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March 3, 2000 - Number 40
By Danny Sullivan
Editor, Search Engine Watch
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In This Issue
+ About The Search Engine Watch site
+ Search Engine Strategies Conference
+ Can You Find Your Candidate?
+ Growing Pains At Volunteer Directories
+ Numbers, Numbers -- But What Do They Mean?
+ AltaVista Unveils New Search Centers
+ From Wedding Photos To Phone Sex
+ About.com No Longer Poster Child For Yahoo Abuse
+ Search Sites Springing Up
+ Wild About WAP
+ Atomz Finds Your Flash
+ MSN Search Gets Paid Placement, Sort Of
+ On My Radar Screen
Search Engine Articles
+ The usual round up of interesting articles relating to search engines.
+ My Reading List
+ Subscribing/Unsubscribing Info
Site News
Hello Everyone--
Let me start off with an apology again for the email some of you received in mid-February. Your names were not sold to a third party, nor did anyone hack the mailing list server. It appears to have been an innocent glitch. It seems that someone who signed up for the newsletter replied to the confirmation message. In turn, that reply made it out to newsletter subscribers. This isn't supposed to happen. Indeed, there are all types of safeguards in place that routinely prevent this type of thing and worse from happening. Somehow, it slipped through, but you can be assured that the list management people have added even more safeguards to prevent a repeat occurrence. Again, my apologies.
Within the public area of Search Engine Watch, the Search Spotlight page has a new feature about the most popular search terms at Lycos, including the top topics of 1999. You'll find it here:
Search Spotlight
Conference News
The next Search Engine Strategies seminar is less than a week away. To be held March 9th, in New York City, this one day conference features experts on search engine marketing issues and panelists from many of the major search engines, including speakers from AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Direct Hit, FAST, LookSmart, Lycos, Northern Light, The Open Directory and Snap. I'll also be doing two presentations and moderating throughout the day.
If you are thinking of attending, please book now. The last conference sold out before the event day. If you wait until the last minute, you may miss out. Conference details are online at the URL below.
Search Engine Strategies New York 2000
For those of you based in Europe, information is now available about the upcoming London conference, to be held on April 27.
Search Engine Strategies London 2000
Can You Find Your Candidate?
NOTE: This is a very long article, so I've only attached the top portion. You'll find the rest online via the URL at the end.
If search engines could vote in the upcoming US Presidential elections, it would be a race between Democrat Bill Bradley and Republican John McCain, rather than frontrunners Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush. After all, a survey of 18 major search engines shows that you are far more likely to find the official candidate web sites of Bradley and McCain than those of Gore and Bush.
The survey, which I conducted on Feb. 28, looked to see whether direct links to candidate web sites appeared in the first pages of results when searching for them by name.
Bradley and McCain were the clear winners. A search for "bill bradley" or "john mccain" brought up direct links to their official web sites on 15 out of 18 search engines, an 83 percent success rate.
Bradley was let down by Excite, AltaVista and LookSmart. The latter two did provide indirect "RealNames" links to the Bradley site that, if counted, meant Bradley was findable on 17 out of 18 search engines.
McCain was missed by Lycos, AltaVista and LookSmart. As with Bradley, the inclusion of RealNames links to McCain's web site from AltaVista and LookSmart would have raised his total count to 17 out of 18 search engines.
Bush could only be found for "george bush" at 11 out of 18 search engines, a 61 percent success rate. HotBot, AOL Search, Lycos, Direct Hit, Northern Light, FAST and LookSmart failed to list Bush's site in their top results in response to a search for his name.
Gore came in last, with his site found for "al gore" at only 10 out of 18 search engines, a 56 percent success rate. Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, GoTo, AltaVista, FAST, Northern Light and LookSmart failed to come through for the Vice President.
Can You Find Your Candidate?
The Search Engine Report, Feb. 29, 2000
The lengthier version of this article. It also covers interesting facts about bids on candidate names at GoTo, and it looks at how the candidates have prepped their sites for search engines -- or not prepped, as the case may be.
Company Names Test
This has full details of the study. You'll find a report card that ranks all the search engines at a glance, plus an illustrated guide to how well or poorly they performed.
Very cool service that allows you to search for matching pages on any topic from within US presidential candidates' web sites. Enter a term like "tax reform" and get results from all sites, or narrow your search to a particular candidate's site. It also shows you the most popular terms people are using when searching through the sites via the service.
Growing Pains At Volunteer Directories
Both the Open Directory and Go Guides make use of volunteers to catalog the web. In fact, there are now thousands of people involved in the process at both places. All this people power has definitely made it easier for those with good sites to get listed in these directories, compared to using the standard submission systems at Yahoo and LookSmart. In contrast, those two directories have small staffs of professional editors, which means that they simply cannot handle as many requests. But with the good comes the bad. The use of volunteers generates a different set of problems that webmasters may encounter during the submission process at the Open Directory and Go Guides.
One of the chief concerns I hear regarding the Open Directory involves multiple listings. Some site owners register multiple domain names that all lead back to the same site or virtually identical sites, then manage to obtain listings for each of these domains.
For instance, imagine that I run an online shoe shop at buyshoesnow.com. I submit to a shoe category and get my site listed. Then I register three more domain names -- supercheapshoes.com, reallycheapshoes.com, shoesforsaleonline.com -- and make it so these names resolve back to my buyshoesnow.com site. Now I submit my site to the Open Directory again, each time using one of these new names. That may allow me to get the same site listed four times in total, either all within the same category, or perhaps in different categories.
Tactics like these are spam, pure and simple. If the Open Directory spots it, they'll yank the bogus listings and perhaps even the legitimate ones. Despite this threat, people are getting away with this type of spam at the Open Directory. I suspect one reason for the success is that because so many editors are involved, it's likely that the submissions are all seen by different editors, and so no one catches on. This is especially so when submissions are made to multiple categories.
As you might expect, the people most likely to spot this type of spam are those who offer products and services similar to the sites which are spamming. But how do you contact the Open Directory to be sure they will take action?
First, message the editor of the category where you spot the spam. You'll find a link to each editor at the bottom of the category pages (if there is no editor, go up a level). Click on the editor's name, then select the "Email: Sent to" link to bring up a contact form. Provide as much information as possible about what you found, and be polite about it. Yes, it can be annoying that the spam got through -- especially when it seems obvious to you. But if you are insulting or derogatory, you are likely to cause an editor to ignore your message, even if it is a valid concern.
"The more factual the information, the better. If you threaten us, we aren't going to be happy," said Chris Tolles, Director of Marketing for the Open Directory. "Be specific, talk about what you think is the issue, and we'll investigate"
Also, phrase the complaint in terms of how it impacts the directory and its users, not yourself. For instance, don't say something like: "My site is listed in only one place, but you allow this other site to be listed all over the directory." Instead, something like this is better: "I've found a site that seems to be spamming you. It's listed in X, Y, Z categories under A, B and C web addresses."
You should get a response or see action taken on a legitimate spam complaint within a week or so. If you don't, then follow up with the editor in the category immediately above the editor you originally contacted. That's because the Open Directory does have bad editors and editors that do act in their own self-interests. Going up a category level should put you in touch with someone more senior that will look into the issue.
Still no response? Then try the general feedback form. You'll find a link to it at the top of all Open Directory pages. Put "Abuse" in the subject line. The Open Directory says this absolutely should bring action on any legitimate complaint.
"We have two full time staff who monitor feedback," Tolles said. "We don't look at every piece of email we get, but we do look at everything that involves complaints about unfair competition."
Another issue that's come up from readers is an inability to find an address for the Open Directory in order to send formal, written complaints. I'd agree some contact information like this within the site would be a help.
Over at Go Guides, a noble attempt to have checks and balances also leads to a lot of confusion. As a refresher, anyone can sign up and become a Go Guide. Once you do that, you may submit your own site or any site to one of the Go Guide categories. Then, one or more people need to approve this submission before it will be added.
