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They lurk around every corner—under fingernails, on skin, hair, clothes, doorknobs, food, plants, and animals—germs are found on virtually every surface. But what exactly are germs? And what do you do when infectious germs appear in the salon? Here, we take an in-depth look at germs, uncover where they may be hiding (i.e., at your nail station, on your client's skin, etc.), discuss how they arrive in your salon, grow and thrive, and most importantly, how to fight them.
Good vs. Bad Germs
Good vs. Bad Germs
So, what exactly are germs? While the word "germ" seems to have many meanings, it's essentially any kind of infectious organism. In regards to hands, feet and nails, germs can be divided into the three basic categories: bacteria, viruses and fungi.
In terms of bacteria, many of us have heard that there are good bacteria and bad bacteria. However, Doug Schoon, chief scientific advisor for CND, based in Vista, California, explains, "I don't know that any [bacteria] are bad. Some are infectious, and I think we classify any kind of an organism that's infectious as bad. But the vast majority of microscopic organisms on the planet are not infectious at all." He explains further, "Most either do nothing for us or many are positive and beneficial. For example, we wouldn't have bread, beer, yogurt and many things without these microorganisms."
While the vast majority of bacteria do not cause any harm or injury to people, the few that do are called pathogens. "Human pathogens are capable of causing infections in humans," he says. These are the types of germs that you do not want cropping up in your salon.
An Open Invite
An Open Invite
You don't need to hang a welcome sign at the front door for bacteria to enter your salon. They arrive whether invited or not. "They're all over us," explains Schoon. "We typically carry hundreds of species of bacteria on our skin at any time, depending on what we're in contact with."
Bacteria can be transmitted from one surface to another by touch and also by indirect contact via dust particles. That's why it's so important to keep the salon dust free. "Dust particles can be colonized by bacteria," says Schoon. "The dust blows around, it lands someplace and the bacteria get a free ride to that new place. And if they like it there, they'll start to grow."
While we're covered with hundreds, if not billions, of kinds of bacteria all the time they generally cause no problems—that is, unless there's a break in the skin. "If a break in the skin occurs, then the bacteria can enter into that break and start a colony growing and that's what we call an infection," says Schoon. And when clients come into the salon, he says, "Our job is to prevent [bacteria] from getting in the wrong place at the wrong time."
There are countless types of infectious bacteria that effect nails, hands and feet. Oftentimes, the most common bacteria to surface at the salon are staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa. "Those are the ones that are most often cultured when we look at fingernail infections," says Schoon. In regard to viruses and fungi, there are dozens that could appear in the salon setting. "There are wart viruses that cause warts and there are fungal organisms that cause fungal infections of the hands or feet," he says.
A Hospitable Host
A Hospitable Host
While bacteria naturally exist in our body, certain parts of the body are more likely to grow microbes than others. For example, a lot of bacteria grow underneath fingernails or between the webs of fingers. However, few bacteria grow between the webs of toes. Schoon explains, "A lot of it is how hospitable an environment is for that particular bacteria: Do they like to grow in that area? Is there plenty of food or moisture there for them? Are they protected?"
One such bacteria that seems to thrive in the salon setting is pseudomonas aeruginosa, also commonly referred to as greenies, located on the nail plate. A greenie is usually found in the center of an enhancement, where there is lifting. Sometimes it is also found under lifting at the cuticle areas. "It is clear and if the nail tech does not prep the nail properly, the bacteria will age and the green will be visible during their next fill," says Vicki Peters, president of Henderson, Nevada-based Vicki Peters nail products. "The green color is caused from the waste products of these bacteria. When the green is visible it means the bacteria has been there for a while," she explains. "Due to the green color, it's often mistaken for mold, but it's really a bacteria."
"On rare occasions pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause serious infections, particularly of the eyes, so good sanitation and disinfection practices are important for more than just cosmetic reasons," says Peters. "An untreated greenie can turn into a black/brown nail and can cause the client permanent [nail] damage."
Protection and Prevention
Protection and Prevention
With infectious germs ready and willing to strike in the salon, one of the best ways to fight them is through hand washing. It's imperative that you have your clients wash their hands before you begin any services. "One of the problems is that state boards don't require clients to wash their hands when they enter the salon," says Schoon. "But when they enter the salon, they bring with them every kind of bacteria they've been in contact with that's colonized in their skin."
Unfortunately, there is no way to detect if bacteria are present on skin before doing services. You simply have to assume that it is there. "To assume they're not there is foolishness," states Schoon. "You have to assume that they are there all the time, ever present and ever capable of causing an infection. That's why hand washing is so important." As a rule of thumb, you should never touch your clients' hands until they've washed their hands.
In preparation for a service, instruct clients to scrub hands with liquid hand soap in warm water for about 30 seconds, then rinse thoroughly. "They should properly clean their nails with a brush that's been cleaned and disinfected and used only on them," says Schoon. Nail techs must have a container for clients to place the dirty brushes after use, which can then be cleaned and disinfected for the next client.
Pedicures are somewhat easier to monitor in terms of cleanliness since clients take their shoes off and soak their feet prior to the nail service. Also, remember that you should never put disinfectant into the pedicure water with your clients' feet. Disinfectants are not designed for skin contact. "What should go into [the pedicure tub] is a cleansing agent that will wash the feet," says Schoon.
Keeping clients safe from infection is bar none the most important part of your job. To combat the spread of bacteria, tools, implements and equipment must be properly cleaned and disinfected according to the manufacturer's instructions for the correct amount of time. Further, to prevent the spread of germs, hand washing should be a priority in your salon. Pride yourself and your salon in being the best at keeping germs out and you'll discover that clients will appreciate it and tell their friends.
It's the Law
It's the Law
If a client arrives for her appointment with a nail infection or an open wound or sore on her hands or feet, you cannot provide your services. Federal law prohibits nail technicians to work with clients with an infected nail or nails that show any sign of infection on their hands or feet. This law is a preventative measure to protect both you and your clients from spreading an infection or making a condition worse. State board regulations are designed to prevent infections from occurring.
"Unfortunately, some nail technicians fancy themselves as doctors and think that they can prescribe treatments and even, in some cases, diagnose conditions, which is also against federal regulation," says Schoon. "Nail technicians are only allowed to provide their licensed services on healthy nails and intact skin. If there is any kind of abnormal medical condition going on, especially an open wound or infection, [nail techs are] forbidden to work on those and have to refer those clients to a doctor. I don't know how many times I've seen or heard of nail technicians telling me 'my client has got a greenie, so I told her to disinfect it in white vinegar.' That's called diagnosis and prescribing, and that's against federal regulations. It's a felony."
Schoon frequently serves as an expert witness in lawsuits regarding proper salon disinfection and sanitation. He's constantly contacted by attorneys who ask him to testify about the proper and legal procedures that nail technicians are allowed to do in salons.
