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Somebody dumped the two-legged terriers at a California shelter. The brother and sister hop like rabbits on their hind legs and were called "Slip" and "Slide" before a prosthetics company in Olympia fitted them for carts. Now they go by "Honey" and "Badger."
"They do get along quite well without (the carts)," says Patty Mauldin with Valhalla Canine Rescue.
But the new, customized carts are much less cumbersome than the old ones which were designed for dogs that were missing rear legs instead.
"Depending on the breeders, these dogs would never see the light of day," Mauldin said. "Depending on the breeder, some breeders would euthanize them right away."
Valhalla Canine Rescue in Graham is the only home these dogs have known and has been trying to find them a family for a year.
They come as a pair.
"They're terribly bonded -- breaking them up is really not an option," Mauldin said.
Mauldin says the dogs, who've used hydrotherapy, would now make great therapy pets and Valhalla is willing to cover the training cost.
"The kids forget going through chemo or having other problems because they see dogs in cars and they want to play with dogs in cars," she said.
And you can't help but smile when you see Honey and Badger rolling your way.
Valhalla also has a 15-week-old great dane that was found in a dumpster -- and he needs a new home too. You can find out more info at ValhallaRescue.org


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PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Gianluca Curcuruto's second power play goal of the game with 13 seconds left in regulation snapped a 3-3 tie and the Plymouth Whalers defeated the Owen Sound Attack, 4-3, in an Ontario Hockey League game played Friday before 2,804 at Compuware Arena.
The Whalers have won four out of their last five games and improve to 18-12-5-3, good 44 points and sole possession of second place in the OHL's West Division. Plymouth is three points behind Sarnia (22-13-0-3, 47 points), who defeated Windsor, 8-5, on Friday.
Beside Curcuruto's pair (second and third of the season), Plymouth received goals from Matt Mistele (17th) and Cody Payne (10th).
Plymouth built a 3-0 lead after two periods, but Owen Sound rallied to tie the game at 3-3 with three goals in the third period in a span of 2:04. Kyle Hope scored twice (eighth and ninth of the year) at 10:39 and 11:50 respectively and Gemel Smith tied the game with his 16th of the year at 12:43.
The game was tied at 3-3 into the final minute of play when Attack center Daniel Catenacci was whistled off for high sticking at 19:03. Plymouth scored at 19:26 on Tom Wilson's re-direct in front of the Owen Sound net, but referees Joe Celestin and Ben Wilson waved off the goal, ruling the Owen Sound net was off its moorings.
Given a second chance, the Whalers made no mistake. Alex Aleardi worked out of the left wing boards in Attack territory and found Curcuruto at the right point, who scored on a rising shot.
Owen Sound head coach Greg Ireland called a timeout with 12.9 seconds left, but the Attack could get no closer.
Owen Sound outshot Plymouth, 29-26.
Plymouth remains home on Saturday, hosting Guelph at 7:05 p.m. at Compuware Arena.
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I think I must be the world's slowest knitter. Seriously. I'm trying to make a scarf for my husband and it is taking FOREVER. How does anyone ever accomplish a full on sweater?
I've been working on this since before Christmas (it was supposed to be a Christmas gift) and this is as far as I've gotten. I guess I'll just keep plugging away.


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Cool pencil toppers
Have some fun with your pens and pencils with these fun pencil toppers. This kids craft project is easy to make and will bring delight to your kids whenever they go to write or draw. Make funny face toppers, or make a koala or puppy topper. You decide!
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What you need:
- craft foam sheets or felt
- white craft glue
- scissors
- mini pom-poms or felt
- pencils
- glitter
Cut out two identical circles or hearts from the foam or felt.
Spread glue around the edge of one of the shapes, leaving about 2cm open where you will insert the pencil.
Press the two shapes together and give them several hours to dry.
You can start to decorate the front and back while waiting.
Cut out felt or foam for eyes, nose and mouth, or use the mini pom-poms, glitter or whatever you like to give it character.
Once the toppers are completely dry and solidly stuck together, insert the end of a pencil carefully into the opening.
You now have a stylish addition to your pencil case to show off at school.
- Use red and white felt to craft a Santa topper.
- Other ideas include a candy cane topper, a reindeer topper, Christmas tree. Theme your pencil case to Christmas.
Learning benefits of play, craft and activities:
- Benefits of crafts for kids
- Craft ideas to make for babies
- Why reading is important
- Your child's development milestones
- Why play makes kids smarter
- The importance of outdoor play
- Types of play
- How craft helps unplug kids from screentime
Find more great painting ideas on Kidspot:
- Make your own fizzing chalk paints
- 16 great painting ideas for kids
- Fingerpainting prints
- Make puff paints
- Try ice cube painting
- How to make glitter paint
- Make your own roll-on paints
- Create a blow painting
- Make homemade face paint
- Make Very Hungry Caterpillar paint stamps
- Try stick painting
- Extreme finger painting activity
- Make butterfly paintings


