text:
Editor, Search Engine Watch
Copyright (c) 2007 Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC
In This Issue
+ Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events
+ Editors' Notes
+ Top Stories Since Our Last SE Update
- Organic Search
- Paid Search
- Link Issues
- Analytics & ROI
- Search Engines, Tools & Technology
- Vertical & Specialty Search
- Social Media
- In-house & Big Brand SEM
- SEM Industry Issues
+ Our Search Newsletters & Feeds
+ About The Newsletter
Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events
- SES New York: April 10-13, 2007
- SES China: May 25-26, 2007
- SES Italy: May 29-30, 2007
- SES Toronto: June 12-13, 2007
- SES Latino: Miami, Florida June 18-19, 2007
- SES San Jose: August 20-23, 2007
Editors' Notes
The biggest news we have to share in this issue is the launch of SEW Experts, our weekly advice and opinion columns by search marketing specialists. We've hand-selected search marketing experts based not only on their experience as well as a deep passion for their respective areas of expertise. More important, we look forward to sharing their unique perspectives and commentary on search related issues of interest to readers like you. There's something for everyone – from Web site owners, search marketers, in-house personnel to agency consultants.
Our columnists include several familiar faces from the Search Engine Strategies circuit: speakers Tony Wright, Chris Boggs, Jessica Bowman; frequent SEW contributors Eric Enge and Grant Crowell; as well as some fresh voices, including one columnist who masqueraded as LYCOS the Dog in a former life.
I'll leave it up to you to figure out who that may be.
Every day we'll publish a column on a different topic. Here's the scoop on the weekly schedule:
- Mondays:
Search Ads -- Everything you need to know about creating and maintaining successful paid search campaigns
- Tuesdays:
au Natural -- Organic search engine optimization and best practices.
- Alternating Tuesdays:
Little Biz -- Savvy search engine marketing skills for the smallest start-up.
Big Biz -- High level strategies and complex tactics for big brands and large enterprises.
- Wednesdays:
By the Numbers -- A hands-on approach to using Web analytics to measure success and improve ROI.
- Thursdays:
Link Love -- Advice for getting other sites to notice you, building popularity and traffic with linking efforts and social media optimization.
- Alternating Fridays:
In-House SEM -- Tackling the issues in-house search marketers face daily.
Outsourced -- The inside line on SEM agency issues.
- Rotating Day:
Vertical Search -- Each week, we'll cover a different specialty within search, including Multimedia, B2B, Travel, Local & others.
Events Notices
Next week, the editorial team descends on the New York Hilton in Manhattan for coverage of this major SES event, going on April 10-13th. Whether it's your first time attending or your umpteenth appearance, be sure to listen to a special SES Preview show, hosted by myself and Bruce Clay, airing Wednesday, April 4th at 1:00 p.m. EDT on www.WebmasterRadio.FM.
SEW Live! In the Buckeye State
As I mentioned last time, our next SEW Live! Networking event will be held in Columbus, Ohio, on May 9th. This informal, half day event is a terrific opportunity for interaction with search industry peers in the region, and highlights several topics featured at our larger conferences. Speakers scheduled to appear include locals Jennifer Laycock, Matt Bailey, Laura Thieme, Sage Lewis and Jeffrey Rohrs, with the complete agenda to be posted shortly on the event details page.
Since Our Last SE Update:
Below is a recap of major articles from our daily SearchDay newsletter and important Search Engine Watch Blog postings since the last newsletter. Want to receive these stories daily or via RSS/feed? See the Search Engine Watch Newsletters & Web Feeds page for sign-up instructions.
Organic Search
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Mar. 29, 2007--Google Wants Your SPAM Reports
Stefanie of the Google Search Quality Team in Dublin posted yesterday an Update on SPAM Reporting.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Slurp's Change of Address
Yahoo's web crawler, affectionately known as Yahoo Slurp, is moving. According to the Yahoo Search Blog, Slurp will move from its domain of inktomisearch.com to crawl.yahoo.net.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Practical tips about reputation management
Lee Odden provides several practical tips in an article entitled, "Online Reputation Management Basics," in WebProNews.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Neil Patel Teaches Jason Calacanis SEO
In response to Jason Calacanis's comments about SEO, Neil Patel has shown Calacanis that even basic SEO actions can improve your traffic.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Yahoo Directory Links Gone from Search Results
Yahoo has removed the "category" links, derived from the Yahoo Directory, from its previous position in its search results.
- --Mar. 23, 2007--Microsoft is Down, but Don't Count Them Out
Microsoft has clearly stumbled in implementing its search and online advertising strategies. They were late to the search game, depending on Overture and Inktomi for too long. They seem to have underestimated Google, and have been playing catch-up for the past couple of years. But should we count them out just yet?
- --Mar. 23, 2007--Remapping Dynamic URLs to Static URLs can Increase Traffic
Our second case study has been brought to us by PlumberSurplus.com. In this case study we explore what happens with all the URLs on a site are changed.
Paid Search
=== SearchDay: Mar. 22, 2007 ===
Yahoo Steps Up Click Fraud Efforts - Kevin Newcomb reports on a new VP-level focus and increased transparency mark Yahoo's commitment to fighting click fraud and addressing other marketplace quality issues.
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Microsoft Eyeing DoubleClick
According to Crain Business, Microsoft may be acquiring online ads serving platform DoubleClick."DoubleClick, which hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to work on a possible sale, according to The Wall Street Journal
- --Mar. 28, 2007--MySpace Making $30 Million Per Month From Advertising
Guess the monster AdSense partner for Google is MySpace. According to a report just released, they are making over $30 million a month in ad revenue - 30-40% of which should be AdSense.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Google Prepping BT Network?
Are Google's moves to expand its footprint into new areas a precursor to launching a behavioral targeting network?
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Judge Approves Yahoo Click Fraud Settlement
A judge has approved the proposed settlement reached nine months ago in a class action case brought against Yahoo by Checkmate Strategic Group in June 2005.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Panama Working Better Than Expected?
After Yahoo CEO Terry Semel crowed last week about the success of Panama, a Wall Street analyst now adds to Yahoo's merriment with news of even more success, according to paidContent.org.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Google Finds Less is More
In some cases, less is more. Google is finding that out in respect to the number of ads it shows on certain search results pages.
- --Mar. 23, 2007--Google's New Text Link Ads -- Hotornot?
As I was putting together the latest Search Engine Forums Spotlight, I came across some threads on various search marketing forums discussing Google's new pay-per-action ads.
- --Mar. 22, 2007--Dennis Mortensen in Podcast: Click Fraud is between 2% and 4%
Dennis Mortensen, COO of IndexTools, shares data from some of the larger agencies that IndexTools works with: agencies that spend millions of dollars on PPC marketing, it shows click fraud to be in the 2% to 4% range - a far cry from the 20% to 30% figures that we see in the news.
Linking Issues
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Mar. 29, 2007--Link Checking at Live Search Has Been Disabled
Webmasters observed earlier this week that the link: command at Live search was delivering either a blank page (my experience) or an error.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Reciprocal Lin king Should Still be a Component of Your Web Marketing Strategy
Is reciprocal linking dead? Of course not.
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Page Rank Obsession
We all want to measure the progress of our site(s) in as many ways as we can. This is why people obsess about things like Google Page Rank, Alexa rankings, and other things that really don't matter very much. And who can blame us? While these measurements are highly flawed, they are among the only external methods of measurement that we have available.
Analytics & ROI
=== SearchDay: Mar. 27, 2007 ===
Data Mining: The Heart of Analysis, Part 2 - John Tawadros of iProspect shares his thoughts on why it's important to remember that paid search not only influences other channels, but is influenced by other marketing channels as well.
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Bryan Eisenberg Talks about Persuasion Architecture
The latest in a series of interviews -- a discussion with Bryan Eisenberg of Future Now. Bryan is very well known in the web analytics world, and is the chairman of the Web Analytics Association, and the co-author of Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results and Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing.
- --Mar. 23, 2007--iCrossing Acquires Sharp Analytics
Sharp Analytics' proprietary, Web-based software, called SharpView, provides Fortune 500 marketers and their agencies a tool to integrate results from offline and online campaigns for advanced tracking, measuring and optimizing campaign ROI.
- --Mar. 21, 2007-- Page Rank Obsession
We all want to measure the progress of our site(s) in as many ways as we can. This is why people obsess about things like Google Page Rank, Alexa rankings, and other things that really don't matter very much. And who can blame us? While these measurements are highly flawed, they are among the only external methods of measurement that we have available.
Search Engines, Tools & Technology
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Apr. 3, 2007--fisssh!, a meta search engine, is launched
HGi Media Systems has announced the launch of fisssh!, a new meta search engine. fisssh! aggregates search results for queries across different types of search -- web, news, blogs, videos, podcasts, info, jobs, social and shopping.
- --Mar. 30, 2007--WebFetch, new meta search engine, launches in UK
In addition to web search results from Google, Yahoo Search, MSN Search, and Ask.com, WebFetch also offers image search, audio search, video search, news search, a business finder, and a people finder.
- --Mar. 29, 2007--NYT Reviews Google's Offline Media Efforts
The New York Times had a great piece on how Google is doing in their efforts in the offline media world, newspapers, radio etc.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Google?
Who's afraid of Google? Not Topix.net's Rich Skrenta, that's for sure. In his Skrentablog yesterday, he outlines 12 tips for up-and-coming search engines who want to take on Google.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Is Google Planning to Expand in Beantown?
It looks like Google's shopping around for space in Boston or nearby Cambridge, according to WebProNews, which spotted some want ads for account reps for its ad sales team.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Microsoft Search Share Troubles
Business Week Online just put out an article about the troubles that Microsoft is having in capturing search market share. According to the story, Microsoft had a search market share in February of 2005 of 14%.
- --Mar. 23, 2007--Google Blog Bar Proving Popular
Launched last week, the Google Blog Bar has proven popular and received quite a bit of feedback, according to the Google AJAX Search API Blog.
- --Mar. 22, 2007--SideStep and EveryClick Team Travel Searches, Charity Donations
SideStep.com just announced a partnership with EveryClick.com, a UK based search engine with social responsibility, giving 50% of gross revenues to charities.
- --Mar. 22, 2007--Microsoft Names New Search & Ads Lead
Microsoft has named a company insider to replace Christopher Payne, corporate VP of Windows Live Search, who decided to leave Microsoft earlier this month to start a new company.Satya Nadella, who's currently heading the Microsoft Dynamics team in the Microsoft Business Division, will move out of that role by mid-April. Nadella will lead a newly formed Search and Ad Platform Group within the Platform Services Division, reporting to Kevin Johnson.Previously, R&D for search and ad platforms were under separate groups, with Live Search residing in the Windows Live Services group.
- --Mar. 21, 2007--February Share of Search Numbers Are In
February share-of-searches numbers are in from comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings, with Google widening its lead over Yahoo once again, though the two had different findings for the direction of Yahoo's share. Microsoft came in third while losing share.According to Nielsen//NetRatings, 55.8% of searches were done on Google last month, a gain of 7.3 percentage points over last year. Meanwhile, comScore attributes 48.1% share to Google, a 5.9-point change from February 2006.For Yahoo, Nielsen//NetRatings pegs its share at 20.7%, a 1.8-point loss; while comScore shows 28.1%, a 0.6-point year-to-year gain.Microsoft comes in third, with 9.6% share, down 1.1 points, according to Nielsen//NetRatings; and 10.5% share according to comScore, a 2.9-point decline over February 2006.Ask maintains its position in fourth place, according to comScore, with 5.0% share, a 1.0-point decline. Nielsen//NetRatings has AOL in fourth, with 5.1% share of searches, with Ask at 2.0%
