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2009 E-Lacrosse Feature: Lacrosse is no country for old menThe Maryland Terrapins have scored 28 times in two games. Freshmen accounted for 20 of those goals and assisted on five, while Maryland's senior class, in the form of Will Dalton, has scored two goals and had no assists. Maryland will travel to play Duke Saturday, who will be starting perhaps the oldest team in NCAA history. The Blue Devils have all those reinstated players from the 2006 debacle. Eighteen-year-olds will be playing against 22- and 23-year-olds.
This Duke-MD game could be the lesson of the year for one of these teams. Duke may teach these youngsters a thing or two about discipline and maturity. But if the Terps take down this super-veteran Duke team, we all might just learn or re-learn the value of letting great players simply play. I keep thinking of the Pink Floyd song, which urgently warns, "Hey Teacher! Leave those kids alone!"
The on-the-field leader of this best attack unit in the nation and Maryland's next big star is Grant Catalino. He's the team's new "first look" on attack. Catalino, a freshman, has seven goals and one assist after only two games. He should, quite soon, be the youngest player ever added to the Tewaaraton Trophy watch list for national Player of the Year. Lefty and rookie, Travis Reed has six goals and one assist while fellow freshmen attackers Brett Weiss and Ryan Young have combined for 10 and three.
The Terps have so many legitimate starting freshmen attackmen that at all times one of them sits on the bench, and he sits with last year's star Terp Max Ritz. Ritz gets time and contributes but this team has new leadership. One need only look at the low-riding black socks and the cocky swagger of these Terps to know who it is.
Anyone who's been a viewer of E-Lacrosse for a few years witnessed Reed literally take the MIAA crown with him from one school to another as McDonogh, then Boys' Latin put fast, versatile offenses on the field with at least one thing in common -- Reed and the infectious attitude he brings to a team. In his first two games, Reed appears to have made a smooth transition to being a starting attackman at Maryland, where his father starred in the 1970's.
In my opinion, last year Reed was the best unsettled situation ball handler in high school lacrosse, and the second-best high school attackman in the nation after Steele Stanwick of Loyola. You will hear and see PLENTY about Stanwick this year in my blog. As a senior, Reed scored 54 goals and assisted on 27 to lead Boys' Latin to a No. 2 finish in the MIAA and a 18-2 record after taking the crown in 2006. In my opinion, they were the No. 1 team in the nation until Loyola and Stanwick took it from them. Either would have crushed the New York champion in 2007.
By no coincidence and lacking no drama, it was Boys' Latin that lost to Reed's McDonogh team in the 2005 championship before he transferred to BL. That McDonogh team was coached by his father, Jake who is now the coach at Dulaney. The younger scored 238 goals and dished for 102 while in high school, playing at the top level of the most competitive league in the nation. He had some help each year as he played with the likes of Chris Boland and Brett Weiss at BL, and Jimmy Daly and Jeremy Sieverts at McDonogh. But the attitude present on each of those teams was the same. It had its lid on sideways and its drawers hanging low.
Reed is a gunslinger. He's a Jon Hess type. I once saw Hess breakdance on a torn up cardboard box in the mud and driving rain after a club championship win. This Terps attack is, in fact, already reminding me of the frenetic but precision play and swagger of the great Princeton trio, Hess, Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey, except they have more guys.
If Reed is the new quarterback on attack and attitude for the Terps, perhaps Junior Jeremy Seiverts is establishing that role in midfield. Seiverts was a pivotal part of the 2005 McDonogh team just as Weiss was a key to the BL campaign in 2006. Both know Reed very well and will hook up with him effortlessly all year long. When Catalino, Young and the others actually catch up on the lacrosse chemistry part (different than team chemistry), it will be hard for some opponents to event look competent against the Terps.
Will Dalton is a big senior faceoff presence and is pretty fast for a big guy. He likes to push the ball and get going, which is perfect for Seiverts who is dynamite in transition - a real breakaway middie who will get the "second assist" on many Terps transition goals this year. Junior Dan Groot and Australian sophomore Adam Sear can run and shoot and shoot on the run, too. Tony Mendez, another freshman, has a rocket and has been a favorite of mine for a while. Look for him to explode sooner or later and join in the freshman glory story. This is the best shooting offense the Terps have had since 1987, when the Terps did not lose a regular-season game. Unfortunately they have the same Achilles heel, too. We'll talk about that later in the year.
The Terps played four keepers against Mount St. Mary's because two won't see the field for a while. Junior Jason Carter and sophomore Brian Phipps are splitting halves otherwise and both are outstanding. The defense played well against the Hoyas' but did not need to be special against the Mount. We'll see if they can step up to match the offensive output against Duke. With the offense finding it harder to score against the Blue Devils, it may be the 'D' that wins that game for them, and they will win. It will be THE game of the early season.
An Early Souvenir from 2008
Every year I save a couple of the national championship winning team's media guides. Most years I already have them in my possession weeks before the championship is won and I've already put them in a spot with those of the other school which I think will be in the final four. By the time the big event rolls around, I'll typically have media guides from three to five teams set aside. This year I have one media guide in that spot after only two weeks of the 2008 season. After next week's huge Hopkins-Princeton-Virginia-Syracuse convergence in Baltimore, I predict to have only one more media guide set aside.
I will reserve final judgment, but right now, having seen Maryland twice, Hopkins once and Virginia once, and knowing the Princeton and Syracuse personnel well enough to make a cursory analysis, only Hopkins and Maryland will be alive for lacrosse's favorite three-day weekend. In fact, prepare now for them to play each other in a semifinal too. The committee would do anything to avoid a historic Maryland vs. Hopkins final on the very year they move the thing 400 miles away from "lacrosse's hometown."
The MOUNT
I can't say enough about Mount St. Mary's lacrosse and coach Tom Gravante. I nominated Gravante for the Muhlfelder Award for lacrosse service, which he won in 2006. I will devote an entire blog (at least) to this hero and the unique little role his program plays in big time lacrosse. But this entry was about Dave Cottle's Terps and it's not fair to evaluate the Mount against the best team in the country. We'll do that after they've played Bucknell and Canisius.
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Federer is currently No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Race To London on 2,010 points, behind the early leader, his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka, the Australian Open champion, on 2,380 points.
Last year, Federer secured his berth on 30 October – just five days before the start of the event.
Federer is attempting to qualify for the prestigious season-ending tournament for the 13th year in a row. The Swiss has lifted The Brad Drewett Trophy six times (2003-04, 2006-07 and 2010-11) and has finished runner-up on two other occasions (2005, 2012).
Currently the Top 5 in the Emirates ATP Race To London — Wawrinka, Federer, Rafael Nadal, two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych — all qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in 2013.
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Penn State men at Illinois
Tipoff: 8:15 p.m., Assembly Hall
Records: Penn State (8-17, 0-13 Big Ten); Illinois (19-8, 6-7 Big Ten)
Coaches: Pat Chambers is 20-37 in his second season at Penn State and 62-65 in his fourth season overall. John Groce is 19-8 in his first season at Illinois and 104-64 in his fifth season overall.
Radio: ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM
Probable starters: Penn State - G D.J. Newbill, 6-4 So. (16.0), G Jermaine Marshall, 6-4 Jr. (14.8), G Nick Colella, 6-3 Sr. (3.8), F Ross Travis, 6-6 So. (6.6), C Sasa Borovnjak, 6-9 Jr. (6.5). Illinois - G Brandon Paul, 6-4 Sr. (16.4), G Joseph Bertrand, 6-6 Jr. (8.3), G D.J. Richardson, 6-3 Sr. (12.7), F Sam McLaurin, 6-8 Sr. (4.3), C Nnanna Egwu, 6-11 So. (6.4).