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Huff open for any available job with Indians
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- David Huff is willing to accept any job the Indians might have to offer for the Opening Day roster. Cleveland has been building up the lefty's innings like a starter this spring, but a bullpen role as a long reliever is also a possibility.
Huff already knows what his answer would be to either assignment.
"I'd say, 'OK,'" Huff said. "Whether I'm starting or I'm in the bullpen, I don't care. It's a job in Cleveland. I don't care where it is. I can be giving signs over at first base, as long as I'm up there."
The 28-year-old Huff is up against Zach McAllister, Carlos Carrasco, Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber, Scott Kazmir and Daisuke Matsuzaka for one of the two vacancies at the back end of Cleveland's rotation. Huff is also in the conversation, along with multiple arms, for one of the handful of available spots in the Indians' bullpen.
Considering that Huff is out of Minor League options, Cleveland is keeping an open mind.
"He's in every mix," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "That's why we're keeping him stretched out as long as we can. And then you kind of start making decisions based on how your team is set up. The last thing you want to do is, too early in camp, tell a guy he's going in the bullpen and then try to stretch him out again. That doesn't work."
In Tuesday's 4-3 Cactus League win over the Giants, Huff allowed one run on three hits in three innings of work. He struck out three hitters and issued one walk in the effort. Huff's lone gaffe came in the sixth inning against left-handed-hitting Brandon Belt, who launched a solo homer off the southpaw.
On the spring, Huff has given up four runs on six hits in seven innings, during which he has turned in five strikeouts and three walks.
"My approach right now is I'm season ready," Huff said. "Outside of some fine tuning here and there, it's just building it up. I had the whole offseason to get ready."
Francona just wants to see more consistent command.
"He has to locate, especially arm side," Francona said. "If he can keep his fastball on the outer half of the plate and locate -- because he has Major League stuff across the board -- he should be able to have success."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tomosynthesis in the Oslo Breast Cancer Screening Program (DBT)
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) in the Oslo Mammography Screening Program will include women aged 50 to 69 years invited to the population-based mammography-screening program. All women attending the screening unit will be asked if they want to attend the trial. If so, they will be informed about the project, the technique, and the additional compression and radiation dose. All mammographic examinations of women attending the trial will be independently interpreted by four radiologists. Since the trial is part of the official Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP), the interpretations will be carried out on-line into the national screening database of the NBCSP. The study will include independent reading of conventional digital (2D) mammograms, 2D plus computer-aided detection (CAD), 2D plus DBT, and synthetic 2D plus DBT. There will be a common consensus meeting for all examinations having a positive score. Recalls and diagnostic work-up will be according to daily practice at the Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal and the guidelines of the NBCSP.
Outcome measures will use performance indicators for organized screening programs, including recall rate, false positive scores, cancer detection rate, positive predictive values, and cancer characteristics for the individual readers of the trial.
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|Procedure: Digital breast tomosynthesis
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|Digital Breast Tomosynthesis in the Oslo Mammography Screening Program
- Screening performance indicators [ Time Frame: From Nov. 22, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2012 ]
- Interval cancer rate [ Time Frame: From Nov. 23, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2014 ]
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|Digital mammography
Procedure: Digital breast tomosynthesis
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|50 Years to 69 Years (Adult, Senior)
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- Women 50 to 69 years who have signed the informed consent
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- Women with pacemaker, implants, and severely disabled
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01248546
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|Per Skaane, professor dr. med., Oslo University Hospital
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|November 24, 2010
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Keywords provided by Per Skaane, Oslo University Hospital:
Breast cancer
Computer-aided detection
Mammography screening
Digital breast tomosynthesis
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CHARLOTTE � Twenty wins isn�t much to brag about for a team that plays an 82-game schedule.
But after the worst season in NBA history, the Charlotte Bobcats will take whatever positives they can get from this year and Monday�s 106-95 victory over the New York Knicks was their 20th win.
�We�ve got a lot of young guys on this team,� veteran forward Josh McRoberts said. �We�re trying to build habits. We�re trying to build habits more than win games, but winning is nice when we do it.�
And Charlotte (20-61) has won seven of its last nine at Time Warner Cable Arena with Wednesday�s 8 p.m. regular-season finale against the Cleveland Cavaliers left on the Bobcats� schedule.
�We just want to keep winning,� said second-year Bobcats guard Kemba Walker, whose team will be after only its second three-game winning streak of the year on Wednesday. �It�s been a lost season, but we want to win it for the fans. They�ve been tremendous this whole year.�
With the team�s other celebrity owner, rapper Nelly, sitting courtside, Charlotte led all but 90 seconds of the contest, albeit against a Knicks team sitting virtually all of its frontline players.
Starters Carmelo Anthony and Raymond Felton sat out as the Knicks (53-28) already knew they would be the Eastern Conference�s No. 2 seed and will begin their postseason this weekend against rival Boston. But five other Knicks were held out of the game as well, leaving New York with only seven players who saw action on Monday.
And one of them, former North Carolina standout Rasheed Wallace, was pulled after four minutes due to a sore left foot.
None of that mattered to the Bobcats, who roared ahead 30-17 after one quarter and were up by a game-high 23 points (102-79) with 5:01 to play before they cruised to the 11-point victory.
�I�m very pleased,� said Walker, who had 23 points and a career-high 13 assists. �I just wanted to go out there and play hard and bring a spark and get a win. I thought we played well as a team.�
Gerald Henderson led the way with 27 points. Jeffery Taylor added 12 points, Bismack Biyombo 10 points and 11 rebounds and McRoberts 10 points, seven rebounds and eight assists.
New York was led by rookie forward Chris Copeland�s career-high 32 points.


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NAATCO Presents THE DUMB WAITER, 10/6-11/6
The OBIE Award-winning NAATCO, The National Asian American Theater Company, presents Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, which will kick off their 22nd season. This Off-Broadway limited engagement will be at The Duo Theater (62 East Fourth Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) and begins October 6th and continues through November 6th only. Opening Night is set for October 13th (8pm). Andrew Pang directs a cast that includes Louis Ozawa Changchien (Crane Story, Year Zero, NAATCO's Leah's Train; Film: "Predators,") and Stephen Park (Ivanov. NAATCO; Keith Reddin's The New Paradigm, Atlantic Theater).
Two men wait in a basement for their next assignment. As the tension mounts, a dumb waiter descends with inexplicable food orders, adding to the men's anxieties. An envelope is slipped under the door and the play ends with the explosive revelation of the assignment's target.
A short Pinter piece will precede each performance, performed by special guest stars. The 'curtain raisers' will include some of Pinter's best short works, among them: Trouble in the Works, The Black and White, Request Stop, Last to Go, Special Offer, Night, That's Your Trouble, That's All, and Dialogue for Three, performed by Cindy Cheung, Jackie Chung, Joel de la Fuente, Andrew Eisenman, Jennifer Ikeda, Peter Kim, Sue Jean Kim, C. S. Lee, Ken Leung, Orville Mendoza, Alfredo Narciso, Nicky Paraiso, Kelly Coffield Park, Debargo Sanyal, Jon Norman Schneider, Ching Valdes-Aran, Tiffany Villarin, Virginia Wing, and James Yaegashi, among others.
Louis Ozawa Changchien was last seen Off-Broadway in Crane Story (Playwrights Realm). Films: Predators, Fair Game, Gigantic, American Falls, Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, Pretty to Think So, Indelible, and Robot Stories. Theater: Bike Wreck (EST), Leah's Train (NAATCO), Hamlet (Trinity Rep), Eurydice (Williamstown Theater Festival). Upcoming: Maple and Vine (Playwrights Horizons). TV: "Law and Order," "3LBS," the HBO pilot "The Miraculous Year" (dir. Kathryn Bigelow), and the BBC mini-series Heroes & Villains: Shogun. Ensemble member of Partial Comfort Productions and the Actors Center Workshop. MFA, Brown University.
Stephen Park's last appearance with NAATCO was in Ivanov. He recently appeared in Keith Reddin's The New Paradigm at the Atlantic Theater. Also, Paternity by Winter Miller at the Cherry Lane and Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn for The New Group. Stephen just finished working on two independent films: The Brass Teapot directed by Ramaa Mosley, and Putzel directed by Jason Chaet, as well Phil Spector, a biopic written and directed by David Mamet for HBO, starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren. He can be seen in the soon-to-be-released Wedding Palace, a Korean/Korean-American romantic comedy directed by Christine Yoo, and The Best and the Brightest directed by Joshua Shelov. Other films include State of Play, Morning Glory, Rocket Science, A Serious Man, Fargo, Falling Down, Do the Right Thing. TV credits include "White Collar," "The Unusuals," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "The Venture Bros.," "Mad About You," and he was a series regular on "In Living Color." Member: The Actors Center Workshop Company
Harold Pinter, playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980). He wrote twenty-nine plays including The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal, twenty-one screenplays including The Servant, The Go-Between and The French Lieutenant's Woman, and directed twenty-seven theatre productions, including James Joyce's Exiles, David Mamet's Oleanna, seven plays by Simon Gray and many of his own plays including his last, Celebration, paired with his first, The Room at The Almeida Theatre, London in the spring of 2000. In 2005, Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the highest honour available to any writer in the world. In announcing the award, Horace Engdahl, Chairman of the Swedish Academy, said that Pinter was an artist "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms". In 2002, Pinter was made a Companion of Honour by the Queen for services to Literature. He was also awarded the Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg), the European Prize for Literature (Vienna), the Pirandello Prize (Palermo), the David Cohen British Literature Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, the Legion d'Honneur and the Moliere D'Honneur for lifetime achievement. In 1999 he was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. He received honorary degrees from eighteen universities. www.haroldpinter.org.
Andrew Pang is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and has been a professional actor in New York for over 15 years. In New York he has performed on Broadway as well as with NAATCO, Ma-Yi and Pan Asian Repertory. He has also appeared regionally throughout the U.S. - including the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in productions of Kafka on the Shore and after the quake. Some of his selected film and television credits include - The Corruptor, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Good Wife. In 2010, he directed the short film Works of Art which appeared in 17 festivals across North America and received 3 festival awards. In addition to his work as an actor/director, Andy is also a member of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild and is currently an assistant editor for the TV show Damages.
The Dumb Waiter will feature the original music of Minq Vaadka. The Dumb Waiter will have scenic design by Joseph M. Gourley, costume design by Olivera Gajic, lighting design by Stephen Petrilli, and sound design by Adam Cochran.
The National Asian American Theatre Co., Inc. (NAATCO) was founded in 1989 to assert the presence and significance of Asian American theatre in the United States, demonstrating its vital contributions to the fabric of American culture, offering European and American classics as written with all Asian American casts; adaptations of these classics by Asian American Playwrights; and new plays - preferably world premieres - written by non-Asian Americans, not for or about Asian Americans, but realized by an all Asian American cast. NAATCO puts into service its total commitment to Asian American theatre artists to more accurately represent onstage the multi- and inter-cultural dynamics of our society. By doing so, they demonstrate a rich tapestry of cultural difference bound by the American experience. The enrichment accrues to each different culture as well as to America as a whole. NAATCO performs this chosen repertory as written, with no forced Asian cultural associations. The repertory's importance comes not only through the valuable training it provides for theatrical craft, but also from its ability to reach across ethnic boundaries to illuminate abiding characteristics of human nature. The superimposition of Asian faces on a non-Asian repertory, interpreted by artists using diverse and truly universal references to serve the text very faithfully, reflects and emphasizes the kinship among disparate cultures. "We do not say we are all the same, we say that we have quite large areas of understanding. We also say that affirmations of timeless values and new insights about old works can come from unexpected faces.


