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I was more driven to explore every nook and cranny in Morrowind, I'm an explorer at heart. The caves and various temples and such strewn across the land were little mini-goals for me that needed to be conquered. The monsters within needed to be eradicated, they held specific loot and secrets that needed to be unveiled. Once they were, I felt my work was done. It gave me a sense of completion, I had truly conquered the land. They were also not pointed out to me, I had to comb the land in search of specific places.
In Oblivion, there are similar dens and such scattered about, but for the most part there is no conquering them. They respawn enemies, loot, and so on, and most of them are non-specific in the nature of their contents. Basically, theyre random dungeon generators, as opposed to the crafted dungeons of MW. There is no real search for specific places in Oblivion, as there is in Morrowind, since there is a map thing which shows you where things exactly are. Oblivions dungeons do have traps, which can be fun, and I'm not saying theyre entirely bad. I do like both games, but I would have to say that I felt I made more of a difference in Morrowind when everything's said and done.
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Декстер поведол как помирилсо с дондычем и королем толчков (и зо чем), как хорошие музеканты попадоле в обморок когда консекс вошел в студею, зоевил что он теперь не только гхоствройтер но и гхостродюсор, прокомендтеровол свежедропнутую контпозицею, сообщил что номерен взропнуть MOD5-ть и новы ольтбом в етом гонду и еще там.
You've reconnected with Kanye recently.
Yeah, the crazy thing is that I actually produced a record for Kanye. You know, we had a couple trips where I came out over the last couple of months and vibed with him. I was working on…I don't what I was writing, I was writing something. But then, I had finished that. It might have been "All Day." I think I was just cooking up. I think I just wrote a verse for "All Day" or whatever. Maybe I throw it on there—whatever.
And then after that, I was like, "Yo." I told the engineer, "Yo, I got something that I want to chop up." I started chopping and shit and 'Ye had walked in. I was kind of like, "Yo, this is some bullshit that I was putting together for myself!" [Laughs.] He listened to the shit and it was just like, "Yo, this shit is crazy." He just did like a whole record to it. It's not finished on the spot. But literally on the spot, he just came over and did the references and the first [verse]. The chorus reference and all that shit. Everybody who was in the studio at the time came over.
The thing with my beats, they feel like a time capsule of where I am. They have a little bit of everything to them. They got boom bap to them. They got a little bit of soul to them. You know, I'm not dinosaur-ized by boom bap though to the point where I don't get what modern sound is. I don't look at myself as if I'm trying to compete with whomever—if you want to say AraabMuzik or Premier. For me, it's so light with it, it's just about what works. It's not to the point where I wouldn't be disgruntled if someone didn't like something.
What's your situation with G.O.O.D. Music? Are you with them again?
More importantly than anything, me and Kanye were best friends for over a decade. Well over a decade. Having that much equity in a catalog I think I can speak for him as well in this instance. That kind of relationship is something that's not easily disposable. Over the last few years, I've been independent. I have Band Camp Records. I have Company of Greatness now. Obviously, because the picture that circulated around the Internet. We are reconnecting. We are just in that space, there's no "Yo, you gotta do this." Or I have to do it because he has to do it so to speak. I mean, the bottom line is with that much equity in a brand, whether I like it or not, whether he likes it or not, we always are gonna share a connection.
You also posted a picture with Pusha T and captioned it, "Pusha and I deaded everything and we creatively vibed with Kanye for this new LP." How did you patch things up with him?
I came out to work with Kanye and I didn't know Pusha was gonna be there. When I spoke to Kanye, obviously it was like, "Yo, I'ma come out. I wanna work on some shit." Ours are usually one-on-one too. When I get to the studio, I walk in and I hear, "Oh, shit!" Big Sean is sitting on the couch. I walk in and I'm standing up, so he sits down. I hear "Oh shit!" and I look down and see Big Sean. I'm like whatever. I didn't know they was gonna be there, but at the end of the day, they're his artists. They have all the right to be there. But they didn't know I was gonna be there either. There was a degree of agreement that everybody kind of had to cut through. Until I felt comfortable, I just posted up.
Me and Sean obviously have more of a rapport than me and Pusha. More of a personal rapport because I helped Sean. When Sean came to G.O.O.D. Music and got signed, I was definitely a big brother to him. I put him on "Whatever You Want." We did the remix. And we did a couple other things. G.O.O.D. Music takes over the Knitting Factory showcase. Me and Kanye brought him and Cudi out when they first signed.
[That session], we were actually doing Dark Sky Paradise. We were working on his new album, and like I said I was just posted. Pusha was in there. Vic Mensa was in there. A couple of other heads in there or whatever. Primarily everybody is, you know, I haven't been around any of them in years. This is obviously an opp to build. It was cool. Everybody was respectful 'cause I think when you look at the equity of what's been done, you put whatever to the side. It's hard not to shake my hand.
What happened with me and Pusha was the ice breaker. I think we were talking about marketing. I think the conversation in the room was marketing. And I brought up a point that he agreed with, "Yeah, you right 'Quence." A little bit later, me and Kanye spoke. And it was like obviously I have to have a word with him. Me and Pusha spoke. We were like man to man. It was nothing. I definitely made it an attempt to tell him you're your own man. I'm my own man. I don't want to sit here and pretend like we didn't do everything that we did just because of Kanye. You know what I am saying?
And I think even with Kanye, he wasn't really in-tune with how hard Pusha and me was going at each other. I think he kind of realized once everybody was in the room, it was like, "Oh." [Laughs.] "Y'all two…yo." I was like, "OK." At the end of the day, Pusha was really respectful in the situation. He could have gone left with it, but he didn't. We spoke even before we took the picture. And it was his idea to put "we all good." You know, because he respected history. With everything that happened, it happened the way it happened. In 2015, like how I said in the start of the conversation, with all the discrepancies aside, now I can just focus on being a rapper.
Do you think you'll be contributing to his new album, So Help Me God?
You know, I've already been in sessions and worked. We just gotta see what the final product ends up being. Obviously, I'm a veteran so I'm not that guy who is gonna sit here and be like, "Yo!" Sometimes, people get excited and they shoot their load. Number one, they out of place when they doing it because it is still Kanye's album. So it's for him to do. We do anything with regards to my record, with anything that I'm doing, and then I have no problem talking to press about my record. As far as Kanye's record So Help Me God is concerned, it's for him and what he puts in the credit and what he determines to be the final product is cool. I did contribute; I was in a couple sessions. I'm never in the session and not do what I do. There are verses, there are other things. We all know that I write. At the end of the day, he's the executive producer of his album and he's the artist. That's for him to go into detail about whom and so forth and so on.
Why do you think he likes to work in the studio all together like that?
Honestly, I can't even answer that. That's a Kanye question. I don't know. Everybody has their own method to their madness. I'm the guy who prefers to work by himself.
Are you working on Movies on Demand 5?
Among other things. I'll probably put it out sooner than later. Obviously, there's Movies on Demand 5. There's a retail release. This year is about output for me. You'll get MOD5. Hopefully, there will be an album this year. I got a lot of records. The great songs that I have over the last two years, I've just been able to cook.
What will come first: album or mixtape?
I don't really want to give nothing away. I just really wanna rock. I don't want to make false promises to those who fuck with me. But you will get music in abundance. I have a lot of records, and I've been working with a lot of people. I've been in the studio with a lot of people. If it's not me rapping on a single that's my own, it'll be a collab. It's being me producing. There will be a lot of music out from Consequence in a couple dates of this year. That can I assure you of.
You're focusing on being a rapper now. What do you want your fans to take away from "Tuck Your Release?"
This motherfucker raps his ass off. Still. That's what the "Tuck Your Release" exercise is. And in addition to that, that beat is like at that level. Really, the raps are at a level. The beats are at a level. There's a lot more of that to come. It's just putting people on notice. I'm coming for this beat money, and I'm coming for this rap money.


