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Fantasy Hybrid African Violet Seeds
A superb houseplant!
Blooming just 5 to 6 months from sowing, these 1 1/2- to 2-inch blooms arise in clusters above handsome, heavily textured dark green foliage. A favorite for its profuse bloom, lovely foliage, and ease of culture, the African Violet is one of the joys of indoor growing!
Sow the tiny seeds on top of moist growing medium (such as potting soil), keep moist, and provide plenty of light. A good choice for a bathroom with a bright window (it loves the humidity and needs the light!). Pkt is 50 seeds.
Genus | Saintpaulia |
Variety | Fantasy Hybrids |
Item Form | (P) Pkt of 50 seeds |
Bloom Start to End | Early Spring - Late Winter |
Habit | Compact |
Seeds Per Pack | 50 |
Plant Height | 8 in - 16 in |
Plant Width | 6 in |
Bloom Size | 2 in |
Additional Characteristics | Flower, Indoor Growing |
Bloom Color | Mix |
Light Requirements | Part Shade, Shade |
Moisture Requirements | Moist, well-drained |
Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy |
Uses | Containers, Ornamental |
Saintpaulia Germination Information
How to Sow Saintpaulia:
- Best sown indoors at 70-75° with NO cover as light aids in germination
- Expect germination in 20-25 days
- Sow the fine seeds at any time of the year
- It is not recommended to sow seeds outdoors
How to Grow Saintpaulia:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves
Temperature: Grow on at 75-80° days/70-72° nights. Temperatures above 85° and below 70° will delay flowering; temperatures below 50° will damage plants
Lighting: Site in bright indirect or filtered light; they can withstand the winter sun and also respond well to fluorescent lights
Soil: Plant in a snug-fitting pot in a rich, well-drained medium kept evenly moist as the roots will decline when the soil becomes bone dry
Watering: Cool water causes leaf damage, therefore bottom water with tepid water to avoid contact with the leaves
Additional Care: Provide 40-60% humidity by placing potted plants in wet pebble trays
Appearance and Use:
Grown exclusively as house or conservatory plants and they thrive in these environments. These rosette-forming, 4 inch tall by 12 inches wide, plants come in thousands of varieties. Leaves are bronze-coppery-green, 2-3 inches long, and velvety textured. Clusters of 4-5 flowers are produced year round in colors of pink, blue, purple, white, or rose. Flowers may be bicolored, the edges may be ruffled or frilled, and the petals may be single or double in arrangement
About Saintpaulia:
Pronunciation: sant-pâ'le-å i-o-nan'thå
Lifecycle: Perennial Potted Plant
Origination: Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania
Common Name: African Violet
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Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
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To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
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Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
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And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier. When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!Does Park sell GMO's or treated seeds?
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed. We do buy a small amount of traditional hybrid seed from Seminis, a division of Monsanto Co., but that is all we purchase from them.
What are the differences between organic, heirloom, and hybrid seed?
Basically, organic seeds are seeds that are produced without the use and exposure to artificial/chemical fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and other chemicals. They have to be grown, harvested, stored, and handled under very strict organic rules and procedures. All of our organic seeds are USDA 100% certified organic through Clemson University and the certificate has to be renewed yearly.Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
What are pelleted seeds? Why do you use them? How do I handle/sow them?
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.
What is ideal temperature to germinate most seeds?
The ideal temperature to germinate most seeds is approximately 70 degrees F; give or take 1-2 degrees either way. This would be a good germination temperature for most flower and vegetable seeds and would be the most practical and feasible temperatures achieved for gardeners starting seeds in the home. You will notice for some seeds that it is recommended to use alternating day (warmer), night (cooler), temperatures, which is fine if one can provide such conditions. But most people are unable to provide those temperatures in a home setting, so just use the overall 70 degree F recommendation and the seeds should germinate well.
How long should grow lights be kept on per day and how close to the plants should the light be kept?
For germination and seedling/plant growth, you want to simulate the natural day-night cycles, and as a general rule, grow lights should be on 8-12 hours per day and off at night. You can vary this timing, as some seeds such as tomato, pepper, petunia, impatiens, and others, benefit from 14-17 hours of light per day (and the remainder of the 24 hour period in darkness). The most common grow lights used are fluorescent; using cool white, warm white, and wide-spectrum fluorescent tubes. These lights work well for germination and for growing plants up to a transplantable size. Fluorescent lights should be kept close though, 3-6 inches above the soil or the growing plants, adjusting the height as the plants grow.
How long will seeds keep in storage?
Park Seed stores seed in a special temperature- and humidity-controlled storage facility, which keeps seeds in excellent condition. Our seeds should be good for at least 1-2 years on average. Seed viability and storage time will vary depending on the seed item; some will keep a shorter time and some will keep longer. Seeds should be stored in a cool, dark, dry place. A basement will do (if not too humid), or a cool, dark room or closet. We recommend the best way to extend seed storage life is to store them in something air tight, such as a plastic zipper storage bag or canning jar, and place it in the refrigerator. This will extend the life of seeds for many years.
What is the best way to store seeds over a longer time period?
We recommend the best way to extend seed storage life is to store seeds in something air tight, such as a plastic zipper storage bag or canning jar, and place it in the refrigerator. This will extend the life of seeds for many years.
What depth should I sow various seeds?
When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed. When sowing seed indoors, the planting depth can be less, depending on the seed being sown, so it is always best to check specific directions. Here are some general guidelines concerning planting depth in relation to seed size: Tiny, dust-like seeds need to be sown on the surface of the growing medium or soil, uncovered, as they need light to germinate. The planting depth for small seed can be anywhere from barely covering, to 1/8-inch deep, to possibly 1/4-inch deep, depending on the recommendation. Medium seed should be planted at 1/4- to 1/2-inch deep, depending on the recommendation. Larger seeds can be planted 1-inch or deeper, depending on the recommendation.


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Msg#: 4286507 posted
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I have a website that has been informational for 9 years. Last year I added a shopping cart and made sales from day one. However - I don't think Google is happy classifying the website as both informational and ecommerce.
