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Marine Corps Head Urges Patience in Haditha Investigations
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MARGARET WARNER: For the first time since allegations surfaced of Marine atrocities in Iraq, the commandant of the Marine Corps today publicly addressed the controversy.
General Michael Hagee told reporters that, until the investigations are complete, he couldn't comment directly on allegations that Marines murdered Iraqi civilians in two towns and then covered up what happened.
But during a 14-minute Pentagon news conference, General Hagee did stress the importance of Marines living up to certain basic values.
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps: Our recruits are taught and it is constantly reinforced that an important part of being a Marine is accomplishing a mission while adhering to our core values of honor, courage and commitment.
While Marines are proud of our high standards, they also know that, if they violate these tenets, they will be held accountable. Without accountability, standards would be nothing more than goals.
Where compliance with our standards is in question, we use well-established processes to determine as accurately and expeditiously as possible what happened and why. But make no mistake: A Marine who has been found to have violated our standards will be held accountable.
It is an important part of who we are, and all Marines expect it. High standards and accountability define Marines.
As commandant, I am gravely concerned about the serious allegations concerning actions of some Marines at Haditha and Hamandiyah. I can assure you that the Marine Corps takes them seriously.
We are committed to fully supporting the investigations of both incidents. We want to ensure the investigations are complete, with respect to what actually happened on the ground and actions taken or not taken by the chain of command.
PRESS CORPS MEMBER: I'm wondering, given the gravity of what's come to light thus far in the two cases that you cited, why shouldn't you resign as an acknowledgment of failure of leadership?
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE: I serve at the pleasure of the president, and I have not submitted any resignation — Jim?
PRESS CORPS MEMBER: General, Congressman Murtha said that the allegations of these reported incidents are a sign, a further sign that the Marines and soldiers in Iraq are under tremendous combat stress. Is that the case? If these allegations prove to be true, is that a contributing factor?
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE: I visit Iraq about once every two months, and I can only report on what I have seen in my interaction with the Marines and with the soldiers over there.
And I can tell that their morale is really quite high. The operational tempo is also high. They are very proud in what they're doing. They know they're well-equipped; they know they're well-trained; and they know that they are making a difference.
PRESS CORPS MEMBER: And they know right from wrong, General?
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE: They absolutely know right from wrong.
PRESS CORPS MEMBER: General, as far as I know, all that we have, officially, on the record, from the military on the Haditha incident is that 15 civilians were killed by a roadside bomb. Can you now correct for the record that statement and tell us if that statement was inaccurate?
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE: Jonathan, as I've said several times, I cannot comment on anything that has happened in either one of those two incidences until the investigations are complete.
PRESS CORPS MEMBER: I know when you were in Iraq, besides talking to the Marines, you were listening, as well. What did they tell you about their thoughts on these allegations, what they're thinking about them, and how it may be impacting their ability to do their jobs?
GEN. MICHAEL HAGEE: First off, I would tell you that they are focused on what they're doing and focused on their mission. But I think the best way that I can capture the feeling over there is, in Al Assad (ph), I believe it was, I had — an NCO stood up and said, "Sir, that's not what we do. That's not what we're about."
And he said, "I want to know what senior leadership is doing, and I want to know what we can do about that." And I told him what he can — what they could do about that is continue to do what they are doing right now, and they are doing really a magnificent job.
Staying out of the investigation
MARGARET WARNER: And for more now, we're joined by two retired Marine Corps generals with extensive experience dealing with Iraq and the wider Middle East.
General Joseph Hoar was commander in chief of Central Command from 1991 to '94 in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War. Centcom serves as headquarters for U.S. forces in Iraq. He's now a consultant for America and European companies doing business in the Middle East.
And Lt. General Michael Delong was deputy commander of Central Command from 2000 to 2003 during the first phase of the current Iraq war, working directly for General Tommy Franks. He's now with the Shaw Group, an engineering and construction company with extensive contracts in the Middle East. He's also the author of the book "Inside Centcom."
Welcome to you both, Generals.
General Hoar, first, help us understand what we just saw with General Hagee. Why could he not -- I mean, he kept saying he couldn't comment on the incidents. Why is he unable to, for instance, correct the record at the very least -- some in Congress have asked him to -- of the official Marine account right after the Haditha incident, which was that 15 had died in a roadside bomb.
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR, Former Central Command Marine Corps General: Margaret, the longstanding rule in dealing with investigations is the investigating officer is given the requirement to come up with all of the facts, derive opinions from that, and make a recommendation.
And in the system, which is very hierarchical, the top person and then really any senior person should refrain from either making judgments or suggestions until all of that is done because, for example, if someone were found guilty of a crime and afterward punished, someone might say, "Well, the commandant of the Marine Corps exercised undue interest in this. He suggested that the number was x rather than y, or the timing was different."
It's just unfortunate, because the result of all of this investigation will probably lead to disciplinary action of some type. And it would be inappropriate for senior people to speculate on any of it. It will come in due course, and I think we're all anxious to see the results of this.
MARGARET WARNER: And General Delong, does General Hagee have any direct role or authority in the investigation?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG, Former Central Command Marine Corps General: Well, the way investigations work is there's the general over there that's running this, whether it's General Abizaid or General Casey, they either will assign an investigation officer, as General Hoar said, or they will allow the specific service to run this themselves.
And I don't know how they're doing this, but what happens is normally they'll hold, if these people are found guilty -- if that's the case -- they'll have an Article 32 investigation, which will, in fact, determine whether they should go to court martial. And if that, in fact, happens, then they usually give it to the service to run the court martial.
And then General Hagee would be responsible for the people who would be running the court martial for these individuals, if that's the case.
A damaged Marine Corps
MARGARET WARNER: I see. So even though the Navy is doing one of these investigations and the Army another, that it could ultimately end up with General Hagee.
Let me stay with you, General Delong. The Marines that I know are a very tight group and talk to each other a lot, even after retirement. What was the reaction, what is the reaction to Marines and former Marines you know about this whole Haditha controversy?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: Well, I think General Hagee said it best. Marines are held to a high standard. And if they violate those high standards -- if they did -- there's accountability.
