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Happy Birthday to Billie Joe Armstrong He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot and The Coverups. Armstrong has been considered by critics as one of the greatest punk rock guitarists of all time.

Billie Joe turned 51 today.

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In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Robert Caulfield: Elliott Gould Col. Charles Brubaker: James Brolin Kay Brubaker: Brenda Vaccaro Lt. Col. Peter Willis: Sam Waterston Cmdr. John Walker: O.J. Simpson Dr. James Kelloway: Hal Holbrook Judy Drinkwater: Karen Black Albain: Telly Savalas Hollis Peaker: David Huddleston Walter Loughlin: David Doyle Sharon Willis: Lee Bryant Betty Walker: Denise Nicholas Elliot Whitter: Robert Walden Control Room Man: James B. Sikking Capsule Communicator: Alan Fudge Vice President Price: James Karen F.B.I. Man Number 1: Jon Cedar General Enders: Hank Stohl President: Norman Bartold Dr. Bergen: Darrell Zwerling Dr. Burroughs: Milton Selzer Horace Gruning: Lou Frizzell Mrs. Peaker: Nancy Malone Jerry: Paul Picerni Alva Leacock: Barbara Bosson Reporter (uncredited): Bob Harks Film Crew: Casting: Jane Feinberg Casting: Mike Fenton Set Decoration: Rick Simpson Production Design: Albert Brenner Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith Director of Photography: Bill Butler Costume Design: Patricia Norris Sound mixer: Jerry Jost Stunt Coordinator: Bill Hickman Makeup Artist: Michael Westmore Location Manager: Ron Underwood Assistant Director: Irby Smith Art Direction: David M. Haber Producer: Paul Lazarus III Director: Peter Hyams Special Effects: Henry Millar Associate Producer: Michael I. Rachmil Editor: James Mitchell Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom Script Supervisor: Marshall J. Wolins Hairstylist: Emma M. diVittorio Boom Operator: Joseph Kite Special Effects: Bruce Mattox Special Effects: Robert Spurlock Camera Operator: James R. Connell Title Designer: Dan Perri Movie Reviews: John Chard: It’s a pleasure alright, and I don’t feel guilty about it at all!. A NASA space mission up to Mars fails to get off the ground due to major technical problems. Fearing funding could be taken away and wishing to avoid embarrassment, the powers that be decide to do a fake landing in a studio. With the astronauts forced to pretend that they are actually up on Mars, and fighting with their own personal belief systems, the government executives in charge fear that the fake flight could come to light. Upon learning that the outside world actually thinks they crashed upon reentering the earths atmosphere, the astronauts run for their lives knowing that the government can’t afford for the men to stay alive. Capricorn One is an excellent conspiracy picture that sadly seems to have been largely forgotten. Even today we are still hearing mooted stories of the landing on the moon actually being fake, so here director and writer Peter Hyams takes it and crafts a thrillingly taut piece of work. At the films heart is Elliot Gould’s (his great 70s work under valued) intrepid journalist, Robert Caulfield, after being nudged in the ribs by one of his friends at NASA, is himself under threat of death from shadowy government types who will think of nothing to offing him along with the astronauts. The film is split into two very significant halves, the first half is the set up, the conversations before and after the fake landing are clever and crucially attention grabbing, and of course we get to know our characters with the right amount of time. The film then shifts for the second half into a quality thriller chase movie, our main protagonists pursued by the government assassins courtesy of two gun toting helicopters. Jerry Goldsmith’s score brilliantly becoming part of the chase sequences, making the helicopters seem like death stalking machines operated by no man alone. We even get Telly Savalas joi...

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Let's briefly discuss #hydration post-training! You should be drinking some kind of fluids before and during your training time as is. But fluid intake post-training is more crucial. Aside from drinking 8 glasses of water daily, try to drink anywhere between 16 to 24 oz of water for every pound lost during exercise. Please keep in mind that this is a general rule of thumb and therefore, might be unnecessary for some of you. But if your training is intense enough, this is what you'd want to shoot for. Tha ks for reading and please follow me for most tips like this! Mike #mikelaexandercpt #mikealexanderfitness #water #keephydrated #postexerciserecovery #recovery #drinkwater #nasmcpt #northjerseypersonaltrainer #northernnj #cliftonnj #passaiccounty #northjerseylocalbusiness #igfitness (at Clifton, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSaIihrlYR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Special Branch: The Kazmirov Affair (1.5, Thames, 1969)

"Then we come to chapter fourteen. Then the style changes. The message changes. These twenty-five pages advocate the overthrow of the Soviet system by force, and its replacement by Western democracy. Did you notice that? Did you recognise its significance?"

"It's a work of fiction!"

"Fiction or not, in the Soviet Union it's counter-revolution! You know as well as I do that Kazmirov committed treason if he just wrote it, never mind sending it to the West to be published."

