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They met and fell in love two months after California voters approved Proposition 8, the referendum banning same-sex marriage, so Megan Sainsbury and Katie Kinder knew from the beginning that their shared dream of a big wedding -- brides in gorgeous white wedding dresses, declared by an ordained minister to be "wife and wife" -- would require them to think extremely creatively.
"We're actually very traditional," Megan says, "even though we're a lesbian couple."
So when they decided to get "married" in August, they hired a San Jose wedding planner and observed all the customs of a traditional ceremony.
And because the state refused to sanctify their union with a license, they devised a legal workaround. "There are ways you can create your own rules," she says, so both women dropped their last names and chose the same new last name. "Now we are legally the Sladers."
Along with thousands of other gay couples, on Monday morning the Sladers could get their first inkling of what will likely become the law of the land when the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to wade into the same-sex marriage debate. Among a range of options the court will consider is further consideration of Proposition 8; if the justices do nothing to upend the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the law, gay and lesbian couples in California would be allowed to legally marry.
"The second we can go to City Hall and make it legal, we will be there," Megan Slader says. "It will be so amazing to be able to do that. It's absolutely important. We don't let things we can't do get to us, but this is one of the things that has been tough."
In addition to changing the lives of same-sex couples who have lived in legal limbo as Proposition 8, and challenges to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, have wended their way through the courts, a favorable ruling by the Supreme Court is expected to unleash a pent-up demand for gay weddings.
That possibility has not existed since a one-month period in 2004, when then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed gay couples to wed at City Hall. The California Supreme Court halted the weddings after about 4,000 licenses were issued to same-sex couples, and in the nearly nine years since, even so-called "commitment ceremonies" like the Sladers' have slowed to a trickle.
"A lot of gay couples just sort of gave up on the whole process," said Misti Layne, a San Francisco wedding photographer, who works only a handful of gay ceremonies each year.
Gay unions are a tiny subset of the country's multibillion-dollar wedding industry, but groups like the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley hope that will soon change. "I think that's a huge market for us," said John Brehm, a sales manager at Corinthian Ground Transportation, a Cupertino limo service that advertises on the Purple Unions website.
Along with RainbowWeddingNetwork.com, Purple Unions is one of the few Internet hubs for gay couples in search of wedding planners and caterers attuned to their needs.
Gay commitment ceremonies are similar to straight weddings, with one notable exception. "I find them to be much more emotional sometimes, because people have waited so long," Layne says. "The parents are happy that their sons or daughters have found someone who means so much to them. Maybe it was a long road to get there."
Purple Unions went online in 2003, when the future of the gay wedding market looked bright. But companies such as OutVite.com -- which sells "invitations and announcements designed specifically for the gay and lesbian consumer" -- remain scarce.
Megan Slader, a personal trainer who works in Los Gatos, took a typically Silicon Valley approach to finding someone to midwife their wedding. "I literally Googled 'gay wedding planner San Jose,' " she recalled. "You always have a fear that somebody is going to react like, 'Whoa, this is a gay couple,' but she treated us like any other client."
"In their minds, they're married," says Maxine Goulding, the couple's wedding planner. "They just know in the eyes of everybody else, they're not."
Doing everything they could within the law was imperative because the Sladers hope to have children someday. "And we want to be able to tell them we are legally married," Megan Slader says.
Goulding works on only about four gay ceremonies a year because, she says, many couples get discouraged by the legal roadblock and decide to wait. "That hangs over their heads. I think when Prop. 8 does pass, there are going to be more gay and lesbian weddings just because they'll feel like they're part of the group."
Now it's up to one of America's most exclusive secret societies -- the nine justices of the Supreme Court -- to decide whether they get that chance.
Contact Bruce Newman at 408-920-5004. Follow him at Twitter.com/BruceNewmanTwit.
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What we might learn Monday: The U.S. Supreme Court could reveal whether it will finally weigh in on same-sex marriage. The justices may announce whether they will review the legality of Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal benefits to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage in California: If the court decides to review the Proposition 8 case, expect a ruling by the end of the term in June. But if the justices refuse to hear the case, it would leave intact a lower court ruling finding the ban unconstitutional, therefore legalizing gay marriage in the state. Same-sex marriages could begin within days. There's also a chance the court could put the Proposition 8 case on hold for now, preserving the status quo in California for months or longer.
Federal benefits for same-sex couples: The court is expected to review at least some of the Defense of Marriage Act cases.
Tune back in Friday? The court may wait to further mull how to proceed on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act cases until the justices' next conference, Dec. 7, and issue orders after that.


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Parents: School violated students' privacy by deleting cellphone videos
HILLSBORO, Ore. -- These days almost every kid has a smart phone. So it wasn't surprising that several students captured a confrontation between a student and staff member at R A Brown Middle School in Hillsboro Friday morning.
Student Khloey Summers said kids are allowed to use their phones before class and didn't think she was doing anything wrong when she shot video of the incident.
"She grabbed my phone and said I'm going to have to hold onto this for a while," Summers said.
Summers said later that day, staff members collected all the phones from the kids who were in the gym and deleted any videos of the incident.
"When I opened the recent applications after I got my phone back all of my messaging and photos were open, which meant they were on it when they got my phone," said Summers.
Summers said someone even checked her phone to see if she sent the video to anyone else. She said they were about to delete her video when her mother stepped in.
"Clearly I don't feel like my daughter did anything wrong. I feel like her rights were violated by going through her phone and text messages. As a parent that's my job," said Melissa Siegel, Khloey Summers' mother.
The boy in the video was suspended. Police say he was also arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment. His mother, Celia Watt, admits he acted out but now she wants to know why the school deleted these videos.
"Deleting videos after accusing someone, that's just suspicious behavior," Watt said. "For adults to do that, that's suspicious."
KATU reached out to the school district for comment. A spokeswoman said they are reviewing the matter and will have more information in the next few days. They also referred us to the Standards of Student Conduct handbook which allows staff to search and seize any property deemed "injurious or detrimental to the safety and welfare of the students and staff."
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Two new medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAVs are due to make their first flights next year as European aerospace companies challenge the lead in this field established by Israel and the U.S. The BAE Systems Mantis technology demonstrator, unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show in July, might become airborne as early as next month in Australia.
Alenia has said it will fly the Molynx, which is twin-turboprop pusher design like the Mantis. The Italian and British armed forces are already flying single-engine Predator and Reaper UAV systems, respectively, both supplied by General Atomics. However, BAE Systems persuaded the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to partially fund the Mantis demonstrator, amid concerns about the lack of operational sovereignty over the Reaper system.