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"I love this recipe for spanakopita. The cream cheese makes it extra creamy. I have only made the full-fat version, so far. I am planning on using all low-fat or fat-free cheese the next time I make it. I don't know if there would be a taste difference or not. I am also planning on layering it in a pie next time too for an entree rather than an appetizer. These can be made ahead of time and either frozen or refrigerated. Reheat in oven."
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READY IN:45mins
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- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1⁄2 cup scallion, minced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup fresh dill, minced or 4 teaspoons dried dill weed
- 1⁄2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 ounces cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated, if fresh or 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, shredded
- 2 eggs
- salt and pepper
- 40 sheets phyllo dough, thawed
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine all ingredients, except for fillo and butter, in a food processor. Blend until smooth.
- Layer 4 sheets of fillo dough, brushing EACH ONE with butter. Cut into 8 strips, the cuts should be perpendicular to the long edges.
- Place 1 Tablespoon of filling on each strip, about 1-inch from the bottom. Fold corner of fillo to form a triangle. Continue folding triangle onto itself. Brush outside with butter.
- Place triangles, seam down, on cookie sheet or in baking dish about 1-inch apart.
- Repeat steps 3-5 until all the filling is used.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve hot.
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Well my oh my, have we been busy or what ? We had a very hectic but fun week with Rachel and her family :>) Paradise Park, Meadery, Boscastle, Pub lunches a go-go :>) Loads of work , and I'm … Continue reading
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Film review – Gone
"Poor Jill who no one believes, not even the police!" Amanda Seyfried turns detective in this tense crime drama. She plays Jill, who we gather from flashbacks at the start of the film was abducted in the past. The story … Continue reading
Film review – The Cabin in the Woods
"I'm so sorry I nearly shot you. I probably wouldn't have" This review will be short and 'unsweet', as I really didn't rate it at all! It begins with a well used formula, a group of friends travel to the … Continue reading
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Yo dudes!!! I'm telling you otters are the answer to all our prolems :>) So sweet, these little squeaky buggers are the cutest thing in the world EVER!! Apart from maybe Pymgy goats! We haven't been to http://www.paradisepark.org.uk/ for a while, … Continue reading
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Film review – Mirror Mirror: the untold adventures of Snow White
"It's not a wrinkle…. It's a crinkle!" This Disney classic has been given a twist and brought into the 21st century, giving the tale a new lease of life, and it works! In most aspects the story remains true to the … Continue reading
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Film review – The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
"Makes electricity look like a pile of crap!" This is the latest offering from Aardman animations and was 5 years in the making. Set in 1837, in this somewhat unlikely plot, (even for animation)! The Pirate Captain continues his long … Continue reading
Film Review – The Hunger Games
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Madeline Stowe is an American actress born in Los Angeles, CA and currently starring as Victoria Grayson in the hit ABC drama Revenge. For most of her early acting career, Stowe worked in films such as Stakeout, Revenge, Unlawful Entry, and The Last of the Mohicans. She is best known for her work in Blink, Twelve Monkeys, and Robert Altman's Short Cuts.
Her career on television has been mostly on TV movies, but she played Dr. Samantha Kohl on the short lived NBC series Raines and today she can be seen on ABC's Revenge.


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The more and more we all use social network tools like Facebook and Twitter, the more we can see the benefit of using them in smaller, more unique groups. How great would it be to have a social network that is only open to members of a school project, a church group, or a hot rod club? Instead of going through the hassle of building a Facebook group, figuring out privacy and membership, you could just connect folks together easily and quickly and be done with it.
Well, the folks at Celly seem to have thought of that already, offering a build your own social network that you can create and manage while you're on the go.


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McLaren team boss and FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh says he would like to see a return to full in-season testing, as long as it is cost effective for the smaller teams.
Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reported that 15 days of winter testing were penned in, including four in Bahrain. And Whitmarsh revealed that there will be six full tests in the off-season, although the pre-race Bahrain test has yet to be agreed.
"It [Bahrain] hasn't been quite agreed yet," said Whitmarsh. "We want to make sure that it's cost effective for the small teams."
With only straight-line tests and PR demonstrations currently allowed during the season, Whitmarsh says he would prefer a return to proper in-season testing although he is aware of the disadvantage is would incur on the smaller teams with tighter budgets.
"I personally would like to see more testing but I am respectful of the fact that there are teams still hurting. We've now got at least six tests in the winter so that's a step further forward. What we haven't got at the moment is agreement to test during the season."


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Joy Set Before Us: Perseverance and Hope in the Day of Opposition
January 25 – 27, 2016
The Bethlehem Conference for Pastors & Church Leaders is an annual event held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota. This app contains all the information you need to know about the event: Twitter feed, speaker bios, exhibitors, event schedule, maps, and more. Special features allow you to better connect with other attendees.
Speakers include: John Piper, D. A. Carson, Jason Meyer, Léonce Crump II, Tim Keesee, Os Guinness, Juan Sanchez, David Russell, John Kimbell, Jen Wilkin, Kathleen Nielson, Lydia Brownback, Bob Kauflin, Mike Cosper, Josh Davis, Philemon Yong, Bob Blincoe, Todd Rasmuson, Steve Timmis, Tim Cain, and Dieudonné Tamfu.
If you are not able to join us in Minneapolis but would be interested in viewing the conference we will have all the main sessions live-streamed for free at www.desiringGod.org/live and you can use this app to follow along.


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Matt Hayes of The Sporting News had a nice feature on Bill O'Brien and how his son gives him the strength he needs to do a good job. As a bonus, you get a video of Donnie Collins (The Times Tribune) talking about Matt McGloin being named the starting quarterback in front of a bed.
If you missed it yesterday, 115 games (and counting) received official kickoff times for the upcoming college football season. Penn State's home games against Ohio and Navy were included. Our schedule page is up to date with the latest schedule information. Big Ten Network will air 15 games in the first three weeks.
Which games will make or break Penn State's season?
Tom Dienhart ranked the linebacker units in the Big Ten for Big Ten Network. Penn State comes in at number two.
ESPN released their team recruiting rankings for the Class of 2013. Not surprisingly, Michigan leads everybody. Penn State is ranked No. 14.
The Big Ten announced the conference's 2012 Medal of Honor recipients yesterday. Two student-athletes from each Big Ten school's graduating class are recognized for their high achievements in athletics and academics. Miguel Pineda (men's gymnastics) and Erin Thomas (women's swimming) were this years recipients from Penn State.
In Scores of Other Games…
Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins and Wisconsin center were the only football players awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor.
A player from Minnesota's 1967 team received a kidney transplant from that season's trainer. They reunited at an alumni event five years ago.
Speaking of Minnesota, check out this t-shirt design with Paul Bunyan. Think they want to beat Wisconsin?
Stop me if you have heard this before, but Iowa has a running back getting in to trouble. And in our state too!
Big Ten Network is airing a marathon of Big Ten Icons today.
Interesting poll over on Temple Football Forever regarding an on-campus football stadium.
Clemson's Dabo Swinney got paid. Georgia's Mark Richt got the power to walk without penalty.
South Alabama was left out of NCAA Football 13. What an embarrassment for both sides.


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Pentastar engine family now accounts for all Chrysler Group V-6 offerings
2 September 2013
The unveiling of a 3.0-liter Pentastar at the Chengdu Motor Show in Chengdu, China marks Chrysler Group's consolidation of seven disparate V-6 offerings into the single Pentastar architecture. The newest member of the family is exclusive to China, and debuts in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Wrangler. The Pentastar V-6 engine family was first introduced in 2011. (Earlier post.)
The Pentastar architecture distinguishes itself with a flexible "plug-and-play" architecture. With little or no modification, the 3.6-liter version accommodates longitudinal and transverse orientations; front-wheel-, rear-wheel-, all-wheel- and four-wheel-drive systems; and 6-speed manual and 6-, 8- and 9-speed automatic transmissions.
The port-injected 3.6-liter version, named one of Ward's 10 Best Engines three years running, delivers top fuel economy in two key segments, besting competitors that utilize costlier direct-injection technology. The 2013 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger full-size cars are rated at 31 mpg on the highway, while the Ram 1500 full-size pickup offers 25 mpg.
Production of the 3.0-liter Pentastar launched July 3 at Chrysler Group's engine plant in Trenton, MI—home to the 3.6-liter and 3.2-liter versions. The plant began shipping the engines July 22.
The 3.0-liter V-6 generates 230 horsepower at 6,350 rpm. Its peak torque—210 lb-ft (285 N·m)—arrives at 4,400 rpm. It carries over design attributes from the 3.6-liter engine. A 60-degree, deep-skirt, die-cast-aluminum cylinder block with six-bolt main caps afford optimal stiffness for mitigation of NVH. Also contributing to NVH reduction are:
- A structural windage tray to complement block stiffness
- A structural aluminum oil pan
- Direct-mounted alternator and A/C compressor that increases stiffness
- Select-fit pistons with polymer-graphite-coated piston skirts
- "Silent chain" timing drive with inverted teeth for minimal sprocket NVH
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Further enhancing the driving experience is the specially designed intake manifold, which also feature low-rumble tuning. The engine features forged-steel connecting rods and piston-squirter jets, and its cam drive and valve-train components require no scheduled maintenance.
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White Papers Show Massive Cost of Waxman-Markey Cap & Trade
This post is simply a collection of white papers on Cap & Trade in one convenient place:
Senate Testimony of Ben Lieberman on Devastating Cost of Cap & Trade (Heritage/SPPI)
Negligible Climate Effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (SPPI)
Economic Effect of Waxman-Markey on States, by Congressional District (Heritage)
Analysis of Lieberman-Warner Cap & Trade (pretty technical but good information) (Nat'l Assn. of Manufacturers)
The High Cost of Cap and Trade: Why the EPA and CBO are Wrong (Heritage)
ACCF Cap&Trade Cost State-by-State (American Council of Capital Formation)
Cap and Trade: Eight reasons why cap and trade harms the economy and reduces jobs (Inst. for Energy Research)
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When Chris Hemsworth (who just revealed he and his wife are having twins!) and Academy Awards President Cheryl Boone Isaacs unveiled the Oscar nominations, we couldn't help but notice just how many of the talented nominees were moms.
So what do all these 2014 Oscar-nominated moms have in common? They aren't afraid to put themselves out there, take a cue from the widely popular song from the movie Frozen, and just "Let it Go."
Let go of inhibitions. Amy Adams is nominated for her role in the film American Hustle. In her leading role as Sydney, Adams puts it all out there; yep, she really lets go of all inhibitions and clearly her gamble paid off. But at home, the 39-year-old plays a much different role: mom to preschooler, Aviana. "I have a three-and-a-half-year-old — I hustle a lot! I'm constantly negotiating. Anyone with children understands that constant hustling to get them to go to sleep," the star recently confided to Parade. We hear you, Amy!
Let go of vanity. Sandra Bullock, mom to an adorable three-year-old son, Louis, has been nominated for her leading role in Gravity. While there's no denying that Bullock is beyond gorgeous, Gravity finds her looking far different from her primped and proper character in The Blind Side. Indeed, Bullock's Ryan Stone is a fresh faced astronaut stuck in outer space who shows us her ugly cry. Hey, I'd sob like a maniac too if I were in her moon boots. But everyone loves Sandra and we'd be thrilled to see her take home the Oscar for Best Actress.
Be a legend. Julia Roberts is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Barbara Weston in August: Osage County. Roberts stands out on the list of Oscar nominated moms for being a Hollywood legend (as does fellow mom nominee Meryl Streep). It's great to see the star return to the spotlight and, boy, would we love to see her win in March.
Tell a mom's story. Judi Dench, a mom to a grown daughter, is nominated for her role in the also nominated film Philomena. The movie's subject matter will hit a chord with any mom as it follow's Dench's quest to find the child she was forced to give up shortly after his birth. Get the tissues ready!
Create magic for kids. The song-writing team behind the nominated animated film Frozen, are husband and wife Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. They have two daughters, kind of like the sisters Elsa and Anna in the widely adored movie. When asked by Broadway World why their nominated song "Let It Go" has become so popular with Frozen fans, the mom song writer said, "I think everyone has some fear or shame holding them back from being as special as they can be. I think the idea of breaking free from that is something joyful to sing about." Here's hoping nothing holds these parents back from taking home a statue on Oscar night!
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Vince Young Is Trying To Get A Job By Sending Sad Tweets Again
We've been down this road before with Vince Young. Last season, he sent very sad tweets to both the Tennessee Titans and Larry Fitzgerald, letting both parties know that he was still available to play quarterback in the NFL. Like, extremely available. Yesterday, Young was up to his old sad tricks.