Notes: This is the first and only meeting between these two teams during the regular season. ... Penn State is looking for its first Big Ten road win of the season and first conference road win under Chambers. ... In Big Ten play, opponents have made more free throws (268) than the Lions have attempted (226). Newbill (81) and Marshall (64) have accounted for 145 of PSU's foul shots in the league. The rest of the team has combined for 81. ... PSU freshman big man Donovan Jack will likely miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot. He has not played in the past three games. ... After losing six of seven and falling out of the Top 25, the Illini have now won four in a row. They had been ranked as high as No. 10. ... Illinois actually has a slightly better road record (3-3) than home record (3-4) in the Big Ten. ... The Illini rank No. 29 in the latest RPI, with the nation's sixth-strongest schedule.
Mirror Prediction: Illinois 71, Penn State 61
Comment: The Illini were completely out of sorts - even at home - for most of January, but have suddenly hit their stride. That does not bode well for the struggling Lions.
Mirror prediction record: 20-5
- Mark Brennan
FDU at St. Francis men
Tipoff: 7 p.m., DeGol Arena
Records: Fairleigh Dickinson (7-20, 2-12), St. Francis (3-22, 3-11)
Coaches: Greg Vetrone is 26-91 in his fourth season at Fairleigh Dickinson. Rob Krimmel is 3-22 in his first season at St. Francis.
Web stream: NECFrontRow.com
Probable starters: Fairleigh Dickinson - F Melquan Bolding, 6-3 Sr. (13.9), F Kinu Rochford, 6-6 Sr. (14.7), G Yves Jules, 6-2 Jr. (9.2), G Sidney Sanders Jr., 5-11 Jr. (4.6), F Xavier Harris, 6-6 Fr. (3.1). St. Francis - G Umar Shannon, 5-11 R-Jr. (11.7), F Earl Brown, 6-6 So. (10.5), G Ollie Jackson, 6-3 So. (7.9), G Anthony Ervin, 6-3 Sr. (2.9), F Ronnie Drinnon, 6-6 Fr. (4.8).
Notes: St. Francis leads the all-time series, 40-39, and is 25-11 against FDU in Loretto. ... Fairleigh Dickinson is on an 11-game losing streak. The Knights' last win was a 79-69 overtime victory over the Red Flash on Jan. 12 at Stratis Arena. ... According to realtimerpi.com, all but three of St. Francis' losses are considered bad losses - Notre Dame, Lehigh, Bucknell. Eight of the remaining 19 are dubbed as really bad losses. ... St. Francis is alone in 11th place in the NEC standings, while Fairleigh Dickinson is alone in 12th. The Knights have been eliminated from postseason contention, while the Red Flash will be eliminated with a loss. ... St. Francis wraps up its home portion of the schedule with a 1 p.m. game against Monmouth on Saturday.
Mirror prediction: St. Francis 65, Fairleigh Dickinson 62
Comment: The Red Flash have a real opportunity to win their final two home games of the season. A lot depends on which team shows up to play.
Mirror prediction record: 19-6
- Nate Foreman


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|Coordinates: 38°57′43″N 9°25′05″W / 38.962°N 9.418°WCoordinates: 38°57′43″N 9°25′05″W / 38.962°N 9.418°W
|Grande Lisboa
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|12.05 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
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Ericeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [eɾiˈsɐjɾɐ]) is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal, in the municipality of Mafra, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of the capital, Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 10,260,[1] in an area of 12.05 km².[2] Ericeira is regarded by some as being Europe's Surf Mecca, due to the exceptional coastline conditions for the practice of Surf. It is home for Ericeira's World Surfing Reserve, the first in Europe and the second in the world. [3]
Ericeira was a popular summer retreat for many of Lisbon's families in the 1940s and 1950s. Today, it is a popular destination for local and visiting tourists, as well as surfers from around the world (owing to the forty beaches with good conditions in the area).[4]
The region's taxonomic name has a convoluted history. Ericeira is believed to have originated from Ouriceira, itself a derivative of Ouriço, referring to the name for sea urchins (used in the parish's coat-of-arms).[5] One legend suggested that Ericeira was the terra de ouriços (land of ouriços), owing to what was assumed to be an abundance of sea-urchins along the beaches.[5] However, recent investigations, archived in the Museum of the Misericórdia, confirm that the animal mentioned was not an "ouriço", but an "ouriço-caixeiro" (hedgehog), a species associated with the Phoenician goddess Astarte.[5] The ancient settlement presumably dates from the passage and colonization of the Phoenicians.[5]
The region's first foral (charter) dates to 1229, when it was issued by friar D. Fernão Rodrigues Monteiro, Master of the Cavalry and the Military Order of São Bento de Avis, which was later reformed by King Manuel, in 1513.
Ericeira was an area much frequented for its climatic and seaside comforts.[6] In fact, Charles Lepierre, a chemical engineer referred to Ericeira's beaches as "a focus of the major concentration of iodine in all of the northern Portuguese coast".[6] In 1803, the Bishop of Coimbra took regular baths in Ericeira, and the Royal Family including Queen Maria Pia of Savoy in 1864 also frequented its waters.[6]
After the disappearance of King Sebastian of Portugal, during the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, there arose several pretenders to the throne.[7] One of these was the King of Ericeira, a young hermit based in the Chapel of São Julião, south of the village of Ericeira, who passed himself off as Dom Sebastian.[7] He crowned a Queen, distributed handouts and punished his detractors, conceding several noble titles. In the end, he was taken to the guillotine, and his supporters too ended-up on the gallows.[7]
At the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century, many of Lisbon's local aristocracy began to build homes in the parish, including the Burnays, Ulriches and Rivottis.[6]
The development of the commercial port made Ericeira a fundamental pole of the region's economy. Reports dating from 1834 noted the shipwrecks of 175 boats transporting products to the village, principally cereals (which were then distributed into the interior) while exports, especially wines and spirits, were sent to the Algarve, the islands and other locations.[8] The customshouse in Ericeira supported an area extending from Cascais to Figueira da Foz, and the port was the fourth most important in the country, after Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal.[8] With the construction of the western railway and the development of land transport, the port of Ericeira lost much of its importance.[8] At the end of the 19th century, several warehouses and supply shops for sardine fishers were built, employing 500 men but altering the old fishing characteristics of the site.[8] Ericeira's golden age of prosperity during the 19th century, when the port was the busiest in Estremadura.
