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It's time for the General Assembly to find new sources to support essential state services before the gambling industry inevitably begs for another break to keep up with increasing competition.
Total tax revenue from casinos in May was down 18 percent over last year. The drop is largely the result of new legislation that allowed the casinos to deduct the coupons they use to attract gamblers, but the revenue decrease, even accounting for that deduction, was almost 6 percent.
In the past year, four Ohio casinos have opened. The new Horseshoe Cincinnati is less than an hour's drive from the three riverboat casinos in southeast Indiana.
We've moved several thousand customers from the Indiana casinos to the Horseshoe, Kevin Kline, general manager of the downtown Cincinnati casino, told WCPO-TV.
That's what Indiana lawmakers feared when they gave the casinos the latest tax break, which already has amounted to $24.5 million.
The industry also asked for land-based gambling and live dealers at the Anderson and Shelbyville racinos. Those requests were denied this year but will inevitably resurface next year, when declining tax revenue from gambling will make it tougher for the legislators to say no.
Since Indiana amended its constitution to allow gambling, the push to expand has been unending. Once the Hoosier Lottery was established, along with legislation to allow pari-mutuel racing, measures pushed under the banner of job creation and economic development have become a fixture on the legislative agenda. There's no doubt they've produced millions in revenue and created jobs, but the efforts to ensure the tax receipts continue and the jobs are protected have required eliminating more and more of the restrictions originally placed to control the state's gambling habit. Those restrictions were key to winning support for expansion.
Gov. Mike Pence is a staunch opponent of gambling, so legislation sold as a means of protecting rather than expanding the industry is likely to get more scrutiny than in recent years. But pressure to protect revenue sources has convinced more than one reluctant politician that another tax break or allowing riverboats to remain dockside or allowing slot machines at racetracks doesn't really constitute an expansion of gambling.
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Principles and elements of design that guide all artists also apply to handwoven textiles. However the range of products that can be created by interlacing two sets of threads is so diverse that weavers sometimes shy away from designing on their own in favor of the tried and true. They needn't.
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One week remaining for summer 2015; June 27th to July 4th. If you're looking for an outstanding family vacation spot, this is it! Facing south on a gently rising peninsula, the 'North Shore' sits on a 1/2 acre w/121 ft. of waterfront. You can see the lake from 13 of the 14 windows. Large screened porch overlooking the lake (& kids swimming) in which to eat, relax and nap. Clear, clean water, full sun all day, protected swim area for the kids, hard-packed sand bottom (no muck, rocks, weeds or drop off), swim raft, great fishing (we'll show you the spots!), 2 kayaks, canoe, paddle boat, windsurfer, Sunfish sailboat, 10 ft. row boat with trolling motor (for 'tweeners' and teens) & 14 ft. fishing boat w/outboard, trolling motor & fish finder, guest fishing gear, swim & play toys, huge sand play area, fire ring & hammock. Fully equipped kitchen, drilled well, fireplace & sauna. 1/2 mile off main road, no noise, traffic or distractions. Bunkhouse gives kids or 2nd family their own space. Firewood provided. You won't find a more kid/family friendly place any where!
A Year Round Get Away: Although primarily a summer rental, 'The North Shore' is fully insulated and is available throughout the year. The bass fishing on Trout Lake is excellent. We swim early June to mid-September. Being a short drive to the high peaks of the Adirondacks we afford a wonderful laid back and relaxed alternative for leaf peepers to get away in the evenings from the hustle and bustle of Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. 'The North Shore' is available for St. Lawrence University commencement (3 night rental), Family & Reunion Weekends (2 or 3 night rental) or anytime you come to visit your son or daughter at any of the area's colleges. Winter is perhaps our best kept secret: snow shoe, back-country XC ski or fish the lake and come on in for a sauna and an evening around the fire. Snowmobile trails are located nearby. In the winter bed space is limited to 6 (or 7). Long term rentals and romantic weekends are also possible, and we'll try to work with anyone's schedule or needs.
