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Rob and Kristen's problems look like they began during their trip to NYC! On May 8, when they were at JFK International Airport, they didn't look too happy to be together and a top expert agrees!
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart need to realize that a picture can tell a thousand words. That's the case in this pic from May 8 when the couple were headed back to LA. They don't look very happy and a top body language expert tells HollywoodLife.com what in the pic shows growing tension.
Rob & Kristen Fighting Began In NYC?
HollywoodLife.com spoke with top body language expert Dr. Lilian Glass who tells us that Rob and Kristen looked totally out of sync while in NYC after the Met Gala.
"Kristen is back to her brooding self," she tells us. "He's literally giving her the cold shoulder. There's too much physcial distance between them — she's a step behind him."
If there's anything we've learned from Dr. Glass, it's that how you interact physically tells a lot about your relationship. Sure some couples are into PDA but she thinks they look icy in this pic!
Kristen Spotted Arguing On Rob's Birthday
We told you that on May 13, the day of Rob's 27th birthday, Kristen was spotted at a friend's house arguing on the phone. T
"Kristen was pacing back-and-forth in her friend's apartment, smoking," an X17 Online photographer says. "She looked really upset, talking on the phone for almost an hour — I'm guessing she was talking to Rob. She was really animated, like she was trying to explain something. She was getting frustrated and seemed very emotional."
Yikes, we're not sure what they did on his birthday, if anything! But do you think tension and fighting began brewing in NYC?
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Posted at 8:33 PM on May 18, 2013
Cindra agree this is all due to Internet and gutter press it happened nothing can dispute that its gone on for far too long .For anyone to believe People's report its as truthful as Suns report they were going to Cannes and then touring France.Even the People only say apart for now but source says will probably get back together.Thats been more or less for 5years so what's different just sells more mags for them.Perhaps saying they have split will give them a break from media and comments.
Posted at 8:18 PM on May 18, 2013
Granted, Kristen's affair with Rupert was a crushing blow to their relationship, but I put most of the blame on the webloids/tabloids for making every move they make into such a drama! If you had left them alone, they would probably be living happily ever after now. Shameful behavior!!!
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Posted at 10:51 AM on May 18, 2013
Why Robert we tolerate support and friendship Katy with her divorce? Do you think naively that meeting Pattz and Katy is done without touching? Like: yes Katy, I am your support during your divorce and the breakup with all your partners, but we must not to touch me because I am loyal to Kristen? ha ha, really believe that? Maybe equally Sanders went through similarly a wanted help from Kristen? Just an opinion. We know LibertyRos filed for divorce in not first time. We see what you he did Pattinson fans and media with one photo outside the restaurant with all the friends, girls and driver of the car. It was after everywhere, and Kristen was the bad guy is cheating. We do not see nothing like this with Pattz and Katy. Double standards more than a little bit here.
Samuelle 40
Posted at 10:18 AM on May 18, 2013
Nobody has ever known the true relationship of either of them except in Twilight until the incident when R ob looked devastated .His other films made during this time (4) were reasonable but not for teenage market ,he was trying to leave the teens behind even then so after 5 years he made 9 films in all ,with no break so don't understand why he hasn't taken proper time off away from LA.With or without Kristen.He didnt go back to UK he flew straight back to Kristen his choice,spent over a non stop month with her so what's his problem now.All adverse publicity is damaging both of them so they argued ,so who doesn't from time to time if he is seeing Perry why no photos of them arm in arm and PDA.Time to commit or leave this relationship before it deteriates even further to get even nastier.
Thank you "Indie" have tried to keep a balanced point of view because things are never quite what they seem for people who actually know nothing,nothing is ever black or white .All I can see now is that a statement is needed to put a stop to all of this hearsay and rumours to let them both get a Life with or without one another.
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Posted at 9:55 AM on May 18, 2013
@Huh please dont be a hippocrite if kristen did not love attention then she would have learnt to separate bussiness from pleasure a long time ago. She couldnt keep her hands off of rupert and she got caught in the act!!! And opened more doors for more attention . TRUST ME SHE LOOOOVES ATTENTION.How many times has she dated her co stars since she started acting ? If anyone is putting her personal life in the public eye its kristen stewart.DO NOT GET IT TWISTED.
She didnt date the guy From Welcome to the Rileys
didnt date the guy from Yellow handkercheif
she didnt date the Guy from Cake eaters
she didnt date the guy from Adventurland
she didnt date the guy from The Runnaways
She didnt date the guy from on the Road
HELOOOOO Who did she date in her films OH YES RPATTINSON
SISI if your going to write then make sure you know the truth before you put fingers to board
WHY should i trust you? I dont know you? If anythng Id say BOTH HATE ATTENTION!
HOW is she putting her person life on display She not going out with MEN dancing
SHES not going out with MEN to PLAYS
She not going out with MEN TO PARTIES RESTAURANTS HOTEL LOUNGES
NO she out with ehr pals bowling going to bars and rest having a good time but again she cant win
Cos they are girls even thoiugh theres no proof and she was caight kissy kissy with a MAN
Shes now either a Lesbian or Bisexual
While hes flying to NY going to plays with KP going to bars with KP going to parties with KP
Getting pissed with various mates and women including KP not that getting pissed is a crime its not
So you think her kissing RS made her life good fk off kid shes been almost lynched
Robs come out of it looking a great guy and he may well be I dont know him neither do you?
Posted at 9:43 AM on May 18, 2013
I have to also agree with samantha k ,kristen clearly never loved rob. It was always going to end up like this with her stepping out on him and then force her way back to him to keep controlling him even though she knows very well that she doesnt love him. SHE REALLY REALLY SUCKS!!!
Posted at 9:41 AM on May 18, 2013
@ aquarius 64: Roger that. Her actions have caused this man one wave of humiliation after another after another. He could barely promote Cosmopolis with all that drama flying around; being questioned about the "indiscretion" during every interview. People have blinders on who say it was just a kiss, no it was much more it was CHEATING and her audacity was felt world-wide.