During the Second World War, the region became a refuge for several foreign communities, including pockets of Poles, Germans, French, Belgians and Dutch expatriates fleeing Nazi persecution in their homelands.[6]
Ericeira is more famously known for the day that King Manuel II of Portugal went into exile, from the Praia dos Pescadores, after the outbreak of the 5 October 1910 revolution.[9] It was about 3:00 in the afternoon of 5 October 1910, when the 20-year-old monarch, accompanied by Queen Amélie of Orleans and Queen Mother Maria Pia, arrived from Mafra. Arriving by car, escaping from the recent Republican revolution in Lisbon, the king was bound for the royal yacht D. Amélia offshore. The details were later immortalized in 1928 by Júlio Ivo, then president of the municipal council of Mafra (during the presidency of Sidónio Pais, who explained: "...the automobiles stopped and the Royal Family got out, they followed the Rua do Norte to the Rua de Baixo, to the narrow lane that connects the two roads, almost in front of the Travessa da Estrela...On arrival at the Rua de Baixo, the Royal Family went in the following order: at the front, King Manuel; followed by Maria Pia, then Amélia... the King...climbed aboard the boat using crates and baskets of fish...the flagman signalled with his hat, and the first boat, the Bomfim, carrying the blue and white flag on the stern, followed by the rowers, taking the King...the crowds along the coast were immense. Everyone silent, but many with tears running from their eyes...The King was very pallid, Amélia animated, Maria Pia was overwhelmed...The boats had hardly come alongside the yacht, when in the village there appeared, coming from Sintra, a automobile with civil revolutionaries, armed with carbines and bearing bombs, which they later indicated they were prepared to throw at the beach, if they had reached it at the time of the departure...".[9]
Its location, near Lisbon, and the development of the roadway network permitted, after the 1950s, a greater migration of summer sun-seekers, which helped to modify the character of the area.[6] Initially a commercial fishing port, Ericeira was transformed into an urban agglomeration dependent on seasonal tourism.[6]
Along its northern border is Coxos Break point, known as one of the best professional surfing areas in Europe, and not an area for beginners.[4] The parish consists of the settlements Bairro Arsénio Amadeu, Calçadinha Preta, Ericeira, Fonte Boa, Fonte Boa dos Nabos, Lapa da Serra, Pinhal de Frades and Seixal.
Ericeira is the home to Portugal's first/largest surfing association/club, the Ericeira Surf Clube. Founded in 1993, it developed from the surfing unit of the Ericeira Naval Club, which organized local, regional and national competitions in surf, bodyboard, kneeboard and longboard throughout the years. In addition the Surf Club began a school to train local athletes and visiting tourists who wanted to learn how to surf.
Ericeira is also keen on its musical culture. The local philharmonic, currently named Filarmónica Cultural Ericeira, has existed since 1849 and pursues a path of success in this villages's musical heritage with a permanent free musical school for all who love this type of culture.
The beach of Ribeira d'Ilhas, which routinely hosts a round of the ASP World Tour Surf Championship and is widely regarded as one of the best beaches in Europe for this sport, is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the north of the town.[4] In 2011, Ericeira was chosen by the WSR to be one of the World Surfing Reserves, together with Malibu and Santa Cruz in California, Manly Beach in Australia, and Huanchaco in Peru. The local council have redeveloped the Ribeira d'Ilhas foreshore to commemorate and show their support for the importance of surfing to the local culture and economy.
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External links[edit]
- Notes
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
- ^ Direção-Geral do Território
- ^ http://ericeirasurfguide.bitcliq.com/
- ^ a b c "Surf Europe Magazine". Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
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- ^ a b c d Câmara Municipal de Mafra/Serviços de Cultura (2011). Junta Freguesia, ed. "História da Vila da Ericeira" (in Portuguese). Ericeira (Mafra), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ericeira. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Câmara Municipal de Mafra/Serviços de Cultura (2011). Junta Freguesia, ed. "De "entreposto comercial" a "local frequentado por veraneantes"" (in Portuguese). Ericeira (Mafra), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ericeira. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Câmara Municipal de Mafra/Serviços de Cultura (2011). Junta Freguesia, ed. "O falso rei D. Sebastião" (in Portuguese). Ericeira (Mafra), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ericeira. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Câmara Municipal de Mafra/Serviços de Cultura (2011). Junta Freguesia, ed. "O Porto de Mar" (in Portuguese). Ericeira (Mafra), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ericeira. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b Câmara Municipal de Mafra/Serviços de Cultura (2011). Junta Freguesia, ed. "O Embarque da Família Real, 5/10/1910" (in Portuguese). Ericeira (Mafra), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ericeira. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- References
- Santos, Leandro Miguel dos (1998), História da Ericeira: Contributos para a História e Toponímia da Ericeira (in Portuguese), 1, Lisbon, Portugal: Edição do Fórum Ericeirense


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Morrissey was a newly hired corrections officer for the department.
The Sheriff was alerted to the possibility that Morrissey was manufacturing methamphetamine by a national registry that keeps track of people who buy meth ingredients.
Detectives searched Morrissey's home and found the meth operation and arrested both Morrissey and Beachler.


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Food Blog of the Day Archive
Welcome to the Featured Food Blog of the Day Archive! Look for great food blogs, get inspiration and discover new dishes. Want to nominate a great food blog to be featured? Contact us!
January 15, 2014
The combination of sweet and spicy flavors is a perfect accompaniment to the crispy chicken.If you're looking for a twist on classic wings, I highly recommend giving these a try!
January 14, 2014
This dish was definitely worth the wait. It is a rich and hearty sauce with layers of flavor from the duck and wine.
January 13, 2014
This pâté is creamy, mousse-y and light – surprisingly so for a rich, cheesy spread.
January 12, 2014
Keeping it simple today with an easy-peasy soup to warm you up from head to toe. What is it about soup that is just so wonderful? It's a miraculous thing.
January 11, 2014
Close your eyes and think about it. Crunchy pecans, sweet cranberries, beloved cinnamon and…crispy bacon. Dreamy, right?
January 10, 2014
A good hardy hot bowl of soup served up on a cool and wet day, much like today is a dream…a bowl of soup that's packed with great ingredients ready to nourish your body and still provide you with loads of protein and be simply, deliciously satisfying.
January 9, 2014
It is very, very cold out here. Right now it is -2°F, but feels like -24°F. Chicken noodle soup may seem a boring choice, but it is so comforting!
January 8, 2014
Nikujaga was one of my favourite Japanese dishes when I first moved to Japan as it reminded me a little of an Irish stew at home. This traditional Japanese stew has a sweet and salty flavour.
January 7, 2014
Greek lemon chicken soup, also known as Avgolemono soup,is bright and warming. I love soup in the winter and this one is both hearty and light.
January 6, 2014
Balancing family life and a diet can sometimes feel nearly impossible. Enter this lentil stew. It's ideal for any mom craving a pleasant, healthy, and balanced meal and it's perfect for the entire family.
January 5, 2014
It's a dish to awaken your senses: succulent prawns coated in a thick soy and chili sauce; perfumed with lemongrass and kaffir lime/limau purut leaves.
January 4, 2014
There is one thing that I simply can't resist about them: a good tomato soup.
January 3, 2014
Grilled Cheesus, mark this down as a must-have side dish for your next meal.
January 2, 2014
This beef pot pie takes inspiration from Beef Wellington - a wonderful celebration dish that tends to be eye-wateringly expensive as it uses a very large piece of fillet steak.
January 1, 2014
Chopped salads are my favorite. It really is the perfect winter salad, with it's pretty green lettuce and shiny red cranberries.
December 31, 2013
Black-eyed peas are always on the table in some form on January 1. Mother served them as a side-dish. We prefer them "doctored" up a bit and served as a stew. Many soul food recipes have developed around this legume.
December 30, 2013
It looks luscious and indulgent and indeed it tastes that too! The addition of buttermilk to cut back on the cream does not make much difference to the taste.
December 29, 2013
I'm enjoying a big bowl of this minestrone soup. It's loaded with vegetables and made hearty by the pasta and beans. So comforting!
December 28, 2013
I want to share with you one of my favorite dishes of all time. Eggplant Parmesan. Every Friday I go with my parents to the grocery stores and I can't resist buying them. First of all because they are very cheap, second because they are very tasty!
December 27, 2013
I am not sure why this is called cowboy coffee cake, when I asked Gran, she started talking about Henry (the cat) so it's a mystery. But it's bomb and so simple.


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By Kevin Kurtt
Let's Play Hockey Editor
In the Oct. 18 issue of Let's Play Hockey, I brought you a not-quite-comprehensive list of what it means to be a hockey fan in Minnesota. Atop that list was the following item:
"You might be a hockey fan in Minnesota if…you get ticked off when you hear Detroit call itself 'Hockeytown USA.'"