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Back from when the internet was too slow for video, we had animated GIFs. Now, in the days of fiber connections and YouTube, we still trade GIFs. Or we would, if we actually knew how to make them.
Enter Gifture, an Instagram-a-like app which makes animated GIFs instead of still photos. It shoots sequences, puts them together and lets you apply filter before sending them off to the web to share.
The app is free, and once you launch it you can sign in with Twitter, Facebook or create an account with Gifture. To make an animation you can either shoot a sequence of photos manually or set the camera to auto, where it'll snap the pictures for you, pop, pop, pop, in bursts of two, five, ten or twenty frames.
Once done, you can chop out bad frames and choose you filter. Finally, you share, and you can also send to Facebook or Twitter.
If you're familiar with Instagram, then you'll find this very easy, and also very polished. I tried to find Twitter friends using the built-in tools, but nobody is on there yet, so I don't know if this will actually be worth using. You can check out the popular section, but it is — predictably — filled with pictures of cats and teenage girls.
Still, if nothing else there's finally an easy way to make animated GIFs.


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Arland O. Fiske: Flying with the Scandinavian air system
There are many good airlines and several that travel to Scandinavia. None of them, however, is structured like the Scandinavian Air System. SAS is a consortium owned by the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Airlines. The government and private companies own the parent companies 50/50.
We weren't long on the plane in before we could feel the Scandinavian atmosphere. Flight announcements were made on a movie screen with pictures of Copenhagen. The predominance of blond cabin attendants and gentle accidents left no doubt that we had already entered Scandinavia, even though we were still on the runway.
Taking off at 5:30 p. m. from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, we landed eight hours later (8:30 a.m.) in Copenhagen. Our DC-10 flight traveled 3850 miles at 550 miles per hour at an altitude of 33,000 feet. We had a clear view of Norway's west coast near Stavanger as we began our approach to Copenhagen. After talking to the Purser (chief steward), I was given the flight Map with flight data posted for the passengers.
Captain Sverre Prestbakken was in charge of the flight to Denmark. I was invited to visit with him as he piloted the plane. I learned that he had attended the 1985 Hallinglag Stevne in Tacoma, Washington. I hadn't been there but I showed him my membership card in the Hallinglag to prove my ethnic purity. Knowing that a Halling was in control, I knew everything would go as planned.
We had not been long in the air when a full course dinner was served. It left nothing to be desired except a bigger appetite. The food had been prepared under the direction of Johanna and Crister Svantesson of Gothenburg, Sweden, the home city of my good friends, Elon and Norah Eliasson, famous for their culinary skills in New York City. Before landing, every passenger was given a steaming-hot hand towel to freshen up for breakfast.
Headphones were distributed on the overseas flight so we could listen either to a choice of music or hear the sound of a movie being shown. A cart with duty-free items for sale also passed through the aisles.
SAS was founded August 1, 1946, with headquarters in Stockholm. In addition to owning an airline, it has a score of subsidiary and associated companies. One of the reasons for SAS's rapid progress was its president, Jan Carlzon. He was a gifted communicator and an innovative leader with a Master of Business degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. Each year SAS serves more than ten million passengers and carries about 160,000 tons of cargo to 90 cities in 40 countries.
SAS lounges are delightfully comfortable at the International Terminals. There we could rest, enjoy refreshments, use a desk for writing or to make phone calls.
Our return trip to Chicago gave me the clearest view I have ever seen of Iceland. Every red tiled roof was visible in Reykjavik from 31,000 feet. Captain Leif Hansen of Copenhagen was in charge of that flight. He invited me to visit with him and showed me the instrument panels. I was impressed. To become the captain of an SAS overseas flight takes a long career in aviation.
The modern Norsemen have improved a great deal on the longships by which they traversed the sea 1000 years ago. While the old ways may have been exciting, I prefer the new ways and we flew SAS again.
Next Week "Scoop" Jackson — Counselor to Presidents
— Arland Fiske, a retired Lutheran minister who previously lived in Laporte and now lives in Texas, is the author of 10 books on Scandinavian themes.