For example, "a nail technician cut the client with an abrasive board and then did nothing afterward, didn't follow the proper precautions for preventing an infection, or give that client any proper advice. She and her salon will be sued," Schoon says. "It really is a reality that nail technicians need to wake up and understand that they're required to follow state board regulations each and every time, and to the letter."
Ilona French is a licensed cosmetologist with more than 17 years of industry experience. She currently owns Archmedia Productions in Southern California, where she specializes in writing about business and beauty topics.


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Your About page.
Cursor blinking. You can almost hear the taunting.
Most of us are intimidated to write one. So we hurry through what we don't enjoy.
Maybe you've been busy creating a small company and have forgotten the About page, knowing it hasn't been updated in awhile. But the latest campaign was more important, right?
Somehow you've overlooked the About page as the number one place your potential customers are clicking to see if they want to connect with you.
You can Google 'How to Write an About Page' and you'll find some very sad and predictable efforts. I think most of the articles were filler for a slow day or written to check this task off a larger list. Quick: Who are you, What do you want out of your site, What are you selling, etc. {If you've found a helpful article on this topic, please link to it below. I'd love to read it.}
If there's one thing I've learned in the realm of Social Media, it's that you can create the rules and then break them and begin again, with sometimes even better results. Expect the unexpected. So, the below are only suggestions, not hard and fast rules, but what I believe to be effective methods to connect with your consumer.
{I've included a few examples, too. Most are not organizations or businesses. I think corporate should take cues from social media influencers. They are shaping the way consumers want to interact.}
- Don't make her scroll. Keeping it brief is difficult, that's why it's art. It's the start of a conversation and your site is continuing that conversation. Lisa does a perfect job.
- Make sure you answer who you are. That's why she has clicked on your About tab. She wants to know who's behind your blog, site, store. It's important to her.
- Describe your roles in unique ways. Create words if you have to. If the reader isn't clear on what it means but has a fuzzy idea – Super! Now, you've given her a reason to dig deeper on your site. Ann Voskamp is a "determined laundress, chief bottle washer, desperate Grace-clinger."
- Save something for later. If you'll whet her appetite, then she'll want more from you. She'll come back. Pique her curiosity and make her want to read you, work for you, love your product before she ever purchases it. And she will purchase it. {If this is difficult to do, then you may need to examine what it is you do and why you do it.} Sarah Markley from The Best Days of My Life drops hints of her moving story of redemption, leaving her reader wanting more, eager to click on other pages of her site.
- The difficult part of writing your About page should not be a lack of content, passion, or story. Your consumer should understand the why very quickly, without you stating your brand promise or mission statement.
- Always tell a story, don't pitch me. {But you're thinking "I'm selling a product! Of course I need to pitch them. My online visitor needs to know how wonderful my company is and the ten benefits of my product."} Talk with your consumer like you're face to face. Would you grab her arm and begin a product demo or tell her the entire history of your company? I would hope not. Or would you tell her why Red Letter Words are in your home, like Dee, and win her business and friendship?
- A running list is not the best way to engage with your consumer, but then again the rules can be broken and set you apart. That's art. Ruthanne @ Eclectic Whatnot is a perfect example of expressing her blog, her vibe, her style and what you'll receive from her writing . . . all based on a very thought-filled list.
- Manage expectations. Not yours'. Your target audience. This is a perfect spot to set the tone for your site and help them to understand what they'll find when they visit. Esther Havens is someone I want to work with becuase of her site — featuring her talent.
- Be yourself. If she reads only your About page and then meets you at a conference, would she be surprised? Or pleasantly find you are the flourishing real-life version of your online persona?
- Make sure all parts of your Social Media footprint are communicating the same message. Your twitter bio, Facebook profile, and About page should be sisters.
- And the biggest secret is. . .the About page is not really about you at all. It's about them, her, him. It's about your reader, your consumer and how you are, and will continue, to serve them.
What company or blogger's About page inspires you? Who do you think is doing it well?


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Russian Boredom Leads To Insanely Dangerous Stunts
Put a group of bored Russian kids,an abandoned broken down high rise building. Add a little snow, probably a lot of vodka, one rope and no brains and viola. A Russian teenage girl who we hope, will live to 20. Not to worry no one got hurt in this stunt.
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Another black man shot by policeWednesday, August 13, 2014 at 9:14 am by Rebecca Bodner
Another young black man was shot and killed last Saturday. Michael Brown, 18, was gunned down by a police officer on the afternoon of Saturday, August 9 in a St. Louis suburb. He was shot multiple times and killed by a Ferguson police officeroutside an apartment complex. Police say the shooting occurred after a struggle for the police officer's gun. But local residents aren't so sure.
Having graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis in the spring of 2014, Brown was scheduled to start classes at Vatterott College, a Missouri trade college, this past Monday, August 11. On the day of his death, he was visiting his grandmother, who lives in Ferguson, MO, a working-class suburb of St. Louis.
When he was shot, Brown was unarmed. Indeed, all shell casings found at the scene were from the police officer's gun. Furthermore, at least one shot was fired from the police car. Brown was killed while he was standing about 35 feet away from the car.
Shortly after the shooting, a crowd gathered on the scene. Protests began and continued through Saturday afternoon. Another protest at the Ferguson Police Department headquarters happened Saturday evening. The number of demonstrators varied—a CNN report says that there were up to a thousand protesters at the peak of the demonstrations, while other reports say there were about two hundred. Adding insult to injury, police shot into the crowd during Saturday afternoon's protests.


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Whip It
Drew Barrymore directs Ellen Page in a coming-of-age tale set in the rough and tumble world of roller derby. As you might expect for the directorial debut of an actor, nearly eveyone in the cast gets their own moment to shine, which drags down the pacing, but overall this is bright and lively entertainment. Page is terrific as a young woman seeking to break out from a small town, but not certain she wants to leave everyone behind. Rent it.
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Michael Jackson: This is It
Jackson's tragic death converted behind-the-scenes footage into a must-see documentary for millions of his fans as well as the merely curious. "A strange, confusing look into Michael Jackson's world, or at least the version of it that his friends, family, and/or estate wanted us to see," wrote Cinematical's Jenni Miller. Jackson fanatics: Buy it. All others: Skip it.
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Bruce Willis stars as an FBI agent in Jonathan Mostow's adaptation of a comic book in which humans control artificial representations of themselves. Our own Jeffrey M. Anderson opined: "It's more of a thriller than a cautionary tale, and it doesn't go very deep in either direction." Sci-fi fans: Rent it. All others: Skip it.
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Also out: Saw VI, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Give 'Em Hell Malone
After the jump: Indies on DVD, plus more Blu-ray picks and Collector's Corner.