Well, scratch that one off the list and move over Detroit. There's a new Hockeytown USA in, well, town.
In last week's edition of Sports Illustrated, Michael Farber dethroned the MotorCity and handed over the mythical title to St. Paul. Detroit lost its designation as Hockeytown USA largely due to lackluster attendance at Red Wings games and waning interest in the sport of hockey in Michigan's largest city.
St. Paul, Farber wrote, is hockey's epicenter in the U.S. mainly because of the NHL's Minnesota Wild, a franchise that has gone out of its way to be respectful of the game, its fans and the countless hockey players in the state.
Farber's conclusion has certainly been greeted with pride here in the Twin Cities as it seems the nation now has been told what we have known all along: the game of hockey holds a special place in the hearts of countless Minnesotans – something you just don't see in other areas of the country.
What Farber fails to recognize, however, is the inadequacy of naming just one Minnesota city as Hockeytown USA. Although it's truly just a marketing slogan the Wild cooked up in their nod to grassroots hockey in Minnesota, "The State of Hockey" really does capture what the sport means to this state. Congratulations to St. Paul for its new moniker, but Hockeytown USA doesn't just reside in Minnesota's capital and second-largest city.
Here in Minnesota (not just in St. Paul), hockey is strongly woven into our fabric of life. Learning to skate, shoot and stickhandle is a rite of passage for countless Minnesota kids every winter in cities and towns across the state.
As SI's lead NHL writer, Farber surely based much of his article on what he has witnessed and experienced at the XcelEnergyCenter during Wild games. Obviously, without the Wild, St. Paul wouldn't have received a sniff of gaining Hockeytown USA status.
The fact remains, however, that hockey in this state doesn't begin or end with the Minnesota Wild. If the Wild were to pack their bags tomorrow, the game would thrive as it has since hockey's origins in this country in the late 19th century.
Hockey in Minnesota is about trudging through the snow to reach the warming house at the local park. It's about skipping school or work to go to or watch the state high school tournament. It's about clearing your schedule on Friday and Saturday nights in the winter to watch the Gophers. It's about hockey moms (and dads). It's about rivalries. It's about Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams and a nation-leading population of girls' hockey players.
But let's give credit to St. Paul where it's due. Our capital city hosts the hockey equivalent to the Indiana state basketball and Texas state football tournaments. No one can argue that the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament at the XcelEnergyCenter is the best prep hockey event in the nation, and perhaps the world.
In that same vein, St. Paul is home to several of the state's perennial and historical high school hockey powers. From St. Paul Johnson's four titles, to Hill-Murray's 10 top three finishes, to Cretin-Derham Hall's recent state championship, St. Paul is no slouch in the prep hockey ranks.
St. Paul is also home to possibly the most successful college hockey tournament in the country – the WCHA Final Five. The WCHA postseason tournament will make its eighth straight appearance at the X next March and regularly draws nearly 90,000 fans during the three-day event.
Obviously, St. Paul wouldn't be the city we know today without the Wild and the X. Kudos certainly go to the entire Wild organization for the model franchise the have built while always staying referential to the state's hockey culture.
All that being said, St. Paul just happens to be the largest of Minnesota's many Hockeytowns. From tiny Taconite (pop. 315) to mighty Minneapolis (387,970) and every city, suburb, burg, hamlet municipality and whistle stop in between, we are a state of Hockeytowns.
There's Eveleth – home of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The small Iron Range town (pop. 3631) certainly has a right to call itself a Hockeytown as both John Mayasich and John Mariucci called Eveleth home before going on to become synonymous with hockey in the state of Minnesota and beyond.
An historical powerhouse in high school boys hockey, the Eveleth Bears have made 13 appearances in the state high school tournament, winning five titles.
Finally and perhaps most notably, Eveleth is home to the world's second-largest hockey stick. What more evidence is needed that Eveleth is a Hockeytown?
But what about Bloomington? The former home of the North Stars and the MetCenter, the fourth-largest city in the state can claim Hockeytown status due largely to its 23 state tournament appearances between high schools Jefferson and Kennedy.
Minneapolis' largest suburb is also home to the BloomingtonIceGarden, a training home of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Several NHLers also call Bloomington home, including Mike Crowley, Ben Clymer, Mark Parrish, Erik Johnson, Tom Gilbert, Dan Trebil and Peter Mueller.
That's impressive, but what about the hockey tradition in Roseau? A town of only 2,879, the home of the Rams has produced a staggering number of elite hockey players. From two U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame players (Aaron & Neal Broten) to seven Olympians to nine players with NHL experience to 17 current pro, junior or college players, Roseau is a virtual breeding ground for hockey talent.
It comes as no suprise that the Rams own a record 31 state tournament appearances, seven state titles and 51 state tournament wins.
If a powerhouse in hockey is what we're after, then how about Edina? The adopted home of legendary coach Willard Ikola (he's an Eveleth native), the Edina high school tradition is as strong as nearly any other. As a city, Edina has made 29 appearances in the state tournament, winning nine championships.
The home of the Hornets also boasts one of the largest youth hockey associations in the state (and maybe the country). Not only are the numbers strong, but Edina's youth teams are forces to be reckoned with as evidenced by the 13 teams currently sitting in the top 10 in this week's Let's Play Hockey rankings.
By now, the residents of the original Hockeytown USA are fuming. Just four miles from the Canadian border, Warroad was Hockeytown USA 50 years before the Detroit Red Wings marketing gurus absconded with the name.
A town of just 1,739, Warroad has sent over 50 native sons to Divison I hockey programs since 1947 and is home to Olympians Gordon "Ginny" Christian, Billy Christian, Roger Christian, Dan McKinnon, Henry Boucha and Dave Christian.
Five Warroad natives – Henry Boucha, Billy Christian, Dave Christian, Roger Christian and Cal Marvin – are members of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
In addition, the Warroad Warrior boys' hockey team has captured four state championships and has made 18 combined appearances in the state tournament.
Clearly, the Warrior hockey tradition gives Warroad a claim to its long-held Hockeytown USA title.
Hockey tradition is alive and well in countless other communities throughout the State of Hockey.
There's Baudette, home of former Gopher and current Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Ballard and nearby Lake of the Woods – host of a pair of high school hockey games next Feb. 9, on Baudette Bay as part of the Second Annual Hockey Day Minnesota.
Don't forget Duluth, home of several high school hockey powerhouses, including three-time champion Duluth East and current boys' No. 1 Duluth Marshall. The seaport also boasts a rich college hockey tradition with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs and its most famous alum, future Hockey Hall of Famer Brett Hull.
Serving as the the southern portion of the state's top hockey town, Rochester has, between four of its high schools, made 23 appearances at the state tournament, led by John Marshall's six appearances and its shocking 1977 state championship.
Minneapolis can throw its name into the hat if only because it's the home of the headquarters of Let's Play Hockey. Seriously though, Minnesota's largest city boasts a wealth of hockey amidst its nearly 400,000 residents. From the University of Minnesota men's and women's Golden Gophers to the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships on Lake Nokomis to the numerous outdoor rinks at parks throughout the city, Minneapolis is as much a hockey town as any.
Beyond Duluth and Eveleth, the Iron Range owns a plethora of hockey towns, including Don Lucia and Bill Baker's Grand Rapids, the Michelettis' Hibbing and Matt Niskanen, John Harrington and the Hanson Brothers' (Jeff and Steve Carlson) Virginia.
