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Google Violators and The New York Times: No One Cares
It's happened again, the New York Times (no link as I refuse to support this sort of grade-school tattling) has blown the lid off another big, monstrous paid link scandal. This time, it was the Mother's Day Flowers cabal. Yes, those virginal flower companies have been naughty, stacking up paid links to stack up SERP position for one of their biggest runs of the season. So, as long as they've been called out, here's the line up per the NYT: Teleflora, FTD, 1800Flowers.com, and ProFlowers.
But here's the news flash: no one cares. Not Joe, not Jane, and definitely not anyone interested in flowers for their loved ones. Sorry. Them's the facts. When you piece together Aaron Wall's latest rendition on SEO Book, The Google Brand Bias, in conjunction with how JCP and Overstock have "recovered" from their "slap".
The New York Times is Not Your Mother
First, I'm going to come out an say it. Stop "tattling" to the NYT. Seriously. It's school-yard crap that needs to stop. The only thing that accomplishes is to give the whole industry a black eye. It's paints us as unscrupulous, unethical turds. Once is forgiven, twice is a pattern.
If you have issues with something, just take it to Google or Bing. You know they'll read it, and if they do nothing, then move on. What you don't do is go crying to Big Media in attempt to force somebody's hand. Keep doing that, and the GOOG will be likely to crush you all the next time for showing their ass in public (again).
The Brand Bias is Real
In combination with the Vince Update and the Domain Update [a.k.a. implicit site search], where big brands are getting multiple results at the top of the SERPs, (effectively doing ORM for big brands) it's impossible for big brands not to get a better than fair shake. It's always about brands, suggesting otherwise is naive.
That's Why Joe and Jane Person Could Care Less
Brands are brands for a reason; they have consumer clout, they offer price break deals (in relative terms), and they advertise their asses off in other mediums: television, radio, print, web, etc. They achieve a saturation level at astronomical speeds. And so stuffing a single channel isn't that much damage to a big brand. Sure they may take a revenue hit in the short-term, but other efforts even this out. That's the "dirty little secret" no one wants to talk about.
So while a handful of Joe's and Jane's likely care as Danny Sullivan pointed out, it's hard to imagine that these revelations startle anyone but marketplace we aim to provide our skill set and services to.
Showing Google's Ass in Public: How's That Working Out for You?
That's all the tattles, the New York Times, and the Wall St. Journal served to do, drop Google's pants in a very public way. And, all it made Google do is break out a temporary pimp-hand to show justice has been served. And, if you ask JCP or Overstock how they're feeling today, they'll probably say, "just fine thanks". The numbers don't lie:
Here's how the numbers breakdown for each of them:
- Year over Year Gains (March 2010 – March 2011): +17% gain in unique visitors
- 1 Month Post NYT Scandal Article (Feb 2011 – March 2011): +6% gain in unique visitors
- Year over Year Gains (March 2010 – March 2011): -7% gain in unique visitors
- 1 Month Post WSJ Scandal Article (Feb 2011 – March 2011): -7% gain in unique visitors
So, clearly, Overstock got the worst of it, but a 7% decrease is small price to pay. The more interesting of the two is JCP. Not only did they get 17% lift over the year, but EVEN AFTER the "supposed" penalization, they still got a 6% lift. It's quite clear that the "scandal" did absolutely nothing to effect JCP site traffic, in fact, one could argue for the old adage, "there's no such thing as bad press". And with the help of AdWords and distributors, there was hardly a tremor felt. Furthermore, it speaks to the power of brand in the eyes of Google and consumers.
What Can We Learn From This?
A couple of things to be certain. First, exploit as many media channels as you can. My gut says that if Overstock were engaging in some other media channels, they could have lessened the meager 7% decrease and probably broke even or had even a slight increase in traffic. Second, Google provides these penalizations as nothing more than dog and pony shows of justice. Even after a public Google ass-showing from the New York Times, JcPenney was doing better. It tells us these "penalties" are nothing more than facades masquerading as "fair and balanced" play. It also tells us, the more renown your brand is, the bigger the facade.
So by all means, keep feeding Big Media these tales of sordidness. Just know that your efforts, as Aaron rightly points out, feed "sleazy pageview journalism", and serve to puncture holes in industry.
May 10 2011
Great post Tony! In fact, I just wrote a post yesterday on this same topic. It's ridiculous that the NYT has decided to go about these outings. All it does is create a "who is next" fear for webmasters and SEOs.
May 10 2011
Tony, great article and as Dojoer @contempt has said and I agree with wholehaeartedly… if that was display advertising would it still be seen as paid link? Perhaps JC Penney was ADVERTISING and that drove traffic no secret I have been doing it nigh on 15 yrs. See that Internet advertising stuff works…
It's utter BS that we listen to a Company who could easily be seen to have a bias beyond the organic results… afterall 90% or more of Googles Profits are from the sales of links as ads… as I've said Google has no problem with paid links… as long as they are getting a cut on the action.
The NYT has not clue one about SEO or internet advertising in general…all they know is they want more revenue from it. If your SEO strategy includes ratting to the NYT…shame on you… you are stealing from your clients.
May 10 2011
Where do I begin Tony?
Nobody cares? Really?
If nobody cares, then the NYTimes wouldn't have any reason to write about it repeatedly.
If nobody cares, then why is there such huge uproar in the SEO community every time this stuff happens?
If nobody cares, then please explain to me why clients now routinely ask me how they can avoid being penalized for buying links?
If nobody cares, why'd you bother writing this article?
Next up – like many others, you slap grade-school belief systems on anyone who speaks up or out against unscrupulous tactics.
Why is that Tony?
I think it laughable that people think it's immature to blow the whistle on scummy business practices. Would you label hate-crime whistle-blowers that way? Or business embezzlement whistle-blowers?
Or how about government fraud whistle-blowers? Or any number of countless others who speak up when they see something they think is a serious violation of trust in the business world?
Dude, I really respect you on so many levels. Yet it's sad that you so blatantly put down people who, without proof to the contrary, are, by all accounts, just calling much needed attention to a serious problem in the business world.
May 10 2011
"You don't go to the New York Times. You go to th esources: Google, Bing, Yahoo… You keep this in-house."
Actually that's the same rationalization spewed by the criminal corporate world. Because they don't want their dirty laundry reaching the light of day. It's no different.
It's never until the public learns about and cries loud enough that real action is ever even considered to mitigate the problems.
Keeping it "in-house" is exactly the worst possible notion imaginable.
Not one time have I EVER heard a business owner make a claim that the entire SEO industry is bad due to the bullshit they read about in the papers or through online main-stream media. It's the exact opposite. They're now using that knowledge to question the methods and tactics used on their sites.
It's serving the exact purpose it needs to – it's educating consumers. Sure, maybe not the individual who just wants to purchase flowers or a pair of jeans. I'm talking about OUR consumers -the businesses WE serve. And you can bet your a$$ they care.
May 10 2011
Since when is a company of Google's magnitude setting their main intent around the concept of justice? The best we can hope for is "clean up enough to appease, without decimating the cash cow."
For me, that's better than keeping it in the dark and nothing happening.
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LAS VEGAS – Missouri may not be playing under the national radar for much longer.
Earnest Ross scored 28 points, Jabari Brown had 24 and the Tigers remained unbeaten with an 83-70 win over Nevada in the final round of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday night.
Jordan Clarkson added 21 points for the Tigers (7-0), who converted 31 of 33 free throws.
"When you have those three guys playing the way they did tonight, we are going to be hard to beat," said coach Frank Haith, who returned from a five-game suspension to get wins on consecutive days at the tournament. "When you have three guys that are going to go and get you 25 points — that's a luxury."
Ross made 12 of 13 free throws and grabbed nine rebounds. Brown made four 3-pointers for Missouri, which finished 4-0 in the round-robin tournament and is likely to receive votes in this week's Associated Press poll.
Missouri will at least be tournament co-champion with No. 19 UCLA, which was 3-0 going into Friday's last game against Northwestern. The Tigers defeated Northwestern in third round on Thursday.
"We executed so well in the first half, we took good shots," Haith said. "We got to the free-throw line and we were moving the ball. In the second half, we took some quick shots. (Nevada) got into transition and they got a little rhythm and that's just the way college basketball is. Once (Nevada) cut the lead to five, we made big plays."
Haith's suspension stemmed from his tenure at Miami, where the NCAA ruled he didn't monitor assistant coaches' actions with a booster.