And I've done many of these investigations myself. In fact, I did the Aviano investigation. They're not pleasant. They're especially not pleasant when you're looking at things that your fellow Marines may or may not have done.
MARGARET WARNER: And, General Hoar, is there concern of you -- are you concerned, have you heard concern that, even though these allegations are unproven and untested, that it is damaging, it has damaged the Marine Corps and its reputation?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: Margaret, we're engaged in a war of ideas. And so, when something like this is first uncovered, and appears in the press, and is discussed, and then pictures show up -- I believe probably on Arab television, but I'm not sure -- there's already been enormous damage done, regardless of the outcome of the investigations, because many people around the world will go away with the idea that this has been another terrible catastrophe visited on the Iraqi people.
MARGARET WARNER: Even before there's an official outcome?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: Exactly.
Diplomacy vs. military
MARGARET WARNER: Well, let me ask you now -- let's turn to Iraq, the subject of the evening. What is your assessment of how things are going militarily in Iraq?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: Well, I would say, first of all, that there's no military solution to this problem; this is essentially a political problem.
And to the degree that the Iraqis can work through with our help and find political means, vehicles, methods of doing business, some of this discomfort is going to go away. But until that happens, the amount of violence, in my judgment, is going to increase.
MARGARET WARNER: General Delong, do you think the U.S. is on a path here that the Iraqis will pretty soon be able to take care of their own security and the U.S. can withdraw its forces?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: Well, I agree with General Hoar: There's not a military solution to this.
There's 18 provinces in Iraq; 14 of them are doing pretty well with our help and the coalition's help. There's four provinces -- which, by the way, are the four largest -- that are having these issues. And it is a political solution.
I say, given where we are today, whether it's the right way that we got to where we are, that there's been free elections, that there's a parliament, there's a president and prime minister, is a great thing. The issue is: Will these three groups get together and work? I hope so.
MARGARET WARNER: But let me just interrupt you. If you were Centcom commander today and the secretary of defense or the president were to say, "What could we do differently now?" What would you say? What would you advise? Is there anything you'd correct, in the way the U.S. and particularly the U.S. military is going about this?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: No, it's a political solution. And I just -- given where we are today, the hope is that this current government and parliament will get these three groups together and come up with some sort of a political solution and security for the country that will make this work.
MARGARET WARNER: General Hoar, would you advise either beefing up American troops at this point or, as Congressman Murtha suggested, get ready for fairly rapid withdrawal?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: I think that we must stay. I think that the gravity of this situation, should we pull out prematurely, will further disrupt all of the Middle East.
The end result could mean an Iraqi government that is dominated by Shia political entities and closely aligned with Iran. And I know from my own experience and my travels in that part of the country all of the neighbors, many of which have large Shia populations, are very concerned about this.
MARGARET WARNER: But do you think that the current effort is essentially winnable, in American terms?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: I think we are at a tipping point right now. We are, what, five months since the last elections? We still don't have a unity government formed. We are unable to come up with a minister of defense and a minister of interior.
And this continued assassinations in the large cities, Basra, which was thought to be very much under control and pretty much pro-American or, at least, I should say, pro-coalition, to give the United Kingdom forces their due, but that seems to be slipping into chaos. I think it's a very serious situation.
MARGARET WARNER: General Delong, let me go back to this troop-level issue: Either increase the number of troops, because they're overstretched and overstressed, or start getting ready for a withdrawal. Would you advocate either of those?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: No. But whatever the -- the generals there know what the right number is. And to say that they're overstressed or overstretched, I haven't been there in the last eight or nine months, but I've been there nine times in the previous 18 months, and I've talked to the troops. I've never seen morale like they've had before.
So, hell, I'm stressed. I'm sure General Hoar is stressed. You're stressed talking to us.
MARGARET WARNER: We're all stressed.
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: But I don't think -- I just don't think it's as bad that people are making it out. The media is a concern to me. These young men over there, they may have done something, but let's wait to find out what did happen before we indict them or pat them on the back.
Nearing the tipping point
MARGARET WARNER: General Hoar, do you think the situation though now is already in a state of civil war? You talked about a tipping point. Do you think it's incipient civil war unless something is done? How would you characterize it?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: I think we're very close to civil war. And as Mike suggests, this is not widespread throughout the country, but it is very much concentrated in those provinces where you have a large Sunni population. And this is really -- the nexus of this fight is between Sunnis and Shia.
MARGARET WARNER: So are you both saying -- and I'll start with you, General Hoar -- that the U.S. should be prepared to stay indefinitely?
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: No, I don't think we can stay indefinitely. I think the effort that has been made to train up Iraqi forces has not moved as quickly as it should. And I'm told that it's understaffed and underfunded again. I don't know that, but I've read that recently.
But that's the key. And there has to be so much more done than just training battalions: We need to build combat support structures so they have logistics support, medical support. They need to have appropriate equipment, all of those things.
MARGARET WARNER: And, General Delong, if that day never comes, I mean, we've been talking about training the Iraqi troops now for three years, what does the United States do? I mean, do we stay indefinitely or is there a point at which the U.S. should ever say, "Well, the Iraqis may not be ready, but it's time to go"?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL DELONG: Well, I don't think the U.S. public or the U.S. political system will allow us to stay indefinitely, but we need to stay until, as General Hoar said, that the country is secure both internally and externally.
And I've brought this up before. The countries surrounding Iraq, it's not to their benefit that there be a large democratic country in their midst.
You've got probably 50,000 -- and that's the number I've heard -- Iranians in the south that are trying to keep this government from forming. And you have probably 20,000 Syrians trying to do the same thing.
So we need to get help from the surrounding countries if we want the inside political system to work, in my view.
MARGARET WARNER: All right. General Michael Delong, General Joseph Hoar, thank you.
GEN. JOSEPH HOAR: Thank you, Margaret.


