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A dozen years ago, Bob sat down at his word processor and rescued a Cambodian girl from the Southeast Asian jungles. Years later, he confronted his father for being such a bastard. Then he slit his sainted mother's throat over a mere lottery ticket. And, God help him, he even had a private investigator make jokes about Lowell, the city he grew up in.
But nothing worked for him, and furthermore, he whined to his friends about how hard it all was, how much goddamn time it took to write all these stories. Three years to do the research, read a dozen books about Cambodia, write drafts, read them to his writer's group, and revise, revise, revise. In his earliest drafts he editorialized, telling readers how awful it was that people maimed and tortured other people, just in case the descriptions of bloody stumps and rotting corpses didn't convey the right message. Then he struggled with the details, because he had never been closer to Phnom Penh than Anchorage. But he interviewed refugees near his home, took assiduous notes, and sat down at night to write new chapters, cranking out ten pages per week, always ignoring the little voice in his head that kept whispering, "But you've never been to Cambodia! How can you show what it was really like?" Besides, he thought that his characters always sounded like Americans.
Bob had never been a private investigator, either, but then neither had Sue Grafton, and look at what she did with Kinsey Millhone, sleuthing her way through the alphabet. Bob wondered if there was life after Z--or in his case, before A.
So look, he told his writer's group at their regular Friday night meeting, here's my idea. I'll do a funny P.I., okay? Based here in Lowell, right? That way the book practically researches itself. And get this: It's a guy. His fellow writers were beside themselves. Every two weeks, they would say, "Hey Bob, how's Mack coming along? God, is he funny!"
And how could Mack not be funny, living in an old mill city with rundown storefronts, men drinking Old Grand Dad out of paper bags, refugees by the thousands, and a network of canals for bodies to float in? With raw material like that, Mack could always come up with the quick one-liners that had Bob's friends laughing. Sometimes Bob even wrote a whole joke in less than an hour, and he would fall in love with the wit that looked so quick on the page. In the evening, at his keyboard, his writing would often slow to a stop as he read aloud to himself, caressing each fine word with his tongue.
Soon, however, his writer friends began to hound him with four-letter words--one four-letter word, actually. It was "Plot," and they always appended a question mark. Just when a series of chapters seemed to gather steam, Bob would always do something for laughs like insert a vicious dog, and his hero Mack would escape to the roof of a car and run away from the story line and into the arms of an Attractive Former Nun.
"Nice perfume," Mack tells the A.F.N. "My Sin?"
"You wish," she says. Ha-ha.
Bob tried plotting first, but like a horny man on his third marriage, he wandered. So I'll begin with the characters, he thought, that's what they always say to do. But he found it tough writing a bunch of character sketches and then retrofitting them with a plot.
Still, his friends cheered him on at every turn. You've gotta finish that Mack book, they all said. He is so damn funny! What's he trying to accomplish, again? Meanwhile, Bob went to two of Kathy and Dave's book signings, complimented Bev on writing a novel in a week ("because I could," she explained), read a ream-sized third draft by Judy, and heard that Patty fell out of bed one morning and wrote a twelve-page short story before breakfast.
Bob, of course, was not jealous, being of an age where acting like a gray-haired baby would make him look like--well, just that. So he resolved to get his act together, straighten up and fly right, and hunt down every cliché in the book in his quest to finally achieve his dream--a published novel--a book--in his lifetime. Something that would outlast him on this earth, and wasn't that the point of writing a book? A reader of a distant generation, hungry for the fruits of Bob's fertile imagination, would reach high on a library shelf filled with "S." This time, finally, the book would be in, its dust jacket torn from over-borrowing. She would brush her fingertips across the title, embossed in bold crimson lettering:
A mystery by Bob Sanchez
Bob began to despair for that gentle reader, and even more so for himself. He had started writing fiction so late in life, and each book took him so long to write. How could he ever finish just one novel that would find its way into the bookstores, dodge the remainder shelves, and sail into popular culture?
Then one day he resolved to write in earnest. It would still be a part-time endeavor, since he had a day job he could not give up. At work, fragments of story and snippets of clever dialogue drifted across his mind, but he was too busy to jot down those fleeting thoughts. In the evening, he came home and sat down to his wife's delicious home cooking, afterwards thinking to help clean the kitchen before watching the news. Then his brother called from New Jersey, just a social call that took twenty minutes. When Bob hung up he remembered to call his ailing mother, and then why not read at least one article in Time Magazine? He read for a few minutes, then snapped his fingers. He had completely forgotten to update his resume, and he had better not put that off any longer.
By the time he finished, it was almost nine o'clock, and his frustration increased. He wanted to be writing fiction, after all. It was a simple matter of clearing the decks--yes, he allowed himself that cliché--of clearing the decks to make the time to write.
Bob went upstairs and powered up his computer, which announced that he had not properly shut the system down the last time, and that now it had to scan the hard drive for errors. He could cancel that operation, but thought he'd better not. Who knew what evil lurked within his hard drive? The Internet was rife with viruses, and any one of them could have insinuated its way into one of his novel files.
The wall clock ticked away precious seconds, then minutes, as the operating system yawned and stretched, scratched its belly and inspected its navel, then checked to make sure it was properly accessorized; the printer beeped, the scanner hummed, and the CD-ROM drive opened its one green eye and reported for duty.
One by one, icons blipped onto Bob's computer desktop while an hourglass seemed to say, "Don't bother me. I'm busy." Finally, the system was ready, and Bob was ready to write. His eyes felt heavy, but there was work to do.
He was about to open his word processor when he noticed the little envelope icon that said he had mail. Well, this would take only a minute.
The first message was one of those obvious Internet hoaxes. Esteemed Friend, it began. Please help me. I am the nephew of deposed Swahilian President Ngumbe Ngumbe...we have $20,000,000 in a Swiss account and must move it to America, as my uncle has been falsely accused of genocide. May we shelter some of this money in your bank account, in exchange for a twenty percent commission? Bob thought this scam was worth warning his friends about, so he sent them all a short e-mail with the phony appeal attached.
That out of the way, he opened a message from his dear friend Kate with "Wonderful News!" in the subject line. She and Patty had collaborated on a screenplay, and Jodie Foster had just called, begging to bankroll the project if only she could be the star. "Please. It's the perfect vehicle to get my career back on track," Jodie had told Kate.
This was most welcome news to Bob, who loved his writing friends and found them all such a source of inspiration. He just had to congratulate Kate and Patty immediately, and maybe write a side note to Kathy, saying what a great group we have, huh? He would have to word all of these e-mails carefully, because writing was still a craft that deserved utmost respect, just as letter writing once had been in the days of Victrolas and buggy whips.
