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SEO is Like Fishing for a Really Big Fish!
Posted on September 9, 2008
You know the routine…you are casting out and reeling in your line and you know if you wait long enough you are going to catch SOMETHING.
But only if you don't give up.
And like fishing, with SEO you are never 100% sure what that SOMETHING you catch is going to be.
There simply are no guarantees.
I mean, you might be fishing for trout in a lake or river but wind up catching a catfish. And if you've ever tasted either one of these you know…they just aren't quite the same. You caught a fish (which is good) but it's not the EXACT fish you set out to catch.
Here's the good part. You caught SOMETHING. Because, let's face it, it could have been a slow day or the fish just weren't biting and you could've gone home with NOTHING. SOMETHING is always better than NOTHING in the fishy and often murky waters of SEO.
Why? Because you can build on the SOMETHING that you caught. You can take a rank for a search phrase that you rank well for and parlay it into ranking for the search phrase you want. To use my fishing example…you HAVE your catfish now let's change the bait a little and see if we can get that trout.
Here's an example of a real work in progress.
The truly fabulous site BestEcoStuff ranks for the search phrase "best eco products" at number 3 which isn't bad. Click here to see it ranking in Google and look at number 3 spot. This phrase is not a phrase I planned on. In fact, I'd rather it rank for "eco products" whch from a search and search competition perspective is a whole different fish…a much bigger fish. And, I'd a like a rank at number 1, not number 3. However, I'm not knocking that phrase…oh no, I'll keep it and raise it up to that number one spot (if the universe is on my side and the fish are biting) and then take that lesson and look at how I can garner the same spot but for the very sought after "eco products."
Sounds simple, right? It is.
BUT and it's a big but…you have to remember are no guarantees in the "fishy and often murky waters of SEO." So, in your SEO mix you do need to include some targeted ppc (pay per click) or ad placement for the places where you are lacking a good organic search. It's a patch for the "no guarantees" problem that will keep you running until you get what you want out of your organic search marketing campaign.
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My fave…Jim Boykin's SEO Blog
Another fave…Greywolf's SEO Blog
Yet another fave…Stuntduble's SEO Blog
2 Replies to "SEO is Like Fishing for a Really Big Fish!"
Ari - Laberinto Social
October 7, 2008 (7:59 pm)
that's a nice piece on seo. thanks. i know that i have done some PPC to pull up some SERPs too.
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It must be an agonising moment for framers of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme when they saw fresh graduates awaiting posting staged a public demonstration recently to protest deployment to states in the North.
The students' action sharply contradicts the spirit of national service, the very essence of the NYSC.
Prospective corps members of southern origin staged the protest at the NYSC secretariat to reject letters posting them to areas that in recent months have been wracked by violence and communal conflicts. This is particularly true of states like Borno and Yobe, where the Boko Haram sect has been most active in its bloody campaigns of bombings and issuing threats against Christian and southern interests.
The protesters expressed fears for their safety if they were posted to those areas. The House of Representatives has also joined in, calling on the NYSC management to cancel the posting of corps members to states that have serious security challenges until normalcy returned to them. The legislators asked the NYSC to post only those who chose to serve in crises-prone areas.
It was perhaps in response to these developments that the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier - General Nnamdi Okorie Affia announced that all 2012 Batch 'B' prospective corps members already deployed to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna States, and who have collected their call-up letters but are yet to report to camp, should report at the NYSC headquarters in Abuja for redeployment. The NYSC has also shifted the orientation camps for prospective corps members posted to Yobe and Borno states. They are now to report at the Nasarawa and Benue state camps respectively for the 2012 Batch "B" orientation course.
Under normal conditions, and until recently, the only consideration for redeployment of prospective corps members from their original posting was on marital and health grounds. But these are not normal times for the country.
However, the security situation is an aberration that should not derail the core values of the NYSC scheme, which was set up after the civil war to break cultural and social barriers among the diverse Nigerian communities and facilitate national integration and strengthen unity. To realize these objectives, service by young Nigerian graduates in any part of the country other than their state of origin is mandatory. For several decades that the scheme has existed, young graduates eagerly looked forward to serve the nation, experiencing new cultures and making new acquaintances.
At some point, some state governments offered financial and other incentive to encourage members to get married to a native of the community they served in. They were not only warmly received but treated as indigenes of the areas they served in.
It is therefore something to lament that the situation has changed so radically.
The otherwise laudable programme witnessed a major setback when youth corps members mainly from the south were targeted and killed in some states in the north during the 2011 postelection violence. Since the sad development, the public particularly parents have continued to express fears about the safety of their wards serving in other parts of the country. There have also been calls for the outright abrogation of the scheme; some families want their offspring to be posted only to their states of origin.