Deonte Burton led Nevada (3-5) with 20 points and three blocks. He was 8 of 10 from the free-throw line. Marqueze Coleman had 15 points for the Wolf Pack, which ended the tourney 1-3.
Nevada cut the Tigers' 21-point first-half lead to five with six minutes left in the game, but Missouri went on a 16-8 run to pull away.
"We just have to play harder, we just can't let up in the second half like we did," Clarkson said. "(In the second half) they were getting a lot of open shots, and once we started communicating, I felt like we shut them down."
Missouri finished at 47 percent from the field, while the Wolf Pack was at 35.
"When you miss shots, and get a team like that in transition, I think that's what built the lead," Nevada coach David Carter said. "I thought we were able to make some baskets, and crawl back into it."
The tournament's championship format was changed to round-robin this year to accommodate the Tigers and Bruins, who have a game scheduled for Dec. 7 at Missouri and didn't want to play twice this season.
Missouri came out aggressive early against the Wolf Pack, taking an 11-2 lead and going up by as many as 21 points late in the first half. Brown and Ross each had 16 points in the half. Missouri shot 52 percent from the field and made 13 of 14 free throws to lead 44-26 at the break.
Missouri hosts West Virginia on Thursday before UCLA comes to Columbia.
"I fully expect (Missouri) to be in the NCAA tournament," Coleman said. "We knew how fast and how strong they were. Their speed and height was tough. They got to us in the first half. In the second half, we made some adjustments and got the lead down to five, they hit a couple of baskets and took care of us."


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The evolution of football has continued to emphasize passing more and more with each decade since the advent of the forward pass.
What has accelerated this process over the last decade has been rule changes to protect quarterbacks from taking unnecessary hits and keep defenders' hands off receivers.
Since the NFL can't tell defenders to stop hitting running backs plunging into the line, the only way to protect them has been to lighten their workload by spreading their touches among often three or even four ball-carriers.
Some of the key changes this has resulted in:
Quarterback: There were six QBs with 5,000+ yards passing in 2011-13 compared to just one in 2008-10 and 16 QBs with 4,500+ yards in 2011-13 compared to just eight in 2008-10.
Wide receiver: There were 44 WRs with 1,000+ yards receiving in 2012-13 compared to 36 in 2010-11 and 11 receivers with 100+ catches in 2012-13 compared to just four in 2010-11.
Running back: There were just 13 RBs with 1,000+ yards rushing last year, the fewest since 1996. In 2006 there were a record 23 such rushers, but the highest since then was 17 in 2010, bottoming out last year.
As real-life football has evolved, so too has fantasy football, yet some tried-and-true draft strategies have remained.
Here are four of the most common strategies found in magazines and websites, looking to see how they should be adjusted for the modern game:
1. Wait on quarterback
Experts may routinely trot out this approach, yet every year it seems to be the most-ignored advice by drafters. It's just too hard for some owners to pass up the big names like Peyton Manning or Drew Brees. So while yes, those who had Manning last year for his historic season often won their leagues, he was on average the fifth QB off the board in drafts. You could also have waited until the very late rounds and wound up with Andy Dalton (finished fifth in standard QB fantasy points) or Philip Rivers (ranked sixth). The position is so stacked this year that Rivers is going as the No. 15 quarterback on average while Dalton is going 17th. Conclusion: This strategy is good advice, but only if you follow it. So wait until everyone else has their starting QB and you can still land Colin Kaepernick (going 12th) or Jay Cutler (13th).
2. Beware of rookie
It's easy to get caught up in the hype on the next big things, giving too much weight to all the superlatives being thrown around on the likes of Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, Teddy Bridgewater, Johnny Manziel and Bishop Sankey. Some of last year's most-hyped rookies who failed to live up to the lofty expecations were Montee Ball, Tavon Austin, DeAndre Hopkins, Cordarrelle Patterson and E.J. Manuel. Of the few who did deliver big seasons, most were running backs – Eddie Lacy, Giovani Bernard and Le'Veon Bell. This bodes well for Sankey, Terrance West and Devonta Freeman. Receivers are notorious for taking two to three years to break out, and Keenan Allen was the top rookie wideout last year despite going largely undrafted in fantasy. That doesn't bode well for Watkins, Brandin Cooks or Kelvin Benjamin this year. Conclusion: This strategy hass especially true for receivers in recent seasons, although this year's crop is talented enough to change that. Rookie quarterbacks and tight ends have a bad success rate, but running backs stand a good chance to make an impact right away. In general, wait until you're filling in your bench to draft rookies.
3. Take running backs with your top two picks
This is the strategy that is most affected by the pass-happy era and is quickly becoming a dinosaur. In the past, the demand for top running backs far outweighed the supply, so owners urgently addressed their running game in drafts, sometimes even taking three in a row out of the gate. While it is still important to get a top-flight running back early, it is becoming more common to mix in an elite quarterback or even better, a stud receiver. Jimmy Graham has become a popular first-round pick as the consensus top tight end. Conclusion: This strategy should just be amended to emphasize quantity as well as quality. It is still imperative to get a stud No. 1 running back, but there are so many two- and three-headed monsters that the supply of decent RBs has gone up. Once you fill out your starting lineup, concentrate on loading up your bench with running backs.
4. Wait on tight end
The theory has been that there isn't enough of a difference in fantasy points between the Nos. 1 and 12 tight ends to make it worth it to draft one early. And once the elite two or three are off the board, the next 15 are basically the same. Because there usually are a few tight ends expected to crack the 1,000-yard barrier, some owners try to gain an advantage at the position by taking one early. The problem is that tight ends are especially injury prone having the double-duties of blocking or catching passes on so many plays. Rob Gronkowski has spent more time on the sidelines than on the field in the past two years. Conclusion: With Gronkowski appearing like he will be ready to go in Week 1, Graham has competition as the top tight end along with Julius Thomas. It's a legitimate strategy to try to grab one of these three, but I'd prefer to wait until everyone's got a starter and take Zach Ertz or maybe both of San Diego's duo of Antonio Gates and Ladarius Green. Find yourself a favorite sleeper or two and concentrate on running backs and receivers first.
For preseason football positional rankings to help prepare for drafts, go to www.rotoace.com.


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Linda L. Ruiz 1/5/2012 10:13:33 PMyeah! you got the white ones. fantastic shot. Thanks for the awesome time. #1434658
Jill Odice 1/6/2012 12:37:25 AMTotally amazing capture! You must have gotten right down to work as soon as you got home :-) Love this. Thanks for all the laughs! #9904928
Neal D. Hatcher 1/6/2012 5:04:02 AMFantastic-I don,t do that well with Aquarium photography-You girls did super #9905328
Bill Houghton 1/6/2012 7:09:41 AMSusan, this is such a beautiful macro. Very sharp. You did a great job capturing it. Have a great weekend, Bill
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Liz blahh 1/6/2012 7:59:37 AMBeautifully captured! #9905699
Marilyn K. Lincecum 1/6/2012 10:47:18 PMFantastic shot...love the B&W effects. Wonerful detail. I had an awesome time yesturday !! #9906601
Inge Linden 1/7/2012 2:26:57 AMBeautifully captured! #9906806
Cheryl Winn 1/10/2012 1:55:11 AMSuch an artistic capture, Susan. Love it! #9911872
Michelle L. Frick 1/12/2012 7:23:23 PMSo super cool!! #9917223
Christopher Budny 1/13/2012 5:18:52 AMOne of the best jellies images I've seen in a very long time! Can I just say Congratulations now? :) #9917836
Michelle Alton 1/23/2012 3:36:55 AMOh my GOODNESS, this is sensational!!!
Congratulations on POTD...and this beauty is going MUCH farther! #9936529
Stacey Williams 1/23/2012 3:50:32 AMWonderful capture! Congrats on your POTD.
Christopher Budny 1/23/2012 3:53:46 AMWell, now I'll say congratulations! :) #9936601
Joy Rector 1/23/2012 3:58:42 AMcongrats on the POTD #9936618
Richard M. Waas 1/23/2012 3:59:14 AMCongrats Susan on a well deserved POTD!! #9936620
Katarina Mansson 1/23/2012 4:00:23 AMSuperb!!! Congratulations on your POTD Susan! #9936623
Mary K. Robison 1/23/2012 4:11:33 AMVery cool, Susan ~
Kathryn Wesserling 1/23/2012 4:19:29 AMAmazing tones in this - nearly a vintage look at nature. Congratulations, Susan - for a truly unique POTD. #9936670
Marilyn Cornwell 1/23/2012 4:27:27 AMWhat a beautiful POTD! Congratulations! #9936691
Lisa J. Boulden 1/23/2012 4:37:39 AMSimply STUNNING!