That got him to thinking. What was on the Internet about old-fashioned letter writing? He opened up his browser and called up the Google search engine, and--
He shook his head. Wait a minute, this was taking way too much of his time. At his age, Bob needed his sleep, and his bedtime loomed. Wandering the Internet would have to wait for another night. He would just read his last e-mail now, drag it to the recycle bin, and finally start writing.
He almost deleted that last message without opening it, because anything with the subject in all capital letters had to be bogus. It read,
Here was another joke to forward to his friends, he supposed. He opened the message and laughed out loud. "Your book practically writes itself!" the message crowed.
No talent was required, the e-mail explained; in fact, writing ability was a burden, and perfection was for losers. With a few simple principles, you could write that book fast, and have the agents lining up outside your door. To Bob it seemed like a crock, like "Lose 100 lbs. on a chocolate sundae diet," or "Rock-hard abs with no work." Such foolishness! He deleted the e-mail and finally got down to writing. He managed only one page that evening, but he felt it was a good one.
The next evening, the e-mail was back all by itself. Bob usually heard from his friends, and something felt strange about his getting the same junk e-mail two nights in a row, and nothing else. "WRITE A BOOK IN 14 DAYS." The thought did have a perverse appeal, he admitted to himself. Just out of curiosity, he checked his deleted e-mail folder and noticed that the file was no longer there. That was very odd indeed. The folder was supposed to act like a wastebasket, where garbage stayed until it was dumped. Puzzled, he returned to the In box and clicked on the message again, dragging and dropping it into the Deleted Mail folder. This time he managed two pages of fiction, and he went to bed tired but happy. He had written almost a hundred pages this year.
On the third night, he received the same e-mail and nothing else. Again, his deleted mail folder was empty, and the unwelcome solicitation had returned to his inbox. Alone. The date on the e-mail hadn't changed, either, so he wasn't receiving the mail over and over again. The original simply would not go away. He squirmed in his chair and imagined a headline in a grocery-store tabloid: EVIL EMAIL DEVOURS RIVALS.
Bob laughed and opened his word processor, and his story file displayed on the screen. He went to the end of the file to begin writing immediately. Tonight he wanted to avoid re-reading what he had already written; it was always pleasant to do, but a most inefficient use of his time.
Mack had bought Chantal (the Attractive Former Nun) a cup of coffee, and that's where Bob had left the story. Mack found Chantal attractive, and the feeling was mutual, but she was taking their friendship slowly--very slowly.
Bob's trouble was that he didn't recognize what he saw on the screen anymore. He paged up through the story, feeling confused and lost. So he ran a search for the phrase "mutual respect," because he knew that was in the last paragraph he'd written the previous night.
"Mutual respect, my ass," the A.F.N. said. "I'm meeting some guys back at my place tonight and we're snorting some coke and going to bed. Be a boring jerk all you want, Mack, but this bride of Christ is gonna party!"
Enraged, Mack slapped her and threw hot coffee in her face, which dripped and was dappled with coffee grounds. She screamed and slid out of the booth and onto the diner's floor. He kicked her aside on his way to the cash register.
"I'll pick up the check," he snarled.
Bob was stunned at the tripe he had written. But when did he write this? How could he? There were twenty more pages that he didn't recognize, and the heat rose in his face. He had worked so hard to make his hero Mack a likeable and decent man, flawed but honorable. Now Mack drove to Chantal's apartment and shot one of her boyfriends, cleaned out his wallet, forced himself on Chantal, then went back to his car and ripped up a parking ticket.
Bob's heart pounded as he highlighted the new material, for he didn't care where the damned stuff came from. It was out of here!
He uttered an imprecation as he banged the delete key so hard his index finger ached. Nothing happened. Tears began to flow as he stared at the awful words, now white letters against a black background. He flipped the power switch on his computer and went to bed, not caring about the improper shutdown.
The next evening, he discovered that the computer hadn't shut down after all, and twenty new pages had appeared. He cringed as he read the last paragraph.
Mack took a last deep drag on his cigarette and crushed it into the pavement with his heel. Vapor lamps filled the parking lot with jaundiced cones of light as Franco's sinister figure approached slowly from his car. There was only one way to resolve this conflict peacefully, and Mack wasn't going to bother.
He shot Franco between the eyes.
Bob quickly found that the delete key still didn't work, nor did saving the novel as a new file with a new name. He tried a couple of other tricks to no avail. Should he start the novel all over again? Maybe he could print it out and then retype it in a new file. He couldn't bear the thought of all that extra work. He decided to give his novel a rest for a few days.
At the next writer's group meeting, Bob dug into Joan's artichoke dip, using a broken Frito as a shovel. She was new. "So who's this Mack guy you've been foisting off on the group, Bob? Are you reading any of that stuff tonight?"
"No, but I have been writing," he lied. "It just needs some polish before I read it at group."
"You look kind of freaked out," Joan said, and Bob changed the subject.
Suddenly, Bob's computer seemed perfectly fine. After two weeks the file had finally closed, e-mails started appearing again, and he could use his word processor. He surely didn't recall naming his novel SCHIZO, but still he felt an odd satisfaction scrolling down and seeing that lovely phrase, "THE END."
A couple of days later, he received a fat envelope in the mail. The return address was a publisher's. He ripped open the envelope and read the letter.
Thank you for sending us SCHIZO, it read. We find your manuscript utterly without redeeming social value. Only idiots, social misfits, and people who read with their lips will find it remotely entertaining. Happily, that is our market. We will pay you a $100,000 advance upon signing the enclosed contract. In exchange for this advance and royalties, you will write a series of ten Mack books, with deliverable dates every two weeks.
Bob smiled. Why not? He thought. They write themselves.
About the author:
I am a retired technical writer whose stories have appeared in Rosebud and Calliope magazines. My six novels have appeared on my desktop computer, and I have book signings in my dreams. This year, my wife and I plan to move from New England to New Mexico.
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Greetings! I'm a newbie to this site...so I'm overloaded with reading posts and trying to figure out what to do with my hair!!
I have a mixture of 3a/3b, baby fine hair. I do color it as I'm almost 50 and hate gray hair with a passion!
I have short hair - lower ear level. I'm letting it grow back out from an earlier pixie cut. Some day it's humid in Central Texas (frizz) and other days it's perfect outside (curl)...
What should I use to clean my hair? I have no problem using just a conditioner but no clue where to start.
I cannot afford what my stylist recommends: Kevin Murphy brand...way too expensive. Need something I can buy locally at the grocery store or Sally's - that sort of thing.
I'll try to post my pic soon but don't have one handy.
Thanks for any ideas!