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Google Hires SideKick Team To Build GPhone
The G Phone is coming and it needs a sidekick.Okay that sentence was a little cheesy... apparently Google has hired the team that developed the T Mobile SideKick phone, according to an article in the Guardian."Google has made no secret of the potential it sees in letting people access the internet while on the move, but progress towards compelling and easy to use internet-enabled mobile phones has been slow./li>
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Google Wins in KinderStart Case
Google has come out on top in a case filed last year by KinderStart.com, in which the kid-friendly search engine and parental advice site accused Google of "downgrading its search-result ranking without reason or warning."The case was dismissed, according to technology law blogger Eric Goldman.
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Lycos Europe Rebranding As Jubii in US
Lycos has been a player on the web long before Google came along. The company's history almost mirrors the rollercoaster ride of the web itself.Now having lost the rights to its own name in the United States, Lycos Europe is rebranding itself as Jubii for the US market."
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Minus Expenses Yahoo, Google Ad Revenues Similar
While it is well known Google has higher search market share, recent analysis of profits show Yahoo's ad revenue is a lot closer than the market share would suggest.Jupiter Research blogger David Card reports thast Google has 17 percent of online ad revenue to Yahoo's 16 percent.These numbers are of what the comapny keeps after expenses.... could be the YouTube deal is holding down those numbers... or as some are suggesting Yahoo keeps more of the money - they pay less to their search partners... though from what I have seen Yahoo pays more, but has lower click through rates...
Vertical & Specialty Search
=== SearchDay: Mar. 29, 2007 ===
Is This the Year for Mobile Search? - Each year for the past three years, mobile search has been predicted to break out. It hasn't yet, but there are signs that 2007 could be the year those predictions finally come true.
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Apr. 2, 2007--ZoomInfo Retools Its Business Info Search
Business information search engine ZoomInfo has retooled its offering to create a single user interface for its various products.
- --Apr. 2, 2007--MSNBC takes on Yahoo News
Emily Steel of The Wall Street Journal Online reports that "MSNBC.com, the No. 2-ranked news Web site behind Yahoo News, is starting its first branding ad campaign this week."
- --Apr. 2, 2007--Rich Skrenta, Google, Vertical Search
Rich Skrenta, the CEO of Topix, recently offered up some thoughts about Strategies for Beating Google.
- --Mar. 31, 2007--No Action for Triple X
As widely reported, ICANN Board members rejected the application for a new .xxx top level domain yesterday.
- --Mar. 30, 2007--Yellowpages.com Launches Text-based Mobile Local Search
Similar to the Starbuck's SMS search tool that we wrote about a few weeks ago, Yellowpages.com today announced text-based local search tool for mobile devices.
- --Mar. 29, 2007--ZipLocal Brings Local Search 2.0 to Canada
We to talk to Elaine Kunda, CEO of Toronto based local search site ZipLocal, which launched earlier this week in beta form.
- --Mar. 29, 2007--YouTube Adds New Functionality for Categories
Andy Plesser at Beet.TV reports that You Tube last night introduced new functionality that will let users to organize clips around designated categories.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Local Video Advertising on the Move
After catching my breath after The Kelsey Group's Drilling Down on Local '07 conference (and catching up with other things), it's (finally) time to recap the biggest theme I took away from the show; local video advertising.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Online users finish more stories than print readers
According to the Poynter Institute's Eyetrack study released today at the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference, online readers finish news stories more often than those who read in print.
- --Mar. 28, 2007--Yahoo News Partners With Major Newspaper Publisher
The McClatchy Company, third largest newspaper publisher in the United States, will provide International news for the Yahoo News platform.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Sports Search Engine Even Has Gambling Info
2007 is definitely looking like the year of the vertical or niched search engine.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Baidu Launches Japanese Search Engine
Baidu, the Chinese search engine partially owned by Google, has launched Baidu.jp - a Japanese search engine.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Balihoo Demoing Advertising Industry Search Engine
Balihoo has announced that a demo of its advertising industry vertical search engine is now available.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Yahoo Launches Mobile Publishers Services
Yahoo announced it will be offering advertising through its newly formed Mobile Publishers Services.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--What Makes Us Search Online To Buy Offline?
Our online behaviors certainly influence the retail buying cycle. According to a recent National Retail Federation study, a whopping 93% of respondents spend time online first, including 35% who regularly research and another 58% who occasionally research online before buying in person.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--TV Guide Joins the Video Search Race
When I was growing up, almost every home had a TV Guide sitting on the top of the family TV. Now TV Guide is looking to be on every computer desktop with its own video search engine.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Idearc Launches TV Campaign
The local search space is heating up, and now one player is moving the fight to TV. Idearc Media, the owner of the Superpages online yellow pages business that spun-off from Verizon in the fall, is beginning a TV campaign to introduce the new brand
- --Mar. 22, 2007--IAC's Horan Shares Local Strategies
Peter Horan, CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp Media and Advertising, shared elements of IAC's local content strategy in his keynote address Wednesday at the Kelsey Group's Drilling Down on Local '07 event
- --Mar. 21, 2007--Extreme Vertical: SupplierSearch - a Furniture Search Engine
SupplierSearch is a furniture industry-specific search engine developed by Furniture Today and Kellysearch, the business-to-business search engine."It is always gratifying when two leading brands such as Furniture|Today and Kellysearch can work together on projects such as this one and, in the process, facilitate ways for Furniture/Today's readers to be more productive and more profitable," said Brian Gallagher, president of Kellysearch.
Social Media
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Apr. 2, 2007--Topix Relaunches as Citizen Journalism Site
Topix is repositioning and relaunching its local news aggregation site as a citizen journalism network. It's also dropped the ".net" and will begin branding itself using the newly acquired ".com" version of its name
- --Mar. 30, 2007--Voting Helps Dining Search, But Not Enough
Voting is one of the methods that we all accept for refining search results. While voting helps from a directional standpoint, results won't be perceived as accurate or relevant by everyone who sees them.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--The YouTube Video Contest – And the Winners Are . . .
The votes are in and counted for the first ever YouTube Video contest. The contest was designed to honor the best user-generated video of 2006.
- --Mar. 23, 2007--NewsCorp-NBC Deal Matters, But Not As Google-YouTube Killer
No one can argue that well-produced entertainment will draw an online crowd. If there's interesting product available online, then visitors or viewers will stream it...
- --Mar. 22, 2007--AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! Strike Deal for Video
News Corporation and NBC today announced the launch of an Internet video distribution network that will bring television content to the Internet within hours of its first time distribution. AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! will be the new site's initial distribution partners. It is also anticipated that the site will include consumer-generated video.
In-House & Big Brand SEM
=== SearchDay: Mar. 28, 2007 ===
Beware of In-House Communications Breakdowns - While you may think you're getting your search-related points across to programmers, sysadmins, and others, that's not always the case, says Duane Forrester.
SEM Industry Issues
=== SearchDay: Mar. 21, 2007 ===
First Principles in Search - Marchex's Matthew Berk explains his view of the first principles of search -- those that form a core set of working assumptions, hypotheses, and key beliefs about a single area of interest.
=========================== From the SEW Blog: ===========================
- --Apr. 2, 2007--Is Yahoo Underground an April Fool's Joke?
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch takes a look at Yahoo Underground, presented by Yahoo News. The site was launched on April 1, and Arrington speculates on whether or not it is an elaborate hoax.
- --Apr. 2, 2007--Search-Related April Fools' Round-Up
I've never been a fan of April Fools' jokes. Some people can pull them off and make them funny. Other people don't pick a topic that's obviously ridiculous, so it's hard to tell if it's a joke, and then it's not funny.
- --Apr. 2, 2007--Who's Buying DoubleClick?
Last week, Microsoft was the rumored acquirer of DoubleClick's remaining businesses, which include the DART ad serving system and Performics search and affiliate marketing platform.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Watch Bill Gates Fight Larry Page
Neil Patel has been busy recently. First he improves traffic for Jason Calacanis, now he launches a Search Engine SmackDown game where the bigs of search engines battle each other.
- --Mar. 27, 2007--Update with Rand Fishkin on SEOMoz's Paid Subscription Model
SEOmoz recently began offering a paid subscription model for value added content on their site.
- --Mar. 26, 2007--SES Munich Coverage Wrap-up
Search Engine Strategies Munich is underway, and not surprisingly, Barry Schwartz has it covered by live-bloggers at Search Engine Roundtable
- --Mar. 26, 2007--Kinetic Results Now Dexterity Media
Dallas-based search and social media marketing firm Kinetic Results has rebranded itself as Dexterity Media, and founding partner Kevin Ryan has left the company.
- --Mar. 21, 2007--SEMPO 2007 Officers Named
SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, has announced its 2007 officers, as chosen by its Board of Directors that were voted in last month. New SEMPO officers include: Chairperson: Gordon Hotchkiss, Enquiro (Chairperson since 2006) President: Jeffrey Pruitt, iCrossing (VP in 2006)Vice President: Dave Williams, 360i (Secretary in 2006)Treasurer: Dave Fall, DoubleClick (new to board in 2007)Secretary: Chris Boggs, Avenue A | Razorfish (board member since 2006)Former SEMPO president Dana Todd and secretary Sara Holoubek retain seats on the board, but will not serve as officers this year. Todd was elected president of the group in 2005, succeeding founding president Barb Coll. Holoubek had held her role for a one-year term.Back in January, Pruitt shared with us a look ahead at some of SEMPO's 2006 plans and goals.
Our Search Newsletters & Feeds
Get the latest news each day, throughout the day, alerts of new discussion threads from our Search Engine Watch Forums and more -- we have a newsletter or feed that covers all of these. See our Search Engine Newsletters & Web Feeds for a full rundown on everything we offer, as well as special buttons to let you subscribe via news readers such as Rojo, My MSN, Bloglines, Feedster, Newsgator, Pluck and My Yahoo. Thanks to FeedBurner for providing our feed tracking and management services!
About The Search Engine Update
The Search Engine Update is a twice-monthly update of search engine news. It is available only to Search Engine Watch members. Please note that long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers. Cut and paste, should this occur.
How do I unsubscribe?
+ Follow the instructions at the very end of this e-mail.
How do I subscribe?
+ The Search Engine Update is only available to paid members of the Search Engine Watch Website. If you are not a member and somehow are receiving a copy of the newsletter, learn how to become a member.
How do I see past issues?
+ Visit the Search Engine Update Archives.
How do I change my address?
+ Send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com
I need human help with my membership!
+ Send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com. DO NOT send messages regarding list management or membership issues directly to the authors.
I have feedback about an article!
+ I'd love to hear it. Use this form.