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NORTH Melbourne star Daniel Wells is set to make his return against West Coast along with Nathan Grima and Sam Wright.
Flashy midfielder Cruize Garlett is the unlucky omission along with key defender Luke Delaney and rookie Aaron Mullett.
Meanwhile, West Coast has bolstered its back line stocks with Eric Mackenzie having overcome hamstring tightness.
Big Quinten Lynch is also in the team to take on the Kangaroos in a cut-throat final at Paterson's Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Eagles Andrew Strijk and Mitch Brown have been cut from the 25-man squad.
COLLINGWOOD has given battling big man Chris Dawes a finals reprieve, recalling him for tonight's monster clash against a rampant Hawthorn.
The Pies last night named the forward after one match out because of poor form, but it was arguably Dawes' ability to provide ruck relief to Darren Jolly that led to him being recalled.
Dawes did not play at all last week as the Pies' VFL team is out of the finals.
Teenage big man Jackson Paine, Dawes' replacement last week, kept his spot.
Goalsneak Jarryd Blair returns after a groin injury, with Tyson Goldsack not training yesterday as he failed to overcome an ankle problem. Youngster Jamie Elliott was omitted.
Hawthorn turned to Tom Murphy and Xavier Ellis, despite the pair only having played seven games between them this season.
Murphy replaces Brent Guerra, who misses after cruelly tearing his hamstring last week, while Ellis comes in for Clinton Young (corked calf) after an impressive showing for Box Hill in the VFL last week.
Collingwood assistant coach Robert Harvey said the Pies had agonised over the Dawes dilemma.
"We've obviously had a lot of discussion this week about that selection," Harvey said.
"It's a really big call and a really big game so we want to make sure we get it right. We thought Jackson Paine played his role really well last week in what he did.
"Obviously Chris's second ruck work has improved as well during the year so we're happy enough with that."
Exclusive Scott Pendlebury column: Trust us to perform on big stage
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said he had faith in Ellis and Murphy to step up in a pressure final.
"Last time we played against Collingwood, 'Goo' (Guerra) was out through suspension," he said.
"We've been able to cover without our guys at various stages, and it reflects the depth of our squad more than anything, that we've got guys who can come in and play their role."
B: M.Suckling 4 J.Gibson 6 B.Stratton 24
HB: S.Burgoyne 9 R.Schoenmakers 25 G.Birchall 14
C: J.Lewis 3 S.Mitchell 5 I.Smith 16
HF: B.Whitecross 37 L.Franklin 23 L.Shiels 26
F: L.Breust 22 J.Roughead 2 C.Rioli 33
Foll: D.Hale 20 L.Hodge 15 B.Sewell 12
I/C: P.Puopolo 28 J.Gunston 19 X.Ellis 8 T.Murphy 29
Emg: M.Bailey 39 S.Savage 21 B.Hill 32
In: T.Murphy , X.Ellis
Out: B.Guerra (Hamstring) , C.Young (Corked calf)
B: Chris Tarrant, Harry O'Brien, Nathan Brown
HB: Ben Johnson, Ben Reid, Nick Maxwell
C: Sharrod Wellingham, Dane Swan, Alan Toovey
HF: Scott Pendlebury, Jackson Paine, Heath Shaw
F: Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke, Chris Dawes
Foll: Darren Jolly, Steele Sidebottom, Dayne Beams
Int: Alex Fasolo, Alan Didak, Andrew Krakouer, Jarryd Blair
Emg: Ben Sinclair, Jamie Elliott, Paul Seedsman
IN: Chris Dawes, Jarryd Blair
OUT: Tyson Goldsack (ankle), Jamie Elliott (omitted)
SATURDAY - ADELAIDE v SYDNEY (AAMI Stadium)
B: Sam Shaw, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty
HB: Nathan van Berlo, Daniel Talia, Brent Reilly
C: David Mackay, Patrick Dangerfield, Richard Douglas
HF: Matthew Wright, Taylor Walker, Jared Petrenko
F: Ian Callinan, Kurt Tippett, Jason Porplyzia
FOLL: Sam Jacobs, Scott Thompson, Rory Sloane
INT: Graham Johncock, Aidan Riley, Brodie Smith, Bernie Vince
EMG: Ricky Henderson, Matt Jaensch, Shaun McKernan
IN: Bernie Vince, Taylor Walker
OUT: Matt Jaensch (omitted), Tom Lynch (omitted)
B N.Malceski, T.Richards, L.Roberts-Thomson
HB R.Shaw, A.Johnson, M.Mattner
C J.McVeigh, K.Jack, D.Hannebery
HF J.Bolton, S.Reid, R.O'Keefe
F T.Walsh, A.Goodes, M.Pyke
Foll S.Mumford, J.Kennedy, C.Bird
I/C L.Jetta, B.McGlynn, L.Parker, N.Smith
Emg T.Armstrong, M.Morton, J.White
In: N.Smith, S.Reid
Out: H.Grundy (Suspension), T.Armstrong
SATURDAY NIGHT - GEELONG v FREMANTLE (MCG)
B: M.Scarlett 30 T.Lonergan 13 J.Hunt 8
HB: A.Mackie 4 H.Taylor 7 C.Enright 44
C: A.Christensen 28 J.Selwood 14 T.Hunt 19
HF: M.Stokes 27 J.Podsiadly 31 J.Bartel 3
F: P.Chapman 35 T.Hawkins 26 N.Vardy 36
Foll: T.West 12 J.Kelly 9 J.Corey 11
I/C: J.Murdoch 21 M.Duncan 22 S.Motlop 32 J.Simpkin 46
EMG: D.Wojcinski 40 C.Guthrie 29 J.Walker 42
In: J.Simpkin
Out: S.Johnson (Suspension)
B A.McPhee 9 Z.Dawson 3 A.Silvagni 36
HB L.Spurr 34 M.Johnson 37 P.Duffield 41
C M.Barlow 21 R.Crowley 15 T.Mzungu 13
HF N.Suban 8 C.Mayne 23 D.Mundy 16
F H.Ballantyne 1 M.Pavlich 29 K.Bradley 26
Foll A.Sandilands 31 N.Fyfe 7 C.Pearce 46
I/C G.Ibbotson 5 S.Hill 32 M.Walters 38 M.De Boer 40
Emg: D.Roberton 24 Z.Clarke 30 C.Sutcliffe 33
In: K.Bradley , M.De Boer , A.Silvagni
Out: L.McPharlin (Hamstring) , J.Griffin (Omitted) , T.Sheridan (Omitted)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON - WEST COAST v NORTH MELBOURNE (Patersons Stadium)
North Melbourne
B: Scott McMahon, Nathan Grima, Michael Firrito
HB: Shaun Atley, Scott Thompson, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Daniel Wells, Liam Anthony
HF: Ben Cunnington, Robbie Tarrant, Lindsay Thomas
F: Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Lachlan Hansen
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Jack Ziebell
Int From: Ryan Bastinac, Luke Delaney, Sam Wright, Kieran Harper, Cruize Garlett, Matt Campbell, Aaron Mullett
In: Daniel Wells, Nathan Grima, Sam Wright
West Coast
B: B.Waters 8 D.Glass 23 A.Selwood 37
HB S.Hurn 25 E.Mackenzie 16 W.Schofield 31
C D.Kerr 4 M.Priddis 11 A.Gaff 3
HF J.Hill 33 J.Darling 27 P.McGinnity 35
F A.Embley 32 JJ.Kennedy 17 N.Naitanui 9
Foll D.Cox 20 S.Selwood 10 L.Shuey 13
I/C From: J.Brennan 34 S.Butler 26 B.Dalziell 18 A.Hams 43 C.Masten 7 Q.Lynch 21 A.Strijk 41
In: Q Lynch, A Hams, MacKenzie, B Dalziell
Out: M Brown
Originally published as Roos add Wells, Grima


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Barrios was named as part of a 30-man Paraguay squad that will be reduced to 23 at the end of May, with the World Cup due to start on June 11.
Barrios, whose mother is from Paraguay, has been in good form in Germany with club-mate Nelson Haedo Valdez.
Manchester City's Roque Santa Cruz and Benfica's Oscar Cardozo have also been named.
But there was no place in the squad for Club America forward Salvador Cabanas, who was shot in the head in a Mexico City bar last January.
Cabanas was Paraguay's top scorer in the qualifying games but has not fully recovered from his injury.
Paraguay will face reigning champions Italy, New Zealand and Slovakia in Group F.
Goalkeepers: Justo Villar (Real Valladolid), Aldo Bobadilla (Deportivo Independiente de Medellin), Diego Barreto (Cerro Porteno).
Defenders: Claudio Morel Rodriguez (Boca Juniors), Denis Caniza (Leon), Paulo da Silva (Sunderland), Dario Veron (Pumas UNAM), Julio Cesar Caceres (Atletico Mineiro), Julio Manzur (Tigres), Carlos Bonet (Olimpia), Aureliano Torres (San Lorenzo de Almagro), Marcos Caceres (Racing), Antolin Alcaraz (Bruges)
Midfielders: Edgar Barreto (Atalanta), Cristian Riveros (Cruz Azul), Osvaldo Martinez (Monterrey), Victor Caceres (Libertad), Enrique Vera (Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito), Jonathan Santana (Wolfsburg), Sergio Aquino (Libertad), Eduardo Ledesma (Lanus), Nestor Ortigoza (Argentinos Juniors), Marcelo Estigarribia (Newell's Old Boys).
Forwards: Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City), Nelson Haedo Valdez (Borussia Dortmund), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica), Edgar Benitez (Toluca), Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund), Rodolfo Gamarra (Libertad), Jorge Achucarro (Newell's Old Boys)


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Girls on the Run of Nebraska is an after school program that combines curriculum and training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event. The lessons inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem-solving skills and make healthy decisions. All of this is accomplished through an active collaboration with girls, their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and the community.
We are in need of coaches in the Kearney area this spring. Could you post a blurb about Girls on the Run and what we need on your website or could you direct me to the proper outlet to get the word out? I have listed a description below.
Inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and …
Girls on the Run Needs Volunteer Coaches-Kearney
Girls on the Run is gearing up for another fantastic season of fun, friendships and fitness at 50-plus sites across Nebraska, and we're looking for positive-minded, can-do women to coach at schools at sites across the state. You DON'T have to be a runner to get involved – you just need to live a healthy lifestyle, project a positive attitude and have passion to help young girls put their best foot forward.
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Feb 10. She will be 22 !! started this when she was first born, (sigh) got in over my head with some of the top sewing, like the grid behind the bears. Thought it would make the bears pop out. I did not like it after I finished the first two, so it sat until I became a member of this board and learned a few things. Sew.... now it is done and I really like it, and the bears do pop out!! It is 37 x 49 and it does lay flat. Thanks for looking sure hope this works