Cheers, Tee:icescream:
You can try Suave Naturals Coconut conditioner. Its readily available and I don't think it will be too much for your fine hair. If it is any other Suave Naturals line would do. I thought the coconut would be good because it has protein in it which is good for fine hair.
To get more product suggestions, we would have to know the porosity level of your hair and if your hair is dry and frizzy. You can do the following test.
1. Your hair soaks up water easily. Your hair dries quickly. Your hair absorbs the hair dye quicker than the time indicated on the box. When you run your finger along a strand of hair from end to root, it is bumpy. = porous hair
2. Your hair takes a long time to soak up water, long time to dry, takes longer time to dye. When you run your finger up the strand it is silky smooth. = low porosity.
3. Anything else is probably normal porosity.
My hair dries rather quickly; my hair is so baby fine that I don't feel anything with a strand of hair.
It's very very soft. I have to leave color on for a long time to get the roots to take the color.
I'm guessing it is normal porosity?
Yeah most people on here use a cheap conditioner to clean the hair because the point isn't really what it does to your hair -- it's all about getting the gunk off your scalp and getting it to rinse away easily. I really like the VO5 conditioners because they're CG, have really good scents, and they're a little runnier which makes it easier for me to really get to my scalp and scrub and rinse them away. My favorite right now is the Blackberry Sage Tea, just for the smell. I've also been known to use Suave Naturals conditioners as well when I want to switch up the scents. Those work just as well but are a little thicker.
This summer I also really liked using Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle conditioner as my co-wash, because I think the tea tree oil was a little bit more cleansing and the minty tingle felt good after a sweaty summer day. I know a lot of people miss that really scrubbed-clean feeling they get from shampoo when they go to a conditioner only method, and so that conditioner is a good substitute which won't damage your hair as much.
You can probably use almost any styling product without -cones if you have fine normal porosity hair.
For co-washes, as lizzlebelizzle said, you can use anything. Suave Naturals, VO5, or GVP Conditioning Balm (from Sallys). You can use any of those as a leave-in but since you have fine hair you probably don't need a lot. Then add a gel on top. You can try HETT which a lot of people like, or Giovanni LA style gel. Ecostyler at Sally's might also work escpecially on the humid days. The gel should help to seal your hair and prevent frizz. Lastly, you could probably work in some protein treatments every now and then since you have fine hair that you color treat it. I hope that helps.
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New Hampshire university removes link to 'bias-free' language guide
By Ted Siefer
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - The University of New Hampshire on Thursday removed a language guide from its website that had drawn widespread criticism for urging students to avoid a host of potentially offensive terms, including "American."
The "Bias-Free Language Guide" was created two years ago by a group of faculty, students and staff connected to the school's diversity office, but it was thrust into the spotlight earlier this week by conservative websites that ridiculed it as political correctness taken to an absurd degree.
In addition to "American" - which the guide said was improperly used to refer to U.S. citizens, ignoring the many other countries in North and South America - the document warned against using the terms obese and rich. The guide suggested "people of size" and "person of material wealth."
The guide was removed from the university website on Thursday, after UNH President Mark Huddleston met with the school's associate vice president for community, equity and diversity, a UNH spokeswoman said.
"The president fully supports efforts to encourage inclusivity and diversity on our campuses," spokeswoman Erika Mantz said in an email. "He does not believe the guide was in any way helpful in achieving those goals. Speech guides or codes have no place at any American university."
Mantz added that Huddleston was unaware of the guide's existence until this week and that, in response to the controversy, he had ordered a review of UNH's web posting policies.
Earlier on Thursday, the state Republican Party called for removal of the guide, saying it was a national embarrassment.
"Not only are these guidelines absurd, they are offensive and unpatriotic," Republican state Committee Chair Jennifer Horn said in a statement. "UNH students should be proud to be called 'Americans,' and any effort to disparage the use of this word should not be promoted with university resources." Continued...


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Fagen, Inc. Awarded the Air Quality Control System (AQCS) for Unit 8 at the Lon D. Wright Power Plant
13 Aug, 2013, 17:30 ET from Fagen, Inc.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. and FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fagen, Inc. has been awarded the EPC contract by the City of Fremont, Nebraska for the provision of AQCS emission control technology, detailed engineering and installation of the equipment to the Lon D. Wright Power Plant. This project will allow the plant to meet the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS rule) and the National Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) with respect to SO2.
Providing a full EPC wrap, project administration/management and full project installation, Fagen, Inc. joined forces with Siemens Environmental Systems & Services, which will be the primary technology partner for the project, and SEGA Inc., which will provide the overall engineering and integration of the Siemens system into the plant.
Unit No. 8 at the Lon D. Wright Power Plant is a 90Mw coal fired unit that will benefit from the retrofit of the Siemens technology and the project will support the target of clean energy and protection of the environment. The project will kick-off immediately and has an in-service target date of the 3rd quarter 2015.
The Fagen team is excited to be part of this market, as the fossil powered generation industry works to bring many of the remaining plants in operation into compliance with the new emission rules.
About Fagen, Inc.
Fagen, Inc. is the largest, most respected green energy design-builder in the United States. Utilizing a database of over 25,000 civil, mechanical, and electrical direct-hire employees, Fagen, Inc. has constructed 60% of the ethanol production capacity in the United States, multiple wind farms, and significant upgrades to power plants. Fagen, Inc. is prepared to meet industrial demand growth with a large inventory of cranes, including several Manitowoc 18000's, and one of the largest CAT fleets in the Midwest. The unmatched standard for safety, quality, and service has led Fagen, Inc. to be listed in the top 40 largest contractors in the United States by ENR. Information about Fagen, Inc. can be found by visiting www.fageninc.com.
About Siemens Energy
The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a broad spectrum of products, services and solutions for power generation in thermal power plants and using renewables, power transmission in grids and for the extraction, processing and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2012 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of EUR27.5 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR26.9 billion and posted a profit of EUR2.2 billion. On September 30, 2012, the Energy Sector had a work force of almost 86,000. Further information is available at: http://www.siemens.com/energy
About SEGA Inc.
Sega Inc. is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm that has been providing quality services for 40 years to utilities, institutions, and industrial facilities. They assist clients with planning, design, procurement, construction, programming, and field services for projects related to the production and distribution of energy. For more information, go to www.segainc.com or call (913) 681-2881.
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Home from College
"What I'd really like Dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See ya later,
Can I have them please?"
- Cats in the Cradle, Harry Chapin
It's a delicate dance of "firsts": that first break of the first semester of the first year when your kid comes home from college for the first real length of time. Knowing just how much of a "parent" you still need to be is indeterminate; and as it turns out, it's barely your own decision anyhow.