However, considering the current circumstances, the NYSC directorate's decision to modify postings of certain corps members is a wise one. This should be a temporary measure until normalcy returns to these troubled areas. Parents should be aware of the necessity of the scheme, and understand that posting to corps member's hometown does not serve the purpose; there are several parts of the country that do not face the comparatively serious challenges that some states in the North do. This should be considered a temporary alternative for now. The sad development in parts of the north is temporary, and there is expectation that it would soon be over so that those in the rural areas would again begin to benefit from the professional services of these young graduates. The NYSC has proved to be a worthwhile programme that should not only be preserved but protected and enhanced as well.

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September 2, 2011
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- John T. Schaefer III, 37, 205 Bush St., was sentenced Jan. 17 on one count assault -- violation of protection order. The sentence included restitution of $2,450, $200 in court costs, $62.70 in sheriff fees, $500 to the crime victims compensation fund, $775 in attorney fees, $100 biological fee, $100 domestic violence penalty assessment, 90 days in the county jail, credit for seven days served, 12 months community custody. On Jan. 5 Schaefer pleaded guilty to assaulting a person while a valid protection order was in place, on March 15.
- Mark A. Robison, 31, 1522 E. Alder St., was sentenced Jan. 13 on one count each of second-degree taking a motor vehicle without permission and driving in violation of ignition interlock restriction. The sentence included $200 in court costs, $102.80 in sheriff fees, $500 to the crime victims compensation fund, $775 in attorney fees, $100 biological fee, 30 days in the county jail, credit for 30 days served. On Jan. 9 Robison pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking a vehicle that was owned by another without the permission of the owner, and unlawfully operating a vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device, on Dec. 15.
- The court dismissed a charge of harassment -- domestic violence against William J. Lewis, 37, Walla Walla, for reason he was convicted of a reduced charge in district court.
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Chic this Week
TabletTalk has a post on two Kate Moss retrospectives up now. One is in New York and the other in Paris.
The Tory Burch blog has a great post on the HBO special profiling the complicated relationship between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. My step-father produced all the grand slam matches for television. I grew up going from tournament to tournament and the players and their wives were my extended family. This documentary certainly took me back in time.
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New Year: New Crop
Just before all of Stockton rang in the new year, a new crop of hockey potential was being sowed at Stockton Arena. Jim McKenzie, among other players and staff, helped it grow.
RECAP: Point Blank
The Thunder were forced to wait one more night to break its winless skid in another close one – Las Vegas prevailed in a shootout, 4-3 at Stockton Arena. (photo by Barbara Gillespie)
Arcobello Named All-Star
Mark Arcobello has been selected to the ECHL All-Star Team, who skates in Bakersfield for the ECHL All-Star Classic Jan. 26. (photo by Sean Blair)
Thunder Signs Jarrett Konkle
Scoring forward Jarrett Konkle is back in the ECHL, signing and suiting up for the Thunder, who are back tonight at home vs. Las Vegas. (photo by Herman Evaristo)
PREVIEW: A Ringing Statement
The Thunder looks to ring in the final game before the New Year with a win tonight (7:00 p.m.), hosting the Las Vegas Wranglers at 7:00 p.m. at Stockton Arena. (photo by Sean Blair)
RECAP: Just Out of Reach
Several chances to complete a two-goal comeback before 7,000 fans fell out of reach for the Thunder, who in turn, fell 4-2 to the visiting Las Vegas Wranglers. (photo by Barbara Gillespie)
PREVIEW: Another Roundup
The Thunder and Las Vegas Wranglers meet again tonight (7:00 p.m.) at Stockton Arena, pairing both teams with historically crossed paths. (photo by Sean Blair)
Trade Lands Fulton For Clarke
The Thunder acquired promising rookie Jordan Fulton from the Kalamazoo Wings on Tuesday, in exchange for left winger Aaron Clarke.


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U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh Issues Executive Order for Historic Redevelopment
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Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. of the U.S. Virgin Islands has signed an executive order advancing a plan to revitalize downtown Charlotte Amalie and ensure the historic town's economic vitality.
The order endorses a summary report called The Town's Blueprint: A Vision and Code for Historic Charlotte Amalie. The community-supported report establishes guidelines based on form-based codes that use the physical form of buildings as the organizing zoning principle. The Virgin Islands Department of Public Works and the Department of Planning and Natural Resources are collaborating with the community to formulate a vision for the district incorporating its unique cultural and historical characteristics to ensure economic strength.
CNU mainstays Dover-Kohl & Partners were instrumental in creating the plan, having been selected by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands via grant funding courtesy of the Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust. The plan for Charlotte Amalie will ensure the vibrancy of the historic village by protecting traditional building methods, connecting pedestrian and transit networks, and revitalizing the waterfront.


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Mozzarella in Carrozza
My father taught to cook three things: meat on the fire, beer fritters and Mozzarella in Carrozza. You could say this is the Italian version of the grilled cheese, and it truly is a great recipe to put to work for a kids party or used as an adult appetizer. This past week debi and I were invited on ABC's The Chew to promote our new season of Extra Virgin, which premiered two weeks ago.
