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What's the main aim?
Despite popular belief,
the Main purpose of this sort of thing is NOT PR Links!
It is NOT to do with improving your SE Rankings!
It is to do with Traffic!
It is to publicise, popularise and push your site/brand/business.
It is to generate interest and get people to your site.
Got it?
So what does that mean?
That means you stop looking at all those naff sites claiming to be PR# whatevers!
It does NOT mean you have to go and use every single "Article Syndication" site you can find!
You aren't looking for links that pass PR.
You aren't looking for sites that don't use "nofollow".
Instead - you are looking for Quality sites.
Those that deal specifically with your target market/audience/potential customer/client base.
Those that will have an audience and get the type of people that are likely to convert!
It's pointless getting 100 visitors a day if none of them are really interested!
You mentioned Duplication?
Yes - I did.
That's because - despite it being banged on about for Years,
and there being tons of info about it...
... a large % of people still seem to think it's perfectly logical to put up information on their site,
and then go and post the exact same stuff up on X number of Article sites and Directories etc.
Don't Do It!
For starters - it's and SE nightmare.
If Google see's the same content from multiple Locations,
it may Filter the SERPs - removing all bar 1 version.
It may Not pick the one you want.
This may result in poor rankings/traffic!
Just as important (personally I think more so),
it bugs the hell out of readers!
Why would I be happy if I just read 600 words on an Article site,
clicked the link ...
... and then find you expect me to read the exact same thing?
Where's the value in that?
Where's the thought/consideration?
What's the point?
So Do Not Duplicate!
Okay Mr.knowitall - what's your suggestion then???
I (personally) suggest that you engage your brain and start using a bit of common sense!
Think like a User.
What do you want?
What do you need?
It's information/details/insight these people are after.
You are meant to be showing that you not only know your stuff,
but you know what these people Need and Want!
It's part of the sales process!
Building rapor, trust and loyalty!
It's also building Brand and Popularity
So don't jsut slap up any old rubbish.
Do some research.
Figure what it is that people Need/Want to know.
Look around at what the other sites/companies aren't telling people.
Then plan out some articles on it.
Not just one!
You want 2+.
You want a major article (or a small collection of them) on your site.
Top quality - full info.
You then recreate them.
Cut back, shortened, not quite as informative ...
... but still Quality and Useful!
It's the latter ones you market with.
Those are the ones that you submit to Quality Press Reslease sites etc.
And they should all link to your main article/section.
They should all entice/encourage/prompt the reader to find out more, from your site.
You are offering them a benefit!
Don't forget ... you have your site to fall back to... and you can likely do more on that than on a PR/AS site.
Things like spiffy diagrams, useful/detailed photos etc.
Why not mention such things in the PR/AS article.
Again - encourage people to visit your site for even more useful stuff.
So how will this help my Rankings?
It won't/shouldn't.
Not Directly.
Chances are - none of the links will be followable.
That's fine.
Remember - we are after Traffic and Conversions,
not SE Rankings.
Yet - you may find a "hidden" benefit.
Secondary Links!
That's right.
Though the Article Submissions themselves may not benefit the SERPs,
those people reading your Quality Articles,
those people coming to your site,
they may be impressed/pleased ...
... enough to warrant mentioning you on other sites/their own site.
Those would be secondary links.
Those are likely to give you PR/Ranking benefits!
You used that word again : Quality!
Look at some of the Article sites.
Seriously - LOOK.
Not just at the site, but the contents.
The sites they link to.
Now - if those were people - imagine what they look, sound and behave like.
Would you Really want to be associated with such people?
Do you want your business to be seen with that crowd?
So don't jsut go for any/all such sites.
Spend the time looking for a few good ones.
There are some around.
If you can - find some specific to your industry/products/services.
Same goes for your content.
Do NOT go and generate "fluff".
It's a waste of your time/resources,
and bugs the daylights out of readers.
Why would you use a company that just wasted 5 minutes of your time,
telling you nothing!?!?
You wouldn't.
You also wouldn't recommend them!
So - if you are going to generate content - Do It Properly!!!
(And that includes spelling and grammar checks)
(Yes - I feel like a hypocrite saying that bit! :D)
Each Article MUST be Quality!
It must be interesting, useful, informative and worth reading!
Anything else is a waste of time.
Not just Article sites...
You can find other sites that are related.
You could talk to some Blogs, some Forums etc.
Ask if they would be interested in some Free Content, of Quality.
No strings attached.
No PR passing links required.
But the key is - you want Relevant/Related sources/locations for yorur Articles.
The more targetted - the more likely to get conversions!
(Yes - you can even do the same thing for simple Adverts! Remember - it's the Traffic you want - NOT the PR!!!)
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This is Not a Topic for discussion;
It is a point of reference to save having to type the same answer repeatedly due to the sheer number of times this question is asked and is meant as an aid for people that don't seem search/read the various other posts regarding this topic.
Thank you for taking the time to read this Auto-Response.
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A humbling experience for former rock star
There's more to life than rock 'n' roll now for Paul Wong Koon-chung. The Beyond guitarist turned photographer saw another side of life on a recent Medecins Sans Frontieres trip to a border town in Bangladesh to witness the desperate situation of the Rohingya people. As a Muslim minority in northern Myanmar facing forced labour, exploitation and intimidation, they fled en masse.
About 260,000 people now live in two camps while some 7,500 others can't even get refugee status due to their lack of documentation. Wong visited a makeshift camp, which he described as a living hell. 'The life of a beggar, living underneath a flyover here in Hong Kong is already a luxury to the Rohingya,' Wong explained at a press conference on Tuesday.
'What shocked me the most was the fact that no matter how hard they try, they can't see a future, they don't even dream about tomorrow ... and it's been this way for 15 years.'