Fishing: Owner is a NYS licensed fishing guide and will show you the hot spots and the most effective lures and rigging; and take you out fishing if desired/possible. Trout Lake is stocked with Rainbow Trout & Lake Trout each year and has an abundance of native Smallmouth Bass (owner caught and released 21.5 inch 4.85 lb. SM October 2009). Other species include: Largemouth Bass (22 inch caught off dock summer 2010), Perch, Bullhead, tons of Rock Bass and Sun Fish for the kids to catch. Rainbow Trout are plentiful and fairly easily caught from mid to late spring. As for Lake Trout, there are some real monsters if they are your thing & have the patience (owner caught 39 inch 17lb. Laker April 2010). NYS regulations allow fishing for Rainbows & Lakers on Trout Lake beyond the usual October 15 cut-off. Bass season: catch and release/artificial lures only December 1 until 3rd Saturday in June; catch and keep opens the 3rd Saturday in June and goes to November 30th. Fishing boat included with rental is fully equipped (fish finder, down rigger, etc.). An additional 10 ft. boat with electric trolling motor (no Boater Safety Course needed to operate) is perfect for 'T'weeners' and young Teens. For NYS Fishing License information go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6091.html.
Sailing/Boating: Sunfish sailboat included with rental (new sail and rigging). Learn to sail, GREAT fun. For those with experience, a 16 ft. Compact Yacht can be made available by arrangement. Rental also includes a Windsurfer for the adventurous. Trout Lake, particularly at our end, is excellent for sailing.
All forms of boating and jet skis are allowed on Trout Lake. The numerous Island provide quieter waters away from the main body of the lake making it excellent for canoes and kayaks.
Day trips options include: The Wild Center in Tupper Lake (1 hr.), Lake Placid and the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains for shopping, dining and hiking (90 mins.), the 1000 Island Region of the St. Lawrence River (1 hr.), the Canadian national capitol Ottawa (1 hr. 45 min.) 4 golf courses within a 30 min. drive, and the Mohawk Casino & Resort (1 hr. 15 min.).
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About Rev. Mike Catanzaro
Our family (Mike Catanzaro and Linda Potter; kids Nicole, Tucker and Arlo) moved to nearby Canton, NY in 2008 when Mike became the pastor of the Canton First Presbyterian Church (www.ChurchOnThePark.org). Our house in town is the church owned manse, and our purchase of the North Shore was to provide equity for our family, a place to enjoy as our kids grew up and, hopefully, a home to which Linda and Mike will move to full time when they retire.
When not being 'Rev. Mike,' Mike plays guitar and sings in the Hazel Pearl Band, does projects in the shop, is learning Tai Chi and is an avid fisherperson running a modest charter business on the lake ('Fishing For Kids').
Linda has worn many hats in her life (running non-profits, working in development, managing the local Farmers Market, artisan baking) but really found her 'thing' while in Canton becoming a retreat coach for women (www.nautilusretreats.com) and following a trip to Malawi (East Africa), and together the five other woman on the trip, went on to establish the 'Widows of Grace Widow's Fund' which endeavors to assist women and orphans living in extreme poverty in that country (www.womenofgracewidowsfund.org).
Daughter Nicole is currently a sophomore at St. Lawrence University majoring in English and Religion and water skis every chance she gets; son Tucker is 13, in the 8th grade, is mad about fishing and runs XC and track; and, last but not least, Arlo is 11 and in the 6th grade and loves playing Gin Rummy, watching MASH, and exploring the stunning world of his imagination.
Rev. Mike Catanzaro purchased this house in 2004
Why Rev. Mike Catanzaro chose Edwards
Built in 1947, the North Shore was the first camp erected at the North End of the lake. All materials were moved over the ice to the site (called 'Picnic Point' by the old timers, and favored as prime swimming spot due to the natural soft, sandy lake bottom) as there were no roads in until many years later. In 1939 the concrete docks were formed (all mixed by hand!). In 2012 we celebrated our 75th year.