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Drinkwater is Rich with Lots of John Hughes style References

The #80s #nostalgia and #music is rich in Stephen S. Campanelli's Drinkwater, a movie that's getting more love in #britishcolumbia with #arthouse and @cineplex theatre releases in #yyj and #yvr. Info and #moviereview at:

Oct 21, The Vic Theatre (808 Douglas St) Oct 25, Cineplex International Village (88 W Pender St) Mike Drinkwater (Daniel Doheny) fails at everything he does, and the only person Wallace (Louriza Tronco) trying to encourage him to do better, he’s completely oblivious to. This coming of age comedy, appropriately titled Drinkwater, is very adorable. It may well stem from how this surname developed,…

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: You're Wrong About Podcast RPF, Undisclosed Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Sarah Marshall (You're Wrong About Podcast RPF), Michael Hobbes (You're Wrong About Podcast RPF), Peter Cushing, Olivia de Havilland, June Crowley, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron Schneider, Helen Burson, Ethan Hawke, Polly Platt, Peter Bogdanovitch, Stephanie Rothman, Julia Weinstock, Christopher Lee, Charles Lyman, Cybill Shepherd, Elspeth Drinkwater Additional Tags: Urban Legends, Don't Have to Know Canon, Alternate History, Movies & Moviemaking, Metafiction, 1970s, Period-Typical Sexism, Scary Movies, Conspiracy Theories Summary:

Sarah tells Mike about the lost horror movie that became an urban legend. Digressions include the chemical formula for mescaline, Sarah imitating Ethan Hawke imitating a Yorkshire prop witch, and where the fat goes after it gets vibrated out of your body by a $19.99 girdle sold on late-night TV.

My second Yuletide fic rec: if you’re a fan of the podcast You’re Wrong About, you have to read this fic, which is a transcript of a fake episode about a fake movie.

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Newcastle United VS Aston Villa, host may get the result

Match Time:6/25/2020 01:00 Thursday(GMT+8)

English Premier League -- Newcastle United VS Aston Villa

Livescore | Match Prediction & Tips| Asian Handicap Odds|Line-ups& H2H Stats

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Newcastle United welcome Aston Villa to St James' Park on Wednesday evening for their second behind-closed-doors home game in the space of three days.  The Magpies beat Sheffield United 3-0 in their first match back after lockdown on Sunday, whereas Aston Villa remain in trouble at the bottom of the table having taken only one point from their two games since returning.

Match preview

Even the most ardent Newcastle fan could not have expected such a convincing win over Sheffield United on Sunday as the Magpies resumed their campaign in style.  Steve Bruce's side had one of the worst attacking records and were coming up against a team with one of the best defensive records, yet goals from Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie and the previously-misfiring record signing Joelinton earned the hosts their biggest league win of the season.  Indeed, it was the first time all season that they had scored more than two goals in a home league game and they netted as many times in the final 35 minutes of that match as they had in their previous six Premier League outings combined.  A red card for John Egan undoubtedly aided their cause, but Bruce will still be delighted with the manner in which his side picked up back-to-back league wins for the first time since December and only their third victory since Christmas.  Across all competitions Newcastle have actually now won three in a row, and another triumph on Wednesday would see them move past the 40-point mark and could even lift them into the top half of the table as Bruce continues to silence his critics via results on the pitch.

Sunday's result also hints that the Newcastle players were able to play with more freedom than normal without an expectant and demanding home crowd voicing their unhappiness with owner Mike Ashley.  That said, the Magpies' good home form stretches much further back than just Sunday; they are unbeaten at St James' Park since New Year's Day and have kept clean sheets in their last five home outings across all competitions - including four in the Premier League.  Newcastle last achieved a four-game top-flight home unbeaten run without conceding in 2012 and will be favourites to extend that streak against a Villa side that knows time is running out to pick up results.  A 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Chelsea on Sunday saw Dean Smith's side lose for the sixth time in a seven-game winless streak across all competitions which stretches back to January.  The gap to safety remains just one point after both Bournemouth and West Ham United lost too, but Villa's inferior goal difference compared to those two teams effectively adds another deficit to make up in their survival bid.  

To have picked up just one point from their two home games since returning will be all the more disappointing considering they have a poor record on the road, where they have won just twice all season.  A 4-0 defeat to Leicester City in the last Premier League game before lockdown was their most recent away game, and that result took them to 11 away defeats and 32 goals conceded on their travels this term - both league highs.  Things do not get any easier for Villa either - their next away game after this is Liverpool while, home and away, their next four matches all come up against top-half opposition.  Indeed, after Wednesday 12th-placed Everton are the lowest team left to face until the final day of the campaign, when they are due to take on West Ham in a match they will hope still has importance for their survival chances.  On paper at least, Wednesday's game appears to be one of their best chances to pick up points before that final-day crunch match.

Newcastle Premier League form: DLLDWW

Newcastle form (all competitions): LLDWWW

Aston Villa Premier League form: LLLLDL

Aston Villa form (all competitions): LLLLDL

Team News  

Newcastle were without both Sean Longstaff and Matty Longstaff for the win over Sheffield United, and both remain doubtful for this match.  The brothers are Bruce's only injury concerns, though, with an otherwise clean bill of health after the first game back.  Aston Villa do not have such luck, with Bjorn Engels and Frederic Guilbert joining long-term absentees Wesley and Tom Heaton on the sidelines.  Loanee Danny Drinkwater is closing in on a return to training after injury, but Wednesday's match is likely to come too soon for him to feature.