text:
Skip to navigation
Simply stated with bold text (and a bold red heart), this streamlined save-the-date sets a cool tone for your wedding.
$2 at
evapaul | Buy
All items in Wedding »
© Copyright 2004-2015 Staircase Ventures. All rights reserved. |
About |
Contact |
Powered by Ruby on Rails

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You are streaming Sabrina De Paula Laura Ferraz porn video from Xhamster sex channel. Free Sabrina De Paula Laura Ferraz sex movie was added from BestPornLink together with more porno videos. Find more shemales porn on our biggest collection of free sex videos. Well organized porno movies are updated daily.
670 views


text:
You and other workers are responsible for good housekeeping on the work site. Proper materials handling and good storage are all part of good housekeeping.
Be sure that you and your co-workers keep up safety efforts in all these worksite duties. It will make loading and lifting procedures that much easier to complete safely.
When a large construction project starts up, there can be a tremendous number of deliveries.
You and your co-workers need to know proper procedures for loading and unloading, as well as basic materials handling practices.
Take time to learn more about safety precautions in these areas.
Accidents can and do happen in loading and lifting operations. Study these examples and watch for them at your worksite so they can be avoided:
All these hazards are controllable with proper procedures and handling.
One frequent danger is that of a truck rolling backwards. Make sure that truck brakes are set and the wheels are chocked (blocked) when loading or unloading. Semi-trailers should have fixed jacks installed to prevent upending.
Before manual lifting is done by a worker, an employer must perform a hazard assessment that considers the weight, size, shape of the load and the number of time a and the manner in which the load will be moved.
A lot of unloading problems can be eliminated by having a plan. For example, your purchase orders for each shipment should tell the shipper what the packing order is, so that the things to be unloaded last at your end will be loaded on the truck first. It will make your job easier during unloading.
Other questions to consider when making your plans:
You must use extreme caution when working near or operating truck mounted cranes. You must watch overhead for power lines and other obstructions at all times.
The vehicle must be well blocked and on a level, stable surface that can support the weight of both truck and load.
Take care to plan each lift. Though each lift may be loading an identical size of material, the crane may be placing the item in a different spot each time - if one lift requires extending the crane to maximum reach, make sure safe operating charts are consulted.
When cranes are used to lift pallets make sure that the materials are well stacked, tied and secure. Ensure that workers are not below the lift area and cannot be struck by falling objects.
Whether it is a truck mounted crane or a forklift in use, the area must be clear of obstructions and unnecessary workers.
Forklifts are commonly used for loading and lifting. As an operator, make sure you:
At home, the chances are quite good that you will be involved in regular lifting and loading activities.
Teach your family the best way to handle each load. Complete each job using efficient methods while taking your time. If the job is too big for you alone, plan ahead and get some help from family or friends.
When you're in motion on the job, take care to avoid hazards and you don't test yourself beyond your strength limits.
For more information, refer to current applicable Occupational Health and Safety Legislation.


text:
Wheldon Wins Second Indy 500 After Last-Corner Crash by Leader
Dan Wheldon won the 100th anniversary edition of IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 for the second time after rookie J.R. Hildebrand struck a wall on the final corner while leading.
Wheldon, a Briton in his first drive of the year who also won the race in 2005, collected the Borg-Warner trophy after completing 200 laps in two hours, 56 minutes, 11 seconds yesterday. Hildebrand's battered Panther Racing car skidded across the line in second place, 2.1 seconds later.
"As soon as I knew it wasn't serious, there was a little smile on my face," Wheldon, 32, told reporters. "From that point, it was just making sure I didn't do anything silly."
Hildebrand, 23, looked set to become the ninth rookie champion when he passed two-time winner Dario Franchitti on lap 196 and took the lead seconds later after Bernard Baguette made a pit stop. Hildebrand ran too wide on the final corner and struck the wall, allowing Wheldon to take the checkered flag.
"My disappointment is for the team," Hildebrand said. "We should have won."
Wheldon, driving for Bryan Herta Autosport, never led until he entered the final straight, becoming the first driver to win the race having been in front for fewer than two laps. He won with an average speed of 170.3 miles per hour (274 kph). There were 23 lead changes, 10 different leaders and 40 caution laps.
Graham Rahal, the son of 1986 winner Bobby Rahal, finished third, 5.6 seconds behind Wheldon. Tony Kanaan was fourth, followed by Scott Dixon.
Inaugural Race
Ray Harroun won the inaugural Indy 500 in 1911 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which opened two years earlier in Speedway, Indiana. This year's edition of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" was the 95th.
Each of the 33 open-wheel cars that began the 500-mile race around the 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) circuit known as the Brickyard were powered by a Honda Motor Co. 3.5-liter, 635-horsepower V-8 engine.
The race featured four women. American Danica Patrick, who was fourth in her 2005 debut, finished 10th. She led for 10 laps before being passed by Baguette with 11 laps remaining. It was Patrick's seventh appearance in the race.
Pippa Mann, a 27-year-old Briton, was 20th, one place ahead of Ana Beatriz of Brazil, while Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland finished 10 places further back.
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to compete in the race, in 1977.
Three-Time Champ
Helio Castroneves, the 2009 champion from Brazil who was seeking a record-tying fourth win and to become the first overseas racer to claim a quartet of victories, finished 17th.
Alex Tagliani, the first Canadian to win pole position, withdrew with broken front-wheel struts after he hit the outside wall on lap 148.
In addition to Wheldon, Franchitti and Castroneves, the grid featured former winners Dixon (2008) and Buddy Rice (2004), who was 18th.
The total purse for the race depends on attendance, which can be as many as 400,000 fans. Franchitti last year earned a record $2.75 million from the $13.6 million payout.


text:
Friday, November 27, 2015
13 Animators, 12 VFX Artists Invited to Join AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 13 animators, 12 visual effects artists and a total of 178 filmmakers and film industry executives to join its ranks. Animators ... Continue Reading →
Rule Revisions Affect Animation, VFX Oscar Noms
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revised its rules for animated features, visual effects and best picture for the 84th annual Oscars ceremony. In the animated feature ... Continue Reading →
'Toy Story 3′ Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar; 'Lost Thing' Wins Short
Toy Story 3 won the Best Animated Feature at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. Lee Unkrich accepted the award, thanking John Lasseter, Steve Jobs and the film's producer, Darla ... Continue Reading →
Oscar-Nominated Shorts Coming to Theaters, iTunes, Movies On Demand
The annual announcement of the Oscar nominations usually sends movie fans rushing off to the theaters to see films they may have missed. And once again, Shorts International and Magnolia ... Continue Reading →
Filmmakers React to Oscar Nominations
It's always a good day when it starts off with being nominated for an Academy Award. Here's what the filmmakers nominated for the best animated feature Oscar had to say ... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominates 'Toy Story 3,' 'How to Train Your Dragon,' 'Illusionist' for Animated Picture
The nominees for the 83rd annual Oscars were announced Tuesday morning, with the best animated feature race falling to How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist and Toy Story 3. Disney-Pixar's ... Continue Reading →
Animated People: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, co-directors of 'The Gruffalo'
This month, we catch up with the talanted team of Jakob Schuh and Max Lang who co-directed the acclaimed Studio Soi/BBC animated special The Gruffalo, which as received numerous awards ... Continue Reading →
Academy Advances 7 in VFX Oscar Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films that remain in the race for the best visual effects Oscar. They are: Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter ... Continue Reading →
VES Finds New Feb. 1 Spot on Awards Calendar
There's been a minor adjustment in the holiday awards schedule, with the 9th annual VES Awards moving dates and locations to now appear Feb. 1 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The ... Continue Reading →
Songs From Eight Animated Films Make Oscar Short List
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has declared 41 songs are in contention for the Original Song Oscar, including several from animated and VFX-driven pics. Included ... Continue Reading →


text:
Click to zoom
Fine Knit Two Tone Roll Neck
- Details
- Shipping & Returns
Composition:70% Cashmere, 30% Silk
Lightweight sweater
Lightweight sweater
We offer a shipping service with approximately 2-3 weeks delivery for any address.
Send your returns with a shipping service of your choice; the shipping cost is at your expense. Remember that the package must reach our warehouse within 30 days of delivery. You can find more information in the section Returns and Refunds.
Choose color
Select size
The size shown for this item is the size indicated by the designer on the label.
The photo shows the item in


text:
Fell into tea years ago, and for a while my palette was limited to just Japanese greens and a few flavored teas. My tea epiphany came a couple of years ago when I discovered Taiwanese oolongs. That was the gateway drug leading to my tea and teaware collecting addiction.
I mostly drink straight teas however there are a handful of flavored teas that I can't go without. I'm on an oolong kick these days but will always have a soft spot for green tea. Love fresh green and floral flavors. Also beginning to explore white tea, flowering teas, and herbals. Still have not acquired a taste for blacks and pu'erhs.
Other non-tea interests include: cooking and being a foodie, geekery, reading, traveling when I can, alternative medicine, nature, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.


text:
West Manchester Township Police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store at knifepoint.
The man entered the Rutter's Farm Store at 2345 Carlisle Road about 2:15 p.m. Nov. 2 and pulled a knife with a four- or five-inch blade on a clerk before reaching over the counter and emptying cash from the register, according to police.
The man fled on foot and was last seen heading toward Church Road, police said.
No one was injured during the robbery.
Police describe the robber as a 5-foot-8 white man who was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt with the hood over his head, jeans, round glasses and white and black sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 792-9514.