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'And then there's Myers. The Sabres felt they had a better team than the one that missed the playoffs by two points last season, but Ruff said Myers has been the wild card. "We didn't know what Tyler Myers was going to bring," said Ruff. "You're looking at a guy who has been an impact player. You can't estimate what that's going to be before the year starts. But when you get to this part, you know how valuable he's been."'
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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, email@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [SL] May 6, 2010 2010 Lone Star Land Steward Awards Winners Announced AUSTIN -- When Mother Nature shines as she's done this spring, it makes anyone with a plot of dirt look good. But, it's those times when the rains don't come and the heat turns most of Texas brown and crunchy that a landowner's mettle is put to the test. Those who can keep habitat conditions going in tough times as well as good are true conservation heroes. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Lone Star Land Steward Awards program recognizes those private landowners for excellence in habitat management and wildlife conservation on their lands. The awards also seek to publicize the best examples of sound natural resource management practices and promote long-term conservation of unique natural and cultural resources. This year's crop of award winners represents broad and sometimes unique conservation goals, from traditional wildlife management alongside livestock operations to conservation missionaries who've taken to the Internet to share their gospel. Again this year the Lone Star Land Steward Awards are benefiting from a partnership with Sand County Foundation, an international non-profit organization devoted to private lands conservation. The Leopold Conservation Award recipient will be honored this year's award banquet, set for May 26, 2010 at the Austin Airport Marriott South Hotel, and will receive $10,000 and the Leopold crystal award. The Leopold Conservation Award honors the legacy of Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), who is considered the father of wildlife ecology. His collection of essays, "A Sand County Almanac," remains one of the world's best-selling natural history books. Leopold's godson, Reed Coleman, formed Sand County Foundation in 1965 to protect the Leopold farm from encroaching lot development along the Wisconsin River. The Lone Star Land Steward Awards are sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, H. Yturria Land and Cattle, Texas Wildlife Association, U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Agricultural Land Trust and Llano Springs Ranch, Ltd. This year's ecoregion winners characterize the unique cultural and natural heritage of Texas. Landowners restoring degraded habitats while conserving flora and fauna are a common thread. Following are summaries of stewardship highlights for each of the ecoregion and category recipients. Blackland Prairie -- Quebe Farm, Brenham, Washington County; Charlotte von Rosenberg, Owner/Operator Quebe Farm in Washington County has been owned by the same family for 122 years. Practices such as rotational grazing, prescribed burning, selective removal of invasive species are used to restore and maintain diverse native blackland prairie for a variety of grassland species. A 12-acre prairie remnant on the property that has never been plowed serves as one of the most diverse examples of native blackland prairie in the county. Charlotte von Rosenberg has hosted many educational programs for Texas AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University, local Master Naturalists, Native Plant Society, Texas Wildlife Association and others. In 2007, she opened a bed and breakfast on the farm to share her dedication and love of the prairie with photographers and nature enthusiasts. Cross Timbers and Prairies -- Rocosa Ridge Ranch, Meridian, Bosque County; Bruce Berg, Owner/Operator Rocosa Ridge Ranch is a fine example of how excellent stewardship of a successful livestock operation can increase forage production and species diversity, enhance wildlife habitat, protect endangered species, and improve watershed conditions. Forage monitoring and flexible stocking, rotational grazing, brush sculpting, and a five-to-seven-year prescribed burning rotation all contribute to excellent range condition. The ranch has used NRCS Farm Bill programs and the TPWD Managed Lands Deer Program to enhance habitats and manage deer populations. They also participate in the Fort Hood Recovery Credit System to protect Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. The ranch has hosted numerous range and wildlife management field days and hunts for youth of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Edwards Plateau -- Flagler Ranch, Edwards/Real Counties; George G. Matthews, Owner; Louis Scherer III, Operator In the heart of the Edwards Plateau, Flagler Ranch includes 3,600 acres of limestone hills and draws located along the western edge of the Guadalupe River watershed near Mountain Home-an area locally known as the Divide. Since its purchase in 1992, owner George Matthews has focused on an ecosystem management approach including an aggressive prescribed burning program to control invasive prickly pear and regrowth ash juniper in an effort to repair more than 100 years of range abuse. Commercial whitetail and exotic hunting provides the majority of ranch income-with many of the trophies being of record-book quality. The extensive burning program has improved woody browse structure and diversity on the ranch with approximately 400 acres now deemed suitable nesting habitat for the endangered Black-capped vireo. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes -- Lone Oak Ranch, Anahuac, Chambers County; Dave Wilcox and Oliver Smart, Owners/Operators Proper grazing, prescribed burning, Chinese tallow control, and moist soil management practices are used to enhance both upland and wetland habitats on the Lone Oak Ranch. Providing high quality wintering habitat for waterfowl is an important goal. A number of old rice fields on the ranch have been converted to moist soil impoundments and managed using gravity fed canals to create productive resting and feeding areas for waterfowl. The ranch has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in hosting landowner workshops to demonstrate integration of agriculture and wildlife habitat management. As community leaders, the owners have shown how excellent stewardship can increase biological diversity and improve habitat for waterfowl and migratory songbirds. High Plains -- Running R Ranch, Muleshoe, Bailey County; Dr. Robert Lepard, Owner; Reggie Johnson, Operator The Running R Ranch, located in the sandhills of Bailey County, provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including bobwhite and scaled quail, pheasant, and mule deer. The ranch participates in the NRCS special EQIP area for Lesser Prairie Chickens and is working with TPWD in the Managed Lands Deer Program for mule deer. Habitat improvements include cross fencing for grazing management and installation of water lines and guzzlers to provide water for livestock and wildlife. A leader in the community of Muleshoe, Dr. Robert Lepard has opened his ranch for landowner field days, to graduate students at Texas Tech University, and to local high school students seeking summer employment. Stewardship and continuous learning is the goal and the commitment of the Running R Ranch. Pineywoods -- Ewing Mound, Lufkin, Angelina County; Simon W. Henderson III, Owner/Operator Ewing Mound is managed primarily for pine timber, with management practices that include thinning stands based on a 50-to-60-year rotation and prescribed burning to enhance herbaceous vegetation. Wildlife goals for the property include producing quality white-tailed deer, reducing feral hogs, enhancing habitat for eastern wild turkey, and managing a small population of bobwhite quail. Historically, part of the sawmill town of Ewing was located on the property. A prominent remnant of this era is the 11-acre "mill pond" and ruins of the sawmill. Simon W. Henderson III is responsible for the creation of the Simon and Louise Henderson Wildlife Research Institute at the Arthur Temple College of Forestry at Stephen F. Austin State University. The property is available to SFA students for research and field trips. Community youth groups are also welcomed. Rolling Plains -- Mott Creek Ranch, Matador, Motley County; Marisue Potts Powell, Owner/Operator Mott Creek Ranch is committed to conserving natural resources while balancing the needs of people, cattle and wildlife. Forage production, plant diversity, fawning and nesting cover have improved due to flexible stocking rates, rotational grazing, water development, and brush management. The ranch participates in the TPWD Managed Lands Deer Program for White-tailed and Mule Deer and has enhanced quail habitat and riparian areas through the NRCS EQIP program. Habitat management for wildlife works hand-in-hand with cattle raising, nature tourism and preservation of cultural sites. The ranch has hosted trail rides, educational seminars and archeological excavation as well as mule deer research. According to Marisue Potts Powell, "Conservation . . . makes sense monetarily, aesthetically and morally. It is the right thing to do". South Texas Plains -- Duval County Ranch, Duval/Webb Counties; David Killam, Owner; David Kitner, Operator The goals of the ranch are to foster quality habitat conditions for all native South Texas wildlife with emphasis on white-tailed deer and bobwhite quail. Through vision and hard work, David Killam and operator David Kitner have transformed the landscape from an abused rangeland to a healthy ecosystem with flourishing wildlife populations, while maintaining profitability. Grazing management, aeration, and prescribed burning are used to restore and enhance habitat. Supplemental water has been provided throughout the ranch, using polypipe, tanks, and guzzlers. The ranch has hosted several workshops on habitat and water improvements, cooperated in research, and hosted field days for college students. They have also hosted hunts for the Wounded Warriors and Hunts for Heros Organizations as well as the Texas Youth Hunting Program. Trans Pecos -- Brite Ranch, Valentine, Presidio County; Jane Brite, White Trust, Owner; Jim White, III, Operator The Brite Ranch is striving to manage the balanced production of livestock and wildlife, with emphasis on mule deer, pronghorn, Carmen Mountain White-tails, desert quail, javelina and small game. Overall rangeland improvement through time is the ultimate management goal of the ranch, providing a diversity of quality habitats for native species while maintaining and improving grazing productivity for cattle. Income from hunting has become increasingly important over the last decades. The ranch is also exploring ecotourism opportunities for birding, geology exploration, and history. Unique features such as Capote Creek headwaters, cienega and falls have been protected by the ranch for over a century, as has the Brite Store, which has remained relatively unchanged since the days of Pancho Villa. Wildlife Management Association -- Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc., 20 counties; Dr. Charles A. Taylor, Administrator The Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association was established in 1997 at the Texas AgriLife Research Station near Sonora. The purpose of the organization is to empower and equip ranchers to manage rangelands using prescribed fire. With more than 500 landowner members, this neighbor-helping-neighbor cooperative has provided the resources, education, and encouragement necessary to help restore fire to rangelands on a sustained basis. The EPPBA was the first burn cooperative in Texas and has been the model for others to follow. Members are encouraged to participate in as many prescribed burns as possible, building an experienced labor force ready to help each other. More than 600 prescribed burns on approximately 500,000 acres have been completed since 1997. Corporation -- Matador Ranch, Matador, Motley, Dickens, Cottle, Crosby and Floyd Counties; The Matador Cattle Company, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC; Bob Kilmer, Operator Covering 129,000 acres in five counties, the Matador Ranch has employed all the tools of range and wildlife management to continuously improve the long term health and productivity of its land and water resources. Their goal is to profitably sustain domestic livestock and wildlife in an optimal balance. Rest-rotational grazing systems that control seasonal use, duration, and stock density are used to manage for increased quality and quantity of desirable forage. Strategic brush management has improved riparian areas, enhanced natural springs, and improved nesting cover for turkeys and quail. White-tailed and mule deer are surveyed annually along with quail, feral hogs, javelina, coyotes and turkeys. Special Recognition -- Fort Sam Houston/Camp Bullis Training Site, U.S. Army, Bexar County; Colonel Mary Garr, Commander; Lucas Cooksey, Biologist Camp Bullis is the 28,000-acre field training area of Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio. The base has been managing its deer herd, assisted by TPWD, since 1957. Management for endangered birds includes protection of more than 10,000 acres of dense old growth woodland for the Golden-cheeked warbler. Their Karst Management Plan guides efficient management of both cave biology and groundwater recharge. Goals for Camp Bullis include maintaining balanced ecosystems while enhancing military training and readiness. Innovations such as cable concrete water crossings and brush management using the low impact "cedar eater" help reduce erosion in sensitive areas. Camp Bullis also supports a wide range of natural resource research and demonstration. Special Recognition -- Education and Outreach -- Bear Springs Blossom, Pipe Creek (Bandera), Bandera County; Peter and Marianne Bonenberger Peter and Marianne Bonenberger found the place they call Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve quite by accident; while splitting their time between the Hill Country and their native Germany. A 125-acre island of old-growth juniper woodlands and canyons in eastern Bandera County, the property gets its name from Bear Springs Ranch-founded in 1866. After purchasing 80 acres and moving to the property, the Bonenberger's founded the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation Group to facilitate their interest in education and outreach. The organization now includes more than 900 members in 8 countries. A conservation easement now offers permanent protection for the entire 125-acre tract. 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Avid picker that I am, I find these to be some of the fairly unique things I have discovered across the country. I'm a photo picker which is a bit different than what you do. I find unique things, work out a broker fee with customer, photo and film everything I can, and go out and find a market for it to sell in and then I sell it for my clients. I have over 7 million picture views in a year and have sold almost a million dollars in items ($864,450 is currently the gross, sure wish I could have kept all of it). Come down to North Alabama southern Tennessee and lets have lunch! I never knew anyone could do what I do till I saw your show. Maybe I can run a warehouse for you in this region.