Newcastle possible starting lineup: Dubravka; Yedlin, Lascelles, Fernandez, Rose; Ritchie, Shelvey, Hayden, Saint-Maximin; Almiron; Joelinton

Aston Villa possible starting lineup: Nyland; Konsa, Hause, Mings, Targett; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane; El Ghazi, Samatta, Grealish

Newcastle United VS Aston Villa

Handicap Pick: Newcastle United -0.25

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Among Us translated into Gaelige in 'a cultural victory for the Irish community'

Among Us translated into Gaelige in ‘a cultural victory for the Irish community’

Innersloth’s Among Us has become the first major title to be officially translated into Irish, following the developer’s incorporation of what began as a fan project into the game. The team of Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Brian C. Mac Giolla Mhuire, Cormac Cinnsealach and Mike Drinkwater had been working on a mod that translated the game, before they were approached to make it official. “I was approached…

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Joshua Damien Cordle. I Found This Interesting

Life's rich pattern: Researchers use sound to shape the future of printing

Researchers in the UK have developed a way to coax microscopic particles and droplets into precise patterns by harnessing the power of sound in air. The implications for printing, especially in the fields of medicine and electronics, are far-reaching.

The scientists from the Universities of Bath and Bristol have shown that it's possible to create precise, pre-determined patterns on surfaces from aerosol droplets or particles, using computer-controlled ultrasound. A paper describing the entirely new technique, called 'sonolithography', is published in Advanced Materials Technologies.

Professor Mike Fraser from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath, explained: "The power of ultrasound has already been shown to levitate small particles. We are excited to have hugely expanded the range of applications by patterning dense clouds of material in air at scale and being able to algorithmically control how the material settles into shapes."

The researchers believe their work could revolutionise printing, improving the speed, cost, and precision of non-contact patterning techniques in air. Their work already shows the potential of sonolithography for biofabrication.

Dr Jenna Shapiro, research associate in the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Bristol and lead author of the article, said: "Sonolithography enables gentle, non-contact and rapid patterning of cells and biomaterials on surfaces. Tissue engineering can use biofabrication methods to build defined structures of cells and materials. We are adding a new technique to the biofabrication toolbox."

Professor Bruce Drinkwater, professor of Ultrasonics in Bristol's Department of Mechanical Engineering, added: "The objects we are manipulating are the size of water drops in clouds. It's incredibly exciting to be able to move such small things with such fine control. This could allow us to direct aerosol sprays with unheard of precision, with applications such as drug delivery or wound healing."

Beyond its applications in biomedicine, the team has shown the technique to be applicable to a variety of materials. Printed electronics is another area the team is keen to develop, with sonolithography being used to arrange conductive inks into circuits and components.

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Journal Reference:

Jenna M. Shapiro, Bruce W. Drinkwater, Adam W. Perriman, Mike Fraser. Sonolithography: In‐Air Ultrasonic Particulate and Droplet Manipulation for Multiscale Surface Patterning. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020; 2000689 DOI: 10.1002/admt.202000689

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I love SEO.

You love SEO.

Everybody loves SEO. Right?

But why?

To find out, I asked some of the top SEO experts the reasons why they love SEO.

Here were their responses.

1. The SEO Community

“The people! Without the amazing wisdom shared by everyone in this community in person, in blog posts, and at conferences we would all be hacking away at this by ourselves trying to guess what worked.” – Eli Schwartz

“The people are some of the best I have met in any industry.” – John Doherty

“The people are so, so great. Once I stopped being intimidated about meeting the ‘SEO celebs’ I started getting to know them. I learned that we are all a fun group of nerds who love the industry and helping businesses improve their online visibility. Our community won’t hesitate to help one another, no matter what. I know I have a ‘search homie’ in almost every major city and I love seeing everyone at conferences and while traveling.” – Kelsey Jones

“The SEO industry is for the most part very supportive of one another, which is admirable.” – Paul Shapiro

“I love SEO and all the folks that are part of the industry for a very simple reason: You/they can help make good things happen for each other and for the sites they support.” – Topher Kohan

“I’m honored to work with some of the most curious, collaborative, and compassionate professionals I have ever known.” – Jamie Alberico

“There is a constant drive to stay educated, which is impossible without the community. The community itself has become like family to many involved.” – Brian McDowell

“Going to conferences has become a summer camp of sorts and I’m eternally grateful for my peers’ support and knowledge that is readily shared. We all help each other level up.” – Britney Muller

“It’s an industry that is very open to knowledge sharing and has the best events.” – Jes Scholz

“You can ask a question online and multiple people will offer different points of view and experiments to try.” – Carolyn Lyden

“I like the fact that everyone is so willing to share knowledge and the camaraderie between competitors (for the most part.) If you have a question or need some help – you can find it fairly simply by just asking in a forum or even on Twitter!” – Carrie Hill

“I love the generosity of the SEO community, whether it’s sharing information or just looking out for each other.” – Dr. Pete Meyers

“The industry is fantastic because while it is massive, it is also tight-knit. The friendships and working relationships are amazing.” – Melissa Fach

“The community surrounding SEO has some of the funniest—and most intelligent—people I’ve ever met. I’ve made friends in this space that have lasted me nearly a decade at this point. There’s always somebody willing to give, share, or help.” – Joel Klettke

“The best part about the SEO industry is the people. I’ve met and become friends with some of the most amazing people in the world.” – Greg Gifford

“The industry is full of amazing caring people I am privileged to call friends.” – Tony Wright

“I love the SEO industry because of the wonderful people involved in it.” – Elmer Boutin