I cannot believe I had the opportunity to cook one of my recipes for the maestro Mario Batali, and what did I make him? A cheese sandwich! But as Leonardo Da Vinci is believed to have said once: "Simplicity is the true sophistication." I wonder if him and Mario agree on that, when it comes to food.
Debi and I had a blast, and our week long engagement in New York City has turned out very successful and incredibly romantic. Enjoy this video recipe with a Halloween twist, get inspired and use your cookie cutters to create fun shape Tuscan Panini with your kids.
Prep Time: 10 min / Cook Time: 7-9 min / Serves:4
Slice mozzarella and lay it between two slices of bread. Slice them in half to obtain two triangles.
Whip the eggs with the milk, season w salt and pepper.
Heat about 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a non stick pan.
Dust the sandwiches in the flour, then dip it into the egg mix.
Place into the pan and fry on both sizes until golden and crisp on the outside. The mozzarella should be completely melted and be very "stringy" when the sandwich is eaten.
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Career vacancy for Head of Finance in Nairobi Kenya 2013
A dynamic medium sized Sacco Society based in Nairobi has a vacancy for the following position;
Head of Finance
Job Summary:
The Head of Finance will be responsible for providing strategic support to the General Manager and the Board by leading the financial planning and management process of the Society.
- Cash flow management
- Preparation of management and financial reports
- Coordinating auditing of the Sacco
- Customer service from finance perspective
- Inducting, coaching and motivating Finance Staff
- Investment of Sacco funds
- Budget preparation and monitoring
- Performance management of finance operations
- Ensure compliance with statutes, policies & Board resolutions
- Monitoring, evaluation and improvement of internal controls
- Any other duty ad-hoc assigned from time to time Educational & Professional Requirements:
- Be a Holder of a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, majoring in Accounting, Finance, Economics or business related studies or equivalent from a recognized University
- Qualified professional accounting certification, such as ACCA or CPA
- At least 5 years' experience carrying out finance management functions in a busy financial Organization probably as Head of Finance function. (Experience in working in a Sacco will be an added advantage).
- Good understanding of the internal & external policies, systems and procedures of a Sacco.
Additional Skills:
- Membership to a professional body e.g. ICPAK will be an added advantage
- Experience in working in a Sacco will be an added advantage.
- Advanced computer literacy skills – Ms Office applications; knowledge of accounting systems and packages (Navision Dynamics).
- Ability to carry out Financial Analysis, Financial projection and budgeting
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong Leadership and Managerial skills
- Planning and organising skills
- High Integrity
If you meet the above requirements, please send your application enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, copies of academic and professional certificates, testimonials and copy of National Identity card to:
The Advertiser, D/NA 1591
P.O. Box 49010,00100
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The Secretary for Education, FCTA, Malam Kabir Usman has commenced the 2013 Education Secretariat School Inspection programme with visits to some schools in the Municipal Area Council.
The schools visited in the first phase included the Army Day Secondary School, at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Government Secondary School, Garki and Best International Secondary School, a private school in Gwarimpa.
At the Best International School in Gwarimpa, the Director in charge of quality assurance in the Secretariat, Dr. Emmanuel Aina, expressed concern about the practice by some private schools of admitting students into JSS1 from primary four or five. He said this was unacceptable and that there was a policy in place that forbids such practice.
At the Army Day Secondary School, Mogadishu Barracks, the Secretary for Education admonished the teachers over the poor performance of students of the school in the 2012 WAEC and NECO examinations.
At the end of the inspection, Malam Kabir Usman said that the school inspection programme which began last year has proven to be effective as it has given the management the opportunity to hear from the teachers themselves.


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In 1838 the British government, impressed by the advantages of steam over sail for making regular passages, invited tenders to carry the transatlantic mails by steamer. The contract, which carried a subsidy, was won by Samuel Cunard, a prominent merchant and shipowner of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and an advocate of steam. With the help of Robert Napier, the Clyde shipbuilder, and his partners George Burns and David McIver, who already owned a coastal steamer business, he set up the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. The service started with four wooden paddle steamers in 1840. In 1847 the service was increased to a weekly sailing in each direction. In 1852 the firm introduced screw-propelled ships on its Mediterranean service but, with its emphasis on reliability and safety, retained paddlers for its main service until the mid-1860s. By this decade iron hulls became standard too. It was also a period of reduced subsidies and increased competition from lines such as Inman, National and White Star. In 1878 it was reinvigorated as the Cunard Steam Ship Co, Ltd, and the fleet modernised. The 14,000 ton twin-screw liners, 'Campania'and 'Lucania' (1893) were milestones in terms of both size and speed. But by 1902 with the formation of the American combine, the International Mercantile Marine and German competition, it was under threat. In 1904 it took the bold step of building the steam turbine-powered 20,000 ton'Carmania'. Its success led to the building (with government assistance) of two 32,000 ton express liners, 'Mauretania' and 'Lusitania' (1907) which captured the Blue Riband.