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Extended Interview: Former Ambassador Wu Jianmin
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WU JIANMIN, professor at China Foreign Affairs University and former ambassador to France: I think in the final analysis what we have to do is to improve, you need to improve mutual understanding between China and the outside world. You know I was the Chinese ambassador in Europe for nine years. We constantly faced off with these big problems. Reality versus the perception. If you read Chinese press, I mean, it's a different story. If you read international press you get a different image of China. So this, this gap between reality and perception that hurts everybody. That hurts Chinese, that hurts outside world. You know I think that in a way we are, we, we are in the same boat.
MARGARET WARNER: But what is it about China that the West doesn't understand?
WU JIANMIN: First, they don't like our system. They say look your system's not democratic, you don't respect human rights. You know why Chinese started the revolution? For human rights. Before 1949 Chinese population (was) 500 million people. Four hundred million people were hungry. And they couldn't go on like that.
Today we are engaged in this huge modernization and undertaking — what for? For human rights, to make Chinese, every Chinese better. You know Western people, they look at China with Western eyes. They believe — some of them — we have to behave like them. It's impossible. You are American and I'm Chinese.
Look, we have a lot of admiration for America, no doubt. You've got independence in 1776. When you elect your first president — 1789. How many people did vote? Only 4 percent of American people. Women didn't vote. Black and slave didn't vote. Those who didn't pay taxes didn't vote. And when the women got the right to vote, 1920. Black people got civil rights, 1964. I remember that speech of Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream." I was so moved when I heard this speech. Yes you, you are where you are after more than two centuries of revolution. How can you expect others to do the same thing as you? It's impossible.
Same thing apply to France. I was the Chinese ambassador there. I say look, when you start revolution in 1789 — "liberte, egalite, fraternite" — fine. But when French women get the right to vote? Only 1945. I say, I would say that, this is a factual statement. I don't want to embarrass you. Means what? Democracy is evolving in each and every country in the conditions of these countries. Outside forces can't impose any model. There's no universal model of democracy. Every country has to move on in the condition of their country. This is case for China.
You know a man of my age — I'm 69 — when the People's Republic was proclaimed a state, I went through all these events. Today in terms of the freedom of expression (it's) much, much better. In the so-called Cultural Revolution, Mao said he advocates democracy. You can blame anybody but Mao. If you blame Mao you would be in big trouble. Today, I think you'll come to China, there's no many taboos.
MARGARET WARNER: But there are taboos. I mean people are still afraid, they can talk about a lot of things but they cannot speak about issues in a way that seems to challenge the wisdom of the leadership. At least that's what we find. People are afraid to do that still and they look at the people who do it, selectively are still put in prison.
WU JIANMIN: I think that what you say is not quite accurate. I'm in China. I'm academic. While you listen to these academic discussions, it's eye-opening. They discuss everything. They express their views. How leadership looks at that kind of expression. I mean, I was in the Chinese political conservative conference. You know, I attended a debate, big discussion, certainly they say some good things about what's going on. They say a lot of things about what, what goes wrong. Environment, etc. They voice their views, certainly. You use "afraid", and I don't believe and this is word that you use, "afraid". People are expressing themselves. Maybe not in the way you, you have in U.S., but as I said earlier you are where you are after more than centuries of evolution.
China is China. We're used to strong central authorities. More than 2,000 years. So we need a strong central authority to take the countries together, you know, rescue operations, you need a strong leadership. That's why the prime minister was there to guide the rescue operation. I think what's wrong means in terms of the communication between Western countries and China. I think people, this is what I say earlier, you tend to, you do expect China to behave exactly like you. It's impossible.
Factors of modernization
WU JIANMIN: I'd like to make two points. First you've got to understand the philosophy of China's modernization. There are three key factors: stability, development, reform. We are striking a delicate balance between three. Stability, is seen as known condition for development. Development is the aim. We are facing many problems. I believe that only development can provide solution. Reform is a driving force. We can't afford to go too fast. Too fast will disturb stability.
You know, I went through so-called Cultural Revolution. Mao advocated democracy. Tell me ... how many parties, political parties did we have in China? More than a million. I was in Foreign Ministry. There are five so-called totalitarian rebel organizations. They didn't do anything about diplomacy. They were fighting each other every day. Through posters, through even with a fist. Now China was in chaos. That China being 1970 after Mao, when Mao passed away Chinese economy was on bank of collapse. Everybody suffered. Culture varies from one country to another. People have different cultures. We've got used to this concept of authority. We needed law and order. We need discipline. I mean, the way the Cultural Revolution would come back. Free speech, you can blame anybody but Mao. Then so what? Big chaos. This is why people hate the chaos. Why people tasted the first fruits of the reform and modernization. People want it to go on.
MARGARET WARNER: Is the bottom line, though, if China is, aspires to be a rising global power, that criticism of Chinese government policies internationally and also internally comes with the package? That is, the rest of the world now cares what happens inside China and what China does.
WU JIANMIN: Yes that will happen. The Chinese will get used to it. You see we, we would, I mean, we'll listen to that kind of criticism. Suddenly maybe they have some good evidence. We try to accept it. Maybe some things we can't accept. Yes. You know when you have growing cooperation with the rest of world, you have lots of benefits but the coin has two sides. You have to live with it.
MARGARET WARNER: Professor Wu, thank you.
WU JIANMIN: Thank you, Margaret. Pleasure to talk to you.