“I love the people, the camaraderie, the work, and the challenges. I feel that I am privileged to have had the positive experiences I have had working in the industry. I’ve met lifelong friends, colleagues, and have made connections that I otherwise would not have made in other fields.” – Brian Harnish

“The best community on earth. We’re all brothers and sisters and more.” – Cyrus Shepard

2. SEO Is Always Evolving

“SEO evolves, too. So it’s inspiring to keep pushing new ideas.” – Grant Simmons

“I love its ever-changing nature, which allows me to face new challenges on a daily basis.” – Eric Enge

“I love the constant evolution of both the search engines and user behavior.” – Brian McDowell

“The challenge of change.” – Bill Hunt

“The constant change. It is an industry that requires you to research, test and implement on a regular basis.” – Mindy Weinstein

“Its dynamic nature. It’s fast and ever-changing and requires constant attention to evolving best practices.” – Casey Markee

“That constant change is the norm.” – Martin MacDonald

“That constant change, and the willingness for the SEO community to continually educate and openness to call B.S. when they see it, is what really excited me about SEO every day.” – Eric Wu

“The people. The fast pace. The ever-changing landscape. SEO is fun!” – Heather Lloyd-Martin

I’m endlessly curious and I love that SEO is constantly evolving. It’s a perfect match! – Jon Henshaw

“I enjoy how this industry requires you to stay on your toes and adapt.” – Jesse McDonald

“There are a lot of fields where you can become an expert and always be an expert. Not SEO. Things change and you have to stay on top of what is happening and be willing to try new things.” – Casie Gillette

“The constantly evolving environment, technology, challenges, opportunities – and the need for us to evolve and change with that.” – Jono Alderson

“Above all, I love the fast-changing pace of SEO. What was true yesterday might not be true tomorrow so we need to learn every day to stay sharp and accurate.” – Max Prin

“What was considered a best practice yesterday, may no longer be today. I love the constant change because it forces me to continue learning.” – Anna Crowe

3. Learning Constantly

“I love learning, and so I like working in an industry where I can surround myself with innovations.” – Will Critchlow

“I love that SEO moves at such a fast pace, it means that there’s always something new to learn or a different challenge to tackle.” – Hannah Thorpe

“There is always something new to learn and new tips and tricks to discover. There are new industry entrants making fantastic contributions all of the time, whether they be technical, creative, or anything in between.” – Glen Allsopp

“Constantly learning and adapting to changes in the algorithms and technology.” – Rob Woods

“I love the constant stream of new challenges and opportunities to figure out how to fix broken things.” – Carolyn Shelby

“It requires you to constantly learn and adapt.” – Dave Rohrer

“The continual need to learn and grow.” – Dawn Anderson

“I am curious about how people use information, and want to help them find what they need.” – Bill Slawski

“Studying the intersection of human behavior and technological advancements.” – Rhea Drysdale

“How everyone is so deeply fascinated about both people and technology and how the two interact.” – Kelvin Newman

“The daily shift and change – the need to learn every day.” – Rishi Lakhani

“Constantly evolving in new and unique ways. Collaborating with and learning from other passionate and smart people.” – JR Oakes

4. SEO Is Never Boring

“I love the impossibility of getting bored search marketing offers us.” – Gianluca Fiorelli

“Every day is a new challenge.” – Dana DiTomaso

“The job as an SEO changes on a daily basis. Your work is never done.” – Jan-Willem Bobbink

“The industry offers you the ability to work in a variety of situations (in-house, agency, consultant – on location or remote) and that you can approach it from a specialty that most interests you (technical, content, strategy, local, vertical, etc). There is a lot of opportunity for anyone with any particular skill set, strengths, and passions.” – Dan Shure

“I totally enjoy the broad spectrum of SEO and being able to work together with so many different teams and personalities from different backgrounds and even cultures.” – Bastian Grimm

“I like that SEO work lets me wear many hats: a psychologist, a forensic investigator, a negotiator, etc.” – Motoko Hunt

“I’ve been in the field for over 15 years already, and it feels like I’ve tried hundreds of different professions and roles. Search engine algorithms keep changing so rapidly, making us adapt, grow and acquire new skills really fast.” – Aleh Barysevich

“I love SEO because it is never dull. It touches multiple disciplines that range from really nerdy tech to super creative marketing and always keeps us on our toes.” – Arsen Rabinovich

“The disciplines within SEO seem perfectly aligned to meet the needs of people who are technical, or people who are data/mathematics-oriented, or people who are creative/literary. As a result, the industry attracts a diverse set of talented people.” – Keith Goode

“To be great in digital marketing you have to be willing to evolve as both technology and users become more intelligent and demand new behaviors. Talk about never getting bored!” – Ashley Segura (Ward)

“I love the chase of the SERPs and the fact that no two days are ever the same.” – Andy Drinkwater

“No day is the same! My work days range from various industries/topics to a variety of research, audit, and client delivery tasks, allowing me to stay fresh and avoid the feeling of ;having to make the bagels’ daily.” – Chris Boggs

“The constant complexity and weaving a practice that touches on design, usability, promotion, data, and gut. It’s always an adventure.” – Mike Ramsey

“SEO is like having a girlfriend who always keeps on your feet, never gets boring.” – Michael Bonfils

