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October 2009 Posts from the Internet Marketing Blog
Brush Up on Your Social Skills: The Week in Social Search
I hope you're not feeling antisocial out there, because today's roundup is all about social search. There were several big announcements this week in the world of social and real-time search. Microsoft and Google both announced agreements with Twitter. Bing's Twitter search is live, but it doesn't seem to work all that well – when I searched for my username, instead of getting a string of my tweets and @replies, I got this: Um, OK, but why? Why doesn't it just search for my username and return all the results? I can see why the "top links shared in tweets about" thing would be interesting/useful, but why is that the default search behavior? What if that's not what you're looking for? For its part, Google soft-launched social search in labs.
Danny Sullivan goes into some detail about wha... > Read more
Google PageRank Update: October 29, 2009
Google updated their Tool Bar PageRank (TBPR) last night, October 29, 2009. I noticed the change around 9 p.m. last night, when I visited CNN.com and saw an all-green PR 10 tool bar, which caught my attention immediately. Previously, I believe they were PR 8. With the lastest update, the WordStream home page (now PR 5) and many of our top level pages have risen in rank.
So too have our blog posts, with many previous unresolved pages resolving and now achieving TBPR. Also, our take is Google is updating Toolbar PR more frequently in 2009. By my count, this is the fifth update this year, with the last PageRank update occurring on July 29, 2009. Note that in 2008, there were a total of five TBPR updates, so with this latest PageRank update, we've already tied last year's updates and may excee... > Read more
Top SEO Candy Websites
It's Halloween time again. Time for fright flick gore-arathons, Trick-or-Treaters, and...um...oh yah, bucket loads of Halloween CANDY! I'm sure many of you are stocking up on jumbo bags of fruity, chocolately or gummy candy treats for the roving bands of costumed kids that will soon descend upon your doorstep, that is unless you're one of those people who give out bags of chips or boxes of raisins as "treats," which BTW is a great way to get your house egged.
And with Halloween only days away, what better time to roll out some SERP analysis and crown the Top SEO Candy Websites. Let's find out who's doing a killer job at optimizing their on and off page elements for the Web's top candy queries. So sit back, relax and enjoy, 'cause this edition of our "Top SEO Websites Series... > Read more
Monthly Blog Roundup: WordStream's October Highlights
October is winding to a close, and if history has taught us anything, November comes next. And with it, a candy hangover, my birthday, and pervasive Xmas music, in roughly that order—none of which I'm particularly looking forward to. So let's take this opportunity to look back—at our most popular blog posts from the past month, that is: Advanced Link Building: Clone Your Most Successful Link Profiles – Resident link building expert Ken Lyons explains how to analyze your link profiles step by step and then replicate your best link prospects.
Top SEO Web Design Company Websites – Another installment in the Top SEO Websites Series, Ken looks at which web design firms are practicing what they should be preaching: SEO-friendly design. 20 Conversion Rate Optimization (CR... > Read more
Analyzing Bounce Rate Using Compete Destination Analytics
Bounce rate has become a hot topic in the search community. It's a bit of a buzz word, and if you're doing any sort of SEO or even PPC consulting you'll likely have clients concerned about theirs. In analyzing a site's bounce rate, I like to look at three main factors: Bounce Rate Factor #1: Traffic Source Often times the place traffic comes from (search, direct, referral) can have a major impact on bounce rate and can be an indication of irrelevant traffic (some perhaps that you may be paying for).
There are a variety of ways you can quickly diagnose problems using analytics packages. Bounce Rate Factor #2: Page Content/Structure Obviously the way you're structuring the page or the content therein may cause people to bounce quickly. By carefully syncing your pages' headlines with the ... > Read more
Google "Triple SERP Listings" or Double Indented SERP Results on Google.com
Not sure if this is getting rolled out everywhere but Larry spotted this last night and we're seeing it in a lot of SERPs: Pretty interesting. Really I think it's just more emphasis on domain authority. Not unlike site links and the search within search bar, a triple listing allows Google to crowd the SERPs with the single destination they've deemed sufficiently authoritative.
The criteria for attaining a double listing had been that you would need to push both pages into the cluster of ten a searcher was viewing. I haven't done a lot of testing but I find it hard to believe this is still the case, given the frequency with which I'm seeing the triple listing. What do you think? Is this an extension of the Brand/Vince update? Just a test? How aggresively are you seeing it in your SERP... > Read more
Interview with the Experts: Ruud Hein
Ruud Hein is a Dutch family man living in Canada. Newsweek-recommended web publisher and blogger in his own right, he works at the SEO company Search Engine People where he's an internal SEO consultant and blog editor. See also: @ruudhein. Can you describe a typical day in the life of Ruud Hein? 06:50 – Put on coffee, start TweetDeck so it populates, take shower; make breakfast for my youngest daughter and my wife.
07:45 – Open TweetDeck, scan TwitScoop column; check if the world has made it through another night. Decide on which topic I want to track today. Check Cre8asite Forums. Check if blog posts on SEP and SEO Scoop have gone out. 09:00 – One hour of Most Important Task work. 10:00 – Check email. Do short stuff right away. Archive. Put stuff in my Evernote GTD setup. Do Tim... > Read more
The Future of Content Creation: Keyword Research on Steroids
Wired this week published a fascinating profile piece on a company called Demand Media: "The Answer Factory: Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell." The company's approach to content generation almost sounds like science fiction or satire, but it's real, and it works. It's a purely algorithmic, data-driven method of prioritizing content designed to rank on the first page of the Google SERPs: basically keyword research in hyperdrive.
And like it or not, this may be where we're all headed. Keyword-research-driven content production is nothing new; we practice this ourselves (to an extent). Workflow is based on the keyword groups that are currently driving traffic and conversions. If tons of people are finding our site after searching on "keyword organization tools" and we don't have dedi... > Read more
Advanced Link Building: Clone Your Most Successful Link Profiles
Link builders often talk about competitive link analysis and exploring your competitors' link profiles to find link opportunities. The logic here is a link profile that works for one site may work for a similar site. And executed properly, this can be an effective link strategy.But I'd like to share a link building tactic you've probably never read about.
It's very effective and based on the same approach and logic as competitive link analysis. Besides analyzing links on competitor sites, you should also be examining your own link profiles for link opportunities, specifically the profiles of your best performing pages. The objective here is to replicate the success of your strongest ranking page on your weaker ranking pages.Why is this link building tactic successful?If it's working for on... > Read more
Using Google Analytics Advanced Segments for Keyword Research
Google Analytics has some very powerful capabilities for keyword research that are often overlooked. Using advanced keyword segments, you can find and isolate buckets of keyword traffic (organic, paid, or both) and their destination landing pages, in mass – and that can be very useful for your optimization efforts.
Take one of my blogs, ArtNewYorkCity.com – I've written about shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quite a lot over the years. Taking all of my keyword traffic that contains the word "Metropolitan," I can create an advanced keyword segment in Google Analytics. Below is a list of all those keywords. Creating an advanced segment just to home in on "Metropolitan" keywords effectively gives me the same keyword list. You may be wondering why I would bother cre... > Read more
What, Exactly, Determines Your PPC Keyword Price?
