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Titan Publishing Group is an independently-owned British publishing company. It was founded in 1981. Titan has been responsible for publishing Alien novels since 2014, and is also the current UK reprint publisher for Dark Horse Comics' Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator material for the UK market. In the latter regard, Titan serves as successor to the Trident Comics company, which played a similar role in the 1990s.
Titan Publishing Group is an independently-owned publishing company, established in 1981. It is based at offices in London's Bankside area, close to Tate Modern. The Books Division has two main areas of publishing: film & TV tie-ins/cinema reference books; and graphic novels & comics reference/art titles. Titan Books' editorial director is Katy Wild.
Titan originally came to prominence as the first British reprint/trade paperback publisher for long-running UK comics anthology series 2000 AD's lead character Judge Dredd in the 1980s. After losing it in the 1990s, they would again gain the license for collected Dredd story reprints from 2001-2004.
The company has expanded dramatically over the years, though, and now also republishes works from other US comics companies including DC Comics, and produces original content for the UK.
In addition to holding the UK licensing rights to the A/P/AVP lines, Titan Books now has a n expanding backlist of over 1000 graphic novel titles in their catalog and well over six million copies sold to date. They republish a wide range of titles from a wide range of US publishing companies, using licensed characters and properties such as Batman (DC Comics), Superman (DC Comics), Heroes (DC Comics/Wildstorm), Sandman (DC/Vertigo), The Simpsons (Bongo), Star Wars (Dark Horse), Transformers (IDW), and World of Warcraft (DC Comics/Blizzard) from American. And Tank Girl (Deadline, DC/Vertigo, IDW), Roy of the Rovers (IPC/Fleetway) and Nemi (Strand Comics) from the UK.
Titan Books' range of fiction continues to grow, with official novelisations of films such as Terminator Salvation in 2009, along with ongoing series of original novels based on TV shows such as Primeval (UK) and Supernatural. In the UK in 2008 they have also published the movie novelisations for recent films such as Iron Man, The Dark Knight and X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Titan also publishes high quality 'coffee table' books on animation, popular culture, collectibles and comic and fantasy art. Their 2008 lead title is Watching the Watchmen, Dave Gibbon's visual account of the genesis of the acclaimed bestselling graphic novel, Watchmen, featuring hundreds of rare and unseen illustrations from his personal archive.
Also published in 2008 by the company is The Cream of Tank Girl, a lavish art book that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's anarchic creation.
The company also reprinted original 1979 film companion The Book of Alien in 2003.
External linksEdit
Titan Publishing's official website: http://titanbooks.com/


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IT'S NOT SURPRISING that, when given the opportunity, President Bush would send sympathetic signals to his Christian conservative followers to show his support for their causes. That may have been what he was doing this week when he endorsed the teaching of "intelligent design" along with the theory of evolution in a wide-ranging interview with a small group of reporters from Texas. Mr. Bush said that both theories should be taught "so people can understand what the debate is about."
Well, thanks, Mr. Bush, but there really should be no debate. Intelligent design -- a belief that aspects of the natural world are so complex that they must have been the result of some higher, intentional design or intelligence -- belongs more to the world of religion than science. It's creationism by another name, and if it makes its way into schools at all, it should definitely not be part of science classes.

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Northern lights were visible over the Pacific Northwest in mid-March. This hue in the sky resulted from a Coronal Mass Ejection that impacted the Earth's geomagnetic field.
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Discussion in 'Fly Fishing Forum' started by Eric Denny, Apr 18, 2013.
royal coachman .. on the NF Snoqualmie with my two sons in tow.
It's a little cliché, but it was a size 12 black woolley bugger. My math teacher brought his drift boat to work and asked my mom if he could take me out on Pine Lake for the afternoon. He rowed his ass off while I trolled that bugger from my brand new Orvis Clearwater fly rod. I haven't looked back since.
A blue Dry fly bought in a variety pack from K-Mart. Back when they came in those Round plastic containers with a triangular shaped opening.
Dang! I can't remember! I still have some of the first wet flies that I tied back in 65 (a year before our family moved to Oahu and I took a 35 year hiatus from fly fishing), and I will occasionally pull one out and fish it for Coastal Cutts. The pattern still works just fine! Maybe it was one of those. (Or else a dry Royal Coachman, that I bought).
Most of the ones I tied back then were a generic wet cutthroat pattern, with red and yellow floss bodies, deer hair wing, and palmered grizzly. I think i was trying to copy some established cutthroat pattern I had seen.
My tying tools were cheap, primitive, and basic. I didn't even have a bobbin. I just held the thread between my finger tips and let the spool spin inside a coffee can. I'm pretty certain that I obtained the thread from my Mom's sewing kit. I had the cheapest stamped vice available at the time. I used 3 half-hitches to finish up my large, sloppy thread heads.
I didn't fly fish nor tie any flies between 1966 and 2002, though.
I've still got a Muddler Minnow that I picked up at Dan Baileys when we drove thru Livingston on our last trip to visit relatives in N Dakota, back in the summer of '65. Its still in its original plastic box, and has never been fished. I think its now the oldest fly I have, except maybe for the cutthroat flies I mentioned. I tied those around the same time.
Olive bugger on a burned out Lahontan Cutt out of Lenore in 1983.
It was a steelhead.......on a bead.
A 15" Resident Coho from the beach on a huge 4" pink over white Clouser.
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A braided butt damsel that sank while I was trying to fix a rat's nest in my reel. The beginning of the trend of getting around half of my strikes while not actually focusing on fishing that continues to this day...
A 1/2 lb brownie on a Peter Ross in the Highlands of Scotalnd. Never caught another decent fish on that fly...Beginners luck or something like that, though some folks there would swear by it. Amen to MM above, it's always when I look away or lose focus that something happens.
#16 tan soft hackle on the little red river in Arkansas. Caught about 20 rainbows that day between 10 and 16 inches and have been hooked (pun intended) ever since!
On a fly that came with a $30 combo kit (that's rod, reel, line, leader and flies included). That was late 80s, but that was still pretty cheap even then.
The fly was so cheap and ugly that I'd be surprised if it even had a name, but it looked a little like a bee, with ugly plastic wings. I caught maybe 3 small fish with it and it was completely destroyed. I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday, but I still remember that ugly little piece of shit fly I fed to those 8 inch Dollies 25 years ago.
Funny the things that stick with you.
Size 12 Royal Wulff, and caught a 10" rainbow at Bear Lake in the Snoqualmie Lakes chain.
First steelhead was on a size 1/0 red/orange Marabou Spey, on the Sauk, March 1989.