As I awaited my own prodigal step son's triumphant return just before the Holidays, I promised myself I would lay down the law even before that first thud of the laundry bag on the mud room floor; yet barely 2 hours later I was clamoring to get them into the washer myself—I guess I missed that absent set of clothes more than I realized.


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The intakes are too small as well.
I don't THINK I'll ever have to face down routers in the streets.
I should hope not. Mobs of rogue woodworking tools would suck to repel.
I love this pic:\What do we notice about the construction of the fuselage and the area where the canopy would presumably seal?The last job the builders had was probably making fiberglass shower stalls.
When I was really small, my grandfather made me a cockpit out of scraps of lumber and plastic and junk electronics (he did small device electrical repair for spare cash). If he were alive today and I were 5, I think he would make me something very much like that.
TL;DRWhat I find amazing is they made this, but they can't keep the F-14's we sold them in the air. They have a squadron worth of Tomcats that haven't flown in 30 years since we cut off their parts supply. They couldn't reverse engineer their own spares, but the can organic a whole airplane?
Iran- Can't even build something that'll actually fly, nor keep what they have purchased in the air for the most part. I don't know which one is lamer- N. Korea or Iran.
Yeah, but if Iran wasn't sitting on a pile of oil, their economy would be bupkis.Also hard to compare a country the size of the old CSA to N. Korea, which is like the size of Massachusetts.
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The NFL Network continues counting down its Top 100 players in the league, based on votes from actual players, and Robert Griffin III came in at No. 15. That made him the highest rated rookie since the network has done this poll, and the fifth-ranked active quarterback in the entire league.
And this, of course, led to an NFL Network segment asking whether the quarterback is overrated.
"I'm a huge fan of RGIII," Kurt Warner said. "What he did last year was incredible. For a rookie to come on the scene and change the complexion of that team — he was someone that changed the complexion for defenses, which is what we always talk about, especially in the top 100. You want guys that change the complexion of games. But I'm just not high on putting rookies this high. We're talking about the best players in the National Football League. I believe rookies kind of have to earn their rights. So I believe all of them, as good as they were, should be much, much [lower] on the list."
"When you talk about consistency, that's what we talk about when we talk about great quarterbacks," Ryan Clark agreed. "Doing it year in and doing it year out, week to week, and we haven't gotten the opportunity to see RGIII do that. Now, is he one of the top 100 players in the league? You can [accept] him being on the list. But ahead of guys like Ben Roethlisberger – even though he's my quarterback – who we've seen do it year in, year out, and be a part of a winning organization? It's tough to do that."
"We always anoint these kids the next best thing since sliced bread or cotton candy, so why are we surprised?" Warren Sapp asked. "And RGIII, that's all we saw all year long was his ability to run the ball, and then his ability to be accurate with the ball, and then only have like five interceptions all year long?…We watched RGIII all year long put the Washington Redskins in good plays and get his team to the playoffs….RGIII is dynamic, but 15th on this list? I have to agree with Kurt, that's a little high. Bring him down just a little bit."
"Well I would say RGIII 15, Andrew Luck 23, Russell Wilson 51?" questioned Yahoo!'s Mike Silver. "They were all amazing, they were all transcendent….We saw the athleticism and the presence, but he was really really accurate. So, very promising, but I'm an old codger like [the others], I agree, they're all too high and Russell's got a reason to be upset."
For the record, Griffin ranked No. 11 in the fans vote.
As for RGIII, his reaction was about what you'd have guessed.
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Hilda Solis, I'm counting on you. Same goes for you, Ken Salazar. My request to the only Latinos in Obama's cabinet (as labour secretary-designate and interior secretary, respectively), is simple: Don't screw up, por favor.
The first month of 2009 is not even over and already, two Latino leaders have fallen hard, and it's pretty embarrassing. The first to eat it was would-be commerce secretary Bill Richardson, of course, who gave up his bid for the position on 4 January amid a pay-for-play investigation; the latest is former surgeon general Antonia C Novello, the first Latino and first woman to hold the post.
Novello, the New York Times reports, is being investigated for allegedly using her employees as personal servants during her post-surgeon general job as New York state's health commissioner. The highlights: allegedly forcing her minions to get her groceries, pick up dry cleaning and water her plants, as well as drive her and her family on shopping trips and as far as 150 miles. In one spectacularly telling detail, she allegedly had a Health Department security guard haul a heavy statue of Buddha into her apartment, then called him back days later to move it to a spot she liked better. So much for enlightenment.
Here was a woman who was so respected as surgeon general that she served under a Republican and a Democrat, Bush I and Clinton) and whose appointment as New York's health chief, says the Times, was considered a coup. In the Latino community, she has been lauded as a fierce advocate for children's health and a role model.
Now, she's just another name to the list of Latinos who we've seen soar to high elected (or appointed) office in the past few years — and then screw it up royally, ironically at a time when the exploding Latino population needs leaders most.
That list could not be topped by anyone but Alberto Gonzalez, who rose from a hardscrabble Texas childhood to become the first Latino attorney general — and a Dubya lapdog who advocated torture and was involved in so many ethics and civil-liberty scandals that he was forced to resign.
But somehow, I'm still more disappointed at Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — who overcame discrimination and childhood paralysis to become the city's first Latino mayor in 133 years. As the charismatic, handsome mayor of the country's second largest city, he was popular at home and a rising national Democratic star — until he got busted cheating on his wife (for the second time) and lost respect and support. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may have called on him to deliver Latino votes during the presidential campaign, but Villaraigosa is still a long ways from a comeback.
Yet he remains the closest Latinos have come to an Obama-like leader — someone whose compelling personal story (born Antonio Villar, he fused his last name with his wife's Raigosa as a sign of commitment) and fresh ideas could transcend race and party. With him still mostly out of the picture, Latinos have virtually no national political profile, and no clear person as an alternative. Solis and Salazar, clean as their records are, are more workhorses than inspiring leaders.
One of the most respected Latino politicians is Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, who when elected eight years ago, inherited a city in the dumps and turned it around by attracting major developers, lowering crime and poverty and improving city services. That earned him the presidency of the US Conference of Mayors and rumours that he'd be tapped for a job in the Obama administration. That hope didn't pan out and after two terms, he leaves office this year. No word on what he'll do next, or who will replace him.


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by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP
Bone fractures are scary, there's no doubt. And when it is a major bone, like your pelvis, hip, or spine, a fracture can be debilitating, even life-threatening.
Many women think that osteoporosis or low bone density is a leading cause of bone fractures — one reason why the disease is so frightening. But the statistics just don't show that osteoporosis is a major cause of fractures of the wrist, hip, or spine.