It's a question that's asked more often then you might think. "What determines my pay-per-click keyword price?" The answer is most certainly not "Google" or another PPC search engine. Truth be told, this question is aptly answered by a quick lesson in PPC fundamentals. Your keyword price, or cost-per-click (CPC), is determined by a combination of your bidding strategy, keyword competition, Quality Score and a handful of other factors.
TIP: PPC terminology 101. While keyword price is a seemingly accurate descriptor, the more appropriate (and widely accepted) term is actually cost-per-click - aka CPC.Your Keyword Bids: The most obvious determinant of your keywords' cost-per-click is in fact your actual bid! Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter all util... > Read more
SEO Dojo Launches Private SEO Community & Forum
Our friend David Harry recently launched a new SEO community called the SEO Dojo. I've been a member through the community's "beta" period, and it is packed with a ton of great information and there are numerous "hardcore" SEOs offering up their expertise to answer questions and help drive discussions.
Some highlights: Ask the Experts & Dojo Chat - I haven't had a chance to be as active in the chat as I'd like but from browsing transcripts its obvious that there is a lot of activity and that there will be numerous SEOs eager to interact, answer questions and offer feedback. Knowledge Exchange - The forum area allows you to have your site reviewed, offer or shop for services, and more. Study Hall - This area is home to a lot of great SEO guides authored by David and the Dojo members. ... > Read more
Another Week, Another Battle in the War on SEO
If you've been working in the search marketing industry for long, you know that every so often some scheming troll (or major news corporation) comes along and delivers a rant against SEO, usually including most if not all of the following sentiments: Search engine optimizers are snake oil salesmen (Would that those fighting the war on SEO were also familiar with the war against cliché) SEO is just common sense; it's obvious Most of what SEOs do is smoke and mirrors SEOs are scam artists Information on optimizing a site is freely available on the web, so why pay for it? This week, that troll was a Derek "Powa-jerk" Powezek (hat tip to Ken for the wrestling name), who I guess is a designer (his actual job titles include Creative Director and "Chief of Awesome").
Powazek's rant about how S... > Read more
We've Moved!
There's big news in WordStream World. We've moved to shnazzy new digs! It's pretty exciting and we all love the new space in Boston's Back Bay, just across from the Prudential Center. We're on the 16th floor of the Christian Science Monitor building and the views are incredible. What's more, our new space is a big step up from the last place.
See that "WordStream is that-a-way" sign above. Yes, that was the actual sign that greeted visitors at our previous office, so you can imagine what the rest of the place looked like. Actually, you don't have to imagine. I've taken some pics of the new WordStream office and I've also got some photos of the old space (evidence is what the police are calling them now), that way you can witness our ascent from outhouse to penthouse. So sit bac... > Read more
Top SEO Web Design Company Websites
Continuing with the Top SEO Websites Series, I decided to turn the spotlight on Web design companies to find out which ones are excelling at SEO. Sure, these Web design firms may be able to create really slick websites, but how good are they are ranking organically in highly-competitive verticals in their industry? My previous post in this series "Top SEO College Websites" made the case that most universities get an "F" when it comes to SEO.
Here's hoping the top Web design firms in the country fare better in the search engine results pages (SERPs) than most colleges did. Top SEO Web Design Company Websites: My Process My process for determining which sites are doing the best at SEO involves three steps: 1) Identify Top 20 Searched Keywords - I used the Google Keyword Tool and our Free Key... > Read more
Pimp Your PPC Ad: 5 Lessons from Lackluster Text Ads
Remember MTV's Pimp Your Ride? Well today I'm going to pimp your PPC ad. Roll in with your Chevy Cavalier and I'll send you home with a Cadillac. Of pay-per-click ads. OK, these advertisers didn't ask me to revamp their ads, but I'm doing it anyway (for free!) and I think we'll all learn some valuable PPC ad writing lessons in the process.
Lesson #1: You have limited space. Don't waste it. Below are the first-page sponsored links for a search on "web design firms." This ad is redundant. The URL tells us the name of your company, so use the headline to say something more—tell us a little about what you offer and what sets you apart. (And one or the other could include the keyword to increase relevancy.) Notice how the competing ads have included useful information about price and locatio... > Read more
Seth Godin Is Wrong (Except When He's Right)
Disagreeing with Seth Godin is basically a cliché now, but I'm going to do it anyway—or quibble with him, at least. I like this chart on Seth's blog (who doesn't like charts?) that plots some broad cultural phenomena against two axes, the sophisticated/tacky axis and the techie/tech-phobic axis. The challenge, he says, is in designing structures and transparency that will attract the good guys while burying or repelling those that seek the new technology (because they can't find anywhere else to go).
In other words, you either need to move the top left to the top right (not easy, but possible*), or educate the bottom left of the grid in how to contribute to the culture (really difficult indeed). The best new media (like blogs and possibly twitter) open doors to people who didn't used to... > Read more
20 Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Resources - Learn how to Convert More of Your Traffic
Not unlike a lot of marketers who enter the discipline through the SEO door, my initial fascination with search marketing was the idea that you could promote and optimize a piece of content and generate large volumes of really specific search traffic. And, also not unlike a lot of marketers, I quickly realized that traffic is only a directionally significant metric: people visiting your site is financially meaningless if you can't turn their visit into a business-driving activity once they get there (even if you're monetizing based on CPM, you still want visitors to go deeper into your site, create a relationship and return, etc.
). The following is a collection of resources surrounding website conversion rate optimization. There's a lot of great content out there on the subject, but t... > Read more
Drupal vs Wordpress: The CMS Showdown
Drupal and Wordpress are two of the most popular, open source content management systems (CMS). Many websites and blogs run either Wordpress of Drupal chiefly because they are flexible platforms with large user support communities, and they're free. I use both Drupal and Wordpress in my day-to-day activities: WordStream runs on Drupal, while my personal websites and blogs run on Wordpress.
So I have a pretty good handle on the advantages and disadvantages of both CMS platforms. In this post, I'm going to offer my opinions on Drupal VS Wordpress with respect to: Ease of use Custom templates and free themes SEO plugins or modules CMS performance So let's dive into the Drupal vs Wordpress debate and see which CMS emerges victorious. Ease of Use Out of the box, Wordpress has... > Read more
WordStream Believes: Search Marketing Success Depends on Actionable Analytics
This is Part 6 of a 10-part series on 10 things we believe about search marketing. These 10 beliefs form our product design philosophy. Part of the power of web marketing is the abundance of data it creates. Web analytics put you in the control room—with so much to measure and analyze, you can take control of optimizing your paid and organic search marketing campaigns.