The cart sits in it's own folder... /shop. Analytics records only 1% of traffic arriving on site via /shop pages.
The information part of the website only makes approx �100 per month, so I am considering moving it to another domain and concentrating on the shopping side of things.
My question - Is it possible to convince Google to reclassify a domain?
I would like to add... the topic is 100% the same, ie if you had a football site and decided to sell footballs.
Dickbaker, what do you think?
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From a theoretical point of view, it seems obvious that any document classification would need to be dynamic and capable of being re-determined.
But the reports I hear make make me wonder. The whole document classifier system at Google is hiding in the shadows for us.
Msg#: 4286507 posted
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burcot, you're about at the point I was at in late 2007. I was just testing the waters. At that time Google didn't seem to have a problem with a site being a combination. I'm still not entirely sure it's a problem now, as it's really difficult to know what's going on with rankings. None of my ecommerce phrases rank well now but, then again, neither do my informational ones.
If I were starting out fresh this very day, I think I'd start a new site that was 100% ecommerce.
I've actually been in the process of switching the site over to 100% sales, and was counting on the traffic that I currently have to be a jumpstart.
I'm working on my site constantly, fixing things I think Google's new algo doesn't like. If my sales phrases come back, that means Google can understand a combination site.
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The whole document classifier system at Google is hiding in the shadows for us.
Yes, the water is a little muddy at the moment and there is no telling how the new algo will pan out. I suppose I have chosen the worse possible time to try this, especially because it is a UK site and panda hasn't hit us yet
If I were starting out fresh this very day, I think I'd start a new site that was 100% ecommerce
That's why I wanted to drop the articles and information from the site. I figured it would be easier to rank a ten year old trusted domain than a brand new start up, even if I changed from info to ecommerce.
Dickbaker, I will be watching your posts with fingers crossed, hoping that you regain your traffic
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I could have written the opening post - I'm in exactly the same position: [
I'm not convinced that site theming is causing me a problem, more that the forum on my site shows up in serps instead of the shop on shop related queries. My shop is getting 3% of the sites search engine referrals.
Is your shop software halfway search engine friendly? I couldn't find any that were any decent and ended up building my own.
Msg#: 4286507 posted
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burcot how deep or number of clicks does it take to get to product pages. Has the site from home page been converterd over to an ecommerce.
I would not take the information out but use the traffic from the content generating you the traffic and funnel it into the cart prooduct pages revelant to the topic of content. You just built an ecommerce in reverse, but IMO this is or maybe the best way to build an ecommerce site.
I would keep the pages and use to generate convertable traffic. Think about it for a few minutes. I can promise you wouldn't have started selling from day 1 doing in ecommerce then adding information. Information brought you the traffic that gave you the ability to make that first sale.
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Hi Vordmeister, I posted in the thread you linked to. I said my gut feeling was to go for it. It was only a gut feeling though, without any firm evidence (hence this thread :)
Is your shop software halfway search engine friendly
Absolutely, we dominated a previous niche with the same (modified) shopping cart.
bwnbwn, thanks for your input. The cart is one folder deep ie... domain/shop. That means cats are 2 folders/clicks from the root ie... domain/shop/category etc.
The homepage is mainly information related with a link to the shop.
Thanks to this thread - I think I have a plan...
1) I am going to lose all the information pages that can't be used to channel traffic to the product pages
2) Change the structure to domain/category and lose the shop folder, therefore moving the money pages 1 click nearer
3) Focus the homepage on products with a link to information, rather than the other way around.
Does that sound sensible?
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The homepage is mainly information related with a link to the shop.
Mat Cutts has said a few times to put links to your key products "front and center" on your home page.
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Have the same questions also. one of my sites started as sort of ecomerce 8 years ago but I kept adding information. Now I feel that G sees it as an information site.
If, as the OP suggests, I started a new domain, how much can I interlink between the two.
Would a subdomain be a better route?
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burcot sounds like a big change. From the read it sounds like you are going to be changing all the urls in the cart pages. Have u thought what this will do, and if you have do you have a plan on 301's from the old urls to the new ones.
I don't think they way the cart is set up is such an issue you are changing up the product page urls and there can be a possible solution.
Question on the products are they seperated by maker like example.com/cart/maker1.htm
example.com/cart/maker2.htm and so on, and then do you have the products listed below each?
I feel 1 and 3 should have been done when you began the conversion from information to ecommerce. I can see why Google is finding it really impossible to classify your site correctly. It is number 2 I have concerns about.
On 1 i wouldn't lose the pages just push them down in the order. I find it sometimes unleated information to a specific product does convert. Not as well but here is my thought. I do a search for x and find your page on the subject, sometimes I am willing to look around sometimes not, so why would I just throw away a possible sale. I get customers all the time that came into my BMB store. They came in for x product and maker I don't carry it, but I do have this that is about the same sometimes I got a sale sometimes I didn't. So why would I just tell a possible customer to go away just because what they came into my store/site for a product I don't carry.
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Msg#: 4329430 posted
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I've breezed thru every Google update for the past 10 years.
None have affected me until panda.
The April panda update leveled my 3 websites (60%+ drop).
No recovery since.
However, I'm going to show you from a user perspective why Google is currently broken.
I just updated to Firefox 5.0.
My Google toolbar no longer worked.
So, I googled this exact phrase (i urge you to do the same as an example):
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result #1: irrelevant
result #2: irrelevant
result #3: somewhat relevant
result #4: irrelevant
result #5: irrelevant
result #6: irrelevant
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result #8: irrelevant
result #9: irrelevant
result #10: irrelevant
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result #7 fixed my problem and my toolbar works. But why wasn't it #1? It was the MOST RELEVANT.
What do I take from this?
Your websites and my websites are currently sitting below irrelevant, outdated results & in many cases scraper and pathetic results.
This is simply the latest search I've been frustrated with.
Yes, I've fixed up my websites with a fresh new design, added Disqus comment system (which is working great), and other cool new features.
Yet, it makes no difference.
Google is broken and someone over there had better take responsibility and fix it soon.
I can no longer find what I am searching for with ease.