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Amnis comments come in the wake of a report by management consultants, McKinsey and Company, which was rejected by the Government but which advocated cutting the NHS workforce in England by ten per cent over the next five years in the cause of improving cost efficiency within the healthcare sector.
The plans to close 137,000 NHS clinical and administrative posts were said to save £20bn by 2014. The consultants also advocated a recruitment freeze and early retirement programme.
Mark Eaton, managing director of Amnis, commented: Achieving high impact efficiency improvements in the NHS within a reasonable timescale will need a massive increase in the pace of change and the creation of a different mindset amongst senior leaders if they really want to change the game.
Many organisations which have already embarked on these changes are discovering that the most cost effective way of achieving this is to develop the organisations internal capability to lead its own change programmes rather than rely heavily on external management consultants.
For many healthcare organisations this will mean building up a core of skilled Lean practitioners, he continued.
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The key to success is to take a strategic approach to improvement that combines implementation and planning with a focus on engaging teams and dealing with facts rather than assumptions, Eaton stated. It is this strategic approach to transformation that will drive the programme of change.
In his view, trying to do the same things better or working harder will only realise a very small improvement in the way services operate. Believing that services cannot be improved further or accepting that current performance is adequate will limit the small gains achieved even further, he added.
There are two useful sayings that apply here, Eaton said. One is, if you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always had and the second is, change nothing and nothing changes.
I believe that there are difficult and complex decisions to be made if the full scale of the potential benefits are to be realised but every project and programme that we, at Amnis, have led has shown that it is possible to achieve provided that the senior leaders have the focus and courage to tackle the big issues; the front-line teams are engaged and have the capability to change the game and, most of all, that the whole organisation has the resilience to turn plans for improvement into real life changes, he concluded.
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Carro E, Trejo JL, Gomez-Isla T, LeRoith D, Torres-Aleman I. Serum insulin-like growth factor I regulates brain amyloid-beta levels. Nat Med. 2002 Dec;8(12):1390-7. PubMed.
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Logic would say, if you haven't changed anything then there's know reason why the behavior should change. I don't know why PG would be rejecting connections as the superuser, other than if you (ie, Access) is not actually connecting as the superuser. It looks like you're running PG 7.1.x.. try enabling connection logging, just to make sure. As for MSysConf, that is something Access looks for to control things like background population and password caching. Notice that Access only looks for it once per connection. Have a look in Access help, I think the table definition and record meanings are in there. Also, you should read this FAQ: http://www.scw.org/pgaccess -Cedar On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Neal Lindsay wrote: > I have a small (but growing) postgresql database that employees in the > office connect to with Access97. I built the client application in Access > and distributed it, and it has been running perfectly for the past two > weeks or so. The ODBC connection is set up to connect as the superuser > (postgres) with no password (and I have not added a password) (yeah, > insecure, but I'm working on a bigger database to replace it that will have > good security, and I'm on an internal network anyway). Anyhow, some time > this morning, the datbase started rejecting connections from the clients, > saying "ERROR: (tablename): Permission denied." If I re-link the tables, > sometimes it will go back to working until I close the datbase and open it > again. Here is a snippet from my log: > > 010821.10:55:15.935 [898] ERROR: Relation 'msysconf' does not exist > 010821.10:55:15.966 [898] ERROR: client: Permission denied. > 010821.10:58:01.806 [899] ERROR: Relation 'msysconf' does not exist > 010821.10:58:01.812 [899] ERROR: client: Permission denied. > 010821.10:58:28.961 [899] ERROR: workorder: Permission denied. > 010821.11:03:08.287 [936] ERROR: Relation 'msysconf' does not exist > 010821.11:03:20.907 [937] ERROR: Relation 'msysconf' does not exist > 010821.11:03:20.938 [937] ERROR: employee: Permission denied. > 010821.11:03:36.038 [939] ERROR: Relation 'msysconf' does not exist > > If I re-link the tables, sometimes only some of the tables will start > working again. The ones that still do not work no longer produce the > 'msysconf' lines in the log, but they do still give the 'Permission denied" > ones. > > Does anyone know what the 'msysconf' errors are, or why the database would > be denying me connections as the superuser? Please help! > > Neal Lindsay > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html >
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how often you check your keyword rankings
Posted 13 November 2005 - 11:43 AM
how important is this to you.
Posted 13 November 2005 - 12:19 PM
Posted 13 November 2005 - 01:09 PM
plus how do you check them.
Posted 13 November 2005 - 04:17 PM
There are others that I won't look at for a month or longer.
I like to look at traffic more frequently, and log file analysis, which will show traffic from the different search engines, and from other sites, too.
Posted 14 November 2005 - 09:40 PM
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 10:47 PM
Posted 14 November 2005 - 10:54 PM
But, I really prefer to look at traffic using a log analysis or other analytics.
While it's great to focus upon trying to find some keyword phrases that people will use to locate information on pages, too much attention to just those keywords can blind you to some of the other ways that people might be using to find pages on a site, and some other possible phrases.
Posted 14 November 2005 - 11:05 PM
Posted 14 November 2005 - 11:06 PM
Traffic is very important, i agree
Posted 14 November 2005 - 11:07 PM
Posted 14 November 2005 - 11:36 PM
if you monitor you keyphrases that bring you traffic or high target keywords that are hard to get, you can see if you seo is working, but see the results and trends.
I agree with you completely. But, when the copy for a page is written, it helps to expand what is on the page to more than just the keyword phrases. I want to put other words on the page that fit in well with those keywords, and that people visiting the site want to see. I want to expand upon the ideas and concepts that those keywords encompass, and anticipate that people will also use those words to find this page too. These are the words that may be searched for less, but are possible to attract traffic for.
So, rank checking is useful, as you note, for seeing if people are visiting for the terms that I'm trying to emphasize. But, I also want to see the other terms that those visitors are using, too.
Posted 16 November 2005 - 01:57 AM
Posted 16 November 2005 - 08:46 AM
I will also check the rankings if there is a sudden drop in traffic and the referral logs show less people arriving for a given search phrase than normal if there is also a corresponding decline in end sales.
In both cases, I check the rankings not because they are in any way important in themselves, but only in relation to explaining sudden spikes or dips in traffic of a certain type, and the end results that even the traffic is merely a tool to attain.
