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In those 30 years, Nintendo's been cranking away and building up the portable market almost brick by brick. Though it can't lay claim to starting the genre, the company can clearly take credit for strengthening it and letting it thrive along side the home consoles.
With the Nintendo DSi hitting these shores in about a month, we thought we'd take a romp through time to check out the trip Nintendo's made to get from the start of its handheld journey to now.
Game & Watch (1980)
Most portable electronic games in the late 1970s utilized LEDs for their graphics, an effective, if power-draining, technology. At Nintendo, one of the company's engineers -- a man named Gunpei Yokoi – developed a game "system" using low battery consumption liquid crystal display (LCD) technology that was being utilized in calculators and watches. By using LCDs, designers could create animation through predrawn stencils that turned on and off in sequence.
Game & Watch kicked off in 1980 with the simplistic titled "Ball," a design where players moved a character's hands back and forth to keep a juggling sphere in play. "Ball" was followed up with "Flagman," "Vermin," and "Fire," each game getting its own standalone system due to the specific stencils printed up for the game they were made for. The series continued to evolve with licensed brands such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye, and shortly after Donkey Kong exploded onto the scene in arcades, Gunpei Yokoi's Game & Watch team had a version that you could take on the go.
The Game & Watch series continued to evolve in form and function throughout the decade, eventually adopting a clamshell design that could incorporate two screens of action simultaneously. In 1991, Nintendo retired the series, but the company continues to honor the brand by producing games featuring the series: Game & Watch collections have been released on the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS platform. Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl feature characters and scenarios from the Game & Watch series. Nintendo has also licensed the Game & Watch brand to other toy manufacturers to produce mini-versions of classic 80s designs.
The Game & Watch series can also lay claim to the innovation of D-pad controls that eventually worked their way into the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Game Boy (1989)
While the Game & Watch series was Nintendo's first entry into the portable gaming world, it was the Game Boy system that truly made the market what it is today. After the success he had with the creation of Game & Watch, Gumpei Yokoi took his expertise with portable gaming and created a versatile handheld videogame system. The result was Game Boy, a cartridge-based handheld that was almost like having the power of the Nintendo Entertainment in a battery-powered portable unit.
The Game Boy device featured LCD technology, but unlike the Game & Watch series' limited stencil-based display, Game Boy's LCD was pixel-based and featured four shades of gray. This allowed developers to create their own visuals without the restrictions of the old-school technology, giving designers and programmers the same capabilities as current generation game systems like animated sprites and interactive, scrolling backgrounds.
The Game Boy introduced the innovative "Game Link" port that had the ability to let two players compete in the same game with their own view of the action. This two person limitation was upgraded to four in F1 Race's included Four Way Play device.
The Game Boy thrived for more than five years even as far more advanced, color systems such as SEGA's Game Gear, Atari's Lynx, and NEC's Turbo Express entered the scene, mostly attributed to its cheaper price, the strength of the Nintendo name, the stronger third party support, longer battery life, and the decision to include Tetris as a pack-in during its debut.
Even as the Game Boy continued to succeed at the failure of competitor's color systems, Nintendo worked to generate excitement for its console. In 1995, the company revitalized the six year platform with "Color" systems -- offering a choice of colors in the same classic technology.
Virtual Boy (1995)
Even a company as seemingly creative and infallible as Nintendo can fail. Hard. And that's exactly what happened with the Virtual Boy, a system that wasn't exactly a handheld, but not exactly a console either. It was an innovative, self-contained game system created once again by Gumpei Yokoi and his engineering team.
Like the Game Boy, it was battery powered, and like the Game Boy it featured LCD displays. But that's as far as the similarities go. The Big Deal with the Virtual Boy was its true 3D visual capabilities. We were still a generation away from realtime produced 3D visuals, but the Virtual Boy offered actual depth using binocular techniques. The system featured two LCD screens, one for the right eye, and one for the left, and by using visual techniques of offsetting the image, the two eyes worked together to give the player the illusion that images were closer or further back. Picture it as an interactive Viewmaster.
There were many problems that led to the immediate demise of the Virtual Boy. Due to the high costs and limitations of LCD technology at the time, to keep costs down Nintendo utilized monochromatic displays and chose an unpleasant red as the primary color. The unit was also not very portable, requiring it to be used on flat surfaces, so it was impossible to play the system on the go. And because players could only view the game by sticking their face into the visor, it couldn't be enjoyed by observing bystanders.
The Virtual Boy had a few decent titles such as Mario Clash and Telero Boxing, but the system was discontinued less than a year after its debut. It was Gunpei Yokoi's final creation for Nintendo – he left to work for Bandai and create the WonderSwan handheld system before his death in 1997. Today, Nintendo does not officially speak much about the system, but on occasion it's referenced in titles such as the Wario Ware series.


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"I built prototype after prototype after prototype," said Frank Bretl, local entrepreneur and inventor of the bicycle-mounted hydration system VelEau.
Bretl dreamed up the VelEau while getting ready for the Cascade Cream Puff, a mountain bike race near Oakridge. "It's a 100-mile race with 16,000 feet of climbing and descending," he said. "It's a tough event."
It's tough not only because of the length and climbing, but also because it takes place during the height of summer. This year's Cream Puff is scheduled for Aug. 3 and 4.
There are several standard options for hydrating on a ride like this, but Bretl wasn't satisfied with any of them. "I bought this new, beautiful, state-of-the-art bicycle," he said. "The rear suspension displaced the traditional bottle cage mounts. It only had the suicide mount, so I had this great bike with no usable water mount."
Another popular option, hydration packs, weren't any better. "With a hydration pack the rider is the beast of burden. It's uncomfortable and it's like you're wearing a blanket," said Bretl. "Your ability to shed heat relates back to how many calories your body can ultimately burn. This is why you'll never see a professional athlete wearing a hydration pack. They can't suffer that."
With the VelEau, it takes less time to take a drink of water, and it doesn't get in the way of—or even touch—the rider. And the VelEau's bite valve, which is what the rider has to grab to get a drink, is in the field of view. It's mounted on the handlebar, while the hydration pack itself sits under and behind the rider's seat.
"It's very easy to access and use," Bretl. "Easy means that it's safe, easy means that it's convenient, and you'll use it more often so you'll stay better hydrated."
A group of graduate students studying Human Factors at Oregon State University compared the VelEau to conventional water bottles and hydration packs. They found that riders took over 10 seconds to get a drink from a water bottle. Hydration packs took 1.2 seconds, and the VelEau took 1.1.
