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A selection of comments from some of our happy clients.
A selection of comments from some of our happy clients.
Shelley was a delight to work with during the process and on the day. I really enjoyed my hair and how I looked on the day.
Thanks, we had a great day all ran smoothly and Shelley did a great job with all our hair! Still looked great at the end of the night.
I would just like to say a massive thank you to Shelley she did such an amazing job at my wedding on myself and my bridesmaids. I loved everything about all our hair and it stayed looking amazing all night long.
Will definitely be recommending Shelley and Sensoria to anyone having events in the Southern Highlands.
Shelly did such an amazing job!!!! Couldn't recommend her more highly
I just wanted to send a big thank you to Shelley who was our hair stylist for my wedding. She did all of the bridal party's hair which we all were really happy with, and had so many compliments!
saying a huge thank you to Shelley. She did an amazing job on all of our hair and was a pleasure to have on the day.
I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you to Shelley for her work with us on Saturday.
She worked so quietly and efficiently and was so focused in her work. She was so patient with me and my hair was just perfect at the end.
Najette was absolutely amazing! She was so professional and polite on the day and during my hair trial.
She arrived on time and stayed around until we were all finished.
Overall Sensoria was amazing and go above and beyond for their clients. Would definitely go back in the future!
"I had Shelly do my hair from Sensoria- a total pro and absolutely fantastic. i had never heard of them, but got referred by a colleague who had been a bridesmaid and had her hair done at Sensoria, and it did not disappoint. I had a pinterest photo of what i was after and the job they did was honestly better than my inspiration photo! Would highly recommend to anyone getting married in or around the Southern Highlands!"
Thanks again for all your help on the day! I really love how my hair turned out, especially with the Viktoria Novak headpiece. My hairdresser was so patient with me as well, getting all the curls exactly how I wanted. Both hairdressers did a fantastic job on the bridesmaids hair and mother of the bride as well. They were calm and able to get all 5 hairstyles done in the perfect amount of time, no stress at all. Can't thank the Sensoria Team enough for getting the hair exactly right.
Our Wedding Day was perfect and we are still pinching ourselves.
I wanted to extend a huge thank you to Najette and Sam for their fantastic work with all of my bridal party (there was so many of us!). They were super professional, and fun and enthusiastic, and created the look on all the girls including myself that I had in my head.
Shelley did a fabulous job with our hair for my wedding day at Bendooley. I couldn't have been happier with the result! Thank you again!
Please pass on my thanks to Shelley, she got the exact look I was going for and was so quick!
First of all a huge thank you to Sam who was totally fantastic and created such beautiful hairstyles. He was so accommodating, friendly and lots of fun. My girlfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed our experience during my hair trial. Your salon is instantly warming and welcoming. All your staff made us feel at home and relaxed. I would thoroughly recommend Sensoria to anyone. I am attaching a few photos, but we don't have the ones back from the photographer yet. I will send some suitable ones to you as soon as possible. Many thanks again for helping make our wedding such a wonderful and fantastic day.
Thanks so much, Shelley did such a great job.
A huge thanks to your gorgeous Wedding stylist. My bridesmaids and I absolutely loved our hair styles on the day. Your Stylist did an amazing job and conducted herself so professionally… She is definitely an asset to your team at Sensoria.
I just wanted to thank you for your beautiful work and hair-styling on my wedding day! You were great to work with and very calming on the Big Day.
I felt like a princess!
Every bride dreams of having beautiful hair on their wedding day, which meant there was only one person for me… Sam. Sam was amazing! Perfect mixture of professionalism, talent and fun. Everything from the moment we engaged Sensoria through to the end of our wedding was seamless and easy. The entire bridal parties hair looked amazing and stayed that way until the end of the night and I can't thank Sam enough! I highly recommend Sensoria.
Shelley,I would like to thank you for such a great job on my wedding day. It was so easy getting ready with you and I would like to thank the girls for such amazing hair! Couldn't be happier!
the day went so wonderfully! Thank you for all your support and coming in so last minute.
We just wanted to say a big thank for your services and for making our wedding day run as smoothly as possible. We received many compliments on how the bridal party looked on the day and the maid of honour was so impressed with how her hair looked using what hair she has (and a bit of wadding!). The bridal hairstyle was absolutely gorgeous and we couldn't have been happier with how it looked. We were also so pleased that the broach was able to be attached and you'll be happy to hear it all held in place the whole night! We also wanted to make a thank you to Leanne, your patience and understanding on appointments and schedules made a very relaxed bride, thank you!
Thank you again, we couldn't recommend you highly enough!
Dear Sensoria, Thank you so much for looking after myself, my sisters and my mum for my wedding. You and your stylists did such a fabulous job from start to finish. The pre-wedding trial was so helpful for me, and my expert stylist did an astonishing job of translating my vague thoughts into a beautiful style. My sisters' hair looked fabulous, and I really appreciate the attention given to my mum who was so happy with her style. I would recommend Sensoria to anybody! Thanks again
Just wanted to say a big thank you for making my hair look so beautiful!
The style selected was amazing and I loved the stylists input of alternatives and modifications to the style, it worked so well.
Thank you so much for a fantastic morning of styling and pampering on Saturday in preparation for my wedding. Nothing was too much trouble – champagne glasses, the use of your front room for makeup, touch-ups to the styles after makeup- and, most importantly of course, the styles you did for my bridesmaids and me were just beautiful, everyone was so happy with your work. Thank you for the perfect pre-wedding grooming session! I will definitely recommend you to other friends considering getting married in the Highlands.
I just wanted to thank you so much for doing our hair for the wedding. Everyone was commenting on how good the hair looked. Thank you for being so accommodating and making us feel so relaxed on the day.
Thank you so much for being a part of our special day, it was absolutely amazing. Despite my best efforts with rain and lots of dancing, my hair stayed in place all night and I absolutely loved it! Sam is a real credit to your business, not only is he incredibly skilful at what he does (his talents are seemingly endless!) but also he was a great person to have on site while the girls were getting ready – he's a great guy to chat with and all the girls loved him. Thanks Sensoria for all of your efforts – it wouldn't have been the same without you!
Jules, I would like to say a huge thank you to you for styling our hair for my wedding recently. From the moment I sat in the salon chair for my trial I felt at ease due to your expertise and wonderfully warm personality. I felt like I'd known you for years. Organising this part of our wedding from overseas was one of the easiest aspects of the wedding because of the quick responses and helpfulness of the Sensoria team.
Thank you for translating my vague hair ideas into reality and for helping me choose a style that was fitting for my hair and overall look. Your advice and perfectionism was truly valued. On the day of the wedding you were extremely organised and relaxed – which helped us all with some pre-ceremony nerves. I absolutely loved the styles that you created for my mother, bridesmaids and I – I wouldn't change a thing.
Thank you so much for being part of our day. Working with you and the Sensoria team was an absolute blessing – I couldn't recommend you highly enough to other brides in the highlands!
I would like to send a huge thank you to Bec and all the Sensoria staff. Bec did an absolutely wonderful job with my hair and my sisters hair at the wedding. She really went the extra mile to ensure it was perfect and just what I wanted. After my trial she took the time to practice the style again with some of the other girls in the salon, just to make sure it would be perfect on the day. She was so relaxed and fun to hang out with as well. I would definitely recommend her and Sensoria to everyone!
"recommended Makeup Artist, Margaux, was very easy to work with and always made me feel at ease. She helped to create a beautiful natural look for the girls and I, and we were all so happy with her work. She was very flexible throughout the whole experience, from the makeup trial to the wedding day, and she gladly accommodated any requests I had. Thank you for the wonderful experience you helped to create."
I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for the perfect wedding hair you created for me, my 2 bridesmaids, and my Mum. We were all so happy, and everyone's hair stayed perfect all night long. At the very end of the night when I changed to leave and also changed my hair accessory. The hair style still looked amazing even after so many hours and lots of dancing!! My Stylist was such a wonderful presence to have around on the day – she was calming and kind and extremely helpful. Many thanks again
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the incredible job Sensoria did at my wedding. My Stylist took my vague ideas and ran with them, and what he came up with was exactly what I wanted without knowing it. I loved my hair, and got so many comments through the day. The girls looked fabulous too. Thank you so much for your calm professionalism and your creative genius!
Just sending this message to thank Tress for coming to do my and my bridesmaid's hair on Saturday. It was absolutely perfect! The girls looked amazing and I was thrilled with my updo (and we were all so impressed with how well everything held together!) Please thank wonderful Theresa for her incredible skill, professionalism, and friendly personality – it really made the morning getting ready so special to have such a lovely lady there making us beautiful! She did an incredible job, and I am so grateful she could come.
Dear Sam and team, I just wanted to say how nice it was and how lovely I was treated today for coming in for just a fringe cut and for you fitting me into what looked like an incredibly busy day. I have to say the new receptionist is so lovely and just made a lovely impression from the moment I stepped through the door, I even was allowed my regular cappuccino even though the service was quite inexpensive, I actually felt guilty. I wouldn't have taken it normally but being so dog tired from a stressful few days with little sleep I sooooo needed it and was very grateful for the offer. As usual I loved my cut (as always) and the extension of an offer to have a pamper pack by 1 of the girls was awesome. Unfortunately I cannot remember her name but she performed one of the best blow dry's I have ever had and I walked out with exactly the look I was after, and 6 hours later it still looks just as good. I had a really great time today and felt like a million dollars from the moment I walked in to the moment I left. I have to say your team really does perform exceptional service and goes above and beyond no matter what the service leaving me more and more impressed each time I visit, you guys never seem to have a bad day, and for those of us that do, a visit to your salon makes our days so much better. Thankyou for fitting me in today and making my day so much better, and yes please feel free to use this as a testimonial, I always recommend you guys to everyone I know.
Just wanted to says big thank you for your beautiful work on our wedding day. The girls and I all loved our hair and Tim loved pulling all the pins out at the end of the night! Thank you for being such a pleasure to have around, was like having another friend which was lovely. The morning was so enjoyable and stress free which was just what we wanted. Our day was amazing and enjoyed every second. Thanks again!
I just wanted to say thank you so much to for doing my hair and my bridesmaids' hair for my wedding. The girls looked absolutely beautiful and I am so happy with the way it all turned out. It was so lovely having Samantha around on the day while we were getting ready as well. She was so good at keeping everyone relaxed and so much fun, so thank you thank you!.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to the team at Sensoria. From the moment I stepped into the salon, to the hair trial, right up until my wedding day your service was impeccable. All the team were very friendly, efficient and highly reliable. A special thank you to Kayleigh who was an absolute delight! She was so easy to work with, flexible and knew exactly what I wanted with my hair. Thank you again all so much even though I live far away from your stunning salon I will certainly come and visit for a pamper session! Camille.
Just a quick note to say thank you, thank you, thank you to Kayleigh for doing my wedding hair at Peppers Manor House on 1 February. We had the best day, I loved everyone's hair! And you were amazing to get through all of us so quickly and calmly! – Tracey.
Just thought I would write a quick note to thank Kayleigh so much for the amazing hair styling last week! She was so professional and put me at ease from the moment I met her.. I had comment after comment on my hair and I will recommend everyone to you. Thanks Kayleigh, you are a star! Cate. xx
I just wanted to say a huge Thankyou for my wedding hair on the weekend! It was absolutely stunning and everybody commented on it! Thankyou for being such a professional and remaining calm when i wasn't! Jackie xxx
I was so happy with all my dealings with Sensoria, both before and during my
wedding day. Everyone I spoke to was so lovely, professional, helpful and
accommodating. You all made the whole experience really relaxing and fun, and
it wasn't stressful at all! I really loved the hair styles you gave me and my
bridesmaids – they were exactly what I asked for, and it was so wonderful to be
able to just bring a picture of what I wanted, and rest assured that you guys
would make it happen. You are true professionals, you're so good at what you
do, and I would happily recommend you to any brides getting married in the
southern highlands. Thank you for giving my girls and I such beautiful hair for
my wedding! Lauren.
Just a really quick note to thankyou (Kayleigh) for the amazingly creative work you did at my wedding! 🙂 You made me feel completely at ease and we all looked AMAZING!! Thankyou again.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Jules for doing my hair, my bridesmaids' hair and my mothers' hair at my wedding! I have been getting my hair cut by Jules since I was a little girl. My wedding would not have been the same without Jules there. She did the most beautiful hairstyles for all of us! She has always been so professional, positive, and creative with her hairstyles and always manages to interpret each persons personality to provide the perfect hairstyle for each individual. Thanks Jules! My wedding would not have been near as perfect without your help!
Love Larissa.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the amazing job Jules and team played on my wedding day. Your professionalism and good nature made my day even more special.
Hi Jules and Jenna! I'm Married!!!!!Thank you both so much for the AMAZING hair you did on me, my mum and my bridal ladies. I can't thank you enough for making our hair absolutely perfect and for your professionalism. Given the tight timeframe you ladies accomplished the most stunning hair and did it with no fuss at all 🙂 I will recommend you to everyone that gets married in the Southern Highlands. Much love to you both xx Lisa.
I couldn't have been happier with the job Sam did on my wedding day for me and my bridesmaid. He listened to what we wanted (with some pretty vague instructions) and simply made it happen. We felt so at ease having him there in the morning, he really helped to lighten the mood and make the day special. I had so many comments from guests about my hair in particular. Thank you so much Sam, we wish you all the best.
Just a quick email to thank Sam for how amazing he was on Saturday for our wedding.
His calm pleasant and professional manner was really appreciated, as was his skill at doing our hair.
Send him our thanks and best wishes, I'm sure we will be back in the future when we visit Bowral.
Every Bride wants to look like a princess on their wedding day and thanks to you not only could I say that I achieved this but also my mum, my grandma & my maid of honour looked and felt just as special.
So for any "brides-to-be" look no further for your wedding hair stylist as Jules has it all … She listens to what you want and works with you to achieve the perfect look, and she is a gorgeous person. Her calm and beautiful nature made the morning all that more enjoyable and so glad you could be part of the memories.
So thanks once again Jules
Kind Regards
Nicky Nowell
Ever since a colleague mentioned to me 10 years ago that the best hair salon in Bowral to try was Sensoria, April and I have been coming here. We continue to come because we know all the stylists and feel welcome. April and I love the attention we get, the coffee, hot chocolate and occassional champagne… but we mainly enjoy the feeling we get as we walk out of the salon with a new style , colour or even just a trim! We also love the massage during the wash stage. finally we appreciate the "after sale" service where we are encouraged to return if we need more support to maintain our new style. Thankyou Sensoria…
Amy is truly the only hair stylist I have met with the attention to detail it takes to tame my hair. I live in Sydney but choose to travel down to Sensoria just to have her take care of my hair… Thankyou Amy for making everyday a great hair day! Kate.
Everything about Sensoria is superb. Jules is the consummate professional who attracts like-minded spirits, and her well chosen and beautifully trained team reflects her passion, flair and commitment. Sensoria is a lovely place to be and definitely lives up to its name.
I can not thank Jules and her team at Sensoria enough for the amazing work she did with myself and my bridal party for my wedding in February. It was such a relaxed and happy place to be, her team listened to what we were after and made us all look fantastic with minimum fuss while refilling our glasses of sparkling wine! I could not have asked for a more perfect way to spend getting ready for my wedding day.
Thank you again for doing my hair on My Big Day! It was perfect – just what I wanted!!
I had my wedding on the 3rd of Dec in Bowral. The day was everything we could have asked for and I would like to thank the two ladies that did my hair on the day. It was perfect, Once again thankyou so much for being part of our special day.
You were amazing Jules!! So easy to work with. In a heartbeat I will recommend you. I thank my lucky star that you were my stylist.
I think you will agree that the girls looked stunning. Their hairstyles were much admired. Everything seem to complement each other – dresses, hair, makeup and flowers.
The day went off really well – just everything Amanda wanted.
We would certainly recommend "Sensoria".
Thank you very much for all your good work on everybody's hair at my wedding. I loved my crystal necklace which you were able to put in my hair and Sam, the flower girls looked beautiful.
Thank you both again. It was a very stress free morning getting ready – and with flower girls that could have been a different story!
I have had the pleasure of photographing many brides after they have been glamorised by your talented team and have recommended you to MANY brides making enquiries, as I have always been very impressed with your work.
We had a brilliant day. I completely loved my hair! It was amazing, everyone commented how gorgeous it was. Please thank everyone for me. You did a brilliant job!
I wanted to thank you again for your help and work for my big day in August. You did an amazing job with my updo and I felt truly beautiful. Everyone thought it was fantastic and that it suited me and the dress perfectly.
I also really enjoyed spending time in the salon. It was lovely to see the magic happen! The atmosphere was lovely and everyone so welcoming.
I just want to say that Sam was awesome on the day and did a great job. He was easy to get along with, understood what everyone wanted and made it a really nice experience. He was so lovely and I couldn't have been happier with the result.
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"The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad,
the desert shall rejoice and blossom;
like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
"Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you."
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then the lame shall leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
A highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,
but it shall be for God's people;
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.
No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isaiah 35.1-10 (NRSV)
Christmas Eve is here! It is the night so many children can hardly wait for and a day of excitement of all sorts for everyone around the world. Tonight is a night we welcome Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace into our homes. It is a night some will welcome Santa Claus into their homes as well. It is a night we can all welcome Jesus into our homes again as well.
Every time God shows up there is reason to rejoice! We come to the edge of time (the fullness of time as Paul writes) and celebrate God coming into the world both as the end of Advent and Beginning of Christmas. We remember the Jesus of the manger and we wait for Him to come again and bring justice and redemption to our world. Both are cause for celebration.
Both are also cause for anxiety as well. Those of us who have built our lives upon things other than God will find them shaken up… as Ebeneezer Scrooge found out in A Christmas Carol. Others will find themselves lifted up out of the storms of life. The first shall be last and the last shall be first and those who served the least, the last, and the lost shall find themselves face to face with their king. Is it really any wonder why the traditions of Santa Claus, who embodies generosity also keeps a list of who is naughty and nice?
It all comes together tonight and, as much effort as we put into it, we will find ourselves surprised yet again by God presence coming into our celebrations, and if we pay attention, we will find new cause to rejoice in the love our God sends into the world tonight.
- How will you celebrate the birth of Christ today?
- What do you hope Christ will bring into your life tonight?
- Who will you share your hope, love, joy, and peace with today?
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel has come to us, O Israel