The line had contributed to naval campaigns from the Crimean War onwards and in the First World War it lost thirteen of its twenty-six ships, including 'Lusitania', which was torpedoed in 1915. 'Carmania' fought a notable action as an armed merchant cruiser and other vessels were used as transporters, hospital ships, armed cruisers and a seaplane carrier.
After the War the fleet was rebuilt and included the ex-German liner, 'Berengaria' (formerly 'Imperator'). The express service was moved from Liverpool to Southampton in 1919 and eventually two large liners, 'Queen Mary' (1936) and 'Queen Elizabeth' (1940) were built with government assistance. Both played vital roles as troopships in the Second World War. The White Star Line was acquired in 1934.
The line prospered after the War, but passenger traffic declined in the 1960s, leading to a change from regular transatlantic services to cruising only, and to entry into the Atlantic Cruiser Lines consortium for cargo services in 1966. In 1971 it was taken over by Trafalgar House Investments Ltd., which continue to run cruise ships, including 'Queen Elizabeth 2' (1969) and the container ship,'Atlantic Conveyor' (a replacement for the ship of the same name sunk in the Falklands War in 1982). The rest of the cargo shipping (Cunard-Brocklebank) was merged with Ellerman's remaining shipping interests and sold to Andrew Weir Shipping in 1991. Cunard owned a number of important subsidiaries, Anchor, Brocklebank and White Star.
The Merseyside Maritime Museum's holdings consist mainly of plans and records from the naval architect's office and a rich collection of printed ephemera in the SAS and DX miscellaneous collections, including menus, postcards and souvenir brochures. There is a fine collection of models including a twenty-foot model of 'Berengaria', paintings, uniforms and other relics. Administrative records, including passenger lists (1840-1853) are held at Liverpool University's Archives and its catalogue is in the Maritime Archives and Library Searchroom.
Technical Committee Minutes, 1921 - 1927, 1937 (fragile).
Supporting Papers, 1927 - 1930.
Miscellaneous Papers, 1916 - 1963.
Correspondence Files, 1914 - 1916, 1935 - 1959.
Letter Books, 1935 - 1959.
Instruction Book, 1911 - 1939.
Blacklist Book, 1929 - 1935.
Newscuttings Books, 1919 - 1938.
Box Files on new steamers, c.1920 - c.1930.
Sets of Cunard general arrangements for c.fifteen liners, including Mauretania 1 and Queen Mary.
Ships Plans, approximately ninety vessels, 1840 - c.1970 (four vessels).
Ships Specifications, 1898 - 1962.
General Abstracts of Logs, 1858 - 1897.
Abstracts of Logs, particular vessels, 1893 - 1930.
Voyage Data Books, 1874 - 1886; 1904 - 1933 (Atlantic); 1932 - 1949 (general).
Coal Consumption, 1907 - 1913.
Oil Consumption, 1908 - 1931.
Articles of Association, 1912.
Reports and Accounts, 1954 - 1969.
Embarkation Notices, 1963.
Ephemera, 1960 - 1965.
Brochures, 1908 - 1939.
Postcards, including sinking of Campania (1918).
Photographs, a large collection including some very large and fine interiors, some by Bedford Le Mere, c.1910 - 1970.
Volume of Certificates of British Registry of Cunard Vessels, 1936 - 1966.
Brochures on the opening of Cunard Offices, Pier Head. c.1919.
Freight Rate Schedules, 1878 - 1921.
Atlantic Container Line Timetable, 1988.
B/CUN, 1840 - 1988, ninety-three boxes, c.fifty volumes, c.fifty rolls of plans.
There is much in the SAS and DX series. Because of the Bates connection, there is Cunard ephemera in the Brocklebank Archive, and some Brocklebank ships specifications (1918 - 1958) in the Cunard material. Of particular interest in the SAS series are the verbatim reports of general meetings, 1882 - 1889.
DODMAN, F.E. Ships of the Cunard Line. London: Harrap, 1955.
HAWS, Duncan. Merchant Fleets 12: Cunard Line. Hereford: T. & C. Publications, 1987.
HYDE, F.E. Cunard and the Atlantic, 1840-1973. London: MacMillan Press, 1975.
JOHNSON, H. The Cunard Story. London: Whitter Books, 1987.
MAXTONE-GRAHAM, John. Cunard 150 Glorious Years. London: David and Charles, 1989.
RENTELL, P. Historic Cunard Liners. Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1986.
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By Gary Bogue
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 6:40 am in Birds, Life, Spiders.
Starling and spider webs. Photo by Gloria Crim, Crockett, CA.
I have enjoyed your column for a long time and now I need your expertise to answer a question that presented itself in my front yard in Crockett. Actually it was my grandkids who brought this to my attention. They asked me the question and I couldn't come up with the answer … Grandmothers really don't know EVERYTHING!
I have attached photos of a dead bird caught in a spider web in a tree outside my front fence. What kind of spider in our area can weave a web so strong that it will capture a good-sized bird and hold it til it dies? Scary scene … especially for the super-active imagination of two kids! Thank you in advance for your input.