"The amount of time your hand is off the handlebar can be equated to the amount of risk," Bretl said.
The VelEau handlebar mount works because of a dynamic tube mounting system. The system uses retracting reels, like those on standard ID badges, and super strong magnets.
"It's novel in the way that the tube mounts to the bike," said Bretl. "I thought I had a really original idea. I filed for patents and I found out there were at least a dozen previous patents with mounting hydration with a flexible drinking tube but none of them worked."
Bretl worked at Hewlett-Packard for 15 years—he's had a lot of experience with badge reels. "I adapted it," he said. "It wasn't enough on its own to control the drink tube so I came up with the idea to put in a set of neodymium magnets. That was the key that made the system work."
After working on prototypes for a year, Bretl went into business with his friend Mark Proia. VelEau is now sold online through a partner, Portland's Showers Pass, and at small and large retailers like REI. "Independent bike dealers have been the slowest to pick it up. We sell most of them direct," Bretl said.
"It takes some time to break a paradigm," he added. "We're shifting how people think about hydration on a bike."
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Today, I signed a petition to Gilad Erdan, Israel's Interior Minister. At the request of our Israel Religious Action Center, I wanted to help send to him a strong message that we should support Israeli families by keeping them together, not by tearing them apart.
Dear Minister Erdan,
We are supporters of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC). We petition you, as Israel's Interior Minister, to grant residency status to Valentina Gofer, so that she and her two Israeli children, David (14) and Michal (8), can continue living together in Israel.
David and Michal's father Gershon died unexpectedly from a brain tumor in 2007 while waiting for his wife's naturalization process to be finalized. His dying wish was for his wife to raise their children in Israel together. The Interior Ministry has since denied even temporary residency status to Valentina, and has directed her to leave the country. The practical effect of this decision is that, in order to stay with their mother, David and Michal will be forced to leave their homeland and their extended family.
As you know, the Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that the Interior Ministry must write and implement rules allowing widows with children to seek residency in Israel.
Children should not be punished by the mere accident of their father's tragic and untimely death. David and Michal are Israeli citizens. Valentina would have been naturalized as a citizen if her husband had not died. David and Michal deserve to live in this country together with their mother, their grandmother, their half-siblings, and the other family members who love and support them.
It is in Israel's interest to keep its citizens' families together, not to tear them apart. Please take immediate action to grant residency status to Valentina so that Gershon's dying wish can be granted.
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Read the full tragic story yourself. Then, if you are so moved, sign the petition in your own name.
Israel is a gloriously wonderful country. Let's help her stay focused on social justice.


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Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Patricia Frady
★★★★★ 1 vote5
1 boxyellow cake mix
·ingredients to make cake(eggs, oil & water)
2(3.4oz) pkginstant banana pudding
4 cmilk
8 ozfrozen whipped topping
20vanilla wafers, crushed
How to Make Banana Pudding Poke Cake
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 cake
- Once cake comes out of oven, allow it to cool for just a couple of minutes, then with a wooden spoon handle, begin poking holes in cake.
- You want holes to be big so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down in there. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake
- In a bowl, whisk together the instant pudding mix and the 4 cups of milk. Stir until all the lumps are gone
- Pour the pudding over the cake. Taking care to pour it right down into the holes as much as possible. Spread it all out and using the back of the spoon, gently push pudding down into the holes
- Put the cake into the fridge to set and cool for about 2 hours.
- Once cake has cooled completely, spread on whipped topping.
- Spread the crushed wafers on top, you want to do this right before serving to ensure they will be crunchy.
- Serve with freshly sliced bananas. Keep refrigerated


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Game Sharks & Sailfish in Fort Lauderdale, FloridaPosted on: March 2, 2010
February 28th, 2010
Alex and his wife traveled from Germany to join the Lady Pamela II for a deep sea fishing trip. Alex is an avid hunter in Germany and wanted to target big fish. We headed offshore to 350 ft of water in search of a Game Shark or the Atlantic Sailfish. Once we reached our destination, Mike flew two kites with live goggle eyes, a big top bait, a middle bait sitting at 150 ft and a bloody Kingfish bait situated on the bottom. An hour passed before anybody was interested in our spread. Once we got the bite, Alex didn't hesitate and jumped right in the chair. The rod doubled over and the fight began. Alex was suspended over the water, looking down at a 7 foot silhouette.
After Alex won the fight with the Hammerhead Shark, we relocated to the buoy in 150 ft of water for a Sailfish bite. "Right short! Fish on!" Mike yelled and Alex went in the chair for round two. Alex definitely went home with a sore arm and a great story.
Tight Lines!
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Finishing Touches
The nailing. The nails, 60mm (2 1/2″) galvanizedCovered with a protective coating of zinc. were staggered along the joists.
Why? Sometimes straight nailing can cause a 'wedging' effect which can create a split along the joistOne of a series of parallel members used to support the floor. Part of the framing that provides the structure for a floor. over time, especially in straight grain timber.
The nails were hit in flushBeing even with..
Finishing touches to the pergolaA structure with open wood-framed roofs, often latticed and supported by regularly spaced posts or columns, and covered by climbing plants such as vines or roses, shading a walk or passageway. Pergolas are distinguished from "arbors," which are less extensive in extent and structure.. A partial sun shade was added to the top of the pergola.
This was made from hardwood deckA flat floored roofless area adjoining a house. Timber deck: An outside floor structure comprising of posts, bearers, joists and decking boards. boards ripped in half. They were the same length as the pergola beams and were spaced 50mm (2″) apart.
Preparing for the edging. Once the decking was laid, the ends had to be trimmed of flush with the end joists in preparation for the edging.
The edging. The edging consisted of two decking boards around the edge of the deck. The top boardA piece of sawn, or dressed lumber of greater width than thickness. Usually 19mm (3/4") to 38mm (1 1/2") thick and 75mm (3") or more wide. was flush with the top of the deck, and there was a nailA short nail with a large flat head used for securing roofing felt, plasterboard, sheet metal to wood etc. thickness gap between the top edging board and the bottom edging board.
All finished. All finished, the site was cleaned up, and the builders jumped on their horses and rode off into the sunset singing 'Hi Yo silver and away' (well, sort of)
How long did it take?
It took a little over a week from start to finish, two days longer than estimated, but as Toffee (the apprentice) said, "I don't know why he doesn't just add on two days to every job he does, because every job always takes two days longer than he predicts".
Oh well.