Bright Star
Jane Campion's romantic drama stars Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, and Paul Schneider. "Campion captures all of this in a remarkable understated fashion," observed Jen Yamato in her review for Cinematical. "Like the artists of the Romantic period, she favors naturalism, in both form and emotion."
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Soul Power
Music history comes alive in Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's terrific documentary. The film consists of footage shot in 1974 as final preparations were being made for a music festival in Zaire, intended to accompany the "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, and other notable musicians appear. As I've written previously: "It made me nostalgic for the days when Ali spoke his mind."
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Prom Night in Mississippi
Morgan Freeman offers to pay for an integrated high school prom in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi. "The change is not that easy," wrote Cinematical's Monika Bartyzel. "Some students quarrel over the idea, white parents insist on still throwing their own white prom, and bigoted ideas continue to face off against more enlightened attitudes. ... it's inspiring, fun, and well worth the 90 minutes."
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Also out: Little Ashes, The Escapist, Frontier of Dawn, Fireball, Pontypool, The Boys Are Back, St. Trinian's.
Fame (1980)
The remake may have landed with a thud, but Alan Parker's original remains a lively musical fantasy. The storyline is pure melodramatic cheese, following a motley crew of gifted, dedicated students at New York's High School for the Performing Arts as they deal with life and love as only actors, musicians, and dancers can do, channeling their passions into their art. Only a couple stand out (Irene Cara, Gene Anthony Ray), while the rest are insufferably self-involved or frustratingly self-effacing, just like high school for the rest of us.
Still, when a crowded cafeteria bursts into a spontaneous performance ("Hot Lunch"), it's pretty freakin' magical, feeling like a dam bursting from the pressure of a roaring flood of hormones and nervous energy. It's raw and ridiculous and riotous. And there are just enough of those moments to inspire a kind of wincing nostalgia for all the performing arts kids, who seemed to crash and burn at a much higher rate than they should have.
The Blu-ray features a "class reunion commentary with branching video highlights" with the participation of director Parker and several of the film's stars, as a four-song CD sampler of the soundtrack.
Atonement | Pride & Prejudice
Joe Wright directs two British period pieces starring Keira Knightley. The former adapts Ian McEwan's novel, in which a young girl (Saoirse Ronan) makes a false accusation, throwing the lives of all around her into chaos. The latter features Knightley in Jane Austen's upper class love story.
Also out: The Toolbox Murders, Highlander: Immortal Edition
Paris, Texas (The Criterion Collection)
Harry Dean Stanton stars as a drifter seeking ... something. Wim Wenders' quietly magnificent, deliberately-paced film may best be experienced as a mystery, without knowing exactly where it's going, which puts the viewer on par with Stanton's mute character. "Paris, Texas uses the familiar thematic construct of the Western, and updates it with a contemporary setting," observes Rumsey Taylor at Not Coming to a Theater Near You. "This revision is acknowledged subtly, as the film is conducted in somber nostalgia."
"You can forget what a poignant film this is until you see it again and it's a true pleasure to own it in such an excellent audio and video transfer with the extensive extras," Gary W. Tooze enthuses at DVD Beaver about the new Blu-ray edition. "Very strongly recommended!" DVD Beaver includes screen shots and comparisons to previously-released DVD editions.
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy (Open City / Paisan / Germany Year Zero) (The Criterion Collection)
Available on DVD. "Open City is generally considered one of the greatest films ever made," writes Jeffrey M. Anderson for Cinematical, "and Criterion adds it and the other two to an impressive list of Rossellini titles they have released. ... These movies are notable for establishing the 'Italian Neorealism' movement that cropped up just after WWII." Read the rest of Jeff's article for more on the films includes, and other films by Rossellini that are still missing on DVD.


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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, where have you been all my life?
Remember the first thing you ever painted with 'real' grown-up paint, not kiddie watercolour paint?
Remember the exhilaration of gobbing on that first transforming brush full? Remember the utter lack of control and the hashmark-style brush strokes? Well, you can have all of that back.
Modern painting has become a chore to be avoided. It smells up the house, the prep alone is a lot of trouble, and you have to match the paint to the surface you're covering, which leads to mistakes (i.e. latex over alkyd, wrong primer, bubbling, blistering or peeling because some genius used Plaster of Paris instead of spackle on the ceiling and the lime goes into solution and starts fizzing under the paint...).
And let's not forget that modern paint comes in 28,000 colours, only 27 of which actually look good in any known home.
Well, I found a paint that is so fun, relieving, gorgeous and smart that I'm painting everything in the house, including the most avoided task in the DIY roster: the kitchen cabinets.
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint is finally available in Canada. And it only comes in 27 colours (the ones that look good in houses), which can be diluted with Annie's Pure White or Old White to create lighter shades if you desire. (I covered Annie's paint in my column today. But I didn't have enough room to tell the whole story, so I'm adding some more details here.)
The paint has so little odour that my insanely smell-sensitive husband couldn't even tell I'd been painting the kitchen when he came home from running errands.
And I'm painting right over 30-year-old alkyd. No prep. It's so easy to work with this paint that I can do a little bit every day rather than shut the kitchen down for a week while I remove all of the cupboard doors, sand them, prime them, roll on a couple of coats, and then replace all of the hardware and re-install them.
(I went with Versailles green, the colour of the kitchen cabinets in Jasper Dale's kitchen on Road to Avonlea.)
Annie encourages Chalk Paint users to brush the paint on with abandon, crisscrossing the brushstrokes to add texture and depth. The paint lends itself beautifully to arty effects like layering and distressing. Even on plastic! (This is a thick base coat on my plastic iPhone case)
I was going for 'rustic barnboard'. This is how it turned out...
I had a lot of fun painting a beat up old table made from Douglas fir...
(table top was painted with Versailles green and then immediately rubbed with a rag to create a pickled effect)
I experimented with mixing some concrete pigment into the paint (Old Ochre) because I hadn't bought enough colours. Concrete pigment tends to be lumpy so it creates streaks in the paint. I found that using a sponge to apply the paint helped reduce the streaking. I just swabbed it around till the finish was even.
(Shiny urethane be gone!)
Chalk Paint creates a very soft, velvety matte finish that you can gloss up with Annie Sloan's soft waxes. They come in clear or dark shades. Both buff to a silky sheen. The dark wax is great for creating various grunge effects or for aging a piece.
You can check Annie Sloan's web site for a dealer near you. The paint is so loaded with pigment that it covers most surfaces quite nicely with one coat. If you're in the Greater Toronto Area your closest dealer is Kathie Jordan in New Hamburg, Ontario. Kathie will ship paint and/or wax to you if you don't want to make the drive. You can also place an online order for Annie Sloan paints and waxes from The Melon Patch in Bath, Ontario.
It's worth the visit to Kathie's shop if you're in the GTA - she's lovely!
TIP: The online palette looks darker than the paint actually is (on most monitors). The best way to experience the colours is to go to a dealer and see for yourself, or do a search for the glorious projects that people have posted online.