Northern Minnesota boasts even more hockey towns with International Falls (seven state titles), Moorhead (eight top three finishes) and Cloquet (home of NHLers Jamie Langenbrunner, Derek Plante and Corey Millen).
On the road back to the Twin Cities, you may drive past St. Cloud, home of the Huskies and the National Hockey Center.
Back in the metro area, hockey hotbeds abound with Roseville and South St. Paul's rich boys and girls hockey history, White Bear Lake's pedigree of natives such as Brian Bonin, David Tanabe and Moose Goheen, and newer hockey towns like Eden Prairie and Woodbury.
Almost anywhere you travel in the State of Hockey, you'll find a town where hockey is king.
St. Paul may have the ceremonial label of Hockeytown USA, but we all know hockey in this state is about more than just one town. Both Hockeytown USA and The State of Hockey are really just brilliant marketing slogans, but the Wild's slogan gets credit for capturing what Minnesota is all about – a state chock full of hockey towns.
Hockeytown USA may have a new home, but thanks to Sports Illustrated, the residents of Warroad, Eveleth, Edina, Roseau and countless other Minnesota hockey towns, may release their own list of what it means to be a hockey fan in their city, leading off with, "You get ticked off when you hear St. Paul call itself 'Hockeytown USA.'"


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I'm sorry that I didn't make it over yesterday. I had every intention of blogging everyone but decided at 2am that I had simply run out of time! Especially with mama having to get up at 6am. hehe I just looked at her and rolled over and went back to sleep. Ah, the life of a dog!
I hope you had a nice warm and green and sunny day yesterday. We were hoping for green too but the last few mornings we have awoken to heavy snowstorms and there was more today! Okay, so it's not strange to have snow in March but we've been having semi warm weather lately and were keeping our fingers crossed that spring was just around the corner. I guess we didn't have the luck of the Irish with us and apparently there must be quite a few more corners till spring is really here.
Mama asked me if I could make summer come. So, I thought on it and replied, "No problem! It might take me a couple of months though." "Why so slow?" she has the temerity to ask? Well, it's not like I've done it before. That's a major commitment!
Talking of major, mama finally finished a horse movie on which she's been working on and off since January. It's hard to find time but at least it's done now. I would love for you to take a peek at it. It's called
Pippin: Valiant Protector of Honest Creatures
If you type that into the search engine of YouTube it will be the first movie to come up. I hope you enjoy it! It's a humourous mix of drama and action. And lots of footage of beautiful horses!
Talking of food, oh wait, we weren't talking of food but I WAS thinking about food. Mama was giving us dogs some chicken and she was holding a piece in her hand and asking Kermit to "speak." It took a couple of seconds and then he let out his little yorkie yap. Mama handed him his piece of chicken but WAIT! Where was it? It was in her hand one moment and gone the next! She didn't even notice but while her attention was held by Kermit I gently but deftly nabbed the chicken. Wow, what a perfect pickpocket I'd be! She didn't even feel it! hehe
Wishing you all the best and may the luck o' the Irish be with you. Leaving you a lucky vote!
PS Please vote for Kootenai 161648 on the HC. He and his mama are trying for hotm for the 4th time! I would really love for him to win this time and appreciate your support. And if you're already voting then thank you!!!
Come visit me, Adored 4, Ember, Melian (In Loving Memory), Tiny (Forever in my heart)
How are you doing? I'm doing fine and mama's hand is healing up nicely. She will have a scar to show off though. She's got to invent some story to go with it. Oh wait, she has one! Not much can beat her trip to my vet! I still get a kick out of that.
I've been really busy lately. Last week we went to the coast and had a wonderful time. It was so much fun to get away for a bit and enjoy the pleasures of eating, sleeping, eating, hiking, eating, and... eating! It rained the entire time but we were not to be put off. We went down and walked in the pouring rain and gale winds and came back cold and soaked each time. I wasn't too thrilled initially but as soon as my paws hit the sand I forgot about the foul weather and ran around exuding the pure joy that I felt.
It did clear up a bit one day and we went on a 4 hour (12 miles or so) hike along the coast. It was beautiful! Kermit came with us too but he was beat by the time we got home. I didn't realize that I was tired and on the last hour stretch which happened to be down on the beach I ran circles around everyone and back and forth the entire length of sand at top speed without a break. Makes me tired just thinking about it now! But I'd love to do it again.
All in all it was so much fun. When we left home we had spring weather. Now that we're back it's winter and snowy again. In fact we even have some fresh snow. Fun to run if you're tall like me but Kermit keeps getting snowballed and snow coned. hehe A few days ago three of us cornered a cat (bad dogs) and he scratched Kermit on the white of his eyeball. A good sized gouge was there but it's healing up. Hence the cone. And when it gets filled up with snow it's a "snow cone!"
It's great to be back. How is it there? Leaving a vote for you and I hope you're enjoying your weekend.
PS I posted a few photos. There are so many!
How are you doing? Today was mama's birthday and she had a wonderful day. Even the weather was extra beautiful! It was in the 60s here and we can't even imagine cold icy weather right now though we know it could just be around the corner. We're keeping our paws crossed!
Guess what I did on one of my long bike rides last week! Okay, I'll tell you. I caught a vole! It was hiding on the side of the road but I sniffed it out. I was curious and patted it with my paw, then I picked it up gently in my mouth but it felt weird so I dropped it. I was going to play pat a cake with it but mama told me to leave it and come. I considered her "request" (I always think of her "commands" as requests or suggestions) and decided to leave the vole alone. Good choice as mama was headed right for me with this unequivocal look on her face.
Mama told me that she was quite impressed by my thoughtful reaction. She said that every other hunting dog she's known would have killed the vole instantly and then thought later.
I'm sorry that I haven't been on here for a couple of weeks. As you know, I was busy helping Pippin with his hotm campaign. Now that he's king of the forest I may get a little more blogging time to myself!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are all feeling well. Here's a vote for you and best wishes for a fun week. Stay warm!
Thank you to everyone for leaving votes for Tiny yesterday so that she could reach 15,000. There were so many silent votes that I don't even know who voted! And thanks to Zoey for being the 15,000th voter.
How are you all doing? We're so busy with mini facts for Pippin's hotm run that I've not had much chance to do my own blogging. Today was sunny and warm. We think it may even have been in the 40s. What a nice change from all our freezing weather lately. Most of the snow melted last night because of all the rain.
Last week we had the most beautiful sunset ever! We rarely get pretty ones because we don't have clouds and often the mountains block the last glimmer of the day. But on our Friday walk it was simply spectacular. The hoar frost had been building up for days and everything had a magical glow. We took tons of photos, a few of which I uploaded on Tiny's page. Photos can never do it justice but at least give a glimpse of what we experienced.
Leaving a vote for you and hoping that you're all doing fine and staying warm and dry.
P.S. Yes, it's hard not chasing Acorn but I manage.
I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas with lots of family and friends with whom to share this happy holiday! I'm sure you've finished helping your family decorate and that everything looks so beautiful. It's my favourite time of year, apart from my birthday. Everything smells so good and we get extra treats and presents!
Last year they made the mistake of decorating the tree with little birdies that had real feathers. This year they won't make the same mistake. Of course, that might be because I didn't leave a single one undemolished! hehe Well, it's not like I haven't told them before how much I love feathers!
It will be Acorn's first Christmas. I wonder if she cares? Well, being a squirrel I'm sure she'll be happy with a few extra peanuts and blueberries. The other morning I slept in and mama came to wake me up. I could smell Acorn on her and I just looked at her accusingly. I'm not allowed to play with her but while I was snoozing away what was mama up to? My nose doesn't lie!