Bill Houghton 1/23/2012 5:05:20 AMSusan, this is a beautiful shot of these jellies. Congratulations, Bill #9936782
Andre Larose 1/23/2012 5:12:32 AMBeautiful POTD! Super detail and composition. Great shot!
Nancyj E. Hovey 1/23/2012 5:39:15 AMOUTSTANDING and definitely winner matterial!!!
on your very deserving POTD! 8o) #9936820
Susan D. Royce 1/23/2012 5:41:36 AMFantastic! Congratulations!! #9936822
Melissa Olsen 1/23/2012 6:14:59 AMWonderful capture Susan!
Karen Celella 1/23/2012 6:41:38 AMCongratulations on your outstanding POTD, Susan! #9936894
Sara B Coffey 1/23/2012 6:56:52 AMSusan, They look like delicate lace. Love the detail & composition. Congrats on your POTD!
Judy Foxworthy 1/23/2012 7:16:56 AMSuch beautiful detail and clarity!! Amazing capture Susan!!! #9936968
Susan M. Campbell 1/23/2012 7:24:58 AMThanks so much to everyone for your wonderful comments!! #9936976
Phyllis H. Burchett 1/23/2012 7:35:51 AMAmazing work, congrats on your POTD! #9936984
Carol Flisak 1/23/2012 7:38:12 AMBeautiful image, Susan... wonderful capture, details and comp! Jellies are so cool!!! Congrats on your POTD! #9936991
Stacey J. Meanwell 1/23/2012 7:53:38 AMThis is fabulous! I just tried to shoot jelly fish at the aquarium in Sydney, Australia, and they did not turn out at all. May I ask what lens you used, if you used a flash, what your ISO was and if there was a special software you used for editing? Thank you for sharing this. Your other aquarium images are beautiful as well. So colorful.
Nikki McDonald 1/23/2012 8:03:26 AMExcellent work on this capture, Susan, and congratulations on the POTD. #9937042
Linda L. Ruiz 1/23/2012 8:19:41 AMA huge congrats on a well deserved potd. Another sucessful so cal photo chick adventure. wtg Sue. #9937064
Bunny Snow 1/23/2012 8:26:58 AMWell envisioned and captured. Love the delicate yet sharp focus you've created and your beautiful composition. Lovely editing.
When I photographed at an aquarium in Boston, I used a tripod against a wall for sharper focus and less vibration and to be out of the way of people around me so they would not trip. With mine, I used the natural lighting in the tank because a flash through the glass would create unwanted reflections. My focus was very carefully done through the glass and my images were sharp and well lighted, but my composition was just not there.
Yours is. You have brought everything together so beautifully and so well done!!!
Congratulations on your excellent work, Susan, and your coveted POTD!!! #9937076
Wendy S. Mogul 1/23/2012 8:39:38 AMWow incredible shot especially through glass..amazing work! #9937100
Usman M. Bajwa 1/23/2012 8:42:26 AMThats one hell of an Aquarium shot, Susan. CONGRATZ on the POTD, very well deserved!!!
Maria Coulson 1/23/2012 8:54:37 AMWow beautiful! Congratulations. #9937132
Daniella Puente 1/23/2012 9:19:23 AMGreat capture! congrats :) #9937180
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/23/2012 10:24:29 AMI know how hard these creatures are to capture, you did superb Susan. Whooo hooooo, congrats!!
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Marisol Pastor 1/23/2012 12:05:10 PMSuperb image! Congrats on a well deserved POTD! #9937453
Jill Odice 1/23/2012 12:43:15 PMWahoo Chicky!!! Well deserved POTD :-) That was a wonderful day wasn't it :-) #9937525
Songbird Cline 1/23/2012 12:55:50 PMgorgeous!! #9937534
Cathy Barrows 1/23/2012 12:58:06 PMAwesome POTD #9937538
Lindley Johnson 1/23/2012 3:27:00 PMAmazing detail, and wonderful comp, Susan. Congratulations on your terrific POTD! #9937700
Heather Loewenhardt 1/23/2012 3:32:02 PMAmazing light and detail. Congrats on POTD! #9937706
Ellen Hodges 1/23/2012 3:44:10 PMHuge Congrats on a fabulous POTD!! #9937720
Nancy L. Green 1/23/2012 4:12:39 PMABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS Susan, CONGRATULATIONS!!! <>< #9937768
Cesar J. La Rosa 1/23/2012 4:56:50 PMA very delicate and elegant composition.
Evy Johansen 1/23/2012 5:49:39 PMSo beautiful, Susan! Big congratulations on your POTD! #9937971
Renee Doyle 1/23/2012 7:54:31 PMAwesome capture and excellent POTD Susan!! Congratulations!! #9938163
Patricia A. Casey 1/24/2012 3:11:07 AMI'm certain we'll see this one again..what a beauty....Congratulations on POTD, Susan....Cheers =^..^= #9938440
Richard D. Love 1/26/2012 7:13:44 AMCongratulations, Susan. Wonderful tones and composition!
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Marilyn K. Lincecum 2/26/2012 5:05:39 PMYea..Congratulations on a job well done !! Hope to see this again with anoter Gold. #10003823
Neal D. Hatcher 2/26/2012 6:17:29 PM--------"CONGRATULATIONS"---------------
Nancyj E. Hovey 2/26/2012 6:27:12 PMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Linda L. Ruiz 2/26/2012 7:52:59 PMWe did good in Long Beach. Congrats. #10005088
Renee Doyle 2/26/2012 8:22:24 PMYou gals did great with these!! BIG congrats on this excellent finalist Susan! #10005275
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 2/27/2012 7:05:23 AMVery unusual subject; very dramatic. #10006732
Jill Odice 2/27/2012 8:39:43 AMPOTD and a Finalist! WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #10007167
David Hurt 2/27/2012 1:13:23 PMCongratulations Susan on your Finalist #10008464
Linda L. Ruiz 2/27/2012 10:15:35 PMwtg photo chick. 1st place...yippie #10009981
Julianne Bradford 2/27/2012 10:24:23 PMWTG Susan! Congrats on your golden win! #10010001
Jill Odice 2/27/2012 10:57:46 PMCONGRATS!!!! WAHOO!!!! FIRST PLACE!!!! :-) Things are looking up Chicky :-) #10010039
Jill Odice 2/27/2012 10:57:46 PMCONGRATS!!!! WAHOO!!!! FIRST PLACE!!!! :-) Things are looking up Chicky :-) #10010040
Marilyn K. Lincecum 2/27/2012 11:11:24 PMWTG Susan...First Place !!! Ditto with what Jill had to say. Huge congratulations on a job well done !! #10010051
Stan J. Bendkowski 2/28/2012 12:54:03 AMCongratulations on your wonderful win, Susan! #10010134
Inge Linden 2/28/2012 3:54:19 AMCongratulations! #10010361
Neal D. Hatcher 2/28/2012 5:37:54 AMCongratulations on your Gold-WTG #10010701
Deborah C. Lewinson 2/28/2012 5:49:07 AMCongratulations on your First Place Win, Susan, for this amazing image!
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Christopher Budny 2/28/2012 7:13:17 AM...and Congratulations, one more time ;) #10010940
Irene Colling 2/28/2012 7:31:24 AMAmazing photoraphy Susan.
Congratulations on your gold award. #10010998
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JO ANN CLEVELAND 2/28/2012 12:28:42 PMAwesome 1st prize and sooo well deserved!
Congratulations on the Gold Winner Susan!
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Some people like to collect stamps, some people like to collect trading cards. Me? I like to collect different types of pantry ingredients. For example, I don't have just one or two bottles of vinegar in my cupboard, I have well over a dozen different varieties of vinegar. When it comes to throwing together a quick or an exotic meal, I have all my bases covered. My pantry is chock full of wide range of ingredients that would make most discerning home cook squeal with delight. However, I make it a point to avoid purchasing pre-made mixes or boxed dinners. Finding a box of "Hamburger Helper" sitting in my cupboard is as likely as me becoming the next new swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated. Just not happening…
One of the random ingredients sitting on the pantry shelf was a little can of organic sweet potato puree. I have to tell you that when I bought it puree, I had no idea what I was going to do with it. I've never used canned sweet potato puree before, so I simply wanted to taste it and see how it compared to sweet potato puree made from scratch.