The experience left Wong humbled. 'I remember we had a little party eating canned food and I couldn't imagine I would ever be so happy eating from a tin. It was quite incredible.'
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"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." Ps. 19:1, 2, 4
I'm a Psalm 19 woman–one of those for whom God makes truth palpably clear, a doubting Thomasina who must press my fingers in His handprints to believe.
And His handprints are everywhere. I remember the first shock–the first obvious evidence of this great and awesome God we cannot imagine Who bends down to eyeless worms to give us glimpses of His beauty and majesty.
I was in high school Biology, a staunch and self-righteous Catholic, dropped off at Mass weekly by embattled parents who agreed that children should attend church, though they themselves came only during truces, when they played Chinese checkers by night.
I remember following them across the parking lot at those times, eyeing the hand-holding hopefully, wondering how long it would last. But it was never long. I became religious, but I didn't yet know the saving power of grace and forgiveness. I didn't know Jesus.
In high school Biology, I bent over the eye of a microscope, fiddling the little mirror into place until it should reflect enough light to illuminate whatever mystery hid in the elodea leaf on the glass.
At last, angled light penetrated the leaf, the lens magnified the mystery to giant-sized, and I gasped at the glory of God evident in the tiny cells.
There I saw chloroplasts– glowing green factories that turn light energy into sugar to feed every part of plant and tree. They bustled about like stained-glass nannies in the cry ward.
I remember the vision yet, though I never saw it again. It hooked me on the reality, omnipotence, and incomprehensibility of God–in awe that He allowed me to glimpse such things about Him.
For why should He show me? In those teen years, I drank, I swore, I feared my mother, and was ashamed of my father. I practiced the sacraments, but my heart boiled with evil, like one of the white-washed sepulchric Pharisees Jesus condemned to their faces.
But He had mercy on me and showed me not only chloroplasts but what they meant.
Later, I saw His handprints in the births of our four children, though I nearly died with the first. I slipped along towards Him and He sent me back, so I might see His handprints again through the lenses of children and parenting.
In them He revealed how His fatherhood of me could inform my ignorant parenting of them
and how depression, self-loathing, and paralyzing fear had no power against love, laughter, and the light in children's eyes when they presented me with tender words I didn't deserve, written in childish scrawls on handmade Mother's Day cards.
Through the lens of His word I learned that time doesn't heal all wounds save by the glare of Holy Spirit truth, the shedding of tears, the embrace of thanksgiving, the blood of forgiveness, the balm of kindness, the steel of humility, and the ferocity of abiding love.
I see His handprints through the lens of the Perseids meteor shower, when Big Bang rocks crash through the atmosphere–red, green, and blue–and my blink of tiny dust bows to Him in the vastness, beauty, and testimony of His creation.
I see Him through the lens of rest in Sabbath sheep fields, the cares of the week floating away with the tumble of clouds and the quiet certainty that just as no one could mistake the artist in my pottery, so I cannot mistake my Creator in the gifts of peace and changing sky.
And I want to be a lens–that others might see Jesus, too.
Maybe you're a Psalm 19 believer, too? Do you see His handprints through the lens of His creation? Do you want to be His lens to others?
Lord, thank You for this amazing creation that speaks of Your majesty. By Your grace, teach us how to be Your lenses that we might reflect, magnify, and illuminate the mystery of You to others.


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Obscene graffiti has been found in recent weeks on two different churches, a bus, a park area, and a home in the area of Luna Lane and Curtis Crossroads Drive.
Hendersonville police obtained video of one of the incidents and were able to locate a vehicle that matched one in the footage.
An investigation led to the arrest of Tabitha Jolly, 19, Jordan Donaldson, 18, Colby Moses, 18. All were charged with three counts of vandalism under $500 and two counts of vandalism over $1,000.
The unidentified juvenile, age 16, was charged with three counts of vandalism under $500, two counts of vandalism over $1,000 and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
All four suspects are from the Hendersonville area.
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NORMAN, Okla. -- Tight end Taylor McNamara (San Diego/Westview) won't be coached by Mike Stoops, but no Oklahoma verbal commit in the 2012 class knows head coach Bob Stoops' younger brother better than McNamara.
One of the biggest reasons McNamara originally committed to Arizona was because of the relationship he developed with Stoops. And when Stoops was fired by Arizona after more than seven seasons, it didn't take long for McNamara to look around.
He didn't know they would be reunited, but that is the case as Stoops will join the Sooners' coaching staff this season as the secondary coach and co-defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN's Joe Schad Wednesday. Defensive backs coach Willie Martinez will be leaving the team.


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Genre: Horror
Year: 2013
Country: USA
aka: Texas Chainsaw
Director: John Luessenhop
Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde
Evil wears many faces
Texas Chainsaw 3D is not a continuation of the Platinum Dunes remake and… prequel. This is instead a film that takes place directly after the original movie, but is yet set in modern times even if it is 40 years after the events of the original (are you able to keep up?). It is not uncommon that horror sequels take liberties with story times, but this is just a complete disregard for logic.
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She is found by a local and is adopted to make sure she can grow up and have a normal life. Twenty (or forty?) years later she discovers that she was adopted when her grandmother dies, leaving her with an inheritance that she needs to go down in Texas to collect. She gets a few of her friends to join her, together with a hitchhiker they pick up on the way.
When they arrive she gets the keys to her grandmother's house, but it doesn't take long before they find out that there is more to her family heritage than just a house. Leatherface has been living in this house for all these years and he is not happy to see guests entering his home.
Looking past the obvious flaws in the time line and the fact that this isn't supposed to be a part of the Platinum Dunes remakes, it sure as hell looks and feels like a continuation of it. It has a big budget look, it is violent and there's very little that will remind you of the original film – even if they try to set this in the same world as it.