It sounds great, but I've experienced first hand how the approval process can almost be farcical. In one of my submissions, I was told to reduce the rating from three stars to one star because the site did not "contain rich content."
Yes, the site itself didn't have rich content, because it was about a service that didn't need more than a page or two of description. But the service itself was superior to anything else in this particular category and worthy of three stars. The star rating should have taken that into account, but the person approving the submission seemed to think that only the page content mattered. Another person I know had a similar encounter. A page she submitted had to be reduced in rank because it was a single page, she was told. The quality of information on the page didn't seem to matter.
In my case, I followed up with the person and argued politely on behalf of my submission, did get the site in at two stars. You should also follow up in similar situations. Don't be afraid to defend your point of view. Be polite, but explain your reasoning.
Of course, another problem is that contacting guides for followups is an incredible pain. You have to click to view the guide's profile, then copy their email address and paste it into your own email program to contact them. An internal messaging system would be much better, so that comments could be sent in association with the submission.
To help with these type of problems, Go says it has promoted someone internally to spend more time handling disputes and to dispense advice. Go is also considering whether to upgrade its system to allow internal messaging.
"That's something we are debating right now, how to treat internal communications," said Ramsey Ksar, Director of Go Guides. Ksar said the Go Guide's link management system is also due for an upgrade in the near future, which should help guides collaborate on listings more easily.
Open Directory
Go Guides
Lords of the Links: Go Guides
Traffick, Feb. 4, 2000
A great, funny look at valid weaknesses with volunteer directories. But it overlooks the point that the reason these services have enjoyed positive press is because they are listing many great sites that were ignored by the "full time, qualified" editors at Yahoo and LookSmart. Sites can get into the Open Directory and Go Guides quickly and for free. Of course, you can also get into Yahoo and LookSmart quickly, but it will cost you $199 for the privilege (though its money well spent by any webmaster). On a positive note, I've been getting and seeing reports of faster success at Yahoo, for submissions done through its free, normal submission system.
LookSmart Launches Express Submission Service
The Search Engine Report, Feb. 3, 2000
What do you mean I can pay to get listed faster? This explains how it works at LookSmart and provides links to information about Yahoo's program.
Numbers, Numbers -- But What Do They Mean?
One of the latest trends these days is for crawler-based search engines to flaunt both how many pages they have in their index plus the larger number of pages they visited to create that index. AltaVista says its collection of 250 million pages came from an original set of 400 million. FAST says its 400 million page index was developed from a group of 700 million. Excite's 250 million pages were retained after reviewing 920 million. And Inktomi says its core index of 110 million pages was created after analyzing over 1 billion across the web.
To help you understand these new "dual numbers," I've written a long article that uses a "people in the room" metaphor to explain the situation at different search engines. You'll find it via the URL below:
Numbers, Numbers -- But What Do They Mean?
AltaVista Unveils New Search Centers
AltaVista has added three new "Search Centers" that cater to those seeking multimedia files and a fourth "Advanced Search" center with content designed to help searchers and webmasters alike. New country specific versions of AltaVista have also been added.
When you come to the AltaVista home page, look just above the search box, and you'll see a tab for each search center: "Advanced Search, "Images," "MP3/Audio" and "Video." Clicking on one of these tabs takes you into the selected center, where you can perform a specialty search.
Let's start with the Advanced Search center. You'll find that the actual advanced search interface hasn't changed, and I'd actually suggest that most people not even bother trying to use it. It's really designed for those who want to do Boolean searching or who wish to override all the helpful things that AltaVista does automatically in normal search, such as displaying only one page per web site or automatic phrase detection.
What you should definitely do is read the wealth of new tutorial material that's being made available in the center. AltaVista has really outdone itself in trying to help you learn how to search better using its service. The Advanced Search Tutorial located here will help those searching with AltaVista understand better how to tap into its power, including how to see more than 200 results, something I'm occasionally asked about. Webmasters should also love the "How AltaVista Works" tutorial, where AltaVista provides an unprecedented amount of information on how it indexes and ranks pages.
The Images center brings up AltaVista's former Photo Finder service, which continues to be an outstanding way to seek pictures. Enter a few words, and you'll be shown thumbnail images that AltaVista believes matches your query. The pictures come from AltaVista's spidering of the web, as well as from collections owned by Corbis and Getty.
The MP3/Audio center is new and marks AltaVista entry into serving up audio files. Sound listings come from spidering both web and FTP sites, plus through partnerships with companies like CDNow and MP3.com. The center also provides links to MP3 players and tutorials on how to download and listen to MP3 files.
The Video center, like the others, features content that comes from spidering the web as well as video files provided by news, entertainment and financial broadcast companies. A tutorial on how to download and view video files is also available.
AltaVista has also been busy with its global expansion, which was revitalized about a year ago with the launch of AltaVista Germany. The company added a Scandinavian site in October, a United Kingdom site in December yesterday officially launched Dutch and French sites.
AltaVista had extended a global presence before this expansion, operating mirror sites in partnership with local companies in places such as Europe and Asia. It also had ties to "power" other people's regionally branded services. However, AltaVista's new model is to set up its own directly run operations in different countries, putting it in competition with some former partners.
For instance, AltaVista previously had a partnership with Scandinavia Online, which runs several portal sites in Scandinavia. Now that AltaVista is competing with Scandinavia Online, it wasn't surprising to see SOL dump AltaVista last month. FAST Search has taken over as SOL's new search technology partner.
The new sites that AltaVista has been rolling out all have country-specific collections of documents in addition to allowing you to search the world using AltaVista's global index. For instance, the UK site has a collection of about 30 million documents identified as being from the UK.
Finally, people have been asking me about a new round of missing pages at AltaVista. "We are more actively looking at the site submissions coming in," said Tracy Roberts, AltaVista's marketing director. As a result, more sites found to be spamming have been removed, Roberts said.
If your pages are gone, and if you get a "Too many URLs at that site have been submitted today" message when resubmitting, then there's a pretty good chance AltaVista has decided you were spamming them. If you disagree, then you should get in contact using AltaVista's feedback form. "We are monitoring those, so that when a request is made, we will go in and look at the site," Roberts said.
Could someone be oversubmitting your site to make it seem as if you were spamming? Perhaps, but Roberts said AltaVista has mechanisms to check on this.
Advanced Search Center
AltaVista International Sites
Links to AltaVista's new regional sites can be found here. The ones they operate directly all begin "AtlaVista," such as "AltaVista UK," except for AltaVista Canada. Most of the other services are either mirror sites or use AltaVista's crawling technology to build their own indexes.
Fast Search
Scandinavia Online Sites
http://www.passagen.se/ (Sweden)
http://www.sol.no/ (Norway)
http://www.sol.dk/ (Denmark)
Excite Canada
AltaVista is not alone in international expansion. Excite Canada also just launched yesterday.
AltaVista Search Contact Form
You can use this form to ask why pages have gone missing, if this has happened to you. Select the "URL Listing Support" option.
From Wedding Photos To Phone Sex
Wedding photographer Jon C. Domke was surprised to discover a sudden spike in traffic to his web site in early January. Surprise became shock when he checked his traffic logs and discovered that people searching for porn on AltaVista were reaching his site by mistake.
"I could not believe my eyes. My website was listed number one when users did a search for 'sex'," said Domke, who's based in Dearborn, Michigan.
Somehow, AltaVista crosslinked his web address with the title and description of a phone sex site. So instead of being listed as "Total Photo Image," Domke's site appeared as "Adult Phone Sex With Amateur Phone Flirts."
Not happy with the situation, Domke tried to reach someone at AltaVista for help. "I have sent several email requests to AltaVista to have the listing corrected but only received generic responses. I finally found a phone number to their corporate office and left a voice mail on their legal department's machine. But still no one returns my letters or calls," he said.