5. Testing, Sharing & Collaborating

“I love the fact that it is essentially a blackbox and no one knows exactly how the algorithms rank websites, forcing SEO’s to constantly test and learn. The constant knowledge sharing, case studies and tests/studies are what excites me about the industry – as an industry we are all banding together to learn more about the intricacies of search engines.” – Jason Mun

“People are constantly learning and sharing; trying to make themselves and others better.” – Patrick Stox

“The amazing people who dedicate time selflessly to doing research and furthering our field of practice.” – Dan Taylor

“SEO lives from sharing lessons and new discoveries and I know no other industry that’s so adamant of using collective brain power.” – Kevin Indig

“I absolutely love when I discover something new and get to share it with the rest of the SEO community.” – Dan Petrovic

“I love that SEO is constantly evolving – there’s always more to learn and new things to test out, and a wonderful community of people sharing what they’ve learned!” – Ruth Burr Reedy

“Smart (and lovely) people, doing brilliant and fascinating things that they’re happy to share and talk about. – Andrew Optimisey

“I love the fact that everyone is so open and willing to share their knowledge and up for having a bit of fun whilst doing it.” – Ross Tavendale

“I love how the SEO industry is always openly sharing and discussing their experiments, best-practices, and fails.” – Marcus Tandler

“I love that people spend so much time and effort learning new things just so they can share them and enrich the community. No other industry does so much R&D and gives it away for free.” – Stephen Kenwright

“It’s such a collaborative industry, where so many people who are nominally competitors are keen to share knowledge and insight to help the broader industry and raise standards for everyone.” – Barry Adams

“I love the generosity of the SEO industry. It’s one of the only industries where you’ll find competitors helping each other.” – Annie Cushing

“I thrive on the collaborative community we’ve all built where brilliant people of diverse backgrounds and skills all work together to share knowledge, build useful things and cull out the bunk. I love that we all tackle big, strange and interesting problems, celebrate each others’ successes and occasionally laugh at the rogue noindex tag.” – JP Sherman

6. Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed

“I love helping companies create a profitable internet presence.” – Tony Wright

“You get to watch businesses grow because of your technical (and marketing…that’s SEO, too!) help.” – Mindy Weinstein

“Helping businesses thrive and creating new jobs.” – Shelly Fagin

“Helping businesses grow. That never gets old. – Damon Gochneaur

“There is something very satisfying about helping people grow their dreams. Not that long ago it wasn’t easy for someone with a small budget to be successful. They could not compete without radio or TV advertising etc., but not through SEO anyone has a chance to live their dream. I love being able to help them achieve that through what I do.” – Mat Siltala

“I love to see when people use SEO to grow their business and improve the quality of their life as a result.” – Tim Soulo

“I love helping clients succeed with their businesses, watching traffic convert to sales, and educating folks on the importance of search to their revenue.” – Scott Polk

“Every day, we get a chance to work on one of the most ridiculous, frustrating marketing channels there is and help our clients succeed.” – Andrew Shotland

“The growth possibilities are endless.” – Kaspar Szymanski

7. Solving Puzzles

“It is the perfect storm for my skillset – I have a background in web development, academic experience of AI, and I love puzzles!” – Tom Anthony

“I enjoy solving complex, strategic-based problems, translating executive goals into action plans.” – Alexis Sanders

“The problem-solving aspects are what interest me the most – feeling like a detective analyzing the problem and coming up with creative solutions.” – John Shehata

“Solving mysteries and seeing traffic and revenue grow as a direct result of something we’ve implemented.” – Bryson Meunier

“The detective work that leads to discoveries that help me understand what makes a site rank well and what I can do help sites rank is what I most enjoy about SEO.” – Roger Montti

“I love that it is always changing; it is like a mystery that is never fully solved.” – Cindy Krum

“It’s like a riddle that never gets solved, constantly evolving and demanding you’re at your best at all times.” – Lisa Myers

“There are still problems left to solve, making me an optimist.” – Oliver Mason

8. SEO Changes Lives

“The ability to impact the world at scale.” – Duane Forrester

“I love that for the first time any person, company, or product, has the chance to get near equal exposure as established and successful competitors. Search engine optimization changed the way we look at marketing and customer service.” – Brent Csutoras

“The work can change the lives of those running a business; I love that.” – Melissa Fach

“Connecting users with their needs at the moment they need it the most.” – Kate Morris

“I love SEO because the impact of our work is huge. We make the user and hopefully the companies happy when we optimize websites and it’s content.” – Marcus Tober

9. Analyzing Data & Measuring Results

“I love analyzing data to make decisions to improve organic rankings!” – Kristopher Jones

“I enjoy the balance of data and creativity, while using both sides of my brain.” – Loren Baker

“SEO is one of the industries that allows you to directly see (and measure) the results of your hard work.” – Bill Hartzer

“Targeted, cost-effective and measurable — and long-lasting.” – Trond Lyngbø

“Most of all that it’s easy to prove (through results) that you know what you’re doing.” – Richard Baxter

10. Some Things in SEO Remain Constant

“Everything is always new, while everything is always the same.” – Alan Bleiweiss

“It’s always changing, yet continues to adhere to consistent marketing principles.” – Stoney deGeyter

“It’s like real-world Monopoly: there are winners and losers and it’s more or less zero-sum.” – Dave Davies

“SEO is an area where hard, smart work can pay off in huge ways.” – Cyrus Shepard

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: Red Devils up to fifth with victory

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: Red Devils up to fifth with victory

Anthony Martial has scored three goals in his last two Premier League appearances after netting only twice in his previous 10 games

Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford were on target as Manchester United defeated Burnley at Turf Moor to move within a point of the Premier League’s top four.