Great, helpful, relevant websites are no longer near or at the top of the results. It's a joke.
My advice, and the advice I have seen mentioned on occasion, is to sit tight. Clean up your websites, but realize the problem is not simply you or your fault. I've been around webmasterworld since inception and don't often post. This finally annoyed me enough to hoist me off the fence.
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Your observations have been mirrored by many people. Even Google has acknowledged that the scraper site problem is out of hand.
With regard to the broken search you mentioned, please note that we do not usually post specific search terms here. So this thread is not an invitation for others to post examples - there are many broken searches, that point is clear.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
4:55 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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I think a Google spokesperson admitted that Bing did better in some searches and that they need improvement in some other search areas. Supposedly they are doing something about it. It's great that they realize this and they are "on it". But it feels like such a long haul though. What is "long term" for them? Hopefully it doesn't take 3 years to fix these problems.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:00 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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When did Firefox 5 launch and how old was the article that fixed it for you?
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:00 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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1) I am noticing the scraper problem ever since panda was released and I never saw it so widespread as now. Google was doing an excellent job before.
2) Firefox 5.0 being so new, you obviously wouldn't have many correct answers for error fixes. But if #7 is perfect, it should rank ahead of the irrelevant ones and definitely the scraped ones should disappear.
Coming back to the scraper issue, I think google had given up on the earlier method of detecting scrapers (duplicate content) to save resources, as they probably believed that the panda algos (run manually) will address them.But this one is so far a nightmare and no where close to the earlier one.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:08 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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Relevance is not the same as accuracy. A 100% falsehood can still be relevant for a query. No algorithm today even tries to measure accuracy.
In addition, this query is confounded by numbers - Google doesn't do a good job with software version numbers unless you use quotes. Otherwise a page about Firefox 3.5 can easily be seen as relevant for an unquoted query for Firefox 5
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:17 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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The scraper is not easy to fix IMO.
Do you go sentence based, full text, paragraph, 3 consecutive words? Imagine what happens when the same sentence shows in in 100...100,000 sites? First it takes lots and lots of resources to crosscheck all the web. Second you may do even more harm.
As some have pointed out, scrapers might be surfacing because the owner may have been pandalised and the scraper has not, being too small and under the radar.
What is "long term" for them? Hopefully it doesn't take 3 years to fix these problems.
And that's our problem. Not much we can do now.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:36 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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I am in the same exact boat as you:
"I've breezed thru every Google update for the past 10 years.
None have affected me until panda.
The April panda update leveled my 3 websites (60%+ drop).
No recovery since."
I could have written this about my 12 year old site. Honestly - I don't know what the issue is. I don't do weird black hat voodoo crap on my site. I write everything and it's in depth.
I redesigned my site, cleaned up all my pages, little advertising - I submitted a reinclusion earlier this month and a week later got their standard poopy letter that tells you nothing.
The sites that ARE ranking for my keyword phrases, total, oudated, MFA crap.
I am really frustrated. I don't know if they just set out such a huge net that there were innocent casualties...I just don't know? I don't feel like I'm a complete idiot - but this update is making me feel that way! LOL
I know some are seeing recovery after this recent 2.2 update that happened recently - but nothing has changed for my site. Around April 10th someone sank my battleship and I've been unable to resurrect it! LOL
I wish everyone luck - because hard work and quality content and playing by the rules won't get you jack!
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:36 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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@Launch3, that's been my take on Panda ever since it was implemented. Did Panda actually improve search results? For most of my industry and when I do any personal searching--I would have to say not. I won't post exact terms here but yesterday I needed to find out how to repair a certain item and the first 4 results were nothing but trash sites. The term wasn't about software, had no version numbers, and wouldn't be considered one that was ultra competitive. That part is the most frustrating.
And I'm certainly not saying that the scraper problem is easy to fix. But if the results that are returned are worse then when they started with Panda...well, I'll let each of you finish that sentence on your own.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:38 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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mrmobility, i found out about firefox 5 today on webmasterworld and the search result that fixed it was posted yesterday on a mozilla thread about this very problem.
update: this thread has already taken the #7 search result position where my fix was located. the fix link dropped to #10 in the span of 1 hour. irrelevant results still take up the rest of the first page.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
5:53 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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I was wondering as I think it's a tough query to use as a benchmark being so new. Bing for example doesn't seem do any better with it.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:03 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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what i find interesting is that this very thread included the exact search phrase i used and it's on a very reputable website. it immediately got listed in google, yet it still only managed the exact #7 position which oddly enough replaced the fix link itself and moved that down to #10. it had no effect on the rest of the results. this updated algorithm courtesy of panda won't permit it a top spot despite the obvious exact phrase match, freshness and better relevancy than the other results.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:06 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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Those new changes in rankings are not Panda in action - everything that happens cannot be looked at through Panda colored glasses.
However, what you noticed about position #7 is an interesting observation. Maybe there is something "special" about that spot right now, just as position 4 and position 11 seem to get special handing at times.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:06 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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Jessica, launch, Frost... and others take my advice:
It does not pay to even make your views on Panda known. Google is happy with Panda based on whatever goal they set out to do. If not they are taking their sweet time to experiment live until they fix it. Since Feb they have even added new criteria to catch other sites. First thing they did is call the pandalised sites "low quality" and told you /me to write articles that show the other side of the story, make the site look like an iPad or whatever. That was two months after Panda 1, IIRC. If that seems odd or unhelpful to you /me, it is how it is. They make the rules.
Eventually here will come someone who call you a spammer and a cheat because his/her site didn't get pandalized and since someone said that they recovered you must really be a loser.
Maybe in 4-8 weeks you'll have better luck, if not wait for another 4-8 weeks...rinse and repeat. Maybe 2 months from now Matt Cutts will come and give us another 'hint,' the usual crowd will applaud them for being so communicative with the commoners and we'll spend the next 6 months trying to 'fix' whatever is supposedly broken. And then we'll have to wait 4-8 weeks for them to run the data...and you get the message and your first social security check.