As a straight up slasherfest it doesn't quite work either. The characters are all as dull as they have been in the previous films. I'm not sure why the filmmakers decided that it would be a good idea to make Ediths friends as annoying as possible, even making her best friend and boyfriend cheat on her. It's one thing to have supporting characters be in a film just to kill them off, but please try not to make them as irritating as possible.
Alexandra Daddario plays the leading role and she is hot to look at, but there's not much else interesting about her character or any of the other characters at all. They look more like models than actors to be honest and the filmmakers seem to be happy with just having them look good instead of trying to bring some life and passion into their performances.
They also try to twist everything by making the town evil and Leatherface good (!?!). It's a surprising move, but what about the people he slaughters in the first part and what about what he has done previously? Are we really expected to have sympathy for him now? There's plenty of other what the fuck choices being done here, like the entire carnival scene that feels so out of place it almost become comedic.
If at least the kill scenes was good then it might have been easier to forget about the lack of coherent story and character development, but they fail in that department as well. The gore effects are surprisingly bad and there's no excuse for that in a film that has a decent budget like this one has.
Texas Chainsaw 3D is the latest attempt to cash in on one of the best horror films of all time. Like the two previous films, this has nothing to add and there's not much to enjoy here. It looks decent enough, but lacks everything that a good movie need to have in place to succeed. But as long as these things make a ton of money the chainsaw won't get a well deserved rest. It is not awful, but it is not close to being good either.


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- 1 c. shredded coconut
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- ¼ c. honey
- 1 Tbsp. chia seeds
- 1/3 c. dried cranberries, roughly chopped
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NBC News's Savannah Guthrie will sit down with the president at the White House for an interview, scheduled to air on the "Today" show on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Hi David
i just came across your appbuilder today and was greatly impressed, well done !
1. pls i need you to shed light into how to check if internet connectivity is off or the device not connected for projects that would need internet to be on. In case this had been posted earlier and treated kindly direct me to the post.
2. Also as an advise, i would encourage you to see how you can work on samples that has to do with c# as the server language apart from just php, this would encourage some of us that are .NET programmers to really switch over to this your simple to use but very robust app/software
3. can we have an login sample in subsequent editions
Hello netrix,
Thanks for your kindly words and interest in my work at App Builder. Please, if you find the program useful for you, consider to buy one or more licenses. Now I will try to answer your question one by one:
1º Yes; this has been addressed in the past, take a look at this forum's thread.
2º App Builder's apps (as any other client side app) are abstracted from the server side, so we can use PHP or any other language, server software and database. Our applications perform HTTP calls requests and deal with HTTP responses, no matter what is in the server side.
3º I am not really sure about what you wanted exactly. But take a look at the second question: we deal with HTTP calls, when we can include login/user/password information in that calls, and therefore get the appropiate response from the server: authorized, unauthorized, or whatever your application requires/expected.
Hope this information can help you in some way netrix.
Thanks for your prompt response,im getting a licence very soon as im in love with the appbuilder.
No problems, i will work on some Http calls request/responses soon and if their is any issue , i will get back
Thanks one more time
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Thanks for your prompt response,im getting a licence very soon as im in love with the appbuilder.
No problems, i will work on some Http calls request/responses soon and if their is any issue , i will get back
Thanks one more time
You're welcome! Thanks for your kindly words and for your interest.
Hello netrix,
Please how do someone go about validating controls
Please, open new threads for new questions, so we can maintain the forum as well as possible. Are you take a look at the "Validator" app sample? They shown dozens of the available actions for validation purposes.
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Interview: Michael Fairman from Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps
By Rick Rose
Michael Fairman has been in the soap opera business for well over half his life. Our Rick Rose met Michael when Rick was a journalist for several soap magazines. Michael has seen his life and that of this great American institution change over those couple decades. From growing up in "small town Wisconsin" (like Rick), then moving to LA, from living in the closet to living out, from Lucci winning the Emmy (finally) and ONE LIFE TO LIVE breaking the spell of canceled soaps by moving from network TV to the internet, Michael has informatively and humorously rolled with the changes on his daily website called Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps (www.michaelfairmansoaps.com). Here he candidly tells lgbtSr all!
RR: How, why and when did you start your website? Did it grow with hits fast or take time?
MF: I started SoapCity.com for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment in 1997. It was the first online portal for soaps ever. With this, I could bring all my talents together to connect worldwide fans closer to their stars. I have this insane knowledge of daytime and was able to parlay it into this successful model. In 2001, when the higher-ups wanted to make money off the site with $1.99 downloads of episodes, it was like watching your baby changing into someone else. I stepped away and went into producing and writing TV. In 2008, I wanted to create my own web platform with my own brand. In 2009, I did a 100% overhaul of that site which is what you see today. Coming back into it, (after so many years away) I saw how online had blossomed, but of course with that came a lot of online soap site competitors which made me want to make my video, interviews and presentation be very modern to stand out from the bad wrap of a soap's traditional "grandma" feel. It launched with a big benefit for AIDS Walk Los Angeles as I have always believed in the social responsibility of the soap genre. We have increased traffic and hits by 100% in the last year.
RR: Why your ongoing fascination with soaps and hasn't the passion for them dwindled in general over the years?
MF: Ricky Paul Goldin, Emmy-nominated again this year for his lead role on ALL MY CHILDREN which was recently canceled just asked me that same question, Rick. He commented that I have never abandoned my soap friends. I believe that you have to follow your heart and your passion even though it may not always seem to be the right decision at times. Look, it is human nature to be fascinated by doom and gloom. So while soaps seem to be dying due to lack of interest, their cancelations have conversely made folks want to look online and see where the genre is headed. My relationship with the actors and fans who I love has been for 23 years. Is it time for me to move on? It is a tough call.