I was surprised to find that the canned sweet potato puree tasted really good. The sweet potato puree was creamy, sweet and is reminiscent of cooked pumpkin. It also made a decent substitute for canned pumpkin and it saved me about an hours worth of time if I decided to prepare it myself. With all that said, I still stand behind my opinion that fresh ingredients always tastes better than canned. However, there is no shame in using a good quality canned ingredients. I just did, and I was pleased with the results.
My easy to make Sweet Potato Bread is light, moist and has the wonderful flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. It's great sliced for a quick breakfast on the go or as a snack with a warm cup of tea. Enjoy! Tessa
- 1 – 15 ounce can sweet potato puree
- 1 cup canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 2/3 cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cloves
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease two 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch baking pans. In a medium sized mixing bowl add the sweet potato puree, canola oil, eggs, water and vanilla. Mix well. In a separate large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix well. Divide mixture between the two baking pans. Bake in oven for about 60 to 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire racks, slice and serve. Makes two loaves.


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RE: Game 10234378
I thought I'd branch out a bit and install BOB yesterday and it was great (apart from not being able to click to attack/reinforce but that's another matter...) but then I got to a crucial point in a game where I really needed to make a reinforcement before ending the go but when I clicked on the Reinforce button it (luckily...) came up with the new "Are you sure you want to End Reinforcement?" pop-up that comes with BOB.
I experimented by clicking on the End Reinforcement button and got the same message. I clicked both buttons several times and still the same. I went back to My Games and back in, still no luck. I restarted Firefox and logged back in, not knowing if logging out ended my turn or not, but luckily it didn't! However, still the same bizarre situation.
I then disabled BOB and everything was fine..
Has this happened to anyone before? Is there any way I can stop it happening again? I really liked having BOB but it really was a crucial part of the game after I'd made a silly mistake and forgotten to take out a 1-army territory along the way and it could have ruined the whole game!
Thanks in advance for any help.


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Last year, Palm turned CES upside down with the Palm Pre – one of the few new smartphones to make the iPhone look dated. After a slow-but-auspicious launch over the summer, Palm returned to CES this year with a much less earth-shattering pair of refreshes: the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. Besides migrating to Verizon, the Pre Plus brings a handful of modest updates, including a handful of exterior tweaks, more memory, and doubling storage from 8GB to 16GB. Verizon charges a reasonable $150 for the fresh model, but the original flavor can still be had on Sprint for $80 through Amazon. Do a few megahertz here and a few MB of RAM there really warrant the upgrade, or even a switch to Verizon? We sat down with the Plus to find out.
New Features
Put the original Pre side by side with the Pre Plus, and it would take a trained eye to detect the differences.
Perhaps the most obvious is that the pearly trackball-look-alike from the Pre has disappeared on this model completely in favor of a white LED strip below the surface, which only lights up to indicate when you've made a swipe or tap in the gesture area. The lettering for secondary symbols on the keyboard (numbers, % signs and the like) has also changed from red to grey, which makes it look a little less cluttered and intimidating to our eyes. Perhaps most importantly, the grabby keyboard sliding that we complained about the first time around has been smoothed out, and the whole mechanism tightened up significantly. Where twisting the two halves of the phone used to exhibit some considerable separation, we can now detect just the slightest budge, and no visual crack between the two at all. We consider this a massive improvement, and our hats go off to Palm for actually addressing a major build quality problem that many owners complained about the first time around. The matte black Touchstone battery cover (which enables inductive charging) also comes standard on the Pre Plus. Besides looking and feeling much better than the glossy black one, you'll save $20 when you go to buy the inductive charger, since you can buy the $50 model with no cover included, rather than the $70 model that comes packaged with one.
On the software side, the Pre Plus ships with WebOS 126.96.36.199, the same software you could expect to find on an up-to-date Pre. It includes improved app store download capabilities (they continue you when leave the page), removed limits on how many apps can run at once, and a handful of other minor fixes.
Standard Pre Features
Many features remain largely unchanged from generation to generation. The Pre Plus features an ample 3.1-inch multi-touch screen, full QWERTY keyboard, 3G internet connectivity, 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, app store, and months and months of gloss layered on their finely honed WebOS operating system.
What makes WebOS special? Unlike the iPhoneOS, WebOS can run multiple apps simultaneously, allowing users to seamlessly switch between any two, three or twelve tasks with a flick of the finger, or perform tasks like playing music from Pandora while browsing the Web. It also includes a powerful calendar and contact solution that syncs from multiple online sources (like Google and Facebook), as well as an App Catalog full of free and paid software for the phone that users can download and install in seconds.
As we found with the original Pre, the touch screen on the Pre Plus rivals the iPhone's both in accuracy and multi-touch capability, even if it does measure a 0.4 inches smaller diagonally. You're dragging a finger around on plastic rather than real glass, though, which diminishes the smooth feel a bit, and side-by-side, the iPhone still pops more at full brightness, so we still have to declare it the victor at the end of the day.
Palm claims to have improved the keyboard on the Pre Plus, but short of the aforementioned switch from red to grey lettering, we really couldn't tell the difference. That's a good thing. The slide-out keyboard on the Pre is nearly identical, in size, to that on the well-liked BlackBerry Curve 8900. Unlike the hard plastic keys on that keyboard, these have a sort of tacky gel-coat to them. They tap nicely, without the audible clatter that can be a nuisance at times. The lack of bulge on the Pre keys does make them a little tougher to press than curvaceous BlackBerry keys, so thick-fingered typists will probably end up using fingernails to plop down letters with much precision.
The 3.2-megapixel camera hiding in the back of the Pre Plus can't be called a jewel, but neither does it lag behind the pack as far as modern smartphones are concerned. Opening the camera app produces one of the most fluid live views we've seen, and it snaps rapid-fire photos machinegun fast. But ultimately, it lacks the control that would push it into the territory where you might seriously consider replacing a point-and-shoot camera. Fixed focus means no macro shots, and even software features like user-adjustable white balance are missing. Unlike the iPhone 3G S, you do get a surprisingly potent flash, though. Overall, shots did look good, if not quite up to par with those from the amazing Nokia N97.
As we found out with the N97, even well-tuned smartphones can sometimes fall apart when it comes time to make calls, making it seem like the developers totally fell asleep at the wheel on one of the most critical functions. The Pre suffers no such afterthought syndrome. Dialing and contact management mesh together rather well, and we had no issues performing routine functions like going back to scan recent calls, or adding fresh numbers to existing contacts. Voice quality was respectable – and plenty loud – but we noticed a bit of an unwelcome warble in incoming voices at times. Nothing overly irritating, though.


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Survey: Fewer young Minnesotans smoking, drinking
Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio, January 21, 2014 – Fewer young Minnesotans are taking part in risky behaviors than in years past, according to the latest Minnesota Student Survey.
Last year, more than 160,000 students in grades 5, 8, 9 and 11 took part in the survey, which covered a wide range of topics from smoking, drinking and sexual behavior to how much students work. It also asked students if they had been bullied and how often they send text messages.
Among the findings was that 14.2 percent of ninth-grade students drank alcohol one or more times in the 30 days before the survey, down from 18.6 percent in 2010, the last time students in that grade were surveyed.
Sheila Oehrlein, who supervises the Minnesota Department of Education's safe and healthy learners team, said overall the results are positive.
"Many of the sort of risky things that the student survey measures like drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes or using marijuana in the last 30 days, every time we administer the survey fewer kids are saying they've done that," Oehrlein said.
The survey found more than 90 percent of all students surveyed feel safe in school, a number that's stayed steady over the last decade.
But the results also show as many as 12 percent of students have faced bullying in the last 30 days because of their race or sexual orientation, while one in four say they were bullied because of their weight or appearance.
The survey's methodology changed in ways that make it difficult to compare some of the latest results to previous years. From 1992 to 2010, the state surveyed 6th, 9th and 12th graders. In 2013 that changed to 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th graders.
Also, the 2013 report doesn't include students from Minneapolis, where district officials opted out of the voluntary survey.
Oehrlein said researchers don't believe that skewed the results, because several Minneapolis charter schools and the St. Paul school district, took part in the survey.