Actually, now that I search my brain even further back, my grandfather used to tie the old-fashioned wooly worms with scrap yarn from my grandma's knitting basket, palmered with odd hackles and sometimes had red butts or tails from his dog's hair...when we were kids, he'd set us up with a spinning rod, a floating clear bubble, about a 4' leader and one of those wooly worms, and we'd fish a pond near his place for rainbows and sunfish....those were some ugly flies, but they caught alot of fish.
My first fish on a fly, a mcgintey on the S.F. of the Stilly near red bridge with my dad and my brother. What a trip, so excited I think all I did was run up the beach with it as it shipped along the surface. Darn that was like just over 40 years ago.
It was a perfect day!
and that's all I have to say about that!
My first fish on a fly was a 12" rainbow caught on a black ugly bug, on a small stream near Mt. hood. About the size of the cedar river.
I only started about 6 months ago and could probably tell name the fly used to catch every fish I've caught. First one, however, was a 6-7" cutt on the Main Stem Stilly with a size 10 Black Wooly Bugger bought from Ed's Surplus.
Royal Coachman when I was about 12, on a two-week canoe trip with the Boy Scouts in Bowron Lake Provincial Park in BC. Millions of Kokanee were rising where a small stream dumped into the lake. Well, maybe not a million, but a lot. I remember it vividly. Well, maybe not vividly but it left an indelible impression on me.
Can't remember. It was a long time ago, before the sixties which basically erased my memory, I think.
A 12" purple/green mackerel pattern tied on a 10/0 hook. I was very young, but strong for my age. Getting the invite to fish with John Wayne on the Pilar on the East Cape of Baja was a real boost to the ego of a 4 year old. Lee Wulff coached me through it....he had tied the monstrous fly. Wayne only wanted to troll, but Lee Marvin punched him in the mouth. "Let the lad have a shot with the fly rod, Duke. Don't be a jerk!" he barked. I loved Lee like the father I never knew. With 20 seconds of instruction under my belt, I perfected a tight double haul with the 14 wt rod he threw at me. Wulff had taken all the hooks off Rooster Cogburn's trolling lures. Unbeknownst to the Duke, he was teasing in a striped marlin on hookless lures. Everything fell into place. Marvin was slugging down gin like ice water as the behemoth crashed the teasers. "Cast! Mingo! Cast NOW!" screamed Wulff. With all the might my 4-year-old deltoids could muster, I somehow double-H'd the giant fly into the drink. As if on cue, the blue-eyed marlin sucked the entire fly into its gaping maw and took off for the Galapagos Islands.
As John Wayne and Lee Marvin pummeled each other mercilessly, I took the battle to the fish. First, I told Wulff to calm down and take a chill pill. Next, I
I have not idea about the first fly. Some type of nymph, I wasn't sophisticated enough to recognize
it. Second fish was a twitched Oct Caddis dry. I'll never forget that one. My third-30th fish were on the Purple Haze.
Carey's special on lake Minnie in B.C. damn near 50 yrs ago. I can't believe I can remember that, since most of the time I can't remember where I put my glasses, phone, keys......


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Kenneth Graeme Aitken, 66, died of a suspected heart attack in March after being sent home in his pyjamas from A&E with a packet of paracetamol.
His widow, Wendy, has now been sent a bill for £25.30 by NHS Fife to cover the taxi fare. The letter to the dead OAP gave him the option to "pay in person".
Mrs Aitken, from Dunfermline, yesterday described the letter as "dreadful" and "very upsetting". It was addressed directly to Mr Aitken and written by Barrie Higgins, facilities manager at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, and headed "recharge of taxis".
It states: "On the 14.03.14 a hospital taxi was arranged to enable you to return home after attending the Accident & Emergency Department of the Victoria Hospital, as you'd had no funds with you.
"The cost of the taxi was £25.30. This was made as a loan and I would be grateful if you could arrange to make the repayment at your earliest convenience."
Mrs Aitken said: "It's dreadful, very upsetting."
NHS Fife said in a statement: "This was the result of a clerical error. We have written to Mrs Aitken to offer our sincere apologies."
The board said the issue was subject to a "full and independent review".


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It should probably not be surprising to anyone that Josh Powell killed his two young sons and himself in that horrific weekend explosion, given all the warning signs that were present along the way.
This is the guy who said he took his sons on a midnight camping trip in the middle of winter on the night his wife Susan disappeared.
Now, a final voicemail has surfaced, which reveals a disturbed man at the end of his rope.
Family members say that before the tragic murder-suicide, which took place during a supervised visit with social services, Powell had started giving his sons' belonging to Goodwill, and just 20 minutes prior to the explosion, Powell left one final voicemail on a family member's phone, saying:
"I am not able to live without my sons, and I'm not able to go on anymore. I'm sorry to everyone I've hurt. Goodbye."
Even though the mountain of evidence seems to condemn Powell in his sons' deaths, his family blames others.
Alina Powell, Josh's sister, released a statement following the deaths on Sunday, saying:
"Josh and his boys spent more than two years being crushed alive by hate, harassment, and abuse. None of us could have anticipated the devastating tragedy that took place Sunday, but what this unimaginable loss shows is that hate will never end well. Hate kills."
Interestingly enough, Powell's father, Steven Powell, has now been named a "person of interest" in the disappearance of Susan Powell.
Steven Powell is also now on suicide watch.
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Windows 8.1 is more of a touching up when it comes to an upgrade, rather than the full facelift that Windows 8 proved to be. It seems that Microsoft is going the way of Apple with it's OS X and bringing in a schedule of yearly updates to its operating system. The bright and colorful tiles are still there but there are some changes that are worthy of note and may go some way to attracting new users unsure about Microsoft's newest operating system.
It would be a little strange and somewhat annoying to present users if Microsoft had introduced huge changes and really different features to Windows 8. After all, this OS was radical enough and has still to win over many users. For Windows 8 users the 8.1 upgrade is free and for other users the price is USD $120, with the Professional Edition costing USD $200. For present users there seems little point not to upgrade. For others, considering the upgrade, there are a few features which might persuade them.
New Start button: Windows 8 had many users feeling disorientated without the ability to click on the classic Start button in the bottom left hand corner. It seems that Microsoft might have been listening the gripes as the button is back. However, the techies may not have been listening hard enough as whilst the button launches to the Metro tile screen it doesn't include the traditional start menu which is what many users miss.
Boot to desktop: If you want to miss out the tiles and the Windows 8.1 Metro screen then the upgrade now allows users to boot up and go straight to their desktop. You can set this up by first of all clicking on the Desktop tile. From there, right-click and select Properties, then select Navigation. Here tick the Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in box. Click OK. The change will be effective when you reboot.