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Redwood Shores, Calif. -- Oracle Corp. said on Monday it has agreed to buy Acme Packet for $29.25 per share or approximately $1.7 billion, net of Acme Packet's cash.
Acme Packet, which is based in Bedford, Mass., makes networking equipment that allows customers to deliver voice, video and data across Internet networks for tasks such as video conferencing.
"The addition of Acme Packet to Oracle's leading communications portfolio will enable service providers and enterprises to deliver innovative solutions that will change the way we interact, conduct commerce, deliver health care, secure our homes and much more," said Mark Hurd, president, Oracle, in a statement.
The companies noted the deal will "accelerate the migration to all-IP networks by enabling secure and reliable communications from any device, across any network."


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A TEACHER from Colden Common is running five marathons in five days for charity this week, taking a rather unique course.
Joe Riley, 26, of New Road, is taking on the mammoth five marathons for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), a charity that helps those affected by Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome.
The English teacher will begin each day at one of his favourite pubs in Winchester, but not to kick back and enjoy the Easter holidays, but as a starting point as he embarks on the course that takes him through each of the five city gates.
The first, on Wednesday April 16, is St James' Tavern, Thursday The Black Boy, Friday The Eclipse Inn, Saturday The Wykeham Arms, and Sunday from The Square Brewery in Petersfield to The Bishop on the Bridge in Winchester.
It comes after the death of Alex Watley, who in 2011 at the age of 23, passed away.
They knew each other through Peter Symonds College.
Mr Riley said: "I think the thing that I have been trying to say to people is that I have not been personally affected by the syndrome, but I know a lot of people that have and Alex is just one of many young people that passed away that didn't necessarily have to.
"I would love to get as many people on board to support this great cause as possible."
This isn't the first time Joe has attempted such a mammoth feat - in July last year he completed four marathons in four days and raised £800 for CRY.
"I aim to continue to raise funds and awareness for and about this cause. The charity does a huge amount for those who have been affected by SADs and they're a charity I'm proud to put my legs through hell for," he said.
To make a donation go to justgiving.com/5in5jr.