@ samuelle 40, again appreciate your efforts towards fairness in commenting about both rob & kristen
Posted at 9:37 AM on May 18, 2013
Ok one more time rob and kristen are stiil together they. Both can't stop and think about eachother they love each other. They just want us to.to read what they print you can't belive what their friends say to ttheir the ones who put things into rob head the best tthing for them is go away together
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Posted at 9:34 AM on May 18, 2013
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There are completely insane people on this web site. To all of you saying they know the truth, get some balls and admit you know nothing. Seriously a bunch of pathetic losers who need to get a life because you obviously do not have one. I feel sorry for EVERY celebrity out there and I find it ironic that you are saying they are publicity whores when they NEVER put their personal life out in the public. That's why you are all obsessed – you should pick a pair of celebrities who actually like this kind of attention – because its obviously not these two people.
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Posted at 9:53 AM on May 18, 2013
@Huh please dont be a hippocrite if kristen did not love attention then she would have learnt to separate bussiness from pleasure a long time ago. She couldnt keep her hands off of rupert and she got caught in the act!!! And opened more doors for more attention . TRUST ME SHE LOOOOVES ATTENTION.How many times has she dated her co stars since she started acting ?
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Posted at 9:29 AM on May 18, 2013
I agree @ aquarious 64 they can call Rob drama king and all sorts of names but one thing remains KRISTEN IS THE ONE THAT CAUSED THE DEMISE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP. It has been long coming ,I did say that it was strange that Rob was willing to forget the armpit session in the minicooper so quickly .They should have taken time ,No one can take a beating this much Rob had to endure papparazzi disrespecting him and constantly asking her if she will CHEAT ON HIM AGAIN right in front of him ,we should have seen there was something amiss at that point. Do you kristen fans think Rob still feels like she is fresh and sweet ?Do you think that he still respects her? After the incdent with the papparzzi asking her about the cheating ,what do you think they talked about in that car?Do you think he said "oh you are an amazing person,I really want to marry you and have children"? P-L-E-A-S-E!!!
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Agree that Rob never gave Kristen the caring or the time.All he ever wants to do is party with Katy Perry and Sharon Woodward and other friends. Kristen has been absolutely so caring and considerate since Rupert incident. She publicly humiliated herself giving an apology and not once did he back her up publicly, he said nothing.She returned from New York not wearing her necklace which she has worn everyday since the incident. He has obviously upset her that this should happen, I expect there were girls or a girl, Katy Perry involved. Please Rob and Kristen talk to each other and don't be so stubborn the both of you. There is a way forward to true happiness, especially of you love each other.
Samuelle 40
Posted at 7:23 AM on May 18, 2013
If Kristen and Rob are over why all the adverse publicity all its doing is harm to their careers why not come out and publicly say so.If Rob is with Perry more fool him she never stays the pace.Rob has always said he never sells his private life ,he has never had to,Twilight did it for him with Summit behind him covering his back.He obviously still has no PR otherwise they wouldn't be letting this saga carry on its damaging and detrimental.The sooner Rob goes off to start filming again the better and perhaps all this nonsense will stop.Of course he could be using Perry to cut a track with him,who knows nobody does .Kristen has pulled out all the stops for him,now if over should restart her own career she managed without him before and will again after all she was the more experienced one.Stop playing games the pair of you and bring matters to a head one way or another.
they are done, so move on HL go give news about kim kardashian feet this is what you are good about news. Kristen will be ok[i think] and rob he will be doing concerts w/ katy woaaaaaaaa he finaly realise he like the flip ones, good luck to you Kristen you deserv little girl after all this mess in your life wishe all the best baby, all the best
Posted at 7:15 AM on May 18, 2013
I agree that these two need to pull the plug on this relationship; it's been on life support ever since the Mini-Cooper incident. No one can quickly forgive and forget such a humiliation; and Robsten fans need to realize that. I also don't like this whisper campaign of making Rob look like the bad guy for driving her to cheat and not loving her the same way he did before Rupert-gate. Rob's the wronged party; and throwing out UNPROVEN allegations of his cheating will not mitigate Kristen's foul actions last summer. (If the pictures were fake she would not have apologized publicly and she would have sued US Weekly.)
As for getting new lovers, what sensible guy is going to take a chance with Kristen after what she's done? They'll be afraid to get the horns put on them. Other guys may check for her, but she would have to see they're not approaching her because they think she's easy. And please don't go for another Twilight romantic pipe dream with Taylor Lautner. Lautner has been accused of messing with Kristen on Rob's watch going back to 2009; don't think the press won't throw that out there and look for evidence to back up the claim. Twi-hards will think it's cute that Bella and Jacob found love since Edward didn't take. Non-Twihards, whose numbers are larger than the fandom, will see Lautner as a dirtbag whose bedded his co-star's girlfriend under his nose. Taylor won't get the full "trampire" treatment, but his reputation will get mangled. I would not be surprised Taylor's team advised him of the potential career damage with a Kristen involvement. Taylor's ambitious; and he dropped Taylor Swift when she allegedly stepped out on him with John Mayer. Just keep it as friends.
I think Kristen would have to hit rock bottom and lose Rob for her to finally grow up. And Rob needs to grow a set and not let a woman disrespect him.
Posted at 9:09 AM on May 18, 2013
Applause for the first paragraph Aquarius !!!!! Rob tried to forgive her and make things work but it just is not happening. Good on him for trying. After the complete and public humiliation world over that Kristen put him through he was a bigger person than me to even attempt to try again. Anyone that lives in reality and has eyes an can see the physical distance between them. What was there before is just not there now! Please respect yourself and move on and be happy again.

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Red Bull's Mark Webber set the pace in the final practice session in Japan on Saturday morning as technical issues limited his team mate Sebastian Vettel to just eight laps of Suzuka.
The Australian's final response to Romain Grosjean's medium-tyre run of 1m 32.707s, which temporarily put the Frenchman at the top of the times, was 1m 32.053s. Nico Rosberg slipped his Mercedes ahead of the Lotus with 1m 32.355s towards the finish, but right at the end Lewis Hamilton usurped his team mate with 1m 32.187s to go second, 0.134s behind Webber.
The Ferrari duo of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa looked stronger than they have all weekend, as the Spaniard finally pipped his Brazilian team mate with late runs of 1m 32.800s and 1m 32.815s respectively to take fifth and sixth places. Jenson Button was seventh in an improved McLaren on 1m 32.869s and Kimi Raikkonen, in the other Lotus, was eighth on 1m 32.946s having not done a final run.
