are really popular both in the social and link graph.

It is my firm conviction that SEO and Social Media are going to merge in many aspects, and those rel are going to be tool Google will use (alongside others signals) to do that merge.

As a consequence, that means that sites will need to finally embrace what we call Inbound Marketing , spending less time with old classic tactics (which will still have their importance though, even if reduced IMO) and strategically planning a real content marketing plan, which will need to focus on the users needs, and without forgetting where their users spend time: on search (SEO) and social networks (SMO).

To conclude, my best tip is: SEOs, if you want to rank well in the years to come, you must become Inbounders; use data and code like SEO, communicate like Social Media Specialists and plan content as Content strategists.

Stephan Spence

One important new area of focus is enhancing your Google listings via rich snippets. Focus in particular on marking up videos. Very few companies are taking advantage of this. I expect that Google will, over time, introduce additional types of rich snippets, in particular, ones that will help promote Google+. Think about such things as Google Hangouts and public Circles showing up as rich snippets in the search results.

Marcus Tandle

Become a Brand (or at least look like one ). Be Social (just don t spam and annoy people). For any given term, Google doesn t really want to rank those sites the best, which do the best SEO Google wants to rank sites, which are the best result for the user Be one of those sites, be the best result for the user for all the keywords you re targeting!

Dennis Goedegebuure

Link & anchor text diversity. Any backlink profile of your site needs to be natural and diverse. This has already been important in 2011, but will be getting more important as algorithms become smarter. This includes having a natural follow vs no-follow ratio in backlinks.

Scott Polk

Concentrate on Social Signals that the search engines look at from trusted sources. The NSTIC is going to change things Google and Bing will give more weight to signals from trusted sources Google Plus/Profiles, etc.

Trond Lyngb

All traffic is not equal. Small businesses realize this. Instead of targeting high volume keywords, they will focus more on local SEO strategies that not only attract customers into stores, but also ensure they ll spend money. Conversion, and not just traffic, will be king.

SEO experts will help businesses discover customer intent as they search the Web, to target long tail keywords that address customers needs, and do it while communicating their values and USP. They will measure ROI and long term profitability over visitor counts, or search rankings.

Paradoxically, this lowers expenses, since higher quality traffic means better conversion to sales, lesser competition, and reduced advertising costs.

A twist that further boosts local SEO effectiveness is social optimization . Location-based targeting that focuses on prospective customers where they already gather online, and communicates with them using the right tone and approach, gets explosively more powerful when combined with social marketing , where friends vote up a product through Facebook likes, or a friend s customer reviews show up on search engine results pages or social media platforms.

Those will be the big wins in 2012 and beyond, I think. We ll see this being the year when search and social meld together into a future of Social Search.

Russ Jones

Start using metrics to make decisions religiously. Half the battle is being efficient with your marketing dollars. You should know how valuable every link is that you attempt to acquire, how much closer it brings you to overcoming your competitor, and how much it costs relative to the potential traffic it will bring in.

Multi-site strategy. There is absolutely no reason all your eggs should be in the same basket. The only algo-update-proof SEO strategy for your site is to have more sites.

2. What SEO Techniques Should We Stop Using In 2012?

Rand Fishkin

Folks have talked a lot about Google s webspam team negating the value of a lot of article marketing link sources. If I were a betting man, I d say the next large-scale link spam devaluation algo they ll launch will be in that realm (and thus, I d avoid the practice). I did a whiteboard friday earlier this year noting that article marketing is mostly a scam, even though there are times when it can work. I expect to see those working instances drop even further.

Of course, that s not to say that good practices in similar fields like guest blogging, white hat comment marketing and the like aren t still great techniques.

Dr. Peter J. Meyers

Stop buying exact-match domains just to rank for long-tail keywords. One or two are fine, and domain keywords still matter, but Google is turning down the volume, and the days where you could register 100 domains and link them all to yourself are gone. You re wasting time and money on a tactic that will eventually crash and burn.

Will Critchlow

I ve noticed the web spam team using article marketing more and more as their go to example of low quality link building. I have to assume that means they are talking about it a lot in their meetings

Ann Smarty

You should have stopped them long before 2012 but if you haven t yet, here they are:

Wasting your time on directory submissions (there are just a couple of them still worth the time and the money, like BOTH and Directory Journal);

Wasting your time on article marketing (better try guest blogging instead);

Wasting your time on on-site optimization myths (like focusing on keyword density and trying to nofollow all your external links);

Wasting your time on trying to cheat rather than investing in quality and long-term approach!

Jeremy Shoemoney Schoemaker:

I suggest that people should stop building websites for search engines and start building websites for people.