RR: The Michael who first started watching soaps as a young boy in Wisconsin vs. the Michael today living in Los Angeles…what was life like then vs. now?
MF: As a kid I had huge dreams and aspirations. I wanted to leave Wisconsin really bad and pursue a career in acting and singing in NYC or Hollywood. I knew I didn't fit in with where I was from at a very young age. Now, having lived a full fifty years, the spirit is still there, but what is real isn't exactly what I dreamed. You get kicked down, you get up again. You must persevere. At times I questioned whether or not I was strong enough to handle it all. Then I look at it and see how much I have survived, and realized, I am strong and a survivor to boot! I have handled a lot of issues and kept on going. As an older gay man living in WEHO (West Hollywood, CA), I am surprised as I never thought I would be living in the Mecca for our gay community, in the thick of it. When I was in my 20s and 30s it was about my looks, something that is true for gay men in LA. It is superficial. I have always been out in a large city, so there has always been that "high school" pressure. I feel that the Gay community is often harder on itself and I wish we were more supportive of one another. And now at 50, I am looked at differently, as a Daddy. It drives me up a wall. (Laughs)
RR: Are the situations one faces growing up in a city in Wisconsin the same as those we see on air in a soap city like Genoa City on THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS which is also set in Wisconsin?
MF: No. Where is the poor family on Y&R? Where is the character from the inner city of Milwaukee? Soap people are all beautiful and no one works at a brewery. (Laughs) Soaps are too glamorous for what it is really like out in America. But every soap at its center, and why it relates to people from the South to West to Midwest, is that it is about core family relationships, bringing kids up, falling apart, losing loved ones…it is an amped up version of what we may experience in Anywhere, USA on a daily basis. That was the successful formula of soaps for years. We could relate, and we could watch as a family….it became an extended family for many viewers. My moral values and the people I meet from the Midwest are salt of the earth. I get along best with them. Generally there is something to be said about moral values and backbones. They know what is right and wrong. You don't find that in other parts of the country, and not always on soaps either. (Laughs)
RR: ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN are perfect examples of a recent slew of soaps that have been canceled. Why? Have they stayed current and real?
MF: This didn't just happen overnight. It is a domino effect. Networks have made decisions years ago which are making a difference today. When televising the OJ trial, the public fascination with that came into play. Now, TV executives see they can create a similar sensation at 40% less of the cost with reality/makeover shows in the daypart, or at least they think they can. Before that back in the 80s and 90s, they would use the large soap revenues and pour them into primetime shows. Coupled with that is the internal disappointment that soap producers and designers never really modernized the look and feel. GUIDING LIGHT tried to do this too late in the game with almost all location shooting yet they had no budget. It was too late for America's oldest soap/TV series. Right now, OLTL is on a creative high. It has been riveting for months. It is number 3 in the ratings! On AMC, the results of bringing in its creator Agnes Nixon to fix the big mistakes from recent years of bad writing is just showing on-screen now. The decision to wipe out both shows at the same time is shocking. To put on two reality/ talk shows at once as replacements is crazy versus trying one to see how it does. ABC tried to breathe new life into an older art form with creative marketing campaigns but some of the audience was already gone. SOAP OPERA DIGEST may go out of circulation next year, but its numbers were dwindling for years. No one saw this?
RR: An Entertainment Media/ internet company, Prospect Park, has signed licensing agreements with ABC to carry OLTL and AMC on the internet. As an expert in these two areas (web and soaps), will they succeed and will a new era for soap operas begin?
MF: Rick, I wish I could tell you the answer. I am seeing positive things happening very fast. There are a lot of discussions happening, but it is shrouded in secrecy because of negotiations. The networks, the shows and the actors are all interested and excited, but when it comes down to it, it is all about how will they make money and will they be protected by their specific unions. Prospect Park is coming in as a player with a lot of cash and capital, so that brings hopes. Some variables that could make it problematic though are: What is the production model? They are saying they want the shows to be the same length and quality and have the same cast and studios. But will viewers watch on line for that long? They should. How will the budgets change? Can they afford the high salaries of veterans like Susan Lucci and Erika Slezak to allow them to move from TV to internet? And above all, will fans be okay with video on demand and subscription? In other words, will the soaps be sponsor driven with advertising or will the fans pay for them. It is all very interesting and fast paced right now.
RR: DAYS OF OUR LIVES has shaken things recently by replacing its executive producers and headwriters, resolving to tell contemporary stories using characters who viewers have loved from years ago, steeped in tradition. The gay love story between Sonny and Will being the first story to launch and the first same sex story since DAYS inception in the mid 1960's. Is this working? Is that story real?
MF: They had to make the shift. It was at the bottom of the ratings. It lost 350,000 viewers in a matter of months. The stories were clearly off kilter. DAYS fans are diehard; the most loyal out there. They want to see their beloved favorites but yet get excited about fresh stories and characters. Fans are often fickle. They complain when certain characters are on air, then complain when they are off. DAYS cut its budgets to survive and canned Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn. Now they are both coming back as Marlena and John. But how long will they stay? As far as the gay storyline on DAYS it is just getting started. It is great because Sonny is the son of long time fan favorites Justin and Adrienne and Sonny has been gay from the getgo, so thank God it is not another coming out story. We have seen that a hundred times. And longtime favorite Sami's son Will is who we are hearing will be the love interest for Sonny.
We need to see more normal, everyday stories for LGBT characters. Why doesn't THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL have a gay character? After all it is set in the fashion industry. There are fan bases for the gay couples that exist on daytime, yet this is an oxymoron still today. When I interviewed Y&R's headwriter, Maria Arena Bell for PRIDE MAGAZINE she shared that people wrote and said, "We have no problem with gay characters, we just don't want to see them on our show." Maria said, "So what do I do as a headwriter with that? But, I would love to tell a gay story that is character driven and makes sense for our canvas." Sadly, a few years ago, there were five gay stories on soaps, now there will be only one when AMC leaves the airwaves, and that will be on DAYS. The internet will allow us to explore and show more. Crystal Chappell's LGBT themed web series, VENICE, regularly had lesbian characters kissing and in bed. So far, there aren't the broadcast standards to uphold, which is great! It's about time everybody got on the bandwagon because the TV and web convergence is here.