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The biggest thing is they move the toilet mid stream without a hint they are going to do it...(change the rules)
Googles a joke..
tired of their games..
off to support ANY other search engine..enough of this every month change the rules nonsense..good bye Google ..Good riddence..
I don't think you're the only one, some folks in this thread [webmasterworld.com] are getting so much adwords traffic (and charges), that they are turning off accounts.
I'm sure some OV advertisers will be getting socked too, via the yahoo/google thing.
Our site is owned by a consulting company.
What they have found relevant from the recent massive changes is the suddeness and total unpredicatability of these changes, occuring literally overnight and leaving people guessing as to precisely what happened.
They do not believe it makes business sense to make any continued reliance on a medium where apparently fundamental changes, directed by unseen hands, can occur overnight and leave people guessing as to precisely what happened.
For the first time since the inception of the www, they have frozen all Internet-based advertising expenditures. Contracts which cannot be cancelled will not be renewed.
All search-engine related advertising and promotion is being halted.
All web-related advertising and its accompanying revenue is being shifted to conventional print-based media.
Their clients are being advised accordingly.
Because maybe they have been hit by a downgrading in Google and because some are seeing less relevant results in google by itself is a very thin argument for withdrawing internet based promotion all together. I would guess that either internet based advertising was not the right media for them to advertise in the first instance could be one explanation. Just because Google changes does not mean the Internet changes! In fact it may represent an opportunity for advertisers!
Companies who act like your client make it one less competitor for us. This G! update may well have hidden advantages!
"P.S. I do feel for all people who lost their ranks but from a user's perspective google did exactly what it was supposed to do. And did it great." -GoogleGuy
I'm a little at a loss here. The users have been calling in and asking for less relevance? Or are the users you refer to Micro$oft and AOL? If so, they CAN "Go to Hell";)
One question. I find it much easier to use the 'dissatisfied with search results' link at the bottom of the first serp page. Will this make it to the same place as the spam report?
Powdork - I think you have misquoted. Googleguy was quoting another post
I for one think its high time Bret came up with a foot in mouth graphic counterpart to go with the smilies :).
Perhaps < ' ;0 >
I actually thought it was an uncharacteristically 'high and mighty' thing for GoogleGuy to say, since he typically comes across as being much more objective. Sorry GG
Now I have three questions.
Will the 'dissatisfied with results' form work when we are not satisfied with the results rather than the spam report? Somehow it seems more RELEVANT ;)
OK this is not so much a question as a request.
Could we start a thread where people could post a search query where they thought the results were strange, different from the past, etc. (not spammy) in some way. The search query could be the only thing in the post, no mention of positions or anything, no urls.
How does Google weight 20 letter words? I used one here.:)
It is not the position of any particular site in rankings, but the fact -- evidenced by this thread -- that major changes take place, in a totally opaque manner.
It's surprising that Google's 'secret sauce' is accorded so much respect.
Would any of you stand up for the same kind of behind-the-scenes totally invisible manipulative control in any other area?
It would be loudly de-rided, not sheepishly spoken to as if it were some respectful riddle from on high.
The challenge of divining Google's ways (and most search engines have been following Google lockstep) may make a great hobby, and some of you may enjoy this regular 'guessing game' of what happened, and why, and what will happen next.
But from the point of view of anyone considering devoting significant resources to the net, or from an advertiser's viewpoint, CPM on the net have been anything but a bargain, and as search engines themselves become less relevant, it makes sense to go back to mature media.
[Magazines have audited circulation. What if they never told you how they 'audit', and then changed the way they 'audit' whenever they felt like it? They would be free to do so -- but would be treated as flaky].
If any of you care to look, the Internet is no longer attracting resources. And the types of 'experimentation' Google plays on live patients is not the sole reason, but indicative of the reasons.
None of you REALLY have any idea how Google 'ranks' things. And yet their so-called 'rankings' have a big impact, don't they?
What if next month they do it by how close the letter 'i' is to the letter 'e' in all listings? For all you know, that's how they're doing it now.
"Gee- what major shake-up are they secretly planning this month to introduce next month"?
The discussion of 'gee, what did Google do, and why', and 'gee, what will Google do next month", is not indicative of the type of medium on which any reliance will be placed, or on which any planning can be reliably done.
Great fun, but no place to commit resources to.
Is there any other type of 'ranking' which any of you would submit to, let alone treat with awe, if it were so opaque?
The only other company in computerdom that has signficant impact and acts with the same degree of 'opaqueness' as Google is Microsoft.
But Microsoft is treated critically, whatever they do. Seeing the name 'Microsoft' attached to something is enough to draw critical knee-jerk reaction.
Google's shenanigans are somehow treated as exalted. Seeing the name 'Google' attached draws out the warm fuzzies. There is the same suspension of critical faculties -- this time in favor.
The withdrawal of resources from the Net is widespread. Google's most recent 'experiment' is indicative of the reasons.
In any other aspect of life, these types of actions would be viewed not as something to be 'divined', but as what they are -- flaky.
I don't think it's their mission to draw resources to the internet. Perhaps it's their independence that makes it all so frustrating, but it's also their strength.
I feel just like you, believe me. Perhaps my situation is more precarious. One more slip and my business is dead. Still, no point in grumbling about it. We've made our beds and we have to lie in them.
We can look for new sources of customers.... yeah, right. :(
Like it or not, the internet is here to stay and at least for me, if I put all other advertising mediums together, the internet would still bring 95% of my custom, and Google half of that. What to do? Nothing I guess.
None of you REALLY have any idea how Google 'ranks' things - Webadmin
Well we have 2 sites: PR7 and PR6 and they still are top 3 in serps for our top KW and nothing changed with this update.
The receipe? Better content then our competitors so we get the most incomming links. No artificial ingredients.:)
SE ranking is a whole different story. You don't pay Google, or Fast or any other seriosus search engine for ranking.
Basically a Google serp is not an adspace. Adwords are, and sponsored listings. Hard to believe, but that's the way it is.
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Yes! And what is the 'story'?
Case in point:
A specialty information site for which we maintain is listed in Google's OWN directory, under Keyword 1 Keyword 2. It is one of less than a handful of sites listed there.
If you punch those same two keywords into the Google search box, the site [which used to rank in the top few], doesn't show up.
Let me repeat that in case it isn't clear:
Google's own directory lists a site as one of a very few in its own directory under Keyword 1 Keyword 2.
But Google's own vaunted "search engine" apparently can't find it under a search for those same 2 keywords.
The issue here is NOT any specific interest we have in this site, or whether we will reach the users we want to reach.
The majority of users we want to address, or direct to the site, can be and are addressed both via the web [through special interest newsletters, ezines, and special interest groups], and through targeted advertising.
Who was finding the site through "search engines"?
The people finding the sites through search engines were, insofar as we can tell (and as the related inquiries show) students doing research and others with general interest. We made no money off these users, but were happy to extend the information.
It is unlikely they will ever find the site now.
The sites they will find using Google (and all the search engines that rely on Google) are peripheral to the topic.
In fact, almost all the sites which I would recommend for the topic will no longer be found through Google. And, because of the search engines that hang off Google, they won't find them there either.
They will find them through DMOZ.
And it seems that they will find them through "AlltheWeb".
Does it make a difference to us? In terms of dollars and cents, no. In terms of the fact that general interest searchers will no longer find the site, that's really unfortunate. The Web was supposed to promote access to information -- not limit it through propietary algorithms.
Someone in an earlier post paid Google the ultimate compliment "They don't kiss ass...they're independent".
But if you look beyond the "emperor's new clothes" sheen, Google does worship at one specific altar -- their own.
Google have one of the only unassailed 'proprietary' algorithms in use today.
Surprisingly, netizens who consider themselves 'pro-web', attack proprietary algorithms, but often stand in awe of Google's proprietary algroithm.
You have no idea how it works, or what it does, but respect it.
No disrespect for the "Google Guy", but why does Google get so much 'respect"? Is it fear?
Google's algorthm, {it's 'secret sauce') can only be judged for efficacy the same as any other algorithm: IS IT LOGICALLY CONSISTENT?
And, as pointed out in the example above {and many more could be set forth -- and some have been set forth in this thread), GOOGLE'S ALGORITHM IS NO LONGER LOGICALLY CONSISTENT. {Perhaps they would like to shoot their own foot off, and claim that it never was).
Google started out with a very simple and fundamentally sound idea for an algorithm: essentially, the more sites which point at a specific site for a specific topic, the more LIKELY (not definitely, but LIKELY) that site was authoritative.
This 'pointing' algorithm seemed to be sound both iteratively, and regressively.
Google spread LARGELY by word of mouth. People found Google's search results relevant, and individuals, newsletters, columnists, ezines, magazines, -- you name it -- starting recommending Google.
But word of mouth works both ways. Remember when Yahoo was the unassaialable king? Yahoo had a pre-eminent position, but the real owners of all things public -- those who are often derided as the 'little people' -- started complaining about arrogance, non-responsiveness, and many other things.
And suddenly the new kid on the block -- Google -- took over the once unassaialalbe position held by Google.
Google now is a black box.
Who runs it? How do you contact them? Do they respond to -- anyone?
The appearance of an anonymous representative of Google on this forum is not 'responsiveness'. It is a statement to how much a power-unto-themselves Google have become.
Why should this algorithm be so secret?
And what kind of valid algorithm is valid one month, and turned on its head the next month?
Are Google tweaking? Is this a 'tweak'? Or is it beta-testing on a sample which is really not a sample, but the global user base?
This is not 'tweaking'. It's a wholesale of shuffling of the deck. Why?
What was wrong with last month's algorithm?
What's better about this month's?
Which one was right?
Will next month produce a whole new algorithm?
The fact that there is so much guessing about 'what' was changed, and 'why' it was changed speak volumes about what's wrong.
Lots of things have been hinted at in the thread, including conspiratorial motives and a scheme to promote Adwords.