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4 Ways Tension is Holding Back Your Voice
I very nearly called this blog post, The Four Horsemen of the Singing Apocalypse but I figured it might be a teeny bit dramatic.
These four common tensions in the body do however have a huge impact on your sound and the ease with which you move through your registers, so it's pretty important to get them under control.
There are a few problems with body tension when it comes to singing, the first being that we assume that some body tension is fine and often don't know which tension is good and which isn't.
I know when I was learning how to sing, I had bucketloads of tension and figured that was how singing was supposed to feel. I always thought singing was a difficult skill to learn and should therefore feel as though I was trying fairly hard.
If you hold this belief, please write it down on a piece of paper and ceremoniously burn it.
Here's what I tell singers. You want to control your voice using your breath and support which means you'll have a slight engaged feeling in the torso, but never gripping, pulling in, pushing out or a hard tightness.
Because you're controlling your voice in this area, everything from the neck up should be relaxed.
The jaw tends to have a few moves in its tension arsenal kit that interfere with our sense of freedom and resonance.
The first one is to grip and stay frozen in place. You want the jaw to drop softly and naturally. I often get students to sing as if they're a little dopey (or on serious anaesthetic) to really let go of the tightness in their jaw.
Singing on the repeated sound Buh or Mum is good for releasing jaw tension.
If you would like an exercise on the Mum sound that you can start practicing with, make sure you pop your details below (plus I'll be sending more goodies after that)!
The other trick that the jaw plays on us is jutting forward, especially when we feel we're singing something difficult and need to work harder.
The best way to get a sense of whether or not this is happening is to place your fingers on your chin and notice if you're pushing into your fingers or dropping the jaw naturally downwards as you sing.
Oh this guy is one of the sneakiest. He can tighten and pull back as soon as you have your awareness on anything but him. Think of him as the naughty toddler of the group.
The tongue will behave particularly badly when you are going up higher in your range, especially in your head voice.
Keep him chilling out with the tip behind your bottom teeth and keep focused on him when you're going up to higher notes. As long as you keep him as the sole focus, you'll be able to keep him soft and out of your way.
I don't know about you but my shoulders must hold all of my fears, doubts and worries. We often tighten our shoulders in our daily lives without even realising it and this tends to amplify when we sing.
Do your shoulders raise up closer to your ears as you climb to higher notes? Do they roll forward and cause you to hunch? Do they simply grip and hold in place without releasing?
Singing in front of a mirror is a good way of alerting you to the fact that you might be holding extra tightness here. Unfortunately tense shoulders usually mean a tense neck and throat area which is never a singer's idea of a good time.
Let your hands drop to your sides and let them be heavy. Allow gravity to help to keep your shoulders soft (or you can hold light hand weights or bottles of water).
One of the most common places singers hold tension is their abs. Now my dear, holding your abs won't give you more power or support and certainly doesn't result in a rock-hard six pack, so LET IT GO.
Try this on for size: Inhale and start talking while you squeeze and release your abs. No sound/power/resonance difference right?
Now pull your belly button right in as if it could touch your spine your abs and pay attention to the very base of your throat. If you focus on that spot you'll notice that gripping the abdominal muscles like that actually grips the base of the throat too!
When supporting the voice properly, the abdominals move as we release air but they're much more flexible and it's using more of the transverse abdominis not the rectus abomdinis.
Check out the video below to see what I mean.
Want to learn more about how you can let go of the tension in your body, increase your resonance (plus reconnect to the joy of singing)?
Sign up to watch my full length workshop on the first piece of the puzzle - your breath management.