Whether there's content changes or more at play, it has been like this for 4 months now. Eventually we need to get the message.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:18 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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point taken tedster. taking off the panda glasses. but yes, there is a #7 spot intrigue.
i agree walkman. i closely followed your initial thread on this subject. i'm just going about my business as usual trying to make my sites an even better user experience. adding cool widgets this week for other webmasters to follow my content from their sites. one thing panda did was give me incentive to NOT rely on google for traffic anymore. i was complacent with already great sites and over 10 years of consistent traffic. heck of a wake up call, but heeded. if i build a better brand, people will continue to come back with or without google.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:27 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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I am in the same mindset as you. I will never again rely on Google for traffic and actually not even using it anymore as my search engine. LOL
It was a wake up call. In the end I tell myself - I didn't even start this website for the money back in the late 90's! It was to help people...so there was no disappointment when money wasn't the goal. I am again going back to this way of thinking - unfortunately I have a mortgage and kids to feed now....so money was a nice perk - LOL
My Mom's advice - "Death and taxes....only thing you can count on." LOL
Thanks Mom.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
6:58 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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i think that is a bit of an unfair test. I only got prompted to update Firefox today, and presuming that not everyone had the same problem with the toolbar, you have allowed next to no time for relevant pages to be written.
And even if some were written today, it is highly unlikely that they will have gathered many backlinks, or bookmarks (who would bother to bookmark that?). So how are google supposed to rate the page? its not like they can measure stuff like "time on site" or bounce rate, because the answer is likely just going to be a few sentences long... people will be in and out of the page in 20 secs.
as for the site at no.7, there is no way for google to "know" that an answer is correct. until they've gathered enough user signals, they can only rate the pages by freshness and trust. you are expecting too much.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
7:17 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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hey londrum. could this test be a bit unfair? sure. i'll grant that. but this has been happening to me for several months now. wading thru results that obviously shouldn't be there is becoming more regular.
my last search in google the other day was for an exact title of an article of mine that's been popular for years. Now, above it was a scraper site with a sentence and a half of content. Literally, it cut off in mid second sentence on this person's site and yet it was now #1. had no relevance or point to it. it was a head scratcher.
when new books or products launched, google would know to place it atop the results immediately. now it isn't necessarily the case. the algorithm rules have gone berserk.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
7:23 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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sure, i agree with you on that. i think its got a lot to do with freshness and trust.
a scraper site will ALWAYS trump you on freshness, because your site will obviously have the oldest copy. as for the other stuff... who knows how it works. havent got a clue. panda is a big mystery to me.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
10:10 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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This whole scenario seems related to the outrageous jump in indexed URLs that Google went through when the Caffeine infrastructure came online. They have a big challenge in making sense of THAT much data and so far, they do seem to be struggling except on the most common queries.
I'm guessing that their solution is to meet the challenge rather than to back off on using all the data and use only a smaller subset. Bing seems to have chosen to keep their index significantly smaller, and for some queries, that does seem to give better results. But I'd rather see Google meet this challenge, no matter how big it may be.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
10:40 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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I'm now getting used to the idea of giving up on searches. I actually bought some books today for information on some subjects I've been researching because I just cannot afford the time it now takes to wade through panda droppings. Pre-panda I would never have dreamed that this could happen. This is progress?
I'm all in favour of Google moving forward but can't they let us have a search engine that works as well as it used to in the meanwhile whilst they make this thing fit for purpose?
Msg#: 4329430 posted
11:32 pm on Jun 22, 2011
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Again, good to know I'm not the only one who thinks some of these serps are super junk.
The big question now is if Panda really is an improvement.
Oh yeah, take off your Google goggles before attempting to answer the question.
Crystal Pegasus
Msg#: 4329430 posted
2:03 am on Jun 23, 2011
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I did a search a couple of weeks back, and 5 of the first page results were the same article, just on different sites! What's more, I checked the next 2 pages of results, and in total on the first 3 pages there were 17 of that duplicate article! How is that useful?!
And it wasn't even a good article, just pretty woeful MFA fare. Nor was it an obscure kind of search that there was unlikely to be many results for. In the rest of the results there were also a couple of duplicates for another 2 articles. Crazy and pretty useless.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
3:31 am on Jun 23, 2011
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Again, good to know I'm not the only one who thinks some of these serps are super junk.
The serps are derps.
Msg#: 4329430 posted
3:49 am on Jun 23, 2011
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quote:Again, if your reading comprehension was worth more than a 5th grade education, you would know that it's just based off the reading between the lines from all the articles I've read(on 247 premium) and it's merely a hunch.
quote:I'm about as an optimist LSU fan as it gets
quote:I don't understand why an in state prospect would "troll" his home-state school and his uncle on twitter. It just doesn't seem logical, but yet TD seems convinced that he's just "trolling".
quote:Name calling and ad homien attacks are clear signs of a brilliant intellect with superior reading comprehension
quote:you have a natural disaster symdrome,
quote:Why don't you answer these simple questions? If Noil is not coming to LSU then why is that the only school he visited over the summer?
quote:Yes, all optimistic fans get "hunches" that 2 prospects that pretty much all the professional recruiting analyst say are LSU bound are going somewhere else.
quote:I would guess his uncle and the coaches at his hime state school are able to communicate with him through means other than reading his twitter feed but that's just a hunch on my part.
quote:quote: What will be the opinion on miles if he loses CROB, Hootie, Willis, and Noil?? Possibly fournette then its time to reconsider our HC.
quote:You gave me a syndrome so I gave you a spot on the bus.
quote:Traveling is timely and expensive. Not every player has the time/money to take unofficials all summer long
quote:Because I believe him when he says LSU isn't in his top 3 and I'm the one out on a limb?
quote:Like I said, it doesn't make sense to me. What is gained from doing this? Unless all of the other potential LSU recruits know that he is trolling it just doesn't seem logical to do this.
quote:Dude, you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. I said my hunch is based on next to nothing and you took it and ran with it.
quote:Having an opinion is okay as long as you clarify the basis of your opinion. I've clarified my basis
quote:He wants to be utilized the best he can, yet he lists Florida and USC in his top 3? The Percy Harvin and Reggie Bush days are long gone.