What did the owners think?
The owners were very pleased with the job.
What did the builders think
An ideal job. Good access, good weather (mostly), easy digging and good clients.
What happened to the cat?
Nothing sinister here. Just a big scaredy cat. In fact the builders never even saw the cat. The cat went into hiding whenever the builders showed up. We have recently been informed that the cat loves the deck.


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Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition Sneaking In This October
Despite the huge wealth of releases last holiday season, Dishonored managed to stealthily become a major sleeper hit in 2012, while Bethesda and Arkane Studios are honoring the occasion with a new Game of the Year Edition of the unique stealth action game (and hopefully, maybe a new series).
Like any GOTY re-release, Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition will come packed with content for those looking to upgrade their original copy, or for getting to experience the game for the first time (and deservedly so). The new edition will feature the original game plus all of the DLC content released for Dishonored over the year since its release; this includes its two major expansions, The Knife of Dunwall and The Brigmore Witches, along with the smaller Void Walker's Arsenal and Dunwall City Trials add-ons, along with a Dishonored poster included.
If you're ready to try out playing as the stealthy Corvo and looking to perfect your assassination skills, Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition will be releasing for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on October 8th, 2013 for $39.99.


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Article by Jane Michael
Meditation as often though of as a way to reach some sort of psychic mental state but there are many more reasons for people for individuals pursuing meditation. Through meditation there are a number of ways to lead the body, mind, and spirit to peace and it does not necessarily have to be a difficult task. There are simple techniques that can be used to give beginners the state of mind they are seeking and there are more intricate practices for those that have been involved in meditation for a longer amount of time that will help them to take that state to a higher level. But one thing that individuals who wish to practice meditation must remember is that you have to find the particular technique that is right for you as an individual.
One of the most common reasons for people taking up the practice of meditation is to aid themselves in relaxation. For many individuals all of the days stresses, and worries make it very difficult for them to relax at the end of a hard day. Some people may go home and enjoy a glass of wine at night, some may take a hot bubble bath, and then there are some who go home and find a quiet place where they can meditate. This allows these individuals to release all of that negative energy that may have built up in them throughout the day and come back to themselves in their true form. This release of such negative energy allows such individuals to relax and enjoy their time away from their busy, hectic lifestyles. For this reason meditation is practiced by a great number of individuals as a way to simply relax.
Another common reason for individuals practicing meditation is in order to better control their mind. To many meditation is a way to teach the mind to concentrate and focus on those things that are most important to the individual. During meditation practices the individual is taught to clear the mind of all thoughts or in some cases to think of only one particular focus point. Although this may be difficult for many, especially in the beginning, it is an impo rtant part of bringing the mind to a higher level consciousness or awareness. This will help the mind to think more clearly when it comes out of its meditative state as there will not be the jumbled mix of thoughts brought on by the days pressures that were there before the practice of meditation.
Others may use meditation as a way relieve themselves from certain ailments caused by stress. There are a number of annoying ailments cause by the stress of life such as headaches, upset stomach, and trouble sleeping. In many cases a short session of meditation can help individuals to overcome such ailments through not only relaxing the mind but the body and spirit as well. Meditation is an excellent way to make yourself feel better and the difference will be noticed almost immediately.
About the Author
Jane Michael is the head writer at the Center for Meditation. Uses of Meditation is her practice and her passion. Goals of varsities Meditation is a great way to start your meditation practice.Read some of her articles about other amazing Meditation Techniques here.


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As the waves of BIGSOUND continue to crash in Australia, our Singaporean mates are beginning to gear up for a huge music festival of their own, in Music Matters Live. As part of the wider All That Matters conference event that takes place in Singapore from September 9th – 13th, Music Matters Live is the premier independent music event of its kind in Asia.
We're going to be on ground in Singapore for the event checking out the buzz artists who've been confirmed to perform as part of the official showcase series, while attention is definitely set on the emerging Australian artists set to do their thing for a very global audience.
Take a look at who is heading out for Music Matters Live for its seventh edition below!
Hailing from Melbourne, Swim Season have been generating momentum on home turf consistently this year, though this trip to Singapore will be a great introduction of the band's indie tunes to a very pop-centric Music Matters line up.
September 9th | 8:50pm at Barbershop
September 11th | 10:10pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 10:00pm at Timbre
Perth's Childsaint have been around since 2013 but in the years since their inception, the band has grown into an exciting unit to watch as their flourishing has taken them national. Debut EP Sick brought the band much positive attention, and as they've continued to develop live, Childsaint have displayed great ambition looking ahead.
September 11th | 8:10pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 8:00pm at Timbre
In refining his pop music and lyricism, Williams isn't the young potential pop star who was introduced to audiences via reality TV back in the day. He's been holding down a huge fan base over the last few years and with his addition to the Music Matters line up, South Australian Williams is one of the feature showcase artists.
September 11th | 8:50pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 9:40pm at Barbershop
Melbourne artist Nussy has taken charge this year and has used each opportunity to bring her music to more people back in Australia. Her self-titled EP, released in 2014, established Nussy as a lady in the game to watch, but in the years that have followed, she's proven to be a dynamite performer supporting the likes of Asta, Lanks and Yeo.
September 11th | 6:50pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 8:00pm at TMA
Now UK based, Lyon Apprentice has been the project of Adam and Nathan Lyons since 2013. With their own music label Canvas Sounds providing the best platform to share their music on the other side of the world, the Lyon brothers have been making the best use of their talent for writing solid tunes. Return visitors to Music Matters Live, Lyon Apprentice are set to build upon solid foundations already well laid.
September 11th | 9:30pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 9:00pm at Timbre
Singer songwriter Calan Mai hails from the sunny Gold Coast but now calls the UK home. With an entrancing live presence that has seen him share stages with the like of Band of Horses, Louise Berry and Frances, Calan has been taking his music global since his relocation. The Americans caught on a few years ago, inviting him to partake in New York's CMJ Marathon and now, Music Matters Live is on his list.
September 11th | 8:10pm at CHIJMES (Aussie BBQ)
September 12th | 8:50pm at Barbershop
Now based in the UK, Gold Coast indie rockers FAIRCHILD have been whipping up solid momentum around their music. Consistent live performers, the group were in studio with noted producer Catherine Marks to make their debut EP Burning Feet back in 2014, a working relationship that has continued since. They've supported the likes of Flume and The Griswolds in the past, and have been to Music Matters before – keen to catch them on their triumphant return.