The truth is probably far simpler: they suspected that people were starting to suss out enough about their secret sauce to do the right things to gain position.
So what?
If you're a control freak, that would bother you.
But if your interest is in bringing the most relevant sites to the highest positions, AND YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ALGORITHM ('formula') for assessing how sites should rank, then what difference would it make if people found out how your judged things?
If you think your criteria are right -- for anything -- then you shouldn't be afraid to publish those criteria.
If the criteria REALLY ARE VALID then you should WANT people to know what those criteria are, and do the right things to achieve high ratings.
ANY valid objective 'rating' or 'ranking' system, must, by defintion, to be valid, be TRANSPARENT.
[Remember in school when you complained the teacher was 'unfair' because no-one knew 'how they marked you'?]
Let's say that MOTOR OIL (for your car) was judged by a 'secret algorithm'. Would you put much faith in that system? If motor oil manufacturers found out what that 'secret ranking system' was, and started to manufacture their oil to meet it, wouldn't that be a good thing? If the company that did the ranking suddenly changed their 'secret algorithm' because motor oil manufacturers were manufacturing their motor oil to meet it, wouldn't you wonder just what the 'ranking system' people were trying to promote?
Google apparently 'penalizes' sites that use programs like WebAgentGold [a program we don't own or use}. Why? What are they afraid of? If they have the CORRECT ranking algorithm, wouldn't they want sites that match it to rank high -- however they find out about it.
Word of mouth is a wonderful thing, and the intelligence of everyday people is a powerful force.
Google's latest 'shufffle' suggests that they have created a house of cards.
The results do appear to be less relevant -- and as pointed out, and this is the crippling point -- LACK LOGICAL CONSISTENCY within their own site.
As people find the results less relevant, they will gravitate to other search engines. A columnist here, an ezine there, a newsgroup somewhere else, and workers at adjacent cubicles will suggest and gravitate to other search engines -- and Google's decline will come about through the same means as its ascent.
For anyone who is familiar with the Web or computerdom for more than an eyeblink, there are legions of companies who started to believe they actually owned specific niches, and then started to act as if they were truly 'independent' -- beholden only to themselves.
In reality Google and all other companies are reliant on 'users'.
Based even just on the contents of this thread, and the lack of logical consistency shown on Google's own site, Google has bent their own algorithm out of shape.
As a user, you would be well advised to look at the ascendancy of DMOZ (where several hundred thousand human beings provide the 'algorithms'), and perhaps "alltheweb" (which seems to be one of the few search engines not totally tied to Google).
Google may choose to laugh off these comments, but if we were providing strategic advice to Google I know what we would tell them.
For now, I would a few simple questions, for a company who has staked its claim to fame to an algorithm:
Was the algorithm right last month?, or is it right this month -- wildly different results? Or will it be right next month?
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if you noticed non-relevant, spam results like GoogleGuy said report them.
a slight change in algo could have a major effect on what those first 10 results of 1,000,000+ results google finds in some competitive keywords.
i think drawing any sort of conclusions/statements based on "my site used to be number 1" and "now it is on 100th+ page" is a meaningless dialogue!.
what matters is, are the results relevant?. IMHO, they are better now!.
Could you please point out ONE illogical thing in any of what was posted?
You seem to miss the point. This is not a complaint about our, or any other, speicific site.
Let me put it to you simply:
Someone comes along and states they are AN EXPERT at ranking things.
Month number 1: he ranks you #1.
Month number 2: he ranks you #1.
Month number 3: he ranks you #1.
Month number z (say month number 16): he ranks you #41.
You have made no changes.
You ask him why the change.
He says that's none of your business -- HE's the expert.
At what?
You ask him how he ranks things.
He says that's none of your business-- HE's the expert.
You accept it. Because HE's the expert.
When was he ranking things correctly? When you were #1? When you were #41?
When will it occur it to you that maybe this guy is wearing the emperor's new clothes, and you're pretending you can see them.
A sensible observer would question your blind faith in this person's ranking system.
Was he right when you were #1?
Was he right when you were #41?
Heh. Actually, what I am wondering most if this is yet another case where for whatever reason a site got totally dropped from Google. We've had a lot here; it even happened to me one month. Thus, it may not be the Google algo is bad, but instead his site just isn't in Google at all. Note he wrote "But Google's own vaunted "search engine" apparently can't find it under a search for those same 2 keywords." If the site is in Google, it should come up with those 2 keywords if you keep drilling down far enough.
Re: Your Question
Unfortunately, a client site cannot be made 'grist for the mill'.
But I assure that there are numerous instances.
If you look at a previous post, there is reference to a site which is listed in Google's own Google Directory as one of a handful under 'keyword 1, keyword 2', cannot be found using those same keywords using their own Google search box. This demonstrates a serious problem with Google -- it is not even INTERNALLY consistent.
We are able to communicate with users of interest and not dependent on Google do so. But Google used to open the subject area up to non-expert searchers.
Bssed on my reading of this multi-page thread, and sample searches I have run in areas I am familiar with, Google's results are becoming marginally relevant, and far less relevant than DMOZ or 'alltheweb'.
My concern is not with a specific site, but that participants in this forum are flagellating themselves [or patting themselves on the back] for reasons which have very little to do with themselves, and should be taking Google to task for what appears to be an ultimately arbitrary and opaque rating system, of dubious validity.
Ultimately, if even part of the complaints in this forum are true (and it seems they are), Google will undo itself.
There are steps they could take, but it seems not only unlikely that they will, but that they won't be aware of what has to be done until it's far too late. It's a very common problem in computerdom and webdom -- ascendancy to the top of a niche, followed by forgetting how and why you got there, followed by a precipitous decline.
{Remember when "Yahoo" was the cock of the walk -- see my previous post).
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You could say that about ALL SE's.
Yes it's opaque, it's their products, it's a private enterprise, they own it. I truly think that eventually a solid public service not for profit SE will be necessary. Just like there is plenty of bookstores but that does not replace public libraries. At least they are a googol time more honest than M$N search (to name only one) in identifying what's paid and what's not. And there is no PFI (so far).
"dubious validity", well in my field, it's still the best on the block. If you expect Google to crash and burn because your site (or sites) went down several notches, get a comfortable chair and store plenty of food and drinks.
40% of our traffic is Google related so we diversify and make sure we are in the top results of other SE. Also a spare URL with good ranking is not a bad idea (different ownership and server). Naturally so not to be depending 100% on serps, we use PPC's (we hate them but at least we have some control). Newsletter, link exchange, traditional media reviews, word of mouth, etc. The point is not to get lazy and don't put all your eggs in the Google basket. Lastly, SE's are much more difficult to spam than a few years ago (at one point we had 8 of the top 10 results in Lycos for example). When running some personal search, I usually find what I'm looking for on the first page. To me that proves that the algos are getting better. No perfect: better.
Now, what about moving on and talking about the subject of this tread: "Let's find out what happened "?
We noticed some competitors with spammy incoming links and high KW density going down both in PageRank and serp.
If you look at a previous post, there is reference to a site which is listed in Google's own Google Directory as one of a handful under 'keyword 1, keyword 2', cannot be found using those same keywords using their own Google search box. This demonstrates a serious problem with Google -- it is not even INTERNALLY consistent.
Hmm, who said they were supposed to be consistent?
Internally? Directory is just a listing from ODP which anyone can download, organized in the order that google thinks is the right one (by pr or whatever).
Who said that ODP contents even have to be in the main google base?
That does not make much sense just like the rest of the comments.
Let's find out what happened - Sept. 2002 Update- Pt. 2
No emotions please, just the facts
<looking up> Oh yeah... THAT'S the topic! ;) </looking up>
What began as an incredibly valuable thread with nuts and bolts details leading to very sound suggestions has derailed and fallen deeeeep into the emotional diatribe pit... once again.
This signal to noise degradation occuring in other threads is exactly why a new thread was started in the first place.
If anybody has any insightful on topic contributions to make let's hear them...
Off Topic = Emotionally charged rhetoric about the value of Google, the value of the SERPs, and the moral obligations of a Search Engine.
On Topic = Information brought to the table in the spirit of cooperative research to help understand the technical how and why of this months SERP shuffling.
The beauty of the internet is that there are no barriers to entry, any Tom, Dick or Harry can become somebody online.
The problem with the internet is that there are no barriers to entry, any Tom, Dick or Harry can become somebody online.
You don't need a licence to trade, more often than not you don't need to sink $$$ into it in the first place, there are no tariffs or quotas, it's a total and utter free market place, therefore there is going to be a huge amount of competition all the time. That's the most appealing thing about it, it's not closed shop. However, what this means is that you'll be foolish to think you can make an online business work consistently forever....it's the nature of the beast that is the internet.
The one certainty that seems to be arising from the Internet is that whenever "anyone" has ever tried to cash in on their "big" online name, they crash and burn.
In another couple of years Google may well be old news. There will be at least 10 other engines as good as Google and we'll be able to spread our risk better. It seems to be the way... cash in and float on the stock market before you crash and burn... and this is what Google are doing. All their hard work has to amount to something. The .com bubble has burst, Google's is currently on the brink of it, and they're probably one of the only online companies left that can float successfully and cash in - because of their audience. We've seen it happen to all extremely successful "free" sites...take Napster as an example, the minute they try an charge a fee, another 10 Napsters spring up in their place. And that is where the Internet excels.
I definitely believe that people should try lots of different search engines and find the one that works best for them. If you read what many people have been posting on other threads, they've actually been saying that they've been getting more traffic, even if their rankings have changed for specific queries.
As far as the "Google have one of the only unassailed 'proprietary' algorithms in use today." bit, I think we're just about the only search engine with 4-5 good research papers describing the foundations of our system. :)