RR: Then why haven't we seen modern world conveniences like Grindr and Scruff enter into storylines making them more real?
MF: App's like these are so popular and so branded, and are used for dating and sex hook-ups more than any other outlet now. There are news stories that they are killing the "gay bar" as we know it. So sure, they will come into play as the "new soap" uses more product placement. Convergence is here…between TV and internet and soon between real world and reel world. It is finally all coming together. Social networking is all new territory to explore. Will these stories work? Do they work in our life, Rick? I don't even have Gridnr, by the way, because I have a Blackberry! Unfortunately, once again, I can't come to the party. If I get an iPhone, will my dating options be better? Would I have more fun? Does anyone date a fifty year old senior anymore? Ha!
RR: How is your dating life?
MF: It's funny. When I do go out, it always comes down to the question of what one does for a living. They usually answer that they are an executive banker at Wells Fargo. Or recently, a date told me that he produced this show on CBS called CSI or something like that, and asked if I ever heard of it. Then it is my turn, and it is hard to explain what I do to begin with. So I simplify and say that I am a journalist for daytime drama who has my own website. "Ohhhhhhh," they respond. Then dead silence, and I think back to high school, and all that I have done to keep in shape and be desirable at 50 and it all just slinks away on me at that moment. But, for those that don't run, and do look at my website, they see how modern and legit it is, so that makes me feel good. There is hope!
RR: So why aren't you creating and producing the first majorly successful
internet soap, Michael?
MF: I do know the platform, you are right; and I know the formula. When new actors or publicists, or show producers for the Daytime Emmys, and sometimes marketing outfits in the mainstream, come into the soap world, they always call Fairman! They don't know the characters, the histories. They admittedly don't know what works, what fans long for, and they feel safe and comfortable with me. It is both a unique and wonderful position to be in. I provide a voice for the fans and the actors which they can trust. It is that Midwestern integrity. I have never been a TMZ journalist, and the one time I did leak a secret, I got scolded so bad that I will never do that again.
RR: So just one secret for our readers, please?
MF: Well I do have vision. I do know the bigger picture. And I'm keenly watching what is going on here. Last month was our biggest to date….we had over 6 million hits on the site. Maybe the next step for Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps will be to do my own soap. I wonder if Andy Cohen at BRAVO who launched the REAL HOUSEWIVES series is single and uses Grindr? Now there is a gay man who really needs to be producing a soap. Do you know him? Let's hook me up with him. A true soap on BRAVO or bravo.com? It's time!


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A patient who verified they visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on March 20th, 2017
Told I have migraines because I look like every other patient who comes in his office. Took meds anyhow and had terrible side effects. His suggestion was more meds. 3 trips to ER and 2 other opinions and I am off meds and much improved.
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Dr. Novak just lost two customers! What horrible office staff! I just spoke with the office manger about how I was treated when trying to make an appointment. If I were you I'd go some where else.
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Self-verified patient of Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on June 15th, 2015
I called to get a message to Dr. Novak regarding a recent visit and medication prescribed for my husband. He ran out 4 days early and needed to refill. It is a controlled substance and we realize the fragile matter this can be. However, the receptionist (Janette) was so rude, she accused me of talking over her but she was so "irritated" she would not listen to me. I simply needed to get a message to Dr. Novak and although it had been requested 5 days earlier, we had not gotten any response. My husbands health is very fragile and his quality of life is declining daily. That is all I needed was to communication with the doc and a revised precription per out last visit. I was seriously offended by the unprofessional attitude of Janette and I would hope the office would have only compassionate, professional staff when dealing with some very serious medical conditions such as my husbands.
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A patient who verified they visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on February 27th, 2015
I ended up in the ER due to my back,the ER referred me to Dr. Novak. Long of the short is I was paying 100% out of pocket, I needed MRI's, he insisted I use his facility. I shop around and find another local facility that will allow me to pay $350 cash because I have no insurance. I contact Dr Novak's office and asked if they could do the same, answer was no. Novak's was more than twice as much even after a discount was offered, I chose to use "my" facility and everything broke loose. My facility had one heck of a time getting Novak's office to send the script, it was a major fight but his office finally conceded. When the results came back, I try and schedule an appointment with the office and am informed that they will not be able to do that, Dr Novak refused to see me and dropped me as a patient. Numerous attempts to contact him ended in his office staff, once upon asking my name, hanging up on me. Icing on the cake, prior to the MRI fiasco he refused to give me a refill on pain meds, basically told me he didn't think there was anything seriously wrong, I felt like he believed I was just there trying to get drugs, that's how he made me feel. The MRI results showed a massive L5S1 herniation with an extruded disk extending 6-7 CM into my spinal canal and compressing the S1 nerve root. L4 was also herniated, severe stenosis, severe DDD etc etc. I now have permanent nerve damage in my left leg. If any doctor out there deserves to be called greedy and uncaring it's him. He didn't care about me once I cost him a potential few dollars. I had multiple visits with him, always paid in full and was always polite and courteous. I wasn't given the same. Thanks Dr. Novak, for NOTHING.