September 10th | 10:00pm at Timbre
September 13th | 11:20pm at Hard Rock Cafe
Find out more about Music Matters here.


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SEO or Search Engine Optimization denotes to any activity performed for the improvement of Search Engine rankings of websites, products, services or other content. It shows unpaid results which are also referred to as "free", "organic", "natural" or "earned" results.
The names of some search engines are- Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Baidu, DuckDuckGo and Yandex.
Google was founded on 4th September, 1998.
the domain is simply a part of the network address and acts as a descriptor for websites. It includes email addresses, website addresses, and addresses of Internet Protocols such as SSH, IRC, and FTP.
A website contains a collection of web pages or formatted documents that can be accessed over the Internet. Websites are generally identified with domain names or web addresses.
For example, if you type the web address www.Toureuh.com over the internet, it would take you to the home page of the actual website.
Web hosting refers to any service providing space for websites over the Internet. Web host enables your website to be viewed by others via modem or network by making space over its server.
There are different kinds of web hosting services available today which are used as per the needs and requirements of the web developers.
Indexing starts when the crawling process gets over during a search. Google uses crawling to collect pages relevant to the search queries and creates an index that includes specific words or searches terms and their locations.
Search engines answer queries of the users by looking up to the index and showing the most appropriate pages.
Organic result in SEO denotes to the listing of the web pages that are most relevant to the search query entered by the user. It is also referred to as "free" or "natural" result. Getting a higher ranking in the organic result over the search engines is the very purpose of SEO.
Google Suggest is a part of the auto-complete function of Google search engine. When any user enters a word or some letters over the search field, Google shows many associated terms to him/her in a drop-down menu. Such suggestions are a collection of the most frequently search terms over the Google search engine.
Keyword means any word serving as a key. Keyword in SEO refers to the key phrases and words included in the web content which helps the users to find the specific website by entering relevant search queries over the search engines.
LSI keywords or Latent Semantic Indexing are semantically associated with the main keyword that users enter over the search engines.
How to find LSI keywords?
Let's say, you are writing about On Page SEO. Now, search for your keyword (On page SEO) in Google and scroll down to the "Searches Related to…" area at the bottom of the page.
With the use of LSI keywords, that are linked with the main keywords in terms of relevancy, search engines can identify the semantic structure of the keywords and extract the hidden meaning of the text to bring the most appropriate results on SERPs.
Canonical URLs relate to the concept of selecting the best URL for the web pages that the visitors want to see. Also, known as canonical tags, these URLs help in content syndication when multiple versions of the same page become available over the Internet. it is used to resolve issues related to content duplication.
Uniform Resource Locator or URL acts as a generic term used to specify all kinds of web addresses found on the web.
URLs provide users with ways to identify and locate resources and documents on the web. URLs contain internet protocols, IP address of the host and the domain name along with other information.
Meta descriptions are also called HTML attributes which should provide an accurate description of any web page content. These descriptions act as preview snippets of the web pages over the SERP page.
Meta descriptions, which should ideally be within 150 characters, enhance the promotional value of the web pages and can gain greater user click-throughs if performed correctly.
Backlinks are also called incoming links that help users to shift from one web page to the other web pages. These links play an important part in SEO.
When Google search engine views multiple quality backlinks to a page, it considers the page to be more relevant to the search query, which helps in its indexing process and improves its organic ranking on SERPs.
A Do-Follow Link, as the name suggests, allows Google link calculator called PageRank to count all the inbound links from other web pages and websites as link points.
The higher the link juice or link points are, the greater would be the search ranking of that web page, as these links make the web page appear very relevant and popular to the Google search engines.
A No-Follow link is exactly the opposite of a Do-Follow link as such the link attributes do not allow the Google bots to follow them. These links cannot be followed by robots; only humans can do it.
For Google search, random backlinks do not offer any help. Google assesses the quality of the backlinks present on a webpage with the relevancy found in the content of both the web pages.
The higher is the relevance between the original content and backlink content, the greater becomes the quality of the backlinks.
Quality backlinks bring more referral traffic to a website/blog, and most importantly will improve the ranking of a webpage.
XML or Extensible Markup Language is primarily created to facilitate the functionality of the search engines.
A good XML sitemap informs the search engines about the number of pages present on a specific website, the frequency of their updates and the time of the last modifications performed on them, which helps in proper indexing of the website by the search engines.
There are two ways to see if the webpages of any specific website are indexed by Google.
1) One can check the Google Index Status of any specific website through Google Webmaster tools. After adding the website on the dashboard and verifying the ownership, clicking on the tab "Index status" would show the numbers of pages indexed by Google.
2) One can also perform a manual search on Google by typing on Google search bar site:domainname.com, and the number of pages indexed would reflect on the SERP.
404 errors are considered one of the most potential impediments in the way to successful SEO. When a specific URL is renamed or becomes non-existent, any links connecting to that URL would result in 404 errors.
Interesting thing is, Google does not penalize any website for 404 errors. However, if the search engines consistently fail to crawl the internal links of any website, the search ranking of that website is very likely to drop with low traffic.
Google Bots cannot process images on the web. Therefore, it makes use of the alt attributes to understand what an image is all about.
The Image Alt text is generally considered as an alternate text for an image, which provides a textual alternative to the web crawlers to index the web page bearing the image.
Properly phrased alt tags can increase the SEO ranking of your website's images in Google images search results, as they tend to add more value to the user experience.
Google PageRank was a calculative software which determined the relevancy of one web page based on the number of quality backlinks it contains.
In other words, PageRank views backlinks as votes, which means if Page X links to Page Y, Page Y is voted by Page X. The job of PageRank is to interpret both the page content and find relevancy. The higher is the relevancy level, greater importance is ascribed to a certain page by Google which positively affects the organic result of that web page.
Google Pigeon is the code name given to one of Google's local search algorithm updates released on July 24, 2014.
It aimed to increase the ranking of local listing in a search which also affects the search results shown in Google Maps along with the regular Google search results.
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is the protocol for secure communication on the World Wide Web. It prevents eavesdroppers from seeing the information that visitors send or receive over the Internet.
Here is an example of HTTPS domain: https://www.seograph.net
Why HTTPS/SSL is important for SEO?
Because Google is giving secure sites a ranking boost (slight).
Considered to be one of the most influential SEO factors, domain authority is a key performance metric developed by Moz, which rates any website on a 1-100 scale.
The greater your DA, the more likely your website to have strong traffic and high ranking in Google.