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Reviews - Brook Mollington Banastre Hotel and Spa4
1 Parkgate Road, Mollington, Chester, CH1 6NN
Customer Reviews
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65% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
Very good service
Nice people
Hotel in desperate need of a revamp, look and smells like its a 100 years old
Brook Mollington Banastre Hotel and Spa
All staff extremely helpful and courteous
pleasantly surprised
wasn't expecting much as previous reviews were quite negative, however we were happy with the accomodation it was clean and comfortable, we had a lovely evening meal and breakfast in the restaurant, the spa changing areas were in need of updating but the area around the pool and gym were clean and usable.
Fur coat and no undies
This is a tired washed out shocker of a place.
The price tag (I paid £466 for two nights) suggests luxury. The reality is budget with bolser wood. To add insult to injury I am still waiting to see if the brand new swimming costume my daughter left in her room on Sunday ever turns up or whether the staff consider such things to be part of their wages. I don't think I could feel more ripped off.
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Disappointing and mis-sold on star rating
This was sold as a four star hotel which was totally untrue.
The room was dark (we had to have the light on all the time) and damp smelling. The corridor blocked and scruffy (no help with the cases). The tap broken, the shower scalded me, the toiletries were two large, refilled (clearly many times) bottles and no brand I'd heard of. One of the sauna's was also broken. The breakfast was ordinary, the bread was just sliced packet loaf. So disappointing as it was my birthday. On complaining we were initially offered 50% a further visit, but this was not good enough, I pointed out I wouldn't expect what we got from a 2 star hotel, never mind a 4 star one. As i stood my ground we were offered £50 off, but this, quite honestly, was still far too expensive.
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Poor feedback
We booked a family room and were given two rooms instead as they'd been over booked.
Room 28 had a broken window pane and insecure window which I highlighted to the duty manager and he was already aware . Wet paint taped around the room door frame which hadn't been removed. Reception was chaotic and dis organised, I heard other guests complaining.
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Very disappointed
Nothing like the pictures.
Friendly and accommodating staff but the hotel is tired and the rooms are small and dated.
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service slow
At check in, staff member started to serve me then felt they needed to answer the ringing phone this is not very good practice as this delays both parties and will not give you the full and undivided attention that is required.
Room tired and doors require effort to close as this was apparent when fellow occupants return to there room at 11.00. Breakfast upon waiting 5 mins for a member of staff decided to miss and go to Starbucks up the road. check out was slow stood around waiting, decided to load car then came back to another wait, would have left but required VAT invoice. Felt the hotel was not up to current standards of service.
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70th birthday
Room adequate quite clean problem was it had an adjoining door to next room (locked) but every word from adjoining room could be heard.
Breakfast poor on first morning (sausage and bacon cremated) dinner good. Main problem was I paid for the room and meal by visa at checkout but when i checked my acc. I had been charged again for the room and then for the meal. Although the charge had not been taken from my acc. It had been allocated meaning that money was not available to use until it had been reinstated which took 7 days. If this is brook hotels policy they have lost a repeat customer.
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The Camels enter Saturday night's game with a 6-0-1 overall record in the series between the two Atlantic Sun teams. Campbell is 5-7-1, 2-3 in the A-Sun this season after beating Belmont 1-0 Friday night.
Game time is at 7 at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
"We have to step back and not panic," Ireland said. "If we can change a couple of things we can play with anyone.
"Campbell is always a very good team. We have to find a way to win. It is going to come down to finishing our changes and cutting down on our mistakes. What is frustrating is when we don't give ourselves a chance."
Despite the record Ireland has nothing but praise for his defenders _ Kelsey Reiman, Katie Wood and Kameron Stilwell. He also has praise for midfielder Martika Powe.
"From a defensive standpoint those girls have stepped up a ton," Ireland said. "Those back three have been incredible. When you add in Martika we have four of the best defensive players in the conference."
The main struggle for the Lady Bisons is on offense as they continue to search for that one player who will finish plays and score.
"We have played a lot of different people in the midfield and up top," Ireland said. "We need to find someone who can step up and finish and create something dangerous whether it is beating someone one vs. one or making a dangerous run.
"We have given a lot of different kids playing time to see who is going to step up. At this point that is one question mark as we find someone to step up offensively."
The Lady Bisons, who have lost five of their last six games, are 4-8 overall and 0-4 in the conference. Game time is at 7 at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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Cow and Chicken
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Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series chronicles the adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often tormented by The Red Guy, a usually naked devil-like character who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them.
- 1 Theme song
- 2 Season 1
- 2.1 "Field Trip to Folsom Prison Blues / Girls' Bathroom"
- 2.2 "Supermodel Cow / Part Time Job"
- 2.3 "Alive! / Who Is Supercow?"
- 2.4 "Confused / The Molting Fairy"
- 2.5 "The Ugliest Weenie"
- 2.6 "Orthodontic Police / Cow with Four Eyes"
- 2.7 "Cow Instincts, Don't It? / Ballerina Cow"
- 2.8 "Chicken's First Kiss / Squirt the Daisies"
- 2.9 "Space Cow / The Legend of Sailcat"
- 2.10 "Headhunting in Oregon / The King and Queen of Cheese"
- 3 Season 2
- 4 Season 3
- 5 Chicken Lips
- 6 Season 4
- 7 Unidentified Episodes
- 8 Cast
- 9 External Links
Theme song[edit]
- Chicken: Mama had a chicken!
- Cow: Mama had a cow!
- Cow & Chicken: [in unison] Dad was proud, and he didn't care how!
- Theme song plays
- Cow: Cow!
- Theme song plays more
- Chicken: Chicken!
- Theme song plays more
- Cow & Chicken: Cow and Chicken!
- Theme song plays more
- The Red Guy starts laughing and flashes his butt a little
Season 1[edit]
"Field Trip to Folsom Prison Blues / Girls' Bathroom"[edit]
- Cow: [gasps] Chicken, that is a good way to lose a beak!
- Chicken: Ah, shut up, Cow! Mind your own Beeswax! [gets hit with sign] What?
- Chicken:[pretending to be an inmate and slyly pantsing the warden] Jailbreak!
- Guard: [panicking] Sound the alarm! [The guard falls down and the inmates laugh at him. He is then insulted and grabs Chicken pretending to be Red.] Lockdown!
- Chicken: Eat this, you filthy screw.
- Inmate: Way to go, Red.
Chicken: [To Red as the Warden] I gotta be home by 8:00 or I'm in big trouble! Anyhow, Mom is making pork butts and taters. She only makes it on Tuesdays; it's my favorite!
- Dad: Chicken, the warden of Folsom Prison just called.
- Chicken: I know what he said; I did time at the big house 'cause I pantsed the guard!
"Supermodel Cow / Part Time Job"[edit]
- Cow: That's it! I'll get a part-time job at the milk farm. I'll make money to buy Crabs the Warthog
- Chicken: You think they want your milk? It says the finest cows on Earth, not Mars!
- Dr. Chunks: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU MAN?! CAN'T YOU READ?! "NO CHICKEN MILK!!"
- Chicken: Hey, Mr. Hiney! When do I get paid for this gig?
- The Red Guy: Oh, you won't need any money where you're going, little fella...
"Alive! / Who Is Supercow?"[edit]
- Mom: Where would we be without you , Boneless Chicken?
- Boneless Chicken: Where? Well, you'd be up a creek without a paddle or burning your bridges before they're hatched. Who can say, really?
[Mom, Dad, and Chicken laugh at Boneless' joke.]
- Dad: Oh, Boneless, you always kill us!
- Boneless Chicken: Ah, go on.
- Dad: Will you be needing anything while we're away?
- Boneless Chicken: Sure, how 'bout a spine for my limp and lifeless body? [Mom, Dad, and Chicken laugh once more as they soon head for Chicken's parent-teacher conference.]
- Cow: Oh, Mom and Dad! I missed you both so much these long months of being marooned.
- Dad: Sweetheart, we've only been gone half an hour for Chicken's parent-teacher conference.
- The Red Guy: Superheroes, are your leotards starting to stink? Is your booties getting brittle? IS YOUR CAPE KIND OF CRUDDY?! Well, come on over to Hiney Beau Dry Cleaners, where if you're a superhero, your CLEANING is free!
- The Red Guy: [holds up a sweetcorn-based superhero costume in disdain] "Corn-Cobb Man"?! There's a lotta sick people in this town.
