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Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic: Advances in Wireless Networks / Edition 1by David Everitt
Pub. Date: 12/31/1997
Publisher: Springer US
Designers of wireless networks face a problem which is multidimensional in nature, where issues of multiaccess, radio propagation, antennas, mobility and teletraffic all need to be understood and simultaneously addressed in order to create a properly functioning system. This book does not merely concentrate on one of these issues but takes a broader view, and presents a mix of papers addressing systems and networking issues. Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic: Advances in Wireless Networks addresses fundamental theoretical issues about future wireless networks, such as capacity improvements theoretically attainable from spread spectrum systems, and practical concerns associated with current networks such as signalling, implementation of GSM and CDMA networks, and implementation of packet data services over wireless networks. As well as the papers looking at specific technologies, this book contains a number of papers discussing more generic problems in mobile networks, such as issues associated with handoff, resource management, frequency reuse, mobility, signalling and wireless packet networks. Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic: Advances in Wireless Networks covers a broad range of issues associated with wireless networks and provides a very interesting snapshot of the current state-of-the-art. It will be of interest to all researchers and practitioners working in the field of wireless communications and networks.
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- Publisher:
- Springer US
- Publication date:
- 12/31/1997
- Edition description:
- 1998
- Pages:
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Table of ContentsPreface. Radio Resource Management in Next Generation Personal Communication Systems; J. Zander. Convergence of Linear Successive Interference Cancellation in CDMA; L.K. Rasmussen, et al. Iterative Interference Reduction in CDMA; P.D. Alexander, M.C. Reed. Analysis of Successive Interference Cancellation in a DS-CDMA System; K.S. Kim, et al. Indirect Cochannel Interference Cancelling: Concept and Simulation Results; R. Berangi, P. Leung. Limited Complexity Maximum-Likelihood Detection for CDMA; L.K. Rasmussen, et al. Tracking and Compensating for Rayleigh Fading: Error Effects on Mobile Radio System Performance; C. Caini, M.L. Merami. Fundamental Limit in DS/CDMA with Reed-Solomon Coded Orthogonal Signalling; S.W. Kim, W. Stark. Optimisation of Sub-Channel Bandwidth for Mobile OFDM Systems; F. Tufvesson, T. Maseng. An Improved Switched Diversity Combining Using Fuzzy Adaptive Control; H. Huang, H.K. Tsang. Performance Analysis of Window-Based Pilot Acquisition System in CDMA Cellular Systems; G.-D. Jo, S.H. Chang. Optimum Mirror-HLR Locations to Reduce Signalling Load in Cellular Radio Networks; R. Mathar, M. Hellebrandt. Performance of a Novel Indoor GSM Base Station System; M.I. Silventoinen, et al. Performance Analysis of High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) over GSM; D. Calin, D. Zeghlache. Performance Analysis of GPRS Radio Interface; T.V. Buot, T. Ceislinski. QOS Filtering for Video on Wireless Networks; H. Santoso, et al. FEC Code Rate and Bandwidth Optimisation in WATM Networks; M. Zukerman, et al. Optimum Transmission Power in High Capacity Umbrella Cell Systems; T. Benkner. Cochannel Re-use Distributions in DCA Microcellular Systems with in-cell Reuse Constraint; B.C. Jones. Frequency Double Reuse for Indoor and Urban Digital Cellular Telephone Systems &endash; Enhanced Conceptual Design Formulae for Single Handset Systems; Y. Kinoshita, D.K. Asano. A Radio Resource Management Concept for 'Bunched' Personal Communication Systems; M. Berg, et al. Priority Queuing Analysis for Voice-Data Integration in Wireless PCS; D. Calin, D. Zeghlache. Teletraffic Analysis in Cellular Networks Based on a User Flow Model; A. Bathelt, et al. Dynamic Resource Allocation for Broadband Services in Fixed Wireless Networks; K.K. Leung, A. Srivastava. Admission Policy in Wireless Systems with Overlapping Coverage; X. Lagrange, B. Jabbari. Multiple Access for Wireless Packet Networks; K.C. Chen. Cellular DS-CDMA Capacity for Integrated (Voice and Data) Services; D. Ayyagari, A. Ephremides.
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"The man who brought the 'Beckham Rule' to Major League Soccer now wants to change it in a dramatic fashion," writes Grant Wahl. L.A. Galaxy president and CEO of the Anschutz Entertainment Group Tim Leiweke thinks that Designated Players should no longer count against the salary cap.
Regardless of their salaries, DPs currently count as a flat $400,000 a year against the cap. Leiweke believes that this puts the teams who are bold enough to invest in marquee players at a disadvantage. He only needs to cite his own team and its almost complete absence of quality defenders as a perfect example.
"Within our structure as a league, are we penalized for going out and taking the risk we took on [signing] David? I think we are," Leiweke told Wahl. "And so that's something that we as a league are going to have to deal with, is the ditch that [the Galaxy] find ourselves in the day we announce David Beckham based on the cap."
Leiweke conceded that L.A. has "made some bad decisions" in player signings, but asked why Beckham counts "against the cap when you see the impact that David has created for everybody else in the league? Why do we get penalized for that? Every team should have the ability, I think, of pulling in a Designated Player and making a decision to pay that player outside the cap, and it shouldn't have an impact on the cap."


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Out of all the written content available in the World Wide Web, blogs are unquestionably the most interesting content. Out of all the written content available in the World Wide Web, blogs are unquestionably the most interesting content. It's always fun to read a blog which has some witty humor or personal touch in it. This is why blog commenting can hold almost equal importance in contributing to an effecting SEO build up strategy. SEO (Search Engine optimization) is the process of improving the visibility of the websites organically in search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. One of the key tools to enhance your website's SEO is backlinks. More the number of legitimate backlinks, better the chances of your site to rank higher on the major search engines. Since blogs receive majority of consumer traffic in the web, the blog commenting backlinks possess additional relevance. Most of the blogs, irrespective of their popularity, allow readers to add HTML links linking back to another site. Through blogs, you can reach out to more and more people attracting them to visit your site. It's critical to comment rationally to naturally connect with the topic of the blog. Avoid spam comments that will prevent you from getting banned by the moderators or the administrators of the blog site. Usually, blog comments should be thoughtful, concise & relevant to the article. Also, you should leave a link in your comment, linking back to a page in your site which is relevant to that blog topic. Integrating a good SEO strategy is centered around establishing relevant backlinks to numerous sites. It is a good practice to keep following your blog comments frequently to check their viability. More than establishing a good SEO and blog commenting base, you need to check whether it is sustaining its flow and importance. Following your comments and replying appropriately is recommended way to sustain the backlinks flow. It is valuable to do some research and identify the most popular blogs related to your niche or to the services you offer. Focusing your attention on the top 10-15 blogs will probably save your time. Impressive comments will have impact on your business and online reputation. Intriguing comments assure that people who read the comment are persuaded to pay a visit to your site. Most of the businesses and professionals have started using blog commenting services as a part of their SEO strategy. You can hit the net and find plenty of companies providing blog commenting service. It is imperative to research well before committing to a company. Companies providing blog commenting service have experts comprising years of experience, which helps in accelerating the SEO strategy. Mostly, blog commenting service is manual based service without making use of any software for auto blog commenting. Professional writers provide valuable comments, which are in the blog comment section. These blog comments contain backlinks with a do-follow attribute using appropriate anchor link text. To enhance your SEO campaign and accelerate it, consider hiring a blog commenting service provider which can be easily found over the internet suiting your needs and budget.
WordPress SEO Strategy: Easy Tips to Optimize Your Blog for the Search Engines!
Blog SEO Tactics and Massive Link Building Strategy
For massive link juice, blog exposure, and more cash in your pocket you need to focus on these blog SEO tactics and link building strategies. Before you are about to do something big, you should always have strategy and plan of action to get you to the top, faster than the rest!
Contrary to what most people are doing, creating one valuable piece of content pertaining to one SEO keyword is a better link building strategy than creating several pieces of smaller posts around that keyword. If you think about it, it makes more sense to have one extremely valuable SEO post (main piece of content) working for you, and several small pieces working for it. This is what I like to call "The Weeds Link Building Strategy" a vigorous growth of links to your main blog post, with the one SEO tactic, until it obnoxiously overgrows the others. Although having more blog posts for one keyword might seem more effective, it's actually diluting it instead of optimizing it. Eventually the search engines see several posts for one competing keyword working against themselves. That is why these SEO tactics and link building strategy will help you avoid that and get massive link juice working for you.
There are two ways I go about creating my main blog post. One is having an idea in mind to write about and finding an appropriate, relevant SEO keyword for that idea through keyword research. The second way is searching for a prominent SEO keyword and creating a blog post for that suggested keyword. Either way, your main keyword needs to drive your main blog post from beginning to end. These blog SEO tactics and link building strategy focuses first on dominating keywords relevant to your main blog post. Then taking advantage of related blog posts, social media, web 2.0 sites, and article distribution to build that massive link juice to expose that awesome piece of content that you worked so hard to create.
The first thing you must keep in mind is where you stand in the competition. SEO is like a game, and that is why you need tactics and strategy. The more knowledgeable and skilled you become, the longer you stay ahead of your components! If you are not as skilled as the rest, than you need to play on a different level. Understanding this will be the key to getting your seo blog post ranked on the first page. You can't play in the pros if you aren't one, right? So, due diligence is a must to make sure your efforts are profitable.
There are specific strategies the major search engines (Google,Yahoo, Bing) use in order to evaluate sites and determine its rank priority. Knowing the basics will help you understand why SEO Tactics are important and why it makes sense to follow these guidelines. The search engine "spiders" need to "crawl" content in order to find out what's out there on the web. As they are crawling, they are collecting a series of information (codes) to store until someone makes a search. That is why seo keyword research and analysis for your blog is so important. So, the search engines can store it appropriately in relation to your content for specific users who search for that pertaining keyword.
Blog SEO Tactics – Keyword Analysis
Understanding the actual SEO keyword to optimize your blog will allow you to compete for the first position and the best part is that it's completely FREE traffic. Though, not everyone is interested in your offer or primary business, so your keyword needs to be relevant to your offer as well. You can have 500 people visit your site in a day, but if none of them are attracted to your offer, than they won't convert. So, when writing your main blog post, relevancy is of high importance. The entire reason you are using these SEO tactics and writing this main piece of content, is to generate new leads and convert prospects into cash flow. Don't make the mistake of not doing a little homework before you start; which you are doing now, so GOOD JOB!;)
The Google Keyword Tool should be your best friend (just type "keyword tool" in the Google search bar). It's a good visual to use for analyzing your keywords. You want to make sure you at least know the basic science behind how keywords are used from a search engine and user perspective. Trust me it may seem overwhelming at first, but you can do it! It's like riding a bike without training wheels. After you practice a few times, it becomes natural and fun.
Okay, so you have some keywords in mind, and now you go to Google's Keyword Tool to start your analysis. Microsoft "geeks" figured out that on average the first position, in the first page gets approximately 41.2% clicks, the second position 11.9% and the 3rd position 8.5%. It's really important that you use these SEO tactics and formulas so your efforts won't be wasted.
Your keyword's Local Monthly Searches / 30 = Your daily searches
Multiply your daily searches *.412 (the 41.2% we talked about above) = this is going to help approximate the amount of traffic, if you get ranked in the first position for this keyword (which is your goal).
Competition: Put your keyword in quotes (a phrase match) in the Google search bar, to get your estimated amount of competitive results. Try to stay below 30K-40K results, not million, and you will be in good territory to use that keyword for your main blog post.
Use can also use the Google Wonder Wheel and other available tools to get additional suggestions to do your keyword research on. It will come up as a resource on the left hand side following your competition search.
Here are some blog SEO Tactics for keyword positioning pertaining to your main blog. You want your keyword for your content to be in title (the beginning preferably). Through out your content, but with a focus in the first paragraph and last. You want one bold keyword. Always try to have at least one picture with the keyword in the alternate attribute of the image. Once in the URL of course, meta description, and a few times naturally through out your content. Don't overload and stuff your keywords where it doesn't make sense. The appropriate number of times your keyword comes up should happen naturally, as it is your main focus.
Some people don't realize this, but you can actually link to your main piece of content from your own blog as we discussed to better your SEO rankings. Do this by creating other related posts with your MAIN blog posts keyword in ONE anchor text linking to it. Now let's get into the details of this link building strategy phase of my SEO tactics.
Building Your Massive Links
Create your value filled main blog post, and continuously link TO it from your other related posts. This will help boost your rankings like we talked about above. This is called link recognition! Your other related posts don't need to be as time consuming as your main post. They just need to have a little value, be entertaining, and have an anchor text with your MAIN posts keyword linking to that post. You want to do this as often as you can to really drive attention to your main post. You never want to link FROM your main blog post (never use reciprocal linking it has no weight when it comes to search engines ranking).
Start submitting your related posts to a handful of your favorite social bookmarking sites. This helps your content look natural and tells the engines HEY come look at me! Then they start indexing your content. I suggest using social marker or another reputable site, this will allow you to submit to a handful of the major sites with a few simple clicks.
Then you take your related posts (which links to your main post – anchor text keyword), and start submitting them to your free web 2.0 sites such as Ezine Articles, Hub Pages, Squidoo, etc.. Now you have your 2.0 sites linking to your related posts (using the resource box, rss feeds, etc..)
Now these SEO Tactics are working for you. You have many juicy links from your 2.0 sites to–> related posts to–> your main primary post! So, let's turn those many links into massive links with some article spinning! This can be a little time consuming if you don't have a software ( purchase the one I use for a one time fee). It will be really beneficial for link building though. You don't want to get duped for duplicate content, but you can use your spin offs to get great back links and traffic from reputable web 2.0 sites.
That about wraps up your profitable SEO tactics and primary link building strategy for a explosive blog experience! It might seem like a lot to take in at once, but it's like riding a bike without training wheels. After a few times, it becomes second nature and a lot of fun! Remember, start with a solid foundation for your keyword – create your highly optimized main blog post for that keyword – start your link recognition – ALL links flow one way – to your main blog post – and come back to these SEO Tactics if you need to!
Blogging Tips – Killer Blog SEO Strategies
Blogging to make money online is not a new topic. But many people have failed because of not knowing some simple blog SEO tactics that will drive massive traffic. It means the blog title; Meta description and blog post have to target specific keywords. Here are some killer strategies.
Tips about the blog title
Choosing a blog title is the first important tactic in blog SEO. It will not only draw the targeted audience, but also influence the search engines to rank highly to your website. I will pay special attention on how to choose the words through the keyword search. Firstly, I want everyone who sees my domain to know exactly what it is about.
If you have tried to choose a domain name using the popular keywords, you will find they are not available in most of the time. Do not be disappointed at this point, as there are many ways to solve this problem. Here are just some simple ideas,
For example, if you want 'weightloss' that is not available, you can add 'weightlossblog'.
Add the word 'now'. The 'weightlossnow' sounds a call to action blog.
Add 'online 'or 'onblog'. It makes your blog sounds like an alternative media which is different from the other media.
Just be creative and be unique; there are many blog tile ideas you can play with.
Meta Description
Meta description plays an important role in blog SEO. It is going to be caught by the search engine spider. It should describe what exactly the page all about is. Meta description tag with keyword phrases should be within 150 – 160 words. Because anything more than that will cut off in the search result.
Invisible Blog SEO rulesSearching engines usually rank the older websites higher than the new ones. Be patient if your blog is just published.Narrative is the key for blogging success. Do not mix up different ideas together in one blog. Blog SEO content must have a focus, and it must be relevant.
Blog post needs to be updated at a regular basis. Search engines frequently ping sites in their directory for the most recent postings. This is how the search engine stated updated with their audience, so that you need to stay updated too.
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Panda Recovery SEO Strategy For Affected Website Ranking
For those, who have been relying on black hat type SEO, it's the time to think again. Why am I saying so? The update of Panda has already created a messy situation for black hat SEO followers. Frankly I must admit, I too am one of thousands who took the blow. But, it all depends on how quick you are to understand the flaws and fall in line. Actually you got to know where the shift in Panda algorithm is and adjust your search capability to win.
The latest upgrading of Panda algorithm makes bet on quality of content, not keywords alone. Engine's search capabilities are turned to recognizing a number of quality aspects. Those failing to maintain quality of the content are getting severely penalized and the result of which is slipping down in the search ranking including negative effects on the whole domain.
Google being the most prominent among the most major search engines, no website owner can afford risking the search ranking on this particular search engine. Following a strong and effective strategy for Panda recovery is therefore indispensable for each and every website owner and webmaster. It has become all the more vital for bloggers to enrich their content quality than ever before. The contents cannot be too short to be valueless, but sufficiently long and juicy to hit the target. Here is a little briefing on the recovery.
Upholding content quality is the first issue you must become concerned with. I don't say it has to be genius piece of literature, but you must ensure that it is simple, fresh, and informative for the readers, users alike. Spice up the contents with testimonials, research findings and any other data that enhance the value of the subject matter. Updated Panda likes these and picks up these qualities fast.
Integrating your website with social media is extremely helpful these days. Proper integration of social media in your website proves to be a lot beneficial in pushing up its search ranking. If your website is especially seen on recognized social platforms Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter, it creates wonders in its ranking ability. Surely, there are many other popular social networks like LinkedIn, Squidoo etc.; all of these are key tools that support search ranking in a big way. Last but not the least building back links or inbound links on other high page rank and relevant websites (i.e. on the related subjects) are also extremely helpful for improving the site rankings on the search engines for sure.
Three SEO Strategies to Increase Website Traffic
SEO Strategies – Perfect Means to Get Noticed
These days, the competition in internet marketing is extremely tough. Hence to move along with the trend of online business marketing and to increase online visibility, your business website should drive high targeted traffic. Search engine optimization is the right technique for generating a great amount of web traffic and ensuring a prosperous business. Even though many practicable SEO strategies are available, let us discuss here about the three main SEO strategies to increase website traffic.
It is not an easy job to convert visitors to potential customers and increase online sales. So think of certain distinctive SEO strategies and then execute them at the right time to gain the results you are looking for.
Three Innovative Search Engine Optimization Strategies
Ranking business websites at top positions on various search engine result pages is considered as one of the major objectives of search engine optimization. This will help to gain great exposure for your products /services and thereby increase the website traffic. Three important SEO strategies to boost website traffic are:
Keyword Research and Content Writing
Selection of appropriate keywords helps to get noticed by major search engines. It is advisable to choose long-tailed competitive keywords related to your business. Then, seamlessly incorporate the relevant number of keywords in the web content to get indexed quickly by the search engines. You can include 3 to 4 keywords to gain constant web traffic.
It is also important to think about attractive webpage structure and design. Then use informative and innovative content to create a pleasant experience. Create a user-friendly website with easy and quick navigation options. Give importance to keyword density to ensure high website traffic. You can integrate images, graphics, videos and audios to make the website more appealing. Moreover, the coding and tagging should be well-organized and structured. Also, make sure to proofread the website content before submission.
Associate with social networking sites
Social networking sites encourage sharing of messages with a large number of people in a short interval. This SEO strategy promotes back linking to your site and thereby increases website traffic. Moreover, popular search engines help in indexing websites to get prioritized at top position in search engine result pages.
Link building
Building backlinks plays a vital role in increasing website traffic. Blogging, guest blog posting, forum participation, article submission in reliable article directories, newsletters and press releases also encourage link building. Through inbound and outbound link building, it is possible to link with more customers.
Get the Support of a Professional SEO Company
A professional SEO company excels in every aspect of professional SEO services. The firm updates its infrastructure and workforce skills according to the changing online marketing scenario. You get to benefit from the major three SEO strategies to increase website traffic by outsourcing the SEO tasks to a professionally qualified internet marketing enterprise.
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Popular Social Network Marketing Tips and SEO Strategies to Try
Do you want to generate more traffic to your website and use revolutionary online marketing tactics like social network marketing? Below, I have highlighted many of the things I have learned about social network marketing and search engine optimization throughout my career. There are a lot of different things that you can do in order to start generating traffic to your website right away. Some of these online marketing strategies will take a slight investment, others will be completely free. Both possibilities have their benefits and by following these tips, you will be able to start producing leads and sales from your website right away.
Integrate Your Blog With Twitter and Facebook!
This is something that a lot of online websites fall short with. The benefits of integrating your blog with twitter and Facebook are substantial. Every online company should be doing this, it allows them to direct more traffic from their social network accounts, back to their website. The purpose of your Twitter and Facebook should be to direct traffic to your website. The only way that you can do this is by leaving links in your status updates. If you regularly update your blog, there is no better way to direct traffic back to your site, then through integrating your blog post your social network accounts. Social Network Marketing New Orleans is a company that can tell you more about this as well.
Post Relevant, Help Updates
Many businesses do not understand the importance of engaging with users. If you post redundant, non-helpful information on Twitter and Facebook, nobody will want to stay subscribed to your pages. In order to improve this, you need to start publishing interesting, relevant information. Write about things that your users will be interested in, and able to talk about. The purpose here is to get people discussing the topics at hand. If you can get regular comments, likes and interest into your status updates, this shows that you are doing things correctly. There are a lot of different ways that you can gain interest quickly and effectively, social network marketing New Orleans has others but, my favorite is the post status updates that have funny lines in them. Comedy is a great way to engage people and excite their interests without directly having the post an overwhelming amount of information.
Guest Post
If you are not familiar with guest posting, you should get familiar right away. Guest posting is where you find blogs that are related to what your business is all about. When you find these blogs, you can contact the owners and find out whether or not they would be interested in letting you publish a blog post. Some blog owners are going to want to charge for this. Deciding whether or not you will pay for this, is really up to you. However, there are a lot of online blogs that will let you guest post, without having to pay anything. By just posting, you can gain interest in the types of topics that your business likes to discuss. If you can engage the readers on these blogs, you can direct some of the traffic back here own website, by leaving a link inside the content.
SEO Strategies for Medical Tourism
Medical Tourism is a growing phenomenon as the developing countries have been in the substantial rise in the number of tourists from the West for health and medical purposes. Medical tourism is referred to as a travel activity that certainly promotes the wellbeing of the tourists or the activities that involves any medical procedure. According to the OECD that medical tourism as the main component of international trade in health services has been attracting the attention of many medical profession, trade and tourism promotion agencies, health analysts, and public policy makers.
The internet has played an important role in the overall development of SEO Strategy in medical tourism. One of the most benefits of Internet Marketing Strategies is that it can give you an increased ranking on the leading search engines like Google through the use of search engine optimization. Through the use of keywords, inbound links, and strong strategies will certainly increase the rank of the medical tourism site.
The higher your medical tourism website ranks, the more visibility it holds to the online users. The more visibility means more online users will click to your medical tourism site over your competitors with similar keywords ranked under the same business category. More visitors can result in a more lead generation. The best internet marketing strategy will take you in an increase in leads and transform them into an increase in sales, thus boosting your business rates. An effective campaign provides other beneficial results like increasing the exposure of your company. This will then result to an increase number of tourists coming for the purpose of medical care.
The increase of your online presence in a vibrant manner through mediums like blogging and social media sites will bring your business more interaction with potential clients and extend your business to a lot of audience around the world. It is true that you will not find a list of dos and don'ts to social media marketing. But it is important to mind your manners in order for the social media marketing to be successful. This kind of marketing strategy is all about interaction and interaction creates relationships which can open to opportunities in sharing information like the different medical services and procedures. And good manner is very essential when it comes to interacting with other people through the social media networks as a marketing tool.
However there are services out there that worked with several clients that involved medical care. These services are the ones responsible in responding to many keyword phrases on the search engines. Most medical tourism advertisements stress on various advantageous factors like quality, technology, overseas training, and reliability. For instance, the medical tourism in Costa Rica is inviting the tourists through their affordable medical care and high quality services. It was highlighted that the medical tourists from Canada and United States like Costa Rica because of the affordable costs, shorter travel time, and the opportunity for a beautiful vacation afterwards. They also flock to Costa Rica because of its excellent health care system.
An Effective and Powerful Blog SEO Strategy.
Whether you not have an robust Blog SEO strategy, not be wait for people to find your blog easily.
Through all the noise of the thousands of blogs who are also striving to stand out, drawing attention of specific search are becoming increasingly difficult, especially with the constantly changing algorithms from Google.
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I caved...I had a cart full of goodies and just bought all of it! I have no idea what I'm going to do with all of it. None of it is "boyish" and all I have are boys! teehee But they were all so pretty!Mar 31 2016 12:02 PM
Sigh! I am so far behind!!! Then I got sick for Easter, so there's no pictures for that. This month has just been a mess!Mar 29 2016 12:05 PM
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So many beautiful layouts, Ladies! I'm feeling so badly for not commenting on them. I'm at a season in my life where I'm lucky to get a layout made, let a lone leave some love. So sorry!Mar 21 2016 03:54 PM
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Had to laugh. My DH tries so hard to be supportive of my art, but it's REALLY not his thing. Today he complemented me on my coloring by telling me I did a good job staying in the lines. lol Love that man!Feb 21 2016 09:12 PM
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Feeling so smart...NOT. I just spent a very frustrating 30 minutes looking for calendar templates online for Microsoft Office. Then, I realized that I have some great SG templates that I could use. Duh!Feb 04 2016 12:10 PM
Oh. My. Word! I went to start on a layout for the Challenge Chase and realized that I didn't take any pictures in January! Good thing I took a bazillion at Disney World for Christmas. Gotta work on that this month!!!Feb 02 2016 01:29 PM
Florida grannyOh funny! Well at least you have those Disney photos. Can't wait to see them!
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CRSWow! But I'm looking forward to your photos from Disney! Definitely a lot to love!
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Gorgeous colors in the new club! <3 <3 <3Jan 02 2016 11:51 AM
Wow! You know the month has been bad when you've been off the board so long that you have to actually log in! lol Hi Everyone!Dec 10 2015 01:51 PM
DixieLeeI knew you would jump back in, Merry Christmas!
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EdenHi Monica, its the same with me, sometimes I'm in and sometimes I'm not!
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I'm posting the weekend challenge early because we're celebrating a special 9 year old tomorrow! http://scrapgirls.net/forum/topic/63181-2015-10-31-weekend-challenge/#entry1152118Oct 30 2015 09:01 PM
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Irish horse Flexible yesterday won the prestigious United States Equestrian Federation International Horse of the Year award for 2012.
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|Week 24
|Before the Warriors' regular-season breakthrough in San Antonio, they were 28th in turnover percentage, 18th in defensive efficiency and 23rd in 3-point percentage D for April. Yet I'd say two wins in four days over their main rivals have fixed things. It also doesn't hurt that no team this season that had a chance to beat Golden State with a late go-ahead shot -- not one -- came through in the clutch.
|Week 23
|When two historically great teams both lose home games in about 15 hours, maybe you just have to say: It was time. It happened to mighty Barcelona on Saturday in El Clasico, not even a full day after the Warriors fell flat against Boston. And, yes, we subscribe to the theory that Lionel Messi and Steph Curry and their respective teams have more than just a thread or two in common.
|Week 22
|As the Warriors continue to chase the prospect of a 41-0 record at Oracle Arena, it's worth noting that the record-holding Celtics, who went 40-1 in 1985-86, were beaten at Boston Garden that season only by a Portland team that featured Mychal Thompson, father of Golden State sharpshooter Klay Thompson. Those Celts, for the record, also went 10-0 in the 1986 playoffs at home.
|Week 21
|The Warriors' 87-79 loss in San Antonio was their first loss on the road this season in the second game of a back-to-back set in which the opponent did not play the previous night. Golden State was 10-0 in that situation coming in, compared to the leaguewide winning percentage of .359 for teams facing that situation. ESPN's Basketball Power Index has nonetheless downgraded Golden State's chances of winning 73 games from 59 percent likely to 48 percent, noting that the Warriors now need an 11-2 finish, with two more games left against San Antonio and a tricky trip to Utah on March 30 to deal with as well.
|Week 20
|Prepare to hear about a zillion times over the next few days about how Golden State hasn't won a regular-season game in San Antonio in 32 tries dating to Valentine's Day 1997, four months before the Spurs drafted Tim Duncan. ESPN's Basketball Power Index says the Warriors -- who won't have Andre Iguodala -- only have a 34 percent chance of winning Saturday night's showdown
|Week 19
|Steph Curry and Klay Thompson shot a combined 1-for-18 from 3-point range in Sunday's (still) hard-to-believe pratfall at Staples Center. Don't forgot they shot a combined 2-for-14 from deep in a Feb. 6 home triumph over Golden State's rivals from Oklahoma City ... and got away with it. Sometimes you can't figure this stuff out no matter how smart you think your committee is.
|Week 18
|Fresh off becoming the first team in league history to record at least six victories on two road trips in a single season, Golden State will enjoy the luxury of playing out the 82-game schedule with a league-high 17 home dates remaining and only seven more on the road. Eight of the Warriors' next nine games, in fact, are at Oracle Arena, the exception being Sunday at the Lakers.
|Week 17
|If you buy into the notion that the Warriors must go 4-2 on their current six-game road trip to preserve their chances at a 73-win season, you can look at splitting a back-to-back with a very tight turnaround in Portland and Clipperland two ways. It wasn't the worst outcome, certainly, but Golden State still has its work cut out for it to win three of the next four in Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and Oklahoma City.
|Week 16
|The Dubs have the league's seventh-hardest remaining schedule in terms of winning percentage ... with remaining opponents at a composite. 523. They also have three games left against the Spurs and two each against the Thunder and Clippers. Yet Golden State needs only a 25-5 finish -- which would be a dip from its current success rate -- to finish with 73 wins. Bet against 'em if you wish.
|Week 15
|April 10, 2014. That's the last time Golden State squandered a 15-point lead. The Warriors are up to 97-0 since in such situations, turning back OKC after the Thunder erased a 20-point deficit. The Dubs have likewise won their past 54 regular-season games in which they led after three quarters, which is the longest such streak since Utah won 67 in a row from November 1997 to March 1999.
|Week 14
|When you're hot, you're hot. The Bay Area is about to host its first Super Bowl since 1985 ... and it just so happens to feature Steph Curry's beloved Panthers. The Dubs still have to go 29-5, good for a winning percentage of .853, to break the '95-96 Bulls' record of 72 wins, but they've made it to that ridiculous 44-4 mark without a single Warrior ranking in the league's top 25 in MPG.
|Week 13
|You had to know we were going to gloat after the Dubs responded to our controversial decision to keep them No. 1 by trouncing Cleveland and Chicago on the road, handling Indy in head coach Steve Kerr's triumphant return and now basking in the knowledge that Steph Curry has never been giddier after his Panthers clinched a spot in the Super Bowl to be played in the Bay Area.
|Week 12
|Life must be pretty good when you slip to a 74-8 pace and spawn a rash of "What's wrong?" questions. Yet we repeat: Golden State's loss in Detroit, for all the legit questions about slippage in the defensive and energy departments lately, marked the first time all season that our stubborn No. 1s lost a game when armed with both a full roster as well as a night off before the loss.
|Week 11
|You have to go back to 1976 for the last time Golden State had three All-Stars: Rick Barry, Jamaal Wilkes and Phil Smith. The Committee contends that the Dubs have to have three again considering that they're approaching the season's midpoint on a 78-4 pace: Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, who just averaged 29.3 PPG on 51 percent shooting in another 4-0 week.
|Week 10
|No NBA team has ever managed to get through an entire season without a single two-game losing streak. But when the Warriors, though Steph-less, can rack up 35 assists in Houston on the second night of a back-to-back while missing four of their top nine players, you really start to think this team might be the first that ever pulls it off.
|Week 9
|Rewind two months, and you'll recall some of us opining about how hard it would be for the Warriors to join the Michael Jordan Bulls (1995-96 and 1996-97 editions) as the only teams in league history to win 65-plus games in consecutive seasons. Now look: Steph Curry's Dubs only need a pedestrian 37-16 finish over their final 53 games to pull that off.
|Week 8
|ESPN's trusty Basketball Power Index pegs the Dubs as 77.7 percent likely to beat Cleveland on Christmas ... but only 30.3 percent likely to win 72 games. That's despite the fact Golden State, as our Warriors Watch tracker confirms, are two games ahead of Chicago's 1995-96 pace. A win over Utah Wednesday clinches the best record at Christmas we've ever seen.
|Week 7
|The Warriors already have seven 20-turnover games after recording 11 total last season. They're down to fifth in defensive efficiency after finishing No. 1 in that category last season. Interim coach Luke Walton, in other words, might not be exaggerating when he says he sees room for improvement for Team 24-1.
|Week 6
|Scary omen alert: Golden State is just the fourth team in history to win its first 10 road games ... and the other three teams (Celtics in 1960-61, Celtics again in 1961-62 and Knicks in 1969-70) went on to win it all. These Warriors can become the first team to start a season 13-0 on the road with a win Tuesday night at Indiana.
|Week 5
|The St. Louis Maroons, back in 1884 before Major League Baseball was in existence, are the only known franchise in North America's four major team sports to open a season with a longer unbeaten run (20-0) than the 18-0 Dubs. We assume a loss is probably coming on this looming seven-game trip. But who would dare say it any stronger than that?
|Week 4
|The latest number to make you double take: ESPN's Basketball Power Index says the champs will be favored in 65 of their 67 remaining games ... with the only exceptions their two road games in San Antonio. What do you expect after a 15-0 start that includes 10 wins by double digits and an 84-16 mark in their last 100 regular-season games?
|Week 3
|No word on when the head coach will be back on the bench. No sign -- yet -- of last season's Klay Thompson. And really no letup at all from the Dubs, who have to have at least two All-Stars if they keep rolling like this. I'd expect Draymond Green to join Steph Curry in Toronto in February; his all-around game has never been better.
|Week 2
|The focus and force Golden State is playing with is truly refreshing. We're conditioned to expect title-chasing teams to pace themselves for the long grind ahead. Instead folks are starting to throw around 70-win questions about the Dubs and openly wonder if Steph Curry, on pace for 445 3s this season, can make 500.
|Week 1
|After a 67-15 season, Golden State isn't supposed to be able to wow us just a few games in. But the Dubs did. Or, rather, Steph Curry did. Others, perhaps, will dismiss two-thirds of the damage he's inflicted by noting how beat up New Orleans is these days. Not us, though. Props to the MVP for such early focus and sharpness.
|Folks will inevitably point to Steve Kerr's health as a clear indication that there's no way the champs can dodge long-term setbacks like last season. The committee, though, isn't interested in hypocritically criticizing the Dubs for taking the noise personally when they're giving us honesty.
|Training Camp
|The Dubs really shouldn't be insulted by Vegas' fondness for the Cavs as title favorites, because the advantage tied to playing in the East is that significant. Yet you can also understand why they're looking for any slight they can find, because going back-to-back is going to be that hard. As good as they are.


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A Pastor who is said to be a specialist on "sanctification and anointing", was over week caught bathing another man's wife with anointing oil. The Pastor is said to be a Ghanaian.
Female members of the church have been trooping in to see their Pastor for special anointing after church services. But suspecting members lay ambush by hiding close-by to catch their pastor bathing one of their members wife, full naked!
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Because starting center Chris Spencer had offseason surgery on both his thumb and shoulder, Gray has been the starting center during the team's May minicamp -- and likely will fill the same role when the Seahawks hold two June minicamps.
However, in the regular season, he is likely to serve as Spencer's backup, as well as the backup to right guard Rob Sims, who takes over for Gray.
Unhappy with the line's play last season, the Seahawks acquired Mike Wahle after he was released by the Carolina Panthers. Wahle was immediately handed the starting left guard spot, which means that Sims moves to the right side.
Sims said he was initially upset about the move because he felt he had done enough last season to warrant keeping the job. But now he said he accepts the move as a new challenge, one that will require him to learn new techniques but should only add to his versatility.
Gray was in a battle last season with second-year guard Ray Willis for the starting right guard spot, and he said he did not want to lose his starting position. Now, he sounds like a wise old veteran in the last year of his contract who has accepted his role as younger players step in.
"They are moving some guys around," Gray said. "I am the old guy, obviously, if I start I start, if I don't that is fine with me too. I just want to be a part of something special, and I think we can accomplish that."
--New offensive line coaches Mike Solari and Mike DeBord have never worked together. Solari was brought in because he is familiar with the West Coast offense from his days in San Francisco, while DeBord worked under Michigan coach Lloyd Carr for a long time, and Carr recommended DeBord to Mike Holmgren.
--Despite being recently released by the Seahawks, running back Shaun Alexander donated money to three Seattle-area charities. Alexander, the 2005 MVP, has yet to sign with another team.
--Middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu, arrested recently for a DUI, still has not been charged by the Prosecutor's Office.
--The Seahawks have two June minicamps, one from June 2-5 and another from June 9-12. There is a chance that wide receiver Bobby Engram skips the camps to protest what he feels is an unfair contract. Engram skipped the team's voluntary camp in May.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I want to be a team guy. At first I was a little upset. But this is the NFL, that is kind of how it goes. So you move over and suck it up and just go out here and learn as much as you can. In the end it is just playing football. You can't be upset about it." -- Right guard Rob Sims, who lost his starting left guard spot when the team signed Mike Wahle.


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Shakespeare Theater to expand at Navy Pier
The Chicago theater company is expanding its footprint at Navy Pier with plans to build a third, larger stage.
The Chicago theater company is expanding its footprint at Navy Pier with plans to build a third, larger stage.
It's a positive sign for the convention center in the face of an explosion of convention venues going up in other markets and not enough events to fill them.
The agency that runs McCormick Place hired Hillard Heintze, the security firm it used before the NATO Summit, days after a man was shot to death in the lobby of the convention center's hotel.
The head of the city's tourism bureau is departing after a nearly five-year run.
The pier will be closed on Jan. 19 and 20 while workers begin installing the newer, bigger attraction.
Airbnb rentals statewide will be getting more expensive next month when the home-sharing service begins facing the same taxes paid by Illinois hotels.
The extra day means there will be more than 170 musical performances, founder Perry Farrell said.
The city's tourism bureau is a key step closer to getting the state funding being held hostage amid a stalemate between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Speaker Michael Madigan over the state's 2016 budget.
With money from the city's top tourism industry associations, the group's campaign pleads with Illinois lawmakers to release funding amid a budget stalemate.
Park district officials voted unanimously on the $10 lease for the nonprofit Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. The lease still has to be approved by the city's Department of Zoning and its Plan Commission.
The city's tourism promotion office is making its most drastic move to cut costs as the state holds hostage a major chunk of its funding.
The agency that runs McCormick Place and Navy Pier found out the real cost of its recent ratings downgrade when it sold $220 million in bonds today.
The data shed light on exactly how much Airbnb has infiltrated the Chicago hospitality market, where many hoteliers are wary of do-it-yourself rivals that face little regulation.
A private company could soon shape the long-term vision for Indiana Dunes State Park, a publicly owned property that draws more than a million yearly visitors.
The agency that runs McCormick Place was forced to tweak the financing for its new hotel because of the state's inaction on a 2016 budget.
The agency that runs McCormick Place suffers a severe credit rating blow for failing to make a debt payment—even though it has the funds to do so. Thank you, state budget stalemate.
The latest sign of the gradual slowdown in government as a result of the deadlock in Springfield: McPier can't move money into the funds that pay off its debt service.
The strong numbers are a good sign for the city's hotels given that there are far more hotel rooms on the market today than last year.
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Danny Williams To Get a Crack at Prospect Goncharov
By Ruslan Chikov
Russian promoter and known manager Vladimir Hryunov is planning to make a fight between his 26-year-old prospect Vladimir Goncharov (1-0, 0KO) and British veteran Danny Williams (44-12, 33KOs). Hryunov thinks very highly of Goncharov, who recently made his pro debut. Hryunov likes to match his heavyweight prospects tough. He made heavyweight Sergey Rozhnov (1-0) make his pro debut in February against experienced pro Owen Beck (29-9 at the time). Rozhnov won a four round decision.
The sad thing is he'll be a massive underdog. Ive said it before and ill say it again. Danny williams cant walk away from boxing and it'll end his life.Comment by larryusa on 09-25-2012
[QUOTE=D-MiZe;12549785]The guy has been shot for the past 4 years.[/QUOTE] yep..any time you are picked to fight a guy 1-0 it says alotComment by D-MiZe on 09-25-2012
[QUOTE=Larry Pacquaio;12549767]He is fighting a guy 1-0???sad,sad,sad Danny this tells you how shot you really are[/QUOTE] The guy has been shot for the past 4 years.Comment by larryusa on 09-25-2012
He is fighting a guy 1-0???sad,sad,sad Danny this tells you how shot you really areComment by Freedom. on 09-25-2012
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"The Farmer and the Clown" by Marla Frazee (S. & S.) has won the 2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for best picture book, while Katherine Rundell's "Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms" (S. & S.) took best fiction title and Candace Fleming's "The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Russia" (Schwartz & Wade) won best non-fiction book.
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SLJ staff wanted to share their thoughts on Trevelyn Jones, who retired as Book Review Editor after more than three decades. Industry representatives paid tribute in an appreciation of Jones's career in the October issue. Now, it's our turn.
Video Sunday: Gingerbread houses, red carpets, and virtual toilet paper
How do, folks. Well, as you might have heard, this past ALA Caldecott/Newbery/Wilder Banquet saw me interviewing hoards of famous people alongside the multi-talented Jim Averbeck and partner-in-crime Kristin Clark. Those videos have now all appeared online at a single solitary location: Kidlit Red Carpet. It is very unfortunate that my interview with Laura Rodgers […]
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Ladies' Night (Tuesday)
Pay Dhs50 for your drinks and get a menu item worth up to Dhs120 for free.
Timings: 6pm-11pm
Short for New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, Nezesaussi has always been, first and foremost, a rugby-lover's pub. It's also a restaurant and the food (in our past experience), served in professional athlete-sized portions, is polished pub grub way beyond the limp chips and wobbly wings proffered by venues with a similar theme.
Having long had a fondness for the memorabilia-strewn spot, there's little we would have changed to begin with. Being familiar with Dubai's often overly heavy-handed approach to 'upgrading' our favourite hangouts, it was with trepidation that we returned for a post-renovation pint.
But we needn't have worried, because despite a slightly disorientating change of entrance (now through the adjacent Manzil Souk, rather than the hotel lobby), the improvements are subtle. Minimalist wooden decor prevails, though with a few licks of paint, more TVs and a larger number of stools and standing areas to accommodate a higher ratio of casual drinkers to diners.
An expanded, oval rugby ball-shaped bar sits in the centre of the room, lined around the top with almost a dozen screens, and yet more enormous glowing TVs line the walls – mounted all round the restaurant and at the end of long banks to accommodate big groups of supporters. Feast your eyes on sports ranging from the F1 to the Premier League, with NBA play-off games shown over the next few months, plus the upcoming tennis at Wimbledon. And if you can't spot your sport, the bar staff are happy to have a flick through the channels to try and help you find it.
Naturally, there's a wide variety of hops available on tap and by the bottle. More unusually, there's also a special and intriguing menu of hops mixed drinks chalked up on the blackboard. Whatever your poison, the twice-daily happy hour is a draw running from 5pm-7pm and 11pm to closing, with drinks Dhs25 (a pretty good discount on the regular prices) – a real score if it happens to coincide with your game.
Ultimately, while the bar is now showing off a more refined appearance (and one that's not un-Loca-like, if you're looking for a comparison), it's what hasn't changed that will keep us going back. More polished the surroundings may be, but the relaxed, friendly atmosphere is as present as ever. And it doesn't get any Nezesaussier than that. Nezesaussi Grill
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Papa Smurf Jul 23, 2015 11:14 am
The food is still good and the service is always fine but they have somehow taken one of the most popular bars in Dubai and ripped the life and soul out of it. Its hard to say why - the lighting doesn't help - but it is now half empty most of the time and simply doesn't have the charm it used to. It's all rather sad and somber in there now. I hope they work it out and recapture the old spirit of the place.
James R Apr 23, 2015 06:06 am
By far the best food in Dubai, really accomodating staff, always got the football on. Couldnt rate higher!
Dal Jan 20, 2013 11:02 am
A good choice of beers. Food was good. And plenty of TV's to watch sports on. Service was pretty good as well as I read some of the reviews above and was expecting it to be slow. But was the opposite despite it being quite busy.
John Robertson Jan 22, 2012 04:44 pm
Good food and drink, parking is so easy, plenty of TV screens.
However, staff not friendly at all, seemed uninterested...last thing you need after a long day is a bunch of grumpy bar staff serving you.....You allways get one or two staff that have switched off in any bar, but this ones is unique...they are all like that from the Manager down!
John Robertson Jan 22, 2012 04:02 pm
Food good, plenty of TV screens for watching sport, parking is so easy.
But what's wrong with the all male bar staff? Looks like a member of management beats them with a stick before they start work! A more miserable bunch I have never come across! Forget a smile or a please or thank you!
Just watched the Spurs v Man City game....did someone on the staff die?
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Tuesday, March 2, at 4 p.m. -- Children ages 5 to 12 who love Dr. Seuss books will enjoy a birthday celebration in honor of the beloved author at Hastings Branch Library, 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., with special musical guests. Read stories, make crafts and have fun! (626) 744-7262.
Tuesday, March 2, from 5 to 9 p.m. – When you tip your waiter at The Hamlet on South Lake, it will probably be a Pasadena police officer! The tips will go for a good cause, of course. (They'll be off the clock and therefore out of uniform.)
Wednesday, March 3, at 7:30 a.m. – Join Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and members of the Recreation and Parks Commission for a walk around the Rose Bowl Loop.
Wednesday, March 2, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. – The first in a series of many events and actvities that are part of our month-long One City, One Story community reading celebration: Kevin McKiernan, author of "The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland," will discuss his book followed by a screening of his documentary film "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St.
Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m. – We're firing up the golden shovels for the long-anticipated ground-breaking event for the Pasadena Urgent Care Center on the east side of town!
Wednesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. -- The first in a series of "Gardens of Water" community book discussions as part of this year's One City, One Story community reading celebration. This one's at Hastings Branch Library.
Thursday, March 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- If you live in the Avenue 64 area south of La Loma Road, be prepared for a power outage Thursday, March 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. while system upgrades are implemented as part of our Power Master Plan. General boundaries of the outage will be Marianna Road, Avenue 64, Doremus Road and Washburn Road. (626) 744-6970.
Thursday, March 4, at 4 p.m. – "Gardens of Water" community book discussion at Santa Catalina Branch Library, 999 E. Washington Blvd. (626) 744-7272.
Saturday, March 6, from 8:30 a.m. to noon – Jan Sanders, director of the Pasadena Public Library system, and Pasadena City Attorney Michele Bagneris will be among the panelists at the League of Women Voters forum "Access to Impact: Using Open Government to Create Change" at the Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd. The community forum addresses access to information issues around local open government from the perspective of the media, libraries, city governments and civic organizations. RSVP now!
Many thanks to the Pasadena Weekly for the photo of the mayor's walk.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Mystery History -- Solved
Petrea wins with her 10:27 p.m. Tuesday guess "I'm going to hazard a guess and say Victory Park. Installing the playground there. Looks like the 1960's, maybe?"
About 100 local Kiwanis Club volunteers descended on the new Victory Park on May 4, 1952, to transform bare ground into a playground and recreation center in the course of one day. This was about three weeks before the park's formal dedication.
Excerpt from the May 4, 1952, Pasadena Star-News:
The Pasadena Kiwanis Club did it!Here's a fun photo of post-parade activities at Victory Park in 1956:
Its members set out yesterday to complete a recreational center for children on the city's new Victory Park in one day and they did just that...
...Children descended in droves while the Kiwanians and their wives were enjoying Kiwanian Al Leigh's tender, fat and juicy spring fries. Swings, slides, rings, the jungle gym, sand boxes, etc., got a rough initiation.
The whole plan for the creation of the playgrounds was originated by Verne Orr Jr., Kiwanis president last year. He passed the baton to Audre Stong, this year's president, who bore down heavily and raised the $2,000 needed for supplies. Past and present Kiwanis presidents would pin the gold medal for a successfully completed project on Chairman Schaal, if they had a medal.
Neighbors of the Victory Park area, who were lookers-on, said nice things about a club of doctors, businessmen, etc., who spent their entire Saturday smashing their thumbs, bruising their shins, accumulating blisters and backaches, and spending $2,000 for one sole purpose -- to make little children happy.
Now here's a look back:
In 1945 the Board of City Directors (now known as the City Council) established the Pasadena War Memorial Committee. The letter of instructions to appointed members of the committee included this:
It is desired by the Board of City Directors that the Pasadena War Memorial make a survey of the various possibilities for a suitable War Memorial to those men and women who served in World War II. It may be desirable to list one or more projects. If so, it is suggested that they be placed in the order of their importance in the minds of the Committee.Early on, the committee came to some general conclusions: The project should be be managed and maintained so as not to become a burden on the community, it should serve a real community need with consideration of other facilities already available, the financing should be determined by the Board of City Directors, and the facilities of the war memorial should be for the benefit of all citizens of Pasadena.
The following year the committee made a formal recommendation to the Board of City Directors for the specific property in the then-wide-open eastern portion of Pasadena, which the city would purchase as a park to be named Victory Park in memory of all Pasadenans who gave their lives during World War II. The memorial Victory Park would include an auditorium, "eating facilities," conference and meeting rooms, an athletic pavilion and a parking area.
The price tag for Pasadena's 15th city park: $4 million.
Victory Park was dedicated on May 25, 1952, with Alson E. Abernethy, chairman of the Board of Pasadena City Directors, and Mrs. Eleanor D. Boyd, national president of American Gold Star Mothers, presiding.
Here's a photo of Chairman Abernethy from the Hall of Mayors:
I thought I would have time to do a photo archive search of the dedication day but as so often happens, the time got away from me.
I have done prior Victory Park postings, including this one.
Many thanks to Pasadena Public Library.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Mysterious 7 x
I was leading a Public Affairs Office staff meeting at about 2 p.m. Monday as the sun shone brightly through my window.
Here's a closer look:
After about five minutes only the 7 remained.
And then it, too, disappeared in the shadows.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mystery History
Where are we? And what's happening?
The first person to guess correctly will win a fabulous prize!
I'll have the full scoop on Thursday.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Looking for Something to Do?
Saturday, Feb. 20 -- Pasadena's Black History Parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Charles White Park in Altadena and end at Robinson Park, where a four-hour family festival will begin at noon.
Sunday, Feb. 21 -- Be prepared for street closures during the Pasadena Marathon!
Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. -- Learn all about Pasadena's new Bicycle Master Plan and give your opinions during a community meeting at City Hall.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. -- This week's free film in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Pasadena Central Library is "Wall-E" featuring the voices of Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard and Kathy Najimi in the animated tale of a little waste-collecting robot that innocently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of all mankind.
Sunday, Feb. 21 -- Be prepared for street closures during the Pasadena Marathon!
Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. -- Learn all about Pasadena's new Bicycle Master Plan and give your opinions during a community meeting at City Hall.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. -- This week's free film in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Pasadena Central Library is "Wall-E" featuring the voices of Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard and Kathy Najimi in the animated tale of a little waste-collecting robot that innocently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of all mankind.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Our Visit to San Rafael School
Mayor Bill Bogaard and I spoke to fourth, fifth and sixth graders at San Rafael Elementary School on Wednesday. We showed them a video that was played at the State of the City event and talked about our respective roles with the City of Pasadena.
Mayor Bogaard answered questions from several individual students. They asked great questions, such as how old does one have to be to run for mayor, where did you go to elementary school, and how much time do you get to spend with your family. That's San Rafael Principal Alyson Beecher on the left.
We ended the program by asking some questions of our own, which I'll ask you now.
1. In what year did Pasadena begin operating as a city?
2. How many people live in Pasadena?
3. How many students attend public schools in Pasadena?
4. How many city libraries are in Pasadena?
5. Characters from what famous story are carved into the fireplace in the Children's Room at Pasadena Central Library?
6. How many city parks are in Pasadena?
7. How much money does your city government spend every year?
8. In what nations does Pasadena have sister cities?
9. What do you like most about Pasadena?
10. What is your favorite place to go in Pasadena?
The person with the most correct answers submitted the soonest via comment on this blog will win a fabulous prize!
Mystery History will return on Tuesday of next week.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I'll Be Back...
I was on vacation last week and now I'm on jury duty. Bear with me!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Mystery History -- Solved
Margaret wins with her 8:37 a.m. Tuesday guess "An early Pasadena Bicycling club taking a break from riding down in the Arroyo."
The photo description does not tell us the precise location, but sure enough these young men are members of the Pasadena Bicycle Club taking a break during one of their rides in 1887.
Pasadena has been a city of bikes since before it was incorporated!
Here's Arthur P. Smith (front) on a tandem with a friend.
And an early pioneer, Dr. Hiram Reid, and his wife Rachael heading to church with their grandchildren.
When Pasadena was incorporated in 1886, Dr. Reid was on the very first ballot for the City Commission (now known as the City Council). He also took the lead in the successful campaign to ban the sale of liquor in Pasadena, but I'll save that story for another time.
The elevated Dobbins Bikeway was awe-inspiring in its day.
And now here we are in 2010, and the Bicycle Master Plan has been updated in draft form.
The plan calls for increasing the proportion of people using bikes, decreasing the number of bicycle-involved accidents, making bike parking more secure and convenient, and creating a network of bikeways so every neighborhood will be close to an effective route.
So take a look, then plan on attending a community workshop Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber (room S249) at Pasadena City Hall. Your comments will be included in outreach for the update of the General Plan's Mobility Element.
The last such meeting we had was well-attended.
Go here to see our "Pasadena: Geared for Bikes" video, the latest-greatest map of bikeways, a map of bike parking locations and more.
No Mystery History next Tuesday because I'll be out of the office all week.
Many thanks to Pasadena Public Library and the Transportation Department.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Do You Loop?
Some people walk at brisk pace, some stroll while having a leisurely chat, others jog, bike and skate.
Hands-down, the Rose Bowl Loop is Pasadena's most popular exercise track.
And that's the point of a community meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight: What does the future hold for this 3.3-mile recreational loop?
In the Arroyo Room at Brookside Clubhouse, the city's Transportation Department will lay out proposed plans for slurry-sealing the entire loop, widening the section for walkers in both directions, creating a lane for cyclists and vehicles that will accommodate both, as well as a narrower outside lane for vehicles only.
The innermost portion of the loop would remain a dedicated walkway separated from adjacent bicycle and vehicular traffic by a painted buffer zone.
Come on down, learn more about it, speak your peace and chat it up with others!
Look here for the final draft of the plan.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Mystery History
Who are these people? And what's happening?
The first person to guess correctly will win a fabulous prize!
I'll have the full scoop on Thursday.
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