Most fractures occur as the result of falling. Wrist fractures occur most often from women bracing themselves as they fall. And not many falls are caused by osteoporosis. As response time declines with age, women are less able to throw their arms up in time and end up falling on their hips.
Statisticians will tell us that more than a third of people over the age of 65 will fall at least once. About half of them will have a fracture (i.e., 15% of the total will have a fracture). If you have established osteoporosis, the risk of a life-impeding fracture is elevated because once an osteoporotic bone is broken it is very difficult to mend.
Hip fractures
Hip fractures are particularly frightening because they have the most impact on a woman's quality of life. After age 75, up to 30% of people with hip fractures don't recover enough to fully engage in their usual lives. By age 90, a third of all women may experience a hip fracture.
But that doesn't mean that hip fractures are caused by osteoporosis. Even after the age of 80, at least half of all hip fractures are the result of a fall caused by other factors — not a bone spontaneously breaking. And in most cases where bone fragility was a factor there were other co-factors.
A study published in 1995 in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that in 65-year-old women with no previous history of hip fracture, a number of other factors were more significant than bone density in predicting fractures, such as tranquilizer and sleeping pill use, poor coordination, poor vision and depth perception, past history of hyperthyroidism, being tall, low blood pressure and rapid pulse, and lack of muscle strength. The general health of the woman was also a significant factor in predicting bone fractures.


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Real People
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – November 10, 1997
Real People
Why should playwrights go to the trouble of inventing stories when they can recycle celebrity lives?
WHEN E. L. DOCTOROW'S "RAGTIME" was published, in 1975, it incited months of "Whither fiction?" chatter. The novel used well-known historical figures as characters––a device that, at the time, passed for formal innovation. This recombinant literary DNA, a conversation piece twenty-two years ago, is now so pervasive that we hardly notice it. Today's serious-fiction best-sellers brim with real celebrities—Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, and Lenny Bruce in Don DeLillo's "Underworld," for instance. In the movies, biographical portraits are flourishing, in two flavors: flamboyant sinners ("The People vs. Larry Flynt," Howard Stern's "Private Parts") and living saints (the Dalai Lama is the subject of two bio-pics).
No medium, however, has become infatuated by real people so suddenly and so thoroughly as the theatre. Shakespeare wrote his histories, and New York seasons have always had a new biographical show or two: Julie Harris as Emily Dickinson, Hal Holbrook doing Mark Twain, or, back when there were beloved politicians, a hagiography of a beloved politician—"Sunrise at Campobello," in the fifties; "Fiorello!," in the sixties; "Golda," in the seventies.
But lately it has become a craze, with ten or twelve a year—so many that by now there are overflowing subgenres. The categories include Giants of the Turn of the Century ("Camping with Henry and Tom," about Ford and Edison; Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," co-starring Einstein); Queens of the Mid-Century Manhattan Beau Monde ("Tru," "Master Class," and "Full Gallop," about Capote, Callas, and Vreeland); Sexual Freaks in London ("Stanley," about the erotomaniacal painter Stanley Spencer); and, hybrid of hybrids, Freakish Sex Queens of the Turn-of-the-Century London Beau Monde, featuring "Vita and Virginia," about Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf; "Gross Indecency," based on Oscar Wilde's sodomy trials; and David Hare's forthcoming "The Judas Kiss," also about Wilde.
This week, "Defying Gravity," a play about the Challenger disaster, opens. Next week, it's "Jackie," a show about Mrs. Onassis, followed by a Broadway revival of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and a musical version of Doctorow's "Ragtime."
The glut represents the convergence of several long-running cultural trends. In the first place, one-person plays are cheap to produce. Then, there's simple celebrity obsession—the same Zeitgeist that propels People drove the eighties book-publishing fad for biographies and now gives theatre audiences an unembarrassed taste for shows about Patsy Cline and John Barrymore. It's also a late-stage postmodern crossbreeding of reality and entertainment: from Warhol's Brillo boxes, Tom Wolfe's novelized journalism, and agitprop plays like "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial"—artifact plus production value equals art—to "The World's Deadliest Swarms," Court TV, "Pop-Up Video," and CNN's special theme music for its Diana-death coverage. With nonfiction being produced and consumed as entertainment, the theatre is reciprocating. Contemporary audiences, conditioned by the hyperrealism of movies and TV, do not easily suspend disbelief when presented with the stylized unreality of live theatre. Playwrights and producers now end-run that problem: instead of suspending disbelief, these shows use "real" characters to fortify belief.
"The Capeman," Paul Simon's imminent Broadway musical, is about a real Puerto Rican teen-ager who stabbed two white kids to death on Manhattan's west side in 1959, two years into the original Broadway run of "West Side Story." It may be the first instance of Broadway imitating life imitating Broadway imitating life. By the time "Capeman" opens, in December, we will have read and heard a great deal about the actual killer and victims. In this Oliver Stone age, the historical-accuracy debate has itself become a P.R. tactic, a form of pre-marketing. "Not everything in the play happened," Simon said at a recent private performance of songs from his show, "but it is more or less true. I remember the story from when it happened, but I can't remember exactly what I remember."
For the last couple of decades, almost every creative field has seemed to be locked in a cul-de-sac, compulsively recycling past glories, and biographical plays are of a piece with this chronic retromania. For a producer, a show about a real person is tempting as a trick of oxymoronic alchemy—a play with the sentimental familiarity of a revival and the virgin excitement of the never before seen. The main character is a pre-sold brand. (The same strange dynamic is what has just turned the rejiggered "Candle in the Wind" into the best-selling single of all time.) "There's a hole," says one well-known impresario who has worked on biographical shows. "People writing truly original stuff—those people just aren't writing plays anymore." The director Gregory Mosher says, "It's a tremendous problem to write a new story. Writers sit down and say, 'Nope—that's already been done.' "
Of course, as a replacement for make-believe, biography is apt to be a short-lived gambit. In the book business, straight biography, after its run in the eighties, is pretty much tapped out commercially. "It's a hard category," one leading literary agent told me. "Seven, eight, even five years ago, it was different. But we've run out of interesting people."


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Charlie's Bike shop is a recent arrival to the Regent Park neighbourhood, and a most welcome one. Named after Charles Prinsep, an avid cycler and urban enthusiast, the shop is a testimonial to his beliefs and principles. Charlie was struck and killed in 2007 during an epic bike trip he had enthusiastically and meticulously planned that would take him from Vancouver to San Diego, back to Vancouver and home to Toronto.