Vettel ended the session with the ninth-fastest time of 1m 33.036s, though he had long since changed out of his race suit when the chequered flag dropped; his mechanics busily tending to his RB9.
The top ten was completed by Nico Hulkenberg, once he'd pitted to have an exhaust problem investigated. He took his Sauber round in 1m 33.076s to lead McLaren's Sergio Perez on 1m 33.158s, the Toro Rossos of Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo on 1m 33.260s and 1m 33.490s, Williams' Pastor Maldonado on 1m 33.638s, Force India's Paul di Resta on 1m 33.660s, Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez on 1m 33.732s and Williams' Valtteri Bottas on 1m 33.955s.
Adrian Sutil should have been in there somewhere, but he spun his Force India exiting Spoon Curve halfway through and took off its front and rear wings shortly after he'd lapped the track in 1m 34.773s.
Giedo van der Garde was ahead of Caterham partner Charles Pic this time with 1m 35.473s to 1m 35.518s, as Max Chilton was right with them for Marussia on 1m 35.844s. Having missed FP2 on Friday after a crash in FP1, Jules Bianchi was back in the action in his newly-built Marussia, but the Frenchman had to shake down the new machine and could only manage a 1m 39.378s for 22nd place.
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A Guy Fawkes mask graces the Justice Fountain during the Blockupy protests on May 17, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. Long considered immune from the crisis, and from the protests that have accompanied it elsewhere, Germany's economy is now showing signs of weakness. Is this safe haven not very safe after all?


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It was a pretty lonely afternoon for Lewis Hamilton in China on Sunday, but the Mercedes driver was not complaining as he took this third win of the season, leading home team mate Nico Rosberg for a third consecutive one-two
Q: Lewis, three wins in a row
Lewis Hamilton:
yeah, isnt that fantastic? I couldnt be happier. What an incredible job this team has done. Its a dream, winning races - thats what I live for, thats what I wake up for and what Im aiming for every single day. It is a huge, huge thanks to the guys in the team. The car just felt incredible. Right now we have the best car, the best engine - and I want to be the best driver around. But it wasnt only my third win in a row - it was the third one-two for Mercedes in a row, and that is pretty unique.
Q: It was a very different win to Bahrain
yes, it was. I came here with the intention not to have a race like in Bahrain - even if I know that the fans quite like that. For me, I prefer it the way it happened today. When I reflect on it, in the first stint I was watching out quite a lot on my front tyres - especially the left one - and was really surprised that I kept my lead even after pitting and that there was quite a gap to the cars behind me. From there on I knew that this would be a pretty good race for me. Inside myself I feel that it was one of the best races of my career. True, there was not much battle for P1, but the feeling of being in control every single moment - that is something that a driver always aims for. Being able to do your own race, that is when you can work on your skills. And it was a very good afternoon for that. (laughs)
Q: But how is it emotionally - being at the front all by yourself?
LH: Ha, I could get used to that. Okay, the last win was very different because of the battle with my team mate, but in fact every race and every win is different. So if this one was cruising then it is only half the truth because with the rain on Saturday it made it a bit tricky to set up the car as Ive done many changes yesterday.
Q: How do you feel in regards to the championship? Three wins is quite a bid
LH: To be honest I dont waste a thought on the championship right now. I am happy about those three wins - feeling that I am still able to improve with every race, that I am physically and mentally stronger than ever before. These are the important messages for this man here. (pointing at himself) There are so many psychological battles involved in sports. Nico (Rosberg) is very fast, so I am happy having put in some really good performances. Being with such a fantastic team makes me very grateful.
Q: That early chequered flag on lap 55 - what was going through your head at that moment?
LH: Somehow I knew that it couldnt have been the end - but also that they couldnt possible do such a mistake - so I lifted a bit but immediately went back into racing mode - so as not to give somebody else the chance to take it away from me. (laughs)
Q: Your third win also means that youve outperformed your team mate three times. Do you still say that there is no ranking within the team?
LH: No. Its still a long way to go. I have never asked for anything in this respect. I just let my results speak for themselves.
Q: Next stop will be Barcelona and the start of the European season. What do you expect then?
LH: That it is getting even more tight. That there will be more battles somewhere - hopefully behind me. (laughs) But I dont mind being in the battles, as long as the car is so fantastic. I feel really blessed to be with this team.
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Nice, what brand of sling is that? Where did you get it and what price? Id like a nice single point for my NEF top folder.
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It's a Blackhawk sling adapter hooked up to a Condor Tactical single point bungee sling.
a sling for hd? no your just junking a gun up. but it looks cool. keep saving for the light
The sling is mainly for an SHTF role. But I I will get a light on the gun in the near future.
What length barrel is that? Looks to small to be 18 1/2".
I mean big....too big to be 18 1/2"
It's a 21" but I'm getting an extended tube that will extend the magazine to 20" so looks like it will work out. Plus it's hard to find a 20 gauge 18" barrel and if I did, I wouldn't buy it just to shorten the gun by 3".
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Msg#: 4369896 posted
10:26 pm on Sep 30, 2011
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I just found this little nugget whilst search for something completely unrelated.
#2 Post from Google employee.
That's pretty clear admission they are hitting sites they don't mean to imo.
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Msg#: 4369896 posted
1:45 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Matt Cutts confirmed this was Panda in a recent Tweet.
hmmm.. I understand. But the ranking drops of the content site I was talking about do not look like panda. Overall, it dropped 30% in traffic but still retained #1 rankings for many lucrative keywords. the traffic drop comes mostly from loosing rankings for some other lucrative keywords from top to the bottom of the first page, nothing like going into oblivion. And it still outranks all the scrapers. Is there any version of Panda that looks like that?
The other mid-size ecommerce site that dropped 80% after going down for all its major keywords, from #1-2 to #9-10 - same story. Panda? I thought Panda is different, what is Panda for ecommerce sites anyway? This is the 1st ecommerce site hit by any penalty out of many I am monitoring, among them 4-5 pull substantial traffic.
Also, the store that was hit was the only one running adsense, can it be the problem? Overall, running adsense on ecommerce sites, and directing traffic to your competitors is very unnatural. It almost never makes sense. We ran it for this specific site as an experiment. Any other observations here from e-commerce site owners who run adsense as well?