This metric effectively predicts the search ranking of any website in the future, based on the strength of the domain authority.
Domain authority is evaluated to check the credibility of any website. Lots of high quality and relevant backlinks help to increase Domain Authority.
A Google Penalty is the negative effect on a website's search rankings based on the updates to Google's search algorithms and/or manual review.
It can be an unfortunate malfunction of an algorithm update or an intentional penalization for various black-hat SEO techniques.
The click through rate is measured by dividing the number of times a link appears on a search engine results page by the number of times it is actually clicked on by a visitor.
A high organic CTR in Google or any search engine means you get more traffic.
Alexa.com is a website that ranks websites based on traffic, so in terms of SEO, moving up or down the ranks of Alexa is indicative of how effective your SEO campaign has been.
The rank is calculated using a combination of the estimated average daily unique visitors to the site and the estimated number of page views on the site over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of unique visitors and page views is ranked as #1.
Google My Business is a free and easy-to-use tool for businesses, brands, artists, and organizations to manage their online presence across Google, including Search and Maps. By verifying and editing your business information, you can both help customers find you and tell them the story of your business.
The Knowledge Graph is a knowledge base utilized by Google to improve its search engine's results with semantic-search information gathered from a wide variety of sources.
Google Knowledge Graph ensures a visually appealing and intuitive graphical presentation of information related to queries.
It organizes data for presentation around what it calls entities, which include individuals, places, organizations, sports teams, works of art, movies, etc.
Google Sitelinks are the sub-listings that will sometimes show under the first listing on the first page of Google search results.
These are hyperlinks to website sub-pages that appear under specific Google listings to help users navigate the site.
These are automatically added by Google using its algorithms. Page content, Site structure, Internal links, and user behavior may be responsible for these.
Cloaking is a technique used to deliver the content on a Web page to a search engine in a way that is different from what the user was looking for.
The purpose of cloaking is to boost a website's search engine rank on certain keywords. Cloaking takes a user to the other sites than what he or she expects by disguising those sites' true content.
AMP or Accelerated Mobile Pages is an open-source coding standard for publishers to be able to load their sites quickly on mobile since mobile responsiveness could be unimpressive and slow compared to the desktop resources which are heavy and plenty.
An SEO Audit is a health check for your website which involves looking at the technical infrastructure of your website to optimize Search Engine visibility, usability and conversion.
You can identify problematic areas that need improvement to create an action plan while a good SEO audit keeps your website up-to-date with the latest developments in search marketing.
Keyword frequency is the number of times a keyword or phrase appears on a single Web page.
Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page. Keyword density can be used as a for determining whether a web page is relevant to a specified keyword or keyword phrase. The percentage is always in comparison to the total number of words on the webpage.
Google Dance is an outdated slang term used to describe the time period when Google rebuilds its rankings, and as a result of this rebuilding, the rankings order of Websites on Google's SERP may fluctuate repeatedly.
The results fluctuate widely within a 3 to 5 days period. Googlebot revisits every website, figures out how many sites link to it, and how many it links out to, and how valuable these links are.
Fetch is a Google tool which enables you to test how Google renders a URL on your site. You can use Google Fetch to see whether Googlebot can access a page on your site, how it renders the page, and whether any page resources are blocked to Googlebot.
This tool can be effectively used for the following purposes:
Troubleshooting webpages to improve the performance in SEO.
Submitting pages for indexing whenever the content is changed significantly.
Finding out the pages affected by any malware attack.
Google's link disavowal tool allows publishers to inform Google that they don't want certain links from external sites to be considered as part of Google's system of counting links to rank websites.
So, you may ask Google to remove certain URLs or domains as a ranking factor in the indexing of your site by creating a .txt file with a list of these domains or URLs and sending it to Google.
Google Sandbox is a filter placed on new websites as a result of which, a site does not receive good rankings for its most important keywords or phrases. Even with good content, a site is may still significantly affected by the Sandbox effect.
A site is sandboxed when it is new and does not rank for the keyword phrases that are not incredibly competitive in Google.
Launched by Google on 26th October 2015, RankBrain accounts for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system which provides aid to Google to process its search queries through the algorithm-learning program.
The uniqueness of this machine-learning technology lies in its effective management of search queries that are new to the Google search engine.
By converting the search language into vectors (mathematical codes), this AI system can conjecture what the users are trying to convey by exploring already recorded search phrases of similar meaning and filter search results accordingly without any manual help.
World Wide Web (WWW), which was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in the year 1989, is an information system of internet servers containing webpages where specially formatted documents and resources, supported by Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP, can be located by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) with other hypertext links.
A search engine is a web-based software system which is developed to search and locate relevant information on the World Wide Web. Search engines generally answer the queries entered by the users and give them a list of search results.
The founders of Google are Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Domain extension refers to the notation found at the end of web addresses. The extension is used to specify a country code or any web category. For example, .edu is a domain extension to specify educational institution as the web category.
A web server is a computer program with an IP address and domain names that display web pages to users when requested. Web server accepts and processes requests sent via HTTP.
For example, when you enter the URL 'toureuh.com/faqs' over the web browser, a request is sent to the web servers which bear 'toureuh.com' as the domain name.
Crawling or web crawling refers to an automated process through which search engines filtrate web pages for proper indexing.
Web crawlers go through web pages, look for relevant keywords, hyperlinks, and content, and bring information back to the web servers for indexing.
As crawlers like Google Bots also go through other linked pages on websites, companies build sitemaps for better accessibility and navigation.
Search Engine Result Page or SERP refers to the page that is displayed when a specific search query is entered over the search engine. Apart from showing a list of results, SERP might also include advertisements.
Paid results in SEO mean the exact opposite of organic results. It generally denotes to advertisements that are displayed above the organic results.
Several website owners make payments to Google to display their websites for certain search terms or keywords. Paid results show up when some user enters a search query with those keywords.
On page SEO refers to all the activities performed within the websites to get higher ranking and more relevant traffic from the search engines.
On page SEO is related to the optimization of the content as well as the HTML source code of any web page. Some of its aspects include meta tags, title tags, meta description and heading tags.
Off page SEO relates to the other aspects that influence the search ranking of websites on the Search Engine Result Page.
It refers to the promotional activities, such as content marketing, social media and link building performed outside the boundaries of any web page to improve its search ranking.
Long tail keywords are phrases containing over 4+ words that make search results highly specific.
These long phrases are used by smart SEO experts when they attempt to draw quality traffic to their websites rather than having random traffic and increase their lead conversion rates.