From briefings and a recent MoD statement, AIN understands that the RAF was unable to set up its own ground station to control Reaper missions over Afghanistan. A British plan to acquire 10 more Reaper systems has been quietly shelved. Meanwhile, the Italian Air Force has been offered four Reaper systems and support for $330 million. Alenia says that the Molynx MALE system has a wide variety of civil and security applications.
A Thales official said last month that European design capabilities would be "killed" if governments continued to buy Predators and Reapers from the U.S. The Thales approach is to adapt Israeli UAVs by adding European sensors, ground stations and communication systems. It has sold the Watchkeeper tactical UAV, based on the Elbit Hermes 450 UAV, to the British Army, and is proposing a similar set-up to the French Army. And with Dassault and Indra, Thales proposes to adapt the IAI Heron TP to meet French and Spanish MALE UAV requirements.
Germany also has a MALE requirement, and EADS would like all three countries to buy its jet-powered Advanced UAV, as we reported last month. However, the German government cannot wait until EADS's UAV is ready 2015, and has thus shortlisted the Reaper and the Heron TP as an interim solution.


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How is manufacturing doing? Today we received two separate reports: industrial production from the Federal Reserve and the Empire State Manufacturing Survey from the New York Fed. What we see is that recent production points to tepid growth, but what is coming down the pike might be more positive.
In January, manufacturing output decreased 0.4%, after upwardly revised gains of 1.1% in December and 1.7% in November. For the fourth quarter as a whole, manufacturing production is now estimated to have advanced 1.9% at an annual rate; previously, the increase was reported to have been 0.2%. Production is 1.7% above year-ago levels.
Of course, this points to sub-2% growth for the sector in months past, roughly corresponding to real final sales more broadly. However, manufacturers tend to produce on the basis of estimates for new sales, as they try to anticipate what consumers and businesses are likely to buy in coming months so as to have enough stock on hand. Of course, another factor is how much inventory retailers and wholesalers already have. Ample inventories likely played a role in relatively softer current production. That doesn't mean that conditions going forward are expected to remain tepid.
We can look to what manufacturers expect in coming months by looking to survey data, such as the Empire State report from the New York Federal Reserve. The New York Fed district includes a greater proportion of high-tech firms than do some of the other Fed districts, so the Philly Fed survey, which includes more heavy industry and automotive businesses, may show different results when it is released next week.
In the New York Fed district, the general business conditions surged 18 points to 10.0, now in positive territory, where zero is the dividing line between expansion and contraction. The new-orders index also rose sharply, climbing 20 points to 13.3, and the shipments index increased 16 points to 13.1. And the index for number of employees rose for a third consecutive month and, at 8.1, registered its first positive reading since September, though the average workweek index remained negative.
Twenty-nine percent of respondents reported that conditions had improved over the month, while 19% -- a significantly lower percentage than in the January survey -- reported that conditions had worsened. In the previous month's survey, 26% of businesses reported better conditions, while 34% reported worse conditions.
And we can infer from capital-spending plans that manufacturers might be expecting even better conditions ahead. A supplemental question posed to the respondents in the Empire State survey showed that dollars budgeted to spend on new equipment and software in 2013 are up 11% from what was spent in 2012. (However, roughly the same proportion of respondents indicated that they expect to increase capital spending as said they expect to lower it.)
The most widely cited factors constraining 2013 capital investment plans were tax and regulatory considerations. We still have the sequestration -- the spending cuts by the federal government -- that look likely to take effect on March 1. Right now, Congress doesn't seem especially motivated to avoid these cuts, though efforts are under way in the Senate to address this issue.
While this likely won't cause a recession, it does mean that the federal government will be placing fewer orders from manufacturers, and this will slow economic growth more broadly. And the reversion of the payroll tax rate to its previous levels -- which can reduce many workers' take-home pay by 2% -- can very well crimp consumer spending.
Still, James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Fed, said in a recent speech, "This year seems to be characterized by less macroeconomic uncertainty compared to previous years," he said. "This bodes well for U.S. macroeconomic prospects in 2013."
And while there are headwinds from fiscal policy, the fact that we now know what is happening is sufficient to cause manufacturers to become more confident, as we see in the Empire State data. Thus, one important constraint to growth -- uncertainty -- seems to have been reduced. And that is a good thing.


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Nerd stats for the two kinds of zombies featured in Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies: "Bonies" are leathery, desiccated skeletons with +10 dexterity, +10 strength, and a chaotic/evil outlook. "Corpses," meanwhile, are shamblers with -20 intelligence but with +20 charisma and a neutral/cute alignment. The story (adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion) is based on Romeo and Juliet in the same way as an essay by a high school freshman with basic cultural awareness of the plot but who didn't do the reading. Julie (Teresa Palmer), the daughter of postapocalyptic zombie fighter John Malkovich, is separated from her adorable Y/A team by a group of hungry zombies including "R" (Nicholas Hoult), the soulful corpse who kills her boyfriend. He develops a crush and drags her back to his airport lair to protect her from the other, less understanding undead. "R" narrates in wry voiceover, the lucidity of his interior life a contrast to his understandable difficulty with language. Still, it's weird listening to zombies talk at all, particularly in sentences of more than two words. As the zombie culture at large becomes exposed to the romantic chemistry between "R" and Julie, the corpses begin showing signs of life, signified by single heart palpitations. The evil "bonies," who hate love, set out in pursuit of the couple, mostly because once you endow your film's zombies with relatability and courage, you need to find some new bad guys. The film's intentions are way too good for its own good, producing bloodless romance and more shamefully bloodless carnage. Nobody kisses anyone else until it becomes clear that both parties have pulses, and everyone gets to keep all their limbs.
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Not what he was trying to say at all. Somehow, I think he and everyone here knew you'd respond like this, though.
You probably haven't noticed, but the USA never loses at this level. If Canada is beating us then something is seriously wrong.
US hasn't won this event since 05, best we've done since then is a bronze in 09, and this is the first time we've ever lost 2 games in the event. I know this isn't exactly the most elite event in the world, but USA Basketball needs to get it together.
Hahaha obviously.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I think it is hilarious that Carlos throws Cody Zeller on there like there is a chance he may play when anybody with a TV or internet connection could see that he's playing in Las Vegas.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Won't this summer league be done by August 1st?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Still there's a zero percent chance Cody or Oladipo play in this event.
Anyhoo, the struggle of the U-20 team is a little bizarre
Agreed on both accounts.