OTHER TIP: This is the recipe to use if you want to try creating DIY chalk paint formula using PVA (white glue) and chalk whiting.


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It's been 18 months since the federal Environmental Protection Agency shocked City Council by saying the Eilers neighborhood needed to be on the national Superfund list because high levels of lead and arsenic had been found in soil samples.
It's almost certain to be longer than that, however, before any toxic dirt gets dug up, shipped off or contained — even though council members signaled Tuesday night they were finally willing to list the South Side neighborhood for cleanup.
"It's reasonable to think it will take two years for us to follow all the steps before we can actually start remediation," said Chris Wardell, the EPA community coordinator who will work on the Eilers cleanup.
After a three-hour community meeting, council and the Pueblo County commissioners agreed Tuesday to begin drafting a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper requesting the Superfund listing. That's the permission slip that the EPA and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have been wanting since May 2012.


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Washington, DC DUI Penalties
Driving under the influence in the District of Columbia carries severe risks of getting charged with one of three types of impaired driving. Many drivers feel that they can drive safely after having one or two casual cocktails, but the District has a zero tolerance policy to reduce accidents that are caused by inebriated or impaired drivers. Drivers can receive convictions even when driving with blood alcohol contents that are less than the national legal limit, which is 0.08 percent. Below we discuss the various kinds of drunk driving charges in DC: DWI, DUI, and OWI.
Types of Impaired Driving Offenses in Washington, DC
There are three types of charges that involve operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol:
DWI or Driving While Intoxicated
Operating a motor vehicle while your blood alcohol is 0.08 percent or above carries severe penalties and automatic license suspensions. Drivers under the age of 21 can be convicted of DWI for any measurable alcohol content. See DC Code Section 50-2206.11.
DUI or Driving Under the Influence
Operating a motor vehicle with a BAC of 0.05 or higher can result in a DUI charge if drivers show evidence of appreciable impairment.
OWI or Operating While Impaired
You do not need to be driving to be charged with OWI, which is essentially a zero tolerance law. BACs of as little as 0.02 percent or more can still affect your ability to operate and control a motor vehicle. Drivers who pull to the side of the road but leave their keys in the ignition still have control of their vehicles and could be charged with OWI. DC Code Section 50-2206.14.
Possible Penalties for a DUI Conviction
Penalties for impaired driving in the District of Columbia vary depending on the charge, your driving record, BAC content, and evidence of unsafe driving. Breathalyzers, which had been banned in Washington due to inaccurate readings from faulty equipment, have been replaced and reinstated. Drivers must submit to these tests or face losing their right to drive for one year, and they can still be convicted by other evidence of drunk or impaired driving. Typical penalties include fines, community service, license suspensions, and jail time.
DWI and DUI Penalties
Penalties have recently increased for District drivers convicted of DUI charges. Drug or alcohol use can cause impairment, and marijuana stays in the blood for days after and could be used to convict if you show other signs of impaired driving. Fines and penalties include the following sanctions:
- First offenses could result in fines up to $1,000 and 180 days in jail.
- Judges impose mandatory 10-day jail sentences if your BAC is over 0.20, 15 days for BACs over 0.25, and 20 days for BACs over 0.30 percent alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood.
- Second offenses committed within 15 years of the first violation result in fines of $2,500 to $5,000 and up to one year in jail, with a minimum jail term of 10 days.
- If you drive impaired with a passenger under 17 years of age, then additional minimum fines of $500 to $1,000 per child apply for first and subsequent offenses. Judges must impose a minimum five-day jail sentence per restrained child and 10-day jail sentence per unrestrained child.
- These fines and penalties apply even if drivers never move their vehicles an inch. Getting behind the wheel and inserting keys in the ignition gives you control of the motor vehicle.
OWI Penalties
Prosecutors can easily prove OWI charges because they only need to demonstrate minor impairment and alcohol or drug consumption. OWI fines and penalties include the following sanctions:
- First convictions carry a $500 fine and maximum possible jail sentence of 90 days.
- Second convictions within 15 years could result in fines of $1,000 to $2,500 and up to one year in jail.
- Second convictions carry a mandatory five-day jail sentence.
- Third and subsequent convictions within 15 years carry $1,000 to $5,000 fines, one-year maximum jail sentences, and 10-day minimum jail times.
DUI Defense Strategies in the District
Sometimes, an attorney can convince a judge and prosecutor to accept a plea bargain and reduce DUI charges to OWI. However, this will count as a DUI offense if you receive another DUI conviction within a 15-year period.
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LA CROSSE, Wisconsin, JAN. 18, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Bishop Raymond Burke has received a flood of supportive e-mail following his decision to ban pro-abortion Catholic lawmakers from receiving Communion.
"Our e-mails are running 9 to 1 in support of the bishop," Rose Hammes, diocesan director of communications, told the La Crosse Tribune. "We've gotten well over 500 and they're from all over the world."
On Jan. 8, he made public a decree banning diocesan priests from giving Communion to Catholic lawmakers who support abortion or euthanasia. He hasn't said if he plans a similar decree in St. Louis, where he will be installed as archbishop next week.


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Dave Barham opened his first store in 1946 on the beach in Santa Monica, and the location was originally called Party Puffs. This original location changed to Hot Dog on a Stick™, and is still selling sizzling hot dog on a stick and fresh, delicious lemonade to beachgoers today.
Hot Dog on a Stick™ Introduced Dave's first products were ice cream cones and lemonade. Then, using his mom's delicious cornbread recipe, Dave perfected the hot dog on a stick!
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Tonight's Rockland County Meeting Postponed
SUFFERN – Statement from Brian Conybeare, Special Advisor the Governor on the New Tappan Zee Bridge, Postponing Tonight's Planned Rockland Community Meeting.
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CSUs are reaching out to the Japanese people following the country's devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Mar. 11 that also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Campus community members were quick to raise funds and reach out to Japanese students affected by the disaster.
CSU faculty also provided expertise – in the form of aid, advice and analysis – to benefit both Japan and California. For example, San Francisco State Associate Professor of Engineering Elahe Enssane is currently advising the Japanese government. Additionally, a team of experts will address the SF State community on April 18th, the anniversary of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, on the latest findings about the earthquake, tsunami, rebuilding efforts and radiation effects. Humboldt State Professor Lori Dengler has shared her expertise in earthquakes and tsunamis and San Diego State Professor Murrey Jennex assisted the local community by helping to track radiation levels with an air quality monitor. Although all data show that harmful radiation won't reach California, the nuclear emergency in Japan also raised interesting questions addressed by faculty. For example, the Meteorology and Climate Science Department at San José State tracked weather patterns over the Pacific following the release of radiation.