If the number of visitors for a phrase drop, but actual sales did not, it would say a lot about the false value of ranking for that term in the first place, and I could care less if I get less uninterested/unprofitable traffic.
Posted 16 November 2005 - 09:09 AM
Posted 17 November 2005 - 08:39 AM
For my own sites I have consistently done better with the trail than with any actual keyword or keyphrase I thought about. I do mean consistently and any. It's the main reason I don't check and recheck ranking for certain terms I have in mind.
I look a lot at log data. I use both offline log analysis software as well as online, real-time tracking. What I look for is what people come for, what they apparently hope to find, and how long they stayed. Then I look if I deliver what they came for and, if not, if I can provide them anyway.
Why? Because I believe in following the vote. If my page about "apples" gets a lot of Google's vote for the search "fruit" I'm not going to go against that and rewrite and rewrite. I'm going to confirm Google's "fruit" vote.
Example, I recently published a short article on a specific dish. The page was really about this dish. Title, meta, headings, intro's, emphasis; the dish. I then noticed increased traffic which came in for a search for a certain ingredient which was mentioned only once on that page. Looking at the searches there was a correlation between that ingredient and an author who had just written a book about its benefits.
I went back to the page and helped users, and Google, get what they apparently wanted. Riding that wave that page now ranks #1 out of a high number of results and has caused more income had I fretted about the page not ranking so well for the original dish I wanted to promote.
If I would have to choose between spending time/money on rank checking and looking at my logs, I go with my logs at any time.
Posted 18 November 2005 - 10:28 PM
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Posted 03 December 2005 - 03:05 PM
I might be doing overkill but I enjoy it as I am a closet number cruncher. However, if you are not doing at least some of this - especially heavy KW research combined with a data marriage between rankings and logs - then you sites are not pulling half of the traffic that they are capable of.
Posted 03 December 2005 - 04:21 PM
Once a day but I try not to do it at the w/e... Sometimes I just have to...
I'm upset when I miss a move and when I don't if it jumped 20 or 50 over the w/e... But that me... plus testing
Posted 03 December 2005 - 05:06 PM
Posted 03 December 2005 - 06:53 PM
Sometimes I get lost in this though. I lost site of a great 2ndary keyword phrase which lost #1 ranking to #2 and 3.
When I reviewed monthly traffic saw that I lost 30-70% traffic on it...and I wasn't catching that from daily views at the log analysis traffic.
Then I looked at conversions for the term...and it really wasn't a big loss.
Frankly I would spend more time on this if I had the time. I actually could use better analytics...I end up crunching numbers on things that a better package would provide but I use the free system that my host provides.
EGOL...would you crunch some numbers for me. LOL
Posted 03 December 2005 - 08:18 PM
You can also snoop the serps for terms that bring a little traffic but you are ranking at #12. Then just a tweak of the page will shoot you up to #3 and some nice traffic.
This is the marriage of logs and rankings that can put your website into paydirt for low to moderate competition terms.
Posted 04 December 2005 - 10:09 PM
Ditto... I remember doing keyword searches "for fun" using text-only Internet.
lol.... geez... you folks are going to send me to therapy if I tell you how often.
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Friday is the big day for the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber will welcome new leadership with Bill Kennedy installed as the new board chairman and Ian Lamont, publisher of The Signal, Dana Cop of AT&T and Dena Maloney of College of the Canyons joining the board.
Buy a Newspaper Day
This announcement has been forwarded to me by several friends in the newspaper business around the country - including former Canyon Country resident Dan Roach who now lives in Michigan.
It seems appropriate that readers of The Mighty Signal might want to particpate. This blurb was written by a reporter in Alaska.
"As the economy continues to deteriorate, one of the industries that is going to be most severely affected is the American newspaper industry. Major cities that have had at least two daily newspapers for more than a century, such as Chicago and Seattle, might soon find themselves with only one source of news.
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My recent post about McGoorty Day made me think about my other favorite books about pool and billiards. I'll save the how-to books for another list, but this mix of narrative nonfiction, biography, and fiction should satisfy anyone who wants to steep in the seedy milieu of poolrooms.
The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies, by Minnesota Fats and Tom Fox. 1966; 2006. Globe Pequot, $14.95 (1-59228-701-8).
Every purported fact in this book should be regarded with a gimlet eye–Minnesota Fats regarded truth as an amusing inconvenience–but the hefty hustler's as-told-to biography is still terrifically entertaining.
Billiards: Hustlers & Heroes, Legends & Lies, and the Search for Higher Truth on the Green Felt, by John Grissim. 1979. St. Martin's, o.p.
Somewhat hard to find (I first read it in the Harold Washington Library), this mix of history, memoir, and legend is a fun portrait of the game and the men who played it–and also 1970s sensibilities and collars.
Byrne's Book of Great Pool Stories, by Robert Byrne. 1995. Harcourt, paper, $20 (0-15-600223-X).
Among its many treasures, contains an absolutely brilliant short story by Wallace Stegner, "The Blue-Winged Teal." And who knew Tolstoy wrote about billiards?
The Hustler, by Walter Tevis. 1959. Four Walls Eight Windows, paper, $13.95 (1-56025-473-4).
Okay, I confess: I haven't actually read this book. But I have read the original short story that it was based on, which was published in the January 1957 Playboy. ("But honey, I only read Playboy for the short stories!") The story is good, not great, but its influence–in inspiring a novel and then the classic film–is undeniable.
Hustler Days: Minnesota Fats, Wimpy Lassiter, Jersey Red, and America's Great Age of Pool, by R. A. Dyer. 2003. Lyons, $22.95 (1-59228-104-4).
Dyer's prose tends to be overwritten, but his research into a thinly documented scene and era is extremely valuable, especially his portait of the shambling, hypochondriacal, shot-making genius Luther Lassister. I never miss Dyer's column, "Untold Stories," in Billiards Digest, either.
Hustlers, Beats, and Others, by Ned Polsky. 1967. Aldine Transaction, paper, $24.95 (0-202-30887-1).
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McGoorty: The Story of a Billiard Bum, by Robert Byrne. 1972. Broadway, paper, $19 (0-7679-1631-X).
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Playing Off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey, by David McCumber. 1996. Harper, paper, $13.95 (0-380-72923-7).
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The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will hear from Ellen Pirie, outgoing 2nd District supervisor for Santa Cruz County, and Zach Friend, incoming 2nd District supervisor for Santa Cruz County, at a breakfast meeting 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday at Best Western Plus Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Court.
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Feb 18, 2002
Proton And Marlboro Yamaha Versions Of Testing Reality, From Valencia
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From a press release issued by Proton Team KR:

EUROPEAN CHAMPION ADDED TO PROTON'S STRENGTH

February 18, 2002: Spanish rider David Garcia, winner of the European Championship last season, has signed up with Proton Team KR, as test rider for the three-cylinder lightweight MotoGP two-stroke.

Garcia will back regular team riders Jeremy McWilliams and Nobuatsu Aoki, testing the continual stream of technical innovations and improvements from the independent team's factory at Banbury, in the heart of England's "F1 Belt" of high-tech race engineering.

"It is a fantastic opportunity for me," said the 23-year-old rider, who campaigned in the 250 GP class in 2000, but missed most of last year after early injury to concentrate on his successful European Championship campaign.

"I was always too tall for a 250, so it is a chance for me to adapt to the bigger class, and to learn a lot while helping develop the machine," he smiled.

"I also hope that I might be able to race at some GPs this year," he added. Although only an observer at Valencia, his testing schedule begins after the start of the season, at his home circuit of Almeria.

Proton Team KR manager Chuck Aksland confirmed that they plan to seek wild card entries for Garcia at selected GPs, while he would be first reserve for racing if one of the regular riders was unable to take part.

Almeria is literally Garcia's home circuit – his father owns and runs the track, an increasingly popular testing venue. Previously, the family owned a karting circuit, and David started in motorsport by following in his father's wheel-tracks, racing karts as a young teenager at national championship level, before he was bitten by the motorcycling bug.

PROGRESS FOR PROTON IN FIRST IRTA TESTS

Valencia, February 17, 2001: Proton Team KR riders Jeremy McWilliams and Nobuatsu Aoki had mixed fortunes at the first three-day IRTA test of the 2002 GP season at the Ricardo Tormo circuit here today.

Ulsterman McWilliams finished up the three days of mainly unfavourable weather with a lap time well in touch with the leaders, and happy at the progress made as he becomes accustomed to his new mount.

Japanese teammate Aoki had no such luck – his testing cut short when he fell victim to spilled fuel, crashing out early in the proceedings on Sunday, and out of action for the rest of the day.

The first confrontation between the new 990cc four-stroke MotoGP machines and the old guard of 500cc two-strokes ended in victory for the smaller machines, with the top four-stroke third-fastest and two-strokes setting the pace throughout. This was another encouragement to Proton Team KR, who have pinned their faith on their lightweight three-cylinder two-stroke, while planning their own four-stroke challenger for 2003.

The tests were far from conclusive, however, with high winds, rain and extreme cold only letting off later on the third of three days. Temperatures remained low, and there were a number of crashes.

"We had a lot of things to test – and conditions were really against us," said team manager Chuck Aksland. "All the same, Jeremy made a lot of progress, getting the bike fitted to his style and preferences, and also learning more about the machine's capabilities.

"Both riders are new to the bike, and our Bridgestone tyres are also new to the team and the top class of racing. We will continue testing at Estoril and then at Catalunya for the rest of the IRTA tests – and hopefully keep on making progress."

JEREMY McWILLIAMS: LOTS DONE, LOTS TO DO

"In the end, it was good. We struggled a bit with tyres at first – but came good with the 17-inch tyres we least expected to work. They hadn't done a thing for us at the first tests at Jerez, but conditions were very different at Valencia, and very low temperatures were obviously a big factor.

"We had lots of things to try, and a busy schedule, with a minor hiccup when I crashed on the cold track yesterday. We still made progress with fundamental things –handlebar position, a different seat, changing the ride height and getting everything dialled in.

"The object was not lap times, but to get a better understanding of the bike, so I'm pretty pleased to have a time up among the four-cylinder 500s. It shows we're on the right track. Now I have a different chassis to test next week, and lots of other stuff. The team's fantastic, and they're working really hard. And the 500s coming out on top shows that all is not lost for the two-strokes!"