Domke initiated his complaint using the site's feedback form back in January, then says he followed the instructions to "escalate" the complaint, should have gotten him response within 48 hours. At least, that's what AltaVista's automated support system promises. Nearly two months later, he was still waiting.
In addition, Domke's situation was covered by a local television station and newspaper last week, both of which brought the matter to the search engine's attention, Domke says. "AltaVista has yet to contact me since I first contacted them on January 7. But they have spoken with both news sources. They claim it is a technical glitch and assured the TV station that it would not happen again in the future," Domke said.
"We actually did talk with the paper, and spent a good deal of time looking into the issue on our end. We were confident that the issue was fixed, we will continue to look into it," said Kristi Kaspar, Marketing Programs Manager at AltaVista.
Shortly after I contacted AltaVista, the problem seemed to be corrected. But Domke's site was not the only one listed with misleading information. Some of the other examples he pointed out remain with misleading descriptions.
Total Photo Image
Domke's web site, which contains no porn -- probably to the disappointment of some people who found it via AltaVista.
About.com No Longer Poster Child For Yahoo Abuse
Just over two years ago, I did a big write up on problems getting listed with Yahoo, using About.com (then the Mining Co.) as a poster child for the troubles many people encountered. Yahoo refused to list most of the company's individual web sites, which I thought was unfair. More importantly, I thought the policy made Yahoo less useful to searchers. About.com later got a lot of mileage out of this by running its "The 500 Sites Yahoo is Afraid to List" banner campaign in mid-1998.
Things have changed since then, but no one seems to have told that to About.com's CEO Scott Kurnit. He recently lashed out at Yahoo at a public forum, complaining that most of his network's sites are not listed. His comments were then widely reported -- even Jessie Berst's important Berst Alert column gave them credit at face value.
For the record, I found at least 200 individual About.com sites available within Yahoo, just about 1/3 of all the sites About.com has. Yes, that's not "most," but it is far more than About.com used to have listed, when it first raised its complaints in 1998.
I asked Yahoo if there was still a policy against listing About.com sites but didn't get answer in time for this article. Nor could About.com confirm for me that they'd been told recently that the policy still existed. However, I think it's pretty obvious this policy was lifted. When I first reported on the issue, I doubt About.com had more than 25 sites listed with Yahoo -- if even that many. For so many sites to now be listed, it's clear Yahoo had a change of heart regarding About.com.
In fact, when reviewing About.com's listings at Yahoo, one could even see that Yahoo editors have prefaced all About.com's various sites with the company's name, such as "About.com Bicycling" or "About.com Urban Legends." That has the effect of ensuring About.com's sites are right at the top of Yahoo's listings, which are organized alphabetically. If Yahoo was trying to be mean-spirited, they could have easily lopped the About.com portion off of each site name, which would have moved many About.com sites lower in the listings.
I'd agree that About.com's sites should still be evaluated independently by Yahoo and other directories, since they provide so much quality information that benefits searchers. If they are good, why not list them? But Kurnit's suggestion that About.com is being censored by Yahoo no longer carries as much weight.
In fact, I suspect About.com could increase its listings further by using Yahoo's $199 "Business Express" service, which guarantees that an editor will make time to review and approve or decline a site within a week. Most sites of good quality that use the service do get in, and the service has greatly reduced the number of complaints I hear about getting listed with Yahoo. About.com couldn't tell me whether they'd ever tried to use this service, but my suspicion is that most of About.com's sites got listed the old fashioned way, by using the normal submission service.
It's also interesting to flip the situation around. Yahoo could complain that its thousands of categories should be listed within appropriate areas at LookSmart, Snap, the Open Directory. To paraphrase Kurnit's words, search engine results "would be corrupt" if they failed to list Yahoo categories in the top 10 results on most queries.
Indeed, its arguable that since Yahoo is, using Kurnit's words again, "an objective search service representing all content to be found on the net," then any search engine would benefit its users by promoting Yahoo's listings. And since About.com has positioned itself more strongly as a web-wide search resource for users over the past year, then wouldn't it be fair for Yahoo to complain that no links to their site show up in About.com's top search results? Yes, you will find links to Yahoo once you actually arrive within a particular About.com site -- but they aren't given any special placement or promotion in the way Kurnit seems to feel his sites deserve.
The reality is search services compete with each other, and large scale cross linking between them simply doesn't happen, just as two television networks don't share programming.
Yes, Yahoo has had its listing troubles, but I would say they are much less so than in the past. Yes, Yahoo is still perceived by many as a semi-official guide to the entire web, giving it a special obligation to be representative. But the rise of the Open Directory is taking over some of that role from Yahoo. As the Open Directory is available for anyone to use, competitive issues about cross linking are less of a concern.
Overall, I got the impression that Kurnit was in some type of time warp. If anything, Yahoo seems to have done a lot to promote and benefit About.com, even despite a prominent banner campaign that mocked them. That's not just being fair; it's more than fair.
Yahoo accused of blocking rivals
ZDNet, March 1, 2000
Coverage of Kurnit's recent comments regarding Yahoo.
About.com Upset over Lack of Yahoo Listings
InternetNews.com, March 1, 2000
More coverage of Kurnit's complaints.
Why GuruNet is a Natural Born Killer
AnchorDesk: Berst Alert, March 2, 2000
Shows how Kurnit's comments are taken as a fact and used for slamming Yahoo in this incredibly influential column.
DejaNews, Mining Company Make Significant Relaunches
The Search Engine Report, June 2, 1999
Explains how and why the Mining Co. became About.com
Mining Co. Ads Play Up Yahoo Exclusion
The Search Engine Report, July 1, 1998
See how About.com turned the failure to be listed well on Yahoo into an ad campaign.
Mining Company Illustrates Yahoo Limits
The Search Engine Report, Jan. 9, 1998
Explains both sides in the old dispute over listings.
Search Sites Springing Up
An entire crop of new search resources has been springing up over the past few months. Here's a short guide to various new, updated and existing sites you might like to check out.
Pandia Search Central
Here you'll find an extensive "Goalgetter" search tutorial, a guide to search engines and search resources, "Q-cards" with searching tips for major search engines, plus the ability to search Pandia's version of the Open Directory or to meta search.
Traffick covers all aspects of portals, including free email offerings, personalization features, and home page building services. However, it also provides search coverage -- in fact, it has concentrated on this almost exclusively, of late. A current six part series looks at Ask Jeeves, Go Guides & The Open Directory, meta search and other topics. FYI, this site was formerly known as PortalHub.com.
http:// www.searchiq.com/
You'll find search engine reviews, tutorials and a directory of specialty search engines here.
Search Engine Showdown
Greg Notess is a search expert who has been covering the field for ages, but he recently moved his Search Engine Showdown material to its own domain, making it easier to find. In particular, Notess does long-standing surveys on search engine sizes and dead links, as well as providing tutorials and noting search "inconsistencies" for some search engines -- when they don't operate the way they are supposed to.
About.com Web Search Guide
The Web Search Guide isn't new, but I'd be remiss in not mentioning it with these others. Chris Sherman, who runs the guide, has been covering the search space for ages. You'll find regular reviews, columns and collections of resources here.
Another on the must include list, Tara Calishain's site provides great coverage of news and opinion on search and research tools.
Search Engine Watch
No -- I haven't lost my mind :) As a newsletter subscriber, you already know about the Search Engine Watch site, where I provide coverage, tips, resources and information about search engines. But sometimes articles get forwarded to non-subscribers who may not have been to the site. If that's you, be sure to come by.
Wild About WAP
There's been an explosion of interest in WAP, or Wireless Application Protocol, which allows you to create web pages that can be viewed on wireless devices like cell phones or within handheld computers like the Palm (that new color version is beckoning to me!). Along with this, a number of WAP search engines have arrived upon the scenes.