text:
- Filed Under
Brooklyn-based Kane Mathis will open Lawrence University's six-part World Music Series with an 8 p.m. performance Wednesday on the 21-string Mandinka harp and the Turkish oud in Harper Hall. The concert is free.
Specializing in contemporary and traditional music of West Africa and the Middle East, Mathis has been traveling to The Gambia in West Africa to study since 1997. His interpretations of traditional music have earned him recognition from the Gambian president, the minister of culture and national television and radio of The Gambia.
UWFV to host education fair
The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley will host the Wisconsin Education Fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the campus fieldhouse, 1478 Midway Road, Menasha. Representatives from nearly 100 colleges, universities, professional schools and the military are expected to be in attendance.
The WEF program provides prospective students and parents the opportunity to browse freely and meet with professional staff members from approximately 100 postsecondary institutions in one central location.
Those attending should make sure to register at www.gotocollegefairs.com before coming to the event.
For more information, contact Tammy Brunette, senior student affairs adviser, 920-832-2620, email email@example.com or visit http://www.wefs.org/.
FVTC announces women's volleyball team
Fox Valley Technical College announced its 2013 competitive women's volleyball team, which competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association. This year's student athletes are: Sabrina Depies, Cedar Grove; Margo Diedrich, Hortonville; Kira Ellestad and Tiffany Whitty, both Oshkosh; Phanyia Lo and Kelli Parrish, both Appleton; Julia Peters, Fond du Lac, and Brooke Wargula, Neshkoro.
Visit www.fvtc.edu/studentlife to view the team's schedule.
Career Fair on the Fox set for Tuesday
The annual Fox Valley Technical College and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Career Fair on the Fox is set for 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Kolf Sports Center in Oshkosh.
The free event will include the participation of more than 100 regional employers looking to fill full-time, part-time, seasonal and internship positions. Appropriate attire is expected. The fair also will include educational information and a shuttle service to and from FVTC's Grand Chute campus. For more information, call 920-993-5224 or visit www.fvtc.edu/cfof for more information on the shuttle service.
Annual candlelight vigil set at FVTC
The student Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Club at Fox Valley Technical College will host the fourth annual candlelight vigil from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the college's D.J. Bordini Center, 5 Systems Drive, Appleton.
The free event provides an opportunity for community members to honor loved ones and friends who have lost their lives due to substance use and to celebrate recovery. The vigil provides a supportive setting on the college's campus for a celebration of reflection.
For more information, call 920-735-4779.


text:
Cipro order, Les and Elana were such a sweet couple. Something I noticed is that they went to each table and greeted every guest, cipro with food. Cipro effectiveness, They made sure to make every person welcomed and appreciated for coming. Not every couple does this and I think it says a lot about how they value the people in their life, buy cipro without prescription. Cipro forms, Both families were there supporting and encouraging the couple and had a wonderful time celebrating this new union.
Darryl Wiseman was the mastermind behind the florals, The Four Seasons hosted the event, catered and made the cake, Peachtree Christian Church was where the ceremony took place.
Enjoy the images from the day.
The programs to give you a hint of the wedding colors, cipro order. So calming, cipro for std. Pdr cipro,
The very excited bride.
Her twin sisters, cipro enterococcus, Cipro no prescription, Meg and Wendy, helping her to her portraits, cipro epididymitis. Cifran 500,
Beautiful bride.
Time to get married, cyprio bioforce 500. Cipro xr 500mg,
The twins.
Newly weds, cipro std. Order cipro online,
Elana's father and brother restored this 1930 Model A Ford car in less than a year for the grand exit. They were even finishing the details just the day before, cipro order. They did a wonderful job in the resemblance to the Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, cipro used for. Cipro hc otic,
More wonderful details by Darryl Wiseman.
First dance.
Love this moment, cipro for skin infections. Ciplox 250,
Another 6 of Four exit.
. Cipro milk. Cipro website. Cipro 250mg.
Similar posts: Where can i buy amoxicillin. Cipro online. 500 mg cipro. Ciprofloxacin 500mg. Amoxicillin clavulanic. Syphilis amoxicillin. Amoxicillin solubility. Clarithromycin amoxicillin. Amoxicillin hives. Amoxicillin ear infections.
Trackbacks from: Cipro order. Cipro order. Cipro order. Cipro order. Cipro order. Cipro xr 500mg. Flagyl er online. Cipro problems. Cipro itching. Buy amoxicillin online without prescription.


text:
Comfortable and durable Ovation® Crochet Back Riding Gloves with VELCRO® brand wrist closures keep your hands cool in summer. Pigskin on the palm and fingers of these riding gloves provides grip and long wear.
A traditional style for summer riding, Ovation® Crochet Back Gloves are a great choice with breathable knit backs and pigskin palms.
The Noble Outfitters™ Perfect Fit Glove is lightweight and comfortable with its breathable, stretch jersey back and flexible SureGrip™ synthetic suede palm. This riding glove stands up to wear with double-stitched critical seams and reinforced rein friction points. It works with touch screens, so you won't have to take off your gloves to answer your smartphone!
The Noble Outfitters™ Perfect Fit™ 3 Season Glove won't make you choose between warmth and feel. Water-resistant, this warm riding glove has enough stretch for flexibility and a SureGrip™ synthetic palm for a firm hold on the reins.
Whoa to cold fingers! This Kerrits® Circuit Fleece Glove makes a great cold weather riding glove with a slim fit that won't interfere with your hold on the reins. This insulated fleece glove is a beautiful match with the Kerrits Circuit Fleece Half-Zip for a coordinated look.
The Noble Outfitters™ Perfect Fit Cool Mesh Glove keeps your hands comfortable in hot weather. This breathable, summer riding glove has a mesh back and a grippy palm with grippy rein contact points.
The Noble Outfitters™ Outrider Glove is designed to suit the multi-tasking horseperson. This glove is flexible enough to offer the fine touch for riding, yet strong enough to stand up to barn chores. This hard-working, touch screen-friendly equestrian glove pairs breathable textured stretch knit with reinforced synthetic suede.
SSG® Lycrochet Horseshoe Back Riding Gloves offer breathable comfort and grip that's perfect for warm weather. These classically-styled summer riding gloves feature pigskin palms and fingers with crochet backs for ventilation.
The SSG® Lycrochet Ultraflex Glove features cool-wearing Lycrochet. The glove has pigskin palm and finger reinforcements to help improve durability and grip. Hook-and-loop wrist closure adjusts for a snug fit.


text:
Browse more:
James Gurney, answers the questions that realist painters continually ask by drawing on his experience as a plein air painter and science illustrator to share a wealth of information about the realist painter's most fundamental tools — color and light. Paperback. 224 pages.
® Dinotopia is a registered trademark.


text:
First Listen: Bang & Olufsen wireless BeoLab speaker system
updated 12:35 pm EDT, Tue October 29, 2013
Series branded as Immaculate Wireless Sound
Bang & Olufsen has introduced its first wireless speakers, taking advantage of the 24bit/96kHz WiSA standard. The lineup can be used as separate modular components, or as a complete set comprising the compact BeoLab 17 bookshelf speakers, the BeoLab 18 floorstanding columns, and the BeoLab 19 subwoofer. Electronista attended the company's Manhattan launch event to hear if the new set fulfills its promise of "Immaculate Wireless Sound."
The BeoLab 17s are similar to many bookshelf speakers, however their asymmetrical triangular shape is designed to provide a variety of placement options. We were surprised by the robust sound produced by its six-inch midrange/woofer, which is driven by a 160-watt integrated amplifier.
The BeoLab 18s represent the company's aesthetic flagship, building upon the iconic pencil-shaped BeoLab 8000 design that was first introduced in 1992. The black mesh grill has been swapped for 21 vertical lamellas made of oak or synthetic materials, while an acoustic-lens tweeter adorns the top. As expected, the 18s represent a step up from the 17s in terms of style and audio quality. The acoustic lens helped us maintain a well-balanced listening experience while far away from the "sweet spot," in a room that didn't seem particularly well suited for demonstrating high-end audio gear.
Although the 17 and 18 were able to be pushed to surprisingly high volume without distortion, size does matter when filling out the low end. The BeoLab 19 is an interesting dodecahedron shape, featuring dual woofers and an aluminum shell inspired by jet engines. The system certainly sounded better with the subwoofer helping out, though it was difficult to gauge if the shape actually contributes greatly to the sound presentation or just makes the unit look good on top of a shelf.
We walked away with a great first impression of the wireless BeoLab system. As active speakers, the existing BeoLab lineup already aimed for simplicity. Removing the wires serves as a logical extension of that concept, and the new speakers are certainly the best wireless speakers we've ever listened to. The series does not represent a replacement for extreme audiophile gear or analog equipment, but that is not what Bang & Olufsen is attempting to accomplish. Rather, for those the speakers are a great balance between audio quality, aesthetic design and ease-of-use.
The new BeoLab 17 and 18 carry respective prices of $3,990 and $6,590, while the subwoofer will fetch $3,395. All of the speakers are expected to ship in November.


text:
0 comments
by Shirley Bovshow "Eden Maker"+ — October 30, 2012
De Wit hand tools for EdenMaker-Hand-Tools
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts and giveaways by email.
Join 274 other subscribers
Email Address
Bio: "EdenMaker" and "Foodie Gardener" are my online monikers because I design landscapes and edible gardens. I've got lots of kids, lots of dogs and one husband! My passion is design, growing food, and of course, eating! Catch me on the Home & Family show on Hallmark channel as the garden lifestyle expert.
Enjoy my videos and please visit my other blog at FoodieGardener.com
Copyright 2015 — Eden Makers Blog by Shirley Bovshow


text: Judge rejects lawsuit challenging Seattle arena deal Share this story email Share this story «Previous 18 of 19 Photos Next » Read the story « » Seattle Arena Lawsuit Basketball Longshore Union workers' attorney Peter Goldman moves an exhibit into place during a hearing in King County Superior Court Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Seattle. Efforts to bring the NBA back to Seattle faced a hurdle Friday as a King County Superior Court judge considered a lawsuit by Longshore Union workers aiming to block a new arena from being built in the commerce-heavy SoDo neighborhood. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)


text:
GOT Toyota, Glendale Or Tustin Toyota in the Tustin Auto Center, your LA-Orange County Toyota Connection
Hear us on 102.7 KIIS-FM with Ellen K & Sisanie, and on 104.3 MY-FM with Mario Lopez! Tustin Toyota is off the 5 Freeway at Tustin Ranch Rd. in the Tustin Auto Center, and Toyota of Glendale is off the 5 Freeway on the Brand Boulevard of Cars .•2 tickets to Universal Studios