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yeh, if i were the gm of their respective new teams, i would inform them under no circumstances will they be allowed to play.
Which is dumb, considering they have no injury history to speak of. They could just as easily have been hurt in all these pointless summer league games no one cares about.
Summer League develops them as their NBA team wishes and lets the players get coaching from someone actually on their staff. Pro-Am games such as this only pose a risk. I would do the same thing if I were an NBA GM, regardless of a player's injury history. If I invested a top 5 pick, that guaranteed money, and put myself out there to draft this kid, I'm not going to take any chances with his health.
Victor Oladipo breaks ankle after landing awkwardly on Bobby Riddell's foot at ****** commuter college's gym.
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If you happen to be in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia and you're a huge Depeche Mode fan you may want to go to the Depeche Mode Baar. The owner Dan Buinenko says the band has been there a few times and expects them to stop over again. When I lived in Germany I noticed regular Depeche Mode nights at bars and clubs all over the country.
"What did the band make of the bar/the concept in general? I think they liked our bar. Actually, we were quite surprised when they visited us first time. But second time we were really prepared and waiting for the band, although we hadn't sent them an official invitation. Probably they would come again, if possible. The last few times they've had quite good security and a nice, warm welcome." – drownedinsound.com
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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres hosted a special guest inside their clubhouse before batting practice Monday when they returned to Petco Park to open a brief three-game homestand: new general manager A.J. Preller met and addressed them.
"I wanted to give them a sense of my personality and a quick sense of the role of a general manager in relation to the players and coaching staff," Preller said.
Preller was accompanied into the clubhouse by club president Mike Dee and owners Ron Fowler and Peter Seidler. They met with manager Bud Black and the coaching staff before addressing the players.
The talk appeared to energize the room and lock in some certainty for a team that has been playing without a full-time GM since June.
"They were talking about where they see the Padres going," starter Andrew Cashner said. "It's exciting to finally have somebody in charge making decisions. It will be exciting to see where he takes us.
"He was very energetic. It's an exciting day. Change is good."
Black said Preller was at Petco Park when the team arrived home from Pittsburgh on Sunday night and that the two spoke for a little while then before continuing the conversation Monday afternoon.
"It's been a whirlwind for him," Black said. "In time, we'll catch up. He loves to talk baseball. He wants to get to know our players and our staff."
It's been such a whirlwind for Preller that, since his hiring last Wednesday, he hasn't had time even to return to Dallas to collect some of his belongings. He joked that his car is parked on some city street and he's not even sure where. And tugging at his blue dress shirt, he noted that Monday was the second time around for that in the past couple of days.
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- Desk
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- MP3 docking station
- Free wired Internet
- Cable TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Down comforter
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9 AM.
Modjeksa Bar and Grill - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
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- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Hiking/biking trails on site
Spa Services
Athena Day Spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, Swedish massages, and massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a spa tub.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 13 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 13
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Couples treatment rooms
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
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- Ayres Hotel Mission Viejo
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- Ayres Hotel And Spa Mission Viejo
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
USD 25 Spa Credit
Book a stay at the hotel and receive a USD 25 Spa Credit per stay, per room for use on all massages 90 minutes or longer.
Offer subject to availability. Offer good for use on new bookings only. Other restrictions may apply.


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Los Altos School District officials have scheduled a series of meetings to seek input from parents about the district's educational program.
Over the past three years, the district has engaged in a strategic planning process comprising more than 50 participants, including board members, principals and teachers.
"We have identified a need to cast a wider net and allow more voices in the project," wrote Alyssa Gallagher, district director of strategic initiatives and community partnerships, in an email to the Town Crier.
To meet that need, the district hosted its first community input meeting last week and has scheduled two future meetings.
"These meetings are designed to be interactive experiences where staff and parents will have the opportunity to engage in conversations and provide input around what it means to revolutionize learning for all students," Gallagher said.
During the meetings, district officials will ask parents:
• What are your learning hopes for your child/student?
• A Los Altos School District graduate will be able to … (portrait of a graduate).
• What changes do you think need to be made to revolutionize learning for all students?
• What if schools were places where students could … . Then we would need teachers/parents/leaders who … .
"All the information gathered will feed into the same process and help us better define next steps," Gallagher said.
The meetings are scheduled 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Egan Junior High School library, 100 W. Portola Ave.; and 9 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Loyola School Multipurpose Room, 770 Berry Ave.
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When will the criticism of Obamacare finally end?
I've done some research on the question, and by my calculations, judging from current trends, this will happen approximately . . . never.
I base this on the criticism of the auto bailout of early 2009. Almost five years later, the industry is healthy again and large swaths of the Midwest have been spared what would have been certain economic devastation. All this was achieved for a relatively modest sum: When the government's last shares of General Motors were sold last week, the total cost to save GM and Chrysler came to about $12 billion. It would seem that the argument against the bailout has been settled. Yet opponents continue to argue their case if anybody will listen.


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Columbus Circle, located at the south-eastern end of the Upper West Side is a busy area with many shops and restaurants to choose from. To wow clients or partners, take them to the renowned Per Se or Jean Georges.
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Topic: Dr. Giles
I submitted a question to Dr. Giles about 2 weeks ago & have not yet received a reply. Can anyone who has also done so tell me how long it normally takes to receive a reply?
All of my comments and suggestions are just my opinions and are not a substitute for professional medical advice. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care providers.


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Struggling Crawford gets a few days' break
KANSAS CITY -- With Brandon Crawford mired in a slump, Giants manager Bruce Bochy opted to rest the Giants shortstop for "at least a couple of days," beginning Saturday against the Royals.
"He could use a break, I think," Bochy said.
After an 0-for-4 performance against the Royals on Friday night, Crawford is 2-for-25 in his last seven games.
"I don't know for sure if it is fatigue, but just as much as that, it's a physical and mental break right now," Bochy said.
Rookie Matt Duffy filled in for Crawford on Saturday.
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Department Chair, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
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Susan T. Mayne is C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Epidemiology with tenure and Chair, Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Mayne is also Associate Director of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, being responsible for Population Sciences. She also directs a pre-doctoral training program at Yale in Partnership with the U.S. National Cancer Institute, to train students in modern methodologies for evaluating lifestyle determinants of human cancer risk, with an emphasis on nutritional, environmental, and occupational determinants, including their interactions with genetic factors. Dr. Mayne earned a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University, with minors in biochemistry and toxicology, and a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Colorado. Dr. Mayne is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. She has authored or co-authored over 180 articles/book chapters. She also has served on several editorial boards including the Journal of Nutrition, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, and Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. Dr. Mayne has served on several National Academy of Sciences committees, including most recently the Committee that established Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium. She is currently on the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and recently completed a 5-year term on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Her research emphasizes lifestyle determinants of human cancer risk.