During that span, many additions and improvements have been made to the house and site: bunk house (originally known as 'the little camp' which once boasted a galley kitchen, shower and toilet), double-slip boat house (renovated in 2004), shop/garage, second bathroom, kitchen addition and expansive screened in porch.
The North Shore is rented only a few weeks out of the year (we're living there full time during the summer otherwise; and are out there most weekends throughout the year). As such, the cottage is fully stocked and equipped with just about everything one can imagine. One could literally bring clothes, toiletries and food and want for nothing else.
What makes this house unique
Though there are many lovely homes on this tremendously beautiful lake, our location really makes this a unique vacation spot. Located at the North end of the lake, we enjoy sunshine from sunrise to sunset, a wonderful waterfront which is great for young children and older folks due to the ease of accessibility and gentle sloping sandy bottom. And, as we sit out on the point, we always enjoy a lovely breeze and just about as few skeeters and blackflies as you can imagine while still being located in a lovely wooded spot in the 'North Country.' (In 10 years we can count on one hand the number of times we've needed bug repellent, all in the spring during black fly season; even then, more of a convenience than a requirement.) We also have the benefit of well water for drinking (delicious) and non-potable uses.


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Everybody's getting hacked these days.
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The retail chain announced yesterday that it was looking into reports that some of its customer data had been stolen and was being offered for sale on the internet.
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Lowe's responded immediately by changing it's slogan from "Never Stop Improving" to "Never Gave Up Your Data."
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I love this e/s primer and have been using it for over a year (i'm almost out). I have tried UDPP, ELF mineral, MAC paint pots, and benefit's stay don't stray and Lorac is by far my favorite. I think it is hugely underrated. Behind the scenes is $21/.47 oz=$44.68, NARS smudge proof is $24/.26 oz=$92.31, UDPP is $20/.37=$54.05, meaning that compared to competitors' e/s primers, you get more bang for your buck with Lorac. I don't have oily lids, but use e/s almost every single day to help my e/s last longer and to give more depth to the pigmentation. This e/s primer helps my eye makeup last all day which is usually at least 9 hours and can go onto 12hrs+. I have not experienced any separation and have not needed to shake or massage the container. This is a no fuss e/s primer, it comes out white and dries invisible on my lids. I would highly recommend this to anyone and would not hesitate to buy my second tube :) Love this stuff.
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I like the applicator of this primer it is kind fo like the squezze tubes of lip gloss so you can apply it straight to the lid.This is the best primer I have tryed so far. My eyeshadows have never even budges with this plus I have oily lids so that says alot. I first tryed the mini of this that came with my pro palette and fell in love after a couple of uses. But with my luck of course I lost it :( But on Black Friday they had deal of a full size of this plus a eyeshadow for only ten bucks! a definite deal. Cant wait for it to get here
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I also got this as part of a palette and tried it and loved it.It comes in a squeeze tube so it can be nice and clean. It glides on so very nicely on the lids. It apprears light skin tone base which scared me at first but then I found very nice when I applied the matte eyeshadows. It made the matte eyeshadow pop and gave life to the look. It stayed put for 12 hours. OMG im in love. From 11am to 11pm and it was just as vibrant and when I first put them on. even if i did rub my eye a few times the eyeshadows had great staying power and were very lovely that evening. Overall i love this product and i am a fan of lancome aquatique base but was tired of it drying out on me and I just found my new favorite eye shadow primer!!
I received this as a sample size when I purchased an eyeshadow pallet. It's awesome! No irritation, and my shadow seriously stays put. I have oily lids, so my makeup always tends to crease and disappear quickly. This makes it stay put all day/night long. I use a little even when just wearing liner, especially under the eye. Will definitely purchase the full size when I use up the sample, but a little seems to go a very long way so that may be a while!
With eye primers for me I find that when I use one for a long time it stops performing. I was in the market to try something new and chose this based on MUA reviews.
For the record I have very oily eyelids that suck up eye makeup within an hour or two of application, so primer is a must for me.
I am really enjoying this primer! My shadows are lasting beyond an 8-hour work day with minimal creasing or loss of colour. It has caused no irritation or spots (I am a contact leas wearer). Very impressed!
The primer did it's job well enough, nothing really amazing, just prevented creasing. Wouldn't buy again, but only because it seemed to irritate my contacts.
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I have been on the hunt for a gentle yet powerful eyelid primer since January of this year. Name a primer, I've tried it - NARS Smudge Proof (great formula but caused extreme milia), Too Faced Shadow Insurance (weak AND caused mild milia), Bare Escentuals Prime Time (overpriced and underwhelming), Urban Decay Primer Potion (nice but not quite powerful enough), MAC Paint Pots (decent but the colors wouldn't always play well with some of my eyeshadow shades and brands), etc etc etc. After 8 months of experimenting, nothing impressed me, until I tried Lorac Behind the Scenes.
About my eyelids: While the skin on the rest of my face is quite dry, my eyelids range from normal to occasionally oily; perhaps combination might be the best way to describe them. This strange phenomenon meant that I had to approach searching for an eyelid primer slightly differently than I approach looking for face primers, skincare, and foundations. It took me a while but I realized that by the end of the day, my lids will create small amounts of oil and cause creasing to even my most pigmented and long-lasting eyeshadows (even Chanel's Illusion D'Ombres, which contain a setting cream). However, my skin is INCREDIBLY sensitive, so I've needed a primer that is a one-two punch of delicate yet effective.
After three weeks of wearing Lorac's primer, I can safely say that Behind the Scenes fits the bill. The consistency of the product is creamy, almost a bit moisturizing, and I think it evens out the texture of my lids. It just feels plain good to gently work a little of it into my eyelid area and let it sit for a good 10 - 15 seconds. The color of BtS goes on almost clear, but it adds just a tiny hint of opacity; it evens out the color of my lids, in addition to the texture. I think on "no makeup" makeup days, I could add a little bit of this product to my lids for a subtle bit of emphasis without eyeshadow, and it would look fantastic!
I have never found a primer that's this easy to work with. My eyeshadows glide on top; I have no problem whatsoever with blending, and the colors stay true to pan shade. I am a graduate student and counseling intern, so I need my makeup to last a good 8 - 12 hours some days. At the end of a hectic day, my eyeshadow still looks as good as it did in the morning; pigmented, creaseless, and pretty. I highly recommend purchasing this product, particularly if you have sensitive skin.
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I am searching for a replacement for Alexandra deMarkoff Disguise for Eyes, the ne plus ultra of eyeshadow bases. After searching I tried this out in a Sephora today and was impressed enough that I bought it. To my disappointment, when I got it home and tried it myself, I discovered it went on really nicely, but then had the same problem I have with Urban Decay's primer: it is so tacky that you can't swipe color on smoothly. You can pack it on, but you can't swipe it, and once a glob of it gets on your eyelid, there it stays, in one big lump. It's not like I need to glue the shadow to my eyelids to get it to stick. I just need an evening base that holds and brightens the shadow. So bummer, back to Sephora it goes. And the hunt continues . . . . .
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I have very oily lids and deep set eyes. Without primer, eyeshadow and even eyeliner creases in an hour. This primer works great and makes my eye makeup last all day long until bedtime! It's easy to apply and blend with my fingers, and is invisible on my pale, warm skin. My only complaint is that the tube has started to crack and I've only used about half the product. It's not leaking yet but I'm worried it will later, especially since I have so much product left to use!
Color: Off-white in the tube; colorless when blended on to lid
Fragrance: None noticeable
Formula, wear, consistency: This stuff is AMAZING. It is thick and creamy but still easy to spread over the eyelid and less drying than UDPP. It is, thankfully, also much less prone to separation than TFSI (no more squeezing out clear goop from your tube) and I find that the staying power it lends to eyeshadows is on par with UDPP and better than TFSI. It is less "grabby" than UDPP which makes shadows much easier to blend but they stay on just as long. I like it better than UDPP (my former holy grail and still in rotation in my makeup bag) for that very reason. The one thing I can think of that it isn't so great at is holding on to chunky glitter because it does not dry to a tacky finish. In terms of glitter hold, Too Faced Glitter Glue has it beat.
Packaging: An elegant gunmetal grey squeeze tube with a slant tip applicator (think of juicy tubes). I never apply straight from the tube; I always apply with my fingers.
Pricing and Availability: $21 or so at the time of this writing; available at LORAC counters and at Sephora and Ulta, etc. Note that you do get quite a lot for your money-0.47oz (13.3gm) vs the 0.37oz (10.5gm) in UDPP and 0.35oz (10gm) in TFSI.
Bottom line: My new fav eyeshadow primer :) I still love UDPP and I'll use TFSI if there's NOTHING else but I do prefer this over those other two.
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Aji Amarillo Sauce?
- Candice Aug 15, 2006 04:51 PM
Hi. I picked up a jar of aji amarillo paste at the market the other day b/c I can not resist condiments and pastes! Does anyone have a good recipe for making a creamy (or otherwise) sauce with this type of paste? Also, how does it rate on the spice scale? Thanks.
Is this just chile paste, or some kind of prepared sauce? (I don't know about the latter.) I'm sure I've eaten the jarred paste, but never when I was actually aware of it as a separate ingredient so I'm not sure how they compare, but a paste made from the dried chiles tends toward the hotter end of moderately hot, like (dry) chipotles or chiles de arbol.
In general, it's very (and I think specifically) characteristic of Peruvian cooking. In fact, one of the classic "national dishes" is Papas a la Huancaina, which involves a creamy sauce flavored with the chiles. I don't have a particular recipe, but google brings up a bunch as well as other Peruvian recs that call for the chiles.
re: MikeG
It's a paste made out of aji amarillo or yellow chile peppers, not a sauce. The paste is a decently bright yellow color. It's a typical ingredient in Peruvian and Bolivian cooking. I dug up two recipes on google but was also looking for anything that people had already tried. Most of the recipes I found were all different reprints of the same 3 recipes.
I think I'll try to make a creamy sauce with it for chicken or seafood and I'll report back.
it's hotter than jalapenos, not as hot as scotch bonnet. don't have any creamy sauce recipes, but it adds an excellent flavour to ceviche, and is good in meat marinades.
I add a little to a garlic and herb sauce (kind of a chimichurri--minced garlic, parsley,cilantro,salt, olive oil, red wine vinegar) to use as a dip for tostones.
I have used it to make Peruvian style aji sauce. I put it in the blender with some mayo, olive oil, queso blanco or ricotta cheese, salt, pepper and sometimes cilantro and blend and taste until I get a nice thick sauce. Sometimes I also add breadcrumbs to further thicken it. It lasts a week or two in the fridge... if it doesn't get eaten up first.
I'd say try these two:
Papas a la Huancaina: Boil one large onion, cut in quarters, until it's a bit glassy. Toss in blender (preserve the water for thinning). Add almost equal volume of ricotta or queso fresco (cypriot haloumi also works in a pinch). Add generous amount of aji amarillo and some olive oil. You can use saltine crackers or bread crums to thicken it, or water to thin it.
Aji de Gallina: Boil a whole chicken with a standard soup/stew base of aromatics (celery, carrots, onions, a couple cloves of garlic, salt, bouquet garni if you have it). Works best in a pressure cooker for 45 mins. You want the carcass to fall apart as you remove it from the pot. Preserve the broth (of course!). Let the carcass cool enough that you can work with your bare hands. Separate all the meat from the carcass and shred it by hand (along the grain, to create strings of chicken). Leave to one side. In a large and deep pot with oil, fry a few hot peppers (fresh aji amarillo if you can find it, otherwise 3-4 banana peppers combined with one habañero) and two large red onions. Add a *lot* of tumeric and cumin. Lots. Once it has taken a deep yellow colour, add 2 or more tablespoons of aji amarillo paste and quickly add some of the chicken broth. It's okay if it's rather watery, we're about to fix that. Take several slices of stale bread (I prefer dark rye) enough to fill a casserole dish, pour milk over it, and mash it with your fingers until the bread is thoroughly soggy. Toss into pot and mix. Leave to simmer for a few minutes until the sauce has gotten a bith thicker and the bread has mostly disintegrated. Remove from heat and toss into a blender with a handful of pecans or walnuts. You may need to do this in batches if your blender isn't huge (take care while blending hot liquids!). The result should be pretty darn thick, taking care not to overblend-you want little chunks of nuts in there. Return to pot, return pot to heat (medium) and add shredded chicken. Simmer while stirring to reduce, or add more broth to thin. Serve with/over rice.
(p.s. lots of tumeric = stains forever. Don't do this while wearing light colours!)
Hi candice....i know its too late but you can make 1000's of things with aji amarillo.
The firs thing is Huancaina sauce.....aji amrillo, soda crackers, evaporated milk and littele feta cheese.....important thing : the veins and the seeds inside the yellow pepper are spicy like every chile, so its up to you how spicy you wanna it.
The second thing i should make with aji amrillo is: Tiradito kind of Sashimy Style fich with key limes,garlic and yellow pepper blend on it.
Well im a chef so let me know if you need help.
Aji Amarillo-, also known as yellow hot pepper, Capsicum baccatum. Amarillo is the most commonly used pepper in Peruvian Cuisineit has a finger like shape, a fruity flavor, and is not too hot someone else posted a reply that refered to the amarillo as being hotter than the jalapeno, not true . Aji Amarillo is often pureed into a paste before adding to food, when added during cooking Amarillo will give your dish a delicate yellow color and fruity aromatic flavor.
Aji Amarillo is excellent with meats, poultry, fish, and starch preparations
Aji Amarillo Puree also known as Paste – Seeded and boiled until tender, then pureed and seasoned into a paste. Common uses are dips and sauces. You can also buy amarillo jelly that is sweet and spicy. Aji Amarillo jelly is excellent with cheese, particularly with goat cheese or when glazing roasted and grilled meats.
A very simple recipe for Amarillo dip
2 cups Ricotta Cheese
1 tbsp Amarillo Paste
3 tbsp olive oil
1 small lime Juice only
Salt and Pepper to taste
Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth, you can serve it as a cold dip with cheese and crudite or even fried potato.
re: clearlysuspect
You can substitute and get an edible, probably tasty dish, but it won't be the same. What else can you expect?
re: clearlysuspect
In surcuisine's recipe there is only a Tbs of pepper puree. A tablespoon of bell pepper puree isn't going to contribute much to the sauce. A whole bell will contribute body and color, and a bit of flavor. If you want the sauce to be smoother, you might want to roast and peel the peppers first, or use a jar of prepared ones (like TJ's roasted red peppers from Spain).
With more body in your sauce coming from the peppers you could cut back on the fresh cheese (Ricotta is probably a substitute for a Peruvian queso fresco). You can also use bread crumbs or crackers as a thickener.
Spanish romesco sauce recipes might also give you ideas. Those often use ground nuts, tomatoes, along with fresh or dried peppers. And being Spanish, lots of olive oil and garlic.
There's lots of room for experimentation with cold blended sauces like this. Think about what is going to contribute body, what will thicken it, what will thin it, what will flavor it, etc. Flavors usually include a mix of sour, sweet, and salty, as well as the hot (to taste).
re: paulj
I found this colorpaste in a jar at my local Tradefair and finally could not resist.
We made a rabbit stew and loved it. The flavor is very fruity and hot at the end.
But the heat grows on you at lot - enouph that we had digestive discomfort and the poor jar is sitting there in my fridge - am inspired by some of these cold sauce ideas.
I recently bought some Aji Mirasol - the dried pepper version of these colorful peppers and am looking forward to using them. