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AAR CORP. president & COO addresses APEX annual meeting
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AAR Corp. is positioned to generate an estimated $47 million annually in economic impact in Minnesots from its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Duluth. according to its president and COO.
Timothy Romenesko made that comment Thursday to the APEX Annual Board of Directors annual meeting at the Kitchi Gammi Club. More than 75 private sector leaders gathered to hear Romenesko's keynote address and elect the 2013 Board of Directors.
AAR is a NYSE traded provider of products and value-added services to the worldwide aerospace and defense industry. It employs approximately 7,000 employees. Since November, AAR has hired more than 100 aircraft mechanics and other employees for its Duluth operation. At capacity, the new aircraft repair station will accommodate up to five narrow-body airplanes and create as many as 225 skilled positions.
"AAR is a mid-sized company experiencing significant growth and we are eager to contribute to St. Louis County's future development with our newest operation in Duluth," Romenesko said, adding AAR would pay more than $2.5 million a year in state and local taxes and support an estimated 200 related jobs.
He joined AAR in 1981, is currently a member of the Board of Directors of AAR, and has held various roles within the organization including vice president and chief financial officer. Romenesko is responsible for maximizing the performance of AAR operating units and implementing strategies for growth.
APEX and regional economic development partners developed and executed a sophisticated, targeted strategy to recruit the AAR expansion to the City of Duluth.
"APEX is thrilled with the success of this initiative, having helped recruit a global leader in the aerospace industry. Assisting in their expansion efforts and ongoing recruitment of a qualified and talented workforce is part of our shared success," added APEX President and CEO, Brian Hanson.
APEX is the private-sector led, business development agency for northeastern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Since 2003, it has impacted over 3,050 jobs in the region, resulting in an annual regional payroll of over $110 million, contributing to over $12 million in State and local taxes annually.
In addition to hearing from the region's newest employer, the APEX membership elected the 2013 Board of Directors and Officers.
APEX 2013 Executive Committee Officers:
Chair, Peter Hedstrom, US Bank
Vice Chair, Dan Markham, Capstan Corporation
Immediate Past Chair, Al Hodnik, ALLETE, Inc
Secretary, Nancy Norr, Minnesota Power
Treasurer, John Strange, St. Luke's
At Large, Jim Bendas, Genesis Attachments
At Large, Mark Emmel, Labovitz Enterprises
At Large, Dr. Daniel Nikcevich, Essentia
At Large, Andrea Schokker, University of Minnesota Duluth
APEX 2013 Board of Directors:
Kathy Annette, Blandin Foundation
Jim Bendas, Genesis Attachments
William Bennett, LHB
Scott Bradt, Wells Fargo
Ken Browall, Duluth News Tribune
Mark Emmel, Labovitz Enterprises/Lion Hotel Group
George Goldfarb, maurices, inc.
Peter Hedstrom, US Bank
Jo Ann Hoag, St. Luke's Hospital
Alan Hodnik, ALLETE
Patrick Johns, Lake Superior College
Andrea Schokker, University of Minnesota Duluth
Steve LaFlamme, Oneida Realty Company
Mike Lalich, UMD Natural Resources Research Institute
Tom Lambrecht, Great River Energy
Brian Maki, Lakehead Constructors
Dan Markham, Capstan Corporation
Robert Mars, Jr., W.P. & R.S. Mars Company
Michael Metcalf, Essentia Health
Dr. Daniel Nikcevich, Essentia Health
Nancy Norr, Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company
Adolph Ojard, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Tom Renier, Northland Foundation
David Ross, Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce
John Strange, St. Luke's Hospital
Tom Werner, Duluth Airport Authority
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Barrage Land Developer Search ; The Journal Commercial Property
THE search is on for a developer to bring regeneration land around the pounds 55m Tees Barrage in Stockton to life.
The vision for the land is to make the area around the barrage a "dynamic hub" for water-based tourism with new activities and facilities including a marina.
Ambitions for the largest of the three sites, at 9.8 acres, involve creating a major food and drink outlet, a small hotel, a water based leisure attraction, water sport/marine showroom units and residential/live work units.
The second piece of land, at 6.4 acres, is said to have the potential to become a tidal marina along the line of the old River Tees which meets the main river corridor.
The site has been identified as a possible base for the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust's visitor centre and office headquarters and workspace.
The third site, also 6.4 acres and currently a car park, has been earmarked to create a major play facility which would appeal to families, as well as upgrading the parking facilities.
Leading the search for a developer is the Stockton Middlesbrough Initiative (SMI), on behalf of its partners which own and manage the land – British Waterways, Stockton Council, English Partnerships and the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust. Les Southerton, project director at SMI, said: "We have an outstanding setting here at the Tees Barrage and we need to exploit it to attract new investment and more visitors to the area.
"With the white water course and all of the other water sports already taking place on the river, we have a great base on which to build an outstanding leisure location."
The river and countryside around the Tees Barrage has already undergone a total transformation in recent years from its industrial past, with visitors seeing seal colonies, enjoying salmon and trout fishing, and walking through nature reserves.
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Rated 2.9 out of 5 by 143 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Friend20008 This Hotel has great People As always, Gema (SPG) and Malek (Front Office) have always surpassed the standards of courtesy and professionalism. Their contribution always make the stay better. May 19, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by monsef48 HIGH STANDART HOTEL THIS IS A HIGH STANDART HOTEL, PERSONNEL QUALIFIED AND FOOD MEET MY EXPECTATIONS. I SUGGEST THIS HOTEL TO MANY FRIENDS. Dr. ISMAIL KECHROUD April 9, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by traveler10972 Amazing calme night Eventhough when i arrived , i found a rush in the reception but they recognize me as an SPG member,i booked a deplomatic suit , and it was spacious ,clean,and confortable,in the SPG desk Hicham host me with a smile which makes you feel you are welcome, also about food restaurant was great mainly the new disigne.any way i truely like it February 28, 2015
Rated 2 out of 5 by ADaoud Disappointing for business travellers I speak for colleagues and I when I list the review below: The Good: + Courteous staff + Regular upgrades to suite for Platinum guests + Decent and spacious rooms + Refurbishment of lobby and restaurant was needed and improved the look and feel of the hotel The Bad: - Internet! extremely slow and gets interrupted very often and for long periods, making working, accessing emails, or even streaming anything near impossible. When I called to complain about internet interruptions, the response I got was "C'est comme ca"/ "Thats the way it is". The hotel will often blame the Algerian Telecom provider, which may indeed be the case, but as a 5 star business hotel, a way MUST be found (e.g., 3G, back up system, etc.). Internet at various clients and other hotels in Algeria was never a problem. I dont see why an SPG 5 star business hotel that charges a premium cant resolve this basic issue! - Food. Food at the restaurants is average at best but acceptable. Room service on the other hand, serves what I consider the most tasteless food I have ever had to eat in an hotel during my past 8 years of traveling as a management consultant. The menu is extremely limited as well. When I asked if the hotel could accommodate a platinum guest and let him order from the restaurant to his room, the request was promptly rejected, even though this is very common practice in other sheratons. - There are no projectors, no laptop to TV connector cables, no extra phone chargers. Basic stuff that the average businessman expects from a business hotel. Overall, even though the hotel has its advantages, I would not recommend it for long term stay business travelers. I still have a few weeks to go and I doubt anything will be done to address any of the pain points me and my colleagues have witnessed so far. February 16, 2015
Rated 3 out of 5 by Olshufvud A very much needed refurbishment This space ship-like property from the cold war is currently undergoing a very much needed refurbishment and while this work is going on I would not recommend anyone to stay here. The temporary lobby has made the lines for check-in and check-out very long and do expect a lot of construction noise in the evenings. Hopefully the property will be back on track once the refurbishment is done, and I hope the kitchen(s) also received an overhaul in the process. The quality of the room service food has always been below an acceptable standard and the restaurants in the hotel are not much better. There are limited options to choose from in Algiers when it comes to hotels, so for Sheraton's and its customers' sake I hope the renovation is finished sooner rather than later. January 12, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by LSM63 Great hotel except for internet Only complaint is the internet. You used to be able to sign in once a week - now ti is every 12 hours. Plus if you device goes to slepp, you have to sign in again. Everything else is great. December 1, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by BluePeter Had to wash face in the bidet! This 5 stars of this hotel are not worth the brass they are engraved on. As shared by numerous guests, the place is a far cry from what a luxury hotel should be. On arrival, we were told we couldn't stay in the booked room as children wouldn't be allowed on certain floor. The room was replaced, but privileges that came with the room, such as breakfast, taken away. Numerous protest and SPG ambassador trying to solve the problem led to nothing. Even a platinum guest guest a shoddy treatment here. With such disappointing service, it was easier to wash in the bidet than get the staff to fix the washing basin. To make things worse, management just ignored the issue and continues to avoid responding. This place needs a serious intervention. November 25, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Bergamo This Hotel needs more changement 3* is enough due beaches and the swimming pool October 23, 2014


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Purchase: I actually own more than one Hermes Corlandus saddle as I have one in both the wide (baroque) and standard (actually wide) trees. I purchased one from a professional rider who won it but could not use it as she was being sponsored by a different saddle maker and the other from Dover Saddlery as a "demo" model. In both cases, the price was discounted almost half.
Likes: It is simply the most comfortable and helpful dressage saddle I have ever used. I have ridden in Stubben, Courbette, Passier, Jaguar, Crosby, Wintec, Borne, Amerigo, Kieffer, Rembrandt, Cobra, Otto Schumacher over the years and now will not use any other saddle. Period. The Corlandus allows me to "fall" in the correct position and my horses love it, moving freely and more forward. The foam panels enable the saddles to fit many horses and fit them well and without restriction.
Dislikes: The price. ;-) However, I was fortunate to find new/almost new condition at a fair discount.
Quality: Superb quality and construction. Outstanding attention to detail. They still look almost new with ongoing use and proper care (without using Hermes products). Please note that an unfavorable "review" is posted at www.impulsiondressage.com regarding durability of the Hermes Corlandus. However, upon closer reading, no discussion was provided regarding actual care given to the saddle.
Summary: I would not hesitate to purchase again and will not ride in anything else. (I am NOT affiliated with Hermes in any way--simply happy to have been able to find and purchase my dream saddles! :-)
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Sedona, Arizona
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Sid was very knowledgeable and informative. This was the best part of our Sedona trip due to the off road/non paved road brush adventure. We saw exquisite formations and were told about much of the history of the area! Wonderful!
Williams, Arizona
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The train ride was OK. We knew there would not be a lot to see before getting to the Canyon but we were comfortable with the ride. The Grand Canyon can only be described as Glorious! We have been many times but are always amazed! The buffet lunch is not something I would do again but the rim tour with the wonderful bus drivers is a must! Grat time!
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Wonderful scenery and the wineries were great. Nicholson was very nice but Madonna Winery was exceptional, Sutter Home - just OK. The driver was informative but could have lightened up on his "hints" for gratuities. The location for lunch was good but a suggestion would be to have a "picnic" type box lunch in one of the vineyards with one of the fantastic views as a backdrop. I would definitely do this tour again myself and recommend it to others.
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Jan and her girlfriend Melodie went to the airport, and when they saw Brazilian Air Force pilots, they introduced themselves and talked their way (aka flirted) onto a flight. In the meantime, the guys took the commercial flight to Salvador de Bahia and met the women when they arrived on the Brazilian Air Force plan- much to the surprise of the pilots.
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This was my second visit. I remembered how good the avocado bomb was the last time, so I ordered that again. It was truly delicious. My oldest daughter was with me and she always gets an appetizer. So, she ordered the legit avocado for us to share. It was very good. It came with chips. My only complaint was that it did not have enough chips and I didn't ask the waiter for more chips. After the appetizer, my avocado bomb was great, but boy what a lot of avocado for one night. I also got the cheeseburger which was also very good. My daughter ordered the K & Q salad which was baby kale, quinoa, grapes, grilled apples, feta, citrus zest, pistachios, scratch agave and a mint vinagrette. It was also delicous. They have a lovely patio and that is where we sat. It became chilly, but our waiter brought us a heater which was great for my daughter. Our waiter, Casey, gave us excellent service. I highly recommend this restaurant.
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Multi-GPU (SLI) forum proposal
I propose a forum dedicated to Multiprocessor Graphics (SLI) issues.
It probably shouldn't be a subforum of GeForce 6 series or even have NVIDIA-only in the title, due the likelihood of SLI for GeForce 7x00 and a pending ATI implementation.
Currently there is no easy way to isolate SLI posts from GeForce 6 posts with the current organization, and there's too much noise in a search on "SLI".
Thanks for consideration.
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oh i have to second this idea...
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Thats definitely a good suggestion .. i have many thoughts & topics related to the SLI subject , but i dont post them because i don't like to flood the GeForce 6 series section with them especially when people with more important matters should be posting there.
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mmm, i have to disagree on this one.
Since the SLi systems are still based on the same cards, alot of the solutions will be the same. EG if someone has a bug iwth a game, how dose he know if its a SLi problem or a specific video card/driver problem? is that person saposta determine it ahead of time? Next, lets say they can do that, will end up with alot of dupe threads. eg get very messy!
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The stupid thing is they wouldn't even let him get into the finals of a league before he regressed him. So I guess "Top 4" is the best he'll ever get.
The stupid thing is they wouldn't even let him get into the finals of a league before he regressed him. So I guess "Top 4" is the best he'll ever get.
Current formula of Ash and Pikachu being hammered in strength, repetitive concept of starting "fresh" falling short of winning league, scarse continuity, abandon of ex companions and shallow development is on shaky legs and cannot sustain itself forever. And as evidenced by now negative reception of fans, complaining and drop in ratings only serves as index how this can't go on for much longer sending message to writers how things need to change by analyzing their mistakes and making better job in future.
Such as doing better development with characters making anime more continuity based by taking advantage of those who proven to be popular and successful breaking down monotony, along with embalming development of main protagonist with more substance .
As such getting rid of him for new protagonist wont suddenly give us more profound story, better character development and different formula being required first to clean up mess you did with current characters before moving on to next ones.
Not to mention it would be shame to have Ash leave on low note after 15 years without getting any conclusion or achieving something significant in story making all that years of traveling, learning about new strategies and experience he build over time pointless and did for nothing.
Especially when there clearly exist potential tom do much more with Ash character than just winning one pokemon league, which contrary to some belief is just one step which brings you closer toward master title.
What happened to him in BW was truly terrible, but I don't know if I really want him to go.
Really he just needs to be written better
One Word I have to say and that is "NO!"
He really needs to be written out at this point. I'm sorry but BW ruined him along with Dawn's cameo to the point that I don't want to see any of them in the show anymore. Maybe unless if they have a change of heart, which isn't going to happen.
Hufflepuff is the place to be as loyalty and fairplay are very important to me.
Come on - as much as we want it, we're all going to be stuck watching Ash and his endless loop for the next twenty years, with the writers never learning what they're doing wrong...
I don't know rating seem to falling and I don't remember BW getting a marathon on Cartoon Network USA for a non movie premiere. I could be wrong though.
There is patience and then there is sloth.
I personally don't think he should have been replaced in Unova either. But he definetly should have been written better. Words of the wise, never make "similar kanto rebooted clones". They will turn out bad.
Do I want Ash to be replaced? DEFINITELY!!!!
Do I think Ash will ever be replaced? Probably not, just by looking at the stereotypic progress of the current anime. I doubt the Pokemon franchise even ever thought of replacing Ash with another character. Besides, the best timing of replacing Ash had gone long ago. Making a sudden change right now will just destroy the current plotline of the anime and give a feel of incongruity.
But however, that doesn't mean the current anime is fine. What I mean is a paper that was dyed completely into black and stayed black for a very long time. Now, dye it immediately back to white will rather feel awkward, because we had accustomed ourselves to this "black paper" somewhere in between. Though, it might not be we as the audience who is accustomed to it, but rather it is the Pokemon franchise themselves. Just dump away this "black paper" seems too much of a waste, but yet dye it back to white also seems something not right (probably it is just against their will). Will Pokemon anime ever intended to gradually dye it back to white? I'm not sure, because the current Pokemon anime without the direct leading of Shudo Takeshi, the very first original scriptwriter of Pokemon anime, nor Tajiri Satoshi, the original creator which knows the best what and how the series should do to make Pokemon appropriate as "Pokemon", is hesitate to dye the paper back to white even only by slightly a bit.
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Hopefully, though, SOMEDAY they let Ash win a major regional Pokemon League, write a grand finale to his adventures and give him a good send off.
HOPEFULLY.... though chances are 0.000000000000000001% since the writers never learn from their mistakes. We just saw the disaster in Unova after all those years. They're probably going to keep recycling Ash until he's practically trolled from head to toe and is nothing more than a loser being sacrificed.
I don't think he will nor do I want him to be replaced. Satoshi has been the heart and soul of this anime since day one and it's always been the story of his journey, which they note at the beginning of every episode in the opening. Throughout the 700+ episode series, I've grown extremely attached to him and even in his BW incarnation, I still want to cheer for him. I want to see the conclusion of his story one day, but I don't want the anime to go on without him. I suppose this all boils down to a desire to see a proper ending for Satoshi - one that will require and effort to make happen - and I can't see him being written off the show as a good way of giving him and us a sense of closure about his story. If they ever tire of writing him, that's fine, but I'd rather see the whole series brought to an end and a totally different Pokemon anime brought in it's place. Now isn't the time for that, though. Ending everything after such a low-point for the character and his skills might seem tempting, but I think it'd probably end up leaving a bitter taste in a lot of peoples' mouths. I know it would in mine.
I don't think that they should replace Ash with another protagonist. I find him very entertaining to watch and I think that he fits the role as the main character very well. I think he could actually be a very interesting character, if they(the writers) actually took the time to develop him more. It's kind of weird knowing that you've been watching 16 years worth of a cartoon and you barely know a thing about the main character's life before the time the series takes place in. It kind of lessens the quality of a character if you fail to build them much of a back story.
But that's getting off-topic, isn't it?
I think the reason that he has been the main character all this time is because he is a dynamic character. His constantly getting new friends and traveling partners tends to change his personality, even if in a subtle way. After DP ended and Brock left, a part of his personality seems to have rubbed off on Ash, in my opinion, and he actually seems to have become more fatherly, particularly to his Pokemon. He also seems more laid-back in BW, possibly showing Dawn always telling him "not to worry" has paid off. It's just a crazy theory I guess. Though, the fact that he has become better at battling and Pokemon training isn't. If a character's personality can change, there is no reason to replace them.
I think rather than immediately replacing him, they should move Ash to the Brock role and focus on a rookie trainer. It would enable them to keep Ash, have him grow as a character and still focus on new characters. They could also still have him gaining badges in this role, having him be both a rival and traveling companion of the new character... and have him either get to the Semi-finals or win the league.
It would allow them to try something new and see if it works, if having Ash as mentor/rival/companion doesn't work they could always change it back the season after by having it go back to Ash being the central character... or if it does work, they could eventually use it to segue Ash out and focus on the new character. Or continue with the new dynamic... just a thought.


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Reco McCarter scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Campbell over Johnson & Wales 95-64 Saturday. McCarter scored 13 in the first half. He hit a 3-pointer to open the second half to stretch the Campbell (5-7) lead to 48-34. Darius Leonard scored eight of his 13 points in the second half. His two free throws capped a 28-9 run to pull the Fighting Camels ahead 73...
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Loyola freshman Milton Doyle scored a career-high 32 points on Friday. (Photo: Loyola Athletics) Loyola Chicago (5-5) defeated Campbell (4-6) on Friday night to start its first winning streak of the 2013-14 season. The Ramblers, who were coming off a win against Chicago-rival UIC last Saturday, erased a six-point deficit in the second half to complete the 80-68 victory. After a back...
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Rice, who was a Stanford University political science professor and provost until 1999, was here on a two-day tour of Silicon Valley with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Their visit included stops at Hewlett-Packard Labs and NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, and a luncheon with government trade officials and technology executives such as Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and early Google investor Ram Shiram.
Rice said her visit was designed to help understand what's happening in the most exciting area of the country for technology innovation, with an eye toward maintaining America's global competitiveness.
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Her comments come at a time when the Bush administration is trying to bolster its image in support of the environment and related standards. The Supreme Court dealt the administration a blow last month by ruling the Environmental Protection Agency must consider regulating greenhouse gases in auto emissions under the Clean Air Act.
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"It's heartening to be here," she said in a brief speech, in a place "fueled not just by great ideas but also a willingness of the private industry to invest in new technologies."
Before the afternoon luncheon, Rice visited HP labs and Moffett Field to preview the $92,000 Tesla Roadster, an all-electric sports car expected to ship at the end of 2007. The Roadster, already presold to Silicon Valley luminaries like Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, can drive as far 200 miles on one charge.
"Condi and I enjoyed the sports car very much, even though we weren't able to drive it," Downer said.
It's technology like the Roadster, he added, that will get people excited about reducing their environmental footprint.
"Consumers are increasingly interested in clean air and reducing CO2 emissions. And if these environmental problems are going to be solved, it will be sold by technology," Downer said.
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- Doesn't she have a real job?
- We're at war in two countries, on the brink with a third, and our top-ranking diplomat is on a walk about through Silicon Valley?
On second though, please, please, stay in the valley, Condi. You'll screw up fewer things there.
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- Did she go check out the Ferragamos at Stanford Mall?
- As SecState, she was too busy shoe-shopping in New York to
coordinate foreign aid in the aftermath of Katrina; just figured
she'd enjoy being back in her old stomping grounds at Stanford.
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- And from what I hear...
- She was pretty much detested by everyone, everywhere she went.
She used to be a respected member of Stanford's faculty. I wonder
why no one likes her now?
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- What Happened To Those Stiletto Boots?
- Remeber when Condo first became Secretary and she wore those dominatrix boots? The press loved it and heralded it as a sign of a new "tough" leader. Of course, this whole thing was carefully orchestrated by the sizzle-not-steak Admin. NOTHING that this Admin does is accidental.
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- With An Oil Tanker Named For Her...
- It is so disengenuous for this school marm *** Secretary to be spouting diatribe about "weaning" off foreign oil when she has an oil tanker named in her honor. What will "wean" Americans off oil is $5 a gallon gasoline, and no jobs to pay for it because they have lost their jobs to China and the illegals. If you want to destroy a country, this woman and her boss have done a stellar job. I give her an A+.
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Leaving a wave of controversy in its wake, one of the most visible reminders of the Bush administration's ties to big oil - the 129,000-ton Chevron tanker Condoleezza Rice - has quietly been renamed, Chevron officials acknowledged yesterday.
"We made the change to eliminate the unnecessary attention caused by the vessel's original name," said Chevron spokesman Fred Gorell.
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- It was disappointing to see
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cubbymoore wrote:A position working under me, given my superior post count.
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Would you really want one of us unclean lot anyway? We're all quite, quite vile Most of us have proven track records of posting on EG during work hours too.
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I have been in IT recruitment for years, I will find this individual.
Now as this is a computery role will you expect the individual to be operating at a dual mouse AND keyboard level?
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|Sugar free mashed sweet potatoes
|14 1⁄2 Ounce (1 Can)
|Reduced calorie margarine
|2 Tablespoon
|Firmly packed brown sugar
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Pumpkin pie spice
|1 Teaspoon
|Egg substitute
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Evaporated skimmed milk
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Low fat graham cracker pie crust
|6 Ounce (1 Piece)
Place sweet potato and margarine in a medium-size microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave at HIGH 3 minutes or until potato is thoroughly heated; stir well.
Add brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice to potato mixture; stir well.
Gradually add egg substitute and milk, stirring well.
Pour potato mixture into pie crust.
Bake at 400° for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350°, and bake 55 additional minutes or until set.
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The iPad shares many hardware features with the iPhone, including an accelerometer, an orientation sensor to switch from portrait to landscape mode, solid-state memory, and the same 30-pin doc connector. Connectivity is also virtually the same, with wireless 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR included on all models.
The iPad will run a version of iPhone OS, and the new device can run virtually any app developed for the iPhone or iPod touch. Aps developed for the iPhone can run on the iPad in native resolution but is large enough to touch type on.
The larger screen not only makes familiar iPhone apps like Calendar, Mail, and Safari look stunning, it also provides screen real estate for more complex elements in the UI. For example, Calendar display a split-sreen view that describes the day's appointments on the left and shows you a color map of used time slots on the right. The split-screen view in Contacts displays you contacts list on the left and the full information for the contact you've selected on the right.
Although not build into the iPad, Apple will offer a free app called iBooks, which will allow you to download and read books from it's new virtual bookstore. The new iBooks store will be accessed from and as easy to use as iTunes.
The iPad is not the world's first tablet PC or the first eBook reader. Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer, and others sell Windows-based tablets, and Amazon has had considerable success with it's Kindle. But Apple thinks the iPad will reinvent the category by offering a vastly superior multi-touch interface an easy access to a wide-variety of apps and media via iTunes. Aple hopes to make the iPad the ultimate media device by leveraging it's existing assets which include over 100 million paying iTunes customers, established relationships with music and video content providers, and over 100,000 iPhone OS app developers.
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Knauz BMW, 358 N.L.R.B. No. 164 (Sept. 28, 2012).
On September 28, 2012, the National Labor and Relations Board ("NLRB") issued its second decision involving an employee's use of social media. Lucky for us, the case is one we have covered multiple times on the blog here and here.
Put simply, in Knauz BMW, a sales employee for a BMW dealership, complained on his Facebook page about the poor choice of food the employer choose at a sales event. The employer terminated the employee for multiple reasons, including violating the employer's courtesy policy, which stated that "[e]veryone is expected to be courteous, polite and friendly to our customers, vendors and suppliers, as well as to their fellow employees," and that "[n]o one should be disrespectful or use profanity or any other language which injures the image or reputation of the Dealership." 358 NLRB. No. 164, at *1.
Relying on its recent reasoning in Costco, the NLRB found the dealer's "courtesy" rule unlawful because employees could "reasonably construe its broad prohibition against 'disrespectful' conduct and 'language which injures the image or reputation of the Dealership' as encompassing Section 7 activity, such as employees' protected statements—whether to coworkers, supervisors, managers, or third parties who deal with the Respondent—that object to their working conditions and seek the support of others in improving them." 358 NLRB. No. 164, at *1.
Ultimately, the NLRB ruled that the rule itself violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), but declined to decide on whether the employee's complaints about the food were protected under the Act. Nevertheless, the NLRB upheld the employee's termination for other reasons, including "his unprotected Facebook postings about an auto accident" at an adjacent dealership, which did not relate to the terms and conditions of his employment. 358 NLRB. No. 164, at *1 n.1.
Both the Costco and Knauz BMW decisions confirm that social media continues to play a significant role in employment litigation; and thus, employers should be well informed before making any decisions that may subject them to potential liability. If you or your company have any questions or concerns about your social media policy and would like further information, please email Justin Capuano at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Matt Cutts' statement in March 2012 that Google would be rolling out an update against "overoptimised" websites, caused great turmoil within the SEO community. A few days later thousands of blogs were removed from Google's index and Matt tweeted confirming that Google had started taking action against blog networks.
Even though thousands of low-quality blogs of low or average authority were manually removed from Google's index, they weren't the only victims. For instance, www.rachaelwestdesigns.com, a PR7, DA70 domain was also removed, probably due to the very high number of blog roll (site-wide) backlinks.
These actions indicate that the new update on "overoptimised" websites has already begun to roll out but it is uncertain how much of it we have seen so far.
At around the same time Google sent to thousands webmasters the following message via message via Google's Webmaster Tools:
In the above statement, it is unclear what Google's further actions will be. In any case, working out the number of "artificial" or "unnatural links" with precision is a laborious, almost impossible task. Some low quality links may not be reported by third party link data providers, or even worse, because Google has started deindexing several low quality domains, the task can end-up being a real nightmare as several domains cannot be found even in Google's index.
Nevertheless, there are some actions that can help SEOs assess the backlink profile of any website. Because, in theory, any significant number of low quality links could hurt, it would make sense gathering as many data as possible and not just examine the most recent backlinks. Several thousand domains have already been removed from Google's index, resulting in millions of links being completely devalued according to Distilled's Tom Anthony (2012 Linklove).
Therefore, the impact on the SERPs has already been significant and as always happens in these occasions there will be new winners and losers once the dust settles. However, at this stage it is be a bit early to make any conclusions because it is unclear what Google's next actions are going to be. Nevertheless, getting ready for those changes would make perfect sense, and spotting them as soon as they occur would allow for quicker decision making and immediate actions, as far as link building strategies are concerned.
As Pedro Dias, an Ex-Googler from the search quality/web spam team tweetted, "Link building, the way we know it, is not going to last until the end of the year" (translated from Portuguese).
Carrying out a backlinks audit in order to identify the percentage of low-quality backlinks would be a good starting point. A manual, thorough assessment would only be possible for relatively small websites as it is much easier to gather and analyse backlinks data – for bigger sites with thousands of backlinks that would be pointless. The following process expands on Richard Baxter's solution on 'How to check for low quality links', and I hope it makes it more complete.
The above process does come with some caveats but on the whole, it should provide some insight and help making a backlinks' risk assessment in order to work out a short/long term action plan. Even though the results may not be 100% accurate, it should be fairly straightforward to spot negative trends over a period of time.
Data from backlinks intelligence services have flaws. No matter where you get your data from (e.g. Majestic SEO, Open Site Explorer, Ahrefs, Blekko, Sistrix) there is no way to get the same depth of data Google has. Third party tools are often not up to date, and in some cases the linking root domains are not even linking back anymore. Therefore, it would make sense filtering all identified linking root domains and keep only those still linking to your website. At iCrossing we use a proprietary tool but there are commercial link check services available in the market (e.g. Buzzstream, Raven Tools).