quote:True and in my opinion you are selecting points to support a view that he is not coming to LSU, what ever your motives and of course he might not. I prefer to look at the big picture and there is a lot more that says he will wind up at LSU. That could be wrong, but I see no reason to think he won't just because of a couple of tweets.
quote:The kids were both just at lsu a few weeks ago for thd scrimmage and decked out in lsu. Relax the kids are going to lsu.
quote:LSU FINNA LOSE ALOT OF RECRUITS BECAUSE OF THE WAY LES MILES RUN THIS TEAM & THE LSU SYSTEM.
quote:USC runs a pro style offense like LSU and has no record of utilizing an undersized WR.
quote:Maybe there are people who have a stronger influence than Frank in his life who are steering him elsewhere and would love to see LSU be the one getting trolled? Idk
quote:Seems like the Frank connection is always brought up, what if Noil is not that close to him? The idea that just because he is related would bear that much weight makes me question the people using that as evidence.


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Without amendments to an outdated state statute used to help fund 911 centers across the state, emergency communications may soon be in dire straits. Formerly known as the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act (Act 78) of 1990, it is now Chapter 53 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, and allows for a monthly fee of $1.50 for a landline and $1 for wireless or internet. "People are dropping their landlines and itŌĆÖs becoming more difficult to cover the costs," said Elk County Commissioner June Sorg.
ST. MARYS ŌĆō A vehicle fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at Tennant's Auto Outlet in St. Marys, damaging a garage at the rear of the property and destroying a two-door Chevy pickup truck. Elk Company 1 (Crystal Fire Department) was called out at 3:49 p.m. for a report of a vehicle fire endangering a structure at 729 South St. Marys St.
JAMES CITY ŌĆō┬ĀThe Highland Township supervisors voted unanimously on Monday to allow The Community Environmental Defense Fund (CELDF) to proceed in defending the township in a lawsuit over a township ordinance regulating injection wells. The decision came after a 30-minute public meeting in which the township supervisors and approximately 25 residents of the township and the county were able to voice their opinion on what should be done with the lawsuit.
The weeklong sweet 16th birthday celebration of the Ridgway Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous reached its high note Saturday with the annual auction attended by a large crowd. Auctioneers auctioned off a wide variety of artistic creations throughout Saturday at the annual event on Court Street in downtown Ridgway.
ST. MARYS ŌĆō A fire Friday morning broke out on the Straub Brewery property in St. Marys and destroyed a structure utilized as a maintenance and storage building. Elk Company 1 (Crystal Fire Department) and St. Marys Ambulance were dispatched at 9:16 a.m. for a report of a structure fire at a commercial industry site at 303 Sorg St. in St. Marys. "Upon arrival we found that the maintenance storage building was fully involved so at that time we called for mutual aid from Fox Township, Ridgway and Johnsonburg," said Tom Bauer, public relations representative for Crystal Fire Department.
As 12-year-old Chloe Frank of Ridgway fights the battle of her life, she is armed with a positive attitude, the power of prayer and an outpouring of community support as her weapons. ŌĆ£She has deep strength which comes from her passion and love of dance," said her mother, Tara Frank. The Frank family was devastated by their eldest daughter's diagnosis of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) on Sunday, Feb. 16.
ST. MARYS ŌĆō A St. Marys man and a Wilcox woman are charged in a April 2014 incident involving a car being stolen and then left along the old railroad grade on state Route 555 after being set on fire. Chris Deon McMillen, 24, and Abby Marie O'Rourke, 30, face felony charges of theft by unlawful taking and arson, and lesser related offenses. According to the affidavits of probable cause, State Police at Ridgway were notified of a stolen vehicle on April 1, 2014 around 7:44 a.m. The vehicle was found about a mile east of Benezette on fire.
JOHNSONBURG ŌĆō A Ridgway man is charged with the misdemeanor offense of harassment for multiple violent threats against his estranged wife's boyfriend. John Paul Raubenstrauch, 45, of Ridgway allegedly threatened Robert John Lillie via text messages and phone calls, at times threatening to shoot him. "I will [expletive] shoot him in the head," Raubenstrauch allegedly told his estranged wife Brandy Lynne Buehler over the phone. "If I have to do it in front of the kids, I'll do it."
ST. MARYS ŌĆō A building on the Straub Brewery went up in flames Friday morning.
JAMES CITY ŌĆō A federal lawsuit filed by Seneca Resources against Highland Township over the ŌĆ£injection wellŌĆÖ controversy ŌĆ£has the potential to bankrupt us.ŌĆØ This is the opinion of Jim Wolfe, chairman of the Highland Township Board of Supervisors. Wolfe said Thursday that the board has called a special meeting Monday to discuss the lawsuit with township residents. The public meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the township building in James City.


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Apple blueberry pie bars - baking for kids
By Creative Saga
01/12/15 11:41
I love blueberries and buy them almost every week when I visit the market.We love to eat them as such. Its a good source of antioxidants. Sometimes, I feel like trying something...
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Apple pie bars
By Eva Bakes
10/12/14 12:00
Is there anything more American than apple pie? Maybe, but apple pie is such a classic dessert, but it can be daunting to bake. The crust can be finicky and end up too dry or too mushy, and the filling can end up running all over the place. I love a good...
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Apple Pie Bars
By Tide and Thyme
10/10/14 15:18
So, there's this apple tree in the front yard of the new house. Well, it's really more like it's in the backyard of the commercial property in front of us that a dog groomer rents…but no one else wants them, so they're as good as mine! It's a huge Granny...
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Apple Nut Bars
By The Iowa Housewife
10/06/14 10:00
I chose this recipe from "Robin Hood Baking" because I had 2 small Granny Smith apples left from canning apple conserve, and didn't want to waste them. The book says these are moist, chewy, nutty, a thin apple cake that needs no icing and suggested Granny...
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Apple Pie Bars (Croatian Pita)
By Kitchen Nostalgia
10/04/14 13:14
Croatian Apple Pie (Croatian word for pie is "pita") is made with crumbly butter dough and cinnamon apple filling. It is baked in rectangular pan and cut into squares. That is why more descriptive title for this recipe would be Apple Pie Bars. Croatian...