Gloria Crim @ home in Crockett, Calif.
Starling and spider webs. Photo by Gloria Crim, Crockett, CA.
I think you and your grandkids are misinterpreting what you are seeing. Those delicate webs are strong, but NOT strong enough to catch and hold that bird (a starling) until it died.
What really happened, I think, is something killed the starling and left its body wedged in the little branches of that tree. Maybe a hawk caught it and was frightened away by something, so it dropped the bird.
As the bird carcass began to decompose, it started to smell and attracted flies. The flies, in turn, attracted little spiders which spun their webs around the bird carcass so they could catch the flies.
That's how things work in nature. When something dies, the scavengers move in to feed on the remains (or to eat the flies that are attracted to the remains) … recycling the materials back into the food chain where they can be used to give life to other organisms.
This gives us grandparents a chance to to expound on what life is all about to the grandkids. Go for it, grandma! /Gary
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Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 7:57 pm in Night Owl.
The Chronicle's "Insight" insert in Sunday's paper is badly named. At least after this Sunday's edition, I am calling it the "Misguided" section. Or maybe the "Thinly Reported" section. Okay, those are probably fighting words in the journalism world so I will revise my statement and just ask what the hell their editors were thinking when they slapped the headline on the cover page ("Crime and Exodus: When a Love of Oakland Can't Take it Anymore") and allowed an opinion piece about how horrible it is to live in Oakland to stand with nothing about how the population has increased and restaurants and cafes are opening at an unprecedented pace, including several SF ones that have opened Oakland branches?
Instead, Chip Johnson added a flimsy column: "Violence — Oakland's Most Dubious Honor," in which he claimed that many people are surrendering and leaving Oakland because of the rampant violence that is terrorizing them. He cites two people and doesn't bother to back up anything.
I've heard more than my share of laments and oaths to leave the city at East and West Oakland murder scenes. So I am very aware of the crime and violence in Oakland, as well as the entertainment — "positive stuff," as people like to say. But I've never seen Chip Johnson anywhere near a crime scene or anywhere else in Oakland, for that matter. And I do get around, from the nicest to the worst parts of this city during all hours. You'd think I'd run into him sometime.
Gluss had some harrowing experiences with crime and stray shooting of Chris Rodriguez in a piano school on Piedmont Avenue near her home drove her out. I understand…I was burglarized four times in two years in Berkeley, not immune by any means to terrifying gangs and violence. In fact, that's why I moved to Oakland, where in all my years in just about every corner of the city including East Oakland and Lake Merritt nothing has ever happened to me. No such experiences seem to qualify as valid for the Chron's coverage. That's what they did after the takeover robbery in te Rockridge in the spring. Their reporter wrote an ominous piece about how the district was under seige and people were afraid to go out. It just happened that I was driving down College Avenue the evening (oooh scary!!!) the story ran and restaurants, bars and cafes were jammed with people, who were spilling out onto the streets. How was that under seige? Maybe the reporter didn't spend quite enough time to report the facts.
I get it that Gluss and Johnson are pointing fingers are Dellums and not Oakland. But both are building some mightly big mountains on top of sand. I think the paper was irresponsible in the way it presented the story: sensationalized.
For one thing, Oakland residents are not fleeing in droves, as Johnson infers. Moving vans bring new tenants into my building by the week. Oakland's 1980 population was 339,337. On Jan. 1, it was 420,183, according to the California Department of Finance. If they are leaving at all might not the housing bust have something to do with that?
Burglary is not the kind of violence that the Morgan-Quinto Report ranking includes and that Johnson cites as roof of the city's lawlessness. It is an oft-used but controversial measure. Every reporter knows that. But should we also dismiss as Chip did the ranking Oakland at No. 5 — down from No. 4 last year? What if it was No. 6 then No. 7 and so forth in subsequent years? I definitely wouldn't berate it as is done in Johnson's column.
Secondly, why does the Chron trot out these Oakland articles and not focus the same energy on diving into problems of crime in its own backyard? Is Hunters Point better now than when an old girlfriend of mine lived there and was afraid to let her three children out of the apartment to play in the open? She, who was no stranger to some bad neighborhoods, left four years ago as soon as she could get out. SF's murder rate is not far behind Oakland's. (Why is it, my boyfriend asked, that people talk about Oakland as a problem city whereas crimes in SF are defined as happening in Hunters Point, etc?)
I left SF in 1993 because I wanted something new and the city was too homogenous. But a lot of people find comfort in being around people who look and act like them. That is why I think Oakland gets singled out as a set for "Mad Max: The Remake" although its problems are not so different from other cities. (Except it is way saner and safer than others I've spent time in, such as DC or Baltimore.) In other words, Oakland is not confined to a white middle- to upper-class. It's not all Rockridge and Montclair.