text:
White Sand Beach Restaurant & Bungalow
If you're looking to be a beach bum
What we say:
Set amidst a dazzling white sand beach near the point of Cape Pakarang, White Sand offers plain but comfortable concrete and wood bungalows to go with a great beachside restaurant and one of the best beach bum atmospheres in the area. All bungalows come with air-con and large front porches with furniture, and are simply furnished with basic hot water bathrooms, a couple of cheap chairs and some very comfortable beds with mosquito nets. Larger rooms have couches and more space. There's no TVs, WiFi is only available in the restaurant area, and the bungalows don't face the sea, but this is more of a place to sleep in your room and spend the rest of your time in a hammock on the beach or in the water. It's not an upscale resort and there are no swimming pools or fitness centres, but they nail the lazy beach vibes and it actually feels like you're on a small island — think Bob Marley songs, plenty of palm trees, an open air bamboo cocktail bar, a few beach dogs lounging around, and do it all staff serving drinks to guests while rocking in raggity tank tops and swim trunks. It's an isolated spot so most who stay here don't stray too far, and although the rooms are perhaps slightly overpriced, they make up for it with the atmosphere.
Make a reservation online now
Contact details:28/2 Moo 2 Khuk Khak. T: (076) 487 580, (081) 895 0380
Email them at: firstname.lastname@example.com
What we were quoted
|Type of room
|Low season
|High season
|Deluxe bungalow
|1,000 baht
|2,000 baht
|Larger bungalow
|Bungalow air-con private b'room
|800 baht
|1,500 baht
Added to Travelfish on: 23rd July, 2012
Last visited or updated on: 23rd July, 2012
Photo gallery
Jump to a destination
- Hot spots
- Bangkok, Amphawa & Ayutthaya
- Kanchanaburi & Central Thailand
- Chiang Mai & Northern Thailand
- About this region
- Ban Huay Kon
- Ban Toei
- Bo Kluea
- Chiang Dao
- Chiang Khong
- Chiang Mai
- Chiang Rai
- Chiang Saen
- Doi Inthanon
- Doi Khun Tan N.P.
- Doi Phukha N.P.
- Fang
- Hot
- Kamphaeng Phet
- Khun Yuam
- Lampang
- Lamphun
- Mae Hong Son
- Mae Salong
- Mae Sariang
- Mae Sot
- Mae Sai
- Mae Wang
- Nan
- Nan to Ban Huay Kon
- Pai
- Phayao
- Phitsanulok
- Phrae
- Phrao
- Phu Chee Fah
- Phu Lang Ka
- Si Satchanalai
- Soppong
- Sop Ruak
- Sukhothai
- Tak
- Tha Ton
- Umphang
- Wiang Haeng
- Khorat, Nong Khai & the Northeast
- Ko Chang, Ko Samet & East Thailand
- South: Krabi, Khao Sok & more
- About this region
- Ao Nang
- Ao Phang Nga N.M.P.
- Ban Krut
- Bang Saphan Yai
- Betong
- Cha-am
- Chumphon
- Hat Yai
- Hua Hin
- Khao Lak
- Khao Sam Roi Yot N.P.
- Khao Sok N.P.
- Khuraburi
- Krabi
- Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Nakhon Si Thammarat Beaches
- Narathiwat
- Pattani
- Phang Nga Town
- Phattalung
- Phetburi
- Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Railay Beach
- Ranong
- Satun
- Sungai Kolok
- Surat Thani
- Tak Bai
- Takua Pa
- Trang
- Yala
- All Thailand's islands
- About the islands
- Coral and Raya Islands
- Ko Adang
- Ko Bulon Lae
- Ko Chang
- Ko Chang Noi
- Ko Jum
- Ko Kham
- Ko Kho Khao
- Ko Kradan
- Ko Kut
- Ko Lanta
- Ko Lao Liang
- Ko Libong
- Ko Lipe
- Ko Maak
- Ko Muk
- Ko Mun Nork
- Ko Ngai
- Ko Pha Ngan
- Ko Phayam
- Ko Phi Phi
- Ko Phra Thong
- Ko Ra
- Ko Rok
- Ko Rawi
- Ko Samet
- Ko Samui
- Ko Si Boya
- Ko Si Chang
- Similan islands
- Ko Sukorn
- Ko Surin
- Ko Tao
- Ko Tarutao
- Ko Wai
- Ko Yao Noi
- Ko Yao Yai
- Phuket
All accommodation in Khao Lak
Tara Resort
Lake View Bungalows
Khao Lak Green Beach Resort
The Sarojin
Baan Noen Thong
Walkers Inn
Khao Lak Golden Place
Thup Thong Guest House & Bungalows
Sandy House
Chong Fah Resort
The Shambhala Resort
Khao Lak Seaview Resort
Banana Bungalows
Khaolak Paradise Resort
Khao Lak Palm Beach Resort
Nang Thong Bay Resort
Nanta Guesthouse
Takolaburi Cultural Resort
Riverside Guesthouse
Araya Villas
Amnat's place
Pakarang Bungalows
Khaolak Merlin Resort
Seaweed Hostel
Khao Lak Seafood Family House
Srichada Motel
Jai Restaurant and Bungalows
The above hotels and guesthouses are the most popular places in Khao Lak that people are reading about on Travelfish.org.
See our summary page for all places to stay in Khao Lak
Onward travel
Takua Pa
Ko Kho Khao
Khao Sok National Park
Phang Nga Town
Ko Phra Thong
Ao Phang Nga National Marine Park
Ko Ra
Similan Islands
The above are all within 200km of Khao Lak.


text:
|Isotachophoresis with ionic spacer and two-stage separation for high sensitivity DNA hybridization assay.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23615527 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|We present an on-chip electrophoretic assay for rapid and high sensitivity nucleic acid (NA) detection. The assay uses isotachophoresis (ITP) to enhance NA hybridization and an ionic spacer molecule to subsequently separate reaction products. In the first stage, the probe and target focus and mix rapidly in free solution under ITP. The reaction mixture then enters a region containing a sieving matrix, which allows the spacer ion to overtake and separate the slower probe-target complex from free, unhybridized probes. This results in the formation of two focused ITP peaks corresponding to probe and probe-target complex signals. For a 149 nt DNA target, we achieve a 220 fM limit of detection (LOD) within 10 min, with a 3.5 decade dynamic range. This LOD constitutes a 12× improvement over previous ITP-based hybridization assays. The technique offers an alternative to traditional DNA hybridization assays, and can be multiplexed and extended to detect other biomolecules.
|Charbel Eid; Giancarlo Garcia-Schwarz; Juan G Santiago
Related Documents :
|23880107 - Amperometric aptasensor for thrombin detection using enzyme-mediated direct electrochem...
2116567 - Distribution of gonococcal lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes among strains of neiss...
3801967 - A general method for identifying correct solutions in the quantitative analysis of gene...
10421097 - Detection and localization of mycoplasma hyopneumoniae dna in lungs from naturally infe...
8825737 - Calculation of hydroxyl radical attack on different forms of dna.
23880107 - Amperometric aptasensor for thrombin detection using enzyme-mediated direct electrochem...
Publication Detail:
|Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-4-25
Journal Detail:
|Title: The Analyst Volume: - ISSN: 1364-5528 ISO Abbreviation: Analyst Publication Date: 2013 Apr
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2013-4-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
Medline Journal Info:
|Nlm Unique ID: 0372652 Medline TA: Analyst Country: -
Other Details:
|Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: -
|Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 440 Escondido Mall, Bldg 530, room 225, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. firstname.lastname@example.com.
Export Citation:
|APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex
|MeSH Terms
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Bioactive lipids S1P and C1P are prometastatic factors in human rhabdomyosarcoma, and their tissue l...
Next Document: Oral Tacrolimus for the Treatment of Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Biologic Era.


text:
To make reservations by phone, dial freephone 0800 221 222 in the UK, 1 800 409 929 in Ireland, or view our regional telephone reservation numbers.
Welcome to the Residence Inn by Marriott Bellevue Downtown, located next to a nature preserve and only minutes from the Meydenbauer Convention Center, Bellevue Square, and the Bravern. We are only a quick, complimentary shuttle ride from all the attractions and dining Bellevue has to offer.
Enjoy our spacious lobby which provides an ideal environment to stay productive with complimentary wireless Internet and flexible seating for large groups.
Studio Suite
Studio Suites feature an open floor plan with a fully equipped kitchen, dining table, living room area with a sleeper sofa, work desk with wired and wireless Internet, king size bed and bath.
Two-Bedroom Suite
Two-Bedroom Suites feature a king and queen size bed with two bedrooms and bathrooms, a fully-equipped kitchen, dining table, work desk with wired and wireless Internet and living room area with a sleeper sofa.
Two-Bedroom Suite Fully Equipped Kitchen
Make yourself at home in our fully equipped kitchens with induction units in all guest rooms and ovens in our two bedroom suites. For your convenience, cookware, including pots, pans and settings for four are included.
Meydenbauer Convention Center
Fresh from its 1.92 million dollar renovation in 2007, the 36,000 square foot Meydenbauer Convention Center is ready to serve. More than just a convention center, the Meydenbauer, two blocks from our hotel, also hosts a live theatre featuring plays, ballet, opera and the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra.
Bellevue Arts Museum
Just two miles and minutes from our hotel, and right across the street from Bellevue Square Mall, is the newly reopened Bellevue Arts Museum. Known far and wide for its rotating exhibitions focusing on crafts and design, the museum had much to do with the transformation of downtown Bellevue into a sophisticated city with many cultural attractions.
Mount Rainier
The majestic Mount Rainier watches over pleasure boats on Puget Sound. Photo: Tim Thompson.
Pikes Place Market
The Public Market sign hovers over the Pike Place Market, with Elliott Bay, Puget Sound and West Seattle in the background. Photo: Tim Thompson
Qwest & Safeco Fields
Qwest & Safeco Fields are home to the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners. Photo: Tim Thompson
Seattle Skyline
Seattle's lively and dynamic waterfront offers sightseeing, dining and shopping galore. Photo: Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau
Seattle Space Needle
At 605 feet, the Seattle Space Needle towers over the Experience Music Project on the Seattle Center grounds. Photo: Tim Thompson
Miller Boardroom
The Miller Boardroom features ideal space for corporate meetings featuring seating for 12, a 60-inch flat-screen LCD panel, leather blotter pads, high-speed wireless Internet access, clerestory windows for natural light, audiovisual equipment, overnight delivery and much more.


text:
Dana Bash, CNN's senior congressional correspondent tweets, "sad news this early morning. Senator Robert C Byrd, titan of the US Senate, has died at age 92."
MSNBC is also reporting Byrd's death:
Byrd, 92, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1952 and served six years there before moving to the U.S. Senate.
In November, Byrd broke the record for congressional service that had been set by Democrat Carl Hayden of Arizona, who served in the House and Senate from 1912 to 1969.
Byrd has been in frail health in recent years and was hospitalized three times in 2009. He has been confined to a wheelchair, but was present and voted "yes" for final Senate passage of the health care reform bill in March.