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Who would say no? If its structured as 2 separate deals it will work under the cap. I'd say yes as a Pacers fan, and I think New Orleans would as well. Reason being.
1. Gordon is a native Hoosier and would most likely be willing to sign an extension here
2. Granger is a NO native and would represent a tremendous local draw
3. Emeka Okafor provides this Pacers squad with the post defense and rebounding that we simply have no had here since Foster and JO were prime time players. You can argue Okafor would be the 1st real post enforcer type since Dale Davis was in his prime.
New Orleans says yes because they receive 2 assets that are willing to stay in New Orleans through a rebuild. The Pacers say yes because George fills the 3 and we fill our 2 biggest needs through this trade.


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NEW YORK — Kmart got mixed, albeit largely positive reviews, from a couple of ads placed on YouTube, but many people are saying a recent parody of the ads goes too far, and it has attracted a response from the retailer.
The two Kmart-produced ads — "Ship My Pants," to tout the mass-merchandise retailer's buy-now ship-later service, and "Big Gas Savings," about discounts on gasoline for members of the Shop Your Way loyalty program — quickly went viral on YouTube while also making some people question their taste.
But a new parody of the ad that also went viral, titled "Ship My Knickers," is drawing accusations of racism, and the retailer has distanced itself from the skit. The skit was produced by The Gunfordmay, a California-based sketch comedy troupe.
In response, Kmart posted in its Twitter feed Thursday, "This is not a Kmart ad, nor is this type of content endorsed by Kmart."


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Per usual, I thought I'd share some interesting things I found in the Elder Scrolls modding communities this week. The above video displays Richard deCosta's "Oblivion Total Music Conversion Mod" at work. From reading his post, it doesn't sound like he didn't like the music in Oblivion (at least I hope not), but rather, it inspired him to make some pretty unbelievable tunes for the game. If you like what you hear, check out his music page.
Also worth noting, the guys over at The Elder Scrolls Source have updated their "Top 100 Most Popular Mods" list. Coming in at first place is Midas Magic Spells of Aurm by Xilver. This mod adds "100 new and unique spell types. It adds beam, spray and projectile attacks. Turn bodies to gold, summon your own magic carpet, or dwemer transformer, or protect yourself with a ring of fire." Sounds like becoming the ultimate superhero.
If you'd like to see one of your mods on our site, shoot us an email and we'll take a look.


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OC's Men Alive Chorus Presents VON TRAPPED!, 7/20-21
To conclude its triumphant eleventh season, Men Alive - The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus will present VON TRAPPED!, a uniquely entertaining, wholly original tribute to the Tony- and Oscar-winning musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC... the way only Men Alive can do it!
Under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Rich Cook and Assistant Director Bob Gunn, the 130-plus-voiced chorus will present three performances of VON TRAPPED! tonight, July 20 (Opening Night) at 8pm and Saturday, July 21 at both 3pm and 8pm. All shows are performed at the Irvine Barclay Theatre located at 4242 Campus Drive in Irvine.
Arguably one of the world's most beloved musicals of all time—both as a Broadway stage smash and a silver-screen global blockbuster—THE SOUND OF MUSIC (and its memorable song book penned by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein III) will be revived and transformed into a one-of-a-kind extravaganza featuring moving orchestrations, genre-crossing remixes, fabulous costumes, buoyant choreography, and even a few rowdy, yodel-loving goats!
THE SOUND OF MUSIC's familiar tunes—from the frothy fun of "My Favorite Things," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," and "Do-Re-Mi" to the sweeping grandeur of "Edelweiss," "Something Good," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," and, of course, the title song—will all get the signature Men Alive touch.
Leading this uniquely Men Alive-d tribute will be a troupe of singing thespians playing heroine governess Maria, her dashing suitor Captain Von Trapp, and his seven adorable children. And what would a wacky tribute to THE SOUND OF MUSIC be without a few dancing stormtroopers, a divalicious Baroness, and a full-on goat puppet show? And nuns. Lots and lots of nuns.
As to be expected at a Men Alive show, hilarious, high-camp moments and dazzling visuals and special effects are intertwined seamlessly with Men Alive's masterful choral musicality, ensuring a special summertime concert experience. So get set... because this summer, the hills are Men Alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
Photo courtesy of Men Alive Chorus.
Performances of Men Alive: The Orange County Gay Mens Chorus' Concert "VON TRAPPED!" at the Irvine Barclay Theatre opens tonight, July 20 at 8 pm and continues with two shows on Saturday, July 31 at 3 pm and 8 pm.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheBarclay.org, by phone at (949) 854-4646 or in person at the Irvine Barclay Theatre box office. The Irvine Barclay Theatre is located at 4242 Campus Drive in Irvine, CA.
About MEN ALIVE - THE ORANGE COUNTY GAY MENS CHORUS:
Men Alive - The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus was founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Rich Cook. In the short time since, Men Alive has quickly grown into one of Orange County's largest choruses and an active and respected partner in the Southern California arts scene. Since its first rehearsal in September 2001, Men Alive has grown from 13 singers to more than 150+ singers and volunteers. Now celebrating it's 11th Season, Men Alive continues to produce full-scale productions that combine song, dance, and theatrics to provide shows of enormous popular appeal for all ages and backgrounds. The Chorus performs a wide range of musical styles including classical, jazz, gospel, traditional, contemporary, and popular. Several major and noted guest stars have joined Men Alive in performance over the years, including Michael Feinstein, Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee, Sam Harris, Leslie Jordan, David Burnham, Alec Mapa, Nikki Blonsky and Broadway legend Bernadette Peters.
For more information, visit www.MenAliveChorus.org.