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake Streusel Bars
By hugs & cookies xoxo
09/29/14 00:08
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Streusel Bars Are you smiling? I mean, just reading that title makes me smile. Caramel, apples, streusel, CHEESECAKE….what else could you possible want in a fall dessert! Okay, maybe chocolate but this is about apples today! Apples...
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Apple Cheesecake Bars
By Anncoo Journal
09/09/14 03:00
After busy making mooncakes for the past two weeks, I suddenly have a craving for cheesecake. My last cheesecake post was about 4 months ago (here). As I still have some green apples in my pantry, I quickly made this easy and delicious Apple Cheesecake...
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Oatmeal Apple Cheesecake Bars
By Tide and Thyme
04/11/14 14:09
We're officially down to the wire with baby #3, with less than a month to go at this point. Giving my large size and just general uncomfortable nature – I'm not feeling up to cooking and baking as much as I have been in the past few months. But, I did find...
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Caramel Apple Bars
By Michele's Woman Cave
03/22/14 23:57
A lazy Saturday in the valley with chilly temperatures outside (again). Time for a comfort dessert to enjoy while watching the NDSU basketball team play in the NCAA championships. Caramel Apple Bars 1 stick of butter, melted 1 3/4 cups flour 1 3/4 cups...
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Salted Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
By Tide and Thyme
03/07/14 14:14
Caramel. Apples. Cheesecake. That's pretty much a trifecta of awesomeness, wouldn't you say? These bars are also awesome because they're so darned easy to make! A classic graham cracker crust, a simple cheesecake batter, and a can of apple pie filling are...
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
By Been There Baked That
11/22/13 03:55
Every so often I'll get emails from friends and family members sharing recipes they love, whether it's something new they tried or an old family favorite. This happened to have come from my own dad. I'm not sure exactly where it came from, but I imagine...
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Whole Wheat Apple Bars with Cinnamon Chips
By What is Baking in the Barbershop?!
10/22/13 22:46
We are right in the middle of autumn in New England, and I am loving it. Cooler temperatures, beautiful foliage, fleece jackets, and apple picking. As October comes to a close though, the apple picking season is slowly dwindling. So, before it gets too...
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Autumn Apple Spice Bars Recipe
By Southern Mom Cooks
10/15/13 15:00
Preparation: 2 min - Cooking: 23 min Spicy ginger, warm applesauce, and cinnamon sticks. What do all these delectable tastes have in common? Fall, of course! These delicious Apple Spice Bars contain all of those autumnal flavors. While they are really a bar cookie, they are so light and fluffy,...
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Homemade Energy Bars with Oats, Apple, and Chia Seeds
By Mother Rimmy
10/14/13 17:15
I'm a snacker from way back, and the habit can sometimes be the downfall of my diet. Since I'm not a fan of fruit, and get tired of veggies and hummus, I often opt for an energy bar. I read labels and choose the healthiest bar I can buy for the calories,...
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Apple Harvest Bars
By The Freshman Cook
10/07/13 12:00
I made these luscious Apple Harvest Bars as a gift for a special friend of the family. They are full of apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, pecans and they are just, oh so good. I was looking to send a gift that said "Autumn", but I wanted a little change from...
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Apple Pie Bars {a family favorite!}
By Ally's Sweet & Savory Eat
10/06/13 03:34
My mom is here for the weekend to give me a bit of a reprieve. The husband took an all guy hunting trip to North Dakota and is gone until Wednesday. Just typing that gave me heart palpitations. Two kids under the age of 4 are a LOT of work by yourself....
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Blackberry and Apple Crumb Bars
By Bake Then Eat
10/03/13 09:00
Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 45 min Bake Then Eat - A Baking Adventure In Sweet Things I've been taking full advantage of what this season has to offer; I love autumn for all its harvest goodness. Spring and summer have amazing treats but autumn has the biggest variety of things to choose...
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Bars with goji and honey apple
By acqua e farina-sississima
04/21/13 10:47
Dopo aver provato i muffins con bacche di goji, ora anche le barrette, sapete tipo quelle al sesamo, o alla frutta secca...si, proprio quelle, io le ho preparate con le meravigliose bacche di goji in abbinamento al miele di melo...ho unito il potere di...
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars {Baking with Sisters, Part 6}
By KitchenJoy
03/23/13 18:00
When planning our "baking together" menu, the girls and I knew we needed one special treat that would be over the top. As we scrolled through the yummies on our Pinterest boards, the one recipe that kept calling "pick me!" (okay to be honest there were...
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Apple cherry chocolate chip bars
By Out of the Ordinary
11/27/12 20:45
On days like this I'm so glad that I have everything in my life tidy and organized. That I'm on top of it all! I'm looking forward to the meeting that all three of Malcolm's teachers requested – I'm sure … Continue reading →
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Cult of the Bear, Part 1
While doing all this war-gaming, one scenario kept coming up repeatedly: The slow-motion slowdown. It starts with the consumer, who after years of spending, finally tires. Soon, it infects corporate revenue and profits. Slowly, it cascades its way across different sectors: housing, durable goods, discretionary spending, entertainment. Eventually, the decay spooks the markets.
The Crowd Is Bullish
There is a lot of anecdotal chatter about sentiment , but I prefer to stick with quantitative data. I hear too many people say, "All my colleagues/friends/brother-in-laws are (fill in the blank)." That's meaningless.
The Business Week survey reveals one group of bullishness. When I made my guess, I never figured I would be the outlier to the downside. Silly me.
One alternative to conjuring up various scenarios would be to simply extrapolate this year into next. I suspect that's why so many forecasters cluster around the same numbers. Most of the surveyed group is clustered between 11,000 and 2,000 (about plus 5%-10%) on the Dow, while advising a 40% to 75% U.S. equity exposure.