I walked into the Queen Street shop and was instantly impressed at the warmth and charm of the place. Running along the whole left side of the shop is a hand-painted mural of a Regent Park aerial view, depicted in bright yellow. I chatted with Jane, who was manning the shop, and who was helpful and happy to fill me in on the details. The shop is the culmination of years of empowering youth by teaching them about bike mechanics including assembling, maintenance, and repair. At the end of the workshops, the refurbished bikes went home with their new owners, along with a helmet, a lock, and newfound skills and bike safety awareness. The shop serves not only as a great space to hold the workshops, but also a full-functioning retail shop for all your bicycle needs. If that wasn't enough, the shop also serves the community through on-the-job training such as mentorships, internships, and employment opportunities.
If you're in the market for a new bike, bike repairs or fresh bike gear, make sure to check out and support this great new shop.
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Best Bee of the Month - January 2007
Congratulations Jay Lee for being selected as the Best Bee for January!
Here is some of what Jay's nominators had to say:
I am just so proud to nominate Jay Lee for Best Bee of the Month for January 2007. What would we do without him! When this college needs someone, Jay is there – Jay is everywhere! He's the main administrator for the Heintz Center, he's a major booster for the Yellowjacket teams, he stepped up to the plate when RCTC needed an Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, he supports several college/community collaboration efforts such as CARE, and he serves on many committees and workgroups contributing to the college's broader needs. Jay also contributes to the Teaching and Learning Division's broader needs for data, classroom scheduling, faculty office assignments, etc.
He also organized the highly rated faculty networking meetings in the afternoon for the Regional Staff Development Day, April 2006; and he organized interviews with almost 20 faculty members for the Office of Civil Rights Review. As evident from the Judy Kingsbury "Family News" e-mails, Jay has personally supported several faculty and staff members going through difficult times. Whew, what a list of accomplishments! Ultimately, Jay cares about our students and our staff in everything he does!
Jay embodies everything that the Best Bee of the Month is meant to be! Please recognize Jay with a long overdue "Best Bee of the Month" Award. If the college created a Best Bee of the Year Award, Jay should be the first recipient for all he's done for the college and the greater Rochester community!
Thanks Jay for making RCTC GREAT!
The Employee Recognition Committee
Are your colleagues or co-workers demonstrating extra effort, exemplary service, or demonstrated expertise in your department or on a committee? Are they working on a special project for their job/department/college or in the community? If so, please consider nominating them for "Best Bee of the Month."
The Employee Relations Committee (ERC) has implemented a process to recognize and reward employees for outstanding job performances. Recognitions can be awarded:
- Work Team Recognition. Recognition would include committee work, community service work, and department achievements and could also highlight something new the group has done or is working on. Work Teams who receive this award will be recognized through publicizing the award in the Crossings, on a "recognition" web site, possibly on our digital wall, their very own "pizza party" and gifts.
- Individual Recognition. This is a modified reinstatement of the "Bee Award" started by Bonnie Mercer. Recognition would include committee work, community service work, and individual achievements, extra effort, exemplary service or demonstrated expertise in their field. Individuals who receive this award will be recognized through publicizing the award in the Crossings, on the "recognition" web site, possibly on our digital wall, and gifts.
- Write Personal Notes. All employees are encouraged to write notes of recognition and appreciation to their colleagues and co-workers. This is a simple gesture which has a positive effect on the sender and receiver.
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Plumbing in basement...SUGGESTIONS?
I am going to be finishing my basement soon but I need to move the plumbing rough ins about 20 ft. Therefore the floor needs to be cut up to move them. Does anyone have any suggestions of whether I should try to do this myself or hire someone to do it for me? Also, should I look for a plumber to do this or a general contractor? If anyone has had this done, what kind of price estimate do think I would be looking at? Any help would be great.
Only you can answer the DIY question. Depends upon your skills and mostly desire/motivation. I agree that hiring a GC would probably be a better choice than hiring a plumber but if you're comfortable with demoing and repairing the concrete work and anything else in the way (walls?) a plumber would be a good choice.
One thing to keep in mind. If you are moving 20' further from your main stack then you might run into issues maintaining drain slope without raising the floor level. If you are going 20" closer then probably not an issue.
maybe check out "saniflo" system. the water closet has a maserator and will also handle the lav and shower. waste exits vertically through a 3/4" pvc pipe. about 800 bucks, but cheap compared to conventional method.
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June 28, 2017
Must see July 4th Fireworks Displays, read more
June 21, 2017
The APA urges fireworks safety this July 4th, click here.
June 5, 2017
FMCSA withdraws motor carrier financial responsibility rulemaking, notice here.
April 19, 2017
APA files comments on TRALA ELD rental truck exemption application.
March 23, 2017
FMCSA Withdraws Safety Fitness Determination Proposal, see notice here.
March 1, 2017
David Tang, K&L Gates, Asia, BBC interview on investment flows into and out of China.
February 22, 2017
Ann Marie Buerkle named Acting Chairman of the CPSC, read more.
February 2, 2017
CPSC issues Fireworks Regulations Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
January 31, 2017
Elaine Chao sworn in as Secretary of Transportation, read more.
December 19, 2016
OSHA issues final rule clarifying work-related injury reporting requirements. Click here to view.
December 16, 2016
APA looks forward to working with newly named PHMSA Associate Administrator for HazMat Safety William Schoonover.
December 8, 2016
FMCSA issues final rule on entry-level driver training.
December 5, 2016
FMCSA issues final rule creating a CDL drug & alcohol clearinghouse.
November 23, 2016
Business group praises court decision to block overtime wage rule.
September 6, 2016
CPSC releases proposed policy on audible effects.
June 30, 2016
Click here to see APA's 2016 "must see" fireworks displays for July 4th.
June 27, 2016
The APA urges fireworks safety this July 4th.
June 14, 2016
2016 July 4th media resources, APA members click here.
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CVSA Roadcheck June 7-9, click here for driver checklist safety tips.
June 1, 2016
West Virginia liberalizes consumer fireworks regulations, click here for a summary.
April 20, 2016
PHMSA issues clarification regarding Designated Agents, view notice here.
April 5, 2016
PHMSA publishes Final Rule on Reverse Logistics.
March 10, 2016
FMCSA publishes Proposed Rule on Entry Level Driver Training requirements.
March 8, 2016
View key presentations from the 2016 APA Winter Conference here.
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FMCSA publishes Final Rule on Electric Logging Devices.
November 25, 2015
2016 APA Winter Conference Feb. 23-25, see a sneak peak here.
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House T&I Committee introduces surface transportation reauthorization & reform legislation, read more.
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Tianjin, China explosions create uncertain shipping delays, read more here.
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Senate confirms new PHMSA Administrator, Marie Dominguez.
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Are You a Know-It-All?