Msg#: 4369896 posted
2:38 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Any sites hit by this update that are not review sites or sites that not promote some sort of service please post. Is it possible this to be something like a short live test because it is really stupid in any way. It almost feels like something is going on inside Google and some people are intentionally adding weird code to the algo with the purpose of ruining it. I understand money season is coming but in a long term its really counter-productive for Google.
With the 9+ billion 1/4 revenue announced this week, it feels like the cow has eaten all the grass and page estate is squizzed to the max . It's like Google is about to wrap it up and focus all efforts on a new venture in the following years.
Larry is a successfully ruining it so far for everyone including Google. If he signs every new employee enrolment wouldn't you think he knows about every update and twik released?
Take your popcorn and enjoy the show it's just a matter of weeks/months before info gets leaked from inside Google. I did predict a huge serp shuffle soon in less than a month ago and this is no panda by any means right now(if you believe that tool Cutts you are a fool).
Msg#: 4369896 posted
2:41 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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HuskyPup, what other elements do you have on your homepage/site in addition to Adsense?
Adsense ad units appear to be fine with Panda across all the sites which I manage. However, combine that with an Aweber subscription form (one of my sites gives stuff away to registered subscribers) and an Amazon Associate link equates to an overnight drop from #2 to #13 for its primary keyword. The total number of words on this particular site's homepage is 774.
Another site I manage, which is in the automotive e-commerce niche, sits at #4 for its primary product. This product page has over 500 links pointing to the page whereas those above the listing have 1 to 5 backlinks. The top listing has a single backlink from ebay.co.uk, which is a non-editorial link from their eBay store in the UK. Keep in mind that unlike the others above this listing, ours has a full schematic and application data specifically so that consumers may determine if the product is right for them without having to pick up the phone and call. If content were king, we would rule. Instead, preference is given to non-editorial links and brand/domain authority. Pre-Panda this page ranked better and received more sales. But ironically, those listed above this product are all major spenders on Google Adwords.
Newer sites under my management appear to be more susceptible to each Panda tweak. Domain age, despite the number and quality of backlinks, appears to be a major consideration for Panda.
What Panda appears to be is a funnel designed to drive traffic to those websites which Google has an interest in. Especially in a depressed economy, Google's growth has been substantial. This does not happen in an *equal* playing field. Come to your own conclusions after reviewing the winners and losers with each Panda update.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
2:46 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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The other mid-size ecommerce site that dropped 80% after going down for all its major keywords, from #1-2 to #9-10 - same story. Panda? I thought Panda is different,
what is Panda for ecommerce sites anyway
? This is the 1st ecommerce site hit by any penalty out of many I am monitoring, among them 4-5 pull substantial traffic.
That's the dirty secret that Google and their lapdogs / fanboys try not to talk about. Panda is all about the big, bad, content farms, and to try to make the SERPs better (so google can fill them with 4-5 ads on top and dozens of Google junk links to their own) :)
Google wants you to become a brand or no traffic for you.
How do you become a brand in e-commerce?
Looking at google's own forums this has caused quite a major storm. The bad news is that this will probably stay like this for the holidays, unless they sneak another 'quality enhancement' for the 4th quarter.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:01 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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It makes no sense to me (I've been a member of WebmasterWorld for 6 years so I don't know why it says "new user...I rarely post, mostly read every day...but today, I am compelled to post..)
My previously non-pandlized site:
- Going on 7 years old
- hundreds of organic, one-way links from .EDU's and .GOV sites - because of my excellent content (something I have been told time and time again from my users, and experts in the field)
- not to mention the thousands of other organic inbound links
- Site has steadily gained traffic the past few months from an already very healthy level, I assumed in response to my adding fresh, unique, original content to my pages (and to existing pages), new articles, and videos
- I don't link out to anyone unless it is a hugely authoritative site, and if they deserve it because of their content
- I don't by/sell links, or participate in link exchanges
- I produce all of my own articles, interviews and tutorials
- I produce original videos
- I have made sure there is plenty of content above the fold,
- Site is about 800 pages - never a too aggressive growth
- Adsense - I have actually been removing many adsense blocks this entire year - and was very conservative about it in the first place -
- I have a directory on my site (aside from my content and articles) where other businesses in my niche can add their information , but I am very choosy about who/what I include, and make sure their information is helpful to my users. I nofollow their websites if they include those. On these pages, I also include original content of my own, linking to my videos and articles.
- I follow google's webmaster guidelines with extreme seriousness, and I follow adsense policy to the letter.
How is it that google, with a "Minor" algo change as happened yesterday basically say that a site is not useful or good, when it's users, and links from many top government and educational sites like the National Institutes of Health, Housing and Urban Development, and many many others have linked to my site based on the usefulness of the content, and the directory that I provide.
My main keyword terms have hung in there from what I can see, but it just simply appears as if many of my pages have simply disappeared. Every single page on my site has valuable and excellent content.
Other, newer websites in my niche still rank well for extremely thin pages, and unoriginal content, so this is indeed very confusing to me..
I hope this helps others out there who truly have built a site because of passion, and an interest in educating others (and themselves), helping others, and the enjoyment of building something that you are extremely proud of...who are seeing the same, upsetting thing as of the 14th.
This isn't right on so many levels. I hope that this is just flux...or a misguided test.
I hope my post helps others in the same boat...
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:11 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Oh, and my site is a pr6....one detail I omitted above...
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:12 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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My main keyword terms have hung in there
This report - and a few other posts around the forum - make me wonder if we had Panda late on Oct 13 and then another algo change on the 14th. Even when Panda lets a site rank for certain major keywords, the main effect I've seen hits big search terms. Some pages/keywords may be exempt (or even boosted) but Panda does not usually show as just a long-tail impact.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:26 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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besnette, Panda was originally designed to address content farms/scrapers. Assuming your site does not fall into these categories, one can deduce that Panda is being morphed into a more aggressive beast for possible integration into Google's primary algorithm.
Of the sites I manage, those that have benefited the most are those that are well branded. Impacting the ranks of such sites would have a negative impact on Google Search users, and I think Google is wise to this which is why they have manually *whitelisted* some Pandalized sites in the past. One thing the successful sites I manage have in common is that their most searched for keyword in Google are their lawfully registered business names and not the products/services they sell.