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The Summer Solstice is the most powerful day of the year for the Sun. Fire plays a very prominent role in this day. The element of Fire is the most easily seen and immediately felt element of transformation.
In this longest day of the year, we will dance with the Earth, circling the Sun, moving toward the mysterious depth of the Universe.
Summer in San Francisco represent a mix of blue sky and thick fog. Let's explore how our bodies respond to both extremes. Celebrating the warm sunlight and embracing the moisture of the clouds. A dance between the fog and the sun. A celebration of renewal and maturity.
If you're attending 'Summer Light', you can attend the Sweat Your Prayers in the morning (10am-12pm) for an additional $5. It will be a great warm up before the afternoon workshop.
Come join us!
A Gabrielle Roth 5Rhythms® Waves workshop is the foundation of the entire body of 5Rhythms work in which we expand our class work with a deepened physical expression and knowledge of the essential 5Rhythms and their polarities.
Alessandro Moruzzi is a Certified 5Rhythms Teacher and accredited 5Rhythms Teachers Association members. All of his classes and workshops count towards The Dancing Path to 5Rhythms Teacher Training.


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Every year, no matter what, I make sure we take family photos. I think it's really important to have documentation of our family over the years, and I'd like to think that the generations that come after us will treasure them.
Since we have been sick a lot it was hard to plan a big photo shoot out, and, honestly, I'm kind of over all of the outdoor family shoots. Just like in any industry, new trends emerge and shooting families in their homes in a more "real life" setting seems to be where the family photo session trend is going. But, for us, it was also just about convenience.
So, since we planned to do it in our house we thought wearing our PJ's would be fun. We had Rennai Hoefer come over just before Thanksgiving and take pictures of us putting up our tree. Funny enough, our tree never got decorated beyond a couple cereal garlands. Haha, but, hey, minimalist is "in," right?
We found all of our jammies at Target this year, and chose gray and white because of our interiors colors in our living room. I thought bringing in our blue velvet sofa would make it feel a bit more holiday-ish too. We just put it by our blank white wall and had some fun.
Of course, the kids didn't really cooperate like you hope, but that's real life, right? It made for some good pictures for us to cherish. Like this one above where Elle was choking her brother (yeesh).
We put them all together in a photo collage for our Christmas cards that we made with minted. And, we actually got our cards printed, addressed and mailed this year, which was a big win for me.
If you're looking for a great family photographer in Arizona be sure to check out Rennai Hoefer! She is amazing!
From my family to yours, we hope you have a very merry Christmas that is filled with hope and joy, and hope that 2017 brings much blessing to you.


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S: whiskey and Ivory: Amanda & Christopher 2011
BC: For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul
FC: Our Wedding Day | {6.12.2011}
1: Today I marry my best friend | Amanda & Christopher | Gaylord Palms Resort Kissimmee, Fl | If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud, or the moment just... passes you by | Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage
2: Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
5: Mommy | Me | &
6: Love conquers all things
7: forever in love
8: true | Love
10: a day to remember
11: All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love
12: As soon go kindle fire with snow. As seek to quench the fire of love with words
14: From this day forward I promise to laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals. I will listen to you with compassion and understanding, and speak to you with encouragement.
15: Today, a day of music and celebration, I pledge to share my life with you. Whether the days that come are happy or sad, I will live them with you. I love you.
16: Alan | Phil & Sue | Christopher | Patrick | John
17: Kate & Karl | Eileen | Kensy | April | Terasa
18: Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly
19: Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it
20: As soon go kindle fire with snow. As seek to quench the fire of love with words
21: All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love
22: A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart
23: To have and to hold
24: Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
28: Love conquers all things
38: Often I catch myself remembering how we met and how far we've come, and realizing that we found each other at the precise moment that we needed each other the most. From that moment on in all things we've been together | With a trust I've never known and a bond I never expected, and a love I never quite defined till I met you. You want nothing but me, and I want nothing but you. Which sounds simple but to me is the most profound thing I know. Because too often we try to change, but rarely do you find someone that passionately wants you to be always be you. | And I say with zero fear and total confidence that I want you and I want us and I cherish everyday of this life with you and know in the bottom of my soul that anytime we are lost we will always find each other | I never thought that I would ever meet someone who had everything I have ever wanted. Someone once told me that Mr. Perfect doesn't exist, that you don't have to love someone equally as they love you and I am very glad that I didn't listen to that advice because I would be missing out on the most amazing person and relationship. Thank you for helping to redefine family and love, For opening your heart, your home and your wonderful sons to me... For allowing me to be myself fully and completely, unafraid of what anyone else thinks. You have given me the life I have always dreamed of. I cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives together.