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Inaugural Recipient of the "Excellence in Education Award" for substantial contributions to the field of epidemiology through teaching, training and mentoring, Seattle, WA 2014.Society for Epidemiologic Research (2014)
Research recognition for extraordinary research contributions in nutrition and cancer (Nutrition Stars Program), Bethesda, MD 2013.NIH (2013)
Lifetime National Associate, National Research Council National Academy of Science (2011)
National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Counselors, Subcommittee I, Division of Clinical Science and Epidemiology (2004), (2009)
Nutrition Subcommittee, Food Advisory Committee, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2003)
Distinguished Teaching Award, Yale University School of Public Health (2000)
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This year the Blueprint team and a panel of 14 critics travelled to student degree shows across Great Britain and Europe. After viewing hundreds of presentations from a diverse range of disciplines, here we have compiled their findings, bringing you some of this year's best work from the designers and architects of the future. — blueprintmagazine.co.uk
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The pattern of a mildly positive open and a quick selloff continues. Typically, support turns back up at midday but the close is poor, which keeps the mood negative. As long as early strength is faded and the market closes weak, we must give the benefit of the doubt to the bears.
The bounce buyers are still trying to catch a turn but they have been burned again. The best thing that could happen is that they give up and turn bearish. While the market action has been ugly lately, it's lacked extreme emotion and there have been few signs of panic. Panic may not produce a bottom, but it helps move the market to a lasting low much faster.
Downtrends are always trickier to trade than uptrends, but this one has been worse than usual because it has been a slow drip lower without any major drama. The intraday movement is practically random, and the dip buyers have been consistently disappointed when the market doesn't close well.
Once again, I have very little going on. I'm doing minor day trading but mostly staying patient while looking for a better edge. Trying to call a bottom in this market isn't the way to go, so I'm doing my best to avoid thinking that way. I'll look to buy strength, if we ever see any, rather than weakness.


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The following recipes were submitted by readers like yourself and are now entered in the May 14 cookbook drawing for a chance to win the 2500 Recipes: Everyday to extraordinary Cookbook. Next drawing May 30, details coming.
Lynn White of Clarkston submitted this recipe. It was also a past contest winner in The Oakland Press. Prepare it for yourself and you'll see why it's a winner.
Almost Mounds Bars
1 box chocolate cake mix
2 sticks of butter, divided
24 large marshmallows
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup milk
12-oz pkg. of coconut
12-oz pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Prepare chocolate cake mix according to directions on package, adding 1 stick of butter if the mix doesn't already call for butter.
Pour batter into a prepared 11x15 jelly roll pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. In medium saucepan, stir marshmallows, sugar and milk over medium heat until the marshmallows melt.
Add coconut and stir. Spread over cooked cake. In another pan, melt chocolate chips and remaining stick of butter over low heat. Spread over coconut layer and place in refrigerator.
Thanks to Lynn White of Clarkston for her recipe.
Bonnie's Michigan Corn Chowder
6 cups of corn, cut off the cob or frozen
2 cans evaporated milk
1 cup chopped onion
2 tbl dried parsley
4 cups cubed potatoes
1 quart cold water
1 quart chicken
1 cup chopped red & green sweet pepper
� cup unsalted butter
� tsp ground black pepper
1 cup chopped smoked ham
2 tsp corn starch
Peel and wash potatoes. Cover with water in large pot. Boil for 20 minutes. Add onions and sweet peppers, black pepper, corn and sea salt. Bring back to a boil. Turn to low and simmer 30 minutes more. Add evaporated milk, butter and parsley. Put corn starch into � cup cold water, beat with fork to get out all lumps. Stir into the soup pot. Simmer 20 minutes longer and serve.
Thanks to Bonnie Kedring of Waterford for her recipe.
Jam Dandy Date Bars
Bonnie notes that you need to make the Date Jam first:
1-1/2 cups chopped pitted dates
� cup firmly packed brown sugar
� cup water
1 Tbl Brandy (optional)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer five minutes. Mixture should resemble a thick paste. Cool.
Ingredients (2)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
� tsp salt
1 cup rolled oats
� cup chopped pecans
1-1/2 sticks butter
Preheat oven to 350F degrees
Combine flour, oats, sugar, nuts and salt in large mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 2 cups for topping and press remainder into bottom of greased 9x13 pan. Spread with cooled date jam and sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 25-33 minutes, until golden. Cook completely, cut into bars.
Thanks to Bonnie Kedring of Waterford for another great recipe.
Easy Bake'N' Making Cookies
Makes 6 dozen
Bake 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees
1 cup butter or oleo
� cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
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Dash salt
1-13 cup quick rolled oats
1 cup coconut
Cream butter, sugars and peanut butter. Add egg, syrup and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into cream mixture. Stir in oats and coconut. Bake on greased cookie sheet and enjoy!
Thanks to Janette White of Highland for her recipe.
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Blake_T wrote:past knee injuries
A-ha...he is human!
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Blake_T wrote:past knee injuries
sleepy wrote:I sleepy, do hereby commit to use the Comet as my main midrange disc for a period of no less than one (1) year; commencing 11/24/09 and ending (if I so choose) on 11/24/10.
Blake_T wrote:yes, there are a lot of new discs slated to be added, but due to past knee injuries i cannot throw when temperatures are below ~45 degrees.
i have tossed it around a few times and my initial impressions of it are something like range 1, hss -2 , lss +0.5, pwr 1
Would it be possible to rate disc into 5 different required nose down angle and 5 different required height for the reached and already existing range final range classification?
Maybe an asterisk or some other symbol would be appropriate for beginner friendly discs?
Blake_T wrote:seems like a really good idea if each range had it's own breakdown like that so that it wasn't too clustered.
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Fugitive's cabin 'not set on fire by police'
A cabin in the mountains above Los Angeles where fugitive and former cop Christopher Dorner is believed to have died following a gunfight with police was not purposely set on fire by law enforcement, the San Bernardino County sheriff says.
"It was not done on purpose. We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr Dorner out," Sheriff John McMahon said at an afternoon press conference.
Investigators had not yet formally identified charred remains found in the burned-out structure, although they are believed to be those of 33-year-old Dorner.