After his brace against Newcastle on Boxing Day, Martial tapped home his 10th of the season from close range a minute before the break after Andreas Pereira had robbed Charlie Taylor and crossed superbly from the right. Rashford then raced clear in stoppage time to seal a deserved win.

Rashford had earlier hit the post and Martial had a second-half effort ruled out.

Although Burnley sparked briefly after the interval and David de Gea needed to make a good save to deny Phil Bardsley, Burnley never threatened to prevent United ending their 14-game run in the league without keeping a clean sheet.

United have now taken 13 points from their last six games and are up to fifth in the table, although that could change on Sunday when Wolves play Sheffield United.

What happened in the Premier League?

VAR: ‘Armpit offsides’ strike again

Defence beats attack

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: Solskjaer ‘very happy’ with United clean sheet

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remains confident United can finish in the top four despite their dismal form away from Old Trafford that brought them to Turf Moor with nine points from nine games on their travels.

Apart from August, they have suffered one defeat a month, at West Ham, Newcastle, Bournemouth and most recently Watford, who at that point were bottom of the table.

Their problem is clear. United had gone 14 Premier League games without keeping a clean sheet, having kept just two all season, and played 14 away games across two seasons without keeping the opposition out.

Yet Burnley had a monkey of their own to get off their back.

Apart from Robbie Blake’s match-winner in 2009, they had not scored a goal against United at Turf Moor since 1969.

It meant something had to give in a second half which was, thankfully, far more entertaining than the first.

Martial had a goal disallowed by referee Mike Dean rather than VAR after shoving James Tarkowski in the back. At the other end, Jeff Hendrick screwed a good shooting chance way wide to hoots of derision from the home support.

De Gea saved low to his right to deny Bardsley a goal against his former club but though they pressed, Burnley never truly looked like equalising and Rashford wrapped up the win with his 17th goal of the season and ninth in 11 games.

Inconsistent Martial

Manchester United sit just one point behind fourth-placed Chelsea in the Premier League table

It is maybe no surprise a Martial goal usually means a Manchester United win.

He has now scored in nine games across all competitions, and his side have been victorious on eight occasions, the odd one out a 1-1 draw at Wolves in August.

Solskjaer has been working on Martial’s anticipation, believing it will net him an extra half a dozen ‘simple’ goals a season.

The United boss will have been delighted with this latest effort therefore, almost as much as he would with Pereira, who showed admirable awareness to produce a quick cross for his team-mate and resist the obvious temptation to run into the space he created by robbing Taylor.

Yet Martial remains an enigma. With victory still in the balance, he found himself running one-on-one with Burnley keeper Nick Pope. Jesse Lingard was lambasted against Everton this month when, in a very similar position, he chipped the opportunity way over the bar.

Martial did not even manage that. Instead he ran wide, stopped, then turned away from goal to try and set up a team-mate, which met with total failure.

Had Burnley found an equaliser in the final minutes, Martial’s error would have been costly. As it was, United held on.

So near, yet so far for Hart

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: Mistakes cost Burnley the game – Dyche

Until Martial’s goal, the first half was not the greatest Premier League advert.

Former United defender Bardsley cleared a close range shot by Martial off the line after the Frenchman had reacted to a blocked Daniel James effort but there was almost as much interest in the Burnley bench as their performance.

When goalkeeper Nick Pope turned his ankle six minutes before the break, the crowd were treated to the sight of Joe Hart warming up in anticipation of his first Premier League appearance since Boxing Day last year, a 5-1 home hammering by Everton.

It hardly seems believable Hart is only 32 and won the last of his 75 England caps in November 2017.

Hart returned to the bench alongside another forgotten man, Danny Drinkwater, but no sooner had the teams entered the tunnel than Hart reappeared for a warm-up.

It seemed his long wait for a top-flight return was at an end. But after a thorough 15-minute workout, Hart went back to the dugout as Pope unexpectedly returned.

A rare clean sheet on the road – the best of the stats

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League games against Burnley (W6, D4), their only loss coming in their first meeting in August 2009.

Burnley have won just one of their last 29 Premier League games against ‘big six’ opponents (D6, L22). The Clarets are without a win in their last 10, losing their last eight.

United have kept an away clean sheet in the Premier League for the first time since February 2019, ending a run of 14 games without a shutout on the road.

Burnley are without a Premier League clean sheet against ‘big six’ opposition in each of their last 38 matches, last stopping their opponents from scoring in October 2016, a 0-0 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Manchester United are one of just three sides that Sean Dyche has failed to win against in the top flight alongside Arsenal (9) and Sheffield United (1). The Burnley manager has drawn four and lost five against the Red Devils.

Marcus Rashford has 16 goal involvements in 20 Premier League games this season (12 goals, 4 assists), as many as he had in 33 games in the competition last term (10 goals, 6 assists).