Also, long tail keywords are easy to rank compare to single word keyword.
In SEO, heading or header tags are used to separate the heading and sub-heading of any content from the rest of the web page. There are 6 heading tags used in SEO in a top-down hierarchy.
Ranging from h1 to h6, header tags bring coherence in content along with relevancy and keyword consistency in the search results displayed on SERPs.
Page title, also known as the title tag, is a phrase used for describing a web page content. The title tag appears on the search result pages just above the URL and also appears at the top of a browser.
It is one of the main components of SEO as it sums up the content of any page accurately, and is generally optimized with keywords and other relevant information for drawing higher traffic.
SEO friendly URLs are used to optimize the structure and word usage in URLs so that the process of indexing a website by search engines become improved.
SEO techniques, such as putting keywords and having the proper length and file structure in the URLs, help in improving website ranking and enhancing website navigation.
Search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) and users may have problems with complicated URLs. Clean and simple URL helps users and search engines to understand a page topic easily.
Internal Linking is a process of providing hyperlinks on the web pages that connect to the same domain. It is another way of directing the visitors from one web page to another of the same website.
They help search engine spiders to crawl and index all the inner pages of a website/blog easily and such links help in building information hierarchy while pushing up the link juice level in any given website and allowing the visitors to navigate the website pages properly.
Inbound Links, also known as incoming links or backlinks, refer to the hyperlinks present on a third-party web page that directs users to your web page only.
Inbound links can be based on both text and graphics. However, textual inbound links are more useful in drawing greater traffic and improving the PageRank level of any webpage.
An outbound link is a hyperlink that points at a targeted or external domain and is different from the links present on the Source domain. For example, if you provide links of other third-party web pages on your website, those would be external links to your site.
Outbound links bear great importance in SEO as they provide your web pages with more quality and value for the search engine ranking. Google search engine counts outbound links as third-party votes which improve the ranking of your web page.
Robots.txt is one way of telling the Search Engine Bots about the web pages on your website which you do not want them to visit.
Robots.txt is useful for preventing the indexation of the parts of any online content that website owners do not want to display.
An HTML sitemap comprises of one single HTML page that bears the links of all the web pages of any specific website. This sitemap holds the foundation of all web pages of any website.
HTML sitemap contains all formatted text files and linking tags of any website. It is particularly useful when you have a large website with multiple web pages because it helps you to improve the navigation of your website by listing all the web pages in one place in a user-friendly manner.
Doorway Pages, also known as gateway pages, portal pages or entry pages, refer to web pages or websites that are developed for higher ranking when specific search queries are entered.
Such pages give way to multiple web pages on the SERP which lead users to the same web destination. These can also funnel the users to intermediate pages that does not hold as much importance as the final webpage. Two common forms of doorway pages are cloaking and redirecting pages.
Anchor text denotes to a visible hyperlinked text that can be clicked through. Such hyperlinked texts link to different documents or locations available on the web.
These texts are often underlined and blue in color, but different colors might be given with the changes in the HTML code.
Anchor text helps users to connect to diverse data that are relevant to the source page or content. Anchor texts can be of different types such as keyword rich anchor, generic anchors, branded anchors, image anchors etc.
SEO best practices dictate that anchor text should be relevant to the page you're linking to, rather than generic text.
It was on 20th May 2015 that Google changed the name of Google Webmaster tools to Google Search Console.
Google Search Console provides free web services to the webmasters by enabling them to monitor and sustain the online presence of their specific websites.
Google Search Console helps the business owners, SEO experts, site administrators, and web developers to see the crawl errors, crawl stats, backlinks, and malware with a click of a button.
Duplicate content, as the name suggests, generally refers to the substantial parts of content within or across domains that are either identical or appreciably similar.
Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one's business and/or social contacts by making connections through individuals, often through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram;
Social bookmarking is a way for people to store, organize, search, and manage "bookmarks" of the web pages. Users can save these links to the web pages that they like or want to share, using a social bookmarking site to store these links.
These bookmarks are usually public and can be viewed by other members of the site where they are stored.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. The goal is to make sure that users can review online campaigns by tracking page quality and conversions essentially to improve lead generation on their websites.
301 redirect is considered as one of the most effective ways of performing redirects on any website. When a web address has been changed permanently, it is best to use 301 redirects which will redirect all the users to the new web address.
With this redirect, the search engine passes all the values associated with the old website to the new website. Moreover, 301 redirect also pushes all the link juice to the new web address that keeps the ranking of the website unaffected.
Google algorithm is a set of commands written for the purpose of feeding back with search results relevant to the queries made.
Google's algorithm does the work for you by searching out Web pages that contain the keywords you used to search, then assigning a rank to each page based on several factors, including how many times the keywords appear on the page, quality of the page etc.
Google uses numerous other criteria that change periodically to deliver more relevant results.
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. RSS feeds enable publishers to syndicate data automatically. A standard XML file format ensures compatibility with many different machines/programs.
RSS feeds also benefit users who want to receive timely updates from their favorite websites or to aggregate data from many sites.
Mobilegeddon is a name given by webmasters and web-developers to Google's algorithm update of April 21, 2015.
The main effect of this update is to give priority to the web sites that display well on smartphones and other mobile devices.
Individual pages can be tested for "mobile-friendliness" using the Mobile-Friendly Test tool by Google.
Google Hummingbird is a search algorithm used by Google from August 30, 2013. It was designed to embody the special characteristics of speed and precision.
One of the significant advantages of Hummingbird is that Google was able to refresh not just their index but its search engine as well. However, they also retained important elements such as the search algorithms they previously created.
Google launched the Penguin Update in April 2012 to better identify and regulate websites that were considered spammy or overly-optimized.
The Penguin targeted sites that manifested keyword stuffing as well as those that practiced black-hat SEO. On the other hand, this algorithm rewarded the sites that used white-hat SEO and that were of high quality in a generic sense.
Google Panda was a change to Google's search results ranking algorithm that was first released in February 2011. The change aimed to lower the rank of "low-quality sites" or "thin sites", and return higher-quality sites near the top of the search results.
Google Panda was created to target sites that publish low-quality content and penalize them if possible.
Contextual backlinks are links to external websites that are placed within the main or primary content of a web page.
Contextual backlinks are much more powerful than any other backlinks. Also, this type of backlinks are very hard to get.
A competitive analysis is a critical part of your company marketing plan. This analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the current and potential competitors.
This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities and threats.