However, analytics are only valuable insofar as you put them to work. Unless you take action on that data, data is all it is. In order to actually benefit from analytic data—to see the right numbers go up (traffic, clicks, conversions) and the right numbers go down (bounce rate, cost per action)—you have to act on it. That's why, at WordStream, we believe that analytics should be actionable. Most analytics applications... > Read more
Interview with the Experts: Lisa Barone, Outspoken as Ever
Lisa Barone is a co-founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outpoken Media. Read her blog or follow her on Twitter. You're kind of famous on Twitter. When I first started working at WordStream, I signed up for Twitter and you were one of the first people I followed, because my coworker referred to you as her "girl crush.
" :) How long have you been on Twitter and what do you say to detractors and people who just "don't get it"? How can businesses use Twitter to their advantage? No one is famous on Twitter. Let's just get that out of the way. :) As far as how long I've been a member, the experts say I joined Oct 18, 2007. That sounds about right. I do think Twitter is something you either "get" or you don't. And if you don't get it, it's because you have forgotten how ... > Read more
Everyone Wants to Ride the Google Wave! P.S. "Everyone" Is Relative
Google this week began sending out invitations for the beta version of Google Wave. Demand for these invites has been pretty high—Matt Cutts tweeted that he's already out of invites (Really Matt Cutts? Can't you like, snap and someone rollerskates up with more invites on a tray?) and one invite sold on eBay for over $150.
Aside from this crazed desperation for invites reminiscent of the search for golden tickets in Willy Wonka (that's right, I compared you to Augustus Gloop), most of the conversation has revolved around the question of success: Will Google Wave be a game changer? Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal lands squarely on the fence: "Could be yes or could be no. It depends on how good it will [be] and how much users will actually use it in their daily online activities." Cer... > Read more
WordStream Believes: Negative Keywords Are Vital for High Search Marketing ROI
This is Part 5 of a 10-part series on 10 things we believe about search marketing. These 10 beliefs form our product design philosophy. Ongoing negative keyword discovery is an important part of optimizing your keyword research, keeping it "clean" and high-quality. From a pay-per-click perspective, negative keywords are terms that might match your ad but which you don't want to bid on.
For example, if you're running a PPC campaign for a stationery store, you might have an ad group for the keyword "notebooks." If you're using the broad match option to catch long-tail variations like "bulk reporter's notebooks" and "back to school sale notebook paper," you run the risk of matching for unrelated search queries like "notebook computers." To en... > Read more


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It's day two of the MFT Teasers and we have another full day of fabulous previews for you. Today, I decided to ink up the newest set from Claire Keay, Ahoy Matey. I just love her characters!
I stamped this little cutie on a piece of X-Press It card stock and I colored him with Copics. I cut out the image and placed it on a piece of Fossil card stock. I also used some Black Licorice card stock and October Afternoon patterned paper.
I used a number of fabulous new Die-namics dies on this card. The sentiment was stamped on the new You Move Me Die-namics die. This die is large! I cut out the die a couple of times to layer it.
I also used the new Die-namics Solid Bracket die. Again, I cut a couple of the dies and layered them. I finished off the card with some Charcoal Twine and a key charm.
On the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment on a flag created with theFirst Place Ribbon Award Die-namics die. I think I have said it before but I have a slight addiction to this die! LOL
Here are the details about the upcoming release on July 5 at 10 PM EST:
- The MFT release is on July 5 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available July 5 at 10 PM EST.
The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
- If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

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It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
I just celebrated my 29th birthday, and thanks to this lifestyle, I'm almost completely pain-free for the first time in over 10 years. I made the switch about 5 months ago, but unlike a lot of people who find the Primal Blueprint, I wasn't looking for a change.
If you had asked me 6 months ago, I would have told you that I was in the best shape of my life and in the best shape I could be. I had daily gastro-intestinal problems, debilitating migraines almost weekly, chronic back and all-body muscle pain, and serious sleep disruptions – but I was sure that was as good as it could get for me.
At 28 years old, I had accepted that pain was just a part of my daily life and always would be. I felt tired and sick to some degree every day, but I had given up on anything more than minimizing the pain and finding ways to push through or ignore the sleep and stomach problems.
A little background: at least back to adolescence, if not before, I've had severe muscle pain (mostly in my back and legs) and headaches. At my worst in high school, I would get a migraine every single afternoon and couldn't do anything for hours until it subsided. I also can't remember ever sleeping completely through the night; I thought everyone tossed and turned and woke up 5-10 times every night like I did. I would sleep 12 or 13 hours and still feel tired. I could never understand how other people seemed so rested with just 7 or 8 hours of sleep.
Then, in late 2000 (during my senior year of high school) I found a grapefruit-sized tumor in my abdomen that required major surgery to remove. The surgery resulted in the loss of about 3 feet total from several sections of both my small and large intestine.
After the surgery, nothing gastro-intestinally ever worked right again for me. For 10 years I had daily problems, ranging from ulcer-like shooting pains to symptoms more akin to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I tried to figure out what foods would cause the worst problems, but the patterns seemed random and not linked to any one food. Both the doctors and I wrote it all off as the unfortunate and permanent side effects of missing large parts of my intestine.
Then in college, I finally decided to talk to a doctor about the muscle pain, headaches, and sleep problems, and I was diagnosed with Myofascial Pain Sydrome (similar to Fibromyalgia). They gave me prescriptions for an antidepressant and a migraine medicine, which helped me sleep a little better and stop a migraine after it started, but nothing prevented the pain or headaches. The antidepressant also made it hard to wake up in the mornings, and I wasn't totally comfortable taking a medication intended for a problem I didn't have.
Fast forward through five more years of headaches, back pain, and stomach problems. I am 5'6" tall, and 6 months ago I weighed 135 lbs. I had been working out 3-5 times a week for several years, my blood pressure and cholesterol were good, and I ate what was considered a fairly healthy diet by conventional wisdom: lots of whole grains, limited fat and red meat, plenty of fruit, no soda, etc. I was doing everything right! And my doctors agreed: I was doing well for someone with my kinds of problems.
Then I met my boyfriend, who didn't see my pain as normal or under control. He started telling me about the Primal Blueprint and the way he ate, and he told me it could really help me with my problems. The concept made sense to me, but when you have problems like I do, it seems that everyone you meet has some cure-all solution you've never thought of, so I was skeptical.
Doctors never talked to me about diet at all (after all, I wasn't overweight!), so I couldn't believe just eating differently would do anything when doctors had already done all they could. So, on a lark and mostly to prove this guy wrong, I decided to try it. Of course, I didn't do any research or visit your website, even though he told me to check it out at least 10 times (sorry, but I can be stubborn!). I just decided to stop eating grains and to limit processed sugars for a month to see what would happen.


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Think there's a stigma to online dating? Think again. Meeting your match through the Internet is increasingly common. NY1's Adam Balkin filed the following report.
For some, it's a no-brainer. It just makes perfect sense in these high tech times—trying to find that special someone via an online dating site.
"Everybody's so busy that it's hard to meet somebody. So I think—everybody's on their phone all the time anyway, so it's a new way to meet people," one man says.