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"Really enjoyed making friends on the European team"
You can just tell that Matt Sauri was one of the popular kids back in school. He carries himself easily, and is easily one of the best dressed men around here. Impeccably eccentric suits, he floats around set stealing just about everyone's heart. He's got that old school, Great Gatsby charm about him, and it's easy to see how he's built a business full of people willing to follow him anywhere. You also literally have to follow him because he does not stop. Our conversation is conducted at an almost jog like pace around the Painted Hall that leaves me longing for a bench.
You've been the hardest guy to get hold of this week.
I like chatting to everyone.
I know, and they love chatting to you. How have you found this last week?
A whole lot of fun. It's been great getting to know each other and learn about everyone.
Did you have any expectations coming in to it?
I didn't understand the structure at first, but now it makes a lot of sense.
Who have you gotten on with?
Really enjoyed making friends on the European team. Darren Ryemill and Tom Glanfield. Really enjoyed them. And Ann Swain. Legitamelty I'm a huge fan. She's so much fun, doesn't take herself too seriously, and she's a force to be reckoned with.
I like to think you've led the charge when it comes to the socializing.
You think so?
Ermm yes! Every time I walk into a room in the evening you're in the middle of it dancing.
We've got good people around us. Chris is brilliant at picking the right people. It's almost like he sees through dimensional objects into 3D.
How many years have you been in the business?
What's Top Recruiter doing for the industry?
I think it's great. I think it's just getting started. I'm excited to think about how I could help promote it. It's a show highlighting best practice and innovate ideas. There's all these people here sharing their ideas and opening up.
How's the cultural divide between the Americans and the Brits?
I think there's good natured appreciation, mutual respect and support. I think there are competitive differences, but there's been a real appreciation. To really understand someone, you have to walk in their shoes, so I'm glad it was in Europe. I fully believe that I'm going to come away from here with long lasting relationships with these people.
What do you think is the biggest problem we're currently facing in recruitment?
I think we've got a lot of problems caused by the ebb and flow of the ecosystem. There's always more good candidates than jobs. I think the biggest opportunity we have is to involve people in social responsibility and community responsibility. I've found in my own business that there's nothing that makes people more loyal and makes them more grounded and better employees, than giving them a window to corporate responsibility. Getting them out to be a part of their community.
What do you do in your business to promote that?
We promote skills based volunteering. Nothing is more exciting, or more rewarding, than watching people being empowered to use their skill set for a bigger purpose. It's very empowering.
Not enough businesses do that.
And you know what, the ones that do are going to come out ahead. They're going to have people who are engaged, who believe in you and who fight for your business. It takes everything to a whole new level. Promoting giving.
What's kept you in recruitment so long?
I have no other skills.
That's not even slightly true.
I think it's great to be able to help shape people's careers. It's the most amazing gift you can give. The big events we celebrate are your first home, getting married, and child birth. If you're helping people with their careers, you're giving them a platform to achieve those things.
What's been your favorite moment so far?
I would say right now.
You're a charmer Matt Sauri.
I like to be present. I'm really looking forward to the finale tonight. That will be a great moment. Some of the times sitting with Jack Felice have been great too. The guy is incredible. Hearing him tell the story of the first guy he put to work, that was amazing.
If you ask recruiters to tell you that, and they don't remember, forget about them. Because I'll never forget mine. It was a guy called Joel. And it launched a whole new part of his career and I was fortunate enough to be the person who identified him, interviewed him and placed him. And he probably doesn't even remember me, but that was my first one twenty-two years ago.
At that moment in time Ann Swain sweeps past and takes Matt with her. He wasn't joking when he said he was a huge fan, I think he would follow her anywhere. The two have become inseparable friends over the last week, and heads bowed together, they're already lost deep in conversation. As I watch them go I appreciate how wonderful it is to see two business leaders, from opposite ends of the world, sharing, collaborating, and enjoying time with one another. It's magical to watch.


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A pleasure to be part of the Generator team for the launch of this incredible workspace.
Generator is New Zealand's leading coworking and serviced office providers, but this new space tops anything they've done before.
With 3,000sqm of premium workspace, set in the top three levels of the Westpac Building, Britomart Place, Auckland, this is a luxurious place to work and the Blomfield team are proud to be residents as well.
If you get a chance, come up and take a look - you'll be wanting to work there yourselves!


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This extended alpine valley tour provides an impressive panoramic view across the Kitzbühel Alps. You get to show-off your muscles in Oberau. Without a break and an average gradient of 15%, the mountain road to the Horler Stiegl is demanding. After the asphalt road ends, the courageous among you can ride on the well-tended 500 metre gravel track up to the Holzalm.
The same route takes you back to Oberau and Niederau, then proceeds straight on the Grafenweg trail, to the other end of Wildschönau. Then you roll through the district of Brixental, heading for Wörgl. Keep right at Brugger mill and via the side valley of the Inn Valley, where Bad Häring and Schwoich are located, head back to Kufsteinerland.


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Related Suppliers
Machine tool builder MAG IAS (Erlanger, Kentucky) has been named a partner in MIT's Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) engineering and management program.
The company joins Boeing, Caterpillar, United Technologies and 20 other partner organizations in MIT LGO, a dual-degree graduate program in engineering and management. The program equips students with a Master's of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Science from one of seven programs within the MIT School of Engineering.
As a partner company, MAG gains access to MIT faculty and research as well as best practices of other partner companies and the potential for joint operations projects. Partner companies host in-depth site visits and 6-month student internships with support from MIT faculty. Partner companies also provide input into the program's curriculum and activities.


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When you get used to eating lunch at the same place, enjoying the same menu of favorites, and then suddenly they are closed, it's like losing your best friend or something, you know?
Brian Krakow
This week the whole social order was thrust into full upheaval when The Silver Platter shut down to redo their menu. When the familiar silver truck was missing from the lot on Central Street, we panicked. At lunch time, we wandered aimlessly through Harbor East looking for something good to eat for a reasonable price. Many people gave up and brown bagged it. I decided to return to some of my old haunts. Here is a rundown of my lunches this week.
Monday: Whole Foods Salad Bar
Healthy and not too expensive, this has remained a staple of my weekly lunch routine even with more tempting options. It is sensible and reliable and, at $7.99/lb, not too expensive if you avoid the heavier items. The bar offers spinach, chopped romaine, and mixed greens. One side has staples like cut vegetables and assorted dressings. The other side has pre-made combos like artichoke and tomatoes, Asian slaw, and marinated root vegetables. This week, I got the fried chicken salad over spinach with cherry tomatoes, grated carrots, celery and bleu cheese. It came out to about $6.50, mostly due to the chicken salad, made up of breaded chicken breast cut into bite-sized chunks, cheddar cheese and tomatoes in a creamy dressing. I felt like I had made a responsible choice, both dietarily and fiscally.
Rickie Vasquez
Tuesday: Curbside Cafe
This relatively new addition to my lunch routine is parked outside my building every Tuesday and draws a reliable crowd who just fall short of chanting "Taco Tuesday" once breakfast has worn off in anticipation of lunch. The menu has a definite Latino influence with a standard selection of burritos and sides like beans and rice or fried plantains. But these gals play it a little funky by adding a corn and mango salsa and my new favorite - the curried chickpea and potato burrito. I get mine in a bowl with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, the aforementioned corn mango salsa and sour cream (this is what one of them recommended, and she was right). The curry is spicy and works with the slightly sweet mango salsa. And even with the lack of meat, it is very filling and keeps me satisfied through the afternoon without feeling like a boulder. This week I also got a side of plantains with salt and pepper (they also come with Adobo or curry) for a total of $6.50.
Sharon Cherski
Wednesday: Harbor East Deli
By mid-week, I was really feeling kind of lost and turned to an old comfort food from my childhood - the bologna and mayonnaise sandwich. Harbor East Deli does make a good sandwich, and I've had this one from them in the past - bologna on white with lettuce, tomato, mayo and Swiss. It's a little pricey at $6.50 but is a quite the meaty sandwich, so I always feel like I'm getting what I pay for. I ate half for lunch with a sadly over priced Cesar salad ($5.99 for chopped romaine, grated Parmesan, and a packet of Ken's Steakhouse dressing), making for a total of $14.50. When the 3:30 doldrums rolled around, I ate the second half and was well-fueled for the evening's cardio workout. Even though bologna isn't really part of my current dietary regimen, I retain a certain weakness for it, and when I choose to indulge, I rarely regret it.
Jordan Catalano
Thursday: Legg Mason Cafeteria
The Legg Mason Cafeteria is open to the public, and for this we are eternally grateful. They entertain the international financial crowd, so you know the on-site dining is better than at most offices. This week they had a duck lunch on the menu - roasted duck breast with sage risotto, garlic green beans and a fig compote. I saw that item listed for Thursday's lunch when I checked their menu earlier in the week and was gastronomically counting down the days. As good as it was to think about eating duck for lunch, the reality fell just slightly short. The duck had a nice irony taste, and the green beans were cooked to perfection. The risotto, though.....It was strongly flavored and salty and just no good on its own. Even when I mixed in some of the fig compote, the risotto was still overpowering. Which only goes to show that sometimes the thought of something is better than the reality. Other than that, it was a lovely lunch. Coming in at $9.50, it was the deal of the week.
Rayanne Graff
Friday: Ra Sushi
I can't remember the first time I had a Bento box, but I do know that it has always felt natural for me. My particular eating habits are well-suited for it. I gravitate toward eating my food in sections - first the veg, then the meat, etc. And even though I know there is something a little overt about Ra Sushi - a little trendy and less than authentic - I really like their bento box. It's one of the most genuine items on a menu that features things like the Viva Las Vegas roll ("Kani kama crab and cream cheese rolled in rice and seaweed, lightly tempura battered and topped with spicy tuna, kani kama crab mix & sliced lotus root; finished with a sweet eel sauce and spinach tempura bits"). Yeah. My bento came with an egg roll, a gyoza, slaw in one corner and a green salad in the other, and four shrimp tempura on a bed of rice. Even with the presence of so many deep-fried items, it was not greasy. Plus the rice was sticky enough to eat with chopsticks. It wasn't outstanding, but it felt familiar and good and just what I wanted. And that's a lot of food for $9.00.
And, of course there was a cupcake from IcedGems . Today I tried their new Hot Chocolate, and it tasted true to its namesake - a light chocolate flavor topped with a marshmallow icing that gave me heart palpitations. Despite my cupcake dalliances in August, I remain loyal to IcedGems for creations like this.