"I cannot absolutely, positively confirm it's him," McMahon said. "The suspect that we were following ... matched his description. His behaviour based on our deputies' interaction with him inside the vacant cabin was consistent with Mr Dorner's activity prior to and we are not currently involved in a manhunt any longer.
"Our coroner's division is working on trying to confirm the identity through forensics and we should know that at some point here soon," he said.
A wallet and personal items, including a California driver's licence with the name Christopher Dorner was found beside the body, an official briefed on the investigation said.
Dorner was wanted in a killing spree targeting police officers when a man matching his description was cornered in the cabin in the San Bernardino National Forest yesterday.
He had been on the run since last Wednesday (local time), when he was named as the prime suspect in the slaying of a couple in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.
The search intensified last Thursday after he was accused of killing of a Riverside policeman and wounding another officer in an ambush about 100km east of Los Angeles.
Law enforcement converged later that day in the San Bernardino Mountains after a pickup truck identified as Dorner's was found abandoned and burning in the snow near the ski resort community of Big Bear Lake northeast of Los Angeles.
The ensuing manhunt, stretching from the desert north of the mountains to the Mexican border, was described by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck as the region's most extensive ever.
An angry manifesto posted last week on Dorner's Facebook page claimed that he had been wrongly dismissed from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008. He vowed to seek revenge by unleashing "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" on officers and their families.
The cabin where Dorner is believed to have hidden before making his last stand was a short distance from a police command post, in an area where authorities had said they were conducting door-to-door searches of residences.
Yesterday's climax to the manhunt began when two housekeepers encountered a man believed to have been Dorner inside a vacant cabin in the Big Bear area. The man tied them up and then took off in a purple Nissan parked near the cabin, authorities said.
State game wardens spotted the stolen vehicle and gave chase. The suspect crashed that car, then commandeered a pickup truck at gunpoint from another motorist and traded gunfire with the game wardens as he sped away, authorities said.
The suspect ultimately abandoned the truck and fled into the woods to the cabin, from where he exchanged gunfire with deputies.
During a lull in the shooting, the cabin caught fire and was quickly engulfed in flames. It remained unclear how the blaze began.
Los Angeles-based CBS television affiliate, KCAL, and CNN, have broadcast an audio recording of what sounds like police radio chatter during the confrontation, in which voices purported to be officers shout, "burn it down".
During his press conference, McMahon said that the term "burners" was used by law enforcement to refer to tear gas canisters, which were fired into the cabin near the end of the standoff.
The Los Angeles Times reported that authorities had pumped tear gas into the cabin through smashed windows and called for the suspect to surrender but received no response. As police used a demolition vehicle to tear down the walls, they heard a gunshot from inside before the cabin burst into flames, according to the Times report.
A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy killed in the shootout had gone into the search for Dorner happy to help his community, but was wary of the dangers.
McMahon identified the deputy as Jeremiah MacKay, a man who grew up in the area and followed his father into public service.
MacKay suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to Loma Linda Hospital where he died of his injuries. He was 35.
MacKay was a detective who had been with the department for 15 years.
"My condolences go out to the MacKay family," said McMahon. "This is truly another sad day for law enforcement. Our department is grieving from this event. It's just a terrible deal for all of us."
MacKay spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday while he was helping patrol the Big Bear Lake area for Dorner.
MacKay and his partner had been on duty since 5am and they were in good spirits. He stood by the door of his car, dressed in full tactical gear with a helmet and bulletproof vest. He took his Mini-14 rifle out and practiced sighting down its barrel, tucking it in against his shoulder and aiming playfully at a snowdrift.
When a reporter walked up behind him, he turned around with a big smile. MacKay said he was happy to be helping the community and that "everyone's been really nice."
It was MacKay's third day helping with the search for Dorner.
As soon as he had heard news about Dorner's pickup truck in the area Thursday morning, MacKay headed out with his partner to help beef up patrol in Angelus Oaks - near the cabin where Dorner made his last stand. MacKay worked into the night and was back the next day at 7am to help again.
"It's probably one of the biggest tactical and logistics operations we've ever dealt with," MacKay said.
"This one, you just never know if the guy's going to pop out or where he's going to pop out," MacKay said. "We're hoping this comes to a close without any more casualties. The best thing would be for him to give up."
MacKay said because Dorner was targeting law enforcement, officers were taking extra precautions by staying in pairs and in larger groups.
"Everyone is here for the safety of everyone," MacKay said, "for the safety of each other, for the safety of you".
MacKay leaves behind a wife, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son.
Police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters in their manhunt for Dorner. They had no idea he was hiding among them, holed up in a vacation cabin across the street from their command post.
It was there that he apparently took refuge last Thursday, four days after beginning a deadly rampage that would claim four lives.
Until Yesterday, authorities weren't sure Dorner was still in Big Bear Lake, where his truck was found within walking distance from the cabin where he hid.
Door-to-door searches failed to turn up any trace of him in the quiet neighbourhood where children were playing in the snow on Tuesday night.
With many searchers leaving town amid speculation he was long gone, the command centre across the street was taken down on Monday (local time).
Ron Erickson, whose house is nearby, said officers interrogated him to make sure he wasn't being held hostage. Erickson himself had been keeping a nervous watch on his neighbourhood, but he never saw Dorner.
"I looked at all the cabins that backed the national forest and I just didn't think to look at the one across from the command post," he said. "It didn't cross my mind. It just didn't."


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A Colorado-based aerospace company, Sierra Nevada Space Systems of Louisville, is collaborating with students and faculty in the department of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the development of a new spacecraft called Dream Chaser, which will be used to carry astronauts to space.
Aerospace engineering faculty members Jim Voss and Joe Tanner, who are former astronauts, are advising students on the development of a software package to optimize the arrangement of spacecraft systems vital to astronaut operations. Faculty members Jean Koster and Donna Gerren are guiding students involved with a scale model of the Dream Chaser spacecraft that is being built by undergraduate students and will be used for future research.
Sierra Nevada Corp. has provided a $20,000 gift to the aerospace department to support the undergraduate senior projects program, and has awarded two research grants that total approximately $300,000 to aerospace professors in support of SNC spacecraft development.
"We are excited about working with the terrific faculty and students of CU and in helping to develop the next generation of space scientists and engineers," said Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC Space Systems Group in Louisville. "We will benefit greatly from the relationship and the students will have a chance not only to work on a breakthrough flight program but also to potentially help make space history."