Why use a WAP search engine? First, using an ordinary search engine through a wireless device may not be possible or inconvenient. WAP search engines should be designed for low-bandwidth and small screen viewing. More importantly, an ordinary search engine is going to direct you to normal web pages, which again aren't designed for handheld devices. A WAP search engine will direct you to WAP pages, all which are specifically meant for your device. I may take a closer look at WAP search engines in the future, but in the meantime, you can find a list via the first URL below. And I'll let you know when the Search Engine Report can be viewed in WAP format, probably in about a month or so.
WAP Search Engines
A new category I've created within Search Links that lists other WAP search engines.
FAST WAP Search
Just launched, it should provide comprehensive coverage of WAP content.
Companies fight over wireless users
News.com, Feb. 18, 2000
The portal wars are moving over to wireless.
Setting Net on its ear
Boston Globe, Feb. 14, 2000
A look at what we want via wireless, and how voice recognition may help.
MSN Search Gets Paid Placement, Sort OfMSN Search is beta testing keyword-based text links that appear in the left-hand column of its search results page. Placement is by bid. More information can be found below.
bCentral / MSN Search Keyword Program
Atomz Finds Your Flash
Atomz.com, which provides a software-free site search solution, recently announced that it could now index the text contained within Flash files. If you have lots of Flash content and need a solution for searching your site, Atomz.com would be worth checking out. Unfortunately, none of the web wide search engines index Flash content, so your copy within Flash files still remains invisible to them.
On My Radar Screen
I'd love to get to everything, but there are only 26 hours in my work day. That's why I've decided to add a new Radar Screen section. In it, I'll list sites that seem worth a look and which I may feature in future newsletters.
Now out in its second release, FlySwat offers a great way to find related information when viewing a web page or other documents. I've been playing with it and find it a great tool -- expect a longer review on how it works in the future.
A new service that allows users to organize links into guides. It's much more than a bookmark-based search engine. Again, expect a review of how it works in the near future.
This is a great service that lets you search through the audio files of popular US radio programs. Enter a subject, and you'll be shown matching programs and even be taken to the exact points in the shows where the subject is being discussed. I'll tell you how it works next time -- meanwhile, try it today.
A new bookmark-based search engine backed by Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.
Search Engine Articles
Search Engine Inconsistencies
Online, March 2000
Looks at problems with page counts and processing search commands at some search engines.
Adding Search to Your Site
WebMonkey, March 1, 2000
Excellent guide to adding search to your web site without having to install software, written by site search maven Avi Rappoport.
You said what?!
Salon, Feb. 25, 2000
A look at a live chat search service that's in development, with a slant on privacy concerns it may raise.
What Is Hip? Not GoHip.com
Wired, Feb. 25, 2000
According to an Internet security firm, the GoHip search engine is distributing an ActiveX control that modifies your PC, including causing it to promote GoHip in your outgoing email.
Want to be a Millionaire?
About.com Web Search Guide, Feb. 18, 2000
Chris Sherman plays "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" with some twists on several major search engines. No one wins a million, but Go and AltaVista get pretty close.
Go backs down on logo battle
ZDNet, Feb. 18, 2000
Brief on Go changing its logo to please GoTo.
Ask Jeeves scuttles spin-off plans
News.com, February 17, 2000
Ask Jeeves says no to a separate search site to serve up sex-related answers.
Web Search Turns Up 1M
New York Daily News, Feb. 16, 2000
iWon, which I featured last month, makes a Manhattan man a millionaire for using its service.
Major Sites Hawking Minor's Private
SatireWire, Feb. 14, 2000
A satirical piece that pokes fun at how major search sites take any terms we give them and automatically suggest that we buy books or do other things on our search topic, even if it makes no sense. Thanks to reader Andrew Marlatt, for catching this one.
Jeeves settles dispute
The Independent, Feb. 13, 2000
The estate of P.G. Wodehouse apparently no longer has any problem with the use of the author's character by Ask Jeeves.
A year after big furor, a Lycos lovefest
Boston Globe, Feb. 11, 2000
A look at high demand for Lycos shares, a year after the collapse of the proposed Lycos/USA Networks merger.
FBI vows to combat Net terrorism
News.com, Feb. 9, 2000
In case you somehow missed the news of the denial of service hacks that hit Yahoo and other major sites, News.com offers a nice round up.
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Fractured patella / ruptured patella tendon
So, 3 and a half weeks ago I was playing hockey (field hockey that is, ice hockey isn't real big here in NZ), and got a stick to the knee. Ended up with a compound fracture of the kneecap, and a ruptured patella tendon.
All seems to be healing OK so far, see the surgeon again in a couple weeks and hopefully get the all clear to start rehab then. Which will be nice because it's pretty hard putting your socks and shoes on when you've got 1 leg fixed straight!
This season is a write off (which SUCKS because we've had an amazing start to the winter down here), but hoping to get in shape for next winter down here and the 2014/15 northern hemisphere winter.
Anyone had any experience with a similar injury and rehab? Keen for any tips.
Woops! Looks like myself and one of the other mods were getting in each other's way. I closed the other thread, so decided to reopen this one. Sorry, whoever!
Nah my bad, I saw this forum AFTER I went to the general forum... duh :dizzy:
It really depends on the fracture
Yeah, i'm more worried about the tendon than anything. I'd have to see your knee to guide you realistically. No reason why you can't rehab out of it though. Just make sure you ease into your rehab and be fully committed. Quadriceps atrophy is a pain in the ass sometimes
My fitness and strength was pretty good before this all happened so hoping that'll help with the rehab too.
Yeah, that'l help your recovery. If you can find a PT, Chiro, ortho to hook you up to some russian stim, that'll help your recovery a great deal.
Is it swollen right now?
Cheers, I'll do some investigating.
It's still slightly swollen compared to my other knee, but not by a lot - the swelling has dropped off pretty significantly. I've got it immobilised in a brace at the moment and for at least another 2.5 weeks until I see the surgeon again. Basically pain free now as well (unless I sit in an uncomfortable position for a long period!).
Yeah, your leg is probably going to be tiny. Just gotta eat super clean/healthy while you're doing the rehab itll make your life 100 times easier.
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On Monday at about 11 p.m. two men and a woman, all in their mid-twenties, pulled up on Mountain just below St. Catherine.
The driver parked behind a police cruiser from Station 52 and went into a friendly pizza joint called Chez Dany, just below St. Cat.
The post-hockey crowds had dispersed but a significant group of police remained assembled at the spot.
The young woman stayed in the pickup to watch a dog, a Labrador Retriever, while the two men went to get the take-out pizza,
The three were presentable young people from relatively well-off backgrounds who had finished a long day of work, no radical appearance, no subversive tendency, no visible minority cultural misunderstandings.
The young woman wondered why so many police had congregated at that spot.
"I thought they were looking for a person and it had nothing to do with us," she told Coolopolis Tuesday.
"They were going up to people walking by, asking them stuff. It's like they were really bored and wanted something to do. I've never seen cops do that for absolutely no reason."
A police officer asked her to roll down the window. She obliged. He asked what she was doing. She explained that she was waiting for food.
The officer walked away but returned a few seconds later and asked her to roll the window down again, whereupon he took out what appeared to be an iPhone, put it inside the window and pressed a button.
A beep came from the device and the officer accused her of smoking drugs in her car.
The young woman replied that she had done no such thing and that it wasn't even her car. But the officer came around to the other side and entered the vehicle from the driver's side and proceeded to search it.
The officer found several envelopes of cash, the day's receipts from the store that one of the young men operates. He hadn't gotten around to depositing the day's receipts in the bank yet.
The officer also found a tiny bit of hashish for personal consumption.
He accused the young man of being a drug dealer, cuffed both men and and proceeded to question them about the money.