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The west was won with honesty, integrity, respect, hard work and drive...these same values are the foundation that Old West Mattress Company, LLC is built upon.
Our founder, Les Mesner has been in the mattress industry for over 25 years. His career began as Sales Manager for the Spring Air Company in Denver, before he and his wife purchased the company in 1995. In June of 2007, Mesner, along with the other stockholders agreed to sell the company to an investment group.
Within two years, the investment group filed for bankruptcy and liquidated the company assets, voiding Mesner's non-compete contract. The timing couldn't be better, as Mesner, too young to retire, had become bored with his golf game and was looking for another challenge. His largest customer from Spring Air coaxed him back into the mattress business by offering to buy from him once again if he did.
And so, Old West Mattress Company was born.
Why an independent manufacturing company? Having been affiliated with the fourth largest brand in the country, Mesner is very familiar with the costs associated with a name brand...royalty's, advertising and promotion, and corporate expenses...none of which have anything to do with producing a quality product with the consumer in mind. By not being affiliated with a "national brand", Old West Mattress Company concentrates on producing the highest quality product at the best price.


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Mawgan Porth - Part 1
The natural drama is compelling. Atlantic waves pound the shores of a deep, sandy bay; steep cliffs on each side provide great vantage points for views over the strikingly azure sea. Mawgan Porth in Cornwall is a small village that has gained a big reputation for its surf scene and trailblazing, eco-friendly accommodation. It is becoming a gentler alternative to Watergate Bay, which is about three miles south.
Both areas have big beaches and big tides, but which is better: Mawgan Porth or Watergate Bay? The former is generally less crowded; the latter has a longer stretch of golden sand. For a haven of quiet, head to Bedruthan Steps Beach, just north of Mawgan Porth. The 'steps' are sea-stack rock formations along a sandy shore accessed via a vertiginous footpath. (The currents here make it dangerous to swim, and you should always make yourself aware of the tides: consult tidal times in the Newquay area at easytide.ukho.gov.uk.)
Ride the waves: wetsuits and surfboards are available for hire from Betty's (www.bettys-surfshop.com), Mawgan Porth's surf shop, general store and newsagent. Go to surf school at King Surf (www.kingsurf.co.uk) in Mawgan Porth or Extreme Academy (www.watergatebay.co.uk) at Watergate Bay. Buy a picnic of pasties from Cornish Fresh, Mawgan Porth's tiny supermarket, and head along the high coastal path to Carnewas cliffs and Bedruthan Steps Beach. Stop for refreshment at the Carnewas National Trust tea rooms (www.nationaltrust.co.uk), housed in a 19th-century mine-workers' building. Or go on a hike inland to St Mawgan, where the post office serves cream teas in the garden. In keeping with the quirky spirit of the village, there is also a Japanese Garden and Bonsai Nursery (www.thebonsainursery.com). When it's raining browse the shops in Padstow, a 20-minute drive north. And the Eden Project (www.edenproject.com) is a 35-minute drive east.
Continued: where to stay, eat and drink in Mawgan Porth >>
Pictured: Mawgan Porth Beach
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Coleraine Rugby Club has a new captain, 22-year-old Kenny Calladine.
Kenny has been with the club since last season but missed out on most of it through injury. Now he is fully fit and ready for the challenges of the season ahead.
"We have had a lot of changes this season and some people don't expect us to perform too well but I think we will surprise a lot of them", said Kenny.
Despite his tender years, Kenny has packed in a lot of experience, playing at No8. A member of the School's Cup winning side at Belfast Inst, he moved on to three seasons at Malone, playing senior rugby on the First XV from the start.
In his last year at Malone he took over the captaincy for the final half of the season, losing only one match. Kenny has also played for Ulster 'A'.
Now a student at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Kenny is looking forward to playing his part in developing a new look Coleraine.
He said: "I am looking forward to the challenge of developing this year's squad at Coleraine. We have lost a few players from last season but in my eyes it opens doors for new guys to step up.
"There are a lot of real quality players in the squad and we have an exciting mix of experience and new talent. I think we are going to surprise a few people.
"We have new coaches, a lot of team changes and people are not expecting miracles. There's not too much pressure starting the season and that leaves things open for us to prove them wrong.
"I see exciting prospects and I am really looking forward to the season."
Training is now well under way at the club and players of all abilities, new and returning players and those who just want to try out a fast paced physical game, are invited to join in at the club every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Contact the club for further details.
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Marina Brett is a dedicated mother of three, and devoted wife to her husband of seventeen years.
Her career in radio, television, and film spans a period of more than two decades. She began as News Anchor and Co-Host on KKDA/K104 Radio in Dallas, Texas. From there she took on the challenge of becoming the first female to do afternoon drive on WFXE-Foxie 105 in Georgia. Upon her return to Dallas she earned her place as the first female to tackle morning drive, at KGGR Gospel Radio.
She has appeared in movies and in film, most notably portraying Olympics competitor Wilma Rudolph, who was a track star at the National Olympics in the '60's when blacks were being discouraged to join the competitions, in the made for TV drama, "The Jesse Owens Story."
Marina's favorite scripture is (Philippians- 4) He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will return to you once again!
This, Marina says, is what reminds her "that even when I can't see it, I remember…..God always has my back."


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March 26, 2013: A gay rights supporter waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court.Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images
When the Rev. David Weekley, a transgender clergy ordained in the United Methodist Church, attended school in the 1960s, he endured discrimination from peers, teachers and school administrators had on his mental and physical health. He told me this week:
Research conducted by Jody Herman of the Williams Institute at UCLA on gendered restrooms suggests that Weekley's experiences may be common among transgender youth. "The top line finding on education is that 10 percent of transgender survey respondents who attended school in Washington, D.C., reported a negative impact on their education, including having excessive absences and dropping out of school due to issues related to restroom access."
A new California law signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Monday ensures that students will not have to endure discrimination on the basis of their gender identity and expression. This law (Assembly Bill 1266) which goes into effect January 1, 2014, requires that California public schools respect students' gender identity and makes sure that students can fully participate in all school activities, sports teams, programs and utilize facilities that match their gender identity.
As noted by the Transgender Law Center, "The new law builds on a national movement to end discriminatory practices and ensure transgender youth have the same opportunity to succeed as other students. Massachusetts and Colorado have statewide policies in line with AB 1266, and the Colorado and Maine state human rights commissions have held that state law requires schools to respect students' gender identity. Additionally, many school districts across the country have adopted policies that ensure no student is left out, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest school district."
Ross Murray, who runs the religion program at GLAAD and serves as a leader with The Naming Project, an LGBT camp based in Minnesota, says the number of trans youth who attend this camp has risen considerable in recent years, having gone from one or each summer to six or seven now. He says this bill now protects those kids who attend public school, some of whom also attend churches, synagogues and places of worship. "Protections for transgender youth in school will help them grow into healthy and productive adults who will eventually be America's leaders," Murray says.
However, Murray says that while this bill may prevent discrimination, it won't necessarily stop bullying and harassment of trans kids from fellow students. Website like Everyone is Gay and training in creating spaces for transgender people offered by leaders like the Rev. Mykal Slack, a trans man of color and founder of 4Lyfe Ministries help counter the misinformation presented by organizations like
, a grassroots "pro-family" group founded on biblical principles akin to those espoused by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort.
Just as encountering actual gay and lesbian people transformed the hearts and minds of many who once believed that homosexuality was a sin, what could happen if the media lens shifted away from those who use the Bible as a tool to demonize transgender people? What if we started hearing the stories from trans people and get to know these individuals as family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors? Just as comedian, actor, executive transvestite, marathoner and aspiring Mayor of London Eddie Izzard proclaims, "I believe in us," I believe there exists a desire among many Americans to explore what it means to live as citizens in an increasingly pluralistic global society that truly embraces all in our shared global humanity.
Becky Garrison is a religion writer and author, most recently, of "Roger Williams' Little Book of Virtues?" This report was supported by a 2012 Knight Grant for Reporting on Religion and American Public Life. The Knight Grants are a program of the University of Southern California's Knight Program in Media and Religion.