Following the disaster, student groups on campuses led efforts to raise funds for Japanese aid. Japanese students at Fresno State, Cal State Northridge, and CSU Monterey Bay grouped together to collect donations. CSUN students also wrote messages for the earthquake victims – and plan to share them via social media. Students at Sonoma State are also using social networking as a tool to raise money. The students organized "Hands for Japan," a grassroots fundraising group that already has a presence on Facebook - and already raised hundreds of dollars for the Red Cross.
In addition, a group of CSU Fullerton graduates is planning to hold a fundraiser in the Orange County area following the success of their last effort. While seniors at CSUF, the trio of communications majors held a fundraiser for victims of the hurricane in Haiti, raising over $2,000.
Cal Poly Pomona also developed an easy way for its community to support the relief efforts – the Cal Poly Federal Credit Union at the Bronco Student Center is accepting funds in a special account to aid Japanese relief efforts
Students at Cal State Long Beach and Dominguez Hills are raising funds and lifting spirits in a unique way: by making origami cranes, which are symbolic of world peace, healing and hope. The Office of Student Life at CSUDH hopes to make 2,000 cranes and send them to Japan, and the Nikkei Student Union at CSULB has raised hundreds of dollars in aid by selling the paper cranes.
Campuses with large Japanese student populations, including Chico State, San Francisco State and Sacramento State, are reaching out to exchange students – providing them with resources, counseling, and assistance to assure the safety of loved ones.
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Gracie, Severn, Pulver to Be in PS3 Version of 'UFC Undisputed 2010'
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Royce Gracie, Dan Severn and Jens Pulver will be playable characters exclusively for the Playstation 3 version of the UFC Undisputed 2010 video game.
MMA Fighting can also confirm Carlos Condit is a new addition to this year's game, and returning are Martin Kampmann, Demian Maia, Keith Jardine and Nate Marquardt.
Gracie and Severn haven't competed for the UFC in years, but are two of seven members in the UFC Hall of Fame. Pulver, the UFC's first lightweight champion, currently competes under the WEC banner. Last year's game, which didn't feature a legends roster, included the TapouT crew as the only playable characters not under the UFC fighting roster.
Besides the three legends fighters exclusively for the PS3, the console will also have rights to five extra fights for the Ultimate Fights mode. In the Ultimate Fights mode, gamers play to relive memorable UFC fights to unlock a montage of the Utimate Fight. A new feature for the 2010 game is the ability to pull an upset over the winner (For example, play as Maia to beat Marquardt at UFC 102).
The Xbox 360 will have 15 Ultimate Fights, while the PS3 will have a total of 20 with these extra five:
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UFC Undisputed 2010 is scheduled to hit stores May 25.
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I would improve only ground ( use dry pigments for example). Flanks of the base needs one more black layer. I dont like his camouflage on his face. Red colour is not the best idea to hide^^
Take a look at hind sight of that black one. I think area around that red gem need blackline.
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WASHINGTON – It's not easy keeping up with email, especially when many of the messages are difficult, even painful, to read, but people have to keep up with them.
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Preheat oven to 425 deg. Bake sweet potatoes until tender, about 45 to 60 minutes. Remove and discard skin. Reduce oven temperature to 375 deg. Mash potatoes and beat in eggs, syrup, one tablespoon margarine, salt and cinnamon. Add enough orange juice to moisten and make fluffy. Spoon into a 1 1/2 quart baking dish and drizzle with honey and remaining one tablespoon margarine. Sprinkle with pecans and bake for 20 minutes. Serve warm. Per serving: 179 cal; 3 g prot; 168 mg sod; 18 g carb; 12 g fat; 71 mg chol; 25 mg calcium Source: Vegetarian Gourmet, Winter 93/MM by DEEANNE
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For all the talk in Washington about reforming health care while somehow, magically, containing the nation's burgeoning debt, precious little attention has focused on the prime drivers of the nation's spending -- entitlements.
For the first time in history national debt has passed $12 trillion. As more Treasury securities are sold to finance the federal deficit -- which reached a record $1.4 trillion this year -- these securities will compete with private securities. Private investment, as a result of government borrowing, will decrease.
Rather than pass the mounting bill to future generations, Congress must address the triple tsunamis: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending. Notes Nicola Moore of The Heritage Foundation, as Social Security IOUs are redeemed and health care costs drive up expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid, publicly held debt by 2050 will exceed 320 percent of gross domestic product, based on Congressional Budget Office figures.
But unfortunately, unlike an irresponsible homeowner who maxes out his credit, Congress needs only to vote itself a higher credit limit. The House last week approved boosting that ceiling by $290 billion.
Doing so without addressing the drain from existing entitlements -- never mind government's health care ambitions -- digs deeper the hole of this nation's despair.
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[WHERE MY FISHES AT] When I first
arrived in Portland, I asked the same thing everyone asks. Where's the
great seafood? Well, no. Portland's a river town, people told me. Folks
here eat pigs and cows. Sometimes chickens. Descended from lumberjacks
and hazelnut farmers, we don't think much about the world's largest
ocean, just 80 miles west. You want seafood? Well, they've got Mo's
chowder on the coast—or go to Seattle. Least among the many reasons Roe
is special: our 2013 Restaurant of the Year finally gives this town a
signature seafood spot. Now, instead of telling my brother-in-law
arriving from Virginia with dreams of cedar-plank salmon swimming
through his head, to just order one of the many great whole roasted
trout dishes around town, I'll tell him to make reservations at Roe. You
have to reserve a table a few weeks in advance, I'll explain, and it's
very spendy—but worth it. He'll ask me if it's sushi. Well, not exactly.
There's lots of raw fish but there's no rice, soy sauce or little pink
ginger slices. The menu changes every day. The best thing I had was
pomfret ceviche in a broth of fish sauce, lime and chili. It had little
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thing on top. It was amazing, I'll say—it's how Portland does seafood.
Ideal meal: The tasting menu, which is $70.
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June is busting out all over! And How!
A flashback of Spring 2015, slideshow below (missing some full-blooms I can't find the pics of)
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Spring 2015 - (50 years ago today, we remember the Palm Sunday Tornadoes)
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February and Forward.
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K4Health's current eLearning activities include:
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A flash flood watch is up for all islands until 6 a.m. Monday.
There have already been numerous showers statewide and more rain is expected through the end of the weekend.
Some of the additional showers could be heavy and there may also be more thunderstorms.
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Finding time to make your child breakfast — not to mention getting him to eat it — can be a struggle. The good news is that you don't have to prepare a complete meal every morning. What's important is getting your child going with a dose of energy and at least a few essential nutrients. Here are some ways to give him what he needs.
No time to linger: Breakfast in seconds
- Granola bars. Loaded with fiber from whole grains, granola bars are a great source of energy in the form of carbohydrates. Studies show that children are mentally sharper when they've eaten something, and brain cells need a constant supply of carbohydrates. Just watch out for granola bars that are more like candy bars and buy ones that are lower in sugar.
- Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter. Whole grain bagels such as whole wheat and rye have more fiber than the plain or seeded varieties. Peanut butter is great source of protein, and most of the fat in the "natural" varieties helps to keep arteries healthy.
- Oat bran muffin. With more fiber and less fat than a typical blueberry muffin, oat bran muffins also provide surprising amounts of potassium and magnesium.
- Fruit. Apples are high in fiber and refreshing. Bananas top other fresh fruits as a source of potassium, a mineral that kids lose during physical activity. By keeping your child's blood sugar level from slipping, fruit staves off a midmorning slump.
Eat and run: Nutritious two-minute meals
- Orange-banana smoothie. Orange juice, low-fat or nonfat yogurt, and a banana are all you need to blend up a taste treat that's high in carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, and calcium. Though remember to be ginger with the juice: Doctors recommend that children drink no more than 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of fruit juice a day.
- Very berry smoothie. Blend 1/2 cup of low-fat milk with a banana and a handful frozen berries, which are exceptionally rich in antioxidants (substances that combat cancerous changes in cells). Add more berries to adjust consistency.
- Down under delight. Believe it or not, when researchers tallied up the nutritional value of popular fruits, kiwis came out on top. Peel one and zap it in the blender with a banana, apple juice, and your child's favorite berries.
- Fruit salad. Prepare a big fruit salad on Sunday that you can parcel out during the week. Add a dollop of yogurt to each serving for extra protein and calcium.
- Toaster treats. Frozen waffles take almost no time to make. Choose whole grain varieties for a dose of fiber, and top them with berries or sliced bananas instead of syrup.


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By LES BOWENSports writer
College of Eastern Utah's baseball team is ranked fifth in the Scenic West Athletic Conference after returning from a series of losses on the road.
Last weekend, the Eagles played Salt Lake Community College at home, losing the first three games 3-7, 3-9 and 2-12. The second game on Saturday, however, was a 2-1 win for CEU.
"You would have thought it was a World Series, the way the team was celebrating their win," said CEU's head coach, Scott Madsen. "But they worked all weekend for that win."
The team lost four conference games each to Community College of Southern Nevada the last week of February and four more to Dixie State the first week of March.
But when the team returned to their home field, they sent Colorado Northwestern Community College home with three losses and a win. The Eagles now have a conference record of 4-12 and an overall record of 5-21 for the season.
Madsen recognizes a change among his hitters. When they played CCSN, the Eagles hit nine balls in four games, compared with 41 by Southern Nevada.
When they played Dixie State, CEU improved that by hitting 18 balls for the weekend, compared with the Rebels' 22.
But when they faced Colorado Northwestern, CEU turned those numbers completely around, hitting with 35 hits in four games, compared to CNCC's 22.
Hitting against SLCC was a critical part of the three losses for the Eagles. On Friday in game one, CEU made seven hits; SLCC had eight. But Eastern Utah was only able to turn three into runs, while SLCC scored seven.
The second game Friday was more poor hitting, as the Eagles hit just two and SLCC hit nine. But when CEU hit six balls in the second game on Saturday, and Salt Lake hit seven, the Eagles took a one-point lead to finish the weekend with a win.
"Our hitters are doing better," said Madsen. He explained that freshman Brett Nigbur was initially the only one on the team that was hitting consistently. But now, the team is coming together and others on the team are hitting better.
Although Nigbur's has hit more balls than anyone on the team, totaling 19 hits for 60 times at bat, others on the team are getting similar averages. Notably, Danny Cornia has hit 16 balls, but he's only been at bat 66 times. What's more, 11 of those hits have turned into runs.
Madsen also pointed out that the team has had a lot of errors. The team leads the conference in errors, with 33 in conference games. The next is CNCC, with 28.
Madsen attributes the relatively poor hitting and number of errors to a mostly freshman team. "We only have three sophomore starters in the field. The rest are freshmen," he explained.
The game average for errors is slowly coming down. CEU made nine errors last weekend against SLCC in four games, while the Bruins made seven of their own.
The week before, against CNCC, the Eagles made four errors, while the Spartans made two. That's considerable less than the 13 errors when they played at Dixie State.
"We have a good pitching staff," said Madsen. He pointed out that Zac Dinkins, a starting pitcher from Green River, has made significant contributions this season. But the coach was quick to add that other pitchers in the lineup deserve recognition.
Fingering the pitching by freshman Kyle Graham of Farmington, Madsen added, "Graham was a big part of the win against Salt Lake last weekend."


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Completed List Spacing (v98)
Each task listed in the completed list view has an extra row / space for notes whether there are any or not. This gives the effect of spacing out all the tasks. I can only see about 10-11 on a Full HD screen!
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Hello Tim,
Unfortunately, we can't reproduce this issue. Please log out, clear your browser's cache, reload the browser, log back in and let if the issue persists, please send a screenshot showing this issue to email@example.com
Best regards,
I just sent three screen shots to you, along with my thoughts on what might be causing the 'extra space' ...
Hello Randolph,
Thank you for the screenshots, but unfortunately, we can't reproduce this issue. This is not how it should look like, the note icon is, as it was before, on the right side of the task and not below the label.
Please log out of Todoist, clear your browser's cache and app data, reload the browser and log back in and if the issue persists, please tell me:
- What browser are you using?
- Can you reproduce this in another browser (if so - which one)?
Best regards,
The screenshots were generated in Chrome. After logging out and the cache and app data cleared and logging back in, the spacing remains as in the screenshot. That spacing also appears in both IE8 and in Firefox (portable) 19.02
Unfortunately, we don't see this in Chrome, Firefox or IE.
Please tell me:
- What version of Chrome are you using?
- Did you manually remove todoist.com from the list in Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Content Settings -> All cookies and site data (some of the app cache will not be removed upon automatic cache clearing)?
- Do you access Todoist directly through https://todoist.com and not through a bookmark which may point to an early version number in the URL?
Best regards,
Chrome: Version 26.0.1410.43 m
Yes, manually removed all cookies and site data
Yes, used the Login link at https://todoist.com (my address bar shows https://todoist.com/app?v=98#completed)
Using Windows XP Pro ...
Unfortunately, this 'extra spacing' (with the TAG below the Task) is what I see in all three browsers.
We can't reproduce this under any circumstances. We've tried multiple Todoist accounts with different combinations of tasks with labels an notes, newly added notes, removed notes - same with labels and we've used:
Windows XP Pro with
- Firefox 19.0.2
- Firefox 20
- Internet Explorer 8
- Chome 26.0.1410.43 m
Windows 8 with
- Firefox 19.0.2
- Firefox 20
- Internet Explorer 8
- Chome 26.0.1410.43 m
And not once was a task note icon shown as you see it on your screenshots.