The project is one of several hands-on design projects undertaken by students with assistance from Voss and fellow astronaut Tanner. Having both joined the aerospace engineering sciences faculty within the last 18 months, the two bring a wealth of experience to students pursuing careers in human spaceflight.
Aerospace engineering seniors will use the funds provided by SNC to purchase materials to build a dynamic scale model of the Dream Chaser spacecraft. The full-size Dream Chaser is being developed by SNC and will be used to transport crew and critical cargo for NASA to the International Space Station as well as for other missions to space.
The scale model spacecraft will be remotely piloted and dropped from an aircraft to gather aerodynamic data for the landing phase of flight. This research will be done by graduate students under the guidance of aerospace professors Ryan Starkey and Brian Argrow.
CU also is doing research through two grants as part of the SNC team working under a $20 million NASA contract for the Commercial Crew Development Program.
"Our relationship with SNC provides our program and students with new education and research opportunities in the discipline of human spaceflight systems" said Jeffrey Forbes, chair of CU-Boulder's aerospace department.
The two grants were awarded to faculty members David Klaus, who will conduct research associated with human rating of the SNC Dream Chaser spacecraft, and Ryan Starkey and Brian Argrow who will direct research in support of testing the scale model developed by the senior project design team.
The industry-university collaboration is helping to further the development of the Dream Chaser spacecraft that will be used to carry astronauts to low Earth orbit.
"I am really excited to have the opportunity to apply our academic research in human spacecraft design toward development of the Dream Chaser," said Klaus.
Former astronaut Jim Voss has been working with CU and SNC to establish a relationship that ties the strong academic and research capabilities of the university with the space hardware development experience of SNC to develop a new human spacecraft for NASA.
"This partnership between CU and Sierra Nevada is a wonderful example of how our nation can benefit by using the research capability of our universities joined with the industrial strength of the Colorado aerospace industry," Voss said. "We look forward to this and future teaming opportunities between CU and SNC."
For more on this story, see the new issue of CUEngineering magazine at engineering.colorado.edu/CUE.


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10. "Confessions" (Final Season, E3)
Just a disclaimer here: These top 10 episodes could really be ranked in any order. Each of these are episodes that I would give a 10 out of 10. This is one that I reviewed this year and of course gave a 10. As I said in that review, two things really stood out in this episode. First, Walt's "confession" tape was just brilliant writing. I'm almost certain that no one else could have come up with something as interesting as that. However, what this episode is known for is Jesse's realization of Walt poisoning Brock. This scene changed the course of the series forever. Those last 10-15 minutes were as intense as it gets. Jesse almost killed Saul, doused the White residence with gasoline, and then the episode ended in a perfectly fitting abrupt nature. In fact, that was the most abrupt of all of the "Breaking Bad" endings. We really saw the best of Aaron Paul in this episode in a truly unforgetable sequence of events.
Jesse's realization was totally unexpected and created an absolutely crazy ending to the episode
9. "Face-Off" (S4, E13)
This is where ranking these episodes becomes extremely painful. "Face-Off" is one of the greatest TV episodes I have ever seen, and while it did make the top 10, it "only" ended up at the 9th spot. It was filled with classic moment after classic moment. The big event, of course, was Gus's death, a perfect send-off for the series' biggest villain. The final walk, the explosion, those few seconds where you believe he survived, it was all flawlessly done. It was also the moment that we realized they had foreshadowed this moment with the teddy bear in season 2, once again giving evidence to how incredible these writers are. Then we had the realization that Walt poisoned Brock, showing that he really did snap in that crawl space. Sure he had done some horrible things, but poisoning a child took Walt to full-on monster level. Finally, we had the suspense of Jesse's kidnapping and the awesome moment where Walt saves him. Walter White said himself that he "won", but at what cost? Walt won the battle but lost himself, and he wouldn't realize it until it was too late. What a phenomenal 45 minutes of television.
Yet another superbly executed finale for Breaking Bad
8. "Grilled" (S2, E2)
This was the first episode of "Breaking Bad" that I labeled "insane". This was one of the biggest turning points of the series. It went from an awesome show with fantastic writing to a show capable of more intensity than just about any other. This entire episode had me on the edge of my seat. Walt and Jesse almost dying at multiple occasions, Hank killing Tuco and almost finding our 2 protagonists, and many more moments that truly stand out. One, however, was king: Hector. An old man confined to a wheelchair that can only ring a bell, I assumed he was mostly a vegetable. Who knew that he would warn Tuco about the poisoned food? I had to hold back from yelling at the TV because of all the tension. This episode really proved to me that this show could easily become the best around, and it definitely did. If we are making a list of episodes most likely to cause a heart attack, I would put this near the top, if not at #1.
DING! With the ring of a bell, Hector showed the kind of tension this show was capable of in a big way
7. "Salud" (S4, E10)
"Fill your pockets and leave in peace, Or fight me and die." The primary reason this episode is so high on the list is predictably the trip to Mexico. Gus's revenge was oh so sweet, and the manner in which he did it was rather unexpected. While there was some tension, the scenes in Mexico were more awesome than intense. However, when I think of Gus, this is the episode I point to. Whether it be his meticulous and organized nature when throwing up in the bathroom or his cold and firm words to those still alive, this was Gus at his best. The scene that stood out the most was Gus speaking after Don Eladio was dead. That was truly one of the best scenes of the series. Outside of Mexico, Walt calling his son "Jesse" proved how Walt did view Jesse as if he was his own son. While I loved that scene due to its depth, as well as Jesse finally proving his cooking prowess, nothing beats Gus getting his payback.
This was one episode where we rooted for Gus, and it was glorious
6. "One Minute" (S3, E7)
This is yet another episode that had a number of great scenes, but one that makes it stand out above the rest. Hank beating the crap out of Jesse was certainly unexpected and had my jaw down a little bit (though not as much as another moment in this episode). What that led to was one of Jesse's best moment: his hospital monologue. "Ever since I met you, everything I've ever cared about is gone." Jesse finally let it all out, tired of losing everything to cook with " the great Heisenberg". He called Walt out on everything he knew about and, obviously without realizing it, everything he didn't know about such as Jane's death. This was a very impaction and emotional scene, showing what Jesse was truthfully thinking. We were also given some cool foreshadowing at the start, with a flashback to Hector almost drowning one of the cousins. "One minute. Maybe more? Maybe less?" The biggest moment, however, was the finale with Hank and the cousins. One of the most intense sequences in the show's history, this showdown was legendary. I was legitimately afraid that Hank would die, and he nearly did. This was one of those moments where it took me a little bit after the episode was over to get my heart back to a normal level. Violent and intense, this scene had near perfect directing, writing, acting, and cinematography. A 10 out of 10 for sure.