Though not so new—it's been around since 1995. For others though, it still holds a certain stigma, enough so that some won't even fess up to having used a dating site successfully.
"(Why would they lie about that?) I don't know, they're embarrassed. There's something unnatural about it," says one woman.
"I don't know. I just feel like you don't get to know a person really well through online—like, I'd rather just meet people I see in person, then go from there," another woman says.
According to online dating behemoth Match.com, that's an attitude often shared by 18-to-30-year-olds, who tend to go to more parties and bars and gatherings where they can find potential suitors, so they have typically been the least likely demographic to try online matchmaking.
For others tied down to jobs or busy with kids, clearly it's become one of the go-to options according to Sam Yagan, CEO of The Match Group, the parent company of Match.com, OKCupid, and the hot new Tinder.
"If you look at marriages that have happened in the last six months, one in three of those marriages started online," Yagan says.
Yagan says for the power of online dating is clear. It exposes you to, potentially, millions of other singles and then helps you narrow them down with help from sophisticated, 21st century computing.
"We can use mathematical algorithms to actually find your date. That's where the industry has gone, using algorithms to mine through tons and tons of data about you, about your activity on the site—you may say you like blondes but you click on brunettes. We use all that data to sometimes overrule your own preferences and find people that are good matches for you," Yagan says.
Yagan's two tips for success are simple: first, be truthful since your online profile is essentially a marketing tool marketing you. And for safety reasons, for obvious reasons, always make your first date at a public place.
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Two new CDMA BlackBerry devices for 2009
A very interesting article has arrived that indicates there will be two new CDMA Blackberry devices coming in 2009 (code named Niagara and Apex).
The Niagara is essentially the CDMA version of the Bold, which will have styling similar to the BlackBerry Thunder and will be the next generation of the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. Apex is the CDMA version of the Pearl Flip 8200 Series (Kickstart) that many GSM carriers (such as T-Mobile, Rogers, etc).


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Cancun climate change talks: Richard Branson calls for global carbon taxes | Environment | The Guardian
Branson, in Cancun to launch a web-based initiative to reduce shipping emissions by as much as 25% over the next 20 years, said taxes could be useful. "
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Wadi Rum, which in Arabic translates to The Valley of the Moon, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south Jordan at 60 Km to the east of Aqaba. It is the largest wadi in Jordan. The name Rum most likely comes from an Aramaic root meaning 'high' or 'elevated'. The highest elevation in Wadi rum is Mount Um Dami at more than 1800m above sea level. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times, with many cultures including the Nabateans who left their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti, and temples. Also, several Bedouin tribes inhabit Rum and the surrounding area.
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The MBA hosts dozens of important social and networking events throughout the year - most of which are exclusive to members only. Many of these events are free to members or greatly discounted.
Events such as the Bench Bar Conference, Annual Business Luncheon and the Annual Clambake and Family Picnic provide a forum for members to form and enhance professional relationships within our legal community.
If you're a lawyer and not yet a member of the Montgomery Bar Association, we invite you to become a member now.
Follow links to the left for a small sampling of some past social and networking events which our members have enjoyed.
2014 MBA Social Events
|Annual Business Luncheon
|Jan. 10, 2014
|Annual Ski Trip - Blue Mountain, Palmerton, PA
|Feb. 10, 2014
|Mock Trials Competition
|Jan. 28, Feb. 4th, 6th, 11th,18th, 25th.
|MBA March Madness
|Mar. 20, 2014
|Annual Memorial Service
|Mar. 28, 2014
|Annual Dinner Dance
|Apr. 25, 2014
|Law Day
|May 1, 2014
|Legal Aid Golf Classic
|June 13, 2014
|Young vs. Old Lawyers Softball Game
|August 5, 2014
|2014 Bench Bar Conference - Hyatt Regency - Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort
|Sep. 12-14, 2014
|MBA Annual Clambake
|Sep. 18, 2014
|Ecumenical Service
|Oct. 2, 2014
|Annual Membership Dinner - Rivercrest Golf Club
|Nov. 7, 2014
|2014 Delaware Valley Legal Expo
|Nov. 19, 2014
2013 MBA Social Events
|The Annual Business Luncheon
|Jan. 11, 2013
|The Annual Ski Trip - Blue Mountain
|Feb. 11, 2013
|Mock Trials Competition
|Jan.29, 31, Feb. 5,13,19
|MBA March Madness
|Mar. 22, 2013
|The Annual Memorial Service
|Mar.22, 2013
|Annual Dinner Dance
|Apr. 19, 2013
|Law Day
|May 1, 2013
|The Legal Aid Golf Classic
|Jun. 28, 2013
|MBA Clambake - Mermaid Lake
|Re-Scheduled for Sep. 11, 2013
|Old vs. Young Lawyers Softball Game
|Aug. 6, 2013
|2013 Bench Bar Conference
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|Sep. 20-22, 2013
|The Annual Membership Dinner
|Nov. 1, 2013
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Im putting together a layout of a possible homestead on an acre. DW and I are meeting in the middle. If I put up a privacy fence, I get behind the fence and she gets the house in front of the fence. My thoughts are using ½ an acre for the animals except the end 30ft. That gives me about 100ft x 70ft for pasture (two dairy goats) and then a 100ft x 30ft area for an orchard. Spacing 10ft apart that should give me 30 trees. On the ¼ acre next to the orchard, I planned a vineyard of 20ft x 30ft, a berry patch of 30ft x 60ft, and a 60ft x 80ft garden. The last ¼ acre I want to plant hay (clover or alfalfa). I want to put a few bee hives between the orchard and berries.
Is this a feasible plan? Is there a better layout available? What type of border planting can I put out that will give me something besides privacy? I dont want to plant a hedge row if I can put something down that will give me a meal.
DWs family are crop farmers so I planned on getting my grains from there in return for meat. My family has a cattle farm with hay fields, so instead of planting the 1/4 acre of hay, I could just use that for pasture. That would give me almost 3/4 acre of pasture which should be plenty room for two dairy goats. I don't plan on expanding past that anyway. As for the trees, I really didn't need 30 trees so if I only get 15 that would still work. The reason I thought I could get more was because there is an orchard several miles away for sale. When we looked at it, the trees looked like they were spaced about 10ft apart with 10ft rows.
Funny how everything grows perfectly on paper :haha:
If you are using a dwarf orchard, you are ok on 10 feet spacing, depending on your prunining strategy. Go to a local orchard that is growing dwarves (many are JUST NOW starting to change out old 30 - 40 year expended apple trees for the dwarves) and ask them what the placement they are using is. In my area, my trees have done really well at 10 spacing, but our soil is pretty rich.
Just two acres would be better for what you want, but I don't know if more land is an option or not. Really alot depends on the orientation of your land. If your fence (the privacy one your wife wants) runs west to east, you should be ok with your set up (layout wise) but if you run that fence north and south keep in mind that you will most likely be causing a cold/hot spot with the shade and wind break the fence provides. This isn't always bad. I have seen people who run a N/S fence in a little colder climate create a hot spot for fruit tree's that may do better in one zone further south. Conversely, you could also create a cold spot. I guess what I am saying is you need to know what your land will do and how it reacts and not just lay out the most "efficient" layout on paper.