text:
The South Carolina LowCountry
The Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Okatie Guides
Okatie is located in the South Carolina LowCountry in Beaufort County. Okatie is a large area located between the greater Bluffton area, Hardeeville and Sun City Hilton Head on Route 278 and Beaufort, SC on Route 170. Okatie has been around for many years and is currently undergoing tremendous development such as housing, hotels, motels, stores and golf courses. It is a 10 minute drive to the Shopping centers in Greater Bluffton and a 20 minute drive to the fabulous 12 miles of Atlantic Ocean beach on Hilton Head Island. Historic Beaufort is only 15 minutes to the north and it is a 30 minute drive south to Savannah, Georgia. 12 minutes to the west is I-95 and Hardeeville. As you can see, Okatie (pronounced O' Ka Tee - not O' Katy) is in the middle of everything.
This Web Site Guide along with our numerous other Web Site Guides are your complete source for information about our area, whether you are considering a Vacation with your Family, considering a permanent move to the South Carolina LowCountry or you are already a permanent resident. We are currently updating many of our Category Web Pages and will soon have them up to date and fully operational. However, the listings below are ready now for you to view by clicking on them.
We are currently updating our Web Pages on Where to: Shop, Stay, Play Golf & Tennis, Rent Bicycles and Participate in Water Activities. Also being updated are our Schools and Places of Worship along with current Emergency and Medical Information.
Click HERE to visit our Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Vacation/Information Guides
Click HERE to visit our Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Real Estate Company & Realtor Guides
Click HERE to visit our Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Restaurants Guides


text:
When Party Down was canceled last year, it sent shock waves down the spines of fans of Funny Ass TV everywhere. It was the funniest show on the tube, bar none, and seeing it axed was like a punch to the gut. Thankfully, Louis C.K.'s Louie popped up on the scene at FX almost immediately after, like some sort of God-sent shot of Pepto. It now wears its Funniest Show sash proudly.
It's no wonder why. Louis C.K. is the best stand-up comedian currently working (it's true—Ricky Gervais even thinks so), a title he's held for about five years now. The show is built around his routine. Whether he's riffing on the saddest hand job ever, how much deer suck, the N-word or duck vaginas, Louis' takes are always as fresh as they are clever, and never anything short of unflinchingly honest.
On Tuesday, his latest comedy special, Hilarious, hit shelves. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy. It picks up right where his last two specials—Shameless (2007) and Chewed Up (2008)—left off and, somehow, impossibly, Louis keeps getting better. In Hilarious, he riffs on his divorce, finds humor in the face of sadness and does a spot-on bit about something you've seen a thousand times in Old City—young, aggressive men in striped shirts roaming the streets in search of trim—that'll make you laugh until you hurt. It's also where the "Everything's amazing and nobody's happy" bit he did while on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last year originated before that clip went viral. In the special, he speaks about the concept at more length. It's the type of perfect comedy riff that'll have you revalutating your own life while laughing uncontrollably, and is a wonder to watch. Dude is a craftsman.
In other "This is cool" news: Local musician, producer, DJ and label owner RJD2 will breakdown his production process during a discussion at Drexel University. Sponsored by the Music Industry program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, RJD2 will hold an open forum that will feature multi-track recordings of select songs from his six released LPs along with material from his new artist the Insane Warrior, due out later this year. RJD2 will hold an in depth discussion peeling back the layers of ideas involved in his songwriting, production and mixing.
As we told you in a PW cover story about the man in January of last year, RJD2 recently started his own label, RJ's Electrical Connections, after an accomplished tenure with Definitive Jux. The discussion at Drexel will touch on this, focusing a bit on RJD2's move from Def Jux and the business strategy of creating his own label. If you're looking to learn about the music business by someone who clearly knows what he's doing, you shouldn't miss it.
The event is free and open to the public.
Wed., Jan. 19, 6pm. Free. Drexel University's Stein Auditorium, 111 Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market St. 215.895.1029. drexel.edu/westphal
My Morning Jacket's Patrick Hallahan talks music, Philly and his brand-new restaurant
The top 10 shows around Philly this week
The top 10 shows around Philly this week
G. Love's new genre-bending LP is a keeper
The top 10 shows around Philly this week
The top 10 shows around Philly this week
The top 10 shows around Philly this week


text:
Kansas City police will hold a drivers-license checkpoint from 9 p.m. to midnight somewhere in the city's South Patrol area, the department said. (Here's a map showing South Patrol's boundaries.)
« Suspect: 'I'll try my best but I'm drunk' | Main | A not-so-brilliant disguise: Teen shooting suspect tried to pass as girl »
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
KCPD to hold drivers license checkpoint
TrackBack URL for this entry:
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference KCPD to hold drivers license checkpoint:


text:
Media Kit Resources
- Press Release
- High Resolution Photos
- Interview Cameron Paulin Curator of Education Elizabeth Garrison
- Public Website for the Exhibition
Press Release
For immediate release: March 12, 2014
Media contact: Andrea Foust
Membership and Public Relations Manager
Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University | 503-370-6867
Public contact: 503-370-6855 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Hallie Ford Museum of Art holds spring break activities for families
SALEM, Ore. — Families are invited to participate in "The Hunt Is On "Again'" between March 22 and March 30 as well as a special Gallery Talk that is designed for kids at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art on March 25.
"The Hunt Is On 'Again'"
The hunt for art begins by picking up this year's new "Family Guide" at the front desk at the museum. Kids are encouraged to use the clues and their knowledge of art to find specific artworks in the galleries and to win a prize once they complete the hunt! From the ancient to the modern, from shipwrecks to incredible edibles, adventure and fun are around every corner. The "Family Guide" is included with museum admission and students 17 and under and children receive free admission.
Gallery Talk
On Tuesday March 25 children and their favorite adults, are invited to a free public tour that is designed for kids. Travel through different time periods and cultures with docent Merrilee Zenone as she gives a guided talk that explores the Carl Hall Gallery, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Gallery, and the Mark and Janeth Sponenburgh Gallery. Learn the real and surprising reason the Egyptians outlined their eyes with black, and hear the incredible story behind a beautiful Native American mask that involves a man lost at sea and how he found his way home.
Financial Support
Financial support for "The Hunt Is On 'Again'" has been provided by proceeds from the "ABC: An Alphabet Book from the Hallie Ford Museum of Art."
About the Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Oregon's third largest art museum features works by Pacific Northwest and Native American artists, and includes a diverse collection of traditional European, American and Asian art, as well as artifacts that date from antiquity. Frequently changing exhibitions include lectures, special events, tours, artist demonstrations and educational opportunities for children and adults.
The museum is located at 700 State St. in Salem. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Monday. General admission is $6, $4 for seniors and $3 for students 18 and older. Students 17 and under and children are admitted free. Admission is free for everyone on Tuesdays. For more information call 503-370-6855 or visit willamette.edu/arts/hfma.
High Resolution Photos for Media
Copyright Notice:
The following images posted on this page are for publicity purposes only, intended for use by journalists in media-related publications. Use of any image must be accompanied by its credit line. Use of these images by any other parties or for any other purposes, private or commercial, is strictly prohibited unless the express written consent is obtained directly from Hallie Ford Museum of Art. For information regarding educational, personal and commercial use of images, please visit our Copyrights & Reproductions page.
For assistance: Contact Andrea Foust 503-370-6867 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To download: Click on the image above to open the high-resolution photo in a new window, then right-click and save.
Eye from a mask or statue, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-20, ca. 1539-1075 BCE, Alabaster, basalt, and bronze; .75" x 2", Gift of Mark and Janeth Sponenburgh Gallery, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, SPG90.
To download: Click on the image above to open the high resolution photo in a new window, then right-click and save.
Phillip John Charette (b. 1962) Seabird Yua, 2006, Mixed Media: Ceramic, Wood, Feathers; 51" x 33" x 12", purchased through the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2006.042.
For an interview with Cameron Paulin Curator of Education Elizabeth Garrison, call 503-370-6533.
Public Website for the Exhibition


text:
Members of Cincinnati City Council listen to speakers during a meeting at City Hall in 2013. A bill before the Ohio Legislature would broaden the definition of an open meeting and clear up what's open to the public.
- Filed Under
The people who run Clearcreek Township in Warren County are accused of hashing out the public's business in private, then going into their regular meeting and voting.
It was "a pre-meeting before every meeting," the township's fiscal officer testified in court.
If true (the matter is still before a judge), it would certainly violate the spirit, and possibly the letter, of Ohio's open meetings law.
But confusing the matter is the somewhat murky state of Ohio's law governing what's an open meeting and what's not.
In some cases, sessions meant for fact finding, information gathering, or listening - even when a majority of board members are present - have been considered closed to the public. Indeed, the attorney representing the township, John D. Smith, has argued that the pre-meeting sessions were merely "fact-finding" gatherings and therefore not required to be open to the public.
Those practices shut out the public from what may be the most informative aspect of government business, the give and take between elected and appointed officials, the opportunity for the public to weigh in and the reasons and dynamics behind government actions.
The public should have plenty of notice and plenty of access to these deliberations, because they eventually form the substance of the laws and regulations that govern us. But that's not always the case.
"A tremendous amount of business that should be done in public now is being done in secret in Ohio," says Dennis Hetzel, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association. "When citizens cannot attend these gatherings, they can't adequately judge the actions of their officials."
That's why a bill now in the Ohio Legislature deserves to move forward.
State Sen. Shannon Jones, a Republican from Springboro, has sponsored Senate Bill 93, which would essentially broaden the definition of an open meeting and clear up what's open to the public.
The bill would establish that an open meeting isn't just for board members to "deliberate," or vote, but is for any "consideration or discussion of public business."
It would go a long way toward ensuring that the public has access to the decision-making process long before a vote is taken and can offer input and participate.
It would make other improvements in the law by requiring public bodies to be more specific about their reasons for wanting to close meetings and by making it easier for citizens to be reimbursed for attorney fees in cases in which they challenge closed-door meetings and win.
Unfortunately, the Jones bill has been stalled in the Legislature. It was introduced nearly a year ago and just recently received its first hearing in the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee. Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Green Township, Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Township and Sen. Joe Uecker, R-Miami Township, are the other local legislators on that committee. They should help move this bill out of committee.
Not everything a government body does should be done in public. And for those cases, there are already more than 30 exceptions to Ohio's open meetings law. But the public has a right to know how its representatives make the decisions that affect them. Senate Bill 93 would go a long way to improving the public's access to the public business, and it deserves passage. ■


text:
Post-Oscar Play: Name That Best Picture!
By: Daniel Villarreal
While watching Ben Affleck's Argo win Best Picture at last night's Academy Awards, we found this awesome little poster showing Oscar statues for each Best Picture winner for the last 85 years.
Can you name them all? You might have to zoom in to do it. But if you can, give yourself a lifetime achievement award for Best Oscar Film Buff.
Tags: MOVIES