This was about as close as a close-call can get. What a spectacular episode
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Why we expect more traffic from only Google?
I believe most of the websites are expecting traffic only from Google. I don't know, why? Still I am finding good answer from online through only Google.
I don't know how to find the search results other than Google. I knew about Yahoo and Bing search engines but still I could not believe all the leading search engines. At the same time, I believe only google is the leader of search engines to make everything is possible for us.
Am I right?
My own experience is that Google is very good at finding what I want, whereas Bing is not. My mobile defaults to searching in Bing, and sometimes it comes up with the goods but as often as not I have to fire up the web browser and go to google.com, which will usually bring up the page I want near the top of the list.
On my website, about half the traffic comes straight from search engines, and over 90% of that comes from Google. That isn't because my site does dramatically better in Google than other search engines, it's because most people use Google.
On my website, about half the traffic comes straight from search engines, and over 90% of that comes from Google. That isn't because my site does dramatically better in Google than other search engines, it's because most people use Google.
Google traffic to some level has been constant through out the years. At least in my business. I had one problem, but it seems it is leveling nicely. I am not sure what is your question. There is much more to internet. There are websites and social sites that can attract more visitors in one day than Google in a month, but as I said Google traffic is constant with small fluctuations.
Google has more search volume than any other search engines, due to its quality and relevancy results for users search query. Google frequently updating its search algorithm to provide quality results and demote spam results on Google SERP.
I wonder if that's true, but it's not about the many results, Google is an outstanding search engine because it has an algorithm with more then 200 factors which inspect your website.... so every word, query, string you type in the search enginge gets you the best answer on top... And Google updates a lot faster then Bing... so that are some reasons why people use Google instead of Bing...
Google provides the best possible search results than other search engines. People trust Google more than others. Google is providing the most number of potential leads to the businesses. This is why we all wants to get good ranking at Google and we are always looking for Google traffic.
There are many ways on how you receive traffic.
Direct traffic if your url is already familiar to your customers that they type your link directly on your web browser's address bar. If they already bookmarked your website's url because they already found it useful they want to access it with just one click. The list goes on and on how your website could get traffic.
So why do we expect more traffic from only Google?
Actually, not only are we expecting traffic from Google, but from other Search Engines as well. As replied by others, Yahoo and Bing are also good traffic sources, but Google is undeniably one of the usually used Search Engines. One good indicator of this is how "google" word is now being used as a verb now becoming synonymous to the terms look, and search.
I suppose it also depends on your target customers, where do you suppose will they go to look for answers on their particular need? If the answer is Google, might as well do something to generate more traffic there.
Google provides relevant as well as accurate result to their users so people would love to go on Google rather than other search engine. As per the survey, more than 80% searches have been covered by Google so obviously we can expect much from it.
Google has about 78% share of search engine users worldwide, so, if you don't work on getting organic traffic from Google, there is little you can achieve online.
Most of the websites are eagerly waiting to get organic traffic from Google's Search Engine. Why? I was thinking about it yesterday but I could not find the reason. I know the Google Search Engine is the leader of all the search engine. Now, msn has changed its search engine as bing.com but still google is dominating the search engine world.
If you agree or not. Please let me know.
OP you are asking question and in the next para you are answering your question yourself ... lollzz
Check up the latest statistics below concerning the Search Engines Market Share:
[TABLE="width: 340"][TR][TD="align: left"]Google[/TD] [TD="align: right"]88.8%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]Bing[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4.2%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]Baidu[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]Yahoo [/TD] [TD="align: right"]2.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]Ask.com[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0.6%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]Other[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0.5%[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]
Keep in mind though that Baidu is the most dominating search engine in China. Thus, for a Chinese this chart would look differently. The same goes for Russia as they mostly use Yandex.
Returning back to your question, yes Google is dominating right now but it is not the only source of web traffic.
The importance of social media is increasing day after day and that is something for you to keep in mind if you are doind any kind of marketing.
All the Best!
@kronomia, would you mind sharing the source of the statistics on your post? Might be a helpful source for future write ups in case. And yes, I agree with you that social media should be kept in mind in terms of marketing, because it is a good traffic source.
Hoping for your fast feedback, and just use (dot) on the links in case it isn't allowed to link drop. Thanks in advance.!
I believe that most of the websites are expecting traffic only from Google because it is one of the best search engine.Still I am finding good answer from online through only Google.Google provides relevant as well as accurate result to all the users so people only find accurate and correct information through Google rather than other search engine. 80% searches have been covered by Google so obviously we can expect much from it.
I am glad that was helpful. Actually i am not a fan of sharing links on sitepoint, it is against the regulations i guess and they will always take it as a promotional act.
You can Google such statistics online easily and even get a daily updated versions on some sites. Don't waste your time around statistics though, just focus on your work.
We expect traffic from Google just because we found best results here. Google is only search engine which is working against unethical promotion of website. Please have a look on this post may be you found your answer.http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?1174442-Every-SEO-Must-Read-This-!!/page2&p=5591893#post5591893
Each search engine provide guideline to make your website better. You should follow them.
Yes you are absolutely right Solanzz,Google is the leading search engine and Google is updating their terms and conditions and Algorithms according to the new technologies and according to the views of visitors.So that Google is leading the today's world.
From my experience our company <snip> getting traffic only from google. In yahoo also our company is listed but no traffic from yahoo.


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Good morning! Welcome to USAID's Regional Development Mission for Asia's (RDMA) first Mobile Solutions for Development Forum!
I understand we have close to 100 people with us today, with a wide range of backgrounds - USAID staff from around the world, implementing partners, local NGOs and academic institutions, and technology companies.
And that mix is quite deliberate, as we strongly believe increasing dialogue between the technology and development communities is critical to addressing many of the world's most challenging problems.
And special congratulations and welcome to our five Mobile Solutions for Development Contest Finalists!
We all know science and technology are powerful drivers of social and economic change. Mobile technology is an especially versatile and powerful tool that is changing how we interact with one another, and with our communities, our governments, and the world.
Our USAID Administrator, Dr. Rajiv Shah, has been reorienting USAID to focus more on the transformative power of science, technology, innovation and partnerships (STIP) to improve development outcomes. And here in RDMA we also have our own Teresa Leonardo effectively encouraging us all to do the same, and broadening our horizons. Thank you, Teresa!