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Benton, a 5-foot-10 guard, had 16 points to lead four 49ers in double figures in Long Beach State's 76-66 home-opening win over Loyola Marymount last Saturday (Nov. 23). Benton added a team-high 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. She finished the evening going 4-for-9 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers, and was also 6-of-9 from the free throw line.
Benton posted her second-straight double-figure scoring game as she was coming off a career-best 22-point performance at San Francisco (Nov. 17).
On the season, Benton is tops on the team with 7.0 rebounds per game. She also ranks second in scoring (11.5 ppg) and field goal percentage (45.2).
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�� 1979, Ph.D. (Physics),
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
�� 1975, M.S. (Physics), Colorado State University, Ft.
Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
�� 1971, B.S. (Physics), Tunghai University, Taichung,
Professional Experience
Vice President, Office of Research & Development
��2009-present, Professor and Tsing Hua Chair, Department
of Physics and Institute of Photonics Technologies,
Director, Center for Photonics Research, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Professor and
Chairman, Department of Physics (8/11 to 1/14)
Department of Physics, 2/09 to date
Institute of
Photonics Technologies (joint appointment)
National Chiao
Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan University Chair
Prof., 11/03 to 01/09 Chair, Department of
Photonics, 8/04 to 7/06 Prof., Inst. Electro-Opt.
Eng., 8/87 to date Chair, Inst. Electro-Opt. Eng.,
8/92 through 7/95 Assoc. Prof., Inst. Electro-Opt.
Eng., 2/81 through 7/87
National Science
Council, R.O.C. Coordinator, Optics & Photonics
Program, 1/96 through 12/99
The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong Visiting Prof., Dept. of Electronic Engn., 1/08 to 6/08
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan Guest Prof., Institute of Laser
Engineering, 3/04 to 6/04
University of
California, Berkeley, California, USA Visiting
Scholar, Depts. Of Physics and EECS, 2/86 through 1/87
Colorado State
University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA Postdoctoral Fellow, Chem. Dept., 8/79 through 1/81
Marine Corps,
Taiwan, ROC 2nd Lt. (Mandatory Military Service),
9/71 through 6/73
Honors and Awards
�� Member, the Phi Tau Phi Honor Society, elected 1991.
Outstanding Research Award, ��90-��92, ��92-��94, ��94-��96.
Research Fellow, ��96 �V��02.
Merit NSC Research Fellow Award, 2002.
Fellow, Photonic Society of Chinese Americans (PSC),
Z. Hsu Communication and Photonics Chair, 2003.
Fellow, the Optical Society (OSA), 2004.
Fellow, International Society of Optical Engineering.
Academic Award, Ministry of Education, 2004.
Engineering Medal, the Optical Engineering Society
Fellow, Physical Society of the Republic of China
Outstanding Engineering Professor Award, the Chinese
Institute of Engineers,2006.
�� Pan
Wan Yuen Research Excellence Award, 2007.
��Science-50�� citation, 2008.
Chair, the Univ. System of Taiwan, 1/09-12/11.
Fellow, American Physical Society (APS), 2009.��
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Outstanding Scholarship Award, Foundation For The
Advancement of Outstanding
Scholarship, 2012-2015.
TECO Award, TECO Technology Foundation, 2012.
Alumni Award, Tunghai University, 2013.
Academian, Asia Pacific
Academy of Materials, 2013.
Research Fields
Laser Science
Ultrafast Optics and Optoelectronics
Optics and Photonics
Liquid Crystal Optics and Photonics
Research projects
(Updated on August 8, 2013)
(Updated on August 8, 2013)
[ 1 ] Fundamental and Applied Studies for advanced Sub-THz
Imaging Radar (NSC, Aug. 1, 2012-July 31,
To date, we have demonstrated W-band (0.1 THz or 100 GHz)
Radio-over-fiber communication with data rate beyond 20 Gbit/s. The key
technologies are (1) photonics-based W-band MMW source and the sub-THz (MMW)
photonic transmitter. In this work, we will further develop the source
such that higher-power MMW generation at operation up to the J-band
(200-400 GHz) with dynamic adaptive control would be possible. Such
sources will be used for the MMW imaging Radar and sensing applications.
We will also look into the potential of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)
Radar convergence with optical-frequency-division-multiplexed MIMO
communication so that an integrated platform for both communication and
radar could be established for cost and power consumption reduction. We
will also conduct diagnostics on high-speed photodiodes and photonic
transmitters developed by our collaborators.
[ 2 ] Table-top Sub-Single-Cycle Attosecond Laser Sources (II) (NSC,
August 1. 2012 - July 31, 2015)
Attosecond (1 as = 10-18 sec) science, because its potential
for unlocking the ultrafast dynamics in the nano-world, is generally
recognized as one of the frontier areas in science today. In our
on-going work, we have successfully constructed a sub-femtoseocond (attosecond)
coherent light source by starting from a single nanosecond laser and
phase lock the cascaded harmonics generated by second-order nonlinear
optical processes. This source will be fine-tuned such that a
time-resolution of several tens of attosecond can be realized. We
proposed to construct an apparatus for the generation of higher-order
harmonics (HHG) assisted by surface plasmon polaritons and the
characterization of the synthesized pulse train. Taking advantage of the
capability of the present source for amplitude and phase control of the
individual harmonics, an optimized electric waveform for driving the
electrons for highly efficient HHG should be possible, which was
proposed theoretically previously. Phase effects should also be evident
even for harmonic generation in the perturbative regime (n�T£
More efficient generation of such lower harmonics should be possible.
