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Bedford will attempt to win its third-straight district title this season with nine returning starters to help its cause.
"We have a lot of veteran leadership on this team with state-playoff experience," Bedford coach Jeff Thomas said. "We'd like to improve every game and to have a season to remember."
The Bisons defeated Somerset in a shootout a year ago to take the title.
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Garrett Thomas is one of nine returning Bedford starters.
Philipsburg-Osceola, which was the second seed in the District 5-6 Class AA playoffs a year ago, lost 75 percent of its scoring from a year ago but returns 11 starters.
Hollidaysburg, which lost to State College in the District 6 Class AAA title game, is hoping to reverse that result in 2012.
"We have talented group of senior starters with lots of attacking options and one of the best keepers around," Hollidaysburg coach Craig Shale said.
Chestnut Ridge, which lost to Fannett-Metal in the District 5 Class A final a year ago, will be trying to replace six key seniors it lost to graduation.
Bishop Guilfoyle will hope to rebound from a tough season in 2011 with returning Mirror first-team player Andrew Logue, and Altoona has six starters back from last year's 12-8 team.
The following is a look at most of the teams in the Mirror's coverage area.
Coach: Dave Alexander, 17th year
League: No league
Last year's record: 12-8
Returning starters: Nick Thomas, so., def.; Danny Cowan, jr., mid.; Joe Smith, jr., keeper; Nick Beckel, sr., mid.; Chris Reighard, sr., mid.; Joe Settimio, sr., mid.
Other returnees: Chad Allender, so, mid.; Ryan Good, so., mid.; James Metzgar, so., keeper; Dean Maddox, jr., def.; Kristian Mirenda, jr., for.; Kurt Fink, sr., def.
Newcomers: Joe Cox, fr., Caleb Marasco, fr.; Chris Wible, fr.; Aaron Worley, fr.
Strengths: Speed, work ethic and some experience
Concerns: Size and depth
Overall outlook: "If we can stay injury free, we should have a good season."
Assistant coaches: Dave McCarter, Travis Young, Nick Dorsey
Coach: Jeff Thomas, second year
Career record: 18-2-2
League: Laurel Highland Athletic Conference
Last year's record: 18-2-2, 12-1-2 in LHAC
Returning starters: Zach Barbus, sr., mid.; Stephen Calhoun, sr., mid.; Caleb Grimes, sr., mid.; James Jeffries, sr., keeper; Steven Stroup, sr., mid.; Blake Baer, jr., mid.; Garrett Thomas, jr., striker; Vaughn Robison, so., striker; Lalo Munaz, so., mid.
Other returnees: Sam Felix, sr., striker/wing; Danny Grant, sr., striker/wing; A.J. Imler, sr., mid.-def.; Conner Krauss, sr., def.; Lus Beal, jr., def.; Kale Dively, jr., keeper/def./mid.; Zach Gerber, jr., def.; Brandon Martin, jr., striker; Brady Thomas, jr., striker; Jordan Yingling, jr., mid.; Alex Kendall, so., mid./wing; Brandon Ahlfeld, so., keeper
Newcomers: Logan Myslinski, so.; Noah Winesickle, so.; Timothy Felix, so.; Brandon Woodring, fr.; Eric Will, fr.; Cody Rinehart, fr.; Ryan Wertz, fr.; Keegan Walack, fr.; Josh Grimes, fr.; Cody Eisaman, fr.; Daniel Brett, fr.; Kyle Leighty, fr.; Zane Baker, fr.; William Kachman, fr.; Noah Cubison, fr.; J.T. Horne, fr.
Strengths: "We have a lot of veteran leadership on this team with state-playoff experience."
Concerns: "We need to focus on one game at a time and get back to the state tournament."
Overall outlook: "We'd like to improve every game and to have a season to remember."
Assistant coaches: Rick Calhoun
Bishop Carroll
Coach: Nick Damin, ninth year
Career record: 40-105-4
League: Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference
Last year's record: 5-13, 4-10 in LHAC
Returning starters: Patrick Corcoran, sr., mid.; Matt Deskevich, sr., mid.; Michael Pyo, sr., mid.; Gabe Gresko, sr., def.; Erick Jennings, sr., striker; Elliot Chilelewski, sr., def.; Conner Dumm, sr., def.; Alex Gruss, jr., mid./striker; Ed Hegemann, so., def.
Other returnees: Ryan Caretti, sr., mid.; Caleb Hanyok, sr., def.; Alex Way, jr., striker; Cody Randall, jr., mid.; Caleb Hogue, jr., def.; Tony Anthony, so., def.; Matthew Bartoletti, so., keeper; Matthew Karlheim, so., striker; Austin Feathers, so., mid.; Nick Lutz, so., mid./striker
Newcomers: Ty Krug, jr., mid.; Lukas Soelter, jr., def.; Mitchell Hogue, fr., keeper; Evan Rieg, fr., mid.; Cole Crusciel, fr., mid./def.; Alex Lee, fr., striker; Zane Murphy, fr., def.
Strengths: "We have great leadership from our senior class and a great deal of upperclassmen returning to provide us with depth at most positions on the field."
Concerns: "We need to learn how to win close games and play consistently for the entire game."
Overall outlook: "We expect to be a playoff team and compete in the district playoffs."
Assistant coaches: Dave Tully, Jade Zatek, David Romani
Bishop Guilfoyle
Coach: Josh Eger, second year
Career record: 4-15
League: Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference
Last year's record: 4-15, 4-7 in LHAC
Returning starters: Andrew Logue, sr., for.; Zane Clarke, sr., mid.; Brendan Trybus, jr., mid; Kylor Kiesewetter, jr., mid.; Justin Kirkland, jr., mid.
Other returnees: Anthony Shank, mid.
Newcomers: Dan Baughman sr., def.; Alex Ciambotti, sr., keeper; Jack Barnes, fr., for.; Alex Gburek, fr., mid; Jake Dillen, fr., mid.
Strengths: "Our strengths will rely mainly on our offense this year, especially with the return of our head captain, leading scorer and Altoona Mirror first-team all star Andrew Logue along with a very impressive, never-give-up attitude in returning junior co-captain Brendan Trybus.
Concerns: "Numbers are always a concern. With only a few substitutes, any injuries that occur would be hard to recover from. Also, with only four returning starters, other players are going to have to step up, especially the freshmen."
Overall outlook: "With a strong offense, we should be able to strongly compete with teams and do well against the other Class A opponents."
Assistant coaches: Daniel Langenbacher Jr.
Cambria Heights
Coach: Ken Kerchenske, first year
Career record: 0-0
League: Laurel Highland Athletic Conference
Last year's record: 5-11, 4-10 LHAC
Returning starters: Garrett Maslonik, sr., stopper; Nathan Lieb, sr., mid./def.; Dylan Maurer, sr., sweeper; Ty Forsythe, sr., def.; Tristin Irwin, sr., keeper; Nathan Patrick, jr., mid.; Zachary Strasser, jr., striker; Kamden Kruise, jr., striker; Sam Waksmunski, jr., mid.; Jonathan Galinis, so., inf.
Other returnees: Julien Panaro, sr., striker; Drew Brown, sr., mid.; Noah Lane, sr., mid.; Travis Yahner, sr., mid.-def.; Dustin Imler, sr., def.; Ryan Shaner, jr., mid.; Isaac Lane, jr., def.; Anthony Huber, jr., def.; Jedidiah Price-Yuknavich, jr., keeper; Christian Bills, jr., mid.; Brandon Soltis, so., mid.; Austin Duclos, so., def.; Zachary Lieb, so., inf.; Justin Shaner, so., striker; Sam Williams, so., def.; Zachary Stoltz, so., def.
Newcomers: Brett Sammarco, sr., def.; Sergey Cook, jr., def.; Nick Milanesi, so., striker-mid.; Cole Kline, so., mid.; Patrick Huber, fr., keeper
Strengths: "With 11 seniors on the roster, we have a lot of leadership, particularly on defense. Our returning starters provide us the experience we need to play together and to start the season competitively. Collectively, our staff this season has over 35 years of experience coaching soccer at all levels.
Concerns: "As always, the Laurel Highlands provides a grueling schedule that forces players to be at their peak - both physically and mentally - the entire season.
Overall outlook: "Coming off a 5-11 season and a year's absense from the playoffs, this team has the potential to return Cambria Heights to the postseason and to make a run into the District 6 Class AA playoffs."