It is the use of aggressive SEO strategies, techniques and tactics that focus only on the search engines and usually do not obey search engines guidelines.
A rich answer is any attempt by Google to answer the searcher's query in search results in a way not requiring a click through to a website.
Rich answers come in many forms which can be recipes, sports scores, stock graphs, calculators, sliders, text-based answers, numbered step-by-step directions, maps, and much more.
Bounce rate is the number of visitors which a site receives only for them to leave the site after viewing only one page.
It represents the percentage of visitors who enter the site and then leave or "bounce" rather than continuing on to view the other pages within the same site.
Pogo-sticking is defined as going back and forth from a search engine results page (SERP) to an individual search result destination site.
This means that when the searcher clicks on a link on a SERP, sees that it's not what he/she is looking for, immediately leaves by hitting the back button.
Google doesn't like pogo-sticking at all. The reason why is very obvious: when users repeatedly visit your page but don't stick around to read what you've written, it becomes apparent that the page doesn't really satisfy the users.
Referral traffic is Google's way of reporting visits that came to your site from sources outside of its search engine.
For example, when someone clicks on a hyperlink to go to a new page on a different website, Google Analytics tracks the click as a referral visit to the second site.
Google Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., that shows how often a particular search term is entered or used to search, relative to the total search volume across various regions and languages in the world.
The Google Trends tool uses real-time search data to help you gauge consumer search behaviors over time.
Most important of all, Google Trends shows you high-volume trending search terms in your niche.
Content marketing is an approach focused on creating and distributing valuable and meaningful content to attract and retain a fixed audience and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer actions.
The Crawl Stats report provides information on Googlebot's activity on your site for the last 90 days. These stats take into account all the content types that are downloaded by Google such as CSS, JavaScript, Flash.
Google's ability to fetch and crawl web pages is incredibly efficient and the crawl stats provides insights for the same with complete data on the statistics.


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A Prince William County official is being recognized by the scouting community later this month.
Supervisor Marty Nohe is receiving the Good Scout Award.
It will be presented to him on December 18 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, according to Jacob Mosser from the Good Scout Award Committee.
"The Good Scout Award is given to a community member who best exemplifies the values of the scout oath and law while serving in their community," Mosser said.
Nohe represents the Coles district and has served on the Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) since 2003.
He earned his bachelor's in economics from George Mason University and graduated from Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Community members are invited to the dinner, which begins at 7 p.m.
"I encourage any scouting alumni in Prince William County as well as Eagle Scouts to come and attend, support the scouting community here in Prince William County, and participate in a great, community event," Mosser said.
To purchase tickets or learn about sponsorship opportunities, visit https://www.scoutingevent.com/082-PrinceWilliam18.
© Copyright 2018 What's Up Prince William. All Rights Reserved


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CHAPTER TWO: DEAD AIR (Scene 1)
Do you see her comin' around this way,
trying to find the right road to take
Changing her mind, losing her sense of direction
wishing she'd be back home to stay…
THE song filled the booth as Maya clicked on the speaker so she could cue the next song on her playlist. Thank goodness for the graveyard shift, she needed not say much on the air. A mention of the songs and artists here, an announcement or live greeting there, a news report between songs, some public service announcements. Other than those, it was an all-music program, a complete remedy against listeners who would otherwise make long on-air greetings.
Maya did not hate people. On the contrary! But on evenings like this, she would rather keep them at bay, preferably keeping communication strictly online as she logged on, using the computer beside her, to their station's website and blogs for any song requests and occasional greetings. No wonder she never made it to the Top Ten Favorite DJ list.
It was a practical way for her to make a living. Being a radio DJ even for just three times a week was the perfect job for Maya. Music was always therapeutic for her. If anyone should ask her what things in her bag she would never go without, that would include her iPOD and, perhaps, an Alanis Morissette song. Alanis made her alive when she was not in the mood, at least, the younger Alanis. More significantly, just hearing Alanis lash out always lessened any anger she felt at the moment. But she would listen to show tunes, too, why not? There was a time when she saw every Broadway show there was.
Letting the headset hang on her neck, Maya tried not to be entangled with its cord as she reached over the media console for the old vinyl record lying on the long table in front. It was a single, a seven-inch record with a large hole in the middle, running at 45 rotations per minute. It was a disappointing thought that not a lot of the youth of modern times had ever seen an actual 45, much less, touched one. Quite a pity. Compact discs were easier to play, for sure, but old vinyl records had longer life span and played with much better quality.
With modern technology, though, it had become easier to play music with a few clicks, making CDs practically obsolete as well. DWZS still did maintain turntables, at least. Maya could play old songs she loved. Once in a while, she would play cassettes when the mood would strike her.
Crying in the dark, she doesn't see
the light to guide her back home,
taking chances on her own
And if she could turn back the time,
she'd be there, she'd be there
once again…
The song continued as Maya prepared Phil Collins' Another Day in Paradise. She had just finished putting the 45 on cue when the phone behind her rang.
Maya picked up the receiver then said, "Did you know that the gramophone, more commonly known as vinyl record, replaced the phonograph back in the 1900s? It's usually made of polyvinyl chloride or PVC, thus the name. There are different sizes, but the most common are the 45s with the donut holes that run at 45 RPM, and the LPs that run at 33-and-one-third RPM. They were used again for a time because of club DJs who treated them horrendously by repeated scratching. PVC is said to be plastic poison, though, so I guess, it's 'yey!' for the environment…Hi, Santi."
She could tell her friend was smiling at the other end of the line. "Trivia Girl is now a psychic! You never fail to amaze me," Santi kidded with mock amusement.
"It's simple, really. You're too predictable. Who else would call me here at this time of hour? And not even using cellphone?"
"I'm supposed to surprise you. Cellphones have caller IDs."
"You forget, before cellphones, landlines were first with caller IDs. What makes you think this landline isn't telling me there's a mad scientist talking to me right now?" Maya asked, poised to click on the turntable and fade in-fade out volumes on the console. Number one rule in broadcasting: No Dead Air.
"You forget, I've visited you there countless times and the phone does not have—Oh! Ho, ho, ho!" Santi reacted upon hearing the segue of songs. It was a perfect segue but Maya knew he meant something else. "What is with you tonight? Why the sad songs?"
Maya heaved a big sigh. "Senti lang. There's a theme going on—miserable women longing to be back home…"
"Wait. Did something happen today?" Santi asked, turning serious.
She could just imagine his very worried face, a picture she had seen so many times, knowing she was mostly the reason behind it. She slapped her own forehead. Why did she even have to dampen their moods?