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Join other Circle K International clubs around the world during CKI Service Week, beginning October 22nd to the 27th!
CKI Service Week exists to increase awareness of CKI, the Kiwanis Family, and CKI's preferred charities March of Dimes, Students Team Up to Fight Hunger, and UNICEF on college campuses. During CKI Service Week up to 13,000 college students could participate.
Channel CKI Week to help your club earn publicity, build awareness, and recruit new members! In
the Kiwanis family, CKI members perform the most community service hours per member and CKI Week is a chance to highlight this on college campuses and college communities around the world.
We encourage you to use these hashtags when sharing your memories on social media:
Please click here to download the guide
> Resources: CKI International Website


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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Snow Bugs
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Gratia is one exceptional and simplistic template which is a great choice for designer who neeed to develop a perfect restaurant website. The psd itself is well layered and organized for easy editing with Photoshop. 4 PSD files are included with this template in addition to high quality graphics. Continue reading "Gratia Free PSD Template"


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It may be Wetback Wednesday at some bar in Huntsville, but in H-Town the first Wednesday of every month has become Honky Tonk Wednesday, when the lineup for those interested in gettin' their tonk on is stout as a garlic milkshake.
Boot heels will be dragged, belt buckles will be polished, Lone Star will be consumed. There probably isn't a single town on the planet with more top quality honky-tonk music on one night - let alone a Wednesday night! Here's a brief rundown.
Robert Ellis & The Boys: Whiskey Wednesdays at the newly refurbed Fitzgerald's. From all reports, last week's debut since moving from Mango's was jammed. Ellis & the Boys took home top country band honors in this year's Press voting. 10 p.m. until....
Nick Gaitan & the Umbrella Man: Nick Gaitan (Press Entertainer of the Year) and Roberto Rodriguez just keep grinding out the Gulf Coast dance music at the Continental Club. Fuel up at the brand-new Natachee's Supper & Punch just up the block beforehand. 8 p.m. until....
Mike Stinson: Stinson continues his regular first Wednesday of the month residency at Under the Volcano. Stinson took Best Song honors in this year's Press voting with "Got No One To Drink With Anymore." 7-10 p.m.
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4. Mitch Jacobs: The perennial roadhouse favorite plays a stripped-down three-piece show at the Hideaway on Dunvale every Wednesday, and always has interesting guests. 8-11 p.m.
5. Country Jim Sloan: Sloan and his band of honky tonk aces - Richard Wolfe (Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke) on guitar, Pete Burke (Gene Watson) on bass, Dan Kirby (Moe Bandy) on steel - will do a 45-minute set at Blanco's before turning the stage over to anyone who wants to get up and do it. 8:00 p.m. until....
6. Honky-tonk karaoke at Aubrey's: 8 p.m. until...
One suggestion: if you're going to try to cover a bunch of these, may we suggest a cab, 'cause you know there's gonna be drinkin' and two-steppin' involved in your journey.


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My Little Eye (2002)
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller2002 Year 95 Mins 5.6 Imdb
Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly, Laura Regan
Five people are offered one million dollars to spend six months together in an isolated mansion, with cameras watching their every move.
My Little Eye Movie Information
- Production Co: StudioCanal, Universal Pictures, WT2 Productions
- Released: 4 October 2002
- Imdb Rating: 5.6
- Runtime: 95 Mins.
- Writer: David Hilton, David Hilton, 1 more credit
- Director: Marc Evans
- Cast: Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly, Laura Regan


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The success of Google's search algorithm centers round using inbound links to a website to judge its relevance and importance relative to a keyword.
Over the years, SEO companies have come up with link building techniques to up their client's websites in Google's ranking. Google's original algorithm is being manipulated by all these techniques, and many high ranking sites are often irrelevant and unimportant. But Google keeps fighting back.
Such have been Google's improvements, that some declare that SEO is dead. Google has become skilled at detecting un-natural linking patterns; links to a website whose only purpose is to improve Google ranking. Many SEO experts are going back to fundamentals: What is a natural link ?
A Natural Link: The Referencing of Good Content by an Informative Author
Google's algorithm, as filed in Google's US Patent Application #20050071741 – Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data, is based on the Garfield's Scientific Citation Index, which is used to judge importance of research papers in the world of academic publishing.
Scientists write their results in research papers. Each research paper references all the other work that has contributed to its results. Important research papers that make a big breakthrough, give rise to more investigations, and are referenced widely. This citing and referencing is what the Google algorithm is looking for. Natural value-added links.
So, what does the natural linking look like:
1. Natural links are deeplinks. Links that point to specific material deep within the body of knowledge.
Deep linking is linking that points to a specific page or image within another website,
as opposed to linking to a website's main or home page. Deeplinking goes hand in hand with the long tail.
2. Natural linking is not reciprocal. Scientific papers are published sequentially in time. More recent papers reference older papers as they try and build the body of knowledge. Link exchanging, where websites exchange links, is not natural.
3. Natural links are built slowly over time. A seminal academic paper accumulates references, links, slowly over time. It is only well established highly regarded academic papers, like the discovery of DNA, that accumulate large number of references quickly.
4. Natural links make a point. Academics construct an argument around their references. So natural references are surrounded by relevant text and have specific anchor text, as each scientists tries to make his own point. The ratio of number of links to text has an upper limit, the density of links is relatively low, and the context surrounding the reference is relevant material.
5. Natural links come from everywhere. Scientists publish their research in many places. From important journals, like "Nature", to less important conference proceedings. So, natural links come from varied sources of relevant material.
Search Engine Optimisation is not dead, but it just got harder


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I guess I'm going to have to start buying a lottery ticket every now and then. Evidently, this part of the state has some good lottery karma going on.
Of course, we all remember last November, when Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn cashed in on one-half of a nearly $600 million Powerball lottery jackpot. And now — if you follow me on Twitter you already know this — some one apparently purchased a winning $1 million Powerball ticket last week at the Weston Trex Mart/Depot.
As of this writing Tuesday evening, no announcement of a winner had been made. But one could be coming soon, perhaps by the time you read this column. I talked to Missouri Lottery officials earlier in the day Tuesday and they said someone had claimed the winning ticket and the verification process was under way.
Here's hoping the potential winner is somebody local who will give back to their community like the Hills. Speaking of the Hills, look for an update on them as well as the Camden Point fire station/ballfield improvements they are helping to finance next week.
That's what I thought when I saw a press release from Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd Tuesday concerning the intentional drowning of a cat a few weeks ago at Lake Waukomis.
Check out our front page story (slow news week) for more details, but here's the scoop: some guy drowned a family cat in the Lake after it scratched and bit his fiancee, a neighbor saw it and called police and the public outrage was such that Zahnd agreed to look into the case.
In his statement Tuesday, Zahnd said he couldn't prosecute the guy because state law didn't provide for it.
Well, OK, I'm glad we got that cleared up.
Look, I personally like cats — they are pretty low maintenance as far as pets go and I kind of dig their I'm-cool-and-you're-not demeanor. I had a cat that lived for 15 years and our current house cat, Daisy, is 14. And everyone knows about The Citizen's shop kitty, Typo. And putting a cat in a carrier and sinking it underwater for five minutes is no doubt a despicable act.
But, come on — I'm thinking Zahnd has more pressing matters to spend his time on than the untimely demise of one feline. And I'm amazed that a reported 1,200 people took the time to sign an online petition calling for the cat drowner to go to jail.
Too bad we don't seem to get that fired up about the day-to-day human suffering going on.
Just sayin'.
The weather was awesome, the Krautburgers were tasty, the beard contest featured more unshaven dudes than a ZZ Top impersonator convention and I saw a bunch of people I had not seen since last year's Fair.
In our book, that makes the 150th Annual Fair a success — and we've got the pics to prove it. Check out our photo spread on pages A4-5 and our photo gallery at plattecountycitizen.com.
Thanks for reading.
Lee Stubbs is owner/editor of The Citizen. He may be reached by email at email@example.com or by calling 858-5154. Follow him on Twitter @leejstubbs.