Panda supposedly gives greater weight to user actions. However, I am left believing that the only user action Google truly ranks well in the end are those actions that result in money flowing to Google, a Google Adwords advertised website or those websites which spend millions with Google annually. In the end the only metric that matters to Google is how much money can be stuffed into their cash register. After all, they are a publicly traded business. They answer to shareholders and not to the public at large.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:39 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Turbocharged - thanks for your reply - I am suspect that any legitimate .com will be able to survive in this environment. I mean, if google can bump off a strong site, and then display their own ads/7packs and collect 100%- why would they even need other sites...
I would think that a 6, going on 7 year old site would give them some pause before they scrap it - I have also worked hard on branding my site this year.
I really have done everything I can possibly think of to play well within the rules, google's, karma's (for lack of a better term), ethically, and in the interest of my users..
I guess hope for the best....
thanks again for your helpful words...
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:41 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Something went definitely down the 14th. As usual when this happens I get more traffic from Bing and Yahoo and it goes minutes between visits from Google. This started happening in April and it had never happened before that. For a week or so I actually got a bit more visitors per day and thought, in my ignorance, that it is going to better now, and then BAM! you get hit again. If it wasn't for one special word I am using, there would be NO traffic at all from Google. I can see that people (Google?) are searching for my domain name (brand?) so maybe it has something to do with that. maybe SEO now is all about branding your sites? What if we all branded our sites, would people really need Google in the future then? Google would be/will be just another advertiser like the ones you get in the mail and nobody will go there because people know what to type in to get to the web site, just like ebay today. I don't think anybody goes to Google to search for eBay, right?
Msg#: 4369896 posted
3:51 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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I have a 9-year-old content site that has enjoyed very stable traffic over the past four years, with slow and steady increases. The site has been virtually unchanged since its inception.
On Friday, my traffic dropped by two-thirds, so I came here to see what was what. (It's been years since I whipped myself into a google frenzy - it was bad for my health ;) )
This site was originally designed with the long tail in mind - even back in the day I felt I couldn't compete against the big guns.
So my paying pages are titled along the lines of "john doe widget inventor" versus "john doe".
I researched my top three pages this morning, along with a variety of other performing pages.
All google did was drop me from positions 1 - 3 down to positions 4 - 7 (the blind spot).
The authority sites came in first, with wiki on top across the board. On my number one pay phrase, I dropped from 1 (where I've been for years) to 6. Only one of the pages ahead of me was a made for adsense site, the rest were worthy. (In this instance, it was the imdb, wiki, and two pages from the person's own site.)
Being in the blind spot has cost me two-thirds of my traffic and ruined my holidays, if it holds. Just goes to show the analysts are right that it's better to be at the top or bottom than in the middle of the page.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:03 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Interesting (?) thing I saw in Google was that if I searched for my domain/brand I do show up first in the SERP's but the funny thing is that the link text is my domain name and it's NOT in the tags so why are they showing it like that?
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:05 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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All google did was drop me from positions 1 - 3 down to positions 4 - 7 (the blind spot).
ok, this is similar to what I see. Down from #1-2 to #9-10. This is not Panda
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:13 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Panda was originally designed to address content farms/scrapers
Google never said that....It was the popular SEO and social marketing community who spread that theory...
There are several examples for content farms
1) that survived the initial iteration but were trapped in subsequent iterations
2) that recovered in subsequent iterations
3) that were never hit by any iteration (squidoo, youtube etc.)
There are also several examples of Mashups (scrapers) which were never hit...
There are also examples for forums which aggregate content from blogs and other sites through its "so called users" that were never hit.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:25 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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I don't think anybody goes to Google to search for eBay
funny you should say that - just been looking a particular item, not that specialised -get ebay, blogs, videos, more ebay, and ebay mashups. Only one of the two major brands.
Go onto Bing, both brands plus, at #1 a specialist ecommerce retailer, which had exactly what I was looking for.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:26 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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One of my quality sites got hit on long-tails, something weird because my main keywords are fine but long-tails are nowhere to be found in the serps. Half my traffic dopped and I was never affected by the other Pandas. Not sure what the hell is going on. Someone else mentioned that, they could be boosting up crap sites to the top for a couple of days to test how users react to crap sites. Maybe keeping the big boys, wallmart, ebay, best buy brands on a do not disturb list so there isn't much outcry. Not sure what's going on but Google is pissing off a lot of webmasters but I guess they could care less because their profits are going through the roof.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:26 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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It's interesting you brought up squidoo - I was seeing a lot more squidoo this morning than in the past - sometimes up to two or three page one listings for shopping terms (to be specific, I was looking at calendars; eg, fairy calendars 2012, art calendars, etc.)
I've never gotten much out of my squidoo, and I felt google never much liked them. What really struck me, though, was the fact they were there for ecommerce terms. Kinda supports the theory that google likes to emphasize shopping in fourth quarter.
Also, some of my own listings were now appended with a small list of specific items, as an indication to searchers that I had content along with products. For example, one of my biography pages includes a filmography, and google included a three line listing of specific movies in addition to the text blurb under my link. I actually really liked that.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:47 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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I am in the same boat. My long-tail keywords (more than 3000 a month) has disappeared while my main keywords related to my sites are intact.
This 'minor tweak' has hit many websites that ranked for long-tail keywords, which is the biggest generator of traffic.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:59 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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HuskyPup, what other elements do you have on your homepage/site in addition to Adsense?
Nothing apart from our own info and images. I am the Coca Cola manufacturing brand in my industry and only sell B2B, we display ads so that retailers can advertise on our sites since many retail purchasers find us through the regular and image SERPs.
It's very rare we have enquiries for project work through the Net since most specifiers worldwide already know us and simply use our sites for client proposed sample referencing purposes.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
4:59 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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The original purpose of Panda is to devalue low quality content and rank high quality content according to Google. Scraping/copying content is indeed a component of this as seen at [
This update is designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites�sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful.
Despite Panda's flaws, and apparent deviation from its original purpose, from everything I have read on the topic Panda's purpose has not changed.
I understand your frustrations, and I too share in them. It seems Google's actions are making it a very unpredictable and hostile environment for smaller enterprises. Fortunately, my in-law's website appears to have been one of the few lucky ones that has not lost its ranks. For a 40+ year old service business, struggling in this economy, even one or two lost sales may be all that it takes to push them into insolvency. While they do not get many "leads" from their website, such a loss in ranks would be very harmful for them at the present time.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
5:08 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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1) They never called it as an algo against "content farms"
2) They did say it is an algo against "sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful". But several owners of sites hit by the first iteration claimed scrapers ranked above them.