25 Jan
Leadership is a vital component of any business manager or executive. However, the natural individualism of leadership can sometimes inflate one's ego and instill a sense of righteousness. Leaders who are able to recognize that they do not hold the answers to everything are better equipped at building relationships with co-workers and promoting innovative thought.
Leaders who insist on making every decision often end up suffering from a disengaged workforce. If you find that employees are not taking the initiative or offering their own ideas, it may be a consequence of your leadership style.
If you find yourself in this situation, take a step back and rethink your approach to employee management. Acknowledge your shortcomings – publicly, perhaps. This will inject a degree of humility in your character and attract respect from employees. From there, work toward building a more collaborate environment, wherein workers are free to suggest their own ways of doing things.
Furthermore, admit how much you rely on your staff and acknowledge their hard work. When timed properly, this can have a tremendous effect on employee engagement and morale.
Do you think you have all the answers?


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Link Juice Propagation Time
Lets discuss a case:
Your site is mentioned on a big PR7 charitable site for some charity work you did. When can you see the effect of this link on your site's rankings on the search engine. When do you the link link juice of the site propagates to you.
Well, this happened to me about two months back. I immediately started tracking it so that I can get the answer for this question.
Two of my small niche sites were mentioned on a PR7 charity site. My friend who works for the charity informed me about it. Both of my current sites were PR2.
Its been two months for the event and here are my analysis for the same.
- I started seeing the benefit for the same from day 10th in SERPs. Even after the 10th day the SERPs were improving. After around 40 days the ranking stabilized.
- The site which were already ranking on page three for a quite competitive keywords came up in top 10.
- The site which was not ranking in top 10 pages (though the keyword was not as competitive as in the other case), the site didn't come in top 50.
- The keyword which was the anchor text for the link from the charity site was the one for which ranking improved most. But all the keywords "related" to that keyword have also shown traffic increase of around 20% each.
- For the other keywords on the site, which were not related to the keyword in the anchor text of the link, there was hardly any difference in the traffic.
- Even after two months, still both the sites have PR2
- Total traffic improvement is around 45% for one site and around 32% for the other in last two months. I am assuming that the traffic will also increase in the third month.
- All of the SERP changes are first seen in US based datacenters of Google and were very slowly propagated to other datacenters. It took around more than a month to see things on other datacenters what was visible on US datacenters.
I have posted my results here. Tell me what information can you grab from this study? Does this say something about the link juice propagation time? Is PR still the king?
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44 Responses to "Link Juice Propagation Time"
av responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 1:33 am #
Within that 2 months period, there has been PR update(s). If the PR7 link that you received pointed to an internal page, then surely the PR of the internal page would have increased but not necessarily the PR of your homepage (depending how you're linking throughout your site).
Is the charity related to your niche in any way? If not, then it means that you do not necessarily need to have thematic links to improve your SERPs.
It is good to know that anchor text can give a boost not only to the primary keywords but also to related keywords as well.
Guttu responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 2:18 am #
I have said and repeated this many times though I am not guru in SEO. Pagerank is important for the starters. That is for the first 6-8 months when you are trying to establish your site. Once people know the site PR is not at all important.
Fergal, Business Advice Forum responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 3:22 am #
Your results show that the most important factors are quality and number of unique visitors. PR is not so important and your traffic and site's success can improve even with a fall in PR. One one site I own, I've seen search engine listings for targeted keywords improve and traffic increase at the same time as a drop in PR.
46and47 responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 8:11 am #
It tells me that charities are about to get a lot more volunteers
Seriously, thanks for posting these results. It's an interesting case study.
I'm most surprised by how long it took for the SERPs to change and then stabilize. I only check rankings once a week now but maybe that's still too often.
edoogg responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 10:14 am #
Was this done by your friend at your asking? For the purpose of conducting a case study?
Rahul responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 11:05 am #
frankly i have no idea.
i believe links are more important than PR.
Zak Show responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 5:19 pm #
What I can grab from this case study is that I need to build more strong backlinks to my niche websites, high PR links still works to get a high search engines results and improves ranking in SERPs. Another this is SE algorithms still low as it tooks more than one month to notice some changes.
BecauseILoveJimKarter, :) responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 6:50 pm #
Strange that the PR of the 2 sites remained what they were. But who knows, may be there wasn't any PR updates during the time by the big G. Anyway, interesting case study. Thanks for sharing them and we truly look forward to more. Keep 'em coming, Jim.
marcus @make money online responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 8:29 pm #
I think pr rank is overrated. I have seen many pr 2 sites out rank higher pr sites in google. More important than pr rank is on site optimization and the guality of the backlinks that you receive. The more anchor text backlinks you can get with your primary keywords the better your site will rank in google,
Jim Karter responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 8:54 pm #
av, the link was to the homepage and the charity site was not at all related to the niche of both of my sites.
edoogg, it was not done by my friend. I did some social work and some donation to the charity and they updated it. My friend just informed me about it.
BecauseILoveJimKarter, yes PR still remained the same even though there was a PR update in between. If I see any changes in the PR, I will update this thread.
The only explanation I can think of it is that the actual PR got updated but Google did not want to show it in toolbar. That is why many people say that toolbar PR is delayed.
Vasu responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 9:22 pm #
Great post after long time!
Thanks jim
Still the PR hasn't been updated for your websites
So, the page rank might not be the king , but the authority and popularity of the site might have helped in traffic increase
Google says that they consider more than 100 parameters other than PR while ranking
Vasu responded on 14 Jul 2009 at 9:23 pm #
how is infolinks ?
are they paying frequently ?
ass responded on 15 Jul 2009 at 9:10 am #
Pegerank a king?
Hah. Good joke!
Ravinderjit Singh responded on 15 Jul 2009 at 12:44 pm #
Good analysis Jim, thanks for the update
Ash Nallawalla responded on 15 Jul 2009 at 12:59 pm #
Toolbar PR has not been useful for some years now, even though a lot of people lust for more green pixels. Unless the niche sites here are in the same niche as the charity, don't even begin to look for a correlation between increased traffic or PR.
Also, the home page PR of 7 doesn't make it a "PR7 site". A lot of directories have a greybar on inner pages.
So, all you got was one extra link, possibly from an unrelated niche. Get a few hundred more links and watch the green pixels increase.