But its not just the Pros: Other surveys reveal a similar bullishness. A WSJ.com poll of more than 5,000 people taken on Dec. 30 shows 46% expect the same thing in 2006 as the market gurus: between Dow 11,000-12,000. Another 12% think we end up at more that 12,000. About 22% expect to end 2006 unchanged. Only 9% expect we will see the Dow between 10,000 and 10,500 -- a mild correction of less than 10%. Just 11% believe the Dow will drop below 10,000. This means 89% of these WSJ readers do not believe 2006 will be a substantially down year. Note that the crowd isn't extremely bullish, however. It will take one more rally toward 11,000 to get investors to breathlessly embrace the market. Then the trap door gets sprung. I understand why the crowd is so bullish. The past few years have seen terrific data points: S&P 500 earnings have grown by double digits for 14 consecutive quarters. Companies are awash in cash; they have been buying back shares at the most rapid rate we've seen since the late 1990s; more than $456 billion worth in 2005, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. Since the dividend tax rate was slashed to 15%, the number of companies issuing dividends has increased, and pre-existing yield-payers have upped their dividends significantly. That's before we get to the record-setting M&A activity last year. Despite all of these elements, the markets are essentially unchanged. Look at any U.S. index for the past one or two-year period -- or even four or five -- and there's been very little progress made. Except for the pre-Iraq war selloff and subsequent snapback, and the rally from the October 2005 lows, there hasn't been much of a market gain. Aren't you curious as to why that is?Source: TheMessThatGreenspanMade |
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The ocean cruiser Rhapsody of the Seas dwarfs the overseas passenger terminal at Circular Quay & adds grandeur to an already colourful harbour scene Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.
I liked the composition with the Opera House in the background but this one was more colourful.
Photographed with a Canon 400D at the Redbubble Christmas Rumble at The Rocks in Sydney on Nov 18, 2012.
HDR image .. Tonemapped in Photomatix.
Thanks to Philip Johnson, Bev Woodman & Rosalie Dale for arranging a wonderful day with 35 Redbubblers making it there for lunch.
This is Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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I'm fascinated by the beauty of nature & in particular Australian native flowers & landscapes. I also love colour & anything unusual.
The Blue Mountains are my favourite spot at the moment.
Great composition MM … it was a beautiful day to be around the harbour and this really captures the magic. Love those flags and the lights.
Thanks Rosie. The flags worked well. Maybe I could have done a pano with the Opera House in there as well.
– Michael Matthews
Beautiful shot Michael..good to catch up again mate..
Thanks mate & thanks for the fave. Great to see you & all the other folk again.
– Michael Matthews
Huge ship. Such a shame I couldn't make it today. Would have been good to meet. It looks like it was a successful day. :-)
Thanks Lorraine & thanks for the fave. Yep, a great day. Short but sweet. I had to pull out of Goulburn because of a nasty bug, so was determined to get to this one.
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Superbly captured Michael,great day had by all.
Sure was a massive ship that one & a great day. Thanks a lot Jules & thanks for the fave.
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Nicely captured Michael and so good to meet up at last !!!
Thanks a lot Ian & thanks for the fave. Great to meet you too !
– Michael Matthews
Great capture Michael. It really does show how massive the ship was against the harbour bridge. The flags are a great touch too. Really pleased to have finally met up with you, it was certainly a highlight to catch up with you and everyone else. Did you get a photo of the girl in the glass box???? I ended up over at the Botanical Gardens.
Thanks a lot Christina & thanks for the fave. Great to meet you too & a few others I kept missing. I gave the box girl a miss. Just a few of these shots before heading home. The light was a bit harsh for me. Another day …
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Great shot my friend
Thanks John.
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It is indeed a great composition Michael.
Thanks a lot Terry & thanks for the fave.
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What about me ? lol
Another time mate.
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impressive boat! I feel no attraction to be in a cruise. I prefer to be in nature all alone. nice shot Michael ;)
Thanks Manon. Me too .. but like you said, it's impressive. Thanks for the fave.
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Published on Jan 28, 2014 9:21 PM
SINGAPORE shares on Tuesday rebounded modestly after their recent falls.
The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) was up 19.98 points or 0.66 per cent to 3,062.41, clawing back some of the 91.31-point loss in the previous three sessions.
There were lingering concerns over China's slowing growth and as the United States Federal Reserve geared up for a policy meeting.
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Scientists play 'Jurassic Park' with mammoths
In the frozen vastness of the Siberian taiga just below the Arctic Circle, the loud chatter of jackhammers and generators crackles through biting sub-zero air.
At this cold, dark outpost on the edge of the world, a team of scientists is prospecting not for gold or precious gems but rather for a treasure from the Ice Age, an intact body of a woolly mammoth encased in a block of ice.
From its frozen body, researchers hope to extract invaluable insights about the flora and fauna of a bygone era. More important, though, they hope to find DNA suitable for cloning - to be used to revive an extinct species.
It's a groundbreaking test of the basic theory laid out in the film "Jurassic Park," and, if successful, it could lead to the revival of many extinct species frozen in Siberian ice.
Much remains to be done. The science of cloning remains extremely difficult, and the Siberian winter could destroy the work accomplished so far. Yet many scientists are already questioning the project's ethical implications, wondering whether humans should undo nature's work.
"Some people think it shouldn't be done, that it goes against nature. But mammoths lasted in the Siberian Arctic until 37,000 years ago. At least one theory is that humans made them become extinct," says Larry Agenbroad, a mammoth expert who is participating in the expedition. "It would be kind of nice to see if we can revive them."
Dr. Agenbroad says many species can attribute their extinction at least in part to the rise of homo sapiens, and therefore it is partly our responsibility to assist in their revival, if possible. "We have records of how the last two dodo birds were killed by humans," he says, adding that modern-day mammoths would not likely multiply to reach past populations or to cause any major environmental hazards.
But there are serious scientific problems to overcome before such possibilities can even be considered. First, scientists need to remove intact DNA from flesh, soft tissue, or possibly sperm cells of the Siberian mammoth. The project could then hinge on how well the DNA is preserved.


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In order to get a trademark registered or maintain a registration, an example of use of the trademark (referred to by trademark nerds as a "specimen") must be submitted to the US Trademark Office. Often trademark attorneys rely on the most readily available specimen that they can find: their client's website. But if the website… Continue Reading
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Would Benefit Corporations Benefit from Some Trademark Clarity?