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VISTA -- The city's legal team said Friday that the federal court should deny the temporary restraining order requested this week by two organizations seeking to block enforcement of the city's new day-labor hiring law.
In its official response to the court, filed on Friday, the city contests assertions that its ordinance will cause "irreparable harm." Rather, the response states, the new law is designed to protect day laborers from workplace abuse and to inform employers of their legal obligations.
"Obviously, these are public interests of the highest order, and the minor inconvenience of applying for a simple registration certificate cannot trump them," the response states.
Vista's new ordinance, which takes effect Friday, requires employers to register with the city before hiring day laborers from places they don't own or manage. They also must display a certificate in their car windows and present written terms of employment to workers.
The American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties and California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. have alleged that the ordinance is unconstitutional. On Monday, they filed a federal lawsuit against the city on behalf of one local employer and two day laborers.
They also asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent the city from enforcing the law, pending further hearing.
City Attorney Darold Pieper said Friday that the attorneys' request for a restraining order was inappropriate.
"They have made many factual assertions that are simply incorrect," he said.
In their application, the plaintiff's attorneys claim, among other things, that the ordinance gives the city unlimited authority to deem an application complete, meaning it could hold up applications indefinitely.
"The meaning of 'complete' is crystal clear,'" the city's response states.
Pieper filed a new "administrative policy" alongside the response, which states that only a few basic facts -- name, address, phone number and the names of authorized agents -- are required.
The city's response also states that registration certificates will be issued as soon as a completed application is submitted, except in exceptional circumstances, when it will take no longer than two business days.
"Far from the interminable and discretion-filled process described by plaintiffs, Vista's system is quick, simple, and involves only ministerial decisions," the response states
David Blair-Loy, legal director for the ACLU, said Friday that the city's new administrative policy was not available when he filed the lawsuit and appears to be an attempt to patch holes in the ordinance.
"I do not believe the regulations clean up the problems entirely," Blair-Loy added. "Maybe they nibble around the edges a little, but they don't solve them."
Blair-Loy said he would file a response Monday. No court dates have been scheduled, he said.
For now, the legal wrangling is focused on the temporary restraining order. The city has until Aug. 7 to file a response to the lawsuit, Pieper said.
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The Vancouver Canucks and Florida Panthers have completed a multi-player trade involving Roberto Luongo and Todd Bertuzzi, sources have told TSN. Netminder Luongo is amongst a package that is going to Vancouver in exchange for a package that includes Bertuzzi.more to come added 9:53pm, Sportsnet reporting the same, nothing concrete yet... update 9:56pm, Sportsnet now reporting the package is Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and a sixth-round draft pick to Vancouver for Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen and Alex Auld. Follow the same Sportnet link... update 10:12pm, TSN confirms the same deal, but without the 6th round pick...follow the TSN link for updated information. added 10:30pm, from the Florida Panthers,
Florida Panthers General Manager Mike Keenan announced today that the club has acquired RW Todd Bertuzzi, D Bryan Allen and G Alexander Auld from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for G Roberto Luongo and D Lukas Krajicek. "This is a trade that addresses a number of needs for our hockey club," Keenan said. "We've added an experienced and talented forward, a skilled goaltender and a strong defenseman that we expect to help our team immediately."more
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SS2 is a new release, that's why. But cmon, 10 is already a great price.
From all titles I don't have Geneforges and Darklands and somehow, am not interested into any of them. Forsaken Gods I'd buy only to my worst enemy.
Still I will spend some money - I do have Septerra Core, but not digital version and although it was a great game it wasn't popular enough back then - it got released the same year with PS:T.


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Four fifths of the starting rotation, really everybody except for Carl Pavano, has flown off badly in one way or another.This was said in the context of discussing who was under performing on the team. What "flown off badly" means I'm not exactly sure, but to completely disregard the first half performance of Francisco Liriano would fall into the same category of "flying off badly."
Here's the stats of the entire Twins staff, the standard baseball stats everyone is familiar with and WHIP, walks + hits per inning, which is starting to be published in newspapers more often these days (all stats used in this post were as of the All Star break).
So right off the bat we can see that Howard Sinker doesn't know what he's talking about. Clearly Nick Blackburn has been terrible, but Scott Baker and Kevin Slowey have both been decent enough, they are on pace for about 200 innings of sub 5 ERA baseball. While that is not world beating, it is certainly acceptable from your third and forth starters. What you can see even looking at the standard stats though is that Francisco Liriano is at least the Twins second best pitcher and other than the fact that he has a losing record, is doing at least as well as Pavano. And about that losing record, in case there's anyone who thinks wins actually mean anything, here's a graphic you should see.
Guess who got credit for the win in that game and I'll give you a hint, it wasn't Liriano. There are many, many discussions on the internet about the uselessness of the win stat in evaluating pitching performance, but leave it to the traditional sports media to completely ignore all of the work going on in the field of baseball stats these days and instead rely on outdated methods of judging player performance.
Here is a comparison of Carl Pavano and Francisco Liriano using some different metrics.
If you don't know what some of these stats are, that's fine, I'll explain them or at least attempt to. The first two are strikeouts (K/9) and walks (BB/9) per nine innings and the one after that is strikeout to walk ratio (K/BB). What we see here is that Liriano is striking out significantly more batters than Pavano and Pavano is walking fewer batters than Liriano. This gives them essentially the same K/BB ratio; it's getting into the next series of numbers where the two pitchers start to really diverge, before we get can do that however, we must define a few concepts.
The most import one to understand is a concept called "regression to the mean". Simply stated this means that if a player has been in the big leagues for eight years and is a career .280 hitter, but this year he's hitting .330, we can expect that his batting average going forward will regress to his mean of .280. This is not a baseball concept; it is a statistics concept that has applications in predicting future performance, in this case for baseball players.
Also important to understand are a few of these advanced stats and what they mean; first BABIP, batting average on balls in play (from Baseball Prospectus):
Based on the research of Voros McCracken and others, BABIP is mostly a function of a pitcher's defense and luck, rather than persistent skill. Thus, pitchers with abnormally high or low BABIPs are good bets to see their performances regress to the mean. A typical BABIP is about .300.This is an import concept that sometimes people have a hard time accepting, but what it means is that once a batter makes contact with a pitch there is nothing the pitcher can do about it anymore, it is out of the pitchers control weather that batted ball will fall for a hit or not. In other words there's nothing pitchers can do to prevent hits other than not letting batters make contact.
Another important stat that's related to this concept is FIP, fielding-independent pitching, a metric that forecasts a pitchers ERA based on their peripheral stats (from Hardball Times):
Fielding Independent Pitching, a measure of all those things for which a pitcher is specifically responsible. The formula is (HR*13+(BB+HBP-IBB)*3-K*2)/IP, plus a league-specific factor (usually around 3.2) to round out the number to an equivalent ERA number. FIP helps you understand how well a pitcher pitched, regardless of how well his fielders fielded.What we can see by looking at the BABIP's of the two pitchers is that up to now Liriano has been exceptionally unlucky on batted balls while Carl Pavano has been exceptionally lucky. As the season goes on we can expect these numbers to regress to the mean of .300, meaning Liriano should give up fewer hits and Pavano should give up more.
This is supported by FIP, where Liriano is sporting a league best 2.18. That's league best as in all of Major League Baseball best; number two is Josh Johnson at 2.31 and number three is Cliff Lee at 2.58. That's Cliff "we absolutely must trade for him if we want to win a championship" Lee. You can also see by looking at the difference between his ERA and FIP (E-F) just how well he's doing compared to what his ERA says and just how badly his ERA is under valuing his performance to date.
The last metric is WAR, Wins Above Replacement, which is an estimation of how many wins a player adds versus a replacement level player, usually defined as an average AAA player. In that metric Francisco Liriano is currently third in all of baseball, behind only Roy Halladay at 4.6 and Josh Johnson at 4.4, again ahead of Cliff Lee who's at 3.8. If you also consider that the Twins are paying Liriano less money than Pavano, or any of those other pitchers for that matter, there is absolutely no question who the most valuable pitcher on the Twins staff has been so far this year and just how badly off the mark Howard Sinker is.


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To whom it may concern
I would like to sing praises to "Frannie" the un-sung hero of Edmonds who in the past eleven years has circulated the streets of Edmonds picking up litter along with doggie droppings in our beautiful town. May your kindness and generosity bring joy to others! Thank you from your new friend on Sunset Avenue.
Diane Shrewsbury