ToolBar PageRank gets updated infrequently (roughly 4-5 times in a year), therefore in most cases the returned TBPR values represent the TBPR the linking root domain gained in the the last TBPR update. Therefore, it would be wise checking out when TBPR was last updated before making any conclusions. Carrying out the above process straight after a TBPR update would probably give more accurate results. However, in some cases Google may instantly drop a site's TBPR in order to make public that the site violates their quality guidelines and discourage advertisers. Therefore, low TBPR values such as n/a, (greyed out) or 0 can in many cases flag up low quality linking root domains.
Deindexation may be natural. Even though Google these days is deindexing thousands of low quality blogs, coming across a website with no indexed pages in Google's SERPs doesn't necessarily mean that it has been penalised. It may be an expired domain that no longer exists, an accidental deindexation (e.g. a meta robots noindex on every page of the site), or some other technical glitch. However, deindexed domains that still have a positive TBPR value could flag websites that Google has recently removed from its index due to guidelines violations (e.g. link exchanges, PageRank manipulation).
For large data sets NetPeak Checker performs faster than SEO Tools, where large data sets can make Excel freeze for a while. NetPeak checker is a standalone free application which provides very useful information for a given list of URLs such as domain PageRank, page PageRank, Majestic SEO data, OSE data (PA, DA, mozRank, mozTrust etc), server responses (e.g. 404, 200, 301) , number of indexed pages in Google and a lot more. All results can then be exported and processed further in Excel.
Identifying as many linking root domains as possible is fundamental and relying in just one data provided isn't ideal. Combining data from Web master tools, Majestic SEO, Open Site Explorer may be enough but the more data, the better especially if the examined domain has been around for a long time and has received a large number of backlinks over time. Backlinks from the same linking root domain should be removed so we end up with a long list of unique linking root domains. Also, not found (404) linking root domains should also be removed.
Once a good number of unique linking root domains has been identified, the next step is scrapping the ToolBar PageRank for each one of them. Ideally, this step should be applied only on those root domains that are still linking to our website. The ones that don't should be discarded if not too complicated. Then, using a pivot chart in Excel, we can conclude whether the current PageRank distribution should be a concern or not. A spike towards the lower end values (such as 0s and n/a) should be treated as a rather negative indication as in the graph below.
Working out the percentage of linking root domains which are not indexed is essential. If deindexed linking root domains still have a positive TBPR value, most likely they have been recently deindexed by Google.
Adding in the mix the social metrics (e.g. Facebook Likes, Tweets and +1s) of all identified linking root domains may be useful in some cases. The basic idea here is that low quality websites would have a very low number of social mentions as users wouldn't find them useful. Linking root domains with low or no social mentions at all could possibly point towards low quality domains.
Repeating the steps 2, 3 and 4 on a weekly or monthly basis, could help identifying whether there is a negative trend due to an increasing number of linking root domains being of removed. If both the PageRank distribution and deindexation rates are deteriorating, sooner or later the website will experience rankings drops that will result in traffic loss. A weekly deindexation rate graph like the following one could give an indication of the degree of link equity loss:
Note: For more details on how to set-up NetPeak and apply the above process using Excel please refer to my post on Connect.icrossing.co.uk.
So far, several websites have seen ranking drops as a result of some of their linking root domains being removed from Google's index. Those with very low PageRank values and low social shares over a period of time should be manually/editorially reviewed in order to assess their quality. Such links are likely to be devalued sooner or later, therefore a new link building strategy should be devised. Working towards a more balanced PageRank distribution should be the main objective, links from low quality websites will keep naturally coming up to some extent.
In general, the more authoritative & trusted a website is, the more low quality linking root domains could be linking to it without causing any issues. Big brands' websites are less likely to be impacted because they are more trusted domains. That means that low authority/trust websites are more at risk, especially if most of their backlinks come from low quality domains, have a high number of site-wide links, or if their backlink profile consists of unnatural anchor text distribution.
Therefore, if any of the above issues have been identified, increasing the website's trust, reducing the number of unnatural site-wide links and making the anchor text distribution look more natural should be the primary remedies.
Modesto Siotos (@macmodi) works as a Senior Natural Search Analyst for iCrossing UK, where he focuses on technical SEO issues, link tactics and content strategy. Modesto is happy to share his experiences with others and posts regularly on Connect, a UK digital marketing blog.
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