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A review by a patient that verified they have visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on October 21st, 2013
I would highly recommend Dr. Novak for his ability to diagnose the reason for a serious trauma in my life, his treatment of another unrelated medical problem that has improved the quality of my life, his professional consultation and cooperation with five other doctors in different fields to get to the bottom of my problems, his willingness to listen to me and answer my questions, regardless of the time I needed and his follow- up several times to make sure the treatment and physical therapy (that he prescribed) was working. I feel bad for the people who wrote the bad reviews because I think their personal situation must have influenced their experience in a negative way and not this doctor. Top of him profession.
Confused Office, Mediocre Dr.
A review by a patient that verified they have visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on June 29th, 2013
This office is very confusing....always get another person when you call in...get referred to others in the office staff (some even have the same name). Not sensitive to the severity you my condition when calling for help. Never will let you talk to the Dr. when you call in...even when out of town and in need of advice. I believe that Dr. Novak is not sensitive to the individual..not at the top of his game and slow on diagnosis for surgery.
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A patient who verified they visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on November 1st, 2012
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A review by a patient that verified they have visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on August 27th, 2012
I am very shocked by some of these reviews. I had my first consultation with Dr. Novak and I was very pleased. I felt that he was very thorough, clear, and concise. I was given an appointment for a follow up along with an order for some testing. I asume we will go over the results of those test during my follow up. I'm sure if there was something really wrong, it would be addressed sooner. I guess some are needer than others though.
Wish I had read these ratings.
A patient who verified they visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on January 31st, 2012
I highly recommend you do NOT go to this Dr. if you need answers. I had an MRI a week ago and he still has not read the results...or will they release them to my new Dr. I've had three shoulder surgeries and have never been treated so poorly by any Doctor in my life. Thanks to this Dr. I can only hope that there isn't something very wrong with my back.
A review by a patient that verified they have visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on December 30th, 2010
My problem is with Dr. Novak's staff. Although he has one of the sweetest receptionists I've ever met in a doctor's office and a great nurse, others in his office are rude, condescending, screams at you and points finger in your face. Very scary.
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A patient who verified they visited Dr. Michael A Novak - Posted on October 13th, 2009
Dr. Novak has been exceptional; both my husband & I believe if he didn't know my rare disease so well I would no longer be on this earth. He also works with my other specialists to insure my health is closely & correctly monitored.
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I feel like I made a post like this not too long ago… minus the New Year resolutions part. Hm. It's certainly been a year, I'll say that. I'm positive this is the first year I won't make my GR reading goal, not even make 20 books at best, and I've been a member since 2010. This is the first year I haven't blogged at least twice a week, lucky to blog maybe twice a month. It's sad really. And I deeply apologize about that. When I made the decision to go back to school back in January for my Bachelor's, I knew it was going to put a big ol' YIELD sign on my schedule. School work was going to have to take the front seat and everything else had to hop in the back and wait its turn. School is rough, y'all. LOL. By the time I do get the spare moments, all I want to do is veg out on my couch in front of the television and chat on Twitter to people I've missed while I'd been buried in my assignments. I am reading, but very slowly, and then by the time I finish a book, I'm trying so hard to get the motivation to write a review after having typed a five page research paper. Lol. Blogger burnout is strong and real, but I'm working it out the best I can. Thank you for the continued patience. <3 <3
So, New Year resolutions? Already?! Wow.. You know what? I'm glad 2016 almost over. This year has been one stinking pile of shit. One great legend after another we lost. I hope it's wiped off the history timeline. 2016: The year we should forget.
I don't normally like doing the whole resolution thing because I feel like they just get broken anyway, but I thought I'd share a few (hopeful) goals I do have in mind for 2017:
Blog again more often
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In the 1950s and '60s there was a television game show called "What's My Line?" A guest would come on and answer a series of questions posed by the panelists who were trying to guess the occupation of the guest. Each week, there was a mystery guest who was only asked "yes" or "no" questions by the blindfolded panelists (because, presumably, the mystery guest was famous enough to be recognized). One of the surprises of the show would be discovering something new or unknown about the guest.
It was a way of learning someone's story. You asked a question. You listened. You learned. You became more aware of who someone is and what motivates or inspires them.
I'm not sure that we have done a very good job in the church in listening to one another's stories. We can see how God is or has been at work in our lives and we assume that's how God works for everyone. Learning to ask and to listen helps us to learn. Mostly, what we learn is the many ways that God is at work. When I listen to you, what I discover is God's story narrated by you.
Conversely, we also seem reluctant to tell our own story. Fear of being misunderstood, anxiety that our version of the God story is not quite as dramatic as someone else's, uncertainty that we have misread our own lives – all can paralyze us into silence. We need a safe place to rehearse the story so that we may with confidence tell it to others and fulfill our covenantal commitment to witness.
In the gospel of Luke, we read of Jesus exorcizing a man of his demons and restoring him to wholeness (Luke 8:26-39). At the end of the story, Jesus instructs him "Return to your home and tell what God has done for you." Start sharing the good news at home. It becomes easier to tell. But be sure and tell it.
This Sunday as we reflect on "A Better Story" we'll think about our stories and how, when, and where we tell them. We will hear stories from our ASP teams about the ways they have witnessed God at work and we will find encouragement to share our stories. And who knows? You may even discover something new or unknown about the preacher!
I hope to see you Sunday at the story-telling.
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Sunday, June 15, 2003
Now They're Ranking the High Schools
At someone's blog, I forget whose now and I apologize for that, I see that it's not enough that we rank colleges and universities, a franchise on which the insipid U.S. News & World Report has achieved a complete lock, we're now ranking the nation's public high schools.
The list of the country's top public schools, which can be found at MSNBC's site, was created using a ratio called the "Challenge Index," based on what is in my opinion seriously flawed or at least poorly explained methodology, devised by one Jay Mathews:
[T]he number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2002 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Schools that chose more than half of their students by grades or test scores were not considered because the index is designed to identify schools that challenge average students and does not work well with schools that have few or no average students. The schools ranked below have the strongest AP or IB programs in the country. Each of them is in the top four percent of all American high schools measured this way.