Configure the Start button: Windows 8.1 also allows you more control over the start menu tiles that pop up. You can now configure this so that it displays the Apps screen instead. This can be useful for businesses who want to have all their apps right there visible in front of them. To configure the Start button:
- Right click on taskbar and select Properties.
- Click on Navigation.
- In the Start screen tick the Show the Apps View Automatically When I Go to Start box.
- Click OK. Click on the Start button and the Apps will show.
Omnisearch: Perhaps one of the biggest changes is with Search. When you tap in a search this is extended beyond your computer and includes the Internet too and Bing. There is intelligence added to the searches too with relevant information being presented too. Type in the name of a city and the weather will pop up. Links to Microsoft apps will also be visible on the dashboard too. The screenshot carousel look of the results is pleasing to the eye but the limitations of Bing's searches and the default to helpfully present accompanying information which you might not want may prove a little tiresome if nothing else.
Windows 8.1 may not have enough startlingly different features to sway you to the tile UI but it certainly lets users know that tweaks aside, the modern look of Microsoft's OS is here to stay. With more personalization possible businesses may become more interested too and if you want to find an OS that works for your needs then get in touch.


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As part of the 2010 Festival at York Minster we are holding a competition open to all children up to 11 years old. We would like you to draw or paint your own gargoyle. The winning entry will be carved by one of the Minster's stone carvers at the stone festival. At the end of the festival all of the carvings will be sold at auction to raise money for the Minster Development fund (reg' charity number 252157) and York against Cancer.
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Blackgang Chine, with its ever present coastal erosion, has sensibly developed a new fascinating exhibition for 2010, BBC COAST. This new attraction is based on the popular BBC2 TV series and not only looks back at some of the amazing stories covered by the show, but also takes an in depth look at Blackgang's incredible story of The Disappearing Village.
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Harewood House welcomes back the Lord Chamberlains Men to perform William Shakespeare's play the Tempest (Thursday 8 July) Just as it was originally performed - there will be wandering minstrels before the start of the show and schools will have the opportunity to join in a 15 minute question and answer session after the show to speak to the actors about their roles and discuss specific plot points for their curriculum work.
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Army Sgt. Felix Delgreco of Simsbury, a member of C Company, 102nd Infantry in Bristol, was killed April 9, 2004 while on patrol in Baghdad, when his vehicle struck an improvised bomb and was attacked with small arms. He was the first member of the Connecticut Army National Guard to die in Iraq. He was 22 years old.
One of retired music teacher John Zenisky's fondest memories of former student Felix Delgreco is how the youngster would "wail" on his harmonica at the spring rock 'n' roll and blues concert at Simsbury High School.
"He was a very gregarious kid and very outgoing," Zenisky said. "He loved to play that harmonica."
Delgreco, 22, of Simsbury, was a sergeant in the Connecticut Army National Guard. He was killed while on patrol in Baghdad, when his vehicle struck an improvised bomb and was attacked with small arms fire. He died two days after arriving in Baghdad, and was the first member of the Connecticut guard to die in Iraq.
A member of Simsbury High's Class of 1999, Delgreco played trumpet in the jazz band. He worked as part of the backstage technical crew on school plays and other performances.
He also was an Eagle Scout. Zenisky was invited to Delgreco's induction ceremony.
"He was proud of that achievement," he said. "I was happy to be there because he was such a great kid and he was well-liked by his classmates. He always had a smile on his face all the time."
"He was one of those kids you just wanted to bring home and adopt," said Bergouhi Spencer, Delgreco's high school Latin teacher of four years.
Spencer remembers Delgreco as a boy with a keen curiosity and a joy to have in class. She took her Latin class to Europe every year and Delgreco was along for four of them. She gave her students Latin nicknames, but Delgreco came ready-made with a moniker.
"Felix means lucky or happy in Latin and we used to kid him about that," she said. "I can just see him sitting there."
Spencer said he could also still see him basking on the steps of a Florence cathedral, blending in with his trademark European beret-style cap, which he wore on all the trips abroad.
"He was just a part of the fabric, sitting there in the sun," Spencer said.
Delgreco would often come back and visit his former teacher, once proudly wearing his uniform, she recalled. She learned of his death Saturday night.
"This morning throughout [Easter] service, I'm thinking about new life, resurrection and I can't reconcile the two right now in my mind," Spencer said. "He's fitting into heaven right now because he was such an angel."
As a teen, Delgreco had an abiding interest in the military and enlisted in the guard in 1999 while still in high school. He became a member of C Company, 102nd Infantry, in Bristol.
The company left Connecticut on Jan. 8 for Fort Hood, Texas, and became part of the 39th Brigade from Arkansas. The unit arrived in Kuwait last month and began patrolling in Baghdad on Wednesday.
East Windsor resident Patricia Shary's son Christopher, 25, is also in Delgreco's company and is serving in Iraq. The youngest of Shary's 10 children, Christopher also served in Bosnia with Delgreco and called Saturday to give his parents the news.
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Key Facts About Pandemic Influenza
An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza. A virus appears or "emerges" in the human population, causes serious illness, and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or "epidemics" of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that already circulate among people, whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes, by subtypes that have never circulated among people, or by subtypes that have not circulated among people for a long time. Past influenza pandemics have led to high levels of illness, death, social disruption, and economic loss.
Appearance (Emergence) of Pandemic Influenza Viruses
There are many different subtypes of influenza or "flu" viruses. The subtypes differ based upon certain proteins on the surface of the virus (the hemagglutinin or "HA" protein and the neuraminidase or the "NA" protein.
Pandemic viruses emerge as a result of a process called "antigenic shift," which causes an abrupt or sudden, major change in influenza A viruses. These changes are caused by new combinations of the HA and/or NA proteins on the surface of the virus. Such changes result in a new influenza A virus subtype. The appearance of a new influenza A virus subtype is the first step toward a pandemic; however, to cause a pandemic, the new virus subtype also must have the capacity to spread easily from person to person. Once a new pandemic influenza virus emerges and spreads, it usually becomes established among people and moves around or "circulates" for many years as seasonal epidemics of influenza. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have large surveillance programs to monitor and detect influenza activity around the world, including the emergence of possible pandemic strains of influenza virus.
Influenza Pandemics During the 20th Century
During the 20th century, the emergence of several new influenza A virus subtypes caused three pandemics, all of which spread around the world within a year of being detected.
- 1918-19, "Spanish flu," [A (H1N1)], caused the highest number of known influenza deaths. (However, the actual influenza virus subtype was not detected in the 1918-19 pandemic). More than 500,000 people died in the United States, and up to 50 million people may have died worldwide. Many people died within the first few days after infection, and others died of secondary complications. Nearly half of those who died were young, healthy adults. Influenza A (H1N1) viruses still circulate today after being introduced again into the human population in 1977.