Assistant coaches: Steve Krug, Adam Strasser, Mike Strasser
Junior high coaches: Bob Diamond, Ken Bobak
Coach: Randy Trexler, first year
Career record: 0-0
League: Mountain League
Last year's record: No team
Newcomers: Derek Brown, sr.; Brock Dodson, sr.; Tannar Belles, jr.; Daniel Clapper, jr.; Ben Decker, jr.; Connor Gahagan jr.; Tristen Greenland, jr.; Conner Johnson, jr.; Andrew Johnston, jr.; T.J. Rice, jr.; Zach Slagenweit, jr.
Strengths: "Our biggest strength entering the season is the ability for this inexperienced group to adapt to a fairly high level of possession play in a short time. Sophomore Eric Trexler has three years of classic and premier level experience and has the ability to raise the level of play for his teammates. He will be relied on heavily to help lead his team to goals."
Concerns: "My biggest concern is the team entering into a league with virtually no prior experience and unfamiliarity with opponent's level of competition. Defense will have to work hard to match the level of play with midfielders and forwards."
Overall outlook: "The team will struggle in 2012 but expect to see more success in 2013 and 2014."
Central Cambria
Coach: Brian Reynolds, sixth year
Career record: 31-54-3
League: Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference
Returning starters: Dan Bowman, sr., keeper/def.; Brandon Thomas Fox, sr., mid.; Tyler Karlinsey, sr., def.; Sam O'Brien, sr., def.; Gino Tsikalas, striker-mid.
Other returnees: Austin Connors, sr., striker; Jordan Gibson, sr., mid.-striker; Jake Hale, sr., def.; Luke Kozorosky, sr., mid.; Luke Marcinko, sr., keeper/def.; Micah Primel, sr., def.; Dimitri Tursich, sr., mid.-striker; Augusta Phillips, jr., def.-mid.; Nathan Radebach, jr., def.-mid.; Josh Rosenbaum, jr., mid.; Jack Terndrup, jr., striker/mid.; Noah Vasil, jr., mid.; Jonah Lambie, so., def./mid.; Mark Pavic, so., def./mid.; Perez Youmbi, so., striker/mid.
Newcomers: Tayler Sechrengost, sr., def.; Logan Brandis, jr., def./mid.; Dylan Coposky, jr., mid.; Chase McHenry, jr., mid.; Colby Crimmins, so., mid./striker; Adam Farabaugh, so., mid.; Dalton Connor, fr., def./mid.; Matt Madigan, fr., striker; Justin Meckley, fr., striker/mid.; Bryce Thompson, fr., mid.; Dominik Tursich, fr., mid./striker
Strengths: "Our biggest strength will be our unity. The players over the summer have put aside their differences and put the team first."
Concerns: "Lost some offensive threats but will replace with teamwork. Also, we lack a junior high feeder program that so many other schools have. We have the numbers, but they have yet to experience soccer at a competitive level."
Overall outlook: "I look for us to build on last season's successes and continue to put Central Cambria soccer back on the map. This includes an appearance in the playoffs."
Assistant coaches: Andy Meyers, Cullen Frye, Ben Grove
Chestnut Ridge
Coach: Grant Bischof, second year
Career record: 10-4-2
League: Sideling Hill
Last year's record: 10-4-2
Returning lettermen: Brady Corle, sr., for.; Justin Fleegle, sr., mid.; Josh Ickes, sr., mid.; Dillon Hudson, jr., for.; Kyler Lesh, jr., for.; Matthew Miksich, jr., mid.; Jordan Crist, so., def.; Brad Frankenberry, so., for.; Sean Van Meter, so., mid.
Newcomers: Mathew Claycomb, jr., def.; Caleb Eicher, jr.; Derek Gardner, so.; Luke Hobson, so.; Nicholas Hyde, so.; Caleb Whisker, so.; Cody Baker, fr.; Aaron Burkett, fr.; Brandon Conrad, fr.; Cole Fungaroli, fr.; Holden Lesh, fr.; Colton Parrish, fr.
Strengths: "We have a very skilled offense returning from last year."
Concerns: "We're hoping to rebuild after the graduation of six seniors."
Overall outlook: "We're looking to make it back to the playoffs. I want to build off of the success of last year and continue to have the players improve."
Assistant coaches: Mandy Conahye, J.B. Wiskers
Coach: Steven Foor, fourth year
Career record: 1-45-2
League: Sideling Hill
Last year's record: 0-15-1
Returning starters: Andrew O'Hear, sr., mid.; Ejai Rock, sr., def.; Sheldon Ruby, sr., def.; Dale Clark, jr., def.; Mitchell Kovel, so., for.; Seth Mantia, so., for.; Zach Mearkle, so., keeper
Newcomers: Raven Sphon, sr., for.; James Truax, sr., def.; Dylan Clark, jr., mid.; Samuel Finnegan, jr., mid.; Mac Bair, so., mid.; Ryan Hess, so., mid.; Landon Bambling, fr., for.; Cordel Bridges, fr., mid.; Billy Hood fr., def.; Marc Karns, fr., mid.; Dalton Klotz, fr., mid.; Kevin Knox, fr., mid.; Keithan O'Brien, fr., def.; Tanner Sipes, fr., for.; Chris Marinelli, fr., mid.
Strengths: "With seven returning letterwinners, we have a strong core of players. We have a lot of freshman this year and they have shown a great understanding of the game and will be able to contribute right away. I am thrilled with the number of kids playing this year, which will only make us better."
Overall outlook: "I am looking for the players to continue to mesh as a team. They have all shown a great work ethic and desire to win. If they carry this over into the games we will have great success this season."
Assistant coaches: Paul Clark
Junior high coach: Rodney Sipes
Coach: Craig Shale, ninth year
Career record: 103-47-5
League: None
Last year's record: 14-5
Returning starters: Justin Hann, sr., keeper; Todd Azeles, sr., def.; David Katz, sr., mid.; Javier Cantos, sr., mid.; Zach Franks, sr., for.; Chris Miller, sr., for.
Other returnees: Alec Menard, jr., mid.; Tyler Miller, jr., for.; Luke Riggleman, jr., def.; Eric Miller, so., mid.; Collin Terchanik, so., def.
Newcomers: Ian Bilofsky, sr., def.; Colin Burns, jr., def.; Hunter Marks, so., mid.; Zach Viduya, fr., def.
Strengths: "We have talented group of senior starters with lots of attacking options and one of the best keepers around."
Concerns: "I'm concerned about how quickly a new back four will come together."
Overall outlook: "We are looking forward to an exciting season. This is one of the most attack-minded teams we have had in a long time. We should definitely challenge for a District 6 title."
Assistant coaches: Don Tantius, Brian Wicker
Coach: Phil Hawkins, first year
Career record: 0-0
League: Mountain League
Last year's record: 5-13, 4-5 in ML
Returning starters: Jacob Finkle, sr., keeper; Yogi Lovett, sr., for.; Devon Green, jr., for.; Ryan Shelley, jr., def.; Matt Wilson, jr., for.; Cole Moore, sr., def.
Other returnees: Logan Fultz, sr., for.; Kyle Robinson, sr., keeper/def.; Kyle Thompson, sr., def.; Drake Biddle, jr., def.; Adam Christopher, jr., mid.; Cody Gearhart, jr., mid.; Seth Greenfield, jr., mid.; Max Kemp, jr., for.; John Roth, so., def./mid.
Newcomers: Austin Bauman, so., for.; Kyle Miller, so., def./mid.; Shane Montgomery, so., mid./for.
Strengths: "We have team speed, goalkeeping, veteran forwards with lots of experience, good work ethic and attitudes. We have willingness to work hard to improve team chemistry, good young talent, and we're looking for sophomores and freshmen to step into varsity roles."
Concerns: "Loss of many solid seniors and two juniors moving on to foreign studies which contributed 20 of the team's 36 goals last year and 12 of the 15 assists. Looking for leadership."
Overall outlook: "We are looking to use steady improvement with an eye toward repeating as the Mountain League champions and advancing into District 6 play. Team has set lofty goals despite our relative youth."
Assistant coaches: Jim Roney, Jerry Kruse, Jason Shuck, Matt Wren
Northern Bedford
Coach: Marcus Yeatts, 13th year
Career record: 110-122-8
League: Sideling Hill
Last year's record: 11-9 overall, 7-5
Returning starters: Trenton Barnes, sr., striker; Damian Corle, sr., def.; Mason Replogle, sr., def.; Adam Hoover, sr., def.; Brandon Litzenberger, sr., def.; Tanner Russell, sr., mid.; Tanner Ott, sr., keeper/striker; Coltin Ebersole, jr., striker; Collin Sherlock, jr., mid.; Jonas Bequeath, jr., mid.; Logan Corle, so., keeper
Other returnees: Justin Brunner, sr., mid.; Noah Over, jr., def.; Brendan Over, jr., def.; Bryan Rabb, jr., mid.; Cody Eller so., def.; Trey Childers, so., mid.; Zach States, so., mid.; Dylan Wright, so., mid.
Newcomers: Marcus Crawford, jr., keeper/mid.; Ethan Eckenroad, fr., mid.; J.C. Norris, fr., mid.; Jordan Potter, fr., mid.; Chris Benner, fr., mid.; Brent Baker, fr., def.; Bailey Musselman, fr., def.
Strengths: "We have almost all our players back from last year. We have three players returning up front who are strong scorers."
Concerns: "We need to be stronger on defenseand score goals against quality opponents."
Overall outlook: "We expect to contend for league and district championships this year and to improve as the season goes on."
Assistant coaches: Don Musselman, Mitch Persun
Coach: Shawn Inlow, sixth year
Career record: 45-36-4
League: Mountain League
Last year's record: 12-5-1, 10-3-1 in Mountain League
Returning starters: Christopher Barnhart, sr., mid.; Nick Boumerhi, jr., for.; Brian Evans, sr., def.; Taylor Golemboski, sr., mid.; Alexander Gray, sr., def.; Caleb Henry, sr., mid.; Zach Hynd, sr., mid.; Wyatt Inlow, so., def.; Lucas Kristofits, sr., for.; John Prentice, sr., keeper; Jarrett Rockey, sr., def.
Other returnees: Zach Ament, so., mid.; Aaron Brown, so., def.; Nathaniel Burfield, jr., for.; Shay Clark, jr., def.; Bryan Descavish, sr., for.; Andrew Gray, so., def.; Hunter Honan, jr., mid.; Skyler Krise, so., mid.; Levi Muir, jr., for.; James Shaw, jr., def.; Chance Watro, so., mid.; Mitchell Winters, so., def.
Newcomers: Kyle Albert, fr., mid.; Anthony Cassler, fr., mid.; Denver Greenawalt, jr., def.; Ashton Henry, fr. mid.; Aaron James, fr., def.; Austin Krise, fr. for.; Nathan Kristofits, fr., mid.; Jace Martin, fr., def.
Strengths: "We are a very good defensive team with loads of experience and 11 seniors on the roster. Furthermore, we are very deep with good younger players available to substitute at every position."
Concerns: "We have graduated an All-State player in Alex Boumerhi. He and his classmates Greg Kojadinovich, Antonio Turrigiano and Dustin Fisch accounted for 75 percent of our goal scoring last year and 50 percent of our assists."
Overall outlook: "We are a deep, experienced team that has gone to the district playoffs two years running and expect to win our league, our district and run as deep into the state tournament as luck will allow."
Assistant coaches: Tom Petro
League: Mountain League
Last year's record: 4-14
Returning starters: Kyle Bartlett, sr., mid.; Andrew Burget, sr., def.; Alex Bartlett, jr., for.; Tristan Case, jr., mid.; Daron Daly, jr., def.; Bobby Dawson, jr., for.; Kris Seminario, jr., for.; Ben Shetler, jr., for.; Ian Schmoke, so., mid.; Jeremy Wilson, so., def.
Other returnees: Tyler Gill, sr., keeper; Kyle Raabe, sr., def.; Mike Wilson, sr., def.; Bailey Christine, jr., def.; R.J. Focht, jr., def.; Zach Friday, jr., for.; Shawn Phillips, jr., def.; Chris Bonsell, so., mid.; Josh Wilson, so., for.
Newcomers: Noah D'Angelo, fr., for.; Connor Himes, fr., def.; Ethan Kolbfleisch, fr., def.; Nick Mallory, fr., def.; Anthony Politza, fr., keeper
Strengths: "We have 13 returning lettermen from last year, so this is definitely a veteran team."
Concerns: "We need to find someone to step up to play the goalie position. We also will need more production from our forwards."
Overall outlook: "We should be much improved this year. The team has a lot more experience and a lot more focus than they had last year. We want to compete for the Mountain League title."
Assistant coaches: Chad Hunter


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- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
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After a nice nights sleep and an early wake up call , it was time to board yet another catamaran, this time the super sonic that would take us back up north and out to the Great Barrier Shelf where we would be snorkelling around Agin Court Ribbon Reef. Words cant describe the sights we saw from the top of the ocean (so look at vids and pics) 3 snorkelling sights and 5 hours later we were on board and heading home on what felt like another thrill seeking rollercoaster ride, which gave all the staff plenty to do-running around with bags of sick..lovely!


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#GeekyTreasures: The dreams of the future meet the history of the past
Along with my #aMomentaryLapseOfReason series (goes live every Monday morning), I decided to wrap-up interesting science- and technology-related stories. This linkfest will point to often overlooked news that are not necessarily from the current week. As much as feasible, I will try to have them somewhat gravitating around the same topic.
Until now, we considered that the genetic "Adam" lived between 60,000 and 140,000 years ago. A DNA sample sent for analysis to a US company brought the surprise, though: tracing back the paternal line of our species shows it is over twice as old as we thought. 'The father of all men is 340,000 years old,' writes Colin Barras (the New Scientist) exploring the history of the human male.
Fireworks for New Year's Eve can have incredible secrets. Astrobiologists from Cardiff University identified ancient algae-like fossils in... fireballs lit up in Sri Lanka. The fragments thus contained biological structures whose careful examination ruled out the possibility of terrestrial contamination. The discussion is ongoing as such results -- if proven inambiguous -- would indicate that life exists throughout the universe.
A stunning exhibition has been established on a sunken ship, The Vandenberg. Administered by a Viennese photographer, this is the world's only underwater art gallery. Have a look at the photos: absolutely impressive!
The ancient Amazons might actually have been... sailors? 'Wonders & Marvels' contributor Adrienne Mayor writes:
At first glance the image on the ancient coin looks like a typical ancient Amazon, those mythical warrior women modeled on nomadic archers of Scythia, the immense territory stretching from southern Russia to Mongolia. But hold on -- what is that object in her right hand? A ship's anchor! What could be more incongruous? The Amazons were horsewomen galloping over the vast plains, not sailors on the "wine dark seas."
A recently published study indicates that the length of DNA strands can actually predict life expectancy. More precisely, the length of the telomeres -- already known to be an indicator of age -- is reported to be a good predictor, at least for patients with heart disease.
How old is the oldest known star? Researchers (helped by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope) closely examined the "Methuselah star," known for decades because of its fast motion across the sky. Previous estimates were reporting it to be as old as 16 billion years -- a bit problematic given the estimated age of the Universe (which is 13.8 billion years). The new data suggests the star has the same age as the Universe, and the astronomers have quite a few exciting details about its birth and life history.
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FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers says the photos came from surveillance cameras, photos and other evidence near the explosion sites. One man is seen wearing a light-colored baseball cap, the other a dark cap. The man in the dark cap set down a backpack at the site of one of the blasts, DesLauriers said.
Within moments of the announcement, the FBI website crashed, perhaps because of a crush of visitors.
The images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service at a Roman Catholic cathedral in Boston to remember the three people killed and more than 180 wounded in the twin blasts Monday at the marathon finish line.
The break in the investigation came just days after the attack that tore off limbs, shattered windows and raised the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
The suspects are considered armed and extremely dangerous, DesLauriers said, and people who see them should not approach them.
"Do not take any action on your own," he warned.
Generally, law enforcement agencies release photos of suspects only as a last resort, when they need the public's help in identifying or capturing someone.
Releasing photos can be a mixed bag: It can tip off a suspect and deny police the element of surprise. It can also trigger an avalanche of tips, forcing police to waste valuable time chasing them down.
Video and photos recovered in the investigation are being examined and enhanced by an FBI unit called the Operational Technologies Division, said Joe DiZinno, former director of the FBI lab in Quantico, Va.
Investigators are looking at video frame by frame – a laborious process, though one aided by far more sophisticated facial recognition technology than is commercially available, forensic specialists said.
"When you have something that is this high-profile, they are going to use every available resource that they have," said former Miami federal prosecutor Melissa Damian Visconti.


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I'm back! I know. It's a surprise to me as well, but here I am doing what I love to do, writing this column.
The sale of our house fell through and we were disappointed; however life does go on and there are reasons for everything. In this process, I have redecorated our house with all of our own things and that is very good.
In September, we visited the new home of my high school friends in Virginia, then drove further south to Charleston, S.C., where we met my cousin and his wife from California.
Sue Livers, foundation director at King's Daughters' Hospital, will speak at the Tops Ky. No. 529 meeting at the Senior Citizens building, on Sixth Street in Carrollton, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5.
Livers will be speaking on the difference of living and living well. Tops is a non-profit support group for weight loss. All are welcome.
Festival from 2 p.m.-midnight
Girl Scout Troops 464 and 306 will be hosting a Halloween Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27 starting at 2 p.m. until midnight at the front entrance of General Butler State Resort Park. There will be a haunted corn maze, bouncy, face painting, cake walk and other Halloween games. Prices vary from 50 cents up to $5.
Costume contest for children ages infant to 13 years old
Carrollton Rotary Club will be collecting new or clean gently-used children and adult coats, hats and gloves for friends and neighbors in need.
This is the coat drive's second year.
Drop-off locations are Carrollton First Baptist Church, Carrollton United Methodist Church, Relevant Pentecostal Church, Carrollton, Carroll County Memorial Hospital, the lobby at General Butler State Resort Park Lodge, lobby and Edward Jones-Barry Cook- Madison, Ind.
Donations accepted no later than Dec. 1, 2012. For information call Kathy (502) 525-7256.
There's something so satisfying about making soup.
It's very easy to do; just add meat, vegetables, and spices to a pot with water or stock and cook. It's the end result that makes all the time waiting worth it. This particular soup is very interesting to me because of all the garnishes that really help to enhance the soup to another level. Feel free to also add jalapeno slices, diced tomatoes, chopped scallions or chopped onions as well to liven the soup up.
November is the month for the second annual Hispanic Arts and Crafts Show.
Last year, the Carroll County Public Library hosted its first ever Hispanic Arts & Crafts Show and Silent Auction with proceeds going to the English-as-a-Second Language classes that are sponsored by the JCTC Adult Education Program and the Library. More than seven countries were represented in one county with over 80 people participating! As you can see, it was a very successful program.
Carroll County Public Library will display quilts during the month of October.
Wednesday, Oct. 24: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; medicare part D, 10-3 p.m., sign up for an appointment; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 25: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; music makers, 18 months and up, 11 a.m.; story hour, ages 3 1/2-5 years, 1:30 p m.; GED help, 3:30 p.m.; homework help, 4 p.m.; ESL class, 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 26: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Friday crafts, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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For a list of the administrative updates to this public summary of opinion, please refer to the PDF document below.
- What is chronic myeloid leukaemia?
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a cancer of the white blood cells (cells that fight against infections). In patients with CML, the bone marrow (the spongy tissue inside the large bones) produces large numbers of abnormal, immature white blood cells called 'blasts', so there are too many of them circulating in the blood. These blast cells are not fully developed and do not work properly. Over a period of time, they replace the normal white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets in the bone marrow.
CML is most common in adults and older people, but children may also be affected. The disease usually develops very slowly, which is why it is called 'chronic'. However, when it progresses, CML is a severe and life-threatening disease that is associated with poor overall survival.
- What is the estimated number of patients affected by the condition?
At the time of designation, CML affected approximately 0.8 in 10,000 people in the European Union (EU). This was equivalent to a total of around 41,000 people*, and is below the threshold for orphan designation, which is 5 people in 10,000. This is based on the information provided by the sponsor and knowledge of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP).
*Disclaimer: For the purpose of the designation, the number of patients affected by the condition is estimated and assessed on the basis of data from the European Union (EU 27), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. At the time of designation, this represented a population of 506,300,000 (Eurostat 2010).
- What treatments are available?
Treatment for CML is complex and depends on a number of factors including the extent of the disease, whether it has been treated before, and the patient's age, symptoms and general state of health. At the time of designation, the main treatments for CML were chemotherapy (medicines to treat cancer) and bone-marrow transplantation (a complex procedure where the bone marrow of the patient is destroyed and replaced with healthy bone marrow from a matched donor).
The sponsor has provided sufficient information to show that bafetinib might be of significant benefit for patients with CML because early studies indicate that it might improve the treatment of patients who do not respond to existing treatments. This assumption will need to be confirmed at the time of marketing authorisation, in order to maintain the orphan status.
- How is this medicine expected to work?
Bafetinib is expected to work mainly by blocking a type of enzyme called BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase, as well as modified forms of this enzyme, which are found in most CML patients. The BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase is produced by leukaemia cells, and causes them to multiply uncontrollably. By blocking this enzyme, as well as other kinases, bafetinib is expected to control the spread of leukaemia cells.
- What is the stage of development of this medicine?
The effects of bafetinib have been evaluated in experimental models.
At the time of submission of the application for orphan designation, clinical trials with bafetinib which included patients with CML were ongoing.
At the time of submission, bafetinib was not authorised anywhere in the EU for CML. Orphan designation of bafetinib had been granted in the United States for Philadelphia-chromosome-positive (Ph+) CML.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of 16 December 1999, the COMP adopted a positive opinion on 3 February 2010 recommending the granting of this designation.
- Opinions on orphan medicinal product designations are based on the following three criteria:
- the seriousness of the condition;
- the existence of alternative methods of diagnosis, prevention or treatment;
- either the rarity of the condition (affecting not more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU) or insufficient returns on investment.
Designated orphan medicinal products are products that are still under investigation and are considered for orphan designation on the basis of potential activity. An orphan designation is not a marketing authorisation. As a consequence, demonstration of quality, safety and efficacy is necessary before a product can be granted a marketing authorisation.
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Israel is once again defying the Obama administration and is approving hundreds of new housing units.
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This goes against President Obama's call to halt all settlement construction. But Israeli cabinet members seem defiant.
"I don't see any reason to stop construction, neither in Tel-Aviv, nor in Jerusalem, nor in Judea and Samaria," said Uzi Landau, Israel's minister of national infrastructure. "I would just simply go on with that."
According to the Jerusalem Post newspaper, the Israeli government is expected to soon declare a moratorium on settlements. That's part of a package the U.S. is putting together to re-launch Middle East peace talks.
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ELAINE WHERRY: I owe everything I've learned about hiring to a very unlikely source — an automotive transmission gear.
At my first job, my cubicle mate was the software engineering manager. After tinkering on his car one weekend, he announced his latest, greatest interview challenge: reassembling his car's transmission gear. The two inner gears would only spin in unison when the teeth were precisely aligned. It took a keen, technical mind to logically fit the pieces together – precisely the kind of engineering thinking we were looking for!
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Skip to comments.Obama Campaign Borrows $15M from Bank of America
Posted on 10/20/2012 6:13:57 AM PDT by sunmars
Obama For America took out a $15 million loan from Bank of America last month, according to the campaigns October monthly FEC report. The loan was incurred on September 4 and is due November 14, eight days after the election. OFA received an interest rate of 2.5% plus the current Libor rate.
Warren Buffett, Obama donor and namesake of the infamous Buffett Rule, invested $5 billion in Bank of America last year in an effort to help the ailing financial institution. Last month, two weeks after OFA took out the loan, Bank of America announced a plan that would lay off 16,000 workers by the end of the year.
Obama has a complicated relationship with Bank of America. The bank contributed $20 million toward the cost of the Democrat National Convention earlier this year. Bank of America stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers, was supposed to host Obamas acceptance speech. At the last moment, the campaign switched to a significantly smaller venue. The campaign claimed that an impending storm would not allow the President to deliver his address. Many questioned whether move was made because the campaign was having trouble filling such a large stadium.
It is unclear why the first $1 billion campaign needed an extra $15 million for the final two months of the campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Very interesting. Has any campaign ever been noted to take a loan out before?
They should charge him what the loan sharks charge: 50:50 and use his body as collateral!
...or the Obama campaign staffers are so monumentally gullible ("Hope and Change" or "Obamaphone") that they keep getting bilked of the incoming -- possibly fraudulent, as the security codes on the credit cards are not used -- money, most likely by Nigerian email scammers.
(Vanity, Satire) Barack Obama's latest fundraising letter
Great so my house payment is helping to prop up Obama's campaign.
Anything to do with the DNC's 14+ million debt?
This sounds like a predatory loan. To bad we are the prey.
It's possible they spent or committed their entire war chest and has some areas they still wanted to blanket.
They've been spending like crazy here in Ohio.
I've not seen an ad for either candidate in a few days, but I've not been near the TV that much since the debate Tuesday night. I've seen a bit of news, mostly fox news, so I doubt they're putting too much money on that network with undecideds breaking toward Romney now.
$15million penalty for breech of contract? Could have been written into the original contract.
Because he's got a higher rate on his deposits elsewhere, so it makes money to borrow it at the lower rate.
POS Campaign: Let us "borrow" $15 million.
BOA: What do you have as collateral?
POS Campaign: Some of the DOJ investigations will go away.
BOA: What DOJ investigations?
POS Campaign: Exactly.
none of this makes sense .. maybe they need a bridge loan while waiting for the donations' conversion to US$ ?
You can't even make this stuff up!
Will they stiff BOA like they stiffed Chicago?
And why exactly does anyone bank with Bank of America?? This should be a wakeup call for all true Americans to close All accounts at BofA. it only takes less than 10% of depositors to close their accounts to send ANY BANK into receivership.
BOA dropped McMillan firearms as a client for "political reasons".
BOA was also the one giving illegals bank accounts, if my memory serves.
Anyway, dropping a good client like that for no rational reason is exactly how the Nazis treated Jews right before the hardcore things like kristallnacht began.
Bank of America announced a plan that would lay off 16,000 workers by the end of the year.
The bank contributed $20 million toward the cost of the Democrat National Convention earlier this year.
That wasted $20 million could've covered 500 or so full-time jobs for the bank for a year.
Looks like Hillary wanted cash, upfront.
Seems to me 0bama would be a major credit risk?
ALL banks give illegals accounts. SSN no longer required.
No pressure on the loan officer. /S
Why don't we do this instead of Freepathons?
The Billion dollar man makes the 6 million dollar man look so 70's.
No big deal. If Obama wins or loses, the administration will just find some way to give the money back, stealing it from taxpayers. Nothing to see here...
I wonder if they are ever going to pay it back?
This is why TBTF banks should be allowed to fail. They are nothing but money laundering organizations for the Fed and the government. There shouldn't even be a relationship between one of these bailed out banks and the campaigns.
C'mon Romney, gets some balls and push these banks through bankruptcy.
Anyone with a B of A credit card on FR ?
Yes. The day I went to BOA and they were treating illegals better than me, well that was the last day. Moved everything to Schwab including checking.
BoA is the epitome of unethical corporate greedy bastards. They love "helping" the illegals and practically roll out the red carpet for them.
I've been expecting this and have posted on this before. What is the downside to Obama's campaign borrowing as much as it can in the last 30 days? Nothing. If he loses, the campaign organization files for bankruptcy and Obama is not personally liable. If he wins, his cronies will either raise the money to pay of the loans or will visit the banks quietly to convince them they need to write off the loans.
From the perspective of the banks you pretty much have to make the loan even if there is no collateral. If the bank refuses to make the loan, and Obama wins, the bank CEO can pretty much assume Chicago politics will rule and the regulators will be turned loose on those banks perceived to be unsupportive of the regime. In a close election such as this one, the bank will make the loan.
I would not be surprised if we learn after the election Obama's campaign has borrowed over $100 million. If he loses, that money will be impossible to collect but may be the deciding factor as it will give him the advertising money needed to dominate the airwaves in the swing states. Plus with "leaning Obama" states becoming competitive, he needs advertising funds in those markets he did not plan to spend. Ironic he is shaking down the banks he constantly condemns for the money and they are complying.
DNC Owes Union Bank $15M
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) now owes $15 million to the union-owned Amalgamated Bank of New York, campaign finance records show.
The DNC received a $7 million loan from the bank in September, in addition to the $8 million loan it took out the previous month, neither of which has been paid back. The loans account for the majority of the committees $20 million in total debt.
DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz hailed the transition, and noted the longstanding political and financial ties between the two organizations.
Last Minute walk-around money in Penn and Ohio.
Good one! :)
I read early this morning that small town in Illinois is sueing Obama for unpaid
bill from 2008. Has to do with OT for cops when Obama was in town.
I have often said when dealing with Democrats, they pay up front or no services.
When I read this article earlier I had same thoughts you did.
With one difference if they file bankruptcy BOA will take it out of taxpayers.
seems to be n awful lot of cash borrowing for a campaign that is supposedly flush.....wonder if its all smoke and mirrors again.
Didn't BoA also lemd millions to the party for their convention?
Part of it might be that. Even for US donations, between the time that somebody makes a credit-card donation and the cash actually clears the bank could be several days or weeks. The loan might be to cover funds that have been donated, but not cleared.
"Collateral? We don't need no steekin' collateral. We'll repay you when and if we feel like it."
I've donated with my credit card over the years. Never once did it take weeks. Of course, my credit cards are US issued.
If these guys are collecting $170-181M in a month and had millions left after the '08 campaign, what's the need for $15M? Basically, it's chump change unless the $170-181M doesn't really exist and/or represents donations that they know will have to be returned. Check their '08 FEC reports to see how many donations had to be returned.
This loan makes absolutely no sense if their stated fundraising is accurate and true. Interesting that the loan was made after Romney's fundraising began to exceed Obama's and comes due 10 days after the election.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) now owes $15 million to the union-owned Amalgamated Bank of New York, campaign finance records show.
The DNC received a $7 million loan from the bank in September, in addition to the $8 million loan it took out the previous month, neither of which has been paid back.
Just like our money, the punk POTUS thinks he has a blank check with DNC funds.
"Why exactly does anyone bank with Bank of America?? This should be a wakeup call for all true Americans to close All accounts at BofA. it only takes less than 10% of depositors to close their accounts to send ANY BANK into receivership."
My wife and I are continually amazed at why anyone with a brain would have accounts with B of A.
Decades ago, they were like dealing with crazed pit bulls with all of their customers. That anti customer behavior has gotten worse.
Yet, we know people and some younger relatives who have constant hassles with B of A. When, we ask why they stay with B of A, they have the deer in the headlights dazed look. If any of these people try to complain about B of A's predatory dealings with them, we tell them we are not wasting our time listening to them.
now THERE'S a thought ! LOL
First rule of business is never let a campaign get anything on credit. I knew a guy who owned a high-end hotel. While he did let candidates stay there, since it was the best place in town and having presidential candidates stay there reinforced that impression, he always assumed if they didn't pay cash in advance, the rooms were an in-kind contribution because they NEVER paid their bills.
What a difference a year makes...
(Photos: dinksfinance.com, the Daily Beast)
So, the DNC is borrowing from the Amalgamated bank of NY, and the Obama campaign is borrowing from BOA?!? What happened to the $1 billion juggernaut - it must be all smoke and mirrors, like the statistics that his administration has been feeding us for 4 years. This guy is an empty suit and we can't get rid of his sorry A$$ soon enough!
This is a nice bank you've got here, it would be a shame if something happened to it!
I thought big banks were part of the problem...
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Even Marvin Gaye admits that those autobiographical lyrics about his domestic trauma will qualify his latest double album, Here, My Dear, as "one of the most bizarre works of all time." An exercise in conceptual art by one of rhythm and blues' most formative and formidable talents, Here, My Dear is not only a gold smash, but also the musical equivalent of Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage and TV's documentary on the Loud family. It is a painful 71-minute chronicle of Marvin's 14-year union with first wife Anna Gordy Gaye (whose brother is Motown mogul Berry Gordy) as well as of their acrimonious divorce.
The album evolved from a cause celebrity to match Hollywood's other Marvin case. In 1976 Gaye was ordered by a judge to make good on his back alimony and child-support payments by a unique method. Specifically, he was told to record an album from which $600,000 was to be turned over as a final divorce settlement to Anna, the mother of his 13-year-old son, Marvin III. Then late last year Gaye confused matters by declaring bankruptcy. Ironically, however, Marvin's artistic revenge may backfire. Anna is now said to be considering a $5 million invasion-of-privacy suit against Gaye. "I think he did it deliberately for the joy of seeing how hurt I could become," she says. Marvin just rejoins insouciantly, "Does this album invade her privacy? I'll have to give it another listen." Then he adds: "But all's fair in love and war."
The bottom line, lyricizes Marvin, 40, is that his ex-wife, 17 years his senior, is making him pay for leaving her for a woman 17 years his junior. In 1977 he married Janice Hunter after living with her for four years and fathering two children. Anna's indecision about bringing suit could be based as much on reluctance to sue indirectly brother Berry's record company as on her feeling, as a producer of two groups herself, that "it's very important for an artist to be able to express himself." Indeed, she intends to write a roman a clef on the subject. Presumably she has given up hope of a reconciliation, though she still uses her married name and notes plaintively: "Once you love a person, you always will."
Gaye, typically, makes no apologies about his bankruptcy. "I'm not really concerned with what people think," he says. "It's my life." Besides, the divorce and remarriage were not his only financial problems. "There are some legitimate creditors," he says, "but 80 percent are embezzlers, I have a heart, and people take advantage of me."
If nothing else, the shocks of the past year have forced Gaye to reappraise a self-destructive career history. For years he refused to appear on TV ("I don't like the lights") and would erratically pull no-shows at concerts. "I don't feel comfortable onstage at all," he confesses. "There is an ego trip involved that I'm not built for." Stunned by the death of singing partner Tammi Terrell, who died in 1970 of a brain tumor three years after collapsing in his arms onstage, he stopped live performances altogether for four years. "I didn't handle it very well," he says of that difficult time. "I do believe the fact that I was married to Berry Gordy's sister saved me from getting my contract ripped up several times. Let's face it, I'm a little strange by most standards. I truly feel I'm an artist and I don't give any quarter nor do I ask any." This summer, however, Gaye is embarking on a tour. "I gotta take the responsibility to show up every night. I may as well make the people who promote me happy and assured that I am not the unstable flake they think I am."
The problem was not his upbringing. The son of a an Apostolic preacher from Washington, D.C., Marvin started performing at 3 in church. After high school he entered the Air Force for two years. Discharged, Gaye joined a touring soul group, the Moonglows. He then started composing for the first time and decided to go solo, moving to Detroit, where "I bummed around a little bit and I got discovered." Berry Gordy caught his mellifluous tenor in a club and signed him a year later. In 1961 Gaye married Anna, whom he'd been living with for three years. "I guess I have this thing about living common-law before I get married," he cracks.
Gaye's 1962 breakthrough hit, Stubborn Kind of Fellow, was followed by a string of Motown-orchestrated records that reads like an all-time R&B Top 40: Pride and Joy, How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You, and I Heard It Through the Grapevine. He sang duets with Mary Wells, but it was with Terrell in 1967 that he really scaled the heights of two-part harmony in Ain't No Mountain High Enough. (Gaye now blasts as "unfounded and untrue" rumors that he and Terrell were a romantic duo as well. "I loved Tammi, but we were not lovers.") Marvin followed with What's Going On, Motown's first "concept" album—an impassioned personal statement against the Vietnam war, pollution and other ills of U.S. society.
Then, in 1973, at the time he recorded the avowedly lusty Let's Get It On, he met Janice and "fell in love with her." Now they and their two children, Nona Aisha ("Pie"), 4, and Frankie ("Bug"), 3, live on a five-acre estate in the San Fernando Valley. Marvin's bankruptcy allows for housekeepers and horses as well as a ranch in Northern California. "Jan," reports Marvin, "paints, has a magnificent singing voice and is an excellent cook."
The solidity of home is just part of his comeback plan. Nominated eight times for a Grammy, Marvin has never won "because I don't play ball with this industry, but now I plan to," he says. He was a presenter on the American Music Awards recently ("Dick Clark apparently wants to help me clean up my image") and is talking about a TV special with Natalie Cole. Teaming with other female artists is a possibility. He has already done an LP with Diana Ross. ("It wasn't particularly fun, but she was about to have a baby, and it was stressful for her.") Recently he met with Jon Peters chez Streisand to "kick around recording an album with Barbra." It fell through when she and Neil Diamond started bringing each other flowers, but Marvin is hopeful. ("I admire her very much.")
He is also toying with the idea of jumping on the disco bandwagon—a phenomenon he helped create—but insists that most of his motives are not monetary. "Someday," Marvin proclaims, "I really feel that I'm going to do something so magnificent musically that the whole world will be affected."
In L.A.'s Other Marvin Case, It's Gaye Vs. Anna Gordy, with Brother Berry in the Middle
updated 04/09/1979 AT 01:00 AM EST
•originally published 04/09/1979 AT 01:00 AM EST


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We supplement this free crawl with the paid inclusion program, which allows us to add dynamic database content and other content that we could not otherwise discover and crawl. Currently less than 1% of our index is content that is included via our inclusion programs.
Our paid inclusion programs provide a superior way for sites to interact with us in a clearly structured fashion. These sites get the following
1) Control over which URLs they include in the index (subject to content
2) Frequent refresh
3) Clearly defined way to interact with us (for example: clear feed
4) Quality review and consultation (for feed customers)
5) Detailed reporting to track and optimize performance
6) Customer service
Participation in Yahoo!'s paid inclusion program does not guarantee rank in the search results. URLs are ranked in search results in the same way as all other URLs from the free crawl. The key drivers of ranking are keyword-specific relevance and site quality, as assessed by our regular search relevance algorithms with input from the quality review process.
(Note that Inktomi Index Connect clients are receiving Yahoo! Search traffic going forward, and Inktomi Search Submit customers are receiving a free trial of Yahoo! traffic until 4/15/04.)
We will also be launching free URL submission during the week of 3/1. This service allows content providers to suggest that the crawler should visit a site during the main crawl cycle. This service is different than paid inclusion in two ways:
1) There is no guarantee that we will crawl and include the URL in the index.
2) As this site potentially could be added to the main crawl, Yahoo! Slurp will follow links from that URL.
This service will reside on the Yahoo.com site and be accessible via a Yahoo! login. This service has been available for the AltaVista and Alltheweb Indices previously and the tradition will continue with Yahoo! Search.
My point exactly! And since Yahoo isn't doing PFI for their health, I bet you're gonna see the same thing there.
They are not out to help the lowly webmaster get along in this world - this is a for profit system they are building and all the sugar coating in the universe isn't going to change that...
The last 40 referrers include Google: 14, MSN: 5, Yahoo: 1.
You have probably heard this before as I believe many other site owners are experiencing the same problem as I am experiencing. Before the switch by Yahoo from Google to Yahoo and Inktomi my site was receiving a good ranking in the SERPS in Yahoo, Google and some other search engines. After the switch my site fell to the bottom of the SERPS in Yahoo for no apparent reason. It still ranks well in Google, Alta Vista and some other search engines. I had not overly optimized my site. In my opinion my site has quality content and is linked to by other quality sites. My concern and question is why am I having this problem and what can I do about it?
I have PFI in Yahoo via Net Solutions and Lycos InSite.
My point exactly! And since Yahoo isn't doing PFI for their health, I bet you're gonna see the same thing there.
This could be achieved, it seems to me, by:
--Showing *all search results* for a given query, *unbiased by PFI*,
--updating the index on a regular but not too frequent basis (e.g., every 4-8 weeks),
--updating PFI pages every 48 hours.
That way, those who want frequent spidering would need to pay. Those who don't, or can't afford it, would still be in the index, with the same shot at having a presence as the big guys.
Works for me, anyway. :-)
I can assure you that Yahoo will handle this properly and not affect free pages in the index. The only reason we will delete URLs is if they violate our content policies and are degrading the search experience.
The new program will have many benefits but higher ranking is not one of them.
That remains to be seen.
And to cost - if you get almost nothing (MSN) for $25 per page per year - what's it gonna cost for Yahoo PFI who can deliver real traffic?
I'm very encouraged by Tim's comments that in the NEW Yahoo search, if you pay to have 1 page included, they will still spider the rest of your site for free. However, since I fully understand how Ink's current PFi works, I admit that I am skeptical that this will happen since it will deincentivize people from paying. We shall see if this statement holds true.
I am also encouraged by Tim's remarks that in the NEW Yahoo search, money will NOT influence rankings since i know that with Inktomi, their Indext Connect XML feeds DO allow SEO firms to manipulate ranks in a tricky way using cloaked doorway pages. (Tim - feel free to clairfy this if its not true anymore.)
It does appear that Yahoo is listening and is starting to "come out of the closet" with how PFI really works and is trying to be more up front as to how money influences their results. Lets hope this continues.
Many of you know that I have been dealing with significant problems since I signed up for PFI.
I won't go into the deep details in this thread.
Instead, I wanted to share my overall thoughts regarding PFI in general (on a philosophical level). I don't want to touch the whole "trusted feed� issue at all (another discussion completely). I�ll just talk about search submit (or the submission of one page at a time for inclusion in a search engines database).
Even though I have had huge problems with PI, I still think PI can be an excelent model if it is done right. In theory, it can be beneficial for all parties involved;
-As a website owner, you get your pages refreshed regularly and they are "guaranteed" in the index. You also get the peace of mind (in theory) of knowing that they will always be in there.
-The searchers get up-to-date relevant data in the SERPS.
-The engine gets $.
It's a different model than Google, but it can definitely work�if it functions how it is designed to work. It will only work (IMHO) and if they mix the PI results with LOTS of freely-crawled pages. According to Tim, I think he said that less than 1% of the Yahoo database is currently PI... so perhaps they feel the same way. It remains to be seen if they are actually motivated to get out and crawl the web. Time will tell.
For me PI didn�t work how it is supposed to. Actually, it worked the exact oposite. My PI page vanished almost immediately after paying for inclusion. It�s cost me hundreds of hours trying to track down what went wrong and LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of $ in lost traffic and sales. Still, in theory, I think it's a good model and it can work if it is executed correctly and if Yahoo puts some customer service into the equation and allows you to know if your page/site has been tripped by some kind of filter or penalty. The lack of customer service/knowledge was one of the most frustrating and unfair things about Inktomi's PI system. We were hit with some kind of automated filter and our PI page (our home page which drove almost all of our traffic) vanished from Inktomi. Unfortunatley, our reselleter swore to me that there was "absolutely no penalty" at all (when in fact there was). It was the most frustrating experince I've ever had with any program/advertising I've ever had in 6 years of marketing on the web.
If Inktomi had worked how it was designed to work, I was ready to submit 40-100 PI pages to the Ink database. Ink would have made considerable $ from me and I would have been happy with my inclusion and rank. I've been holding off on further PI since my first experience was so poor, but if we can get it fixed, we will still use PI for several of our pages. I like the idea of being able to tweak your pages on a daily basis and see the results 48 hours later and also the opportunity to have fresh content in the Yahoo database every day. If something in my industry changes and there is some breaking news, I can change my PI page and get to the top of the serps for those terms as consumers search for those topics at Yahoo.
Anyway, I thought that some might be interested in hearing my honest thoughts on PI....so there you go. I guess my point is that just because I had a bad experience, doesn't mean that the model is flawed. The model can work, but Yahoo's got to figure out how to overcome some hurdles. And again, I'm just talking about "searh submit" not "trusted feed".
It's going to be interesing to see how it plays out, that's for sure!
One thing I took away from the conference was that Yahoo is intent on making this work... and they are listening to the webmaster community to get feedback on how to make it work. That, alone, is really good news. I am definately rooting for Yahoo! Even though I do VERY well, on Google, the diversification is good for the market and good for webmasters' in general.
I for one, will never use any SE, in which someone pays to get "included"
Without the ability to tweak like the XML feeds none of the larger sites would have the least bit of interest in the product.
Can you see Amazon submitting all their ever changing pages or EBay - one page at a time through PositionTech.
Without the ability to tweak their way to the top the big players would never look at Yahoo PFI twice.
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There have been a couple of other threads about your issue. I am having the same problem. Soapystar speculates that it is a duplicate content penalty caused by other sites linking to you using redirects, so that it looks like your content is on their site. This is consistent with what happened to me. Tim asked us to email firstname.lastname@example.com, and says they will look into it. In the mean time, see if you can find out who is duplicating your content, and see if you can get them to stop.
What guarantee? This eliminates Yahoo's ability to remove the page due to a penalty. I doubt Y! will paint themselves into this corner.
stcrim has exposed something very important:
In INK if you had a page in the db and paid for one the freebie would (or could) remain but you would never get a new freebie.
From personal experience, I believe that this is 100% correct. It is disappointing to think that because I paid for a service, my site is now flagged and is effectively being penalized (by having to pay for all future pages to be included). And it is incredibly frustrating to think that "if I had not paid for PFI, my site would be in the index". Out of principle, I will not do business with a company engaging in such deceptive practices. I hope that Yahoo does not continue this tradition.
I did see Tim's response about the new Yahoo search:
>>>Will having a few pages on PFI hurt the chance of getting the rest of that site indexed for free?<<<
No it will not in Yahoo Search.
which is encouraging, but I think that this is a topic that deserves continued attention over the coming months. I apologize that my post is somewhat of a repeat, but I wanted to support stcrim's assertion, which has profound implications.
Free search has won the battle. It's over. Yahoo PFI sounds to me like its for dynamic pages that you want for sure in the index, and for people who (basically) want to pay for spidering.
This at least is my hope: that Yahoo will get far better at free crawling and include essentially everything it should, but that you can additionally pay Yahoo for the equivalent of Google Freshbot.
Tim, you said...
"We are working on including all the quality sites in the Yahoo Directory. We have many of them but not all. Please be patient. "
Would you please elaborate on "quality sites in the Yahoo Directory." The $299 aside (which Yahoo previously kept even if site was rejected), I thought sites accepted in Yahoo Directory already went through a stringent and subjective editorial process.
Thanks for the informative feedback
1. Other sites linking to you through redirects. In this case Ink thinks that the redirect is actually the original page and thinks that yours is duplicate content spam. Then Ink penalizes your page for what another site has done (this seems especially true if the site linking to you was on the web before your site). This definitely seems to be a problem.
2. Lots of inbound links from one site in the same sphere as yours. Once again, this can be something as simple as navigation on your own site (if you use sub domains or have a Yahoo store etc.) or lots of inbound links from another site... I guess theoretically, a competotr could put up hidden or inconspicious links to your site from some random junk domain, get your PI page banned. This is theoretical... I have no idea if it would actually work.
But, these seem to be the two most reported problems. I've seen lots of evidence of both problems. If indeed these are the reasons for the penalties, it's very problematic because they allow outside influences to determine if you get banned.
I think Ink (and Yahoo is now using Ink's technology) needs to work very hard on the accuracy of their automated filtering system. Any automated "penalties" put on sites, in my opinion, should not be subject to off page factors at all and should be dependant on human intervention at all times. Otherwise, it leaves far too much room for a competitor to screw with results. Any engine that allows outside sites the ability to get another site penalized will have an epidemic on their hands within a short amount of time.
If they are going to implement automated penalties on PI pages, then they also need to provide an avenue for PI customers to have a Yahoo rep review the penalty and remove unwarranted penalties within a short amount of time (24-48 hours). Especially when they are "guaranteeing" inclusion.
I'd be willing to pay for a review service like this and I'd pay a lot of money for it too. My site is absolutely clean... I have no problem having any rep from any search engine go through it. We follow all guidelines and we are very careful to abide by rules etc. I was hit as collateral damage in the Ink crusade against spam. I can appreciate Ink/Yahoo's attempt to combat spam, but it's very frustrating when you get tagged for things that you did not do.
From what Tim alluded to in his presentations at the conference, Yahoo is well aware of these issues and they are looking at ways to solve these problems. Yahoo is progressive and forward thinking. I'm sure that they will get something in place fairly soon to solve this problem and to make the process better.... in the meantime, I'm getting killed.
I wouldn't think Yahoo would penalize a site because another site is duplicating the site's content. If that were the case one's competiter could do one great harm. I do have a few pages on my site that duplicate a few sentences, but nothing like a duplicate page.
It's not uncommon to use a tracking code on a link that runs through a cgi-bin.
No point in mincing words, Ink has completely bungled this. Yahoo needs to work hard now to fix this major problem. Quite simply they penalize the original site while ranking sites that copy content or link via a redirect. And, quite simply, you can do dramatic harm to competitors by creating such links and/or copying their content.
Interestingly, dupe content (caused by redirects or other factors) seems to be a common factor. I spent somewhere at least 200 hours (actually probably a lot more)on this issue... I've sent dozens of emails to multiple resellers and spent hours on the phone (both on hold and talking to them). I've analized serps for over 9 months straight trying to figure out what in the world happened to our site after paying for PI. I've compared sites. I called Inktomi. I've reviewed tons of sites from around the web from webmasters experiencing the same problem. I've scoured the web in search of common factors and I've found forums across the web reporting the same probelms. I've changed our home page multiple times. I've tried everything that my reseller suggested (including deleting our other highest driving page in Inktomi). I can't tell you how much sleep I've lost over this issue and how much research I have done on it.
Ink treats some redirects correctly and others it treats the dynamic link as if it were the new content. I can't figure out what causes Ink to incorrectly index some of them and to do fine with others. After all this time... it's still a mystery.
One thing is certain. We are the leader in our industry and the authority when it comes to sales and traffic. We are keyword.com (the keyword IS our industry). Our absence in Yahoo is like not having Dell show up when you search for "Dell Computers." We have never done anything to spam any engine.
We are clean.
We had two Inktomi editors go through our entire site with "a fine-toothed comb" (It's a big site) and they couldn't find anything warranting a spam penalty at all.
[edited by: kanetrain at 2:53 am (utc) on Mar. 2, 2004]
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and they still didn't remove the penalty? Geeez...
First it's very hard to get a penalty from a search engine. The tricks spammers use are also very common in normal web developing. Redirects being one of the most common.
Yahoo purchased Inktomi to buy up the competition and use the technology. So what makes anyone think Yahoo PFI is going to be any different than INK PFI - after all it's being developed by the same people for exactly the same use.
All the promises in the world being offered here aren't going to make that any different. Yahoo is doing PFI for profit not to create a better database as offered earlier.
Forums like WebmasterWorld have turned out to be great marketing tools for search engines. It's a free and easy way to whip up a lot of business in a hurry.


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Lamb Tagine Recipe
One of the first lessons I learned on my way to becoming une vrai Parisian was to never, ever be on time. I should backtrack and say: One should never to be on time when invited for dinner party. The hosts, who called with my first invitation to a soirée about a week after I arrived in Paris, said "Come at 8pm…But you know, in Paris, that means to come at 8:30pm."
Subsequently when I have guests for dinner, I expect them to be around 20 minutes late, although there's much debate on how late you're actually supposed to be. But if you're on time, or early, you might accidentially catch your hosts either in their skivvies.
It's a tricky balance when you inviting folks for dinner, trying to make sure what dinner's gonna be hot and well-cooked without having to spend the last 30 minutes trapped in the kitchen while your guests drink up all the rosé. And it's now become fashionable to be even more late, as if to show that you have oh-just-so-much on your agenda, which has made being tardy something of a status symbol. But if your friends show up one hour late, and you've made something like Pork Roast, which can dry out in a minute, you're screwed. Then you'll only be thankful for them not arriving early and catching you in your petit slip français.
In Paris, with so many Arabic butchers around, it's easy to find cuts of meat that lend themselves to slow-braising and making North African stews like Tagines. Being a pastry chef since the beginning of time, I was always a little terrified of meat, never quite knowing how to handle it. But I bravely started going into the butcher shops, inspecting the enormous slabs of meat trying to look as if I knew something about them, then I'd make my pick. Conveying how to cut it for me is another story, but most of the time, chopping my hands through the air like Helen Keller doing karate seems to get the point across. My Arabic is terrible, so most of the time, I end up brining home a lamb shoulder, since it's inexpensive, not terribly fatty, and most importantly…easy to point to since they keep them right in front of the butcher cases.
(Ok, lamb shoulder's also hard to ruin.)
For some reason, leaner cuts of meat usually tastes better in restaurants than when I make them at home. I don't know why. But stewing cuts of meat, like lamb shoulder, I find I can make taste equally as good, or better, than anything I get when I go out. I've been making Tagines for the past few years with great success and once you start with a solid master recipe, like the one below, you can vary it for different kinds of meat or poultry, and you can make them as spicy or aromatic as you want by adjusting the spices. And since most benefit from long, leisurely braise in the oven, they're perfect when you're entertaining guests who arrive at various times, leaving you free to assist in the all-important task of making sure you guests have plenty of cool rosé in their glasses. But don't neglect yours either.
Lamb Tagine
About 6 servings
You can substitute chicken for the lamb. Cut it into 8 pieces and reduce the oven time to about 1 to 1½ hours. I also like to add a handful, say about 1/2 cup (75g) toasted, blanched almonds to the stew during the final 30 minutes of braising, or some green olives. Another option is to add prunes or dried California apricots, which add a sublime sweetness. I used to add strips of salty preserved lemons, but I'd always wake up in the middle of the night ravenously thirsty and have to chug a few liters of water, so now I don't anymore.
Often Tagines are served with big hunks of softly-baked bread sprinkled with anise seeds, I prepare cracked wheat or bulgur to serve underneath with a bit of chopped parsley added at the end. I've find it preferable to bread of couscous since it's a whole grain and the fabulously nutty and crunchy grains are really a delightful chew. And so guests can customize their Tagine, I pass little dishes of plumped yellow raisins, homemade sweet shallot marmalade, and chick peas.
- 1 lamb shoulder, cut into 6 pieces (have the butcher do it)
- vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 1½ cups (375 ml) chicken stock (or water)
- 1 teaspoons dried ginger
- 1½ teaspoons coarse salt, plus more if necessary
- 1 teaspoons turmeric
- 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch cilantro (coriandre), rinsed and tied with a string
- 20 threads of saffron
- juice of ½ lemon
Up to three days before you plan to make the Tagine, massage the lamb shoulder with the salt and let it sit in the refrigerator before you cook it.
To make the Tagine, in a heavy-duty Dutch oven, heat a few tablespoons of oil and sear the lamb pieces very well, turning them only after they're nicely dark, browned, and crusty (this helps add flavor to the Tagine.) As you cook them, don't crowd 'em in. If your Dutch oven isn't big enough to cook them all in a single layer at once, brown the lamb pieces in batches.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (175 C). Once the lamb is browned, add the onions and some of the stock, then scrape the bottom of the pan with a flat wooden spatula to release the flavorful browned bits. Add the remaining stock, then the spices, the bunch of cilantro, and the saffron.
Cover the pan and bake in the oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, turning the lamb over in the liquid a few times during the oven-braising. The liquid should just be steaming-hot and simmering gently. If it's boiling, turn down the heat (some Dutch ovens conduct heat differently.) When the meat starts to fall apart easily, that's when it's ready. It's hard to overcook lamb shoulder, so even an extra hour or so in the oven won't hurt it.
Remove the lid and let the Tagine remain in the oven for another 30 minutes, so the juices reduce, becoming rich and savory.
To serve, remove the cilantro and discard. Squeeze some lemon juice into the liquid and add more salt if you think it needs it. Serve mounds of cracked wheat underneath the Tagine, with lots of the juices poured over. At the table, make sure you have a tube of harissa handy, the fire-y Moroccan hot sauce, for those of us who like spicy food, as I do.
For dessert, I recommend something fruity and refreshing, like a scoop of Sour Cherry Frozen Yogurt, from my book The Perfect Scoop.
I like it served with a fruity coulis made from red raspberries and cassis (black currants), mixed with sautéed cherries, made from the last cherries of the season, which I'm going to miss terribly.
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ok, we apologize again for being late due to our cell phone. (re: late 2 entries) We didn't think the pork was that dry!
I am a lamb fanatic, having grown up on my mom's tender, flavorful lamb tacos.
It's time to break out the tagine and try this. Thanks so much David!
p.s. I'm habitually and absurdly punctual. The French would be a challenge for me!
Mmmmmm everything in that post sounds absolutely delightful and delicious and perfect. I'm part Lebanese, so I have a love for Arabic food. I too am very sad to see the cherries go. They dropped out of season here in the Bay Area about three weeks ago, and now all you can get are the Washington ones.
was just craving Morrocan preserved lemons.. thanks
your dessert foto is fab! congrats!
hey, I thought you were president of the Picard fan club? I heard they have to send an extra recycling truck to your neighbourhood just because of all the Picard boxes you discard..
I have to echo Matt's sentiment about being habitualy on time–I'd be a Parisian dork. At least I'd have my pick of the appetizers!
I made a chicken tagine this weekend. The olives and ceci are both good ideas.
David, I can't wait to try your recipe — and good timing too since we just bought a tagine last week! And the butchers scare me too, but I just chalked it up to the meat not being cut the same way in France as in the US.
Do you use whole grain bulgar or the kind used for tabouli ? THANKS, the dish sounds great!
I know this is an old post, but just wanted to tell you that we had a bunch of people over for dinner last night and cooked this. It was really successful! And it's a great dish for serving guests – like you said, it lets you focus on other things when the people show up.
I have learn how to make a tajine in Morocco, it's very easy to make and not always to be put into the oven,one can cook it over the stove top.
By the way I am French and we are on time for an invitation-otherwise it's very impolite to arrive late.
Violette: Yes, many people do make tajine on the stovetop. How fun to learn in Morocco!
I was always told that in Paris, if you're invited for dinner, one should respect the l'heure d'apéro, and arrive 15-20 minutes after the invited time. Although that might be a Parisian truc ; )
I made the lamb tagine last night and it was fantastic. There are different versions of this recipe and david thanks for simplifying it. I also baked your banana bread recipe a couple of days ago and it was to die for. I'm now getting many requests from friends to make it again. I live in London and we've a huge Morrocan community, some of the best Tagine you can find on this side of the channel. So please feel free to drop us a line if you venture out to this side of the channel, and we'd be glad to show you around. Thanks David.
I am not a 'sweet' person but my son gave me The Perfect Scoop from which I have made numerous ice creams which have been wonderful. So glad to see your savoury recipes. I will try your tajine recipe. Many thanks for your inspired puddings.