"Confused / The Molting Fairy"[edit]
- Cow: Mom always says not to go to the carnival naked.
- The Red Guy: Got any scabs?! They could be worth gold.
"The Ugliest Weenie"[edit]
- Red Guy: Oh, we're flat out of time! Stay tuned after the commercial break! And maybe we'll show you the rest of the play! Or maybe we'll fill the time up with even more commercials! [laughs maniacally]
- Cow: Didn't you remember mom always says we should never run into a burning school auditorium?
- Chicken: It must've slipped my mind!
"Orthodontic Police / Cow with Four Eyes"[edit]
- The Red Guy: [as the Orthodontic Policeman] What are you people, a bunch of communists?
- Teacher: Nothing is more important than straight teeth. Well, at least that's what the pantsless policeman said.
- The Red Guy:[After getting his butt kicked by Supercow, he removes the last of the braces off the police officer] There, that's the last one.
- [The policeman happily eats his doughnut and runs laughing.]
- The Red Guy:[Revealing to wear the permanent braces with a satellite attached to it.] Okay, I did what you said, I removed the braces off everybody. Now can you take off mine?! That was the deal.
- Chicken: Oh, I wish we could, but we have already rented you out as a Satellite Tracking Dish.
- [Cow and Chicken laugh as the Red Guy drives away after satellites drop from the sky]
- The Red Guy: Is there a real orthodontist in the house?
"Cow Instincts, Don't It? / Ballerina Cow"[edit]
- Cow: I'm a big fat loser!
- Chicken: I could have told you the big and fat part.
"Chicken's First Kiss / Squirt the Daisies"[edit]
- Winney: Hi Chicken! I like your wattle! Do you clean it with special soap to make it so shiny?!
- Mom: Oh Chicken! You don't get cooties from being kissed; listen to Father!
- Chicken: You don't?
- Dad: No son. you get them from...toilet seats.
"Space Cow / The Legend of Sailcat"[edit]
- Chicken: [to Cow] They'd never let you go in outer space. There's no room!
"Headhunting in Oregon / The King and Queen of Cheese"[edit]
- Dad: We're going to Oregon to find some head hunters.
- The Red Guy: Walter Jeans-Begone, headhunter guide, at your service!
- The Red Guy: Hello! It's me, Larry Lackapants, Arkansas Cheese master, soon to be the King & Queen of Cheese!
Season 2[edit]
"Tounge Sandwich / Dream Date Chicken"[edit]
- Cow: [Humming as she runs the vacuum]
- Mom: Chicken, why don't you take a hint from your sister and take out the garbage?
- Chicken: [Begins raging] Stop rattin' on me! Why do I always have to do everything around here?! [Breaks the T.V.] GET OFF MY CASE! [Banging his fists the walls in tune with his line]
- Mom: Honey, talk to your son; I had just about all I can take. [Runs away, crying]
- Dad: Listen here, Chief: when you're all grown up and living like some hopped up and crazy bachelor, you can sleep on a pile of garbage for all I care! But as long as you're living under my roof, you've got to live by my rules!
- Chicken: But-
- Dad: That's it! I'll have no back-talk, Mister! You're grounded! [Chicken goes into his room and slams the door] [Cow opens the door and gasps]
- Cow: Where are you going?
- Chicken: I am runnin' away to be a bachelor with cousin Boneless Chicken. No one tells him what to do; he just lays around his cool bachelor pad and does whatever he wants. Hasta la adiós, Cow. [Chicken hops out of the window]
- Cow: Adiós, big brother. [Moos. She then tears up and turns to her own bedroom] Oh, Chicken's a grown-up bachelor, and... I'm all alone! [Sits on the floor and cries] Ooh, I want to play grown-up bachelor, too! [Continues crying]
"The Bad News Plastic Surgeons / The Exchange Stüdent"[edit]
- Teacher: Everybody just shut your porktraps for a minute!
- The Red Guy: Plastic surgery isn't just a sport, it's a way of life.
- The Red Guy: Oh, I like your spirit. You're hired. Oh, by the way, who did your wattle?
- The Red Guy: Which one of you weenies is our victim-slash-volunteer?
- Cow: Nip and tuck, short and curl, my brother Chicken is not a girl!
- Chicken: Couldn't have done this without you, Dr. Hiney.
- The Red Guy: Oh please call me Dr. Hiney.
- Policeman: Hey, it says here you're a plastic pipe salesman from bend Oregon!
- Chicken: He wasn't even a New Mexican...
- Cow: Mom! Dad! Photo-realistic beaver is teasing me again!
Season 3[edit]
"Chicken in the Bathroom"[edit]
- [Mom has ordered Chicken to stay in the tub until he takes a bath, and Mom, Dad, and Cow need to use the toilet]
- Dad: Chicken? Hurry up and take that bath, I gotta get in there!
- Chicken: No dice.
- Cow: Chicken? Are you done yet? I need to visit the reading room...to read?
- Mom: Me too, Chicken, can I, um, use the bathroom too?
- Dad: Come on son, I gotta core the apple!
- Mom: I have to launch the raft!
- Dad: Come on Chicken, I have to brick up the chimney!
- Cow: I need to stir the bean, big brother! Will you be much longer?
- Chicken: I ain't takin' no bath!
- Dad: Come on! I gotta, uh, uh, feed the ducks.
- Cow: Why don't you just get it over with, Chicken? I need to wax the board!
- Chicken: The bathroom is closed for the duration.
- Dad: Chicken! For crying out loud, I gotta jump the gun!
- Mom: I can't hold it any longer! ...Could you please hurry honey?
- Cow: I gotta peel the onions!
- Chicken: How rude! Not while I am in the tub, bub!
- Mom: Hurry up! Chicken! I gotta wash the window!
- Dad: I gotta make peace with the Germans!
- Mom: Gotta run for Congress here!
- All three: Come on Chicken, take a bath already!
- Cow: Chicken! It's time to flip the pickles!
- Dad: Come on, Chicken!
- Mom: I gotta resole the family christen!
- Cow: I simply must pull the rip cord!
- Dad: I must wash the windows!
- Mom: I, I, I gotta spoon the balls!
- Cow: Let the little puppies run! Please?
- Dad: Gotta shake hands with the President!
- Mom: Gotta press the issue!
- Cow: Chicken, I need to let the cat out!
- Dad: It's time to drive the governor home...
- Mom: I...need...to...stuff...the...olives!
- Cow: Have to shuck the corn!
- Mom: Oooh! It is time to burp the baby!
- Cow: May I please stabber out the facts?
- Mom: I...I...got...to...strike...my...pansy!
- Cow: Lay some carpet, por favor!
- Dad: Gotta talk to the boss!
- Dad: That is it, Chicken!
- Dad Ready or Not Chicken!, Son, if you don't take a bath, then we'll give you one!
- Chicken: (gasps)
Chicken Lips[edit]
- Chicken: Not only am I not a boy, I'm not even a chicken! [breaks into tears]
- Cow: Ooh, I hope my big bwudder is gonna be okay, oh, if only I hadn't been whistwing in fwont of him, he wouwdn't have faced in dis wife, oh...I wish I nevew whistwed again in my wife!
- Cow: Evewyone can whistwe, Chicken, it is one of wife's speciaw out gifts.
101 Uses For Cow and Chicken[edit]
- Cow: [with a price tag on her labelled 19 cent] My buns are only 19 cents? [tearfully] I AM SO CHEAP!!! [sobbing and mooing]
- The Red Guy: GOOD MORNING! Coffee, grandma? I think you'd make a great coffee cup. [opens up Chicken's beak, pours coffee in him, and starts spilling the coffee on himself] It leaks.
- The Red Guy: [uses Chicken as a face towel] Hey, you're not bad as a towel! [looks at himself in the mirror; gasps] Oh! I didn't brush my teeth this year! Guess what you get to be! [squirts toothpaste on Chicken and starts brushing his teeth with him; spits in the sink] Ooh. I NEED A NICE CLOSE SHAVE! [sharpens Chicken's beak on a belt; starts shaving his chin and his tongue with Chicken] [shaves his armpit] AHH! CAN'T YOU AT LEAST HUM A LITTLE?! WORK WITH ME HERE!
- Chicken: [blows raspberry at him]
- The Red Guy: THAT'S IT! NOW MY SHAVER'S SPITTING AT ME! I've been ripped off! YOU GUYS ARE USELESS! I'm taking you back to the store.