Please clarify, you've said "manually removed all cookies and site data", did you manually remove only Todois's cache as described above? Any automatic cache or cookie clearing will leave certain offline data in the browser.
Also, are you using any plugins in your browser and does this issue persist when you access Todoist's mini site through this URL: https://todoist.com/app?mini=1 ?
Best regards,
Four new screenshots sent.
Yes, I followed your instructions for cookie and site data removal from Chrome's cache to the letter.
Just to reiterate, this icon layout onlys appear when viewing the Completed Tasks, not when viewing the normal Task view (as the screenshots confirm).
Best regards,
Randy Miller
Thank you very much for clarifying, I can reproduce this now in any browsers in the "# Completed" tasks view. Sorry for the misunderstanding. We'll look into it right now.
Best regards,
Thanks Randy and David. Seems you've identified the issue.
No problem! Just doing what I can to help make a great program better!
This issue is now fixed, there will be no additional spaces for tasks with notes and/or labels on the completed tasks list.
Best regards,
Thanks David - all looks good.


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Heads of the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum pose for a group photo... News PhotoAnnual Event,Auckland,Day 2,Horizontal,Leadership,New Zealand,Pacific Islands Forum,Photography,Politics,Portrait,Waiheke IslandPhotographer AFPCollection: AFP 2011 AFPHeads of the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) pose for a group photo at the leaders retreat on Waiheke Island outside Auckland during the second day of the annual PIF on September 8, 2011. Pacific Islands Forum leaders sailed to the island retreat off the Auckland coast to thrash out a communique for the annual summit, with Fiji and climate change set to be key talking points. Pictured (from front L) are Solomon Islands Prime Minister Danny Philip, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, authorized special envoy from Vanuatu, Simeon Athy, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Nauru President Marcus Stephen and in the back row (from L) Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Marshall Islands President Jurelang Zedkaia, Tonga Prime Minister Tu'ivakano, Niue Premier Toke Talagi, Micronesia President Emanuel Mori, Tuvalu Prime Minister Willy Telavi, Palua President Johnson Toribiong and Kiribati President Anote Tong. AFP PHOTO / Bradley AMBROSE (Photo credit should read Bradley AMBROSE/AFP/Getty Images)


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Prep football: Logan rolls past Cottonwood on the road
They were the first two Logan Grizzlies through the postgame congratulatory line on the steaming hot turf at Cottonwood High School.
Seniors Chase Nelson and Taylor Compton patted the Colts and shook their hands moments after defeating their second straight 5A opponent on the road to start the 2013 campaign.
The dynamic quarterback-wideout duo had some jaw-dropping plays in their 24-7 win over 5A Cottonwood Thursday afternoon, but as Nelson said, the high-octane Logan spread offense had too many turnovers, too many flags and too many mistakes.
"This week I certainly didn't play the way I should have to give my team a chance," Nelson said. "I've got a lot of work to do. Thing is, I've got a lot of playmakers that make up for that."
He isn't lying.
Nelson threw three touchdowns in the win  each to a different playmaker as the Grizzlies were able to keep the Cottonwood defense, though stout at times, off balance.
Looking like a spitting image of older brother Riley, the former BYU quarterback who is Logan's offensive coordinator, Chase Nelson extended plays, bowled over linebackers and threw various passes all over the field. He even found Tanner McIntire on a patented Nelson family jump touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter.
But it all starts with Compton.
The dynamic speedster hauled in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Nelson in the second quarter, minutes after Nelson found Chad Artist for a touchdown on a third-and-10 play.
"Chase has always been my best friend," Compton said. "We're just out there playing and having fun together and trying push each other to get better. Enjoying every minute of it."
But Nelson reiterated that he must fix the turnovers. He fumbled the ball twice against the Colts and threw an interception early in the fourth quarter.
"We're lucky to come away with this one," he said.
Cottonwood scored its lone touchdown of the game on the heels of Howard Pututau recovering one of Nelson's fumbles. He returned it to the Logan 9-yard line. Early in the fourth quarter, Colts quarterback Tevita Gerber found Pututau for a 3-yard touchdown.
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Study abroad offers new self-awareness
Alexandra Rothenburger studied at the American University in Cairo last semester and returned with amazing stories of self-discovery and adventure.
The trip had its high points (like meeting the queen of Swaziland and going inside several pyramids) and some low points (imagine having an appendectomy in a foreign country), but Rothenburger realized her most important goal: Developing a better understanding of Arab society and the Arabic language.
"The great thing about learning about other cultures is you learn about yourself," said Rothenburger, 20, of Amityville. "It changes how you view yourself, which changes how you see other people."
Her trip to Egypt wasn't Rothenburger's first experience overseas. She also lived in India for a year after high school through the Rotary exchange program. "Cross-cultural understanding is a great thing," she said. "It's important to me."
Rothenburger, a junior, is majoring in political science and fulfilling pre-health requirements with an eye toward attending medical school one day. She's also interested in getting an MBA.
Rothenburger, who grew up in a conservative Christian family, said she's fascinated by the way religion is used for political ends. She also believes she'll be a better doctor – or just a more well-rounded person – if she understands and respects other cultures and learns how to communicate with people who are different from her.
Rothenburger, a Dean's List student, has played intramural soccer and was on the executive board of the Hindu Student Council last year. She also was a resident assistant in Hinman College, where she got to know Faculty Master Al Vos.
"Alex has ways of looking for the deeper meaning of an experience," he said. "She wants, more than most students, to get a feeling of what a place is like. There's more depth to the quest she's on."


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PR hopes to measure the likelihood that a random walk will find a given page. But that's the statistical walk of a bot - where a link is a link is a link. For a HUMAN user taking a random walk, some links are much less likely to to get a click than others.
Do you think Google may have some factor such as Link Prominence? Some algo that attempts to measure, even in a rudimentary way, how important a link is on the page?
For instance, one simple and easily doable measurement might be to upgrade the value of a link that occurs inline - within a paragraph surrounded by other text.
As I said, this is a purely abstract "thought exercise" for me right now - but one which I may test in the near future. If I were trying to create a good search engine that accounted well for the value of links, I think I'd look at something like this.
I tested the position of the link (i.e. is it the first link or the fiftieth link on the page) and it didn't seem to make a difference to PageRank transfer.
It would be a little surprising if Google already gave some links more PR prominence than others yet, but there has been talk of link text maybe couting more weight if it's in a heading.
Page Rank factors aside, if there's a link within a paragraph of text it seems it would have more contextual relevance. A paragraph telling about yellow widgets with a link inline to the yellow widgets page is more meaningful contextually than that same link within a site-wide navigation menu would be.
I don't know if it carries any different weight, but might if the words that are near a link are taken into consideration, particularly if there would be a difference in the value of an on-theme link as opposed to a random, unrelated link.