text: Hedgesville resident recalls long military career By The Associated Press November 4, 2012 Story Share HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. -- Washington D.C., 1957. The District was still a sleepy, southern town that had yet to see a metropolitan boom. At least that was the perspective of David Woods, then a 24-year-old ensign in the United States Navy, who took a daily bus to his post at the Pentagon where he was carefully working with classified military information.Under Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh A. Burke, Woods produced scientific movies of research and development that featured up-and-coming naval operations."The new airplanes, the new submarines, the new ships, the new weapons systems, all of the brand-new stuff," Woods said. "And this was still so new it was classified."For a period of three years, Woods wrote, narrated and directed 12 films, each containing secret and restricted data, which meant the inclusion of atomic information."It was fun and kind of ominous to put a piece of paper in your typewriter and type 'secret restricted data' in capital letters on the top of the paper," he said.The 30-minute films, which featured short segments on about eight new naval projects such as hydrofoils - technology used on watercrafts - and Polaris - missiles fired out of submarines - were sent to the fleet and rotated for viewing among approximately 3,000 ships.In hindsight, Woods believes the films served a purpose that was, while he was initially producing them, beyond his understanding."Admiral Burke wanted the people in the Navy, particularly the junior officers, particularly the young enlisted people, to see what terrific new weapon systems and new ships and airplanes were coming so they would stay in the Navy," Woods said. "From Burke's standpoint, this was a retention film.""But fortunately nobody told us who were making it. We thought it was the scientific march of time," Woods said. "Which is why it worked. Because it was highly successful. And I'm afraid if we'd tried to make it into a retention thing it would have been nothing."For data to be considered secret and restricted, Woods said, the only information that needed to be revealed was the kiloton yield of one weapon. Woods, therefore, devised the plan of presenting the films in a way that made them seem as highly classified as possible to garner interest. However, he was actually keeping the amount of exposed classified information at a minimum by revealing only a few kiloton yields per film."Most of the secrets we had were so technical, we didn't know what they meant," he said. "They knew it was exciting, but they didn't know what was secret or what was restricted. It kept them from talking too much about it, other than generalities."By a stroke of luck, Woods had been hand-picked by the Navy to run the film project - a priority of the Naval Photo Center - as soon as he was accepted into Officer Candidate School, before he was even commissioned. On the commander's list, next to his name was a notation stating: "Has Ph.D. in cinema."Woods, however, did not have his Ph.D. in cinema. He had earned his bachelor's degree in speech and radio at San Jose State University and master's degree in television writing and production at Stanford University, taught a one-year professorship at Lehigh University and was an Ohio State University student for a Ph.D.But not in cinema. Woods was working toward a PhD in television, which, he said, was much different.Nevertheless, he wouldn't be tarried by a technicality."I never told the Navy. I didn't know what they thought," he said. "But they all seemed to say, 'here's this ensign with all this experience and knowledge and he'll be good.' So I just shut up and studied a lot, worked at night and got through." And get through he did."I can recall being in the Pentagon as an ensign, which is the lowest ranking naval officer, chairing a meeting of 15 or 20 people, all of whom were captains. A captain is an 06 and ensign is an 01. It just didn't make sense," Woods laughed. "But I was the producer, writer, director and they were the experts on the different projects. It was logical that I was chairing the meeting, but I always felt a little bit unnerved."In between producing four films a year, Woods worked as a technical information officer within the Office of Naval Research, where he pursued basic research on technical information including the stratolab - pre-satellite manned balloon flights that traveled above the Earth's atmosphere - stratoscope - a telescope camera that took the sharpest photos of the sun ever taken - and the Bathyscaphe Trieste - a research craft famous for diving in the Mariana Trench to reach the deepest part of the ocean yet explored - for which he received front-page coverage from The New York Times and The Washington Post. Following filmmaking, he worked for about six years in the defense industry. Woods then went from Florida back to Washington, D.C., as he was selected to work as a Navy civilian for the Speech Bureau, located on the C-ring of the Pentagon.It was a particularly timely career change, Woods mused."I had been quite a follower of John Kennedy. And he had just been killed," he said. "And he said 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.' He was killed in November and I think I took this job in December."Woods stayed in Washington for the subsequent 25 years.During this time, after the Speech Bureau's projects concluded, he was commissioned by the Naval Material Command to write speeches for admirals.Concurrently, Woods continued his duties with the Naval Reserve, where he served in the category of public affairs. He planned and directed more than half a dozen two-week Navy public speaking seminars and workshops across the country. He also grew involved with more than a dozen international, national and regional naval and military associations. He was active as a board member of the Reserve Officers Association, which eventually led to his one-year presidency of the 126,000-member affiliation. At that position, in 1985, he met President Ronald Reagan."Life is pretty much what you make it," Woods said. "The Reserve has given me an opportunity to certainly expand my horizons and do and get into a lot of things that I would never have been able to get into before. If you size your opportunities and make the best of them, they will multiply."For a decade, Woods, who is often referred to as Navy Dave, served as a Readiness Command PAO and regional program officer. His last significant act of duty within the Reserve was spent aboard the USS Mount Whitney - a major U.S. command ship - above the Arctic Circle off the coast of Norway. For nearly two dozen days, Woods was the Senior PAO for NATO's largest exercise, overseeing reserves on six different U.S., U.K. and Canadian Navy ships.Not bad, Woods said, for a seaman recruit from San Jose.In addition to his 30-year career as a civilian Department of the Navy employee, Woods, who has five daughters and five grandchildren, has taught speech classes part-time at several universities, including the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, George Washington University and, now, Marshall University, throughout his life.And with a life full of experiences, Woods sure has stories to tell.When he was a khaki uniform ensign flying out of National Airport, now Reagan National Airport, Woods noticed a striking woman and could not help but admire her. In doing so, he bumped into the man she was with, who happened to be Sen. Jack Kennedy."Of course he's no fool, he knew that I was looking at his wife, that's why I ran into him," Woods said. "I said 'oh, excuse me, senator, I wasn't looking where I was going.' And he looked at me and gave me that glint look he has and a big smile and said, 'That's all right son, I was an ensign once myself.'"Though he served four years on active duty and continued to have a 40-year career in the Navy, serving in at least 30 states and 13 nations, Woods is not eligible for membership in the VFW or American Legion, as he did not serve on active duty in a period of national emergency.Still, for Woods, whose title is now Captain, USNR, Ret. David Woods, nothing compares to the Navy."By and large, I have had a chance to work on interesting subjects in interesting places and try and interest, generally, sometimes the public audience, sometimes the private audience," Woods said. "I don't know that I would have done much of anything very different if I had the chance to do it over." Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 2 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 3 WVU seeking improvements during off week 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Obama focuses on turnout, Romney on Pennsylvania Previous Story Generators bought in summer did job, St. Albans mayor says Next Story


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Hi all,
Just would like to know if I start receiving more visits for my web hosting site than usual to my website will this affect my google ranking and should I see it increase?
And if so how does google actually track this as I would think it be my web hosting server that would only have this stats.
If you are referring to your stated Home Page in your profile, that has Google Analytics on it—the primary purpose of which is to track visits to your pages.
But I haven't heard if Google takes page visits into account when listing results, though. I doubt that's a factor, as page visits could easily be faked, and says nothing about the quality of the content.
Yeah, I don't think google takes total visitors into account when ranking. You're probably getting more traffic because your site has already gained some higher links. That's a good sign. Google could take into account the click through rate of your site in the search results although I haven't done much research on this. I was involved in a long discussion on bounce rate on another forum and although it's an important metric for your own use, Google has said they don't use it.
The problem with that is how Google accounts for sites that don't have GA on. Does it have any way to assume a level of traffic in the absence of GA data on how many visitors a site gets? Are sites that don't have GA likely to be disadvantaged (or helped) by that fact ... or does it depend on whether they are a high- or low-traffic site?
No traffic does not affect pagerank. Stupidly only good in coming links do. And google wonders why they have a spam problem. Google should change this. Pagerank should be based on three things - links, traffic, and how many other sites steal your content. My two cents. Probably only one.
I like that last one :rofl:
But my question about traffic still stands – how do sites without GA fare if Google doesn't have detailed visitor data?
But my question about traffic still stands – how do sites without GA fare if Google doesn't have detailed visitor data?
My bread and butter site ranks 1'ish in google for its search terms. In part because of its domain name and strong content. Copyscape shows 200 copy and paste jobs for any one liner. I have many links pointing to me. Not high quality ones though. My page rank is a dismal 2. It has been since forever. About three months ago I added Google Anylitics to the site. I don't know the answer to your real question. But I will find out if GA helps at all.
Yes visits can affect the Google ranking,because the more no of visits gets any website the more no of ranking would be gained in Google top search engine result pages.But for ranking not only no of visits matters,but sites unique original contents,offpage and onpage optimization matters.
Do you have any proof to back that up?