She tried to explain. "It's just…things were coming back to me. It made me want to go back to the old times again,…before everything happened." There was a catch in her throat when she said this. She could not believe that after all this time, the past still held so much power over her. Tried as she could to live for the moment and deny herself the luxury of reminiscing, it was too impossible to not do otherwise.
"Tell me you did not go to a session with your psychiatrist again."
"Okay. I did not go to a session with my psychiatrist again."
"But you did, didn't you?"
"But I did."
"I told you, QUIT going to my uncle! He won't be of much help to you. You're just an experiment to him."
"A successful experiment. And to tell you frankly, he's a very nice young man. Alright, don't wince. Forget I said 'young'. But you have to admit he's quite nice."
"Granted that he is. I'm just saying that like psychology, his field is not what we call an 'exact science'."
"But I want answers, Santi! Your so-called 'exact science' has not exactly done anything to explain more about me and show me my past. Besides, knowing what you now know, do you honestly believe there is actually an exact science to explain everything in this world? Your uncle's non-exact, crazy science has done more to help me, to tell you frankly."
Maya could tell Santi was stomped. But only temporarily. "Well, I don't see why you go through it, that's all. It just reminds you of the unpleasant past over and over."
"Not everything!…Not everything was unpleasant, Santi. Why are you even saying that?"
Santi did not reply. She could now imagine him closing his eyes and shaking his head in disbelief.
Oh, dear. What drama. Maya hated drama. The world already had too much drama. She herself had experienced too much of it already to last a lifetime, and she did not intend to add more if she could help it. If she were meant to live many, many years more, then she was not about to let it run her life. How did they say it in English? Oh, yes. 'To hell with it!'
Maya took Santi's silence as an opportunity to change the topic conveniently. "Anyway, did you get to see the body that I told you to see?" she asked. Then as a joke, "And no, I don't mean body shots of me in bikini posted in my blog."
This time, she could feel Santi warming up to her again. He hated drama as well. "I'm your friend and you haven't told me about it? Since when did you even have a blog?"
"A-ha! So you would want to see me in bikini if I had a blog!" she laughed, glad to stir the conversation back into happier tones.
She did intend to talk to him about the corpse. If anyone could help her identify the kind of assailants, it would be Santi. It was one of those rare times that science could help explain something 'unexplainable', something that went beyond the realm of what was considered normal. Before they met, 'unexplainable' was far from his world.
Coming from a well-known rich clan, Dr. Santi Rivas was able to study in the best schools in and out of the country. However, he was not one to sit down and take things for granted. Instead, he had ambition and he wanted to learn. He was Boy Genius. Of course, his family wanted him to take over their business, but the path he chose was one less traveled. No wonder they called him Sancho Jr., to stress that he was as weird and stubborn as his uncle. They called him that especially to make him feel guilty when they tried to drill in his head the importance of keeping the family business intact.
But intelligent and persevering, young Santi soon obtained a doctorate in forensic anthropology, with training and internship at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and, particularly, the Smithsonian Institution tucked under his belt. His family would not admit it, but they were proud of him, no matter how they tried to hide it. Still, they would much prefer it if he chose to continue the family business himself.
"Not to spoil your illusion of being the next Miss Bikini," Santi replied, "but can I just say that you have GOT to stop bringing dead bodies to funeral homes and sending me to investigate! You don't want that to ruin your spotless reputation. What would your fans say?"
"What fans? And would you rather I sent bodies to your lab?" Maya said testily, though she knew what his answer would be.
"And have the very bureau I work for investigating me? No, thank you. As for your original question, no, I have not seen it yet. I got stuck in the lab all evening. I was not even able to check emails so I have not read your initial findings. I'll go down there tomorrow instead. Can they hold off embalming after lunch?"
"No, do it earlier."
"Before lunch?"
"I'll buy you coffee," Maya bribed. Coffee was both their passion—brewed, granulated, three-in-one, you name it. He would not pass a good conversation over coffee, would he? But she crossed her fingers, just in case.
There was a long pause at the other end then she heard his resigned sigh. "You drive a hard bargain, Ms. de Alano. Seven it is. I will expect my coffee date. Can I have a donut to go with the coffee?"
"Yes sir, Dr. Santi Rivas, sir! Donut it is! In-cidentally, did you know that a 45 has a donut hole?"
"I didn't, until a little over five minutes ago when you answered my call."
"Eight minutes. And I know that you know, but I just had to ask because I was just about to tell you how donut holes came to be…"
*RPM – Rotations Per Minute
*LPs – long-playing vinyl record albums
*"Senti lang"– "Just being sentimental," with the word "sentimental" shortened. Filipinos are fond of recreating English words like that to use in everyday lingo


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With its bustling cities, gorgeous beaches, and rich cultural history, Thailand is a hot spot for tourists. In 2014, more than 24 million visitors travelled there to experience its unique sites first-hand.
Photo-sharing app EyeEm hosted a Thailand-centric contest that asked photographers to submit their best shots from the streets of this photogenic country.
The results were stunning images that provide a glimpse into what Thailand has to offer.
The months of November through March are Thailand's cooler, dryer season, and it's generally the best time to visit.
There are more than 30 airports across the country, but Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport serves the most international travellers.
On May 11, 1949, the country was officially renamed Thailand, which means 'land of the free'. The country was formerly known as Siam.
One traditional Thai dish is red curry, which is made with curry paste cooked in coconut milk. The dish can be prepared with various meats, such as chicken, beef, pork, or shrimp.
Anna Kravtsova
Thailand's national animal is the elephant. Though many elephants have been abused for the sake of tourism over the years, there are many nature parks across the country where tourists can responsibly interact with domesticated elephants.
Jakob Schauer
Thailand is also known for its stunning beaches. With 2,000 miles of coastline and hundreds of islands, there are plenty of spots to relax or catch some waves.
Reuven Halevi
At Ayutthaya Historical Park, tourists can explore the ruins of the ancient city of Ayutthaya, which dates back to 1350.
In the 19th century, Bangkok was known as the 'Venice of the East' because of its canals and waterways, which have since been paved over and filled. Bangkok is now a bustling metropolis.
Luca Roggero
Source: BBC Travel
Bangkok is the only city in Thailand that has both above-ground trains and an underground light rail.
Hom Mali
'Fish spas' have become popular in more recent years, despite some health concerns. Here, salon-goers allow small fish to nibble dead skin off their feet.
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