Sunday 23 October 2011

3 Types

I saw this article and I thought it MAY have some relevance to deciding web content - but mostly it just reminds me of the same kind of observations we have gotten from *Park Ave Types for decades (*inspired "Mad Men").
  • Answer Me (46% of all searches) – People in an Answer Me search want exactly what they ask for, and no more, delivered in a way that allows them to get to it as directly as possible. The top categories in Answer Me search are Entertainment, Fashion and Beauty & Style.

  • Educate Me (26% of all searches) – People in an Educate Me search want 360 degrees of understanding, and multiple perspectives on critical topics. They will search until their goal is achieved – which may stretch over long periods of time and through related topics. The top categories in Educate Me search are Health and Finance.

  • Inspire Me (28% of all searches) – The fun, “browsy” type of search, where people are looking for surprises, have open minds and want to be led. The top categories in Inspire Me search are Travel and Home & Garden.

Friday 14 October 2011

The "lady" vanishes?

Sadly, the body of Dana Turner, a 31-year-old Fort Saskatchewan woman was found near Innisfail AB on Monday this week.  It was a perplexing case as - by the way it was presented by the police - she simply vanished.    However, clues have come out the longer the case was stale and fears of foul play became more widely known.  After 4 weeks, it became known that police were looking for a man in who was videotaped in  Ms. Turner's company at a motel the morning after she failed to return home to her mother and 3 children.  This is clue#1 that this pretty women may not have been a random victim of crime or circumstance.   Understandably, as leads went cold, public pleas were made. 

Now the awful news is out.  She was murdered.  But apparently she did a small drug problem that she may was struggling with at the time of her disappearance.   During a relapse she met another equally troubled addict - 24 yr old Mark Linsdsay.  During a shared drug party, he stabbed her in the head and was charged.   He served some time and was released. He was arrested in BC for robbery on Sept 21.   Here is the kicker.  Lindsay is the son of former Edmonton police chief John Lindsay.

Now why was that not disclosed before now?

Monday 10 October 2011

US National Soccer eks out a win vs Honduras

An tight, initial victory by the USA over Honduras by new coach Jurgen Klinsmann.  Lots of chances whiffled.

Friday 7 October 2011

Shocking Event - Cardiac Arrest of Gr12 Student in Winnipeg

Reading this was a shock - the apparently healthy, with no known health risk indicators collapsed after a soccer practice at one of Winnipeg's oldest Private Schools.

While one parent in the audience -- a doctor -- rushed forward to perform CPR, a student fetched one of SJR's two defibrillator machines. The doctor attempted to rescucitate the boy with the defibrillator until paramedics arrived. The teen was rushed to Children's Hospital, where he died.

There was no indication the student was feeling unwell before his collapse, Johnson said, and the school was not aware of anything in his medical history that might have made playing sports a known risk.
Having portable defibrillators - or even ability to provide CPR - seems to be key.

Organization mentioned is ParentHealthWatch.

[Update: Oct 13, 2011 - Bystander CPR Proposed in Canada.   Current Position Statement ]

Saturday 1 October 2011

PC Thought Police on US Campus (for a change)

Given my daughters dedication to former TV Program "Firefly" I was surprised to see it mentioned on PJTV today.  Campus security threatened a University of Madison WI Film Studies Prof with our "Disorderly Conduct" unless he removed a poster of the main character with a quote one of the show's segments where he explains to a new colleague that he needn't be afraid of being "murdered in the night". The Prof took down the offending poster and put up another that said:
"Fascism can cause blunt head trauma and/or violent death," the poster reads. "Keep fascism away from children and pets."

At least it wasn't a Canadian University for a change.

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