I think one should also read it as "sites that copy content from other websites and that are just not very useful".
Msg#: 4369896 posted
5:35 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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people can bash or praise Google all day, but at the end of the day Google are a business and they will not make a business decission without thinking at least what they are doing will make more money for them.
Not sure how this works though as most brands advertise on Google, but if it is only there brands that fill the natural results the is no need for them to advertise.
Perhaps I am missing something, so feel free to educate me.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:00 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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@ Donna, my site, I work as an IT consultant, all my site is about is how to resolve various IT issues,I sell nothing the content comes from my day to day work.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:16 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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My own story:
My content site, seven years old, just lost 90% of its traffic between Oct 14 and Oct 15.
I put Adsense on the site right before I started at a PhD program. Over the last five years I have put maybe ten hours of work into the site per year (yes, you read that correctly). During that time, it has paid my rent and all my monthly expenses. I can't really complain, for years I knew this day would come eventually. I just hoped it would come in a few months (I graduate in January-February).
Anyway, good luck all.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:26 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
My sincerest apologies and heart-felt condolences for those that were negatively affected by the most recent rendition of Panda. I can remember my first weekend after Panda annihilated my site of 6 years... a site that I had put my blood/sweat and tears into. At the time Panda hit my first child was less than a month old and it seemed as if my world was falling apart.
The point of this post is to hopefully help others with similar experiences... I've got to feel like the experience wasn't/isn't as futile as it has sometimes felt and if I can help others it is worth at least some respite.
First the site:
1. Old site
2. All unique content
3. ecom site
4. In the original list of top 300 sites affected by Panda
Panda 1 hit, Feb 24th.
1. Lost 50 - 75% of our traffic in one day.
My Reaction:
1. Lets wait this out. (it may be a mistake/fluctuation)30 days.
2. Hid our least "helpful" pages
3. Redesign the product pages (to be more like other sites... we had a unique design that was more user friendly)
4. Start revamping product page content
5. Speed up the load time
6. Lower the bounce rate
7. Improve navigation
The Result:
Absolutely nothing. Our traffic has only marginally improved over the last 6 - 8 months. Thousands of dollars dumped into content creation and development. Our ROI is in the negative, we can't shake the Panda.
My advice
Get yourself positioned to be able to operate at the "new" levels of traffic. Don't expect a "miraculous" recovery like daniweb or cult of mac. I believe that for the most part these guys are a far cry from the norm.
Welcome to the Wild West
Guys and Gals I think that the Panda is a very good example of how we are in the "wild west" of the internet/online era. I do not foresee companies/organizations like Google being able to strip away rankings as drastically as they have for some of us in the future. For that matter I don't see them being able to "promote" sites as quickly and "easily" as they have in the past either. They are responsible for their rankings... and by building businesses up with traffic and then stripping that traffic away is irresponsible and will soon be more controlled (for better or for worse... who knows)
Historically organizations that have had power to build up and destroy businesses without much legal recourse (think Mafia in the US through the early 20th century,) have led to greater regulation... and public disgrace and legal action. Google is on the same track. Hollywood movies like to portray the Mafia as an evil organization that people feared and respected out of fear for their lives. The truth being that Mafia incorporation into society was more complicated than "just a bunch of thugs." Many businesses flourished under Mafia protection. The Mafia offered some semblance of rule in an otherwise unruly society... Google offers some semblance of rule in an otherwise unruly web-sphere. We need Google to protect us from the spam and black hat-word-stuffing-link-building creatures of the dark.
Or do we? When the sentiment changes, so will the darling of the internet.
Brin = Michael
Page = Sonny
Cutts = Hagen "The Conciliary"
In conclusion:
As you are berated on this forum and others for being "an idiot" for relying too heavily on Google for your business and well being... Realize that we are in the "wild west" of the web... and while they may have better online business acumen, there truly was no way of knowing that Google would turn so ugly... so fast.
Hopefully your business is able to withstand the Panda! Keep at it! Build a-new for your users! And finally hit the treadmill, get back into shape... call a friend or two for a beer... and most importantly enjoy your family!
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6:41 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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indyank, in our industry we do call those that copy content from other sites "content scrapers" which quite often operate "content farms."
Regardless of how I grouped these people and their sites, Matt Cutts has discussed content scrapers in this 1/28/2011 post [
The net effect is that searchers are more likely to see the sites that wrote the original content rather than a site that scraped or copied the original site�s content.
Furthermore, Google has publicly stated their shift towards addressing "content farms" in a post just a week prior (1/21/2011) to the details Matt provided above here [
As �pure webspam� has decreased over time, attention has shifted instead to �content farms,� which are sites with shallow or low-quality content. In 2010, we launched two major algorithmic changes focused on low-quality sites. Nonetheless, we hear the feedback from the web loud and clear: people are asking for even stronger action on content farms and sites that consist primarily of spammy or low-quality content.
indyank, instead of taking a post from Cutts or Google's blog for face value, it must be deciphered and analyzed in context with their current public actions. By doing so, it is quite clear that "content farms" and "scrapers" are indeed a primary target of Panda as noted by the blog posts from Google that preceded Panda's release.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:42 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Well I should post too...My main 14yo site got hit for it's main 2 keyword phrase. Has always been number 1 or 2 besides a little bouncing over the years is now nowhere for the main phrase. Google traffic has been down about 50% since the 13th of this month. Ouch!
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:53 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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and most importantly enjoy your family!
Briliant post Lenny2, I think my family have taken a back seat for much of my online life, I am enjoying a coffee at the moment, but can taste the Beer in the fridge, so I will take your advice and sign myself offline and spend it with my family for at least a few hours.;)
Msg#: 4369896 posted
6:54 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Most of my positions have dropped from top of page 1 to top of page 2.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
7:47 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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I'm still enjoying the lovely view of page 5 thanks to Google's brilliant algorithm which thought my new domain received too many links at once, so I wasn't heavily affected by the recent change.
However, I saw an increase in Google traffic (a huge 57% increase - from 7 hits to 11).