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Motorcycling-German MotoGP date switched to avoid F1 clash
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Next year's German MotoGP race at the Sachsenring has been moved back a week to July 14 to avoid a clash with the country's Formula One Grand Prix.
The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) announced the change in a statement that also detailed an agreement between MotoGP promoters DORNA and the Andalucian government to keep the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez circuit until at least 2015.
Formula One's governing body announced last week that they were bringing forward the date of their German Grand Prix by a week to July 7 to create a space for an as yet unnamed European race on July 21.
Germany's MotoGP round is one of the best attended on the calendar and the date for next year's race had been moved from July 14 to 7 last October.
Organisers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, one of the most popular motorsport gatherings in Britain that regularly features F1 cars and drivers, have also said they will change the date of their event from July 7 to avoid a clash.
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April 7 - Qatar (Doha)
April 21 - Americas (Austin)
May 5 - Spain (Jerez)
May 19 - France (Le Mans)
June 2 - Italy (Mugello)
June 16 - Catalunya (Barcelona)
June 29 - Netherlands (Assen)
July 14 - Germany (Sachsenring)
July 21 - United States (Laguna Seca)
Aug 18 - Indianapolis
Aug 25 - Czech Republic (Brno)
Sept 1 - Britain (Silverstone)
Sept 15 - San Marino (Misano)
Sept 29 - Aragon (Spain)
Oct 13 - Malaysia (Sepang)
Oct 20 - Australia (Phillip Island)
Oct 27 - Japan (Motegi)
Nov 10 - Valencia (Spain) (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by John Mehaffey)
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This Backyardigans Birthday Party was originally posted by The Brantingham Fam.
This cartoon was one of my favorites that my son used to watch. I love how it encourages imagination. This party is quite imaginative as well. I love that it was a party that worked for different ages and genders. Thanks for listing your party Brantingham Fam.
Enjoy the party!
We had the party at the park. The kids had fun playing and running around. I designed all of the decorations. And I got all of the sand buckets from the Dollar Store and pretty much everything in the favor buckets was from the Dollar Store also. We ate sandwiches, chips, fruit, and vegetables with dip. I also got those new little cans of soda. We had white and chocolate cupcakes with rainbow frosting for dessert!
I got the template for the cones for the chips and Pirate Booty HERE I also made the kids shirts, they will be making their way to my Shop also! I bought the swirl lollipops from Oriental Trading Company.
The favors were small sand buckets, and inside was a bouncy ball, pencil, shovel, bubbles, fruit snacks, stickers, a small Backyardigans frisbee, and a Backyardigans Coloring Book. I will be posting a tutorial on how to make the Coloring books.


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Kanye West has reportedly come to a settlement agreement with the alleged victim of an assault – but it wasn't cheap.
TMZ reports that West signed over more than $250,000 to the young man who he allegedly hit in a Beverly Hills chiropractic office.
The man was believed to have been yelling racial obscenities at the rapper's fiancé, Kim Kardashian, which led West to drive down to the office.
While that has been settled, there's still the matter of possible battery charges. Sources tell TMZ that the District Attorney's office has not made a decision on whether to charge West.
Meanwhile, West and Kardashian are occupied with their wedding plans.
They have confirmed plans to wed this summer, preferably in France, and were recently spotted scouting wedding locations in and around Paris.
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I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al
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Opposition to 87 MOTION to Compel Plaintiff to Provide Conception, Reduction-to-Practice, and Priority Date Information for the Patents-in-Suit filed by I/P Engine, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5)(Snow, W. Ryan)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK DIVISION __________________________________________ ) I/P ENGINE, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) AOL, INC. et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) Civ. Action No. 2:11-cv-512 OPPOSITION TO GOOGLE'S MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF TO PROVIDE A NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION INSTEAD OF RULE 33(d) RESPONSE REGARDING PRIORITY DATE, CONCEPTION, AND REDUCTION-TO-PRACTICE Google's Motion to Compel is unnecessary and moot. Google filed its motion the morning of February 13, 2012; however, on February 10, 2012, Google proposed, and I/P Engine agreed, "that on Monday, February 13, I/P Engine and Google [will] exchange supplemental interrogatory responses citing to specific Bates ranges under Rule 33(d)." Ex. 1. Consistent with that agreement, the same day that Google filed its motion, I/P Engine served supplemental responses to Google's Interrogatory Nos. 1 and 9. Ex. 2. I/P Engine's supplemental responses identified a priority date for the patents-in-suit, and also identified pursuant to Rule 33(d) specific documents that reflect plaintiff's present knowledge regarding conception and reduction to practice. I/P Engine's supplemental responses are appropriate and complete under the rules and case law. Google's motion is not directed to these supplemental responses, and thus the motion is moot. DSMDB-3029916 Following service of Google's motion, and of I/P Engine's supplemental responses, the parties have discussed their differences. I/P Engine has offered to state that the date range for conception and reduction to practice is as reflected in the cited documents (Ex. 3), but Google has not responded to this offer. Ex. 4, ¶ 9. Instead, Google has insisted on a narrative interrogatory response instead of reliance upon Rule 33(d), as Google believes is required under the Northern District of California's local patent rules. Not only are those rules inapplicable in this Court, but Google's dispute is entirely theoretical, because Google has not asserted any prior art in its invalidity contentions that falls within the date range of I/P Engine's cited documents. I. ARGUMENT A. I/P Engine has Provided a Complete and Adequate Response to Google's Interrogatory No. 9 I/P Engine's response that "each of the asserted claims of the patent-in-suit are entitled to a priority date at least as early as the effective date of '420 patent, i.e., December 3, 1998 (based on the filing date of the patent application, U.S. Patent Application No. 09/204,149, that issued as the '420 patent)" and citation of documents in accordance with Rule 33(d) is a sufficient response as a matter of law. In Sprint Comm. Co. v. Big River Tel. Co., No. 08-2046, 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47238, *6-8 (D. Kan. June 4, 2009), that court held that a priority date interrogatory response consisting of a date including "at least as early as" language and a Rule 33(d) response was a complete answer. I/P Engine's response is essentially identical to the response in the Sprint case. Just as that response was held unambiguous and complete, so should I/P Engine's. 1 1 A party may supplement an interrogatory response requesting priority date information, if necessary, when further information becomes available based on its investigation. See LG Display Co., Ltd. v. Au Optronics Corp., 265 F.R.D. 189 (D. Del. 2010) (holding that providing an answer to an interrogatory regarding an invention date that "expressly left open the possibility of . . . claiming an earlier invention date" and then supplementing the interrogatory response to overcome prior art provided by opposing party was acceptable); Cross Med. Prods. v. Depuy Acromed, Inc., No. 00-876, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26720 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 7, 2003) (holding that 2 DSMDB-3029916 Google's only argument to the contrary is that "[i]t is improper for Plaintiff to provide such an ambiguous priority date." Motion at 6. But Google's own cited cases fail to