Posted in Genericide, Goodwill, Guest Bloggers, Mixed Bag of Nuts, Non-Traditional Trademarks, Trademarks, Truncation- Draeke Weseman, Weseman Law Office, PLLC A benefit corporation is the term used when a company is created under corporate law and should not be confused with a "B Corp," which refers to a company that is certified by B Lab to meet specific standards for social and environmental performance. Why Consider a Benefit… Continue Reading
'Tis the Season (Already!) to Think of Protecting Seasonal Brands
Posted in Branding, Marketing, Mixed Bag of Nuts, TrademarksWho knew the fleeting annual presence of haunted houses — around your town and mine — was enough to achieve the vaunted status of "Billion Dollar Industry?" That's what I found out when I tuned-in to watch the NBC Nightly News last weekend to catch my friend and fellow Medill School of Journalism alumnus, Joe Fryer, who… Continue Reading
March Madness: Who Are Your Top (Logo) Seeds?
Posted in Advertising, Branding, Marketing, TrademarksMaria Cohn and Morgen Bromell of the website Complex recently published a list of the 50 Most Iconic Brand Logos of All Time. While lists like these are released somewhat frequently, this one has a major distinguishing feature: it is the first to be published since I joined the DuetsBlog. Make a mental list of what you… Continue Reading
FDA Trademark Approval
Posted in Branding, FDA Approval–Susan Perera, Attorney One aspect of trademark law that we haven't discussed here at DuetsBlog is FDA approval of trademarks for pharmaceuticals. While there are certainly many benefits to federal trademark protection (and we would recommend seeking federal registration as the best way to solidify the broadest rights in your mark) trademark owners can choose… Continue Reading
False Start? Riedell v. Adidas
Posted in Branding, Famous Marks, Law Suits, TrademarksLast month there was some press about a pair of trademark infringement lawsuits between Adidas (sorry marketing types, I just can't do the lower case letter "a" in "adidas") and Riedell over the number of stripes appearing on their sports footwear products. You may recall, while we're on the subject of stripes, that I previously… Continue Reading
The Wine Menagerie
Posted in Trademarks–Sharon Armstrong, Attorney Kingsley Amis, that lauded British humorist and man of letters, once said that "a German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's love of detail and organization." Indeed, as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal points out, it wasn't so… Continue Reading
Do Not Wear a White Cowboy Hat, Boots & Underwear
Posted in Branding, Famous Marks, Law SuitsMany visitors traveling to Times Square since 2002 have caught a glimpse of the Naked Cowboy®, a/k/a Robert Burck. He sings and officiates weddings (charging $499 and up). He even ran for the Mayor of New York at one point (although he ended up withdrawing from the race). For those of you who have not travelled… Continue Reading
My Goodness, More "My" Branding & Marks
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IP Grammar . . . and Those Who Cringe About It
Posted in Mixed Bag of NutsLast September, in my blog post entitled "What Does Trademarked Mean to You?," I wrote: More than a few trademark types cringe when their clients or others say things like "let's trademark it," "they didn't trademark their logo," or "we don't want to trademark this name," and, when they ask questions like "is it trademarked?"… Continue Reading
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Posted in Almost Advice, TrademarksThe importance of logos in branding has been discussed in detail. Although words are generally thought of as the most dominant portion of a trademark because they are spoken by consumers, the logos themselves convey equally powerful and important messages. Which is why this element in the overall branding strategy should be cleared by trademark counsel prior… Continue Reading


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what we pay forSubmitted by jj on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 10:29am.
Well, the Police Dept sure does enforce the traffic laws. Just drive on any city streets and you will see that. So, now they want funding to put more police officers downtown. The business in that area that cause all the problems should be hit with a tax to cover it. »
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Sweet City Woman
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Single by The Stampeders | ||||
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A-side | Sweet City Woman | |||
B-side | Gator Road | |||
Released | May 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | Rock, country rock | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Bell, Philips, MWC | |||
Writer(s) | Rich Dodson | |||
Producer(s) | Mel Shaw | |||
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"Sweet City Woman" is a 1971 song by Canadian rock band The Stampeders. The song appeared on their debut album Against the Grain (retitled Sweet City Woman in the U.S.). The song features a banjo as a primary instrument, which is also mentioned in the lyrics: "The banjo and me, we got a feel for singing."
Chart performance[edit]
The single spent four weeks as a #1 hit in Canada, and reached #8 in the U.S. charts.[1] It also climbed to #1 on the Canadian country music and Adult contemporary charts. Also marketed in Canada by Quality Records as an instrumental and French lyrics version (translated by female at Quality Records).
The band and song won numerous Juno Awards in 1972, including Best Single,[2] Songwriter of the Year (guitarist Rich Dodson), Record Producer of the Year (Mel Shaw), and the band was named Canada's Top Group.
Chart (1971) | Peak position |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 1 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
Cover versions[edit]
The song has been covered by many musicians over the years, including:
- British band The Dave Clark Five released a version in the U.K. while the Stampeders single was still in the charts.
- American country music artist Johnny Carver covered the song in 1977. Carver's version peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
- Tompall & the Glaser Brothers took the song to #34 on the same chart in 1980.
- Canadian country music band Jo Hikk covered the song on their 2009 album Ride.
- Rapper Kyprios released "City Woman", a song which blended a rerecorded version of "Sweet City Woman" with original lyrics, in 2011.
- "Champagne music" bandleader Lawrence Welk released a version of it on his "Go Away Little Girl" album.
The song can be heard in the Canadian commercial for "Dempster's Bread Farmer".
- Produced by Mel Shaw
- Engineered by Terry Brown
- Recorded at Toronto Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Rich Dodson: Vocal, Banjo, Lead electric guitar
- Ronnie King: Bass
- Kim Berly: Drums
- ^ "Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ^ White, Adam (1988). The Billboard Book of Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8285-7.
Preceded by "Countryfied" by George Hamilton IV |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 28 - September 4, 1971 |
Succeeded by "I'm Just Me" by Charley Pride |