The synthesis of first nine harmonics should already allowed us to
generate transform-limited pulses shorter than 200 as, with wavelength
extending to the VUV region, i.e., 118 nm. More precise synthesis of
arbitrary light waveforms should also be possible with 9 components as
opposed to five in the present source. We also intend to investigate the
feasibility of material processing, e.g., ablation, with the present
source, based on preliminary results.
[ 3 ] Research and Development of Advanced Fiber Laser Systems and Their
Applications, PI (NSC Industrial co-op with Cleverwave Corp. and POFC,
June 1. 2013- May 31, 2016)
Laser machining and processing of materials are among the most important
applications of the laser. Taiwan has a robust laser processing
industry. Regretfully, almost all of the high-power lasers used in the
processing centers are imported. Lasers of different specifications are
needed for versatile applications ranging from precision resistor
trimming, scribing for the solid-state lighting and solar cell industry,
laser annealing and activiation. Up to now, we have successfully
developed 10-ps-class high-average-power (> 50 W at 1��mm) Yb-doped fiber
laser systems and green output > 5W. In this follow-up project, we
propose to develop high-pulse-energy ns, ps and fs Yb-fiber lasers for
the above mentioned applications. Through efficient nonlinear frequency
conversion, green laser which wavelength is 532nm and UV laser output at
266 nm will be generated as well. Critical components such as fiber
adaptors developed in the project should also be useful in fiber
communication and sensing system.
Selected Publications
F. Ganikhanov, G. -R. Lin, W. -C. Chen, C. -S. Chang, and
Ci-Ling Pan*, ��Subpicosecond carrier lifetimes in
arsenic-ion-implanted GaAs,�� Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 67, No.
23, pp. 3465 - 3467, Dec. 4, 1995 (One of the first
papers demonstrating the potential of GaAs:As+ as
an ultrafast photoconductor). See also, Gong-Ru Lin, Wen-Chung
Chen, Shyh-Chin Chao, C.-S. Chang, Kaung-Hsiung Wu, T. M.
Hsu, W. C. Lee, and , Ci-Ling Pan* ��Material and
Ultrafast Optoelectronic Properties of Highly Resistive
Arsenic-ion-implanted GaAs,�� IEEE J. Quantum Electron.,
Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 1740 - 1748, September, 1998.
Chi-Leun Wang and Ci-Ling Pan*, "Tunable
Dual-wavelength Operation of a Diode Array with an External
Grating-loaded Cavity", Appl. phys. Lett. Vol. 64, No. 23,
pp. 3089 - 3091, June 6, 1994 (Generic laser cavity
design for collinear, linearly polarized, tunable
dual-wavelength output). See also,
Ci-Ling Pan
and Chi-Luen Wang, ��A novel tunable dual-wavelength
external-cavity laser diode array and its applications,��
invited paper, Optical and Quantum Electronics
Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 1239 - 1257, October 1996, U.S. Patent.
T. R. Tsai, C. Y. Chen, C.-L. Pan*, R.-P. Pan and
X.-C. Zhang, ��THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Studies of the
Optical Constants of the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5CB,��
Appl. Opt., Vol. 42, No. 13, pp. 2372-2376, May 2003 (The
first THz-TDS studies of nematic liquid crystal and shows
that birefringence of NLC at THz frequencies is as large as
that in the visible, thus opening possibilities of
applications of LC in THz photonics). See also,
Chan-Shan Yang, Chia-Jen Lin, Ru-Pin Pan*, Christopher Que,
Kohji Yamamoto, Masahiko Tani, and Ci-Ling Pan*, ��The
Complex Refractive Indices of the Liquid Crystal Mixture E7
in the THz Frequency Range,�� J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 27,
No. 9, pp. 1866-1873, September, 2010.
Ci-Ling Pan*,
Jin-Yuen Zhang, Jung Y. Huang, and Chao-Kuei Lee, A
blue-light generating Femtosecond wavelength-tunable
Non-collinear Optical Parametric Amplifier,�� US patent
7106498 B2, Sept. 12, 2006. (Femtosecond laser pulses
that are tunable from 380 to 460 nm are directly generated
the BBO OPA crystal, Taiwan patent I239128), see also
Chao-Kuei Lee, Jin-Yuan Zhang, J. Y. Huang and Ci-Ling Pan,
��Generation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses Tunable from 380 nm
to 465 nm via Cascaded Nonlinear Optical Mixing in a
Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier with a Type-I
Phase Matched BBO Crystal,�� Optics Express, Vol. 11, No. 14,
pp. 1702-1708, July 14 2003; Chao-Kuei Lee, Jin-Yuan Zhang,
J. Y. Huang and Ci-Ling Pan, ��Theoretical and Experimental
Studies of tunable UV/Blue Femtosecond Pulses in a
405nm-pumped Type-I b-BBO Non-collinear Optical Parametric
Amplifier,�� J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 21, No. 8, pp.
1494-1499, August 2004.
Cho-Fan Hsieh,
Yea-Feng Lin,
and Ci-Ling
��Magnetically Tunable Room-Temperature 2p
Liquid Crystal Terahertz Phase Shifter,��
Opt. Exp.,
Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 2625-2630 June 14, 2004
(The first room-temperature tunable 2p
THz phase shifter).
See also Chao-Yuan Chen, Tsong-Ru Tsai, Ci-Ling Pan,
and Ru-Pin Pan, ��Room Temperature Terahertz Phase Shifter
Based on Magnetically Controlled Birefringence in Liquid
Crystals,�� Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 83, No. 22, pp.
4497-4499, December 1, 2003.
Tze-An Liu, Masahiko Tani, and Makoto Nakajima, Ci-Ling
Pan*, ��Ultrabroadband terahertz field detection by
photoconductive antennas based on multi-energy
arsenic-ion-implanted GaAs and semi-insulating GaAs,��
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 1322-1324, August
18 2003. (broadest reported to date for antennas
fabricated on ion-implanted materials) see also, Tze-An
Liu, et al. ��Ultrabroadband terahertz field detection
by photoconductive antennas based on proton-bombarded InP,��
Opt. Exp., Vol. 12, No.13, pp. 2954-2959, June 28,
Yi-Chao Wang, Jia-Min Shieh, Hsiao-Wen Zan and Ci-Ling
Pan* ��Near-infrared femtosecond laser crystallized
poly-Si thin film transistors,��
Opt. Exp.,
Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 6981-6986, May 28, 2007
(Demonstrated potential application of ultrafast athermal
annealing for TFT applications); see also, Jia-Min Shieh,
Zun-Hao Chen, Bau-Tong Dai, Yi-Chao Wang, Alexei Zaitsev,
and Ci-Ling Pan*, ��Near-Infrared Femtosecond
Laser-induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon,��
Appl. Phys. Lett., Volume 85, Issue 7, pp. 1232-1234,
August 16, 2004.
W. �VJ. Chen*, H. �VZ. Wang, R. �VY. Lin, C. �VK. Lee, and C.
�VL. Pan,* ��Attosecond pulse synthesis and arbitrary
waveform generation with cascaded harmonics of an
injection-seeded high-power Q-switched Nd:YAG laser,�� Laser
Phys. Lett., Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 212-218, 2012. (A simple
and low-cost approach to attosecond pulse synthesis and
arbitrary waveform generation). See also, Wei-Jan Chen,
Jhi-Ming Hsieh, Shu Wei Huang, Hao-Yu Su, Chien-Jen Lai,
Tsung-Ta Tang, Chuan-Hsien Lin, Chao-Kuei Lee, Ru-Pin Pan,
Ci-Ling Pan, and A. H. Kung, ��Sub-Single-Cycle
Optical Pulse Train with Constant Carrier Envelope Phase,��
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 100, art. 163906, April 25, 2008
Yu-Tai Li, J.-W. Shi, C.-Y. Huang, N.-W. Chen, S.-H. Chen,
J.-I. Chyi, Yi-Chao Wang, Chan-Shan Yang and Ci-Ling Pan*,
��Characterization and Comparison of GaAs/AlGaAs Uni-Traveling
Carrier and Separated-Transport-Recombination Photodiode
Based High-Power Sub-THz Photonic-Transmitters,��
IEEE J. Quantum Electron.,
Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 19-27, January 2010. (Progress
towards radio-over-fiber wireless data transmission up to 20
Gbit/s at 0.1 THz). See also, J.-W. Shi, C.-B. Huang,
and Ci-Ling Pan*, ��Millimeter-wave Photonic Wireless
Links for Very-High Data Rate Communication,�� invited review
NPG Asia Materials,
Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 41-48, April 2011.
Alexey Zaytsev*, Chih-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Jing You, Chia-Chun
Chung, Chi-Luen Wang, and Ci-Ling Pan*,
��Supercontinuum generation by noise-like pulses transmitted
through normally dispersive standard single-mode fibers,��
Optics Express, Vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 16056-16062, July
1, 2013. (Novel fiber-laser-based approach to
supercontinuum generation) See also, A. K. Zaytsev*, C.
H. Lin, Y. J. You, F. H. Tsai, C. L. Wang and C. L. Pan*,
��Controllable noise-like operation regime in Yb:doped
dispersion-mapped fiber ring laser,�� Laser Phys. Lett.,
Vol. 10, No. 4, art. 045104, April 2013.


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