The funniest part is in GWT, which shows me 3,667(!) links from an .edu site I've been commenting on recently. I have about 10 links there, but thanks to WP's link structure, Google somehow managed to find thousands of links from there. Needless to say, they show about 20 of them.
Maybe now, with such an influx of .edu links (they ignored all other .edu and .gov links for now) I'll move back to my original ranking.
Lenny2 - brilliant post! Right now I'm getting used to my new traffic level, and I think my writers understand the situation. Luckily I have enough reserves from the good times to keep the site running. Anyway, I'm not going to run on negative ROI under any circumstance.
Good luck everyone. Google may be an important factor of our income, but it's not the only one. A company can't earn billions while it ignores its customers (that's us - make no mistake). Sooner or later they'll fall or have serious competition. Then I want to see them torturing webmasters with truely great websites.
Msg#: 4369896 posted
7:56 pm on Oct 15, 2011
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Interesting that Google Analytics didn't alert me to my major drop in traffic yesterday!
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Travelling to Cambridge
Cambridge is a busy city and wasn't built with modern traffic flows in mind, so it's best to visit the centre – where many of the University buildings and Colleges are situated – on foot.
Public transport
National Express coaches usually stop on Parkside, next to Parker's Piece in the centre of town. The Stagecoach X5 service – which links Cambridge and Oxford via Bedford, Milton Keynes, Buckingham and Bicester – also stops on Parkside
Local services usually run to/from Cambridge bus station in Drummer Street, and/or the adjacent Emmanuel Street and St Andrew's Street. There are frequent buses from the railway station to the city centre.
The 'Uni 4' bus service runs from the Madingley Road Park and Ride site through the University and College areas of West Cambridge, and on to Addenbrooke's Hospital via Trumpington Street (Monday to Friday).
- National Express – www.nationalexpress.com
- Stagecoach X5 – www.stagecoachx5.com
- Local services (within Cambridgeshire) – www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/
Cambridge is well connected by train and the station is located approximately one mile from the city centre (around 20 minutes on foot). There's a taxi rank outside the station and buses run frequently between the station and city centre.
National Rail Enquiries – www.nationalrail.co.uk
The nearest airports to Cambridge are Stansted (30 miles) and Luton (40 miles). There's a direct train link to Cambridge station from Stansted, and Heathrow and Gatwick are also easily accessible by train (via London King's Cross/London St Pancras). In addition, buses regularly run from Stansted, Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick to the city centre.
- Stansted – www.stanstedairport.com/transport-and-directions
- Luton – www.london-luton.co.uk/en/airport/
- Heathrow – www.heathrowairport.com/transport-and-directions
- Gatwick – www.gatwickairport.com/to-and-from/
Arriving by car
If you're planning on driving to Cambridge, we strongly recommend that you use the Park and Ride scheme for day visits as parking is limited and several city centre roads have restricted access protected by rising bollards, open only to buses and taxis or at particular times of day.
- Cambridge Park and Ride scheme – www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/parkandride/
- Parking in the city – www.visitcambridge.org/visitor-information/parking and/or www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/
Disabled access
Disabled parking is available throughout the city's car parks and on some streets. A list of these is available in the Cambridge for the Disabled Visitor Guide, along with information about facilities and the accessibility of Cambridge Colleges, museums, places to eat and more. See the Visit Cambridge website (www.visitcambridge.org/visitor-information/accessibility) for further details.
The University's Disability Resource Centre (DRC) also provides maps showing access facilties for disabled visitors to the New Museums Site, Downing Site and Sidgwick Site. These maps can be downloaded from the online Disability Access Guide at: www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/disability/maps/.


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Small-leaved Rose [Rosa minutifolia Engelm. in Parry]
Listing CNPS List 2 R-E-D Code 3-3-1
State/Federal. Status -- CE/C2 ROSACEAE Jan.-Jun.
Global Rank G3 State Rank S1.1
Distribution: San Diego County; Baja California, Mexico
Habitat: The lone U.S. site is found at the crest of a canyon drainage on the periphery of north-facing Diegan Sage Scrub (Olivenhain cobbly loam soils). Wiggins mentions mesas, hillsides, and arroyos within a few kilometers of the coast as being the preferred habitat.
Known Sites: The only known U.S. occurrence is on northwestern Otay Mesa, north of Dillon Road, in an area very extensively utilized as an ORV playground. The thicket is fairly substantial.
This species is well distributed in Baja California with 26 specimens found at the San Diego Natural History Museum's herbarium; south to 30 4' North where collected by Moran (SD 77123) near La Turquesa.
Status: Small-leaved Rose is stable at its lone U.S. site, but endangered by off-road vehicle activities. Habitat nearby is virtually denuded of vegetation. All native U.S. populations should be fully protected with adequate buffers.
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Driver drinking system layout 21 August 2005
In the Turkish heat (which in the end was not as severe as expected) it is crucial that a driver can easily take on fluids. The usual system to provide this has three elements. The drink reservoir is placed low on the side of the cockpit, so as to prevent it raising the car's centre of gravity. It usually contains around two litres of fluid (which means two kilos of extra weight at the start of the race). A pump, activated by the driver via a steering-wheel switch, sucks the liquid through a tube and to the driver's mouthpiece inside his helmet.


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A Closer Look At The Future Of Total Ankle Arthroplasty
This modular system has been touted as customizable and reportedly provides better support and stress sharing through the tibia to prevent subsidence without compromising the syndesmosis. Furthermore, the new system also does not use an oversized tibial component as does the Agility. Accordingly, it does not require disruption of the fibular head and only minimal medial malleolus resection. The tibial component has multiple sizes of replaceable polyethylene inserts, ranging from 8 mm to 11 mm, to provide for long life of the implant.
In addition to the modular tibial stem, three talar component stems exist to complement the talar component that is shaped to mimic normal anatomy. The talar stems, like the tibial stem, assist in preventing shifting and subsidence of the component. The three talar component stems include a short talar stem, a long talar stem and a subtalar stem (which is not FDA approved at this time). The subtalar stem crosses the subtalar joint to assist when one is performing a concurrent subtalar joint fusion.
A recent design change is the use of a frame, which does not require fixation to the tibia with pins. With this frame, one would use fluoroscopy for intramedullary guidance through the plantar calcaneus in order to ream the component stems and allow for a minimal anterior tibial approach for component insertion.
What About The Merits Of The Salto-Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis?