text:
Which NFC East team had the best draft?
Dallas Cowboys
Round 1, Pick 6
Morris Claiborne CB 5'11'' 188 lbs LSU
Round 3, Pick 18
Tyrone Crawford DE 6'4'' 275 lbs Boise St.
Round 4, Pick 18
Kyle Wilber OLB 6'4'' 249 Wake Forest
Round 4, Pick 40
Matt Johnson SS 6'1'' 212 Eastern Washington
Round 5, Pick 17
Danny Coale WR 6'0'' 201 Virginia Tech
Round 6, Pick 16
James Hanna TE 6'4'' 252 Oklahoma
Round 7, Pick 15
Caleb McSurdy ILB 6'1'' 245 Montana
Philadelphia Eagles
Round 1, Pick 12
Fletcher Cox DT 6'4'' 298 lbs Mississippi St.
Round 2, Pick 14
Mycal Kendricks ILB 5'11'' 239 Cal
Round 2, Pick 27
Vinny Curry DE 6'3'' 266 Marshall
Round 3, Pick 25
Nick Foles QB 6'5'' 243 Arizona
Round 4, Pick 28
Brandon Boykin CB 5'9'' 182 Georgia
Round 5, Pick 18
Dennis Kelly 6'8'' 321 Purdue
Round 6, Pick 24
Marvin McNutt WR 6'3'' 216 Iowa
Round 6, Pick 30
Brandon Washington OG 6'3'' 320 Miami
Round 7, Pick 22
Bryce Brown RB 6'0'' 223 Kansas St.
New York Giants
Round 1, Pick 32
David Wilson RB 5'10'' 206 Virginia Tech
Round 2, Pick 32
Rueben Randle WR 6'4'' 210 LSU
Round 3, Pick 32
Jayron Hosley CB 5'10'' 178 Virginia Tech
Round 4, Pick 32
Adrien Robinson TE 6'4'' 264 Cincinnati
Round 4, Pick 36
Brandon Mosley OL 6'5'' 314 Auburn
Round 6, Pick 31
Matt McCants OT 6'5'' 308 UAB
Round 7, Pick 32
Markus Kuhn DT 6'5'' 299 NC St
Washington Redskins
Round 1, Pick 2
Robert Griffin III QB 6'2'' 223 Baylor
Round 3, Pick 8
Josh LeRibeus OG 6'3'' 312 SMU
Round 4, Pick 7
Kirk Cousins QB 6'3'' 214 Michigan St.
Round 4, Pick 24
Keenan Robinson OLB 6'3'' 242 Texas
Round 5, Pick 6
Adam Gettis OG 6'2'' 293 Iowa
Round 6, Pick 3
Alfred Morris RB 5'9'' 219 Florida Atlantic
Round 6, Pick 23
Tom Compton OT 6'5'' 314 South Dakota
Round 7, Pick 6
Richard Crawford DB 5'11'' 191 SMU
Round 7, Pick 10
Jordan Bernstine CB 5'11'' 205 Iowa
I picked the Eagles as well.
I liked all three of the guys the eagles got with their first three picks, but I don't like the Foles pick and I still think that team has some crippling flaws as they're still going to get run all over by good running teams. There's a lot of pressure on Demeco Ryan to turn that run d around and their DL is still pretty small, great at getting after the passer and fast as all hell, but relatively small. Not saying they should've taken Brockers or trade higher for Poe, but despite liking a lot of the guys they drafted something about this draft bothers me.
Granted the giants draft bothers me a little as well because I wasn't a big Randle fan before the draft and our OL may be to bad to take advantage of our deadly collection of RBs now that Wilson is joining Bradshaw and Scott.
Claiborne will help Dallas a lot and Crawford could be a really nice addition, but Dallas to still has the same problems they did coming into the draft, namely poor coverage from their safeties, a lack of DL talent and a very unproven IOL. So they to got good players, but also didn't do enough to bolster their weaknesses for me to love their draft.
And then there's the Redskins...
Eagles >/= Giants > Cowboys > Redskins
the eagles absolutely killed it. my least favorite pick of theirs was foles. all the others are spectacular
Haha I love all of you guys dismissing the Redskins draft after RG3 just because most of the guys werent internet sensations. Shanny and Allen snagged a few really great fits with Lerribus and Compton and filled a definite need at ILB with Keenan Robinson. Following FA the Skins biggest needs were clearly OLine depth which was obviously the focus. And oh yea...they drafted RG3...
The rationale makes sense to reaquire picks in the future. But the poor kid will not get as much of an opportunity to improve as say, Schaub did with Atlanta.
Anyway. Back onto homer matters. I have also read a couple of reviews of NFC East drafts and with the exception of the ESPN NFC East blogger who hated our draft for giving up a pick. Consensus seems to rate the Cowboys as a very good draft. I like our draft for different reasons. But I don't really think it was a great draft yet. Crawford is a prospect at best. I like our 4th and 5th round picks but they will be lucky to make an impact this year. And Wilber will have to improve to overtake Spencer's spot.
It seems to be more of a future draft as opposed to a NOW draft. And we haven't been very good at developing drafted talent.(UDFA talent yeah... but drafted talent... not so much)
I hate to admit it but the f*cking Eagles did the best job of filling needs. A lot of that is acquiring DeMeco Ryans, a former DMVP, at ILB. Last yr. teams ran all over them & Vick couldn't play catchup. I think Kendricks, Cox & Ryans will shore up that porous run defense.
I agree about the Skins, they should have gotten RG3 more more help. They followed their tradition of mortgaging their future for him, & if he goes down it's Sexy Rexy Grossman's turn to get pummeled. Cousins my find himself playing if that's the case, & if it is God help him. Their scary defense will keep them in games but I don't see them contending for the NFCE title.
If we had taken a QB in the 6th or 7th would it have been as big a deal? How about when that prospect ended up being terrible and then next year we have to draft another late round prospect or overpay a FA? And then the cycle continues...What do you think they should have taken in the 4th round for "more help"?? We needed OLine depth and we got 3 guys that Shanahan is very high on that he feels fit his scheme really well. We brought in WRs, we have two TEs already, and we already filled the roster with young RBs in last years draft...
The skins need Offensive line help... Badly. A rookie QB after already mortgaging your future on RGIII is a wasted pick. You could have taken any QB off the free agents market and that would have been a better option.
That's just my personal opinion though. Obviously we both differ on what is the best strategy in your situation.
I voted Eagles. I think they easily had the best draft.
The only problem I have with the Eagles is their front 7 is still so small. Yes, they got better players to fill up that front 7, but all of them are still small defenders. Kendricks is a beast but he's tiny, Ryans I feel is very overrated but even if you like him as a player he's still a small linebacker, I love Cox but he's a 290 lb penetrator, not a bulky run stuffer. Curry is a perfect fit for the wide 9 but again, he's a smaller edge guy.
So I like all the players they got, but they all are still undersized defenders. Which means that front 7 is still vulnerable to the run.
But that defense as a whole should be much improved and I think year 2 under Castillo we see a different more fundamentally sound unit. I would just be a little concerned about the defense being so small.
It's like the Eagles are a team full of elves. Even their offense is small. They're just a small team.
Anyone voting for a team other than the Eagles is just being ridiculous.
It has the potential to be their best draft in their franchise history. The 2 picks that I liked the most were Boykin and Washington. Crazy good value there. I wasn't the biggest Fletcher Cox fan... not even when Cowboys fans wanted him for us. I constantly debated against it. I'm not crowning him to be a Pro Bowl caliber player, that's for sure.
i love how people are saying other teams got good value for some of their picks but when the redskins took cousins its, "well if he was good other teams would of took him earlier!!!" like sure its the redskins and we've sucked majorly but use the same logic for this kind of stuff, please.
I think teams are over-stating the need for a backup QB. A backup QB only helps if your starter is only going to miss one or two games, any more than that any team is going to fall out of contention without their starter unless their starter sucks, in which case they won't be in contention anyway.
IMO all 4 teams helped themselves, the Skins a little less than the other teams because they've mortgaged their future on a QB who takes a lot of punishment and doesn't have a great offense to make it easier for him while he learns. But I really feel like the Eagles, Giants and Cowboys drafts are very similar. I voted for the giants cause i'm a homer, but I don't think any of these drafts stands above the rest by any significant margin.
BTW I think the Foles pick sucked to, since I think both Foles and Cousins just aren't going to be good NFL QBs, so wasting picks on them isn't a good move, especially for a team like the Redskins that have put themselves deep in the hole pick-wise. They can't afford to be being cute when they could be getting good contributors.
If the kid was good enough to be a quality backup with ZERO reps in practice for the Skins. Then surely any of the QB needy franchises floating around the NFL would have picked him up to try and develop him further as a starting QB before the Skins drafted him.
If you voted for anyone other than the Eagles you are a blatant homer. Just FYI.
Eagles > Cowboys = Giants > Redskins
Not sure on the understanding that the Cowboys ignored their coverage units. They upgraded from Elam to Pool at FS. They upgraded from Newman to Carr. They upgraded from Scandrick to the best defensive prospect in the draft in Claiborne. -_- Aside from drafting the elusive, and in this draft fictional, true centerfielder to ball-hawk in the they pretty much nailed it.
When I look at the giants draft I see a lot of guys that the team sees as guys with higher ceilings with the exception of Kuhn who I feel maxed himself out. I really don't like how giants fans went from hating the pick to now endorsing it whole-heartedly. We're way too judgmental.
I think its pretty clear what the giants wanted to do in this draft, and for them to say it wasn't need involved is kindof dumb. You follow your board and BPA could be need-affected. You're going to be a little biased if you have a major hole at RB and evaluate guys and when comparing them position-wise you will probably push a guy who you likely should have a little lower up to a higher slot just because of it. I don't think that we had Martin higher than Wilson at all, and from the experience of a giant fan I understand why we would push wilson up our board. LeSean McCoy kills us, Helu killed us, Fred Jackson killed us....you get the picture? We realize that the league is shifting to the speedy versatile backs that eat up yardage and extend the passing options thus extending the field that the defense has to cover.
All things aside, we cut Brandon Jacobs for a reason. This dancing **** in the backfield, even by Bradshaw, is so unnecessary sometimes. David Wilson usually runs hard and even if there isn't a hole he gets a few yards (yes there are some exceptions but a lot of those times there were defenders in the backfield as he got the ball). His OL at VT wasn't really great, especially in the open field, often running away from blocks that would spring him for less immediate defenders. He has a lot to learn, but I don't think receiving should be something too questionable. He is actually pretty apt in that area, underrated.
The only players that I see making an impact in the first year are Wilson and Randle (maybe Hosley), but thats just me. All the other players will be backups.
If you hate dancing running backs, you're going to HATE David Wilson.
I dont get all the over the top love for the Eagles draft. Yes, I like the Fletcher Cox move a lot. Cox fills a need on the interior oline but Im not sure he really helps that much with their issues stopping the run. Mychal Kendricks is a solid prospect but far from a sure thing. He is a capable tackler but not necessarily a playmaker. I have never been a fan of Vinny Curry as a prospect. I think Foles is terrible. Boykin is undersized but otherwise a decent value. Dennis Kelly has a long way to go refining his technique before he is ready to contribute. McNutt has disappeared against top competition and will probably be the 4th WR on the depth chart for a long time. Brandon Washington should provide decent depth over the years and I'm not even sure Bryce Brown will make the roster. Was it a good draft? Sure. Was it above and beyond the best draft in the division and one of the best drafts in the league? No.
I voted for the Eagles, though I did like the Giants draft as well. Cowboys draft was not that great to me. I like Claiborne a lot, but giving up a second will hurt the team, outside of Crawford and Hanna (I like Hanna a lot), there aren't any guys I like all that much, and they didn't get much in terms of potential impact starters outside of Claiborne and Crawford, IMO.
The Redskins got RG3, but why do so many poeple look past that they gave up their next two first rounders and their second rounder? I know they spend money like crazy, but RG3 is going to need more help than the incredibly overpriced Free Agents that get brought in and usually do very little for them. Losing those three valuable picks are huge. I love RG3, but the Redskins will need to replenish talent outside of free agency, and losing out on four players (since they traded this second rounder) that could make an impact on your team, and grow with RG3, will hurt. Then they exacerbate it by drafting Cousins, who is really in a ****** situation, no matter how you look at it. They got a great player in RG3, but they need to dial back how much he's under the public microscope and do everything they can to get him help.
I like the Giants draft, not a huge huge Wilson fan, but he's got tools to work with. I was a big Reuben Randle fan, he shouldn't have been available for their pick in the second. I'm not sure how he's going to fit into the offense totally, but he's smart and will learn quickly. If the Giants can retain Nicks and Cruz, in two years, that is the top trifecta of WRs in the league, and not even really all that close (unless something else happens in those years). Hosley and Robinson are risk/reward picks, and I expect one of them to work out, if not both. If I had to bet on on, I'd actally bet on Robinson, not really a big Hosley fan. Then some solid additions to the OL/DL depth, that will most likely find a spot on the roster, or at least the practice squad.
As for the Eagles, I expected Poe as a clogger, but its obvious the emphasis is almost strictly on generating pressure in the backfield as much as possible. Cox is going to do great in the Wide 9 and will provide an additional interior push right away. And with time, will gain more of an anchor as well. Kendricks was one of my favorite players in the draft, I screamed when I saw he was the pick (same with Curry too), mostly because I thought he was a long shot to be picked, based on our draft history. I get the questions about height, but he plays different than our previous undersized LBs. Guy must have watermelon balls, gave good OL prospects many issues in his career. Curry, I liked, not as much as Kendricks, but I like him a lot, lots of potential, and will be an immediate contributor to the DE rotation, I'd assume more at RE. The last time the Eagles had a second round pick who I liked, that was an Eagles fan, was Shady. Curry is going to come in and contribute, and with Washburn, he will maximize his potential.
The Foles pick threw me off, though honestly, I can't say I'm surprised. He's got tools to work with and if he can get coached up, there is potential. Not huge on drafting him where he was, but for my sake, I can afford to pretend we drafted Boykin here, Wahsington in the fourth, and then Foles. Looks a lot better, and the value is still good, but I don't mind the pick at all when I see how the rest of the draft went. Boykin I like, will compete for a returner spot, and will have a legitimate opportunity to win the Nickel spot right away. Washington was also great vlaue, got lost at tackle last year, but has eventual starter potential, especially with Mudd on his ass. Not a big fan of the Kelly pick, not sure how good of a fit he is in our blocking scheme, honestly, doesn't seem athletic enough. Looks like he'll be our fourth OT if he makes the roster (might get practice squadded or IRed). This is really the one pick I could've done without. McNutt, is a guy who I like a lot, lots of potential, not necessarily athletically (I think he's just about as athletic as he's going to get), but he is such a great fit in our offense, and a great compliment to our other receiving options. I think he'll easily get the #4 WR spot and in time may take over the #3. Brynce Brown is a sheer potential pick, and with your 7th rounder, I'm ok with it. If he sucks, cut him, it won't be hard to defend at all.
All in all when you look at each teams draft, I look for immediate, impact starters first, immediate solid starters, potential developmental (impact) starters, significant role players, key ST contributors, and then solid role players. If I look at all these drafts I'd break it down into this...
The Redskins got an immediate impact starter in RG3, got immediate (potential) starters in LeRibous, and Robinson, though I don't expect either to be impact starters. Gettis is a developmental guy (not that far off, IMO) who could be a starter down the line as well. Outside of that they have drafted either role players (some who could be very good) or special teams players. Basically, the draft is RG3 here.
The Cowboys got an immediate impact starter in Claiborne, a potential impact starter in Crawford (role player early), and a potential future starters in Wilbur and Hanna (role players early). Coale will be a good role player as well, but I don't expect anything more than a #3 out of him, which, in that offense, is still valuable. Johnson and McSurdy are nothing more than role players or ST guys.
The Giants got a potential future starter (initally a role/rotation guy) in Wilson. They have a potential developmental impact starter in Randle (only if Cruz or Nicks leaves), who will be a key role player right away. A potential starter in Hosley (not anything special, though, IMO) and a potential impact starter in Robinson (developmental). The rest are depth/role/ST players, but what I would call a very good draft, lots of potential impact players here.
The Eagles have a future potential impact starter in Cox (initially a role/rotational player) and Kendricks (not impact right away, starter, off the bat). They drafted a (somewhat) developmental, potential starter (not impact, if I'm being honest) in Curry. An immediate impact role player (returner, Nickle) , maybe future starter in Boykin (also not impact). Potential impact role player in McNutt, potential future starter in Washington, and some developmental depth guys in Foles, Kelly, and Brown.
When you look at these drafts, its about which team got the most overall potential impact out of their draft class, to me, The Redskins are behind the Dallas by a decent margin, who is behind the Giants, by a slightly lesser margin, who are slightly behind the Eagles, by an even less margin. The Eagles and Giants got a lot of potentially high impact players, while both drafts have a relatively high talent floor.
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:37 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2015, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.