NOBUATSU AOKI: LOOKING FOR BETTER TIMES

"Absolutely not a good test for me. The first day had bad conditions, and on the second day I fell because it was too cold and the front tyre could not get up to temperature. Then today another rider crashed and spilled petrol, and though they stopped the session, when we started again the track was not properly cleaned – and I fell again at that corner, even though I was going quite slowly. I only did 15 laps, and though I am not hurt I was a little concussed, and couldn't ride any more.

"So really I did not learn much or make much progress at Valencia. I hope things get better for me over the next tests."

From a Marlboro Yamaha press release:

MARLBORO YAMAHA TEAM TESTS
Valencia, Spain
Sunday February 17 2002

CHECA & BIAGGI MAKE GOOD PROGRESS AT VALENCIA

Marlboro Yamaha Team riders Carlos Checa and Max Biaggi completed their third day of testing at Valencia this afternoon, making excellent progress with various aspects of their YZR-M1 MotoGP machines. Weather conditions were better than yesterday, with some sunshine during the afternoon, though track temperatures were below 20 degrees (C) for most of the day. Nonetheless Checa was able to record his best-ever Valencia lap, bettering his quickest qualifying lap for last year's GP here by eight tenths of a second. But outright lap times weren't the Spaniard's top priority and he spent much of the day evaluating Yamaha's new electronically controlled hydraulic engine-braking system, which works in addition to the engine's slipper clutch.

"This new system is good and helps me to use a faster corner-entry speed," he said. "Also, I think it will allow us to run a shorter gearbox, which will give me more immediate power when I open the throttle. At the moment we are using quite long gears, which isn't so good in the slower sections of this track. We also need to improve the bike's mid-corner turning and I'm glad to hear that we'll soon have another new chassis to test. McCoy and Nakano ended up faster than me today but I don't know how consistent they're lapping. I certainly didn't go as quick as I'd hoped but for sure I would've been faster if we'd had three full days on a warm track."

Biaggi ended the day 0.166 seconds down on his teammate, posting his best lap in the final minutes while riding the YZR-M1 of Yamaha tester John Kocinski, this bike equipped with a different chassis.

"These three days were quite difficult for me and the team because we had problems with the rear of the bike moving around," said Biaggi, who slid off earlier in the day. "But then I jumped on John's bike and quickly did my best lap. I'm very happy we've solved that problem and I can't wait to test the chassis again at Estoril next week. We've a lot of work to do but I look forward to continuing development."

YZR-M1 project leader Ichiro Yoda was also satisfied with his day's work.

"Today we found a good chassis set-up with John, so my thanks to him for doing a good job," said Yoda. "Max also liked this chassis and we'll ask Carlos to test it at Estoril. The difference is in the centre of gravity and we plan to continue moving in this direction, building another new chassis, with better turning, for all three riders to test very soon. Max also got to try some new engine parts John was using and he liked the smoother power they give. Finally, both Max and Carlos tried the engine-braking control system and have given us positive feedback, though we need to continue testing of this item.

"Considering the not-so-good weather I'm happy enough with what we've done here. The 500s have shown that they can still be competitive at tighter tracks like this, Jerez and Sachsenring because they're lighter and easier to turn, with higher corner speed and better initial acceleration."