- 1957-58, "Asian flu," [A (H2N2)], caused about 70,000 deaths in the United States. First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957.
- 1968-69, "Hong Kong flu," [A (H3N2)], caused about 34,000 deaths in the United States. This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968 and spread to the United States later that year. Influenza A (H3N2) viruses still circulate today.
Both the 1957-58 and 1968-69 pandemics were caused by viruses containing a combination of genes from a human influenza virus and an avian influenza virus. The 1918-19 pandemic virus appears to have an avian origin.
Vaccines to Protect Against Pandemic Influenza Viruses
A vaccine probably would not be available in the early stages of a pandemic. Scientists around the world work together when developing a new vaccine against influenza to select the virus strain that will offer the best protection against that virus. Manufacturers then use the selected strain to develop a vaccine. Once a potential pandemic strain of influenza virus is identified, it takes several months before a vaccine will be widely available. If a pandemic occurs, the U.S. government will work with many partner groups to make recommendations guiding the early use of available vaccine.
Antiviral Medications to Prevent and Treat Pandemic Influenza
Four different influenza antiviral medications (amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir, and zanamivir) are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment and/or prevention of influenza. All four usually work against influenza A viruses. However, the drugs may not always work, because influenza virus strains can become resistant to one or more of these medications. For example, analyses have shown that some of the 2004 H5N1 viruses isolated from poultry and humans in Southeast Asia are resistant to two of the medications for influenza (amantadine and rimantadine).
More recently, testing of seasonal influenza A (H3N2) isolates from people in the United States during the current influenza season (2005-06) has shown that a high percentage of circulating viruses are resistant to amantadine and rimantadine. As a result, on January 14, 2006 CDC issued a Health Alert Notice (HAN), recommending that neither amantadine nor rimantadine be used for the treatment or prevention (prophylaxis) of influenza A in the United States for the remainder of the 2005-06 influenza season. CDC and other public health agencies will continue to monitor both seasonal and avian influenza viruses for resistance to influenza antiviral medications
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Because of these differences and the expected size of an influenza pandemic, it is important to plan preparedness activities that will permit a prompt and effective public health response. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) supports pandemic influenza activities in the areas of surveillance (detection), vaccine development and production, strategic stockpiling of antiviral medications, research, and risk communications.
In May 2005, the U.S. Secretary of HHS created a multi-agency National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response Task Group. This unified initiative involves CDC and many other agencies (international, national, state, local and private) in planning for a potential pandemic. HHS has worked with organizations and professional associations at international, federal, state, and local levels to develop a comprehensive Pandemic Influenza Plan in conjunction with the President's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza.
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Dancing With The Stars
DWTS Judge Carrie Ann Inaba's Purple 2012 Emmys Dress: Get the Look For Less
Carrie Ann Inaba may be newly single, but the Dancing With the Stars judge looked hotter than ever at the 2012 Emmys on September 23. She wore a purple dress by Tadashi Shoji, but her stylist Jen Rade shared details on how to get her look for less.
First, Jen told us all about Carrie Ann's red carpet look. "This was definitely a collaborative decision," Jen explained. "We wanted it to look fresh and light. The purple looked spectacular with her skin tone and the color just gave off a really fun, positive vibe."
Of course, just because you may not have Carrie Ann's red carpet budget doesn't mean you can't copy her style, which she accessorized with turquoise jewelry. "Women can interpret this look everyday since purple and turquoise are two colors that are universally flattering. Add a little bit of turquoise to an outfit with a necklace or ring."
Jen advises fans of Carrie Ann's style to head to TJ Maxx for the jewelry, and Marshalls for a huge selection of purple looks. As she puts it, "everything from pencil skirts to colored denim" works in purple.
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The top 10 cars to shut the kids up
Children are 12 times more distracting to drivers than talking on a mobile. Here are the cars to keep them quiet
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If you're the parents of two exacting giraffes, the 5.2-meter-long extended wheelbase Range Rover adds 14cm of extra rear legroom to the standard car's already liberal provisions. There's also the 'Executive Class' option, which replaces the ordinary three-seat rear bench with a pair of massive individual armchairs.


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St Lucia Champagne Sunset Cruise
Sail the coastline of the tropical island paradise of St. Lucia, watching the sunset and sipping champagne. Let yourself be swept away by the romance and magnificence of the moment - something you have to try at least once in your life!
- Champagne sunset cruise off the coast of St. Lucia
- Enjoy breathtaking views as the sun sets over the beautiful Caribbean waters
- Sip on champagne and savor light hors d'oeuvres
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Capture the magic of a tropical Caribbean landscape as you sail at dusk watching the sun set over the beautiful blue water. This is definitely the perfect way to finish an already wonderful day.
Experience the unimaginable beauty of the skyline, sip champagne and savor the light hor d'oeuvres as the romance and magnificence of the evening surround you. See the spectacular "green flash" as the sun disappears beyond the horizon!
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Hereford boss Graham Turner slammed his side's performance as they recorded a 25th league defeat of the campaign with a 2-1 loss to Brighton.
Goals from Tom Fraser and Lloyd Owusu put the Seagulls in front before Kris Taylor netted a consolation for the Bulls in injury time after Brighton goalkeeper Michel Kuipers had saved a Stephen Guinan penalty.
Turner, whose side are 11 points adrift of safety with just six games remaining, said: "We made it too easy for them - you can`t say to the players that they have got to win the game, they know that."
He added: "It`s a question of how we can win it and in the first half I thought we avoided the ball in a lot of positions.
"They almost had a back five at times and we were content to knock the ball out of our own half and they gobbled those up."
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The Bachelorette
Exclusive! Natalie Getz, Wes Hayden, and Jesse Kovacs Are Taking Over Small-Town America
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if some of your favorite Bachelor/ette stars turned up in your home town for a surprise party one weekend? Would it be even better if they suddenly offered to give you a style makeover, throw an impromptu concert, and serve fine California wine?
Well we have good news for you!
Bachelor/ette (and Bachelor Pad) stars Natalie Getz, Wes Hayden and Jesse Kovacs are hitting the road in two weeks to start filming their very own reality show, and Wetpaint Entertainment has the exclusive, inside scoop on the must-see TV event.
"We don't have a title yet, but we've already got four networks that are fighting over it," one of the show's creators, former Bachelor Pad winner Natalie Getz, told us in an exclusive interview. "It's going to be like The Simple Life as we'll be heading into all these really small towns and taking over!"
"There's going to be a lot of conflict as I'm going to go in and try and teach them about big-city fashion," laughed Natalie. "I'm going to have to act like a dumb blonde; there's going to be a bit more acting than reality."
Natalie went on to explain her co-stars' roles. "Wes will fit in a lot better with the small-town people as he's going to be singing for them, and country people love The Bachelor, and Jesse and his brother [who'll be driving the bus] are going to be throwing wine-tasting parties with Kovacs Family wine."
Sounds like rural America is going to get a lot better dressed, entertained — and drunk!
Jesse Kovacs is just as eager about the new show, but a little less in the know. "I think I know less about it than anyone else, but that's what it's all about!" he told us when we quizzed him.
At least he knows the basic concepts and is fired up about being out on the open road — and back on TV.
"All three of us come from different walks of life: there's the down-home southern boy, the hip Chicago girl, then me and my brother are the Californian guys who grew up around the vineyards and the wine," Jesse explained. "We all encompass the stereotype of where we come from, and when we come together it's a culture clash. We want to throw a country, wine, fashion, melting pot party."
Don't start searching your TiVo just yet, the project is still untitled, and the trio haven't yet signed a deal. Stay tuned!


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23rd August 2007
Polish activists create election list of homophobic politicians 1
6:30 PM — LGBT activists in Poland are compiling a list of politicians who have been hostile to gay rights ahead of a general election later this year.The website gaylife.pl is putting together the list, which includes MPs from all sides of the political spectrum."There's a parliamentary election coming. We want to enable the gay community to make a conscious choice and this is the reason for creating a list with the names of the people who have hindered us from achieving our goals," Marek Ryszard, of gaylife.pl told thenews.pl website.
Brad Pitt to produce trans drama 1
5:45 PM — Ryan Murphy, creator of popular US drama Nip/Tuck, has sold a pilot to the FX network for a series about a man who realises he is a transsexual.In a move which surprised many media observers, Brad Pitt is listed among the executive producers, in what would be his first foray into television.The programme has already faced two drastic changes, however. One was over similarities to a real-life transsexual while the other followed misjudgements over the weight of a penis.
PlanetOut CFO to stand down
4:17 PM — LGBT media giant PlanetOut has announced the departure of their chief financial officer.40-year-old Daniel J. Miller is the latest staff member to leave the company, which earlier this year was forced to close its international offices and cut back on staff.Last month a company that invests the wealth of Microsoft founder Bill Gates purchased a major stake in PlanetOut, rescuing them from bankruptcy.
Congress frustrates Foley scandal investigation
3:54 PM — Police in Florida have revealed they are being prevented from fully investigating the sexually-explicit internet communications between a former Congressman and male teenage House pages.Republican Mark Foley represented the state's sixteenth district in the House of Representatives for 11 years and was chairman of the House caucus on missing and exploited children.He resigned in September 2006 after ABC News reported he sent messages to current and former underage pages with references to sexual acts and genitalia.
Gay rights decision rests with Australian PM
3:25 PM — After a heated meeting of the Cabinet on Monday, the final decision about whether gay and lesbian couples in Australia will be given equal rights will be made by Prime Minister John Howard.His senior government colleagues are split on the issue. Some feel it is not a priority for the government ahead of elections later this year and are concerned about the cost of reforms.Other Cabinet members, especially those with sizable gay communities in their constituencies, argue that equal provision in areas such as Medicare and pensions must be in place before going to the polls.
San Diego set to erect statue of 'intolerant' mayor 6
2:29 PM — Gay groups and Latinos are uniting to fight plans for a statue of former mayor Pete Wilson to be erected in San Diego's downtown Horton Square.The former mayor, who is credited with revitalising the downtown area in the 1970's, is despised by immigrant groups for his attempts to deny illegal immigrants health and education benefits and by the gay community for his regressive views on sexuality."During Mayor Wilson's administration, it was like the dark ages for us," said gay activist Nicole Murray-Ramirez.
Persecution claims fail to halt deportation
1:46 PM — The Canadian Border Services Agency has refused to back down in the face of claims its deportation of a young Mexican man will condemn him to persecution and violence.Leonardo Zuniga, 25, arrived in Canada in 2004, filing an unsuccessful refugee claim that was appealed.Since then he has been a model citizen, volunteering with various Toronto social agencies and picking up an award for photography and queer activism.
Violence against Dutch gays on the increase 5
1:17 PM — Over half of Dutch gays feel less safe than they did a year ago, a new survey carried out by current affairs programme EenVandaag has revealed.Sixty-four per cent of anti-gay incidents were verbal but 12 per cent resulted in physical abuse.Amsterdam's image in the Netherlands as the 'gay capital of the world' is also under threat as the survey revealed gays there were more fearful than in other parts of country.
Florida mayor uses HIV to attack Florida gays 2
1:17 PM — Fort Lauderdale mayor James Naugle caused outrage among Florida's gay community yesterday after he called a news conference announcing a drive against promiscuous gay sex.Framing the move as a public health initiative designed to cut down on HIV transmission, the conference nevertheless included prominent religious activists, including radio DJ Janet Folger of Faith2Action and Gary Cass, president of the Christian Anti-Defamation League."I think Broward County is forever changed from this exercise," Mr Naugle said.
Lottery money for older LGBT outreach work 3
12:30 PM — The charity Age Concern has been awarded a £390,000 grant to help improve services in London for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people over 55.The Big Lottery Fund award will pay for two full-time development staff who will work in the Westminster, Hackney, Islington, Camden and Kensington and Chelsea boroughs.Age Concern has carried out in-depth research into the needs of older LGBT people. A resource pack was launched last year to help those working in care homes and extra-care housing support older LGBT people.
Homophobic Christian thinks gays are all white 13
11:45 AM — Stephen Green, an activist with extremist group Christian Voice, has questioned the presence of racist group the National Front at Pride events, on the basis that "homosexuals are not black or Asian as a rule."The controversial preacher made his observation as part of his report on the group's website about his protest at this year's Brighton Pride celebrations.He also complains that the NF are "copying" his idea of protesting at gay events.
Russian gay activist defiant over outing politician 2
11:20 AM — Nicolas Alexeyev, one of the main organisers of Moscow Pride, was interrogated by police yesterday over an incident on live TV where he outed a leading Russian politician.He referred to Article 51 of the Russian Constitution, which allows citizens not to give evidence against themselves, but also said he can produce proof that MP Alexander Chuev is homosexual.Mr Alexeyev also revealed yesterday that gay activists will picket the offices of Mr Chuev's political party, Fair Russia, next month, under the slogan "I also know that Chuev is gay."
Gay group holds national coming out day 1
11:03 AM — American gay rights group Human Rights Campaign announced yesterday that the theme for National Coming Out Day 2007 will be "Talk About It," continuing the slogan and branding that the national programme has been building since 2005.This year will also mark an important hallmark as National Coming Out Day, October 11th, falls on the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Gay and Lesbian March on Washington DC, and the unfurling of the AIDS Quilt on the National Mall.
China targets AIDS activists
10:45 AM — The Chinese government's harassment of HIV/AIDS activists and intensified surveillance of AIDS support groups raises serious questions about its commitment to combating the illness, says US-based Human Rights Watch.Over the past three weeks police have forced the cancellation of three separate meetings on HIV/AIDS in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province and Kaifeng in Henan province.Henan authorities have also ordered the closure of an HIV/AIDS support group's offices and are harassing a leading HIV/AIDS activist there.


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A straw poll of public opinion on the top causes of death in many of the world's poorest regions might conceivably see the deadly triad of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis emerge as frontrunners.
But, as I heard at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, United Kingdom, last week, there is another cause exerting an even greater toll on the world's population: road traffic injuries and traffic-related air pollution. And, compared with the hyper-visibility of HIV in global debates, this growing road safety crisis remains alarmingly absent from discussions.
Transport for Health, a report launched on 31 March by the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, United States, makes for grim reading.
Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) methods to analyse multiple data sources gathered between 1990 and 2010, the report reveals that road accidents alone account for almost as many deaths as HIV/AIDS. However, if you add in the additional burden of disease caused by traffic pollution, motorised transport accounted for over 1.5 million deaths in 2010 - more than the individual cost of HIV/AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis.
The chart shows the incidence of road-related deaths compared with deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and diabetes. Click to enlarge or click here for the data.
Deaths from road injuries and diseases related to transport air pollution have grown globally in the last two decades - up by 46 per cent and 11 per cent respectively.
But developing countries are bearing the brunt of this crisis. In the developing world, most transport-related deaths are caused by crashes rather than pollution, Marc Shotten, senior transport specialist at the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and the report's joint author, told the meeting.
In regions where rapid motorisation, road infrastructure and mobility are closely linked to goals around economic growth, and taking into account demographic and human settlement trends, this crisis looks set to worsen.
These figures affirm the urgency of ramping up investments in road safety research. A comparison of aid available for HIV/AIDS research with aid given to road safety sheds further light on global neglect for this road safety crisis.
Shotten tells me that the Global Fund for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis disbursed roughly US$17 billion as of 2012, while it is estimated that donor funds distributed for road safety over the same period (2002-2012) equate to under one per cent of that total.
"Sadly, that is just where we are with this subject in terms of donor interest," he says. "This will demonstrably have to be picked up in the coming years to spur the type of catalytic funding we need to help developing countries start to proactively manage this problem."
Under-reporting of deaths and injuries from road crashes is also a major problem, said Kavi Bhalla, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, United States, and the report's lead author.
Transport for Health compares government statistics on deaths caused by traffic injuries with GBD estimates. The contrast between the figures is staggering. In some of the poorest parts of the world - often areas with the highest death rates from road accidents - GBD estimates for road traffic deaths are as much as six times government statistics.
The map shows the percentage of under-reported road-related deaths by country in 2010. Click to see map.
All this has a major impact on government policy and aid interventions.
And with inaccurate data under-playing the crisis in many countries, international donors may fail to recognise the scale of the crisis.


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Resistance training and aerobic performance
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Do any of the elite cyclists do strength training? Or do they let their climbs develop the strength they need?
Clearly, their sport demands that they limit upper body mass. No one wants to carry extra weight up the Alps. So that has some implications for their training and diet. And I expect their legs are largely slow-twitch.
I am skeptical of Robb's assertion that strength training 2-3 times per week would be valuable to road cyclists. But I'm also quick to admit, damned if I know for sure.
Stephen Seiler's site discusses the use of strength training for rowers (power/endurance athletes). It also goes into their muscle-fiber composition. He concludes that lifting is only marginally useful for endurance athletes who clearly also need to be strong, and he also notes that Olympic rowers are slow-twitch freaks. That's probably a genetic gift, in part, and a result of adaptations from many two-a-day sessions lasting 90-120 minutes. Seiler's stuff hasn't been changed for several years, so I don't know whether recent studies would lead him to refine his thinking about strength training.
Fritz Hagerman, exercise physiologist who has worked with Olympic rowers, has noted that some elite rowers pump heroic amounts of blood through their systems, thereby powering their aerobic engines. Other rowers are uncommonly efficient at extracting oxygen from the blood that is pumped. So two different physiological mechanisms--big pump or better utilization--result in elite endurance performance in a shell. Is is reasonable to think that cyclists would also fall into one or the other of those categories? (Along with having clever doctors and pharmacists.)
I never know whether the VO2 max conversation is useful. VO2 max is genetically limited (so I've read), and it doesn't take that much specific training to reach that limit (so I've read). You want to do some VO2 specific training, because this will allow your "lactate threshold" training to occur at faster paces, but overdo the VO2 stuff, and you'll fry yourself and not be able to do the important distance training that prepares you for longer races.
Of course, if your goal is something other than being an emaciated freak, then by all means lift, but I'm not sure you'll be improving your cycling performance.
One other piece of evidence suggesting strength training is irrelevant to cyclists: the physique of Michael Rasmussen, who was leading last year's TdF before being DQ'd
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Here in the U.S. it felt like two short weeks this week. The 4th of July holiday tossed a pseudo Sunday into the middle of things. News was slow only for the day though, so it wasn't too hard to find pages to link to. I think I could have done a single post on Google news this week had I wanted. Instead it's the usual assortment of characters and links for your enjoyment. And let's all celebrate the release of reporter Alan Johnston from captivity. Alan we're glad you're back.
Now on with the show.
Social Media
Ross Dunn starts us off this week with a very good overview of what social media marketing is. The StepForth whitepaper is also available as a PDF and I'll trust you can find the link at the bottom of the article. I think Flickr gets overlooked sometimes amidst the many social media sites out there. Barry Schwartz is a big fan of the photo sharing site and has some tips for building traffic through Flickr.
Last Week I dedicated a good deal of this space to links on Facebook and MySpace. This week Muhammed took a deeper looking at Facebook and concluded it's not the most viable marketing platform. Cameron isn't saying the same thing about MySpace, though. In fact he's got some ideas on how to build an audience on the social networking site.
- Do it Yourself Social Media Marketing – A StepForth Whitepaper
- Using Flickr in your SEO & Traffic Building Strategy
- Why Facebook Is Not A Viable Marketing Platform
- How To Build An Audience On MySpace
- The Importance of Picking The Right Host And How To Do It
Chris Hemphill, one of the new writers at Pronet, has some ideas for improving Digg. I'm not sure about the suggestion for giving away prizes, but the other nine are all good. Of course Kevin Rose may not be listening at the moment while he's working on Pownce. Sreejith sent me an invite last weekend which I quickly accepted, but I admit to not spending much time on the site since. Don't worry if you didn't get your Pownce invite or if you never make it to the front page of Digg. Darren Rowse has some numbers that seem to indicate StumbleUpon is a better source of traffic.
- Top 10 Things Digg Needs (Or Needs to Improve On
- Pownce – it's not very original but it's going to be bigger than twitter
- Why StumbleUpon Sends More Traffic Than Digg
The world's youngest blogger, one year old "little X" Rowse has a few things to say about his dad Darren. You have to hand it to the kid. He writes pretty well for someone who's still learning the language. Happy Birthday "little X." I can't wait to see where you take your blogging over the next few years. You've written a great first post, but since you're still new to the game you might want to read Kevin's top 10 mistakes new bloggers make. Age of the blogger isn't one of the interesting ways Blogscope might search blogs, but that's ok. There's a few other ways they might find you and Bill has a rundown.
- 5 Things You Should Know about My Dad the ProBlogger
- Top 10 mistakes new bloggers make
- BlogScope Offers Unique Ways to Search the Blogosphere (blogspot for now)
Do you blog full time or is it something you do after a day working? Are there days where you just don't think you can get a new post written? Jason developed an interesting point system to always keep his blogging momentum going. Go ahead and create your own point system, but do listen to Brian Clark and make sure you're value blogging. I like metaphor and apparently so does Steve Remington. He's come up with one describing blogs as roads and suggests your goal is to locate your blog at a buzy intersection. Chris Garret gathered up readers posts about branding and let us know which ones he liked best. Sadly my own recent post on inexpensive branding didn't make the cut, but that faux pas aside Chris has still linked to some great posts.
- How to Keep Momentum Going on Your Blog with a 'Points System'
- Blogging is Dead (Long Live Value Blogging)
- Blogs Are Roads; Intersections
- Branding Blog Post Round-Up – Readers Best Branding Posts
If you're using FeedBurner you may have already turned on stats Pro or MyBrand, which Google made free this week. You probably have a few Feedflares in your feed too, but did you know you can create custom flares to promote your own properties? Maki shows us how it's done. And if you use WordPress like I do you'll want to check out Shoemoney's tip on closing a possible hole in your plugins directory.
- A Simple Way to Create Your Own Personal Feedburner Feedflare
- Watch Your Wordpress Plugins Directory
Design And Development
Site and internal link architecture are often overlooked when it comes to their impact on seo. Jim Boykin teaches us how to stay out of the supplemental index and achieve higher ranking through internal linking. Aaron Wall has some additional ideas for improving internal link structure in a follow up post to Jim's article. Design matters. Just ask the folks a SilverPop who published a report on landing pages. Roberta Rosenberg gives us her take.
- How to Achieve Higher Rankings and Stay out of Google Hell Via Optimized Internal Linking
- Internal Link Architecture Made Easy
- How Crappy Landing Pages Kill Email Campaigns
Link Building
Do you hate link building? Maybe just a little. Even Eric Ward has a few things he doesn't much care for when it comes to building links and I have to agree with him. There are some things you shouldn't do when asking for a link. It's not all bad, though. Barry has an easy tip for getting .edu links. Congrats to Patrick Altoft, who was able to build 10,000 links for Blogstorm in 3 weeks time. He's well on his way to a million links.
- Five Things I Hate About Linking
- Finding Some of Your EDU Links with Yahoo Search
- How I built 10,000 links in 3 weeks
Do you know how many links you have? Any idea how many sites love your content enough to link to it? If not, don't worry. Sage Lewis tells us how to find out who loves you baby. Of course there's a lot more to links than how many you have. It's all about the quality don't you know. Alan Rabinowitz looks at some ways of determining link quality. And once you know what to look for in a link Patrick Gavin has a few crafty outside the box tips for getting more links.
- How Many Links Could a Link Lover Love?
- Link Building & Determining Link Quality
- 5 crafty outside the box link-building tricks & tips
You probably know that most queries are in the long tail of search, but will you find most of your money in the short head of search? Whether in the head or tail, most queries are not commercial in nature. Bill tells us how we can still profit from informational and anti-commercial queries. Ever wonder about all the URL parameters Google uses? Joost de Valk compiled a nice list and put them all together in a PDF you can download.
- Managing The "Short Head" of Search
- Finding Customers Through Anti-Commercial Queries
- Google Search URL parameters cheat sheet
You do know it's not only about search engines don't you? Maki started a series on traffic building tips, which includes an introduction to defensible traffic and details on 10 ways to get that traffic. Image search spam certainly isn't defensible, but Loren Baker discovered it's being done. Stephan Spencer shares a nice secret about grouped Google results. It might not be as hard as you think to knock your competitors off the first page or get yourself on the first page of results. And Lee Odden reminds us that SEO is an ongoing practice.
- An Introduction to Defensible Traffic
- 10 Ways to Build Defensible Traffic for Your Website, Business or Blog
- Google Image Search Spamming in Action : Hawaii Pictures
- Deconstructing Grouped Google Results
- Advantages of Ongoing SEO Consulting
Business And Marketing
eBay made a lot of news this week. They're getting into the online classified market ala Craig's List, teaming up with Yahoo on a new toolbar, and working with Firefox on a new eBay Browser. A busy week week indeed and they didn't even need to fight with Google.
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- eBay Brings Classifieds Site Kijiji To The U.S.
- eBay's Kijiji Launches in the US, To Challenge Craigslist
- eBay and Yahoo! Join Forces via a new Toolbar
- eBay & Firefox Launch eBay Browser
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Aaron Wall tells us why it won't make a difference how good your content is if you don't have subscribers. It's all about brand and Aaron gives us another post on why it's better to be in some niche markets than others. Building a brand is one thing, managing it is another. E-consultancy has ten hints for managing your brand. Do you allow your users to review your products? You might want to. Greg Howlett points to a NetShops study, which showed a 26% increase in sales after implementing user reviews. I think the methodology of NetShops should be questioned a little, but Greg also provides some additional data that might convince you to add some reviews to your site.
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- How Likable is Your Niche? How Lovable is Your Brand?
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- User reviews increase sales by 26% at NetShops
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Not everything in search has to be so serious right? Danny Sullivan proves that while wondering which movie frat house each search engine is most like. Fraternity life makes for a nice lead in to a Penn State study that showed they way people viewed a search brand also influenced their opinions of the search results. Tamar has a follow up to the study including links to further discussion. Since Google has branded itself as search do Yahoo and Microsoft have any chance of catching up? Can a semantic search engine like Hakia really be a Google killer? Maybe the way to beat Google has less to do with search quality and more to do with damaging their brand over issues like privacy.
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- Brand Awareness in Search Study Finds Participants Favoring Well-Known Search Engines
- Can Yahoo & Microsoft Ever Catch Google?
- Hakia's Semantic Search : The Answer to Poor Keyword Based Relevancy
A couple of Googlers found their personal brands called into question this week, though I wonder if both of these stories have more to do with the number of people who want to see Google taken down a peg. I wonder how big a deal either of these issues really is or how many people would have noticed if not for the coverage.
First it was Lauren Turner on the new Health Advertising blog. Lauren wrote a post last Friday encouraging the health care industry to advertise with Google. Lauren pushed them improve their brand through the ads after Michael Moore's latest documentary, Sicko. Lauren followed up with a post stating the original post was her opinion and not Google's. Matt Cutts offered some advice to new new corporate bloggers and a host of others chimed in to mostly criticize Lauren. Pushing ads the way she did probably wasn't the brightest of ideas, but I say give her a break.
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- Does Search Disrupt the Business World?
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Later in the week it was Susan Wojcicki's turn. First was the USA Today article, which claimed she said she created AdSense, followed by Valleywags assertion that she most definitely did not. Did Susan say what USA Today reported? Did the paper get it wrong? Does it matter? I'd rather know how to make more money publishing the ads.
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- Did Wojcicki Create AdSense?
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Of course it wasn't just Googlers that were being criticized. Google the company took a few blows as well. Thomas Claburn called into question Google's battle against spam leading to a follow up by Matt Cutts. Last week's Forbe's article on negative seo was still being discussed and a new article from the Washington Post followed online reputation misfortunes.
- Is Google's Spam Fight a Sham?
- Comments on Thomas Claburn's piece
- Negative SEO is Possible, Yet Difficult, Says Matt Cutts
- Calling In Pros to Refine Your Google Image
- Reputation Management vs. Search Engine Sabotage
Google continues to have problems with the EU. There's Belgium and copyright issues and Germany and Gmail and one English company taking Google to court over libel concerns.
- Google appeals Belgian copyright law, talks ongoing
- Consumer group hits at Google $3bn move
- Google's Gmail Faces Another Legal Blow in Germany
- Google Targeted wtih Libel Claim in UK
The news isn't all bad for Google. They Acquired voice communications company GrandCentral and added a nice drag and drop feature to Maps that allows you to change driving directions while on the go. Commuters trying to avoid traffic or those who kind of know there's a better route will love the new drag and drop.
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- Google Purchases Web Phone Service
- It's a click & drag situation
- New Google Maps Drag and Drop Feature
- Google Patent Granted on Customizing Travel Directions
Yahoo introduced SmartAds which aims to let advertisers compile ads on the spot based on user demographics. Now you can see what personalized search is really all about. Knowing who we are lets search engines deliver ads targeted more specifically to us. I think I remember saying something like that when I talked about the dangers of personalized search and the seo implications of personalization way back when.
- Online Customized Ads Move a Step Closer
- Yahoo beefs up target advertising tools
- Yahoo launches customizable ad tool
- New SmartAds: The Future Of Graphical Advertising At Yahoo
The New York Times had a nice piece on Sunday about new Yahoo President Susan Decker. Will Yahoo begin taking more advantage of it's social properties? Bill takes a look at Flickr and a new application called ZoneTag, which will tag images you upload with your phone by your location. Bill grabbed a host of Flickr tagging info for the post. And it appears Yahoo is using social media to grab market share abroad.
- Can She Turn Yahoo Into, Well, Google?
- Exploring Yahoo's Photosharing Applications
- Yahoo Using Social Media to Enhance Market Share in Phillipines & Abroad
There wasn't a lot of MSN news this week or maybe not much that interested me. adCenter now has a new click quality report giving advertisers the ability to improve naturally enough the quality of clicks they get.
Another weekend has arrived and as usual here in Boulder it's sunny and hot. Very hot. Temperatures have been in the 90's or close to it much of the last few days and I think it's supposed to continue into the weekend. It kind of makes indoors with the AC a little more enticing, but I'm sure I'll find my way outside to play in the sun too. Have a good weekend wherever you are and whatever you do. Happy reading.
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High school football rewind: Putnam City rallies, edges Muskogee
Meeker improved to 5-4 with a 40-3 rout of Central Sallisaw in a nondistrict game. Quarterback Jake Stanlee accounted for four touchdowns.
Quarterback Grant Newton accounted for five touchdowns as top-ranked Kingfisher whipped Newcastle 49-0 in a District 3A-3 football game. Newton also ran for 89 yards for the Yellow Jackets, who are 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the league. Standout running back Landon Nault collected 171 yards and a touchdown over 18 carries. Newcastle dropped to 3-6 and 2-3.
*Jesse Gregory ran for 220 yards and four touchdowns on just six carries as Tuttle crushed Mount St. Mary, 56-19.
*Caleb Tony, Garrett Asher and Steven Thompson accounted for two touchdowns each as Carl Albert throttled Western Heights, 74-8.
*Hayden Somerville had three touchdown passes, and A.J. West added a pair of TD runs as Yukon blanked U.S. Grant 61-0 at Miller Pride Stadium. Yukon (4-5 overall, 4-2 District 6A-3) will play Putnam City North next week for the Nos. 3 and 4 playoff spots.
*Preston Walker threw for 327 yards and five touchdowns as Crescent beat Watonga, 47-13. Walker also ran for a touchdown as the Tigers improved to 8-1.
*Davenport, ranked No. 7 in Class B, coasted to a 46-0 mercy-rule victory over Strother. Matt Miller threw two touchdown passes, including one each to Kevin Thomas and K.C. Unk. Thomas added two TD runs as Davenport (7-2 overall, 6-2 District B-4) ended the game in the third quarter. Strother, which trailed 32-0 after the first quarter, fell to 1-8 and 0-8.
*Wyatt Robson and Mason Girdley accounted for six touchdowns as Class 4A's fourth-ranked Ada blistered visiting McLoud 40-14 at Norris Field. Robson passed for two touchdowns and ran for another. Girdley's touchdown runs covered 72, 55 and 76 yards. The Cougars remained unbeaten at 9-0 overall and 6-0 in District 4A-2. McLoud, which failed to score until the fourth quarter, dropped to 5-4 and 4-2.
*Casady recovered from a 14-point deficit in the first quarter and whipped Arlington Oakridge 35-21 in a Southwest Prep Conference game. Casady (4-5) answered with 21 points in the second quarter, including two touchdown passes from T'Quan Wallace.
How the state's No. 1-ranked teams fared on Friday night:
No. 1 Tulsa Union (7-2) defeated Tulsa Washington, 48-21
No. 1 Guthrie (8-1) lost to No. 3 Bishop McGuinness, 32-0
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