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Imagine a market for everything. There is a name for that in the investment world, and it's called commodities. Think about the simple soda we drink in the morning, to the gas we use to power our vehicle. Well, even the very same tires of your car or the clothes you're wearing have to use a commodity, like rubber and wool. These universal raw materials which create almost everything we use are called commodities, and can be traded as a worldwide currency. It is thus a very interesting investment choice, moving billions of currencies globally every day.
Investors in commodities place their money expecting a higher return on investment with time. That is to say, they buy an asset expecting it to increase value over time (the buy low, sell high mindset).
Commodities have some differences when compared to traditional share exchanges. They are usually a highly leveraged market and they trade in contract sizes.
Commodities can be traded in real-time, or using the futures market. As previously stated, commodities are usually traded with contract sizes, that is, with the prospect of having to buy or sell in a certain date in the future for a previously agreed price. If the investor is willing to have some risk on his side, he will enjoy this market, as constant market fluctuations are the only constant thing to expect in commodities trading.
So, let's have a look at some of the commodities in the world: gold, silver, crude oil and cocoa.
Let's begin with the king of all commodities:
Gold: Gold has an impressive historical importance for the human race, with a directly attached image to royalty and higher status ever since Ancient Times. Considering it as an asset, Gold's electrical conductivity and overall reliability will always mark this commodity as an interesting option to invest, as it will probably never run out of favour.
However, Gold has cyclically come into and out of favour, so only the future will tell how this commodity fares. The best option with Gold is to see it as an insurance, rather than an investment – and act accordingly.
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Silver, the smaller brother of Gold, also has an impressive array of purposes and it can be used in many different settings. It is considered a hard asset and indispensable industrial metal, proving to be one of the most versatile materials available to the world. Investing in Silver demands for a very astute investor, as demand and needs are constantly changing as time goes by.
Crude Oil was until recently considered the 'Golden' currency of the Modern Era. With all known advantages and disadvantages, Crude Oil is essential in the modern world; powering cars and many other applications. However, things are changing fast with the rise of alternative energy and Crude Oil could easily be less commercial by the year 2030. At the time of this article, there is an over-abundance caused by fracking. As such, abrupt changes in its value over time have the biggest impact in the world's economies.
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Last but not least, we have Cocoa. Cocoa, unlike Gold, has been considered a royalty drink, and ever since, it was graded for mainstream use. Its demand is overwhelming, with almost every country in the world wanting it, and yet, only a handful of countries can provide it. This volatility is its greatest appeal or downfall for the common investor. Commodities are all around us – use them to your advantage.