I'm not allowed to chase her, eat her, or even lick my lips when watching her. What a waste of a perfectly good squirrel! Perhaps I'll get my own? Oh, wait! I do have Kermit! Okay, I'm happy.
Well, talking of happy, I hope you have a very happy Christmas. Wishing you all the best this festive weekend! And leaving you a vote under your tree.
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Why The EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x Delay?
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Thank you Neuro. I understand corrected.
--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on November 16, 2012, 06:24:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: sanj on November 16, 2012, 03:23:48 AM ---And if I had to put a filter on these lenses it would be almost certainly a grad and that would go in the front.
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You'd need a pretty big grad filter (minimum front element size is 100mm diameter, filter would need to be even bigger) to put in front of a supertele lens,
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--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on November 16, 2012, 06:24:03 AM ---and some jury-rigged way to hold it there since there are no filter threads in front.
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There is a lens hood mount.
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 126.96.36.199
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In FI, CW and DC, my site is in the index. Most search terms performing the same as usual, EXCEPT the top keywords.
Top keywords are keywords used a lot in anchor text and contained in the title of my page.
The reason I am posting this is not to blame google or what. I need to at least find our the reason why this is happening.
Anyone here having the same experience? Maybe we can discussed here and find out the reason. Maybe there is a new filter working againt us.
You are not alone. I have the exact same experience.
HOWEVER, it is very hard to imagine that Google now considers these as punishable techniques:
1)posting your major keywords in large letters on your front page (H1 tag) for all to see (many sites above me don't have these words on the page at all--are they wiser?)
2)using these same words in your page title and description (Yes, I did that too!)
3)managing to have directories such as the ODP use these words in your site description (gee, I wonder how that happened?)
Conclusion: maybe we should wait and see what really comes up when (if) they finally update
It was ranked number one for allinanchor:Location Keywords across www and all dataceners until last night. Now it is 24th.
I have a lot of new links which should have been coming live for this update.
I have a similar problem [webmasterworld.com].
I noticed that neither PR nor backlinks seem to cause this problem. Also, I'm still #3 for 'allinanchor:keyword', while I dropped from #2 to #450 for 'allintitle:keyword'. However, the title was not changed for month and Google still shows the correct title.
I have been wiped out from several keywords on one site.
So H1 etc is not enough of an explanation. I wonder if they are punishing anyone who has too many links in with that anchor text .. Or they are adding negative anchor weight from some links.
An insane thing to do but it would explain things ...
Without this very odd penalty it'd have been a wonderful update. But i guess its a bit early to say for certain whats happening.
Not fun.
Gone down from top 10 to lower than 30 on some of my main keywords. My ranking for secondary keywords have stayed about the same. (which is great because 90% of my search engine traffic comes from those).
I'm trying hard to find a pattern, but the hit seems to be completely arbitrary.
I have been wiped out from several keywords on one site. So H1 etc is not enough of an explanation. I wonder if they are punishing anyone who has too many links in with that anchor text .. Or they are adding negative anchor weight from some links.
This is what I am thinking too. They have block my site from appearing with my top keywords which can be found on title, h1 and 95% of my anchor text. A search on that used to return my site in top 10, but now it is gone. Instead, my 'about page' which has the terms on the title appear somewhere near 100.
Since I am not alone here, Google must have applied some filters. But what's that filter and how it works? We need to work together to find out. Else we would stuck forever on it.
This might be the possible reasons.
1. I have added h1 tags specially for this update.
2. I have lots of links pointing in with the keyword as anchor text. Clean from guestbook links. Have partner sites which link to me in all their pages.
3. Duplicate title? It seems like a competitor using a title similar to mine. When he appears, I am vanished, and the opposite. Only one survival a time.
4. Crawling of non-www version of my domain. Googlebot has index my non-www version of domain (ie mysite.com instead of www.mysite.com). Is it a bug which cose google to confuse with my site?
All other keywords perform quite well (those not in anchor text). PR remained well. It is a SEMI-PENALTY but what do I do wrong?!
Are googleguy here to help when we need him the most?
SJ is just the based index with old algo, it get transfered to other data centers. The only filters is applied and that's why we see strange results in other data centers.
The best thing to do is wait, I know it's hard but there�s nothing you can do until www updates then you can try to work out what�s happening
The link count on all the data centres is exactly the same. For red widget i'm top 10 on sj, nowhere on fi. For 'big red widget' i'm infirst position on all the centres.
However, I have been able to observe an interesting difference between the listings on sj and the other data centres.
If I search for "www.url.com" on sj, up pops the site's home page. If I do the same search on fi, inner pages from the site appear low down the serps, and the homepage is nowhere to be found. It looks like the homepage is devalued somehow? I appreciate this may be a glitch of some kind, but there are quite a lot of people seeing similar descrepancies.
Anyone else who suspects a 'semi-penalty' try searching for the phrase "www.yoursite.com" and let me know if you see the same as I did. This might help understand if this is some kind of new penalty, or glitch/whatever.
inner pages from the site appear low down the serps, and the homepage is nowhere to be found. It looks like the homepage is devalued somehow?
Welcome to the club. This is exactly what we are talking about. The new filter seems to ignore the main page and shows some inner page (my about page in this case) in some where below. Main page is buried and hidden.
But there are nothing special on the search on www.mysite.com.
SJ is okay. FI, DC, & CW is terrible.
a searh of allintitle:blue widget didn't bring my site up too.
Also part of my point is that I don't think this is to do with links, since the site in question has very few links and shows the same count on all the data centres. Very little has changed on the site in the past 4/5 months.
There was a large thread about selective penalty here a couple months back.
I cannot confirm that too many anchor key links is hurting on the new index, though. When I search allinanchor:keyword, it pretty much mirrors the search results for that keyword as usual.
It would make sense that Google may penalize sites where their only links are almost identical, as it demonstrates that most were gained artificially (link exchange). True, a high percentage may come with key anchor text naturally, but not nearly all.
There is no difference for me on the results for "www.mysite.com" among the datacenters that reflect the new algo.
In my case, my site comes up higher in the new index for "allinanchor:keyword1 keyword2", even though it dropped considerably in the SERPs for "keyword1 keyword2". Thus, I don't think that missing anchor text is the explanation.
Conspiracy theory:
(read with twilight zone music on)
If you check the SERPs for your favorite keywords over and over again (with the toolbar on, of course), then you are obviously trying to optimize for those keywords, and will get penalized for that. Beware, big brother is watching you!
:) :) :)
in about feb - march, we received a ranking on a prime keyphase (for us) that we hadn't expected for awhile. (until our pr could compete with the heavy hitters)...
since march, we disappeared of the map with the keyphrase, again. we hadn't made any signficant changes to make it appear or disappear. it just did,
comparing that to what we see on -sj & -fi:
true to form our ranking discussed above shows up on this index for the keyphrase. got us real excited at first since GG was hinting that index was going to go live. we thought we got our ranking back (since we dont know how we got it exactly, and than how we lost it, that was exciting)however upon closer inspection we realized what everybody else did....it's common knowledge that the -sj starting point for that index (its ground 0) is stale data in many regards, if not all.
doesn't have us ranked anywhere on this keyphrase (just like old and new times). further, of certain new data being rotated on www. it seems it closely matches -fi index in many regards. however there are indications that --fi is a stale index of data as well as its ground 0. maybe more stale than -sj or maybe newer. it's really hard to tell for us if -fi is any better an indicator of things to come than -sj.
in short, for us hard to draw any conclusions with what we are seeing. yet anyway. on anything. based on this analysis and a few phrases we are watching, and other posts in this forum for the last couple of weeks now.