The Salto-Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis is based on the mobile bearing Salto Ankle. However, it is not considered a mobile bearing device. The Salto-Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis device works to mimic the anatomy in design and recreate the normal flexion and extension translation and rotation that occurs in the natural ankle.9
Normal biomechanics of the ankle cause an inversion/ adduction of the foot with plantarflexion secondary to anteriorly directed rotation of the lateral aspect to the talus. Many of the new implants work to allow for this motion with a polyethylene insert, called a mobile bearing, which is not permanently fixed to the component stem. However, the Salto-Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis utilizes two distinct radii of curvature to recreate this motion with a fixed bearing design.
Researchers have shown that the rate of polyethylene wear is based on the thickness of the insert and recommendations for the knee are between 4 and 6 mm.10,11 The knee has a larger weightbearing surface than that of the ankle so logic would confer that an ankle polyethylene insert should be even thicker. To accommodate this, the Salto-Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis has multiple sizes of polyethylene inserts ranging from 8 mm to 11 mm, which are thick enough to hold up to the force of five and a half times the patient's body weight placed on the ankle joint with ambulation.12 These inserts are also replaceable if excessive wear occurs.
Essential Insights On Emerging Ankle Replacement Devices
Finally, mobile bearing ankle replacement systems soon to enter the market include the Buechel-Pappas Ultra Total Ankle Replacement (Endotec), the Hintegra Total Ankle Replacement (Integra) and the Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) (Small Bone Innovations). These devices are currently being assessed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval in the United States. (Editor's note: As this issue went to press, the FDA issued an approvable letter for the STAR device.)
These systems rely on three separate components for the ankle joint rather than two components. The tibial and talar components remain, but rather than these components having contact, there is a third polyethylene insert (called the mobile bearing) between these components to allow for freedom of translation and rotation.
Normal biomechanics of the ankle cause shear forces on the classic two-component systems. This shear leads to accelerated breakdown of the polyethylene inserts and high amounts of stress at the osseous component interface, which can ultimately result in failure of the device.


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Traffic remains stalled on Route 31 South and Exit 17 on Route 78 East is still closed following a fatal motor vehicle crash this morning, authorities said.
Emergency workers are still on the scene of the crash that claimed the life of a man whose car collided with a tractor trailer carrying car batteries, police said.
"The batteries are causing a problem,'' said Detective Sgt. Dan Hurley of the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating the crash. "The body is still in the car."
The victim's name was not immediately available, but he was estimated to be 55 years old, police said.
According to authorities, a tractor trailer heading north on Route 31 collided with a car crossing the highway and heading west at Country Club Drive just after 9:30 a.m.
The force of the impact pinned the car to the guardrail in the southbound lane, police said. Just after that happened, another car heading southbound came in contact with the jackknifed truck, police said.
Both the truck driver and a passenger in the second car were taken to Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township. The names of those involved were not immediately available.
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AUO Starts EU Project To Provide First Made-in-Europe Solar Integrated Service Alliance
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced that the company is actively advocating its "EU project", the first "made-in- Europe" solar integrated service alliance in the PV industry. Taking AUO's solar module factory in Czech Republic as a platform of manufacturing center, AUO is able to provide made-in- Europe high-efficiency and high quality solar modules. AUO is enthusiastically conferring with strategic partners currently and expecting to kick off the project by end of this year.
"The European solar market has been filled with an atmosphere of anti-dumping" said Dr. L.J. Chen, President of Solar Business Operation of AU Optronics. "Our solar module plant in Czech Republic has the advantage of local manufacturing and is able to fulfill European clients' needs nearby, helping to strengthen customers' competitiveness. EU project is to provide an open platform with resource sharing concepts and it will become the best solar solution under anti-dumping policy. We sincerely welcome worldwide partners to join this strategic alliance with us."
AUO has built its solar module factory in Brno, Czech Republic since 2010. This factory is not only located in the center of Europe but also the first Taiwanese automated solar module plant. By highly integrated and automatic product line design, the product precision has been increased significantly. The excellent high-quality solar modules have been recognized by the European clients. The solar module capacity in AUO's Czech Factory is 150MW in 2012. The modules have been obtained UL, IEC, GSE, and MCS certifications. The Company continues to cooperate with partners and has successfully built solar power plants in Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
ABOUT AU OPTRONICS AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) is one of the world's leading providers of display and solar total solutions. AUO offers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications ranging from 1.2 inches to 71 inches. Based on its profound R&D and manufacturing experience, AUO continues to develop advanced display technologies of the next generation. AUO extended its market to the green energy industry in 2008. By building a vertically integrated high-efficiency solar value chain, AUO provides its customers with high-efficiency solar solutions. AUO now houses a staff of more than 45,000 employees, with global operations in Taiwan, Mainland China, the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, Czech and Slovakia. Additionally, AUO is the first pure TFT-LCD manufacturer to be successfully listed at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). AUO has also been named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for two consecutive years from 2010 to 2011. AUO generated NT$379.7 billion ( US$ 12.54 billion) in sales revenue in 2011. For more information, please visit AUO.com. * 2011 year end revenue converted at an exchange rate of NTD30.27: USD1. Safe Harbour Notice AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO), a global leader of TFT-LCD panels, today announced the above news. Except for statements in respect of historical matters, the statements contained in this Release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements were based on our management's expectations, projections and beliefs at the time regarding matters including, among other things, future revenues and costs, financial performance, technology changes, capacity, utilization rates, yields, process and geographical diversification, future expansion plans and business strategy. Such forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including risks related to the flat panel display industry, the TFT-LCD market, acceptance of and demand for our products, technological and development risks, competitive factors, and other risks described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27th, 2012.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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B.A. Smith College
Women and the arts in Medieval Germany; the iconography of female piety; manuscripts, ideology and audience; early woodcuts.
"Subversive Obedience. Images of Spiritual Reform by and for Fifteenth-century Nuns," in Reassessing Women's Roles as "Makers" of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Therese Martin (Leiden: Brill, 2012). |
"Woven Devotions: Reform and Piety in the Tapestries Done by Dominican Nuns," in Saints, Sinners and Sisters, ed. with Alison Stewart Ashgate, (2003). |
"Portraiture as Identity/Identity as Portraiture," in Proceedings of the Groningen University Medieval Symposium (2002). |