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August 24, 2012
Link Building in 2013
Links should only be built that will encourage traffic to flow through them – after all that's what they were originally for. Alter your thinking and chase high-traffic sites rather than high-authority sites.
Key Takeaways
Only got a few minutes to spare? Make them count with these nuggets…
- Links will remain the most significant ranking factor for the foreseeable future – Matt Cutts [Tweet this]
- Links that never get clicked on have no real-world value – Should Google still count them? [Tweet this]
- Anchor text has been demoted as a ranking signal – be creative to intrigue and earn a click [Tweet this]
- Evaluating a link opportunity? Ask yourself "if search engines didn't exist, would I still want this link? [Tweet this]"
Despite much debate whether social signals are overtaking links as the primary quality signal for Google's ranking algorithm, Matt Cutts (Head of Search Quality at Google) recently stated that links are still more important in determining a website's authority and more importantly, will continue to be for the foreseeable future. However, with Google notably downgrading various types of links, link builders and SEO professionals will need to reconsider what types of links will serve them well in the long run and how they continue to approach this task. This article outlines my thoughts on the future of link building.
Hobbyists and webmasters with a passion for a certain topic inevitably build authoritative websites with awesome content and high readership simply because it's what they love doing and have built up a reputation naturally – Google loves these types of sites because people love these sites.
More often than not, any external links on these sites will point to equally awesome content that complements the original site, and as a result, pass quality traffic. These natural links are the Holy Grail, and the reason why links exist as a function. In 1997 Google came along and changed mind-set for link building and here we are today, fighting to keep our sites afloat in an ocean of epic fails.
Up until recently link builders (to a certain extent) have been able to get away with 'easy' techniques like directory listings, submitting poor-quality articles to un-managed, generic submission sites, reciprocal linking on Links/Resources pages, and dare I say it, blog commenting! *Shudder* The reason they did this is because it often worked, but not anymore.
Google is ruthlessly moving towards regarding links on whether they offer value, either to the resource it lives on or to the reader – and the way it quantifies that value is on its CTR (click through rate). For a link to be clicked, and therefore deemed valuable, the resource must have a regular audience (something poor quality articles on generic submission sites, deep directory pages, and 'Links' pages often lack). If no audience exists, it begs the question of why the page exists and similarly, why that link exists.
A link that passes no traffic has no real reason to exist, but up until now it still contributed to a site's back-link profile and increased rankings. Soon, if not already, these types of links are likely be blacklisted by search engines and at best, the link will be discounted (which you may have already started seeing in your Webmaster Tools). If a site's back-link profile reveals a large portion of these types of links, be prepared for an inconvenient clean-up operation.
So what now?
- Identify high-traffic sites, blogs and pages with a similar audience. These are the sites you should be targeting with your link building efforts. Use (a combination of) tools and methods to estimate a site's potential traffic such as Alexa, Google Trends, Google Reader, Feed Compare, SEMRush, YouTube & Vimeo (view counts), blog comment numbers, website traffic counters, advertising prices(!), common sense and gut feeling.
- Google has recently given us the gift of creativity with our anchor texts so make the most of it. Anchor text is now less of a ranking factor and therefore needn't reserved for your exact keywords/phrases. Use this clickable text to intrigue and incite a click. Use curious language and call to actions to urge traffic to your site such as "…easily earn £70,000 this year in the legal sector…" rather than simply "Legal Recruitment".
- Have more success with getting your links on other's sites by blending and tailoring the anchor text with the language and "feel" or their site. Webmasters will be happier to include your link if it doesn't detract from the quality of what they are trying to offer. Communicate with the webmaster to decide upon a mutually beneficial anchor text.
- Consider WHERE you can feasible obtain a link on a page. Rand Fishkin conducted an experiment which assessed the placement of links for optimal reward (well worth reading). A key takeaway was that in-content links pass more value than footer and sidebar links Well duh! They are:
- MORE likely to be useful to the reader
- MORE likely to be read over and clicked
- MORE likely to be in-tune with the content
- LESS likely to be a result of manipulation
- LESS likely to be a sponsored/paid link.
Aim for these links.
- Take the easy option and ask for a link on a "Useful Links" / "Resources" page. Rarely does one look at these pages (unless one is a link builder!) and even rarer does one click on a link. Often your link will be surrounded by hundreds of others, diluting link equity (if any) and sometimes these pages are no-followed anyway.
- Neglect the theme of the target website. Always assess their audience and ask yourself if your link provides value to that audience. For instance a link to an Estate Agent on a Hotel site will likely be snubbed by visitors who are only interesting in booking a room, not buying a room. With each passing visitor, the redundant link's CTR will decrease sending negative signals to Google. On the flip-side a link to a local weather forecasting site (although a seemingly unrelated site) will offer value so be creative with where you look for link opportunities.
Above all, simply ask yourself "if search engines didn't exist, would I still want this link?" – the answer will usually be no unless the link drives traffic.
Feel free to debate these thoughts on our Facebook page with us or hit me up on Twitter but be mindful that there will always be exceptions to the rule. For instance a link on a buried page with no traffic yet on a high authority site will still send positive trust signals and offer benefits and therefore still be worth having.
Food for thought: I want to conclude this article with a final musing for you. What if Google flipped the onus of links on the site owner? What if they were responsible for the quality of their outbound links (much like they are responsible for their own online reputations)? What if site owners were penalised for linking to low quality sites? Google's mission is to build a better web and by encouraging webmasters to only link to awesome resources, the web would clean itself up pretty darn quickly! Forget your hang-ups on dishing out "link juice" – concentrate on building a better site overall and you will be rewarded.
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It's not hard for a new president, in concert with Congress, to erase a predecessor's legislative, regulatory and diplomatic accomplishments. It's a president's Supreme Court legacy that lasts.
Many retrospectives on the life of President George H.W. Bush, who died last Friday, noted that one of the two men he named to the court, Clarence Thomas, is now in his 27th year as a justice and, at age 70, is on track to become one of the longest-serving Supreme Court justices in history.
Justice David H. Souter, who in 1990 became President Bush's first Supreme Court appointee, has received much less attention in recent days, perhaps because he retired nine years ago and has avoided the spotlight ever since. The soft-spoken New Hampshire judge never became a lightning rod except to those on the right who, while thrilling to Justice Thomas's hard-edge originalism, were sorely vexed by Justice Souter's modestly progressive jurisprudence. While one became an icon, the other became the object of a negative mantra: "No more Souters."
My goal here is not to appraise the two Bush 41 justices. It's to compare the approaches — one conciliatory, the other, confrontational — that in the space of a single year (July 1990 to July 1991) produced such different nominees. Those approaches remain today as contrasting archetypes for how to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.
Of course, Supreme Court nominations are bound to reflect the priorities of the individual who serves in the White House, and the first President Bush, whose primary focus was on foreign policy, simply wasn't very interested in the Supreme Court. So in July 1990, when Justice William Brennan had a stroke and retired abruptly and unexpectedly on a Friday afternoon, the president acted with dispatch to get the pesky distraction of a sudden court vacancy off his desk.
It took all of a single weekend. On Monday afternoon, having interviewed Mr. Souter and another potential nominee, Judge Edith Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, President Bush announced his choice. The president told reporters that he had not taken "the litmus test approach" and had not questioned the nominee about his views on abortion or anything else. "I have too much respect for the Supreme Court for that," President Bush said. He added that he expected the nominee's credentials to carry the day in the Democratic-controlled Senate. "We're not bracing for some horrendous fight with the United States Senate," he said.
And that was that. President Bush made his choice at the urging of a Republican senator from New Hampshire, Warren Rudman. Senator Rudman was David Souter's longtime mentor, having preceded him as the state's attorney general; later, he engineered his appointment first to the New Hampshire Supreme Court and then to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. President Bush's chief of staff, John Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor whose hard-right conservatism contrasted sharply with Senator Rudman's more traditional brand of New England Republicanism, praised the Souter appointment as "a home run for conservatives."
But he had ample reason to know that was not the case. In fact, according to rumor at the time, Mr. Sununu had privately urged the appointment of Judge Jones, a deeply conservative and polarizing figure on her court, where she still serves. A Jones nomination would most likely have engendered a "horrendous fight" reminiscent of the battle over President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Judge Robert Bork, whom the Senate had rejected less than three years earlier. President Bush saw no reason to go down that road. The vote to confirm Judge Souter was 90 to 9.
The scenario was much different the following year. On June 27, 1991, the final day of the Supreme Court term, Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement. Once again, President Bush wasted no time. Given the need to prevent the Supreme Court from reverting to an all-white body, as it had been before Justice Marshall's arrival in 1967, and given the extreme scarcity of conservative African-Americans then in a position to be nominated, there was one obvious choice, and he was sitting in his judicial chambers a mile from the White House.
Barely two years earlier, President Bush had named Clarence Thomas to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. That appointment had been widely seen as an effort to place the young lawyer, only 41 at the time, in the launch position for the Supreme Court. It took only four days after Justice Marshall's retirement announcement for President Bush to select Judge Thomas, describing him "the best man for the job on the merits." The nomination was understood in ideological as well as racial terms; as head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Clarence Thomas had given a series of speeches that underscored his conservative credentials, which he attempted to disavow during his confirmation hearing.
The nomination was instantly controversial and bitterly contested well before Anita Hill's allegations against Judge Thomas, her former boss, became public — a fact often forgotten in accounts of the nomination. Democrats who had been skeptical of the choice of David Souter, about whom they knew little, to succeed Justice Brennan, the court's leading liberal, were aghast at the prospect of Judge Thomas, about whom they knew a good deal, being elevated to Thurgood Marshall's seat. Before Anita Hill's emergence, the Senate Judiciary Committee had concluded the confirmation hearing with a 7-to-7 deadlock on a resolution that would have sent the nomination to the Senate floor with a positive recommendation. (The committee moved the nomination forward without a recommendation.) The eventual confirmation vote was 52 to 48.
Poles apart, the Souter and Thomas nominations offered templates for the presidencies that followed. Democrats have shied from confrontation, while Republicans have generally embraced and even sought it. President Trump declared on his final campaign swing before the midterm elections last month that "this will be the election of Kavanaugh." It's impossible to imagine President Bill Clinton declaring before the 1994 midterms that "this will be the election of Stephen Breyer," his middle-of-the-road Supreme Court nominee who was confirmed that year by a vote of 87 to 9.
President Obama expected that his first Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, would have an easy bipartisan path to confirmation. She most likely would have except for the stated goal of Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, to block the president at every turn. Senator McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, persuaded the National Rifle Association to oppose the nominee and, in a first for a Supreme Court nomination, to "score" the vote, making it a part of the potent annual report card the NRA issues for every member of Congress. As a result, Republican support for Judge Sotomayor quickly melted away, and she received only seven Republican votes.
Addressing the Federalist Society in Washington last month, Senator McConnell, now the majority leader, was unabashed in describing the current Republican strategy — to go as far to the right as a bare majority will sustain. Explaining why he abolished the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, he said, "No Republican president could get the kind of nominee we'd want with 60 votes." Bipartisan appeal? A sin. The narrowest possible victory? A validation.
Such an aggressive program is bound to falter occasionally, as it did last week when Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the lone black Republican in the Senate, announced that he would vote against confirming Thomas Farr to a Federal District Court seat in North Carolina. Mr. Farr, nominated a year ago, drew sustained criticism for his connection to the racist campaigns of Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina senator, and for his legal guidance of the state Republican Party's vote suppression strategy. The seat is the longest-unfilled judicial vacancy in the country, the Senate having refused to confirm President Obama's successive nominations of two African-American women.
But as the Kavanaugh confirmation (50 to 48) exemplifies, President Trump is winning much more than he's losing, with an astonishing 29 judges confirmed to the federal Courts of Appeals so far and others slated for confirmation after the new Senate convenes in January. Across all his federal court nominations, the president has chosen two dozen former Supreme Court law clerks, including 10 who clerked for Justice Thomas — more than for any other justice. The legacy continues.
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Americans Abroad
Hyndman on the Move, Carter-Vickers on the Pitch
January 11, 2017
Hyndman loaned to Rangers
The January window is still young but there have already been a few Americans on the move in Europe. Julian Green finally left Bayern Munich for Stuttgart and there are rumors that Gedion Zelalem might leave Arsenal for Borussia Dortmund.
On Monday AFC Bournemouth sent Emerson Hyndman to Glasgow Rangers on a six-month loan. Hyndman, 20, made three Cup appearances for Bournmouth this season, including a start in the FA Cup match over the weekend.
As with any deal for a youngster still trying to establish himself as a professional, it will be a great move if he plays a lot and it will be disappointing if he does not.
Playing time at Rangers will not come easy for Hyndman. The club was promoted back to the Scottish Premier League last year after five years in the abyss. Now in second place, it has no chance of catching archrival Celtic this year but it is a team heading in the right direction.
At first, it is hard to see what this loan offers Hyndman that he hasn't already learned. Yes, the Scottish League is physical and it doesn't hurt for a young player to learn that aspect of the game. But Hyndman made his first inroads as a professional at Fulham during a time when the London club was in a relegation battle in the Championship. So the style in Scotland should not be foreign to him.
The advantage here is that Rangers, unlike Fulham during Hyndman's time, are expected to win most of its games. The Dallas native likes to be a playmaker who thrives in the possession game. So now he is on a team that should have the better of play against every opponent except Celtic. It should play into his strengths.
"The philosophy is the same as Bournemouth in the way they like to press but when they have the ball they like to keep it in attack," Hyndman said yesterday. "Hopefully that will make my transition a lot easier."
His biggest challenge will be getting on the field and proving that he belongs on a team which is already heading in the right direction. Will Rangers' coach Mark Warburton feel compelled to make a change to his rotation of players. This weekend Rangers will take on RB Leipzig and Hyndman will get a chance to prove himself.
"He's one of their young assets so we have got to look after that asset and fingers crossed send him back a better player," Warburton said of Hyndman when addressing the media. "It's been a whirlwind for Emerson but he's up here, he trained well, he's in the squad, and absolutely he'll play some part in Leipzig."
Rangers has been the home of many American players in the past, including Carlos Bocanegra, Claudio Reyna, Maurice Edu, Alejandro Bedoya, DaMarucs Beasley, and Gedion Zelalem. Many of these players are still held in high esteem by supporters and they hope to see Hyndman, the captain of the United States 2015 U-20 World Cup team, continue that tradition.
"I think he will help Rangers score more goals in the second half of the season and that will obviously be good for the team," Bedoya told The Daily Mail. "I know they have been lacking a bit of creativity since the injury to Niko Kranjcar and I reckon Emerson can help solve that problem. He is undoubtedly one of the most promising talents we have in the U.S."
Carter-Vickers Gets a Start
Over the weekend Cameron Carter-Vickers earned the start for Tottenham in the FA Cup and he went the distance in a convincing 2-0 win over an inept Aston Villa squad.
It was great to see the 19-year-old get on the field at such a talented club, currently in third place in the Premier League. Carter-Vickers is one of the most promising American prospects and he has not looked out of place whenever given the chance.
The good news for Carter-Vickers is that the FA Cup and the Europa League should provide more opportunities to see the field. The bad news is that is still not enough since elimination from either tournament could come at any time. All signs point to the fact that unless a slew of injuries hit the team's central defenders, his Premier League debut is still likely not on the horizon.
For now he is in a great situation and Tottenham is a strong environment for his development. But at some point, he is going to have to get on the field on a consistent basis in meaningful games.
Guzan earns pair of clean sheets
Brad Guzan has not seen much of the field this year at Middlesbrough, as he is stuck behind starter Victor Valdes. But Valdes was hurt in Middlesbrough's 2-1 loss to Manchester United and that has allowed Guzan to get the nod in the last two games.
Fortunately for Guzan, he has posted consecutive clean sheets against reigning champions Leicester City and against Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup. Unfortunately for Guzan, Valdes should be back sooner rather than later.
It puts Middlesbrough in a tough situation. Guzan is a very dependable backup but MLS teams are likely to come calling with offers of a starting spot. There was one rumor that Atlanta United was pursuing the U.S. international although that might be premature. It is a story worth following for U.S. fans, since Tim Howard is out injured and Guzan could be stuck on the bench in England. Bruce Arena will need a healthy, in-form goalkeeper for the two Hexagonal matches in March.
Bundesliga winter camp underway
The Bundesliga is still 10 days away from resuming but teams have reported for camp and many are playing friendlies. The winter break has been a great time in the past for American players to break into the first team with Christian Pulisic, Danny Williams, and Timothy Chandler all using this period to launch their respective professional careers.
Here is what you need to know so far:
John Brooks traveled for Hertha's first-team camp after missing the last two games in December with an Achilles' injury.
Fabian Johnson is also out with an Achilles' injury and while he did not travel with Borussia Monchengladbach's first team to Spain for camp, he told ASN that he expects to be back for the Bundesliga restart.
Aron Johannsson scored a late equalizer for Werder Bremen in Monday's 1-1 draw against Karlsruher with a nice header off a set piece.
Bobby Wood started and played the first half for Hamburg against Al Nasr in Dubai. Wood left with Hamburg up 1-0 and the club would eventually win 5-0.
Christian Pulisic scored a goal for Borussia Dortmund in a 4-1 friendly win over PSV Eindhoven over the weekend.
Haji Wright was scheduled to make the bench for Schalke in today's friendly vs. Oostende in Belgium. The U.S. U-20 attacker is aiming to break into the first team and make his professional debut in 2017.
Matt Miazga gets punked
Finally, Matt Miazga found himself the victim of a prank played by his Vitesse teammates at the Eindhoven airport. The New Jersey native initially thought he was in trouble with the authorities but later found out it was all a set up.