While searching the vehicle, officers carelessly tossed computer equipment to the ground, as other police officers stood by chuckling, according to the young man.
The officer told the two men, "You're being arrested now for possession and distribution We are reading you your rights.."
The man said that other officers were also stopping other passersby, apparently at random.
"They started harassing everybody, going through their pockets. A car drove by and they ran his plate for no reason."
The officers kept telling the three that they would never be able to get into the US with a criminal record, so they'd never be able to get to Disneyland.
The police repeated the Disneyland motif several times throughout the ordeal.
(One might speculate that the references to the USA hints that the police were acting strangely because of the explosions in Boston earlier in the day.)
After a long time refusing to uncuff the men, the officers eventually decided to release them without charge, as there was ample proof that the cash came from legitimate retail transactions.
But even after his handcuffs were finally removed, the young man realized that he didn't have his phone. He dreaded having to return to ask the officers for his phone.
"I was scared shitless," he said. "I shouldn't have been. I did nothing wrong. I walked up to one of them and asked, 'do you have my phone?' Immediately another cop starts putting his hands in my pocket."
The entire pointless and harrowing ordeal took about two hours.
The three remained shaken and upset and have had their views of local police modified by the experience.


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The Cricket's Daily 3: From 'Iron Man' to 'Man of Bronze'
Here's what's happening today in pop culture:
• Hot off the success of "Iron Man 3," director Shane Black has lined up his next project: A reboot of the '30s pulp hero Doc Savage, "The Man of Bronze." [The Hollywood Reporter]
• When a new Miss America is crowned in September, she won't be hearing the familiar words, "There she is, Miss America," as pageant organizers have nixed the song for this year's ceremony. All of this raises the question: We still have a Miss America pageant? In 2013? [Entertainment Weekly]
• Google is celebrating the 93rd birthday of the late, great animator and graphic designer Saul Bass with an animated Google Doodle adapting his greatest film-credit sequences (including "Psycho," "Vertigo," "Anatomy of a Murder," "Exodus," "North By Northwest" and "Around the World in 80 Days"). [Google, The Guardian]


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Less than a year after the release of the PS3 Slim, Sony says that a firmware update for older models of the PlayStation 3 will kill its Other OS option.
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President Obama appears to be the best there ever was when it comes to raising cash. But that's because he works so hard at it. As James Oliphant of Government Executive reports:
This puts him ahead of the pack, given that:
There would be a point, one thinks, at which all this demagoguing for dough becomes unseemly and we can surely expect the mainstream media to alert us when, and if, President Obama approaches it. Meanwhile, there is this to think about.
The president came into office pledged to heal the nation's suppurating political wounds. To pacify its angry heart and so on and so forth.
But you don't do that when you are out raising political money. That is an exercise that calls for throwing lots of red meat to the hungry partisans and getting them to believe that unless they write those checks, the barbarians will be soon inside the gates.
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S EVENT: As part of the Bowie Weekender join members of CreateVoice, the V&A's Youth Collective, fashion Jane Bowler and other fashion designers in creating fashion styles for the famous.
Take inspiration from the various Bowie personas and other celebrities, design the ultimate look for your favourite music icon and find out what appeals to the stars! Bowler's collections are regularly borrowed by the likes of Rita Ora, Azealia Banks and Jessie J.
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The area now known as Long Level was once the center of a bitter boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Now, a marker in honor of one of the dispute's participants has been moved to a more historically accurate spot — the John & Kathryn Zimmerman Center for Heritage at 1706 Long Level Road in Lower Windsor Township.
The center received the stone and bronze marker recognizing Capt. Thomas Cresap, who clashed with Pennsylvanians after settling in the now Long Level area in 1729 as guardian of Maryland's interest in the territory, said Betsy Buckingham, development and outreach director with Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Area, based at the center.
At the time, the area was known as Pleasant Garden and Cresap's Fort.
While Cresap might not have been popular with Pennsylvanians in his time, he is still part of the state's early settlement history and a part of Long Level's history, Buckingham said.
Marker details: Cresap's marker is more than eight feet tall and weighs about 5 tons, Buckingham said. In 1924, it was installed at the intersection of Long Level and Bank Hill roads — about a half mile north of the center — by the then-Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Historical Society of York County.
Recent historical research revealed Cresap settled on or near where the Zimmerman Center is situated, she said.
The marker was moved last month and placed adjacent to the historic Dritt Mansion at the center by Kingsley Construction, which donated equipment and labor, Buckingham said.
"This is just one more piece of history associated with the center's property," Buckingham said. "The importance of moving (the marker) here is having it in a spot that is historically accurate and (making) it much more accessible to the public."
Cresap history: During the 18th century, the area was the topic of a dispute between William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania, and Lord Baltimore. Cresap, the lord's agent, stayed in the area for close to seven years, clashing with local residents and authorities who claimed the area belonged to Pennsylvania.
Cresap, who also ran the Blew Rock Ferry while in Long Level, left the area in 1736, after he was burned out of his log house and taken prisoner to Philadelphia, according to the historical marker.
He moved his family to western Maryland, Buckingham said.
He also is known as the founder of Oldtown, Md.; Maryland also has a historical marker for Cresap, she said.
To relocate Cresap's marker in Long Level, Susquehanna Gateway also worked with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Buckingham said.
Center project: The marker adds another feature to Susquehanna Gateway's $1.5 million enhancement project at Zimmerman Center, positioned between the Susquehanna River and the 187-acre Native Lands County Park.
The project includes a new parking lot, the addition of a riverside pavilion, and better access to the center area and to the adjacent Native Lands County Park, especially for people with disabilities.
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Hot. Sweet. Rich. Deceptively subtle. Erik never tasted anything so downright delicious before in his entire life. The myriad of conflicting tastes mixing his taste buds left him wondering exactly what he was gulping down his throat yet those flavors blended so well together, he was eager for more.
He couldn't tell if his eyes were open or closed in delightful bliss. All of his attention was focused on the mysterious item he held in his mouth, aware of something wet dripping down his chin. He bit into it, tasting a sudden burst of flavor before feeling something soft give way. A fruit, perhaps? He rolled it around his tongue, letting the sweet juice spread. Strawberry? Mango? Or was it some foreign fruit he heard that only existed in the hidden jungles of the amazon. He gulped it down slowly, feeling the soft slide down his throat and immediately filled his mouth with its delicious sweetness again.
Whatever it was, it tasted so good and smelled so mouthwatering, he knew he wouldn't forget the taste of it so easily. Every bite was a delight. Every swallow, a slow caress and when he had finished it all, he whimpered in disappointment. Then he begun to notice his hands were covered in red sticky juice.
A strawberry then, he thought pleasantly as he licked his fingers, making sure he got everything and savoring the sweet tangy flavor of it. The rich distinct scent filling his nose, imprinting in his brain. But underneath the mysterious scent and the flavor, Erik felt it was somehow familiar. A smell he knew intimately one time in his life.
Cloying and ripe. Blood and death. The old smell stirred something in his memories, rousing it like a bear in hibernation. And slowly as if coming out of a drunken stupor, he realize his hands were not covered in sweet strawberry juice but something more darker, richer and horrifyingly barbaric.
He jerked his hands away from his face and scrambled backward, stumbling into something heavy in his way. He turned to look and found pale glassy eyes staring back at him. He screamed and quickly moved away. A girl, small and broken, sprawled lifelessly on the ground, staring at him with her dead eyes. A red stain between her chest. A gaping hole where her heart had been.
Erik gasped as he opened his eyes and quickly reached for the lamplight. The shadows in his room disappeared as he sat upright on his small bed, heart pounding and eyes a little bit wild with fear. He looked at his shaking hands and was relieved to find no blood on them but somehow the taste and smell lingered on his mouth, reminding him of how sweet it was before realizing what it truly was.