In response, RDMA and other USAID missions have been increasing integration of these elements (STIP) into our portfolios, including by using mobile and other technologies to 1) accelerate development progress, 2) support research to fill knowledge gaps, and 3) build capacity to strengthen evidence-based decision making.
Capitalizing on power of mobile tech is a key S&T priority for us all. Mobile phones now found most everywhere, with more than 6 billion subscriptions worldwide; the rate of increase in subscriptions is four times the rate of global population growth! We would be crazy not to take advantage of the power of this increasingly useful tool, for delivering vital information - and for collecting vital information - even with people in hard-to-reach areas. This really comes down to helping to connect people to one another and to information, and that can bring greater empowerment.
I'm told the average Smartphone has more computing power than the best desk-top had in 2005. That's amazing progress, especially if we look at the accelerating rate of change. But we also know technology alone solves nothing; in development terms, it is only as important as the problems it is directed towards addressing, and its usefulness must be measured in on-the-ground results. That's what we are interested in – not the mobile technologies per se, but rather how they can be used to help achieve better development results – what are the challenges, and the opportunities.
That's why we're holding today's Forum, to bring people together who are already using - or are deeply interested in using - mobile technologies to address the region's most important development challenges, whether these be in environment, health, livelihoods, or improved transparency and governance.
Today's Forum also kicks off a four-day mobile tech training for USAID staff that will highlight existing effective mobile tech approaches - including those being used by our contest winners. We hope this will strengthen people-to-people connections between the development and technology communities, and open a discussion on how we can better harness this very powerful tool.
We also hope this event will also help catalyze stronger partnerships between USAID and the tech community to encourage better development results. We wish you all very productive discussions today, and a great training event.
Remember, the Voyager I left our solar system with less computing power than today's smart phones. We really do now have in our hands - literally – an incredibly powerful tool that can help make the world a better place. Let's learn to use it, and use it wisely.
Thank you all, and enjoy your Forum!
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Lingering Aftereffects of Drought Could Impact Turkey Hunting
AUSTIN — Turkey hunters can focus their attention on coaxing old boss toms during the upcoming spring season, with relatively few gullible two-year-old birds available, but will also have to contend with curious jakes, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists.
Rio Grande spring turkey hunting season in the 54-county South Zone runs March 16-April 28. In the 101 counties comprising the North Zone, the season opens March 30 and runs through May 12. A special one-gobbler limit season opens April 1 and continues through April 30 in Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee and Milam counties.
"We had phenomenal production in 2010, which means there should be good hunting opportunities this spring for big old gobblers," said Jason Hardin, turkey program coordinator for TPWD,
"Going into last year many of these hens put forth tremendous nesting effort following a mild winter and late winter-early spring rains," he added. "This led to average to above average production so there will also be a large number of jakes on the landscape this spring."
"The drought of 2011 wreaked havoc on wild turkey production," Hardin continued. "There was almost zero nesting effort and the handful of hens attempting a nest were almost all unsuccessful. This will be obvious this spring with almost no two-year-old gobblers across Texas' Rio Grande turkey range."
Eastern spring turkey hunting in the 28 counties having an open season runs April 15-May 14.
According to Hardin, the Eastern turkey population remains stable, but is not expanding to the degree that biologists have hoped.
"Easterns across most of Texas have not shown much growth outside of a few areas stocked in 2007-2008," he said. "Those stocked sites were part of a research project examining a new stocking strategy known as super stocking."
This method calls for flooding the best available habitat with 80 turkeys (60 females and 20 males). The old stocking method only placed 15-20 birds per site. Following the positive results of this "super stocking" research, TPWD is now looking for large, high quality sites to be evaluated as potential future releases sites. These sites can be single ownership or a cooperative on private or public lands.
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JAZZ Carlin's long-time coach and mentor Bud McAllister is to relocate to Australia with the Commonwealth Games just six months away.
The Wiltshire freestyle star, who won silver and bronze at Delhi 2010, has been coached by the highly-respected McAllister for seven years.
In addition to guiding the former Wootton Bassett School pupil to three British titles last year, McAllister coached US swimmer Janet Evans to four Olympic titles and an 800m freestyle world record that stood for 20 years.
Carlin, whose training base is in Swansea where her fellow Swindonian Tilly Gray also trains, tweeted this morning: "A couple of days ago I received some bad news, my coach is moving to Australia at the end of February. I was really devastated...
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RICHMOND — A 37-foot cabin cruiser allegedly belonging to a convicted sex offender that shipwrecked on the shores of a Richmond park last month was towed by police Wednesday.
"It wasn't easy," Richmond police Sgt. Felix Tan said. "The boat was taking on water, and the winds were wicked through a shallow channel. We really threaded the needle."
Tan and several other officers used a Richmond police boat to tow the crippled, badly listing 1970s-vessel into Marina Bay Harbor, where it was pulled from the water and taken to an undisclosed location. Workers secured the boat to a metal trailer and used a high-powered pump to bail it out. The vessel had rapidly taken on water through its cracked hull.
Tan said the boat would be destroyed.
The tow, dry dock and imminent destruction concludes a saga that began in May, when Donald Olsen, identified as the owner of the boat named "Phat Woody," failed to heed orders to make the repairs needed to render the vessel seaworthy, according to police.
The boat crashed onto the shores of Barbara and Jay Vincent Park, a verdant patch at the tip of a peninsula partially encircling Marina Bay, after being evicted from the Richmond Inner Harbor, Marina Bay and a private dock at the Craneway building since April.
Residents living near Barbara and Jay Vincent Park, just a few paces from the shipwreck site, complained to police that Olsen was living there. Police say they arrested Olsen and briefly detained him June 4 for not disclosing his whereabouts as a registered sex offender, as required by law. Rumors of his sex offender status have spread in the nearby community.
Richmond police Sgt. Nicole Abetkov declined to elaborate on the details of Olsen's past conviction. He is not listed on the Megan's Law website database. According to state law, special exceptions allow offenders convicted of certain misdemeanor sex crimes and who complete probation and are deemed "low risk" to avoid being listed on public websites.
Officers from the Police Department's marine unit removed the boat at about 4 p.m. Since late May, the ragged vessel sat on the rocky beach, marring the views of San Francisco and Oakland enjoyed by Marina Bay homeowners.
Police previously set a June 24 deadline for Olsen to either remove or repair the boat, which Olsen did not meet.
Olsen, 57, could not be reached for comment, but Tan said Olsen came by earlier in the day while police readied the boat for tow and seemed in good spirits.
"He actually thanked us for our patience," Tan said. "I thought it ended well."
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