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Frasor's scoreless string ends abruptly against A's
OAKLAND -- Rangers reliever Jason Frasor had not allowed a run in 10 1/3 consecutive innings over 12 outings before allowing a pair of runs in Texas' 10-6 loss to Oakland on Tuesday night. Frasor allowed singles to Josh Donaldson and Coco Crisp and a two-run double to Derek Norris.
"The best pitch I made was the first pitch I made to Donaldson," Frasor said. "After that, I don't think I did anything I wanted to do. I didn't make a pitch. All three hits were on fastballs down the middle, center cut."
Norris' double made it 10-6. At that point, manager Ron Washington took Frasor out to preserve him for another day. Frasor and Neal Cotts have carried a heavy load as the Rangers' primary setup relievers, but Shawn Tolleson has also been used extensively lately. Tolleson has allowed four runs in 3 1/3 innings in his last five outings.
"I'd like to get to a point where we can back off our bullpen, and our starters can take us deeper into the game," Washington said.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Renaissance Theaterworks to Hold DRESS FOR SUCCESS Clothing Drive, 1/18-2/10
Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) is hosting a Dress for Success clothing drive during the run of their show EDUCATING RITA, a comedy by Willy Russell. Russell's play triggered a conversation that ultimately brought RTW, the YWCA and the W Girls together. The drive will run along with the production, January 18 - February 10, 2013, at the Studio Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center (Milwaukee).
This play takes the audience on Rita's comical journey towards the pursuit of knowledge and self empowerment. "One of the underlying themes of Rita's story is her desire to dress like an educated woman, all in an effort to fit in and be taken seriously. We've learned from the YWCA, that this theme affects many of our community members," says RTW's Marketing Director, Alison Carlucci. The groups will work together on gathering donations of women's business attire for Dress for Success during the entire run of the show.
Theater became the catalyst that brought the organizations together. RTW, the YWCA and the W Girls are teaming up as organizations that each work towards empowering women in the Milwaukee community.
RTW is celebrating their 20th season as Milwaukee's only women-founded, women-run theater company, with attention to roles for women on and off stage.
The YWCA Southeast Wisconsin's local vision statement is "fueling women's aspirations and opening pathways to racial justice."
The W Girls provide underprivileged women and children with support and resources necessary to achieve health, happiness and the ability to lead productive and successful adult lives.
The three groups are meeting for a special post-show talk back in early February, "to discuss the play, their organizations, and toast to the fact that we are all working toward empowering women in our community, which is pretty amazing" adds Lisa Rasmussen, the Development Director at RTW. Rachel Hughes, a member of W Girls Milwaukee, shares their enthusiasm to team-up. "We are excited to join the YWCA and Renaissance Theaterworks for an evening focused on empowering and encouraging women in the Milwaukee community to rise above their circumstances in pursuit of education, financial independence and self sufficiency through the play Educating Rita."
Jennifer de Montmollin, Chief Program Officer for YWCA Southeast Wisconsin, describes Dress for Success as "about so much more than clothing. In terms of access to opportunity, Dress for Success is an equalizer. It provides women in need the chance to effectively compete for employment by connecting them not just with professional attire, but complete image assessment and guidance. Our approach is honest and empowering. Every day, women leave us with their head held higher ready to meet the challenge."
How can you help? Are there any business professional outfits that you can donate? Please bring them to Renaissance Theaterworks at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. There will be a clothing rack in the lobby for donations before every show. Contact email@example.com or 414-273-0800 x201 to schedule a drop-off.
Box Office: (414) 291-7800
Rita, a spirited young hairdresser from Liverpool, yearns desperately for an education. Pursuing her dream, Rita enrolls at the Open University for non-traditional students. Her tutor Frank, a cynical career academic, teaches in order to pay for his drink. To his astonishment, Frank's spirit is awakened by Rita's comic honesty and passionate intellect. Together they embark on a challenging and wildly funny journey through the likes of Yeats, Ibsen and E.M. Forster. EDUCATING RITA was made into a hit film in 1983 starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters.
January 18 - February 10, 2013
Location: The Studio Theatre
158 N. Broadway, MKE, WI
Playwright: Willy Russell
Cast: Jonathan Smoots and Cristina Panfilio
Director: Jenny Wanasek
Show Times and Dates:
8 pm: Jan. 18, 19, 25, 26, Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9
7:30 pm: Jan. 24, 28, 31, Feb. 6, 7
4 pm: Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9
2 pm: Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10
Renaissance Theaterworks is a member of Theater Wisconsin and the Third Ward Arts District. Renaissance Theaterworks receives support from the Wisconsin Arts Board, Milwaukee Arts Board, CAMPAC, United Performing Arts Fund, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, private donors and foundations.


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Sunny Joan Mach - April 07, 2010
To Seth and Hana Mach of Gothenburg on Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, a daughter, Sunny Joan, weighing eight pounds, three ounces.
Maternal grandparents are Gayle and Kristi Jones of Smith Center, KS. Great-grandparents are Jon and Joan Overmiller of Smith Center.
Paternal grandparents are Art and Mary Mach of Fullerton. Great-grandparents are Wesley and Caryl Mach of Harvard.