He suddenly felt nauseous.
A dream. He told himself firmly. Nothing more than a dream. It wasn't real and therefore didn't happen. Erik stared outside his dirty window, watching the vague images of cars passing by, evening his breath out until it returned to normal. Once he was calm enough, he laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Just a dream. He told himself one last time before closing his eyes and going back to sleep.
Unknown to him in a room not far where he slept, a broken doll lay in a puddle of blood. Her lifeless eyes staring at the ceiling.
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MOGADISHU: Fierce fighting between heavily armed rival clans in war-torn Somalia has killed at least 26 people in a dispute over grazing land and water, officials said on Sunday.
"There are many casualties, the initial reports are of 26 people killed," said Mohamed Abdi Shire, a senior commander of the Ahlu Sunna militia in central Somalia, which controls the region. Clashes broke out Saturday in the central Galgadud region, around the villages of Marer and Balalder, he added.
Both gunmen and civilians were reported to among those killed and wounded when fighters from the rival Saleban and Duduble clans clashed. "We have received 18 injured people so far, three of them in a serious condition," said Ali Dahir, a doctor at the main hospital in nearby Adadao.
Clashes are common between rival clans, especially over grazing and water for livestock. "On behalf of the Somali government, I call upon the two clans to stop the bloodshed," Somalia's interior minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled told reporters in the capital Mogadishu.


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I am going to put together the world's smallest home gym. LOL Currently I work out in an unfinished basement. It does NOTHING to inspire me to workout.
I have an room turned into an unstructured closet. OK. Let's call it what it is. A junk room. I also try to do any videos in that room. But to be honest there is so much stuff that I don't really use it. Well, that changes. This morning I started clearing the room out, measuring, and strategizing how I am going to make it work.
I can't be overly ambitious on this because I pretty much blew my budget on the elliptical. The bare essentials...I did a tax estimator and decided to spend a portion of my tax refund (that I haven't received - LOL) on an elliptical machine. Yes dolls, I purchased a Sole E25 Elliptical machine. Don't get too excited. You know that I didn't pay that for it. LOL
Hint - Hie thee to the closest Sears Outlet with a coupon in hand and use your American Express card for the extended warranty. It was the best option for me because I don't want to put anything together AND I always watch the bottom line.
Anyhoo, I own all of the other stuff - BOSU, band thing-a-ma-jigs, mats, hand weights.
I have a 32 inch flat screen in that room. I want to hang it on the wall. But I am not sure how to mount the brackets and what not.
I also think that I am going to make/hang a large bulletin board to hold a calendar, inspiration photos, playlists and what not.
I am going to paint. Right now it is a lovely shade of flesh colored bandage. I think that a nice spearmint or a vanilla-y white would be fabulous.
In a perfect world, I would have a large leaning mirror. But the world isn't perfect, so I will repurpose a small mirror for form and what not.
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Twenty years ago my wife came home from the doctor and announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had to immediately go to Jackson, Miss., for treatment.
We had two young sons, so it was a real crisis with the prospect of perhaps having to raise them alone.
I knew I needed to pray, so I got up early in the morning and went looking for a church. The first church I tried was locked. I then found a Pentecostal church in West Monroe that was open. I went inside nervously, as I was frankly no prayer warrior.
There were some women there already praying. They walked around in a circle, prayed in a loud voice and I listened. It was clear they knew what they were doing.
So I followed them at a respectful distance and listened. I noted they would quote the "Bible" in their prayers and sometimes thank the Lord for the answer. I wondered how there could be an answer when they had just prayed the prayer.
I noticed some of the phrases they used would fit my wife's situation so I would say, "Lord, I adopt that by reference." These dear ladies were praying to the Lord and didn't realize I was adopting portions of their prayers.
My wife's treatment was successful and our boys are grown. I continued to go in the morning to the church to pray for many years.
We have it on good authority that the Lord promises that he will meet our needs. I needed fervent prayer for my wife and the Lord supplied it through allowing me to adopt phrases from the prayers of these dear ladies.
I have been forever grateful.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
* Avarice on the part of lenders, borrowers, banks, brokers, investors, and ratings agencies? Check. It seems as if just about everyone out there thought that they could get something for nothing, whether it be a million-dollar house with no money down, or LIBOR + 100 with no credit risk. What just about everyone seems to have forgotten, however, is one of the oldest rules in the book: if something seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
* Stupidity from many of the same people. As excuses go, "I didn't understand the risks" is a pretty lousy one, particularly combined with a venal attempt to get something for nothing. You may not have understood all the risks in their full mathematical glory, but surely some kind of bullshit detector should have gone off when someone offered you a $999,999 mortgage without either knowing or caring that you made $18,750 per year? And for anyone running a complex financial model, as the ratings agencies did, to say that the model won't work if the price of the primary input starts to fall, as the ratings agencies did...well....Macro Man is left to wonder if the agencies' subprime pricing models were written by Cap'n Crunch.
*...and of course, no tale of financial or economic woe would be complete without a healthy dose of hubris. From Ralph Cioffi to Dick Fuld, Peloton Partners to Fannie Mae, CBR to Peer Steinbrueck, the list of people and instiutions who thought that "that can't happen to me" is legion. Special mention should probably go to Fred "the Shred" Goodwin, who led the charge to consummate what may have been the stupidest, most ineptly-timed takeover in corporate history. What does it say when less than a year after the consortium gained approval to take over ABN, two of its three members were getting bailed out by their governments?
Of all the faults in any financial crisis, hubris is usually the most difficult to forgive. Greed is, to some extent, hard-wired into the human psyche, an inheritance from our ancestors' days as hunter-gatherers. As for stupidity, well, P. T. Barnum supposedly (though apparently, apocryphally) said it best. But hubris, ah hubris! The most popular drama in finance is the morality play in which the ruthless, unscrupulous, and very possibly immoral high-flier finds that bad things can, in fact, happen to him, usually in spectacular fashion.
And yet this morning Macro Man finds himself with a touch more sympathy for those hubristic authors of Icarus-like descents. For on Friday, Macro Man found himself tearing up meter-deep fresh powder off of the black Combe de Caron run in Val Thorens (pictured below, in considerably less snowy conditions.) A few hundred meters above the end of the run, Macro Man's friend suggested that they ski back onto the piste, where turning down the steep slope would now seem easier than ever.
"Why would I want to ski on that," said Macro Man, pointing at the piste with his pole, "when we have this," indicating the deep bank of largely-untouched powder.
Why, indeed. And so they took off, and Macro Man really attacked the powder, going as fast as he ever had off piste, in deeper snow than he can ever recall skiing in. Until his left ski got caught in the snow, Macro Man face planted, and he felt the tell-tale pop in his left knee. Hubris, indeed.
He'd love to share more of his thoughts on hubris with you, but he has to go to the doctor now to get the ball rolling to confirm and treat the initial diagnosis of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Let's just say, however, that he's learned his lesson...and at €400 for mountainside rescue, €150 for the hospital treatment, and another €300 for crutches, braces, and drugs.....so far it's been a damn sight cheaper than the lessons learned in the financial marketplace.
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- CV said...
Nice to have you back MM ...
I am sorry indeed to hear that you were injured. Crap! I hope you will feel better very soon. Been there done that by the way, a couple of years ago my hip (errm as') had an encounter with some off piste rocks and I was in bed for about two weeks before I could walk again (with crutches).
Here is to hoping that you will be up and "running" again soon.
best wishes
- February 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- spagetti said...
best wishes MM .. hope you'll be back on your feet soon
- February 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM
shanghai continues to taking a cable car steadily back up. is it the real thing or are investors getting ready to pop their ligaments?
- February 16, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Cheaper lesson, but sounds just as, if not more painful. Best of luck with treatment MM, JL
- February 16, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Macro Trading Ideas said...