Season 4[edit]
I Scream Man[edit]
- Chicken: My waddle is getting all wrinkly. I sure could use somethin' to wet my whistle. [Cow squirts milk at him] Somethin' besides that.
- [Cow and Chicken get caught by Dad while trying to catch the Arbor Day Pig.]
- Cow: We're busted.
- Dad: Oh, you kids know that you can't open this piggie until Arbor Day. [Arbor Day Pig has sticker labelled "Do Not Open 'Til Arbor Day" on his butt]
- Arbor Day Pig: Ha!
- Dad: And that's three days away. [Pig blows raspberry, but then gasps]
- The Red Guy: DING DING DING DING DING DING DING! STUPID SONG IS DRIVING ME... nuts!
- The Red Guy: [with Cow and Chicken chasing him] THIS IS MADNESS!!! [screams] LEAVE ME ALONE!!!
- The Red Guy: Oh crud! I must've thrown out all my ice cream at those funny-looking kids. [gives Chicken ice cubes in an ice cream cone] Here you go, duck.
- Chicken: Hey! This is just a cone with ice cubes in it!
- The Red Guy: And your point is? NEXT!
- Cow: Do you have any gravy freezies?
- The Red Guy: NO!
- Cow: Frozen pork buttocks?
- The Red Guy: NO!
- Cow: A beaver-tail cone surprise?
- The Red Guy: How about a beaver in a cone? [pulls out a beaver in a cone] SURPRISE! [leaps out of his ice cream truck] AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I DON'T HAVE ANY ICE CREAM NONE WHATSOEVER! I don't even like ice cream. OR KIDS! It says "I Scream" on my truck, not ice cream! Get it? Cause... I SCREAM! Look at me. [spins in circles] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Ooh. [chuckles] Screaming is my hobby!
- Police Officer: [hits The Red Guy with sausage] It's the padded cell for you, scream man!
- Mom: How about some frozen Arbor Day piggie pops?
- Arbor Day Pig: PIGGIE POPS?! OKAY! THAT IS IT! TIME OUT! I've put enough with psychological torture for one pig! YOU GUYS ARE CANNIBALS! DO YOU HEAR ME?! YOU'RE ALL OFF YOUR NUT! [runs away screaming]
- Mom: What is up with that?
- Dad: You know, Mama, we lose more Arbor Day piggies that way.
- The Red Guy: No actual Arbor Day piggies were hurt during the making of this film. But I was. My feelings were hurt! More than once! There was the first time in scene 40 and that once in scene 57 and... did you know that I do my own STUNTS? No stunt double for The Red Guy, oh no, no, no, no. [looks around] Feiss will not spring for that, no! I'm not good enough for a STUNT DOUBLE! [starts sobbing] OH, LIFE'S NOT FAIR! Alright you can end now. [laughs] END!
Unidentified Episodes[edit]
- [Playing "My First Battleboat" game with Chicken]
- Cow: Aa-aa! Ladies first!
- [In an skittish voice]
- Cow: Cousin Sow, you awe such a pig.
- Cow: [about her parents] Sometimes, I question deiw sanity.
- Supercow: Supercow! Al rescate! [translates as "Supercow to the Rescue!"]
- Supercow: Oye, Diablo! Eso lo vas a sentir!
- Supercow: Que me pasa? Yo soy supercow, defendedora de la justicia!
- Chicken: Ooh, mom! I needed that money to buy socks! [points to his chicken-clawed feet]
- Chicken: No, I do not choose to play no stupid cow-games!
- [After being put into detention for destroying the school]
- Chicken: Thanks a loads, Larry!
- Chicken: Remind me to put myself up for adoption.
- [Whilst playing "Immoral Wombat" video game]
- Chicken: Take that, you wussie wombat!"
Mom and Dad[edit]
- Dad: You know, Mama? It's times like these that make me proud to be a man!
- Mom: Me, too!
- [This can also go the other way, with Mom saying "It's times like these that make me proud to be a woman!" With Dad saying "Me, too!"]
- Dad: If you something bad were to happen to your sister... we'd be pretty mad!
The Red Guy[edit]
- The Red Guy: Hello! It's me: [followed by some false identity, often with a name that is a butt-related pun, including:]
- The Devil! I stand for all that is bad! [laughs] Also, I'm naked! [laughs] I love evilness, I hate goodness, right, Cerberus?
- The Red Guy!
- Lance Sackless!
- The Naked Guy!
- The Warden!
- The First Mate! HAHAHAHA!
- Rear-Admiral Floyd!
- Red Hiney!
- Cleopantless, Queen of DeNile!
- Tallulah Bottoms, recently departed!
- Lord of all Space-Mud!
- Mrs. Beaver, your personal sensitivity trainer! [squeals girlishly]
- Your Director, Louie B. Bare!
- The Director, Ivan Panced! COULD YOU TELL?!
- The Great Pantzini! The circus is in town, so come on down, and kiss a clown!
- Larry Lackapants, Arkansas Cheese-Master, soon to be the King & Queen of Cheese!
- Sir Pants-are-off, knight-mare extraordinaire! Fear and intimidation are my sword, stealth and fraud my shield!
- Should you be scared? Oh, yes, very! Why, you say? 'CAUSE I'M THE COPY FAIRY!
- [Showing up at the end of an episode he has been absent from]
- The Red Guy: Hello! It's me, Lance Sackless! [chuckles] As you may have noticed, I am not in this film. [angrily gets out a contract] This is my contract, and it has been VI-O-LA-TEEEEEED! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SHOW! Oh, [chuckles awkwardly] but I'm in the show right now. [reads the contract for a moment; cricket noises are heard] Never mind! [continues to chuckle as the episode ends]
- The Red Guy: Hello! I'm Bunny, your flight attendant! Ooh, isn't it a great day to be HURLED THROUGH THE AIR 23 billion feet above the Earth, with - what do you know? - a very, very thin shell of aluminum between you and a 10-MINUTE SCREAMING DROP?!
- The Red Guy: Hello, little teeny-tiny people! [bounces around the stage on his buttocks] I'M YOUR NEW PLASTIC SURGERY COOOOOACH!
- The Red Guy: Hello, ladies! Ivan Panced here - but you won't hear ME complain! [laughs] Walk a-dis waaaaay! [walks away using his buttocks; everyone follows him in the same manner]
- The Red Guy: [Picks up a costume of Corn Cobb man] Corn Cobb man? There's a lot of sick people in this town!
- The Red Guy: [surrounded by snakes] Oh, hello there! HAVE YOU MET MY ASPS?! They're really nice once you get to know them...
- The Red Guy: Pardon me, Mr. Cow, but I don't speak Spanish.
- [An excuse he gives after loudly screaming at another character]
- The Red Guy: Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought you was my grandma.
- The Red Guy: Now I can die happy!
- The Red Guy: Oh, yippee-ki-yuka-YAY!
- [About why he's wearing milking gloves while acting as Cow's doctor]
- The Red Guy: Well, I'm thirsty and your daughter's a cow. DO THE MATH!
- [Flem's dad can't explain how Flem and Earl got lost in their own bathtub]
- The Red Guy: Of course Flem's dad couldn't explain what had happened, BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT! Oh, just look at those shorts!
- The Red Guy: [as "Rear Admiral Floyd"] Weeeeell, I'm not asking you to buy my military scout cookies - I'M TELLING YOU!
- The Red Guy: [bouncing around on his butt] This is the happiest day of my li-i-i-i-ife! [Chicken's falling tree fort crushes him and he is flattened] This is the flattest day of my life.
- The Red Guy: It all started when I was nine. Daddy took me hunting... House hunting. We ate shingles for a month! I could never look at a porch the same way... AGAIN!!! [sobs]
- The Red Guy: Hello. I'm not a dentist, but I've seen one on TV. Proper dental hygiene starts at home. [hammers a toothbrush to the door, squirts toothpaste on it, and scrubs his teeth and face all over it] And of course, you mustn't forget to floss! [takes out a string of floss and struggles with it, resulting in a tangled mess] I still haven't figured out what this has to do with teeth.
Boneless Chicken[edit]
- [After hearing people laugh when he spoke]
- Boneless: No, really! That wasn't a joke!
Random Citizens[edit]
- Drugs Testing Woman: You won't be wrestling today, yesterday, or three years ago!
- Teacher: All right, class, this is pi. As in "SHUT YER PIE-HOLE!"