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Perhaps the folks at Geauga Lyric Theatre Guild in Chardon thought it appropriate to bring "Les Miserables" to their old movie theater on the square since it seems to already be playing in every other movie theater.
No? Well, it sounded plausible.
Anyone who knows anything about the Victor Hugo story adapted into the popular film now vying for multiple Oscars knows that it was a stage musical first. And to the stage it shall return beginning this weekend as the Geauga Lyric Theater Guild's 2013 "Skip Kelley" Youth Production. This school edition of the popular Broadway staple features young thespians from throughout the area and is directed by Karen O'Baker Porter.
As the Guild folks remind us, "Les Mis" is how fans refer to this show, the second longest running musical in the world. Set in France during social revolutions, the story follows a man imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, his adopted daughter and her unfortunate mother, street urchins and noble university students.
"Les Miserables, School Edition" features book by Alain Boulil, music by Caude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretizmer and Alain Boulil, and is sponsored by Lake Health.
The show runs Friday through Feb. 10. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday performances are at 2 p.m. All tickets are $12. The historic Geauga Theater is located on Chardon Square at 101 Water St. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.geaugatheater.org or call the box office at 440-286-2255.
The GLTG folks sent me a brief history of this annual slot in their production schedule. Stuart "Skip" Kelley, the man for whom the youth program is dedicated, was a strong proponent of involving youth in every aspect of theater production.
Skip passed away in 2005 after leaving an indelible mark on the young men and women he inspired over the years, many of whom moved on to careers in theater, sound production, and lighting design.
In 2008, two of Skip's proteges approached the Geauga Lyric Theater Guild board with the idea of starting an auditioned Youth Theater show.
It proved to be a success in 2009, and the Skip Kelley Youth Production is now a part of the Guild's regular season each year.
"Les Miserables" will be the title for 2013, and Porter is at the helm of this menagerie.
"The challenge with this show for any age is to accurately connect with the severity of the challenges these characters face throughout the show," she said. "Not many of us are destitute enough to have to turn to such an unfavorable profession as Fantine, or be desperate enough to have to change our identity to have a chance at a better life as Val Jean is forced to do.
"Adults will have more life lessons to pull from for roles like this, but with teens, finding the depth of emotion in their lives to make it as real for them as possible has been the challenge," Porter said. "I've done my best to paint the pictures of what it may have been like so they can find their place."
Of course, if the kids have any trouble with visualization, they could always head to the local multiplex.
"I would say most of us saw the movie," Porter said. "It wasn't something I encouraged or discouraged but I believe what the film did help express to them is how each lyric needs to be delivered as if it is 'dialogue' to help further along the storyline.
"We did have some interesting discussions about directing choices made in the movie regarding character and delivery," she said. "The movie also helped show what is virtually impossible to put on stage, such as the filth of the sewer; allowing the actors a vivid reference."
Producer Civia Wiesner said that the cast's passion "can be heard as our actors practice singing songs from 'Les Miserables' while walking to and from their cars and as you listen to them talk about going to see the current movie on multiple occasions."
"Many of them are watching every version of the show possible, including the black and white, non-musical version from 1935 with Charles Laughton," Wiesner tells me. "One of the actors is even attempting to read the epic tome by Victor Hugo."
Jacob Hamblen, a Chardon High School senior, plays Javert, the prison guard and officer who crosses paths with Jean Valjean throughout the play.
"I really enjoy Javert's complex emotions and the challenge of portraying those emotions effectively for the audience," Hamblen said. "This role has always been a dream role for me. I have a great cast to work with and, as anyone in theater knows, acting becomes much easier when you have great actors to work with."
Catherine Massiello is an 18-year-old senior from Chardon High School who is active in the school show choir, Free Harmony and the drama club. She has appeared in GLTG's productions of "High School Musical," "A Christmas Carol," "West Side Story," and "Our Town" and Chardon's productions of "Sound of Music," "The Secret Garden," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
In "Les Mis," Massiello plays Cosette.
"Cosette is one of the least developed characters," Massiello believes.
"Her story is deep, but I feel that many actresses who have portrayed her have trouble connecting it all. This is ultimately a story of hope. Yes, it is titled 'The Miserable,' but the ultimate goal of this cast of characters is to portray a passion for their cause, and a willingness to give of themselves to achieve a seemingly impossible goal.
"Of any of the cast members, I am the one sniffling in the corner through the majority of my time backstage," she continued. "It is a beautiful story told through a breathtaking score."
Emily Zart is a 17-year-old senior from Concord Township who attends Andrews Osborne Academy. She has appeared in numerous productions there as well as at GLTG and the Fairmount Performing Arts Center. She plays Eponine.
"I have seen actresses play Eponine in two ways -- really emotionally moving or really whiny," Emily observed. "I have been working hard to eliminate the whiny side! I have a lot of respect for her character and want to do my best to show how beautiful and tragic her story is.
"The main thing that I really like about Eponine is that she is so much in love that she is completely selfless," she continued. "She will do anything for Marius, even though he hardly shows any appreciation. Some may say that this is a little pathetic on her part, but I can't help but find it romantic."
Will Becker is a 16-year-old junior from Middlefield who attends Cardinal High School. He has appeared there in "The Music Man" as well as numerous GLTG shows. Will plays Marius in "Les Mis."
"I am hoping to bring a soft, gentle, loving and emotional side to Marius but at the same time portray his dedication to the cause and to his friends," he said. "I think 'Les Mis' has struck a chord with audiences over the years because the show is so real. Most shows are predictable they all have conflict but result in a happy ending. 'Les Mis' on the other had is different in the sense that it is very raw. It is real situations that were not always pretty and happy, but real.
"Having such a successful film out at the same time that we are working on the same production is not easy but I feel like the Geauga Theaters version of 'Les Miserables' is one of its own."
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Midwifery Today, Issue 103, Autumn 2012
Theme: Shoulder Dystocia
Cover photo by Lynsey Stone
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The theme of Midwifery Today Issue 103 is Shoulder Dystocia. It is always beneficial to hone our skills in whatever field of work we find ourselves. Fortunately, this issue of Midwifery Today is going to benefit many childbirth professionals by providing knowledge and insights into shoulder dystocia. Among the wonderful contributors to this issue is Ina May Gaskin; in her article she retells the story of how she came to learn a simple skill that is now known as the Gaskin Maneuver. Gail Tully, another shoulder dystocia expert, has provided not one, but two articles to this edition of Midwifery Today magazine, both of which will be valuable sources of reference for many of our readers. Enjoy!
Poetry: Second Son Doth Crown
From the Editor: Never, Never, Never Give Up
Editor-in-Chief, Jan Tritten, shares of her first experiences midwifing shoulder dystocias.
Marion's Message: Pain and Fear in Childbearing
In this edition of "Marion's Message," a discussion takes place regarding the fear that surrounds childbirth. "Acknowledging pain and fear can help us deal with their realities and not let them overcome us. This is a much better course than denying their existence."
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FlipFLOP: Four Steps to Remember
An expert in this area of birth, Gail Tully offers a step-by-step guide, which is creatively organized in a mnemonic for memory retention, for resolving shoulder dystocia.
How Being a Homebirth Midwife Enabled Me to Learn about Shoulder Dystocia
Ina May shares the history behind the Gaskin Maneuver and how her non-traditional midwifery training allowed her to be introduced to skills she wouldn't have received otherwise.
Preventing Shoulder Dystocia
French pediatrician and natural childbirth advocate Michel Odent shares his thoughts on the basic needs of a laboring woman and how if these needs were better understood, many shoulder dystocias would be prevented.
Stressful! Birth in a Hospital
Managing editor for Midwifery Today, Nancy Halseide, tells the story of her first experience acting as a doula and of the stress involved in trying to help a mom have a drug-free labor and birth in a hospital setting.
Monique Dembele: A Midwife of Mali
Author Jane Beal recounts the life of Monique Dembele, a remarkable midwife who did much in her life to better her community with regards to childbearing.
Arm Behind the Back: A Shoulder Dystocia Complication
Gail Tully offers insight into shoulder dystocia complications by informing on how important it is to look for the placement of the arm.
Sharks and VBACs: The Fears of a Father
A VBAC dad shares his thoughts on fears surrounding birth from a husband's perspective.
The Power of Natural Progesterone: Treating Hormone-Related Postpartum Depression
This article will prove to be a goldmine for many sufferers of postpartum depression who have wanted an alternative to anti-depressants.
Capable Hands and Calm Eyes: My Sixty Seconds of Shoulder Dystocia
A wonderfully written birth story by a woman who experienced shoulder dystocia during the birth of her child.
Management of True Shoulder Dystocia at Attended Homebirth
"At attended homebirth, shoulder dystocia poses less of a challenge and has better outcomes compared to hospital birth."
Euphoric Birth
A mother shares the story of her third child's birth—an event that expressed her "earnest desires, personality and beliefs."
The Ecology of Childbirth
Author and university student Alese Colehour gives an insightful look into the world of microorganisms and how details of a birth can greatly affect this environment in a newborn.
Down the Rabbit Hole: A Case Against Routine Ultrasound
After an ultrasound, author and then expectant mother, Elaine Alkhas, received unsettling news about the health of her baby. She offers a story worth considering regarding the anxieties such news brings, only to find out that the results were wrong (as is so often the case).
Pregnancy and Yoga
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Midwives and Fear
Midwives and doulas may find that they relate to the ideas expressed in this story. Fear is a normal aspect of life, but it is important to know how to handle fear when you have responsibilities during a birth.
The Art of Birth Work: Theatre's Use in Midwifery
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Who Am I?
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Power, Leadership and Collaboration
Proechel focuses on the maternal health crisis and what women can do to provide relief through leadership and collaboration.
International Midwife
God Answers a Midwife's Prayer
Midwifery Today's Jan Tritten helped midwife Dacosta with a VBAC during her time in Puerto Rico. This is Dacosta's account of this wonderfully successful birth that wasn't lacking in miracles.
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Memoir of a Sweet Granny
In this beautiful story of a beautiful lady, author Mukhopadhyay pays a tribute to the life of her grandmother, a nurturer of women.
A Surprise Outcome at Mother Health International
A midwife tells of her refreshing time working at Soley Lavi, Mother Health International's birth clinic in Haiti.
Hospital Birth in Mexico
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