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We have just come back from a 3-day expo in Melbourne with Bumbleride, our American stroller (see www.bumbleride.com.au) and it was great to be able to help expecting parents find their way through the pram jungle. The common scenario is that parents-to-be find it really hard to know what to look for and to the untrained eyes the prams look more or less the same. And they are, in many regards: they all have seat, bassinets, car seat adaptors etc. BUT they do not have the same wheels! and when you are pushing a loaded pram across the park it is all about the wheels. The harder and smaller the wheels, the less places the pram can go. A really simple rule of thumb. So it is important to think about your lifestyle and what you would like to do as a parent and make sure you match the features of the pram to that. If you want to be outdoors on trails and on the beach it is no good your pram is built for an urban terrain with smooth footpaths and roads. However, the other way around is fine: large air filled tyres are as good in the city as in the bush.
The second thing to look for is the size of the seat and foot well. Although a smaller built and frame means a more compact fold and possibly a lighter unit, it is absolutely no good if the size of seat has been compromised. Your child will grow and how ever many good features the pram has, it may be too small when your child is just 2 years old! Look for a tall back rest, a good depth seat with support for the thighs and a descent foot well.
These two pointers should be a good help and before you know it you have narrowed down the choice. Then apply the rest of the features you would like and google internet reviews and hopefully you are able to make your purchase. Good luck.


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In this section we will learn to create responsive web design. "A Responsive Web Design is nothing more than a web layout which can be adjusted in any screen resolution." For example, if any website has easy navigation, scrolling and reading on big screen like laptop, desktop; and it maintain its properties in medium and small screen like tablets mobiles respectively then the website is responsive website.
If we relate it to real life then the responsive website's content is like water, which can be adjusted anywhere. Below images will explain more than words.
Below is another example of responsive layout as per screen resolution.
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Edhe javën e kaluar apo dy kam qenë "postimi intensitet" me postime të këtu, The Gnome's Garden; The Wall Garden; Rose Bifocals me ngjyra; Shëmbëlltyrat e Latitude; Përplasen si One; Çfarë është Trashëgimia; Ne do të bëjë Cents; GNOME sixhade; and The Heretical Herald.
E di që duket si një shumë, but I am basically posting once or twice a day. Some of those blogs mentioned are published two or three times a week, while others are once a week and even others are in a rotation so they get published every third week. Actually there are a few others I haven't gotten to as they are on that. Actually a few are collaborations, and one is a charity I volunteer for — Ne do të bëjë Cents.
I may combine a few of the sites with one or two of the others to keep things reasonable, but for the moment I am having fun.


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What is Festac Food Fair All About ?
The Festac Food Fair is the firs of its kind as it is a community-focused exhibition event that is targets the Amuwo Odofin Community as a whole .
The food fair aims to showcase our rich diversity in Nigerian Cuisine and delicacies thereby creating awareness on Nigerian's rich food culture as well as promoting tourism in the state.
It aims to be an annual event that would premier the best of food, chefs, restaurants, bukkas mostly the SME's across the local Government Area.
Asides from the exhibition and sale , guests will enjoy a day of immersion in variety of tastes in food, music as well as fun.
With food being a universal currency of friendship, it would enhance and foster community unity as well as togetherness.
With dedicated brand experience areas for kids and adults alike to let loose enjoy with good food, drinks and music in open air.
This landmark event is the next big thing in the country which is evolving to become a food loving tourist dream and one to watch for every year.
Objectives of holding the Festac Food Fair
- Become a platform for gathering of Food Enthusiasts and lovers
- Becoming an event that creates as well as promote the Amwo Odofin lga
- Recognise and support families who are looking for something different and fun to do
- Promote The Vast Culinary Experiences in Festac , Amuwo Odofin as a whole
- Promote Amuwo Odofin Community
- Unite Brands, Business, Friends & Families


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If you've ever wrapped a gift and ended up with a big stripe of the box showing down the middle, you know "measure twice, cut once" is a popular saying for a reason. The need to give equal attention to measuring and doing holds true for a plethora of activities and industries, and application security (AppSec) is no exception. You can implement all the latest and greatest AppSec tools, technologies or programs, but if you aren't measuring your efforts by tracking, analyzing and distributing metrics, you will end up with an incomplete and ineffective program – the security equivalent of that sad, half-wrapped present.
Why is measuring so important for AppSec? There are many reasons, but two stand out: To be effective, an AppSec program needs (1) to be customized for an enterprise's particular environment, and (2) to expand to cover the entire application landscape. Neither of those things will happen without solid metrics.
An AppSec program can only truly be effective if it's customized to address the types of vulnerabilities that emerge in your environment, and where and how they are ending up there. If you are neglecting key ways that vulnerabilities are getting into your apps, or sets of vulnerable applications lurking in your environment, then your AppSec program is not working. The only way to effectively customize a program is to understand your environment and security gaps. And you get this type of information through metrics. For instance, you need data – often derived from analytics dashboards from service providers -- that will help answer the following questions:
AppSec is not one-size-fits-all; there are a variety of factors that will influence your particular threat landscape – including developer experience, programming language used and testing methods employed. With feedback about where and what vulnerabilities are emerging in your environment, you can tweak your system to address them more effectively. Is one team's code showing more vulnerabilities than others? Focus developer training on that team. Is one type of vulnerability more common? Use that data to prioritize your efforts on the most prevalent flaws. Are vulnerabilities emerging in third-party code? Expand your program to include third-party apps. In the end, the more you refine your program to work with the particulars of your environment, the more improvement you will see, and the more secure you will become.
To effectively reduce risk, an AppSec program needs to cover all applications at an enterprise – including those built, assembled or purchased. And you won't reach this point without the executive team's support, and funding. An essential part of getting that support is through metrics. But not just any metrics – the key to getting executive buy-in with metrics is tweaking the numbers to speak to this audience.
To make AppSec relevant to CxOs and business units, you need to make it a part of larger initiatives, programs and issues that are important to the business. Understand what is most important to this audience: does the organization need to move faster and innovate, or save costs and increase efficiency? What customers or programs are critical to success? Use the data from your AppSec program to answer questions like the following:
When your data can answer questions like these, you prove the effectiveness of your AppSec program to C-level execs and increase your chance of getting the buy-in and support you need to scale your program and reduce risk across your entire application landscape.
In the end, solid metrics ensure you are developing the most effective program for your environment, and are able to scale your program and truly reduce risk. Find out more in SANS' new guide, Using Metrics to Manage Your Application Security Program.


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