support its argument. In McKesson Info. Solutions LLC v. Epci Sys. Corp., 242 F.R.D. 689, 692 (N.D. Ga. 2007), plaintiff refused to provide any priority date and argued that such information is irrelevant – unlike here, where I/P Engine identified a date, and cited documents. In In re Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG Litig'n, 252 F.R.D. 7, 17 (D.D.C. 2008), plaintiff provided a conception date range that predated, and was not fully supported by, the supporting evidence – not the case here. Here, I/P Engine has identified a date and all relevant information regarding priority. Google's third case, Invacare Corp. v. Sunrise Med. Holdings, Inc., No. 04-1439, 2005 WL 1750271 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 21, 2005), is factually inapplicable. There, the cited documents contradicted the language of "at least as early as" by suggesting a date later than the provided date. Id. at *3-4. That is not the case here, both because the cited documents are consistent with the identified date, and because Google filed its motion before reviewing the supplemental response and documents cited pursuant to Rule 33(d). To the extent that Google has discomfort with the phrase "at least as early as," courts have accepted such language as proper. See, e.g., Sprint Comm., 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47238 at *7-8 (upholding a response indicating that a conception occurred "at least as early as about October 1993"); see also Monsanto Co. v. E.I. Du Pant De Nemours and Co., No. 09-686, 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 56900 (E.D. Mo. May 6, 2011) (holding that plaintiff is not required to provide an absolutely definitive priority date in answering an interrogatory, as the plaintiff is entitled to argue an alternative effective priority date to overcome later-identified prior art). a party may supplement its answer to an interrogatory requesting an invention date when more specific data is ascertained, even if supplementation comes after the close of discovery). 3 DSMDB-3029916 Google incorrectly asserts that I/P Engine is refusing to respond to Google's interrogatory until Google has made a prima facie case of invalidity. Not so. I/P Engine provided a complete response to Google's interrogatory. Of course, I/P Engine has the right to supplement its responses; it is both permitted and common practice to provide updated priority dates throughout the discovery process based on a party's ongoing investigation. 2 B. I/P Engine's Supplemental Response to Google's Interrogatory No. 1 is Complete and Adequate as a Matter of Law I/P Engine's supplemental response to Interrogatory No. 1 specifically identified twentythree documents pursuant to Rule 33(d). This response was provided pursuant to the parties' February 10th agreement that they would "exchange supplemental interrogatory responses citing to specific Bates ranges under Rule 33(d)." Ex. 1. Under both the agreement and the case law, I/P Engine's response is a complete and proper answer to an interrogatory requesting conception and reduction-to-practice information. See Sprint Comm., 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47238, at *6-8 2 Numerous courts have held that supplementing interrogatory responses regarding priority, conception, or reduction to practice dates is acceptable and even required. See, e.g., Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. v. Husky Injection Molding Sys., 262 F.R.D. 365, 378-79 (D. Vt. 2009) (holding that where, in response to an interrogatory requesting a conception date, documents indicating a patent filing date as a minimal constructive date for conception is a sufficient answer and that a party may supplement an interrogatory at a later time if and when they plan to rely on an earlier priority date); see also Monsanto Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 56900, at *14 (holding that plaintiff is entitled to argue alternative effective priority dates to overcome prior art); Ajinomoto Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 597 F.3d 1267, 1277 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ("A patentee may seek to rely on an earlier priority date to overcome intervening prior art" and "may also argue in the alternative for different priority dates at trial."); Cross Med. Prods., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26720, at *7-9 (holding that a party may supplement an answer to an interrogatory requesting an invention date when more specific data is ascertained, even if supplementation comes after the close of discovery); LG Display Co., Ltd., 265 F.R.D. at 197-98 (holding that providing an answer to an interrogatory regarding an invention date that "expressly left open the possibility of . . . claiming an earlier invention date" and then supplementing the interrogatory response to overcome prior art provided by opposing party was acceptable). Indeed, Google acknowledges (Motion at 9) that I/P Engine has a right of supplementation. 4 DSMDB-3029916 (noting that, pursuant to Rule 33(d), it is plaintiff's prerogative to respond to a conception and reduction to practice interrogatory by specifying documents). The history of this response shows I/P Engine's diligence. On December 7, 2011, I/P Engine responded to Interrogatory No. 1 indicating that "I/P Engine, under Rule 33(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, will produce documents from which information responsive to this Interrogatory may be derived or ascertained." Ex. 5 at 5-6. Between December 21, 2011, and February 1, 2012, four separate productions of relevant documents were made that related to conception and reduction to practice. 3 See Ex. 4, ¶ 5. Pursuant to I/P Engine's agreement to Google's February 10th proposal, on February 13th, I/P Engine supplemented its Rule 33(d) response identifying twenty-three specific documents sourced from those various productions. See Ex. 2 at 3-4. In so doing, I/P Engine has presented Google with I/P Engine's currently known, relevant evidence on conception and reduction to practice. The documents cited pursuant to Rule 33(d) reflect I/P Engine's current information regarding conception and reduction to practice. Google is now in the same position with the same documents as I/P Engine. Under the Federal Rules, I/P Engine has fully responded, and is withholding nothing. 4 3 Google misrepresented the facts regarding one of those productions. In its Motion (at 9), Google appears to accuse I/P Engine of not producing documents that are in its possession, in particular those of one of the inventors Mr. Kosak. As I/P Engine has explained to Google, Mr. Kosak did not possess any documents relevant to this litigation. Ex. 4, ¶ 3. And contrary to Google's assertions, the Lycos third party documents to which Google refers were produced to defendants on February 1, 2012, almost two weeks before Google filed its Motion. Ex. 4, ¶ 4. Google's assertion that I/P Engine delayed its response based on Lycos' production of documents is inaccurate. Those documents were promptly made available to Google (Id.), and the fact that Google did not review them in the two weeks preceding the filing of its motion is its own issue. 4 I/P Engine speculates that Google is concerned that I/P Engine could later assert a conception date that might undermine Google's invalidity contentions. Such a concern is both remote and theoretical. The earliest possible date for conception based on the cited documents is not early 5 DSMDB-3029916 Google's principal argument – that "[t]o date, Plaintiff has not supplemented its response to this Interrogatory in any manner whatsoever" – is both misleading in view of the parties' agreement reached before the motion was filed, and is mooted by I/P Engine's supplementation served on February 13, 2012. Google's fallback arguments are equally unpersuasive. First, Google suggests (Motion at 8) that I/P Engine's identification of documents pursuant to Rule 33(d) is inadequate because I/P Engine does not explain, via a narrative, the contents of the documents. That argument ignores the fact that I/P Engine's Rule 33(d) response satisfies its discovery obligations. I/P Engine's reliance upon Rule 33(d) is proper. If Google wishes to further explore the documents by deposition, it is entitled to do so. See Sprint Comm., 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47238, at *8. Google tries to import the Northern District of California patent rules and case law to support its argument (Motion at 8-9) that I/P Engine cannot assert Rule 33(d) when "both named inventors are Plaintiff's employees or consultants." Google cites two Northern District of California cases, neither of which stand for the general proposition. In Fresenius Med. Care Holding Inc. v. Baxter Intern., Inc., 224 F.R.D. 644 (N.D. Cal. 2004), the court ordered Baxter to update its response because the local patent rules obligated it to do so – not because Baxter had access to the inventors and could interview them. There is no such patent rule in this Court. 5 In Boston Sci. Corp. v. Micrus Corp., No. 04-4072, 2007 WL 174475 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2007), the enough to affect any of the cited references disclosed in Google's current invalidity contentions (the latest being dated March 1997). Ex. 4, ¶ 7. Furthermore, as recently as two weeks ago, Google indicated that it did not intend to assert any additional prior art. Id. at ¶ 8. 5 The local patent rule at issue in Baxter provided: "a party claiming patent infringement shall serve on all parties . . . the priority date to which each asserted claim allegedly is entitled" and "[a]ll documents evidencing the conception, reduction to practice, design, and development of each claimed invention, which were created on or before the date of application for the patent in suit or the priority date identified pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-1(f)." N.D. Cal. Patent L.R. 3-1(f) and 3-2(b). 6 DSMDB-3029916 court rejected an assertion identical to Google's assertion here, and instead held that a definite date need not be provided if plaintiff provides in good faith what it believes to be the approximate dates of conception and reduction to practice. I/P Engine's cited documents do just that. Because I/P Engine appropriately has identified all information available to the parties regarding priority date, as well as conception and reduction to practice, no further response is required. II. CONCLUSION I/P Engine's interrogatory responses are sufficient and complete as a matter of law. Dated: February 27, 2012 By: ________/s/ W. Ryan Snow_________ Donald C. Schultz (Virginia Bar No. 30531) W. Ryan Snow (Virginia Bar No. 47423) CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN PLC 150 West Main Street Norfolk, VA 23510 Telephone: (757) 623-3000 Facsimile: (757) 623-5735 Jeffrey K. Sherwood (Virginia Bar No. 19222) Frank C. Cimino, Jr. Kenneth W. Brothers DeAnna Allen Charles J. Monterio, Jr. DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1825 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 420-2200 Facsimile: (202) 420-2201 Counsel for Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc. 7 DSMDB-3029916 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on the 27th day of February 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send electronic notification of such filing to the following: Stephen E. Noona Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. 150 W Main St., Suite 2100 Norfolk, VA 23510 email@example.com David Bilsker David Perlson Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 50 California Street, 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com Robert L. Burns Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Two Freedom Square 11955 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 email@example.com Cortney S. 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Outrigger Maui Eldorado Hotel, Lahaina
Rooms: 101
Reviews - Outrigger Maui Eldorado Hotel
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Nice Locationfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Bring your bleach and Lysol , if your staying at the Eldorodo,from A TripAdvisor Member
Love this resort!from A TripAdvisor Member
If you want room service, on the beach accomodations or some kind of spa thing - don't stay here. This resort is not for snobs or those who are looking for some kind of fancy schmancy place to stay. This is for the people who truly want to experience Maui. Stay here, go to the farmer's market for your fresh fruits and veggies (twice a week in Honokowai - ask at the front desk), go to the local bakery for their fabulous portuguese sausage croissants! Winter time is notorious for having the most sand on the beach, summer time has a scarcity. If you don't want to walk to the beach (takes all of 3 minutes) you can go to the front desk and they will take you down in the shuttle to the cabana. All in all, a great place to stay.
Perfect for our family of 4from A TripAdvisor Member
We ate the Hula Grill and it was excellent. The cabana was closed for repairs and it would have been nice to go down to the beach and have bathroom, shower, drinks, etc. This is a quiet and uncrowded place which was great for us, if we wanted more action, we just spent the day at Kaanapali beach. After looking at the Marriott and Westin which were both extremely crowded and overrun with kids, I knew had made a good choice-plus I had the satisfaction of knowing I paid one-third the price!. It was very relaxing coming "home" to our quiet condo and there were never more than 6-8 people at the pools, mostly less. We saved a lot of money by having breakfast and most lunches in the condo. Perfect for families with two queen beds in the extra large bedroom and a queen sofa sleeper in the living room. I would definitely stay here agian. If you want more infor on this particular unit, email me.
Good place to stayfrom yes2travel
Outside of this everything else was absolutely wonderful! I'd definitely go back.
a pleasant surprizefrom A TripAdvisor Member
Pleasantly surprised!from 1deltagirl
But all in all-and for the great rates-it's a pretty nice place. The pools are nothing special, and need some sort of shade (trees or umbrellas at least.) The "beach cabana" is a little disappointing and there isn't much of a beach below to sit on. But we thought our 1 bedroom unit was great-clean, spacious, quiet, well outfitted, etc. And the walk to Kaanapali beach(where all the action is) takes only ten minutes. If you are looking for a cheap condo near Kaanapali, this is a good bet. If you want luxury, stay at one of the big hotels on the beach.
Perfect for us!from A TripAdvisor Member
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I have read some of the negative comments from other guests and their comments tell me a lot.
.. We got a great deal from the owners but it was a terrible place.....
Many people do not realize that there is only one officially sanctioned rental program at the Eldorado and it is managed by Outrigger hotels- (about 100 units)Outrigger in the past several year has raised the standard in the units they manage by requiring the rental owners to upgrade the units or be dropped from the program.
So here is the thing. Owners who rent on their own have the right to use the services of the front desk , but have no obligation to upgrade or maintain their unit to any standard. These owners then undercut the rental program by offering low prices, no maid service etc.
True the Eldorado is not on the beach, but the official rental program does note make that claim nor does it make a claim of full ocean view.
If you want large spacious units that have been upgraded and a freindly service staff the Outrigger Eldorado is the place to stay.
My wife and I have always enjoyed our stay at the Eldorado and we prefer it to the large box like overpriced hotel rooms in Kaanapali Beach
True " you get what you pay for" but be sure you rent at the Eldorado from the Outrigger plan and you will not be disappointed.
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Front Street Has Everything Go and spend one night down at Front Street. I would just suggect parking a few blocks back towards Highway 30 cause the closer yo get to Front, the more chaotic the traffic get. There are so many different stores along front street. Plus, the Banyan Tree (down by the Lahaina Harbor) and the Lahaina Courthouse are there. The Old Fort is also right there at the harbor. Just a little history lesson on the town. Moose McGillycuddy's is a fun cheaper place to get burgers. Also a few blocks back from Front is Kobe's Japanese Steak house. I'm not an oriental food person, but I had the filet and it was fantastic. Very pricey, but well worth the money for the show these guys put on while the cook right at your table!!!!
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kelly n.
I own a 24 yr old appaloosa, retired barrel, pole, western games, team
penner … his forte was barrels and poles & he was raced until 19.
He's still very active – 2 or 3 hr trail rides at least 4 times a week
– lots of hills and some ring work (not barrels – western pleasure
gaits etc).
He has been on oats for 4 months (grown by the farmer where I board) -
with the only supplements being a small amount of sentinel senior
pelleted feed and a handful of beet pellets- (beet pellets are dinner
only) and msm and a carrot. (he doesn't get much hay as he is never
at the round bale … hence the handful of beet pellets in his
dinner.) He's on pasture the rest of the time. Only stalled to eat,
then turned right back out.
He's a very easy keeper so his meals are mostly oats, and not that
much. Total feed would be about a pound and a half per day. I have
to ride him regularly in the summer to keep the weight off. But he's
in great shape. Oddly, since his diet switched to oats from sweet
feed, his mane has grown back. Not sure if that's a coincidence.
Since it's difficult to keep his weight down, I started lowering the
sentinel (12% fat) and adding enriched 32 instead (more protein, much
less fat – for easy keepers. This has only been for 2 weeks now).
Should I discontinue the enriched 32 ? (like I said, he's still very
active and still loves the barrels, although I don't let him gallop
around them anymore. He will still gallop at the drop of a hat,
though. And stop on a dime). For an active, healthy, easy keeping
senior, should I just get the oats supplement (just for oats) and the
natural salt? (The beet pellets were just because he wasn't eating
hay hardly at all – he had hay only before his breakfast and dinner as
this is given to the horses in their stalls).
This is what I get from reading your articles – He already gets oats,
so should I just add the Just for Oats supplements and get the natural
salt? Oh, and because the farmer mixes some corn oil in the oats to
keep down the dust, maybe I should use a different oil (olive oil?)
Any suggestions here for corn oil substitutions?
Thanks so much,
Hi Kelly.
I suggest that the components of our feeding program FeedForSuccess.com (You're alreay there with the oats!!!)
would be all that is needed. The feeding program is time-tested and time-proven.
You need to have the fatty acids / good fats (our Weight Check Oil is the oil you need and can be adjusted according to "weight" needs or un-needs), this, combined with what man KNOWS the horse needs, which is provided via our "Just Add Oats" supplement and then the "gaps" are filled by our (nature's) Red Cal (pristine,natural salt/minerals). Again this is my time-proven feeding program and is referenced in my article, "Feed Oats… But That's Not All" that is linked to from FeedForSuccess.com the page of our website. As you will see I'm not a fan of anything pelleted/cooked.
The program will meet all your needs and I appreciate you asking and considering Kelly.
Keep me posted.
Dr. Dan
Thanks, Dr. Dan.
I received your email.
Another question about the oats. They are grown on the farm and fed to the cows and horses.
There is a small amount of corn in the oats (also grown here). The oats are not processed or cooked in any way, but they are ground up a bit for ease of chewing.
The grinding of the oats produces a little dust, so for the horses, a little corn oil is mixed thru the oats (not very much but enough to keep down the dust).
I don't like the corn oil so I mix Rusty's oats with a little extra virgin olive oil. It doesn't take much, but of course this is a little more expensive.
Now the oats, with a little bit of corn and the olive oil – does this take care of the fat? I know olive oil has the 'good' monosaturated fat that is also good for horses. (theres only 5% or less of corn- also grown on this farm).
Also, I always throw a handful of beet pulp pellets (about a quarter of a cup) into each dinner. I did originally because he wasn't getting hay where I used to keep him. This farm has plenty of good quality hay/alfalfa/timothy – 2nd and 3rd cut for much of the season.
But I just read that the phosphorus/calcium ratio is a little lower in calcium in the oats – and that beet pellets are high in calcium (and of course, fiber).
Now since his oats has a little corn and olive oil, as well as the beet pellets, and I always give him a big fresh carrot from farms in erie with his dinner), would the 'Just for oats' be redundant?
He's been doing great on this mixture – even his mane and tail are fuller since he started on this mix.
The only supplements I've given him are joint supplements and msm. I wonder, since he's an appaloosa and his eye seems to be a little cloudy at times (moon blindness – hence the farm fresh carrots) – are there any supplements that are high in vitamin A and good for the eyes, that won't throw off the balance of nutrients he's getting now?
Other than that, he may just need the red cal salt (not sure about mineral blocks) …?
Your oats sound fine. The program to a "T" is the foundation and covers all you have mentioned. These products and supplements are based on my years of experience and has benefited thousands through the years and continues to do so including hundreds I'm personally connected to, including my own herd.
The program and the components will naturally balance everything. My Weight Check Oil is "weigh" better than anything else— yes and it is added to the oats but much more benefits than just keeping the dust down. Yes, as you see on the site in several places NO Rocks/Blocks.. only nature's Red Cal…. you asked about Vitamin A… well that's covered by the Just Add oats supplement and component of FeedForSuccess.com (all the info is there— clicking on products will give you label view- a must to review)
If you want to look at other conversations about challenges like the moon blindness you mentioned… enter serach term for such on AskDrDan.com and return results like these:
Again thanks for asking and considering. Hope the above helps further.


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November 5, 2010 – (BRONX, NY) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University researcher Jeffrey Pollard, Ph.D., has received the prestigious Medal of Honor in Basic Science from the American Cancer Society (ACS) in recognition of his research into the critical role the tumor microenvironment plays in modulating cancer behavior, specifically the role that members of the innate immune cells called macrophages play both in normal development and in promoting tumor progression. These macrophages could hold the key to more targeted cancer treatments.
"I think that one of the major components of the therapeutic arsenal as we go forward will be to combine chemo-therapeutic drugs with drugs that target macrophages so that they can no longer support the tumor's ability to be malignant," said Dr. Pollard. "Further it gives another opportunity for therapy by using vaccination against tumor antigens combined with altering macrophages from tumor promoting to tumor rejecting. It gives us another prong in the attack on cancer."
"I think that one of the major components of the therapeutic arsenal as we go forward will be to combine chemo-therapeutic drugs with drugs that target macrophages so that they can no longer support the tumor's ability to be malignant."
-- Jeffrey Pollard, Ph.D.Dr. Pollard is deputy director of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center, director of the Center for Study of Reproductive Biology and Women's Health and the Louis Goldstein Swan Chair in Women's Cancer Research at Einstein. He is also professor in the departments of developmental and molecular biology and obstetrics & gynecology and women's health at Einstein.
This award from the American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, represents the Society's highest honor in recognition of outstanding contributions to fighting cancer.
The award was presented at the American Cancer Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. In addition to Dr. Pollard, the ACS recognized Joseph Fraumeni, M.D., M.Sc., for Cancer Control, and Patricia Ganz, M.D., for Clinical Research.
This is the second ACS Medal of Honor awarded to a researcher at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center. Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D., received the Medal of Honor in 2008 for Clinical Research.
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