- Man at Crying Club: ...and then my grandma BEAT UP MY DOG!
- Charles Adler
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Candi Milo
- Howard Morris
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Tom Kenny
- Dan Castellaneta
- Michael Dorn
External Links[edit]
- Cow and Chicken quotes at the Internet Movie Database


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YGP Executive Director Delite Primus said a friend first brought the Toyota giveaway to her attention and she submitted an application. In mid-August, Primus was informed that a review panel had selected YGP as one of the contest's 250 finalists from a total of 2,500 applicants. The finalists were selected "based on their experience in the areas of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility," according to the program's website.
Finalists were selected based on their needs and how much of an impact the vehicle would have on their program. The contest also tries to represent a broad geographic spectrum, and this year there were finalists from all 50 states, according to the website.
Though Primus learned YGP was selected as a finalist in August, a confidentiality agreement precluded the organization from making its selection public until mid-September. At that time, YGP was finally able to start talking about the program, Primus said.
The contest began Oct. 1 and will continue through Nov. 19. Each day, Toyota posts five finalists, and members of the public cast votes via their Facebook page for two nonprofit groups out of that day's five. The two nonprofits with the highest number of votes at the end of the day are awarded cars. Voting for YGP took place on Oct. 20. The next day Primus received the news that YGP was one of the two winners. The group placed second in the Oct. 20 voting, according to the contest website.
YGP will be able to choose between a Toyota Highlander, Prius, Sienna, Sienna Mobility or Tundra.
"We're going to use it in our day-to-day operations," Primus said. "We'll use it to transport produce, plants and tools."
Primus said YGP might also use the vehicle for transportation if the opportunity presents itself.
"We may use it to take interns on more educational field trips," she said. "We're going to use it in whatever way we can to enhance the program."
Primus said the nonprofit was told that it will be contacted by a representative from Toyota after the giveaway is over in mid-November, so it will still be several weeks before staff members find out when the new car will be delivered. The contest website states that winners will receive their vehicles within 150 days of completion of the prize acceptance form.
Primus said YGP could not have won the contest without the help of local supporters.
"We are incredibly grateful for all the support from the Moab community in making this happen," Primus said. "It's amazing."


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Teaching, General Teaching Projects in Sri Lanka by Ash Morton
Being the first ever volunteers at Pinwatha School, there was no real way of knowing what to expect. No reports from previous volunteers or anything. On the other side, the teachers wouldn't know what to expect of us either. It was a new experience for everyone involved. Thankfully, it has been a hugely enjoyable and fulfilling one too.
Of course, it has come with a few surprises. When we visited the school with Projects Abroad staff, Charley and Ligaya, it was agreed that Fiona and I would observe (a word I'm not sure they fully understood) classes for the first week and then begin teaching properly in the second week. This was re-assuring as neither of us had any idea how to teach English and were suddenly plunged into the realisation that we didn't really know what we were doing.
However, on my first day, one of the English teachers (who, for a long time, we simply named 'Beard' until we found out his name was actually 'Sisira') told me to teach his 40 minute English lesson with grade 11. A straight 'no' was offered and I observed for that day, but actual teaching began on day two - six days before agreed!
It's a good job then that most of the kids are so eager to learn and impress you with their English. They are very easy to teach as a result of their liveliness and enthusiasm. Also what struck us was the size of the school compared to its class sizes. It was very badly hit by the tsunami, being just 30 metres or so from the sea, and has only just recently been fully restored. During the re-building process, however, many kids (whose parents could afford it) were sent to other schools, and so little by little, the population of the school has dwindled.
Because of this, the smallest class, grade six, consists of just two pupils and the largest, grade eleven, has just 14. It also means that the kids are easier to get to know, and some of them entertain you constantly with their abundance of character.
We found that the staff were just as keen to learn things from us as the children were. They seem intrigued by England; this strange, distant country with no wild Elephants, safe driving standards, where most bus journeys cost at least the equivalent of Rs100 and where some people drink their tea without sugar. Indeed, they find our culture very amusing and are always entertained to discover some of the quirky little things we do, like dipping biscuits in tea!
All in all, Pinwatha school is a great place to work. Everyone is very welcoming and hospitable, the classes are tiny and the kids are great fun. We look forward to another month here and will be sad when we leave in May.
Ash Morton
Ce témoignage est basé sur l'expérience unique d'un volontaire à un certain moment donné. Nos projets s'adaptent constamment aux besoins locaux, ils évoluent au fur et à mesure que des volontaires s'impliquent et s'adaptent aux saisons, ainsi votre expérience sur place pourra être différente de celle décrite ici. Pour en savoir plus sur cette mission, vous pouvez consulter la page de ce projet ou bien contacter l'un de nos conseillers de volontaires.


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Billy Ray Cyrus Gossip
Billy Ray Cyrus gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Miley's walk with dad and date with Patrick
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Miley Cyrus went for a hike with her dad, Billy Ray, and one of her dogs yesterday. Miley is mostly seen with her ma, Tish. For a while there, while Tish and Billy Ray were having problems, Miley was openly sh-tting on her dad on social media. Tish and Billy Ray reconciled over a year ago after initially announcing their divorce. Full Story
The Family Cyrus
As Lainey said last week, Miley surged in 2013. The music stands. It stands up alongside Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Lorde, and any pop album put out this year. Although Miley's been famous for a long time, this is the year she actually arrived. Full Story
Cyrus Family Portrait
Kevin Winter/ Jason Merritt/ Getty
What does this one look like to you? Let's not forget that Miley was calling out her dad on Twitter as recently as earlier this summer. And that nothing happens in a bubble, especially online. And that Noah Cyrus, age 13 and two thirds has been purportedly wanting a showbiz career for a long time, though it's never really come together for her. Full Story
Please let there be a throwdown!
Am inviting all kinds of calamity on my Chinese ass for this but I have to tell you, this Miley Cyrus cheating mother story is about as smutty as it gets. But hey, I'm not the one who cheated. And not with BRETT F-CKING MICHAELS!!! Us Weekly Full Story
No college for JailBait
Miley Cyrus is currently on holiday with her dad in Mexico, photographed on the beach yesterday at their resort. It's a brief break before heavy promotion for her upcoming new album Can't Be Tamed dropping June 22nd. While I was in Cannes, Miley performed Can't Be Tamed on Dancing with the Lame Sh-ts. Full Story
You don't love Daddy no more?
Remember when JailBait, at 16, was dating that 20 year old cheese loser Justin Something and he'd wear his cross around his neck and get papped with the family leaving church every weekend and Billy Ray Cyrus would have his arm around his shoulders and they'd go for bbq and milkshakes and sh-t? Not happening with Liam Hemsworth. Full Story
It's always about Daddy
Yesterday JailBait Miley Cyrus talked out of her ass about Twilight, said she's never seen it and never will, flexing like she's above all hormonal hysteria. Oh reeeee-leeeee? Yesterday I posted that it was not so much opinion as it was resentment and today it becomes even clearer. Full Story
The Royal Family of JailBait
And all those ambitious parents on Toddlers & Tiaras, all of them are taking notes, admiring the latest move by the Cyruses who have written the definitive book on raising JailBait, following up their Miley masterpiece with what could very well be the Mona Lisa of all JailBait... Take a look at 9 year old Noah Cyrus at Jamie Lee Curtis's Halloween party on Saturday dressed as. Full Story
Daddy doesn't like the new boy
JailBait Miley Cyrus abruptly shut down her Twitter this week after posting the following: "FYI Liam doesn't have a twitter and he wants ME to delete mine with good reason" Liam is the new boyfriend and her co-star in The Last Song and shortly after that tweet, JailBait's Twitter was deleted, prompting many of her fans to launch a "comeback" campaign imploring her to change her mind. Full Story
JailBait, short shorts, a soul patch, and a pole
It's Miley Cyrus and her mashed up mouth at the Teen Choice Awards last night, all of 16, looking more like 30, and standing next to Fergie, really, it's like they're almost the same age. A compliment for Ferg, a shame for JailBait's parents. And then she got on the pole. At the Teen Choice Awards, Jailbait wrapped it around a pole. Full Story
Ordering is not fighting
Paps claim that these photos taken of JailBait Miley Cyrus and her loser douche 20 year old boyfriend Justin show the two having an argument about their relationship. Depends on how you Photo Assumption. I don't Photo Assumption a fight. I do however Photo Assumption an order. Or a series of orders. Full Story