BecauseILoveJimKarter, :) responded on 15 Jul 2009 at 9:14 pm #
Yes, seems the PR thing is not reason enough for a page/site to rank or not. For example, this blog ranks very high for terms such as- How To Make Money Online Blog yet it has 0 page rank, Way to go, Jim. He certainly knows and does other things that the average Joe doesn't,
BecauseILoveJimKarter, :) responded on 15 Jul 2009 at 9:15 pm #
**Please delete the previous comment re the mistake**
Yes, seems the PR thing is not reason enough for a page/site to rank or not. For example, this blog ranks very high for terms such as- How To Make Money Online Blog yet it has 0 page rank, Way to go, Jim. He certainly knows and does other things that the average Joe doesn't,
Free Arcade Games responded on 16 Jul 2009 at 12:12 pm #
I guess this "LINK JUICE" stuff really does work, but it's sooo damn hard to get a good link in a high PR site
Jim Karter responded on 16 Jul 2009 at 8:37 pm #
Vasu, yes I agree. The consider many factors. But I think high PR link (like Pr7 to PR10) still matters a lot.
Vasu, ya infolinks are paying every month properly.
Ash Nallawalla: Point noted sir. Good to have your feedback.
Shardul responded on 17 Jul 2009 at 1:03 pm #
According to me the PR doesnot affect your rankings much unless your website is relevant to the keyword, but if a site has got a PR 7 it means it has some good quality backlinks and the page has good value in google. I have tried putting my sites on PR 4, 5 Pages and no effect is seen. So instead of the PR, please tell us about the number of backlinks to the charity site which linked to you and the report of that site in search engines.
bharath responded on 18 Jul 2009 at 10:47 am #
Thank you for the post. What I grab from this is
1) I think Anchor text is important as usual. (For ex- if you search the word HERE in google you will find Adobe, as so many ppl give links with anchor text HERE to Adobe " click HERE to download Adobe"
2) Do good sites(charity, religious, education, govt sites) are good for links.
3) Link juice Propagation time was slow. (One higher pr, old similar niche link doubled my traffic next day). Some times it takes time, some times its very quick, may be it depends on how many times the linking site is crawled.
Jim, Keep posting interesting articles like this.
Hindi Radio responded on 21 Jul 2009 at 2:49 am #
I would say pagerank is not a king but yes it helps a lot in improving the site statistcs.
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Artikel Internet responded on 26 Jul 2009 at 11:53 pm #
I feel the benefit of link juice too, we web get index for several keyword that i want. thanks for the post.
MoneyMan responded on 08 Aug 2009 at 5:13 am #
Interesting study. I've been wondering about this before, but never got a chance to do a test.
I guess the best thing to do is to get that link and just wait — have patience. And the SERPs will improve.
bunny responded on 17 Aug 2009 at 4:48 am #
You have made an excellent post. Keep it up
Rachel responded on 17 Aug 2009 at 5:18 am #
Excelent post I learn a little more about link juice and Google.
Webmaster responded on 18 Aug 2009 at 5:19 am #
Its definitely good to be mentioned in a PR7 site. Be it on niche or not.
In Google Webmaster Blog, there was a post regarding PR and SERP. It was mentioned there that PR does have an effect on SERP.
MoneyMan responded on 18 Aug 2009 at 5:37 am #
@Webmaster: Yes, you are right. PR has some influence on SERPs, definitely. But not huge.
Free XBox Live responded on 23 Aug 2009 at 1:18 pm #
Thanks for the post! PR helps rankings but won't make a big difference.
Free Microsoft Points responded on 23 Aug 2009 at 1:32 pm #
I'm in need of a PR on my sites. That's always the hardest part.
Free Wii Points responded on 28 Aug 2009 at 5:57 pm #
I am sure that PR is king in terms of backlinks. Without backlinks you can't go that far for SEO.
Rohit responded on 29 Aug 2009 at 1:20 am #
Toolbar PR is just a general indication of quality of page. The PR we should rely on is the main page PR which is not disclosed by Google. The reason behind the boost of your ranking is because the link you got from the site is a website doing a good deed to people and because of that it would have got 100's of quality backlinks from very authoritative websites. Which means the charity website got lots of credibility and authority. Also do you mind telling use the extension of the domain of their website?
So some of their authority is passed on your website, which is the reason for your ranking. Also try searching the anchor text of the link (the link you got from Charity website) in Google, you probably would be ranking at 1st position for that keyword.
MoneyMan responded on 29 Aug 2009 at 6:09 am #
@rohit: The toolbar PR isn't really important. The real PR is only known to Google.
American in Britain responded on 30 Aug 2009 at 1:11 pm #
I had a similar experience when one of my blogs was linked several times from PR7 internal pages at the BBC. At the next PR update, the blog went from PR0 to PR4 though I cannot be certain the PR increase was as a direct consequence of the BBC links. More importantly, the blog's SERPs ranking for many current affairs related terms appeared to increase significantly within a 30 day timeframe.
Dentist St Petersburg responded on 01 Sep 2009 at 1:27 am #
Page rank and ranking both are important. Thanks for information about link juice.
Free Wii Points responded on 05 Sep 2009 at 12:37 am #
PR of backlinks that are higher are definitely helpful in lots of ways.
marcus@make money online responded on 07 Sep 2009 at 11:00 am #
your rankings improved because you link to an authority site using your keyword as your anchor text. The fact that the site has a high pr ranking gives your site even more relevancy to Google.
Swami responded on 21 Sep 2009 at 3:36 am #
Still link is the key. I am wondering what will happen if the site has link from digg.com which is PR8? I bet digg is do follow which i will be able to see in Webmaster Tools
Chris Peterson responded on 21 Sep 2009 at 4:18 am #
What kinda strategies have you used & how long your domain name had been active. Do mention details for everyone to see, compare & learn from your experience.
Rachel responded on 12 Oct 2009 at 12:38 pm #
Excelent post I learn more about link juice and how can affect the Google rankings.
Carpet Cleaning Edinburgh responded on 12 Oct 2009 at 4:58 pm #
thanks for the info! was looking for this.
Adsense in Pakistan responded on 17 Oct 2009 at 10:03 am #
Just wanted to share my own experience. I got a PR5 back link for my site of PR4. I started getting results within 4 days. My site's rank was jumped two positions higher in the competitive SERP for the anchor keyword of link.
I guess…. it varies from case to case.
Rachel responded on 17 Oct 2009 at 10:31 am #
I need a PR7 link to my sites. That's always the hardest part.


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STOCKTON, Calif. - It's been a season of challenges for Stockton Ports pitcher Josh Bowman. On Tuesday night, Bowman enjoyed his best outing of the year at Banner Island Ballpark. The right-hander matched a career-high by tossing eight innings as he helped the Ports to a 7-2 win over the Visalia Rawhide.
Visalia put runners at second and third with nobody out after an infield single and a double opened the first inning. David Nick gave the Rawhide their first run with a sac-fly to center, but Bowman was able to limit the damage by getting Jon Griffin to ground out and Tom Belza to strike out to end the frame.
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