Great, this is just what we need. Now, similar to the way colleges "game" the U.S. News annual survey to enhance their position on the list, we can presume the top public high schools will begin gaming the "Challenge Index" to boost their ratings. Worse, perhaps, parents will obsess on the list, berating their local school board and faculty (and the teachers' unions most of all, of course), and bemoaning their property tax bills, if their school's precious and prized ranking slips a point or two. Oh, and the realtors? They're going to love this.
How about focusing on the fundamentals of education instead? Nah, this is simpler, more fun, provides handy bragging rights, and, better yet, can be used by parents to beat up on college admissions officers who dare to place little Billy or Susie on the waiting list: "Our school is ranked 16th according to the 'Challenge Index.' How many kids were admitted from schools that ranked below 16?! We want to see the numbers. Is this some new form of affirmative action? We'll sue!"
It will come as no surprise that the vast majority of schools on the list are located in mostly white suburban locales or predominantly white areas within city limits. A quick glance, no scientific survey on my part, I assure you, reveals a preponderance of high schools from Nassau and Westchester Counties, N.Y. (and probably a small number of California counties that my East-Coast ethnocentrism prevents me from identifying), proving, I suppose, if anything, that you get what you pay for.
I was surprised to see that only five Pennsylvania high schools made the list: Lower Moreland, in Huntingdon Valley (No. 135); Conestoga, in Berwyn (No. 270); Unionville, in Kennett Square (No. 580); Mount Lebanon, in Pittsburgh [Ed.: Actually, in Mount Lebanon, Pa.; see second post-publication addendum below.] (No. 628); and Central Bucks East in Doylestown (No. 763). Something for Pennsylvania lawmakers to think about -- or counterintuitively, to ignore -- as they revamp the state's tax system, including local property tax rates.
And no, my high school didn't make the list. Technically, I didn't even graduate from a "high school," I graduated from what in New York State is called a "central school," which means, among other things, that all grades, from kindergarten through 12th grade, are housed in the same building. Besides, the school was too small -- I graduated in a class of just 43 students -- to be considered for the "Challenge Index," and the school offered no advanced placement courses when I was there (and I assume it still doesn't). And yet, even without my school achieving a prized place on this completely unnecessary list, I turned out okay. Not great, just okay.
Relax, everybody, they're just numbers, and gimmicky numbers at that.
[Post-publication addendum (June 16): Steve Smith of Smythe's World writes to bring me up to speed on the California schools that made "the list": "In fact, the California schools listed come disproportionately from Santa Clara, Orange, and San Diego Counties, which is consistent with your analysis. The Los Angeles County schools on the list are either from ultra-affluent neighborhoods (e.g., Beverly Hills, Malibu, Palisades, etc.) or are "magnet schools" established by the Los Angeles Unified School District that emphasize A.P. courses."]
[Post-publication addendum (June 16): Reader J.R. of Pittsburgh writes to inform me that MSNBC was incorrect in listing Mount Lebanon High School as being located in Pittsburgh. It is actually in Mount Lebanon, Pa., which is several miles south of the city limits.]
[Post-publication addendum (June 18): Uggabugga has a fascinating and creative take on this list.]
[Post-publication addendum (June 19): Max Withers of Bad Things has some excellent commentary on this issue as well.]The Rittenhouse Review | Copyright 2002-2006 | PERMALINK |


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|Niemann, S., Richter, E., Rüsch-Gerdes, S., Schlaak, M., & Greinert, U. (2000). Double infection with a Resistant and a Multidrug-Resistant Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6(5), 548-551. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0605.000518.
During the last decade, drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) strains have emerged, posing a major threat to global TB control efforts. The incidence of drug-resistant TB has increased in many parts of the world, not only in developing countries but also in industrialized countries, where the prevalence of drug-resistant TB had been low (1). The emergence of drug resistance during antituberculous therapy results mainly from inadequate therapy, i.e., improper prescription of treatment regimens, addition of single drugs to failing treatment regimens, and patient noncompliance. However, inconsistent drug-susceptibility patterns or delayed responses to TB therapy may also indicate exogenous reinfection with a strain resistant to multiple drugs or mixed infection with a sensitive and a multidrug-resistant TB strain. Such infections occur in immunocompromised and immunocompetent persons (2-7) and may be more common in areas with high prevalence of resistant TB.
We report the case of an immunocompetent patient initially infected with an isoniazid- and streptomycin-resistant TB strain, who after the first 3 months of TB therapy was found to be infected with a second multidrug-resistant TB strain, resulting in treatment failure. In all, the patient's cultures were resistant to nine anti-TB drugs.
A 24-year-old man from Kazakstan was admitted to hospital A in February 1996, 2 weeks after his arrival in Germany for further diagnosis of a cavernous lesion in the upper lobe of his left lung. The patient reported coughing, but no weight loss, night sweats, or hemoptysis. An elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate was the only abnormal laboratory finding. He was seronegative for HIV. A tuberculin skin test was positive (12 mm), acid-fast bacilli were detected in gastric aspirates, and two sputum cultures were positive for TB. Antituberculosis therapy was started with isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide. The patient was then transferred to hospital B, where therapy was continued with three drugs only (ethambutol was discontinued). After 2 months of therapy, the patient showed clinical improvement, resulting in a sputum smear- and culture-negative phrase for approximately 4 weeks (Table). When susceptibility testing of the first culture obtained 2 months previously revealed resistance to isoniazid and streptomycin, ethambutol was re-added to the treatment regimen. (Isolates were identified as M. tuberculosis complex by using gene probes [ACCUProbe, GenProbe, San Diego, California, USA]. Drug-susceptibility was determined by the proportion method on Löwenstein-Jensen medium, the modified proportion method in BACTEC 460TB, or both).