As you said, the bot can't know what a human would do. But, suppose you had something that could tell you what the human actually clicked on? Say for instance a browser addon utility that reports clicks back to homebase. aka: an ie toolbar [toolbar.google.com].
Links within a paragraph structure would be easily identifiable. Some of us think they do receive a bit more weight.
Links within a paragraph structure would be easily identifiable. Some of us think they do receive a bit more weight.
If that's the case, Google should rethink its policy. Links that are integrated into body text may be less important than freestanding links, depending on the Web site's editorial philosophy.
On my own site, links that I regard as important are generally presented in this format:
Name of link in bold text
Annotation annotation annotation annotation annotation annotation annotation.
Links from within body text are likely to be citations or nonessential links. (For example, in a paragraph about a hotel designed by Helmut Jahn, I linked from Helmut Jahn's name to a biography of the architect--but that link is far less important to the reader, or to the subject that I was writing about, than the freestanding annotated link to the hotel's own Web site.)
in a paragraph about a hotel designed by Helmut Jahn, I linked from Helmut Jahn's name to a biography of the architect--but that link is far less important to the reader, or to the subject that I was writing about
Looking at the page the link is on though, if Helmut Jahn's name is in the page title, an H tag and also has that link to his biography within the right page density, your page that the link is on could end up ranking for a search for Helmut Jahn, depending on how competitive it is.
- position on the page
- the display format of the text (font size, boldness and color emphasis, etc)
I assume that this might carry over to link prominence as well... ie, a link in very tiny type at the bottom of the page might be less prominent that a bold link at the top.
I would also guess that repetition of links on a page might carry some weight... ie, if a link to a page is on both the top or side nav bar (in text or as a graphic), and is also in the bottom global links, that this might be seen as a more prominent link.
Whether Google, or other engines, have the resources to split hairs as fine as we do is another matter. I try to cover all bases... within reasonable design parameters... as long as I'm not driving myself crazy.
I was analyzing it the other day and discovered the reason why it was ranking:
It had a set of text kw links on top of the page, with h2 tags.
Conclusion: I do think this is in some way part of the algo.
There are two different valutations of links:
1. The "Pagerank-gift" of a link
2. The "Ranking-gift " of a link
I think you mean to discuss the Pagerank-gift of a link relevant to its prominence? as the ranking-gift prominence, in my opinion is already in place.
I would say that not all links are equal (Pagerank-gift wise) already at this moment.
Imagine the indexpage of a webmaster signing all 1.800 pages of all his clients webpages with a link towards his indexpage.
If all links are equal Pagerank gift-wise, that could be quite a Pagerank boost towards his indexpage. While there is nothing wrong with signing your work, I would suppose that every webpage has a properties file checking incoming links and neutralising too much self-complimentary Pagerank inheritance.
But your question reverts more to on page factors:
Could it be that in the future, a sponsored link in graphic button with "sponsors" in the surrounding text would discount the Pagerank gift if the Pagerank of that page is rather high (anti-Pagerank-buying-measure)?
Could it be that Google plays with different dampening facotrs per link?
That is, a page also linking to other resources outside the website, gets more advantageous dampening factors for its internal links because the webpage is being hubby and offering the visitor more "independant" external sources of information?
I am convinced links deep within a paragraph carry more weight.
I was setting up a site a few months ago and have not been able to finish it. It has an index page with a list of links to 10 seperate pages... all with just a title and one line of identical text (whoops). Also on the index page is a link within a paragraph to an 11th page also with the same text...... this page gets very good rankings! The interesting thing is that it is not the anchor text of this link which is important, as the page ranks well for different phrases, often used in the anchor text of other links to other pages. This link seems to have become relevant for the 'theme' of the paragraph it is set in, thus appears on many searches.
I am under the firm impression that google is trying to figure out a page's 'template', and strip it of common elements.....i.e. links in a nav bar, common setup at the bottom of pages is weighted less (if at all).
I honestly think this is one of the things that went into the new algo last month. It would make sense from a user's perspective, as a surfer we just want the 'meat' of the page.
It kinda sucks for those of us who worked hard to get proper keywords for our templates though.:(
"Detecting common templates in pages, and separating out the common structure from the individual content."
I'm sure the team that developed the news search spent a lot of time creating code that would achieve that goal.
Once again doing good for usability can do you good for google. In this case, context sensitive navigation (e.g. breadcrumbs, "Other's shoppers bought", etc.) can help greatly.
I think you mean to discuss the Pagerank-gift of a link relevant to its prominence
Yes, exactly that. Some adjustment to the PR equation so that not all links pass on the exact same gift. An adjustment like that would stand a chance of increasing relevance and undermining artifical linking schemes, at least to a degree.
Prominence was just the best word I could come up with at the time - but
I am under the firm impression that google is trying to figure out a page's 'template', and strip it of common elements.
That would be a logical - if challenging - thing to try. It's right along the lines I've been considering.
I'm not sure that you get different points from a link (apart from the balance between outbound & inbound links), but maybe I'm just confused about the question.
I'm not sure this is relevant, but one thing I've noticed is that when you get too many links from the same domain, only a few links count and all the other links are dropped from the PR calculation.
I would confirm that in a way: Having lots of links from one domain and its detailpages (portal linking to you from index-page and x-thousand detail-pages by a layout-footer or inclusion-file)does not bring the same benefit know than before the last algo-shift.
I have a little different interpretation though: IMO it is not the inheritance of the simple PR that is cut off but more the relevance for the specific keyword in the anchor-texts of these links. Don't know if I could express it clearly. ;-) This could be corresponding to the difference between pagerank-gift and ranking-gift Vitaplease just made.
I am seeing sites with high PR (7) (obviously they have their high PR only from one or two portals with multible inboundlinks from detailpages) but they aren't ranking well for their keywords whereas pages with PR5 with most of their inbound-links from different domains appear in front of them on the SERP.
As far as the link-prominence discussion is concern:
- Links having less prominence if they showup on the bottom
- Links having more prominence if keywords surround them
>> interesting points
Why should google not move a step further?
=Ranking a page by it's complete benefit for the user. So inbound+outbound is relevant.
Imagine you have a page that receives links from pages with the same topic deals with this topic and even links out to pages on other domains that are dealing with the same topic. All involved anchor-texts contain the major keywords of this topic.
So this page is basically recommended by "specialists" of this topic gives further information about this topic PLUS it links out to provide even off-domain ressources about this topic to the user.
Isn't that the page with the highest benefit for the user?
Hence, isn't that the page that deserves the highest ranking?
I believe google has already moved into this direction or is beginning to.
I'm not sure this is relevant, but one thing I've noticed is that when you get too many links from the same domain, only a few links count and all the other links are dropped from the PR calculation.
And does it apply if the links from the domain all go to separate pages? There is a link from their red widget page to my red widget page, a link from their blue widget page to my blue widget page etc. I only have one link to their index page.