Anthony Martial has scored more Premier League goals (41) and had more goal involvements (61) than any other Manchester United player since his debut in September 2015.

Martial has been directly involved in 10 goals in his 13 Premier League starts this season.

Man of the match – Andreas Pereira

Andreas Pereira provided the moment of inspiration that created the crucial opening goal for his team

What’s next?

Burnley host relegation strugglers Aston Villa at Turf Moor on Wednesday, 1 January (12:30 GMT) in their next Premier League match, before welcoming Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday, 4 January (12:31).

Manchester United travel to Emirates Stadium to face old rivals Arsenal in the league on Wednesday (20:00) before a trip to Wolves in the FA Cup, also on Saturday (17:31).

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Netflix Shuns Commercials, but It’s Cozying Up to Brands

Netflix subscribers like being able to glide through entire seasons of “Stranger Things” and “The Crown” without sitting through commercials for insurance and S.U.V.s with bows on the hood. Subscriptions, rather than advertising, drive its nearly $16 billion in annual revenue, and being commercial-free “remains a deep part of our brand proposition,” Netflix said in a statement.While it is the dominant streaming platform, with 158 million global subscribers, Netflix also has a $12 billion pile of debt. And it is facing competition from deep-pocketed streaming newcomers like the Walt Disney Company and Apple. The research firm eMarketer said this month that Netflix’s “days at the top may be numbered,” and many analysts and executives wonder if, in order to keep its revenue strong, it will have to embrace ads.“I don’t know why they wouldn’t,” said Peter Naylor, the head of advertising sales for the streaming platform Hulu.Even as Netflix resists commercials, it is finding ways to work with brands. Last month, Netflix worked with the sandwich chain Subway to start offering a Green Eggs and Ham Sub (spinach-dyed eggs, sliced ham, guacamole, cheese) tied to the new Netflix series “Green Eggs and Ham,” based on the Dr. Seuss book. The sandwich generated a lot of publicity for Netflix in the lifestyle press while also putting the Netflix name in front of the millions of people who buy a Subway sandwich each day.“We believe we will have a more valuable business in the long term,” Netflix said, “by staying out of competing for ad revenue and instead entirely focusing on competing for viewer satisfaction.”In another recent cross-promotion, Netflix charged the clothing company Diesel a license fee to make outfits inspired by “La Casa de Papel,” one of Netflix’s most popular shows. Online ads from Diesel hammered home the connection by showing the Netflix name, mentioning “La Casa de Papel” and featuring characters in the distinctive red jumpsuits worn by the show’s protagonists.Netflix is “actively beefing up its marketing team,” according to the research firm Forrester. “They’re being more flexible in the types of partnerships they can offer,” said Ellie Bamford, an executive at the marketing agency R/GA.When Netflix worked with Samsung and Aviation American Gin on a commercial last month featuring the actor Ryan Reynolds and his new Netflix film “6 Underground,” no money changed hands. For Netflix, such deals are mostly about keeping people aware of the Netflix brand.Netflix declined to say whether deals with companies would become a larger revenue stream in the future.But companies have long been eager to go into business with Netflix, even before it scored 34 Golden Globe nominations this month. The platform has something brands crave: a young audience. Its average viewer is 31, part of a group highly sought by companies as younger people avoid broadcast and cable television and are known to hate ads.“Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.”Major companies flirt with Netflix on social media, and Netflix is flirting back. This month, the company’s Twitter account, with seven million followers, participated in a saucy meme about things people say during sex, trading quips about it with the Wendy’s Twitter account (3.4 million followers) and Penguin Random House (1.3 million followers). Last spring, Netflix posted a tweet that included a photo of nine cast members from one of its original shows, “Sense8,” as they appeared to be celebrating in an Audi convertible, and then had a joking exchange about it with the Audi account (two million followers).In contrast to its cheery social-media tone, Netflix is “not necessarily the easiest to work with” on promotional partnerships with companies, said Stacy Jones, the chief executive of the entertainment marketing company Hollywood Branded. She described Netflix as “very picky,” saying it “wants to be the lead.”“They’re in a power position right now,” Ms. Jones said. “They know the market, and they’re controlling it and keeping it very tight.”Netflix is careful to guard its reputation, asking some of the companies it has worked with to avoid putting its logo on dart boards, paper napkins and doormats. But marketing executives said Netflix was increasingly open to lending its name to outside projects, including joint marketing campaigns and products based on its shows.With so much content, Netflix has had trouble sustaining attention for some shows, which can come and go in a weekend of binge-watching, never to be mentioned again. The arrangements with the brands are one way it can keep attention focused on a given program. This month, Netflix posted a job listing for someone who would develop products, games and events to “drive meaningful show awareness” and make them “part of the zeitgeist for longer periods of time.”Netflix has a brand partnerships group, led by the executive Barry Smyth, which works with companies to use Netflix’s name in promotional campaigns and has recently hired people away from Fox, Lionsgate and other media companies. In a recent job listing for a position in Europe, Netflix said it wanted to “amplify the scope and impact of our marketing campaigns when we work with other brands.”This summer, Netflix’s biggest series, “Stranger Things,” a supernatural sci-fi show set in the 1980s, struck deals with 75 companies. In one, Netflix teamed up with Baskin Robbins on new ice cream flavors like the chocolate-icing-topped Eleven’s Heaven, named after the character Eleven, and Upside Down Pralines, a reference to the alternate dimension in the show, the Upside Down. In another deal, Coca-Cola briefly revived the failed 1985 beverage New Coke, which appeared in “Stranger Things” episodes, adding to its retro atmosphere.The brands did not pay to appear on the show, but Netflix took a licensing fee for a “Stranger Things” promotion in London designed by the immersive-theater company Secret Cinema, which recreated a mall from the series that sold special cosmetics from Mac and products from Coach. The pop-up mall opened in November, four months after Netflix made the show’s third season available to subscribers.The platform does not need to make money from major companies to benefit from working with them. The idea is to fuel subscriptions by drumming up interest in its shows through alliances with “brands where we feel like their audience will love our content as much as our audience does,” Netflix said in a statement.In a conference call with analysts this year, the Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings said the “Stranger Things” promotions were intended “to get more people excited about ‘Stranger Things,’ so they join Netflix, they tell their friends about it.”The same logic may extend to product placements. Netflix has typically left such decisions up to individual producers, saying in a statement that “most of the brands that appear in shows and movies are added by creators who believe they add to the authenticity of the story.” Netflix added that “instances where those placements are paid are rare and not a business focus for us.”That is a contrast with many of Netflix’s rivals, which have actively courted companies with offers to display their products onscreen — even introducing them to showrunners and providing them with script drafts. Hulu, for instance, has a team dedicated to working brands into its shows, with the number of paid arrangements increasing 200 percent from 2018 to 2019, it said. Netflix does not have an equivalent team.Still, products have appeared in Netflix shows for years (In 2013, a blogger posted a slide show of at least 57 corporate mentions on “House of Cards.”) Research last year suggested that more brand-name products appeared on shows tagged as Netflix Originals compared with the ones it streams from other studios.In the recent post-apocalyptic series “Daybreak,” characters comment on the array of products stockpiled in an apartment: Red Bull energy drinks, Settlers of Catan board games, Tide Pods and more. None of the companies paid to be included. But such product placements can be a boon to producers who are looking to have realistic props in a scene without having to pay for them.In the new Netflix holiday movie “The Knight Before Christmas,” a character spends nearly three minutes exploring a Sony television and Amazon’s Echo smart speaker. Both products were included free, but their presence set off a flurry of news articles and discussions on social media. Although much of the commentary was mocking, it drew attention to an otherwise standard seasonal film.Such appearances are part of a long history of corporate cameos, like Ray-Ban in “Top Gun” and Reese’s Pieces in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Mike Myers even joked about product placement in “Wayne’s World”: “I will not bow to any sponsor,” he declared, posing with a slice from Pizza Hut.Some streaming subscribers have deemed the constant presence of products to be annoying and “a big turnoff.” And many companies have tired of the effort that goes into negotiating product placements, wondering whether a few TV commercials and billboards could reach the same number of people with less trouble.Carrie Drinkwater, the executive director of integrated investments at the Mediahub agency, said her team once tried to fit a client into the plot of the Netflix show “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” only to balk after the production company involved set an “astronomical” price.“It’s a lot of money to integrate,” she said, “and it’s really hard to do it in an authentic way, and you don’t know how much it will resonate.” Read the full article