Suspicion of nonadherence to therapy during the first 3 months led to transfer of the patient to hospital C and 3 weeks later to hospital D, where treatment was administered on a closed ward (Table). At that time, cultures tested positive again, and the chest X ray showed slight deterioration. On August l, 1996, the latest susceptibility testing showed resistance to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin, and an intermediate result for rifabutin and ethambutol. Therapy was switched to ethambutol, pyrazinamide, rifabutin, and ofloxacin. Subsequently, treatment regimens were changed several times, but cultures continued to be positive for mycobacteria. In early 1997, atelectasis of the left lower lobe and thickening of the wall of the cavernous lesion in the left upper lobe became apparent. Lung resection was suggested, but thoracic surgeons declined to operate because of the extensive lung involvement. By year-end, susceptibility tests showed resistance to seven drugs: isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, protionamide, rifabutin, and streptomycin. A regimen with rifabutin, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, para-aminosalicylic acid, and clofazimine led to a short phase of negative sputum cultures, but a chest X ray showed no improvement. Later, additional resistance to para-aminosalicylic acid and amikacin was documented.
To elucidate the reasons for therapy failure, we compared the current susceptibility patterns with the treatment regimens applied earlier. We found that during several phases of treatment, this patient was treated with only one effective drug. During extended periods, he was culture positive, but no susceptibility tests were performed, even after relapse. Additionally, treatment regimens were changed, and single drugs were added several times without determination of the actual resistance pattern. Treatment regimens, drug-susceptibility patterns, and detailed information on the history of the case are summarized in Table.
All isolates obtained were submitted to spoligotyping and IS6110 fingerprinting (5,8). Spoligotypes (Figure), as well as the IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns (data not shown) of the first two isoniazid- and streptomycin-resistant cultures, were identical (type I) but differed clearly (IS6110 identity of less than 30%) from those of later multidrug-resistant isolates (second phase of sputum culture positivity, type II; see Table). These results indicate that the patient was infected with a second TB strain, which showed initial resistance to isoniazid, streptomycin, and rifampin, and borderline resistance to ethambutol and rifabutin. IS6110 RFLP patterns of multidrug-resistant isolates from the patient were compared with those from other patients who had been treated in hospitals B and C during the same period and with IS6110 RFLP patterns from resistant TB strains isolated from unrelated patients living in other areas of Germany. Gelcompar software was used for this analysis (Windows 95, version 4.0; Applied Maths, Kortrijk, Belgium) (5). No isolate showing an identical IS6110 RFLP pattern was identified (data not shown). Spoligotype and the IS6110 RFLP patterns of the patient's multidrug-resistant strain were similar to those of the W-strain or Beijing family, which have been found in New York, USA, and Beijing, China (9,10).
We report an immunocompetent patient with pulmonary TB who had double infection with a resistant and a multidrug-resistant TB strain, leading to therapy failure. After 2 years of treatment, resistance to eight antituberculosis drugs--including the most potent first- and second-line treatments--occurred, despite clinically supervised hospital therapy. Four months later, resistance to a ninth drug occurred. Progressive disease caused by a second multidrug-resistant TB strain, as demonstrated by molecular strain typing methods, was the initial cause for this occurrence. A possible variation of the initial strain has been excluded since the spoligotype patterns of the multidrug-resistant isolates completely differed from the two isolates of the first TB period (spoligotype patterns have been shown to be highly stable among serial patient isolates [11]).
In this case, TB therapy was often based on drug-resistance data not representing the current drug-resistance pattern, resulting in improper treatment and many periods in which the patient received only one effective drug; the second TB strain could have acquired further resistance during these many periods of monotherapy. Earlier identification of the second infection might have led to treatment with a more appropriate drug regimen, resulting in a more successful outcome. The second multidrug-resistant TB strain could have been acquired by mixed-strain infection or exogenous reinfection (2-7). However, our investigation did not identify a possible index patient. Moreover, the fact that the patient was an immigrant from Kazakstan, a country with high rates of resistant TB (1), suggests that he may have been infected with the second multidrug-resistant strain in his homeland.
This patient was seronegative for HIV and had no clinical measurements indicative of immunosuppression, suggesting that additional infection with multidrug-resistant TB during treatment can be largely independent of a host's immune status. These mixed-strain infections with at least one resistant strain may lead to unsuccessful TB therapy. Although few have been reported (6,7), such cases may become more frequent in areas with high rates of drug-resistant TB. Standard TB treatment apparently is not sufficient to prevent patients from infection with a second multidrug-resistant TB strain.
Clinicians should consider the possibility of additional infection with multidrug-resistant TB in cases when TB therapy fails. In such cases, inappropriate treatment regimens and delayed followup of susceptibility tests can permit additional resistance to develop, which can dramatically complicate TB therapy. However, regardless of the cause, when a clinical course is abnormal, adding single drugs to failing treatment regimens should be avoided, and retreatment programs should not be initiated before culture sensitivity results are available.
Dr. Nieman is working in a postdoctoral position at the German National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany. He is responsible for molecular characterization and typing of mycobacteria. Research interests include the characterization of the MTB-Complex by molecular techniques and the epidemiology of TB by DNA fingerprinting.
We thank I. Radzio, B. Schlüter, and A. Zyzik for excellent technical assistance, and S. Schwander and D. van Soolingen for critical reading of the manuscript.
Parts of this work were supported by the Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany.
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This weeks Flannel Friday was part of my Vegetable Storytime.
I kind of used the song from PreSchool Alphabet but really adapted and changed it to fit with my group. I handed out one veggie to each kid in the group (I usually have about 10 in attendance) and when their veggie was called they came and put it in the bucket and stirred it. This was the song we sang:
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