The results are the same for SJ, FI, DC and CW.
the only point which I found which could caused this semi-penalty on my index page is JS. I used a script as flash detection and redirect the user either to a flash intro or to the main page.
I removed the flash intro as well as the script. SJ, FI, DC and CW already show the new index page, but the problem is still there. Either I have to wait for the update after the next deep crawl or the problem is caused by anything else. However, there is nothing special on this page.
yes, there are additional factors and maybe Google changed the algorithm. However, a change in the position is nothing unsual for an update. This can be caused by many things: change of the algorithm, change of PR (either for your or the other pages), a penalty for other sites and so on.
However, at least in my case, the situation is different and more complicated as explained in msg #4.
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abcdef, agree with that! It's our opinion that -sj -fi and maybe -cw are leading the pack in terms of updating schedule, which might make sense if for no other reason than that those were the first ones to get going on this crazy update.
We keep thinking it's possible that what's going on here is either they are TESTING different algo variations at different dc's, or that they are applying the filters in different orders at different dc's. Either of these approaches could be designed to evaluate the effect of the new algo's key elements on the index.
At times we think that we've been able to guess WHAT they are testing or implementing. What we have little clue about is where the SERP's will all end up when ALL of the chosen algo elements are in place, and the new index is added in (which we still think is not there yet).
Most of what we've been able to get out of this is a heightened awareness of things that are getting more attention at the Plex than perhaps used to be the case (freshness, keyword anchor text, onsite versus offsite factors, community relevance, etc.)
some excellent observations in this topic and others. but it seems to us that it is still early to draw conclusions as to what Google is up too.
nonetheless, the observations are really interesting. In this case we can't see where keywords in our anchortext is something that ss hurting us with this new scheme whatever it is. but maybe.
Since I was #19 three months ago, I know this is only temporary. I don't believe there is any new penalty, but just back to an old algo for a while.
At first, I found it strange that I was the ony one affected, until I recalled that the other sites have been around for eons. They don't have a clue about optimizing, so I have been moving up while they have remained static. So, if Google reverts to an old algo, it stands to reason that I would be the one affected the most.
I suspect this is the position most of us find ourselves because we are always tweaking and optimizing and edging up. When the dust settles, I am certain that the situation will normalize and we will all move back up.
Even if don't, so what. This experience has reminded me that you can never build a sustainable business on anything free. When it's free you are always vulnerable and you have to accept wahtever is dished out to you. When you are paying for a service you can always take your business elsewhere. For me its back to sound business basics(affiliate marketing, email marketing, etc.). Henceforth, whatever I get from the SE's will be bonus.
Just my .02cents.
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Regarding this anchor text thing (first brought to our attention by rfgdxm1), there is little doubt in our minds that G is looking at dampening it in some cases.
If you do an allinanchor search across the nine data centers, it yields some interesting results. What is of course hard to divine is what/why G is doing on this front (i.e., what are their criteria for dampening anchor text in some cases and not others...and what impact will it have if they decide to go with this).
The trouble I have with it is, if "blue widgets" is the anchor text most often used to refer to a site that has lots of inbound links, and is called "BlueWidgets.com", how the heck can they penalize you for that? One possiblility: perhaps they are dampening only the inbound anchor text from one's own pages? Doubt that it's that simple though...it never is ;-).
And besides, is it bad to point to the lead blue widgets page in your site with anchor text that says the same...if it's accurate and relevant? Hmmmm. This can be a game where you're damned if you do and damned if you don't!


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Llewellyn, John, 73 Locust
Niemeyer, John.ws.west side. 7th, b. Wash. av. & Greene
Shaw, James, 98 Morgan
Stevens, Wm., 86n.north 21
Swift, Joseph, ws. 5th, b. Greene and Wash, av
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Whitehill, J. H., se. cor. Vine and 3d
Whitehill, J., nw. cor. 5th and Carr
Wortmann, H. P., ws. B'dway, n. of Cass av
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Main and Front
Main and Front
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and Front
and Front
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Conklin, John L., cedar ware,ns.north side. Market, b. 14th and
Cull & Hirscri , basket, ss Wash, b. 11th and 12th
Cunnington, Thomas, earthenware, ss. Wash, b. 6th and
Davis, Merrill, bird cage , ne. cor. 11th and Fr. av
Grey & Boylel , boiler, Main, b. Cherry and Carr
Higgs, Wm., . 126 Market
Jackson, Louis, rail car. sw. cor. Biddle and Main
Johnson H. & Co. , varnish, nw. cor. Florida and B'dway
Kennelt Simonds & Co. , shot Tower, b. Main and Lewis
n.north of Bates
n.north of Bates
Klaus, Diedrich, coffee extract , sw. cor. Columbus and
Liewer, John, billard table, 119 Pine
Mahood & Morse , yawl shop, sw. cor. Carr and Main
Marlon, Charles, bed stead. nw. es. Main and Wash
Meistermann & Meyer , paper box,ns.north side. Locust, b. Main
and 2d
and 2d
Meyer & Co. , cotton,ns.north side. Lafayette, b. Rosatti & Meneard
Muegge Charles & Co. , oil cloth, s. 2d and 113n.north 2d
Niohola, Chaile, comb, se. cor. B'dway and Palm
Parker, Ludlow & Co. , barrel, cs. 2d, b. Spring & Wright
Pullis C. & T. R. , Miss. Iron Works, cs. 3d, b. Chesnut
and Pine
and Pine
Schrader, Wm., plough, 228n.north 2d
Scott & Hedges , little giant mills,ws.west side. Broadway,n.north of
Shepherd & Holmes , bell,ws.west side. Carondelct av., b. Marion
and Carroll
and Carroll
Smith & Holt , file,es.east side. 9th,n.north of Mullanphy
Spering & Madison , bed stead, se. cor. Main and Ma-
Todd G. & C. & Co. , mill stone, 212n.north Main
Winkel, Henry, yarn, ss. Carr, b. 8th and 9th
Woodbum, Jacob, spoke,e.east Main, b. Biddle and Ashley
Marble Mandatories.
Kent & Fuller , 33 and 37n.north 2d
Park, Nathan, ss. Wash, av., b. 5th and 6th
Wilson, John O., 93 Wash, av
Biddle, 13th, b. Biddle and O'Fallon
Broadway, es. B'dway, b. Cherry and Wash
Centre, Main, s.south of Market
Harney, Biddle,w.west. of B'dway
Lucais, 12th, b. Olive and Pine
Mound, Broadway, b. Howard and Mound
North, 3d, b. Greene and Morgan
Soulard, s.south 7th, b. foulard and Carroll
South, 5th, s.south of Chouteau av
St. George, nw. cor. Sidney and Carond. av
Sturgeon,n.north Market, b. B'dway and 9th
Match Makers.
Dunham,ss.south side. Hazel, b. 3d and 4th
Heine, Henry, sw. cor. Columbus and Victor
Milliners & Dress Makers.