MM, anterior cruciate ligament is better than posterior, but, trust me, is absolutely not pleasant, in particular due to long-term recovery.
What you need is a magnetic resonance before of all, GOOD Luck!
What about the most important event in rome, the really interesting interview to Nakagawa?? Maybe a strategy to weaken yen?? AHAHHAHA
- February 16, 2009 at 11:50 AM
In every accident there is a lesson to be ignored.
- February 16, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- Bill said...
I think hubris is hard-wired also. Best of luck on a speedy recovery!
- February 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Get well Macro Man, and keep your great spirit during your hopefully fast recovery!
- February 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- steveplace said...
Those last few paragraphs made me curl up in a fetal position. I truly empathize.
- February 16, 2009 at 1:24 PM
get well
- February 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- pej said...
good luck with your knee man!
- February 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Get better MM, until then the macro world will not be as safe without you!
- February 16, 2009 at 2:54 PM
You may have underestimated Captain Crunch. More your side of the pond than mine but didn't the whistles that he gave away in cereal packets give rise to phone phreaking which then forced the move away from side band signalling on the PSTN?
- February 16, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- pupkinus said...
I wish you a speedy recovery
- February 16, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- dblwyo said...
Hey, let's not pick on the Cap'n ! One of the world's greatest hackers
But as you classicists would know better, "whom the gods wouldst humble...they make prideful"
More seriously will anyone re-learn the value of the old, fundamental tried and true principles ?
1) He who always looks to get the best of it gets taken - Lazarus Long
2) If you look 'round the table and can't tell who the turkey is, it's you - Warren
- February 16, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Sorry to hear of your mishap, MM. Perhaps your loss is our gain in that we'll get a larger volume of posts from you as you recuperate.
- February 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
eastern europe breaking badly. can't belong until dax goes.
- February 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Glad you're back, MM. Hope you heal quickly and painlessly.
- February 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- jonathan said...
The rehab is a challenge, believe me, but you will learn things about yourself that will better color the experience.
- February 16, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- Macro Man said...
Thanks to all for your kind thoughts. Per Jonathan's comment above, I suspect very little about the recovery will be either quick or painless. However, given that one of the reasons that I got the injury to begin with was a constant desire to push and challenge myself, I have to regard the road to recovery as yet another challenge...like the market, the gym, or indeed skiing.
- February 16, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Ouch. Get well.
Guess you'll have even more time sitting in front of screens.
- February 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- Rick from Austin, TX said...
Welcome back MM, missed you! Hope your recuperation is speedy! Look forward to more posts!
- February 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I am surprised nobody mentioned that it was the 13th on Friday... *ducks*
Get better soon Mr Macro.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:55 AM
It's said that George Soros makes his best trade exits when he follows his aching back.
Let's hope your gimped knee rings a bell for you at the top.
- February 17, 2009 at 1:35 AM
Get well soon! Just in time, I might add, for the fireworks in Asia / USD this morning. Any thoughts?
- February 17, 2009 at 8:59 AM
sorry to hear about your mishap on the slopes and wish you a speedy recovery!
a very enjoyable piece.
if you want to challenge yourself off piste you need specific skis and preferably a guide so you don't kill yourself the next time.
otherwise you run deep, tumble and do what you did
- February 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM
MM, my best wishes for you. Take care.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Ah yes the joys of skiing. In my youth I stupidly raced on my college team along with some then Olympic hopefuls. Of our seven man team thew two would be Olympians siffered compund spiral fractures and I managed to blow out an ACL under similar conditions transitioning from packed to loose powder running downhill in their cases and mine going off course in GS.
Now at 67 I have had five knee surgeries, three invasive earlier on and two recent arthro procedures to clean out arthritic deposits andassociated "garbage" contained within the joints.
Not a tale of woe but rather and hope you avoid a similar fate.
Best wishes for a full, swift recuperation.
- February 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Glad you're alive and it's good to have you back as well. So sorry to hear you busted the knee but take heart, I've had three ACL reconstructions and am still plowing forward. It's all about the rehab! Hope you have a speedy recovery.
Best regards,
- February 17, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- GermanTrader said...
Unfortunatly I forgot to tell you the fate of Dieter Althaus before. This German State Premier left a piste earlier this year and ruined the lifes of many: a mother of four was killed, his father died in sorrow and he himself faces a criminal conviction and the end of his career. Media vita in morte sumus.
- February 17, 2009 at 4:51 PM
In december this year, I have been on the same off piste, it is appealing, no doubts. One of those lightly snow covered rocks hit me well, helmet saved me. No helmet for RBS, altough they behaved like going trough Val Thorens backward, eyes shut.
Enjoying reading your posts, keep up the good work.
Take care,
Stefan, Serbia
- February 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM
This is what happens when those above 35 play sports at level beyond the bunny slopes, esp. those that sit on the butts watching the screen all day and at most pushing a pencil and tapping a keyboard.
That's why its called Popped-knee-ing, not ski-ing.
That's why its called twisted-ankle-ball, not basket-ball,
Welcome to middle-age!
Wow, it cost less than Euro1000!
If you were in the USA, and had no
insurance, your total cost would have been more than that triple that. X-ray first, then an MRI, that alone is about $1500. Then you
get the emergency doctor, the specialist, hopefully the $1500 covers the radiologist but don't be surprised if you get another separate bill from him , $1000 for the doctors. The hospital emergency room, $500 at least.
I have no idea what a rescue here in the USA would cost, but since there are no doctors involved, its probably much cheaper than the medical system, so call it even w/ Europe at $500.
The actual crutch $20 from Walgreens and another $20 for various braces.
Financially raped if you are hurt in the USA.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM


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*** Update 2*** A fix for this issue is now released, and a replacement SP2 download will be available 4-6 weeks from now (and now is 6/26/2009). See http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/06/26/project-server-2007-office-server-service-pack-2-sp2-update-kb-971620.aspx
***Update*** The KB for this issue is now live at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620 but currently it does not say that this issue also applies to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. This will be corrected shortly, but this certainly does also apply to Project Server 2007 once the Office Servers SP2 is loaded - regardless of the presence of MOSS. and Applies to section includes Project Server 2007!
This is an emerging issue where we are seeing servers that have been updated with the 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) KB953334 are set to a trial license, with an expiry around the end of October 2009.
For the official statement on this issue please see the SharePoint blog, which also contains some FAQ answers on this topic.
This appears to apply to servers with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Project Server 2007 both loaded, as well as servers with just Project Server 2007. Thanks to Shazeb and Kyle for bringing it to our attention!
The fix is simple – just re-enter the license key. The Project Server 2007 one, or the Office SharePoint Server 2007 one if you have MOSS loaded too. This is done on the Operations page from SharePoint Central Administration under the Upgrade and Migration section (lower left) called Convert license type.
If you see the word "Trial" in the description area then you have the problem.
On the page itself enter the key, which will be the usual 25 characters in 5 groups of 5. The following screen shot is of a server after the correct key is entered – so it doesn't show "trial".
There will be a KB article coming soon KB 971620, but at the time of writing this is not live – though expected in the next 48hrs. No rush to fix as the expiry is not for a few months – but best to do it before you forget. No reboot necessary.
**** Update (Thanks for the reminder to update this one Seth) This issue is resolved by the August CU for Project Server 2007 the details of which can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2009/08/27/announcing-the-release-of-the-microsoft-project-and-project-server-2007-august-cumulative-update.aspx. and the direct link is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973937.
Details of the specific issue and fix:
You install the update that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article 968271. When you create a site in Project Server 2007 that has the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) installed, a second timer job is created in the native language and the site provisioning fails. ****
The full error is Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.Objects' with unique index 'IX_Objects_ClassId_ParentId_Name', and this occurs when trying to provision a new PWA site in a farm. Some background first, and then the workaround. In the February CU we added a fix for the "waiting for resources" problems customers had run into when trying to provision new PWA sites. This was caused by a missing timer job. The fix checked for the timer job, and if it wasn't found it was created – which for most of our customers was a perfect fix. However, for customers running multiple language versions (MUIs), or even just non US English versions it could fail to detect the timer job and think it was missing and try to re-create it – which led to the error!