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American film director John Hughes dies at age 59

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Thursday, August 6, 2009

American film director John Hughes, noted for such movies as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club, died Thursday due to a heart attack.

A statement, released by his representative, said that he experienced the heart attack while on a morning stroll in Manhattan, New York. Hughes was born on February 18, 1950 in Michigan. He started his career as an advertising copywriter in Chicago. By the end of the 1970s he was a frequent contributor to the National Lampoon magazine.

In the 1990s, he made the Home Alone series, which became a box office sensation and turned Macaulay Culkin into a star.

In recent years, Hughes stepped back from the movie industry to spend more time with his family. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nancy, two sons and four grandchildren.

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Kennedy Center names 2007 honors recipients

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Friday, September 14, 2007

The Kennedy Center announced that its 30th presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors would go to pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, director Martin Scorsese and musician Brian Wilson. The Center was opened to the public in 1971 and was envisioned as part of the National Cultural Center Act, which mandated that the independent, privately-funded institution would present a wide variety of both classical and contemporary performances, commission the creation of new artistic works, and undertake a variety of educational missions to increase awareness of the arts.

In a statement, Kennedy Center Chairman Stephen A. Schwarzman said that “with their extraordinary talent, creativity and perseverance, the five 2007 honorees have transformed the way we, as Americans, see, hear and feel the performing arts.”

Fleisher, 79, a member of the Peabody Institute‘s music faculty, is a pianist who lost use of his right hand in 1965 due to a neurological condition. He became an accomplished musician and conductor through the use of his left hand. At 67, he regained the use of his right hand. With the advent of Botox therapy, he was once more able to undertake two-hand performances in 2004, his first in four decades. “I’m very gratified by the fact that it’s an apolitical honor,” Fleisher said. “It is given by colleagues and professional people who are aware of what [an artist] has done, so it really is apolitical — and that much more of an honor.”

Martin, 62, a comedian who has written books and essays in addition to his acting and stand-up comedy career, rose to fame during his work on the American television program Saturday Night Live in the 1970’s. Schwarzman praised his work as that of a “renaissance comic whose talents wipe out the boundaries between artistic disciplines.” Martin responded to the honor saying, “I am grateful to the Kennedy Center for finally alleviating in me years of covetousness and trophy envy.”

Ross, 63, was a product of Detroit‘s Brewster-Douglass Projects when as a teeager she and friends Mary Wilson and Florence Ballardis formed The Supremes, a ground-breaking Motown act. She portrayed singer Billie Holiday in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues, which earned her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe award. “Diana Ross’ singular, instantly recognizable voice has spread romance and joy throughout the world,” said Schwarzman. Ross said she was “taken aback. It is a huge, huge honor and I am excited to be in this class of people.”

Scorsese, 64, is one of the most accomplished directors the United States ever produced, whose work includes Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, Cape Fear, The Last Temptation of Christ and The Departed, for which he won a 2006 Academy Award for Best Director after being nominated eight times. Scorsese said, “I’m very honored to be receiving this recognition from the Kennedy Center and proud to be joining the company of the very distinguished individuals who have received this honor in years past.”

Wilson, 65, along with his brothers Dennis and Carl, formed the Beach Boys in 1961. They had a series of hits that included “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Their 1966 album Pet Sounds is considered one of the most influential recordings in American music. “This is something so unexpected and I feel extremely fortunate to be in the company of such great artists,” said Wilson, who is currently on tour.

The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees is responsible for selecting honorees for “lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.” Previous honorees, including Elton John and Steven Spielberg, also submitted recommendations. A wide variety of people were under consideration, including Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Renee Fleming, Laurence Fishburne, Francis Ford Coppola, Melissa Etheridge and Kenny Chesney.

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush will attend the center’s presentation at its opera house on December 2, 2007, which will broadcast on December 26 on CBS.

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Some people are apprehensive about buying a home for the first time. However, a helpful mortgage company makes all the difference. There are many different loan products, and mortgage lenders guide people in the right direction. It is always a good idea to be prepared when meeting with lenders. Be sure to bring all the requested documentation to the initial meeting.

The most important information the mortgage lender needs is verification of income and employment. They want to see tax returns and pay stubs. Further, lenders want to know about other available assets. Checking and savings account statements are required. Additionally, the first time home buyer in Tucson should bring proof of any IRA’s or other investment accounts. percent of their income on debt.

Any first time home buyer in Tucson needs to learn about different mortgage products. A fixed rate mortgage is an option that ensures the payments stay the same. Individuals are better able to budget knowing what they have to pay every month. Fixed rate mortgages have slightly higher interest rates, but individuals can refinance after a year or so. Usually, homes are financed over thirty years. Mortgages with a shorter life span usually have higher monthly payments.

The adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) has fixed rates for a certain time period. At the end of the time period, interest rates start going up annually. Some people prefer an ARM because they get a lower mortgage payment initially. Homeowners are able to refinance if they can’t make the increasing payments. The VA loan allows qualifying veterans to purchase a home costing up to $412,000 without a down-payment. Further, it is easier to qualify for a VA loan than some other products. The most important thing is qualifying for a loan product that meets all your needs. There is nothing like the joy of owning a home for the first time.

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Cecile Willert, Ajax—Pickering

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

Cecile Willert is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Ajax—Pickering riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign.

Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.

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Oil from Gulf spill reaches major current

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

US scientists say that oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the Loop Current, which could propel the oil towards the coast of Florida.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), limited amounts of oil have entered the current, and could reach Florida’s coast in as few as six days, although it would be highly diluted by the time it did so. Other estimates place the time before oil reaches Florida as closer to ten days.

Satellite images show oil moving south from the main slick into the current, which is a rapidly-moving body of water that flows from the Caribbean Sea towards the Atlantic Ocean. The speed of the current is predicted to disperse the oil that is picked up, which would lead to difficulties in tracking it.

NOAA qualified their warning by saying that the amount of oil in question is a small percentage of the total spilled, most of which is to the north of the current. The agency’s Scientific Support Coordinator, Charlie Henry, said that “[t]here is some light oil filling the loop current,” though he said the agency “expect[s] it to degrade before it comes close to threatening South Florida.”

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Prolific Energy LLC Offers Profitable Oil and Gas Drilling Programs

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James Brignac

Prolific Energy LLC is a company in the oil and gas field exploration services industry. Founded by John Seale in 2002, the company has been involved in various facets of the oil and gas drilling business. John Seale has efficiently guided the company through evaluation of business programs, project and lease acquisition and oversight and management of numerous partnerships. The company offers highly profitable oil and gas drilling operations for their investors and they have built an extensive portfolio of prospects with substantial long-term production.

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With more than 18 years of experience in the field of oil and gas exploration, John Seale has worked on more than 100 wells. His engineering experience in fracing procedures for tight shale gas plays also gives him in-depth understanding of the field. John Seale reviews the viability of geological and economic data on drilling programs to find out their feasibility in the market and whether it would be profitable to bring the project into the marketplace. Prolific Energy has also tied up with several other industry leaders to maintain an active membership in industry organizations. By keeping abreast of the latest developments in the field of oil and gas drilling, John Seale and team at Prolific Energy LLC participate in drilling prospects only after complete evaluation of the projects. The company s professionals use the most accurate seismic and geological technologies available today. The company aims to bring only the best deals for their business partners and they take pride in their contributions to the field of oil and gas drilling business.

Prolific Energy LLC maintains high business standards by doing business only with the most reputable drilling contractors and service and supply companies. John Seale of Prolific Energy LLC studied business at North Texas State University and went on to study Geology at West Texas State A&M. Along with his professional responsibilities, he is also a model citizen and performs his civic duties by supporting various charitable organizations such as Food for the Poor, various children\’s hospitals including St. Jude\’s and Children\’s Hospital and also NRCC. He enjoys bicycling, fishing, bird hunting and reading in his free time. For more details, please visit www.prolificenergy.com.

James Brignac is a technical writer, researcher who has a passion of writing and research. He mainly spends his time to informative websites like Wikipedia and Squidoo. Nowadays, He s writing about finance articles which are his core interest.

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Inspectors close Chicago landmark Healthy Food restaurant after finding dead mouse in cooler

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Saturday, April 2, 2005

Chicago city inspectors closed the landmark Lithuanian restaurant Healthy Food on Thursday, after finding mouse feces on the meat slicer and cutting board, and a dead mouse in the cooler.

The restaurant has operated at 3236 S. Halsted, on the south side of the city in the Bridgeport neighborhood, since the 1930s.

Wikinews reporter David Vasquez placed a call to the restaurant to inquire if they were open. The call was answered by a woman who said, “No, we’re closed. There’s some technical difficulties. I’m sorry. Thank you for calling.” A second phone could be heard ringing in the background.

Streets and Sanitation spokesman Matt Smith told the Chicago Sun-Times, “To reopen, they’re going to have to present us with a revamped game plan for not only rodent control but also housekeeping, they’ll have to make all the corrections that our inspectors point out,” he continued, “and pass a very stringent follow-up inspection.”

Patrons have praised the restaurant’s sauerkraut soup and other dishes over the years. Before it was closed, the restaurant had a lot of traffic from the nearby Cook County Circuit Court. The restaurant was once voted “Best Ethnic Eastern European Restaurant in Chicago”, according to New City.

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