Adams, Rebecca, 143 Market
Auler, L., 143 s.south 2d
Bath, Caroline, 113n.north 3d
Beardsey, E., 95 Market
Billsbarrow, Lucy, ws. 10th, b. Market and Chesnut
Bramlle, Elizabeth, ss. Fr. av., b. 6th and 7th
Brewer, M., 3 s.south 4th
Curtis, Ann, 46 Market
Davis, Joseph, 96 Morgan
Davis, Mrs., 63 Market
Deneny, Mrs., 97 Market
Dick, S. A., 104n.north 4th
Diller, Henrietta, es. 6th, b. Wash and Carr
Donnely, Mary, 05 s.south 10th
Duer, Christine, ss. Almond, b. 2d and 3d
Engert, Rosa, 61 s.south 2J
Farrur, Margaret, 124 Market
Fischer, Leopold, es. Carond. av., b. Miller and Barry
Gooch, Mary. 67 Fr. av
Haas, Catharine, 107 s.south 2d
Haewclr, Emilie, 63 s.south 3d
Hains, Hannah, 256 Broadway
Harris, Thomas, cs. 12th, b. Olive and Pine
Basse, Johanna, 254 s.south 5th
Hirscbberg, S., 71n.north 4th
Hofman, Laura, 284 s.south 5th
Hotze, Wm., 65 Fr. av
Hunter, Jane, 137 Market
Jenkins, Caroline, es. 7th, b. Fr. av. and Morgan
Jones, Emma, 63 s.south 3d
Jones, Wm., 87 s.south 4th
Kelley, Michad L., 84 Market
Knox, Margaret, ns. Wash, b. 8th and 9th
Lebrun, Chirrissa, 130 s.south 2d
Lucas, Eliza, es. B'dway, b. n. Market and Monroe
M'Camlin, Catharine, 196 Market
Mackey, Caroline B., 10 s.south 4th
Magnus, Sopbia, es. Carond. av., b. Soulard and Lafay-
Mann, Ann, ns. Morgan, b. 5th and 6th
Mann, Eliza, ns. chambers,e.east of 9th
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Market Imperfections
Ramon P. DeGennaro
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Finance
Journal of Financial Transformation, Vol. 14, 2005
FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-12
I provide a taxonomy of market imperfections built around the economic forces underlying them. Market imperfections affect virtually every transaction in some way, generating costs which interfere with trades that rational individuals make, or would make in the absence of the imperfection. Understanding these costs gives us insight regarding the total costs of transactions, where to place them, or whether to make them at all. Market imperfections also generate profit opportunities for entrepreneurs. Institutions or individuals that can lower costs which trace to imperfections have a competitive advantage and can earn economic rents - at least until competing firms adapt.
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The conference aims at deepening a current problem, namely the transformation of society and its influence on economy modernization, within the Central and Eastern Europe's spaces marked by an obvious diversity. The main objective is to detect possible interferences, influences or divergences between the progresses recorded in this part of Europe, starting in pre-modernity, very useful for understanding contemporary trends.
The debates will consider, in an interdisciplinary manner (by using the methodological suggestions offered by demography, sociology, cultural anthropology, social history of knowledge, social history of art, religion sociology, etc.), the following topics:
• Politics, administration and territorial reorganization
• Population mobility and the use of the resources
• Trade and consumption (basic food and luxury products, elite culture and popular culture, religious art).


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A little yeast: A second act
By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on September 16, 2012 1:50 AM
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Elena Cully works with some dough before making challah, a braided Jewish bread her grandmother, Eva, taught her to make when she was a little girl growing up in Russia. The baker has come up with more than a dozen bread recipes and recently opened Elena's Breadbasket, a bakery that uses only healthy ingredients.
News-Argus/TROY HERRING
Elena's Breadbasket offers more than a dozen types of bread -- from jalapeno cheddar and garlic Italian to sourdough and challah. Because of her philosophy on ensuring each loaf is healthy, Elena is one of only a few vendors that have been invited to sell their creations at Wayne Memorial Hospital. To learn more about the bakery or to place an order, find Elena at the hospital on Thursday mornings, visit the Elena's Breadbasket Facebook Page or e-mail email@example.com.
SEVEN SPRINGS -- A little girl stands alongside her grandmother and the lesson begins. Separate the dough into three equal strands. Pray as you braid them. Gently distribute eggwash across the top of the loaf. Cover it with cloth...
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Q: My husband and I bought a chinchilla six days ago. We want to make him feel safe and comfortable, but he escaped from his cage the last two nights in a row. We think he just wiggled through the bars (he's young and small). We plan to get him a new cage. The problem is that I think he's been really traumatized by us catching him after he has escaped. He gets scared if we're anywhere near him. We love him, but we're concerned that he won't ever feel safe around us now that we betrayed his tiny trust by grabbing him when he didn't want to be grabbed. Is there something we can do to help him feel calm around us again? A: It takes time for a bond of trust to develop between pet and owner. Chinchillas may take a few days to several weeks to adjust to the sights, sounds and conditions of a new environment. Chinchillas are very routine-oriented and may become stressed when their lives change. Most chinchillas are curious, which helps them overcome change.
Try putting your hand just inside the cage door and leave it there for a few minutes. You may need to do this several times over several days. After a while, most chinchillas will come over and sniff your hand, he may put a paw on your hand, may nibble on your fingernails, jewelry or body hair. Eventually, most chinchillas will start to climb up onto the hand, usually they leave their back legs on the cage floor so they can get away fast if they become frightened.
Once the chinchilla starts coming to your hand, slowly move your fingers up under the chinchilla. It is good to talk to him gently as you are sitting there. You can also offer him a healthy treat from your hand. Often a piece of a small, shredded wheat square (non-frosted) or a thumbnail-sized piece of dried, whole wheat bread are well-received. Try to gently scratch under his chin and between his front paws. Many chinchillas love this and will open their paws wide to give you better access, and then move their heads around so you can reach all the good spots. This, too, can take a few tries if your chinchilla is skittish and a bit standoffish. If your cage is on the floor, sit in front of the door with outstretched arms/hands reaching inside and resting. Allow your chinchilla to explore your hands, walk out onto them and into your lap. Then you can encourage him to go back into the cage and repeat the same exercise several times. This helps your chinchilla feel safe and gain trust.
See all of Marty Hull's chinchilla Q&A, click here>>See Marty Hull's author bio, click here>>
Posted: January 15, 2014, 1:10 p.m. EST
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JACKSON, Mississippi -- An arctic blast spread across Mississippi Tuesday with below freezing temperatures and treacherous driving conditions.
In Itawamba County, a faulty space heater was cited in the deaths of four people in mobile home fire.
The National Weather Service said conditions would worsen during the day as the arctic air surges into Mississippi.
Snow and sleet possibly mixed with freezing rain was expected along the U.S. Highway 84 corridor. The precipitation was expected to end from west to east during Tuesday afternoon and move out of the area by early Tuesday evening.
In south Mississippi, where a winter storm warning was in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday, freezing rain was expected to change to a mixture of snow and sleet later Tuesday morning with accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible.
In Itawamba County, Sheriff Chris Dickinson said the ages of those killed in the mobile home fire range from three months old to 30 years old. He said nine people were in the mobile home at the time of the blaze and were using a space heater for warmth. Dickinson said investigators believe the space heater was the cause of the fire.
The victims have not been identified.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant issued an emergency declaration Monday for 36 of the state's 82 counties to speed up response to the winter storm.
Officials Ocean Springs and Pascagoula have both declared a state of emergency in their cities.
Jackson County leaders also declared a state of emergency that went into effect at 8 a.m., according to Emergency Services Director Earl Etheridge.
Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran, who is in Jackson attending the annual Mississippi Municipal League convention, said she polled the seven city aldermen by phone and then issued an executive order placing the city in a state of emergency. That action will be ratified by the board Thursday.
The Highway Patrol sent 20 extra troopers to the southern part of the state, and crews from the Mississippi Department of Transportation were putting salt brine, sand or liquid magnesium on highways and bridges in the area that could see dangerous accumulation from the Interstate 20- corridor through Vicksburg, Jackson and Meridian on down to the Gulf Coast.
School districts, businesses and government were closed in areas expected to face the brunt of the storm. Snow was being reported in central and south Mississippi, forecasters said.