LAP TIMES

Carlos Checa (Marlboro Yamaha Team), 1:34.654

Max Biaggi (Marlboro Yamaha Team), 1:34.820

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THE second woman appointed to the Supreme Court bench has retired today after a distinguished and trailblazing 25-year career.
Justice Margaret Nyland's career and contributions to South Australian law were celebrated in a special sitting this morning.
One of just 15 female law students in her class at the University of Adelaide, Justice Nyland overcame gender discrimination to graduate and secure work in the field.
She worked primarily in family law until 1987, when she was appointed a judge of the District Court, and then ascended to the Supreme Court bench in 1993.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005, presided over the first all-female Court of Criminal Appeal bench in 2006 and is a patron and member of numerous arts boards.
Today she thanked her parents, teachers, fellow judges, friends and staffers for their support and faith.
She singled out her mentor, the late Dame Roma Mitchell, as an inspiration whose legacy was difficult to live up to.
Justice Nyland said Dame Roma had been part of the reason she continued working to the mandatory retirement age of 70.
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The main qualifications to serve as a Student Missionary through Adventist Volunteer Service include:
- Between the ages of 18 and 79.
- Baptized member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in good standing.
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Other important things to consider in your decision are included in the Qualifications section of the AVS website.
volunteer Opportunities
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Talk to your coordinator
Contact your Chaplain or Student Missions Coordinator in the Campus Ministries Office at your university about starting an application to be a student missionary. They will provide guidance throughout the process. If you are having trouble finding or connecting with your Student Missions Coordinator, you may contact our office and we can help connect you.
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To start an application, you will first need to create an account and log in to the Adventist Volunteer Service website. Then you can start and submit your online application. Make sure to add your university as your "Sending Organization."
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Passport to Missions
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a Union territory in Western India, consisting of 2 different geographical entities; namely Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Silvassa, Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Nagar Haveli is wedged between Maharashtra state and Gujarat state. Dadra is a smaller area surrounded by Gujarat. Silvassa is the capital city of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Daman Ganga River flows through this union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli was part of the Portuguese India till 1954. In 1954, residents of Dadra and Nagar Haveli conquered the territory. They requested administrative help from the government of India. An I.A.S. Officer was sent as the administrator, who continued till 1961.
In 1961, Indian military took control of Goa, Daman and Diu; the Portuguese possessions in India. Thereafter, the administrator was temporarily assigned as Prime Mister of Dadra and Nagar Haveli for a single day, to sign an agreement to merge the territory with India. He signed the agreement with Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India. Thus Dadra and Nagar Haveli became part of India, as a Union Territory.
In 1974, a formal treaty was singed by India and Portugal to confirm the sovereignty of India over Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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Volvos make me shiver.
Maybe it's just their image as these all-weather, solid-steel tanks built by Ice People in Sweden, where the sun sets at 3:30 on winter afternoons.
But every time I climb into a Volvo, I hear mean winds scratching at the windows.
Before the fairly recent arrival of the sleek, spirited S60 — the best Volvo ever, I think — all Volvos seemed built for bad times and worse weather.
Often square and heavy, they felt like some responsibly tough vehicle that Thor the Librarian would drive.
Put a small hurricane in the path of an all-wheel-drive XC70 wagon, for instance, and it would soldier through, oblivious to waist-high water and tumbling oak trees.
Just don't expect anything adventurous from it on Saturday night.
So the 2012 Volvo C30 R-Design I had recently was kind of reassuring — proof that a small, funky faction at Volvo is still slipping odd, interesting cars into the mix occasionally.
The C30 is sort of the stealth Volvo. Last year, the automaker sold a whopping 3,500 of them in the U.S. — or roughly the number of hubcaps that a good-size junkyard sells in a year.
But I would like to think that the faction at Volvo behind the first turbocharged C30s several years ago helped blaze the trail for the much better, more significant S60 sedan.
You have to admit the C30 has a certain retro-unique style to it.
If you remember the old Volvo P1800 sports car from the '60s and '70s, the C30 kind of embodies that renegade spirit — a car that wears its Volvo badges slightly off-center.
The white C30 I had recently definitely felt like a hot-hatch alternative to more common GTIs and MazdaSpeed3s.
In R-Design form, the front-wheel-drive C30 gets a turbocharged five-cylinder engine, lower stance, stiffer suspension and various boy-racer body pieces.
As you might expect, the grille is big and Volvo-blunt, flanked by huge, swept-back headlamps. The hood, though raised, is flat.
A curving top slid into a P1800-looking hatchback framed by huge vertical taillamps that tumbled down both sides of the back glass.
Fat, polished dual exhausts protruded from beneath the slight bumper — a feature missing from Thor the Librarian's Volvo.
Those exhausts, incidentally, were connected to an engine cranking out an impressive 227 horsepower in the R-Design model, 27 more than in the GTI but 36 less than in the wild-child MazdaSpeed3.
Attractive five-spoke, 18-inch wheels wore conservative 215/45 tires — but they wore them pretty well. The tires and wheels, at least, filled the wheelwells.
Though the fenders were flared slightly, the sides were mostly smooth and subtly Suh-veedish, I guess.
Scandinavian minimalist
Like the Volkswagen GTI, the C30 in R-Design form is no bargain. The one I had lugged a heavy window-sticker of $35,270.
Keep that in mind when you climb inside. You can view the interior as either Scandinavian minimalist or hard and basic.
I thought it fit the personality of the car.
A large black-plastic dash rolled off the base of the sloping windshield, popping up over pleasant blue-faced gauges on the instrument panel.
The C30's best feature was a one-piece console/center stack that appeared to have been formed from an 8-inch wide piece of aluminum bent into an "L" shape.
Although the door panels were mostly black plastic, they were trimmed in a silver that matched the striking console.
Meanwhile, the seats' bolsters were covered in dark gray suede, while the centers were stitched in pleated faux-'50s off-white leather.
Though nice to look at, the interior lacked great function. The back seat, for example, was tough to get into and cargo space behind it was no more than average.
And the C30 was finely flawed in other ways as well.
Firm and fidgety ride
I had high hopes for the car's performance, considering that its 227 horses were pulling a reasonable 3,150 pounds and connected to a six-speed manual.
Sometimes the C30 could be very good, its turbo-huffed 2.5-liter engine generating so much midrange torque that the car could chirp its front tires in energetic second- to third-gear shifts.
But in the real world, first gear got winded quickly and second didn't feel all that impressive. Most of the power seemed to arrive, oddly, in the higher gears — which might explain the car's middling 0-to-60 time of 6.8 seconds, according to Car and Driver.
Moreover, the clutch felt so soft that I couldn't easily find its engagement point. As you can imagine, that occasionally made for some interesting starts.
"Don't mind me, officer. I'm a stunt driver."
Also, the ride was firm and fidgety, reminding you often that the car clung to the road with stiff springs. Likewise, the C30's steering was quick and its brakes were strong, suggesting that we might have some weapons here for attacking curvy roads.
But strangely tuned power steering and an overall lack of refinement blunt a lot of that potential. Turn-in to corners was quick and free of lean, but often sloppy because the steering was numb and vague-feeling.
Whatever composure the car possessed in its sturdy architecture was tough to fully utilize. Hit a corner fast enough to induce understeer, and the C30 could be darty and clumsy.
Still, I kind of liked the path-not-taken personality of the car.
But come on, Volvo. It's time to fine-tune the C30's decent collection of parts if you want it to ever be more than just a likeable little eccentric.
I should know.
2012 Volvo C30 T5 R-Design
Type of vehicle: Four-passenger, front-wheel-drive hatchback
Price as tested: $35,720
Fuel economy: 21 miles per gallon city, 30 highway
Weight: 3,150 pounds
Engine: 2.5-liter turbocharged five-cylinder with 227 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque
Transmission: Six-speed manual
Performance: 0 to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds
Safety rating: Unrated
SOURCES: Volvo Cars of North America; Car and Driver


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