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“When a wandering man named Crossley (Alan Bates) insinuates himself into the lives of British composer Anthony Fielding (John Hurt) and his wife, Rachel (Susannah York), the couple is cautiously hospitable. Isolated out in rural Devon, where Anthony works on his music, the Fieldings find that their enigmatic guest has some strange preoccupations, most notably an obsession with dark Aboriginal magic. Crossley claims that he can kill a person with a mystical shout, but is he telling the truth?”

In 1926 Robert Graves, arguably England's greatest living writer, conceived and wrote the short, but dramatic, story of Charles Crossley, a mental asylum inmate who believes he possesses the power to kill with a shout. Appropriately entitled The Shout, the story, not written in Graves' usual or expected style, received scant attention and had been out of print for many years before Michael Austin read it and decided to turn it into a filmscript. Before starting on the project Michael Austin travelled to Majorca to meet Robert Graves, who told him that the story was not a figment of his imagination. He had, in fact, met Charles Crossley (or a man very like him) and had written the story very much as it had been told to him. What immediately attracted Michael Austin was the story's extraordinary premise. Was it, in fact possible to kill by shouting? The concept, as ancient as it is weird, is to be found in the myths of both the Ancient Irish and the Greeks. There are references to the 'death shout' in Sir Richard Burton's 'Terminal' Essays. But in modern England?

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Produced by Jeremy Thomas. Screenplay by Jerzy Skolimowski and Michael Austin. Story by Robert Graves. Starring: Alan Bates as Crossley, Susannah York as Rachel Fielding, John Hurt as Anthony Fielding, Robert Stephens as Chief Medical Officer, Tim Curry as Robert Graves, Julian Hough as Vicar, Carol Drinkwater as Wife, Jim Broadbent as Fielder in cowpat, Susan Wooldridge as Harriet and Joanna Szczerbic as Cricket Umpire (uncredited). Music by Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Cinematography by Mike Molloy, Edited by Barrie Vince. Art Direction by Simon Holland. Production company: Recorded Picture Company. Distributed by The Rank Organisation. Filmed on location in and around Saunton Sands, Devon, England, UK