My colleague Aik had been working on this problem and had a couple of workarounds we'd shared with customers and these turned up back in my blog comments a couple of days ago (Thanks Jose!) – so I thought the time was right for a full posting. So here are the workarounds – with option #1 being the favored one as it has the least impact on the users of the server:
Option #1 – Delete sync jobs before provisioning site
Option#2 – Change the regional settings
Any issues, or if you need some help working through these steps then please contact support. My blog reader Jose says we are may be fixing this in the June CU – though I couldn't possibly comment…
*** 2nd Update *** The Office Server download is now live KB968851 - just the article to come...
*** Update *** The top three updates are now live. The Office Servers still is not live, but you can get the MOSS update - KB 968859 - so the document is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968859 and the download at http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=968859. The WSS KB I refer to is the global one - Christophe references the non-global KB 968857 - in case you wonder why you see differences.
The April Cumulative Updates (CUs) for Project and Project Server are now available, but there has been a slight delay with the overall Office Server one – which will include all the Office Server components including Project Server. So if you just have Project Server and no MOSS you can go ahead and download and install now. If you have MOSS you may prefer to wait a few days and do all your Office Server updates in one go.
Also the KB articles for Project Server, Office Server and WSS are not yet live. So the table has hyperlinks that work – and text URLs where they are not yet active, but will be coming shortly. I will update when I see they are live.
So here are the links:
With the recently released Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) along with the Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 April Cumulative update hopefully we have seen the last of the false "check-in pending" issues. It is obviously still possible that the project may really be not checked in – but the false message should be a thing of the past. And I am absolutely positive that we you will tell me if I am wrong! And there could still be a scenario we haven't heard about that we need to fix – so do let us know.
As with all cache related problems you may still see an issue if your cache is already "bad", so best to make sure all your projects are really checked in on the server, and delete your cache (from the OS, not just the menu item in Pro) to ensure all is good when you load these new updates.
*** Update *** See http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/06/18/project-server-2007-tracking-method-updates-since-sp2.aspx for details of settings changes to see previous behaviour, and http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/07/16/project-server-2007-office-system-june-2009-cumulative-update-is-now-available.aspx for the CU details that reverted to the previous behavior for Activity Plans and Proposals.
Sometimes we fix bugs and then find that customers had been relying on the "broken" behavior. I have covered this topic in some comment postings to the Service Pack 2 article but thought it worth a full posting to help customers understand why they are seeing different behavior.
In the Infrastructure Update we introduced a timephased grid for task time tracking. Most customers thought this was a great thing – but it did introduce issues in that Project Managers who had specified a project tracking method of % Complete and remaining work could no longer enforce this method – the timephased grid was a back door to "hours per period" statusing. So we fixed this in SP2 so that Project Managers could once again control how task time was entered.
How does this affect Activity Plans and Proposals? These server-side, or Light Weight Projects, as they are sometimes called, have certain limitations; only 100 tasks, only one assignment per task and also only one method of task statusing – which is % Complete and remaining work! This cannot be changed or over-ridden. In fixing this issue for "real" projects the fix also applied to all projects with this tracking method – and included Activity Plans and Proposals.
Now we are finding that between the IU and SP2 many customers were enjoying the ability to enter timephased data against these server-side projects. As always, I'd love to hear your comments.
Thanks to Laksh for his suggestion to make a full posting, and Ville for raising my awareness via comments to my blog.


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First time moms or others Just wanted to see what an average is when u all went into labor what week u were in and what was ur first sign or symptom that u got... And how long was ur labor? =) Thanks for sharing your stories !!!:wink:
40 weeks
36 weeks and 4 hrs of labor!!
I was induced at 39 weeks. I'm sure I would've went past 40.
Hello 30 hours of labor. Lol
41 weeks.
13 hours of labor.
36 weeks and 10 hrs
41 weeks 9 hours of labor
induced at 37 weeks 6 days. 12 hours of labor from start to finish.
37w1d (induced)
3hours 6 minutes of labor.
41 weeks. 17 hours of labor.
41 weeks EXACTLY & I went to the hospital around 6:30 & Had her at 11:23AM. My epidural was great though! :)
40 weeks and 3 days, I was induced. And 12 hours of labor. My 2nd was 40 weeks 2 days and 5 hrs of labor.
First baby was 40 weeks 2 days, 16 hours of labor. My water broke with my second at 38 weeks5 days. 8 hours of labor.
I had my daughter at 40 weeks 6 days, but I got induced & was in labor for 29 1/2 hours with 2 1/2 hours of pushing!
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Experts predict that the terrorist attack on a Nairobi mall will cost Kenya's economy $200 to $250 million in lost tourism revenue.
Moody's Investors Service and the World Travel and Tourism Council said the Islamic extremist assault which killed at least 67 people will slow growth of Kenya's GDP by 0.5 percent. Tourism generates 14 percent of Kenya's GDP and employs 12 percent of its workforce.
According to the council, tourism is Kenya's largest earner of foreign exchange after tea and coffee exports, generating $4.7 billion in 2011.
Kenya is Africa's fifth largest tourist destination, welcoming approximately 1.8 million visitors each year.
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No turbo for Subaru BRZ STI coupeComment on this story
The Subaru BRZ coupe and its Toyota GT 86 twin are easily among the most exciting cars launched this decade.
You'd have to view cars in the same light as washing machines if you were not to see some appeal in back-to-basics rear-wheel drive coupes such as these. But red-blooded enthusiasts are still asking some questions - like why does its boxer engine only have 147kW?
Needless to say that we're all keen to find out what the inevitable 'hot' versions will have on offer and we've just come across a few important facts about Subaru's BRZ STI.
In an interview with Auto Express magazine, Subaru's marketing head Atoshi Atake admitted that Subaru is working on a more powerful version of the BRZ.
However, the company also says that it will not turbo charge the 2-litre flat-four found in the BRZ as there is not enough space for an intercooler in the front section of the engine bay.
What's the plan then? According to Atake, there is room for improvement in the intake system. Revisions to the variable valve control system and a more freely-flowing exhaust are also on the cards.
The result, according to the magazine, will be a power output of 186kW - still not a huge figure, but consider that the standard car weighs a mere 1250kg.
The STI's design will naturally be inspired by the BRZ STI concept that Subaru showed off to the Americans at the Los Angeles Motor Show last year - but we imagine that massive 'ironing board' boot spoiler will be toned down for the production car.
As for the hotter Toyota GT 86, previous reports indicate that a TRD version is in the works and that it will indeed be force-fed, albeit by a supercharger.
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POSTED: 3:36 p.m. HST, Dec 29, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 1:21 a.m. HST, Dec 30, 2013
Winds are changing and should become southerly on Wednesday, but forecasters still expect mostly sunny skies on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Meanwhile, heavy rains continued falling on the Big Island Sunday night as a weather system stalls over the island.
The rains probably won't spread to other islands, National Weather Service forecasters said.
The weather service canceled a flood advisory prompted by afternoon rains and thunder storms on windward slopes.
The rest of the islands enjoyed moderate trade winds, with a few of the usual windward and mauka showers.
The trade winds should turn more easterly today, weaken on Tuesday and turn southerly sometime on New Year's Day.
Muggy Kona weather, accompanying the southerly winds, is likely to stick around through Friday and we could see some vog move over Oahu on Thursday, as well as some afternoon showers, forecasters said.
A weather system moving towards Hawaii from the northwest is forecast to move over the state over the weekend, bringing a greater chance of showers to all islands.


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