text:
More than half the U.S. troops left in Afghanistan will pull out within a year. That's likely to be President Barack Obama's most memorable statement from Tuesday night's State of the Union speech.
Reuters reports that the president will announce that 34,000 troops will return from Afghanistan by early 2014, out of about 64,000 currently stationed there. Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month agreed to speed the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces.
Washington's NATO allies have been steadily reducing their troop numbers despite doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to shoulder full responsibility for security. Afghanistan was once labeled the "good war" because the 9/11 plot was masterminded there. But criticism has grown across the political spectrum in recent years about U.S. troops' lingering presence.
But not everyone's likely to be so pleased with the Afghanistan drawdown. In his latest broadside against President Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney said on CBS "This Morning":
"I think the president came to power with a worldview that's fundamentally different than mine. The sense that he wanted to reduce U.S. influence in the world. He wanted to take us down a peg."
Via Reuters and CBS "This Morning"


text:
NYC – Holy Terror Signing
September 13, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Movies, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Comments Off on NYC – Holy Terror Signing
Frank Miller signs on Friday October 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square.
There's a deadly menace somewhere in Empire City and The Fixer only has until dawn to save his town – and civilization as we know it! Legendary Comics presents an all-out, head-busting, bone-breaking, neck-snapping brawl of a tale from the one of the most celebrated storytellers of the medium, Frank Miller. Years in the making, Holy Terror features a desperate and brutal quest of a hero as he is forced to run down an army of murderous zealots in order to stop a crime against humanity.
Meet The Author
Frank Miller is one of the seminal creative talents who sparked today's onslaught of motion pictures featuring comic book characters and concepts. He single-handedly re-defined the presentation of comic book characters and heroic fiction with his grand-daddy of graphic novels, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. Then his graphic novels turned box-office hits, including 300 and SIN CITY (the film version of which Miller co-directed with Robert Rodriguez), proved that success does not always come wrapped in spandex. Miller also created RONIN, and wrote BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN and ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER for DC Comics. At Dark Horse Comics, Miller wrote THE BIG GUY AND RUSTY THE BOY ROBOT, HARD BOILED, and MARTHA WASHINGTON. The motion picture, THE SPIRIT, marked Miller's solo feature film directorial debut.
Barnes & Noble – Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
UK – Sucker Punch Signing
March 24, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, England, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles
ZACK SNYDER signs on Tuesday 29th March from 6 – 7pm to promote the film Sucker Punch. He will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR.
B-52s, Bombs, Brothels & Babes! Welcome To The World of Sucker Punch!
Enter Zack Snyder's fantastical world of warfare with this wonderful art book and have it signed by Mr. Snyder himself. There's everything from samurai to serpents included and it's a unique opportunity to grab yourself a very special copy of this official book. Snyder guides you through the many amazing worlds and characters of the film, with eye-popping production art and stunning photographs by Clay Enos (Watchmen: Portraits).
Due to the anticipated high turnout, limits may be placed on the number of items signed. Thank you.
Dark Horse Schedule at NYCC 2010
October 4, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Movies, New York, New York Comic Con, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Webcomics
Frank Miller, David Lloyd, Jerry Robinson and more sign at the Dark Horse Booth #2023 at this weekend's New York Comic Con, see you there!
Friday, October 8th:
•Jerry Robinson (Jet Scott)
•Omar Francia, Mac Walters, Joe Quinones (Mass Effect: Redemption)
•Frank Miller (Sin City, 300)
•John Schnepp (Dethklok)
Saturday, October 9th:
•Jim Shooter, Nate Piekos (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, Magnus, Robot Fighter)
•Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden)
•John Arcudi, Peter Snejbjerg (BPRD, Abe Sapien)
•Carla Speed McNeil (Finder)
•Morgan Spurlock (Supersized)
•Cast TBD, Andrew Dalhouse, Paul Tobin (Falling Skies)
•Georges Jeanty (Buffy Season 8)
•Jan Duursema, Dave Ross, Mark McKenna, Joe Quinones (Star Wars: Legacy, Star Wars: The Old Republic)
Sunday, October 10th:
•Jason Little (Motel Art Improvement Service)
•Mike Hawthorne (Conan)
•Steve Morris (Serenity, The Occultist)
•Larry Marder (Bean World)
12pm-12:30 pm
•Rick Leonardi (Aliens Vs. Predator)
•Andy MacDonald (Terminator 1984)
•Chris Hastings (Dr. McNinja)
•David Lloyd (Kickback)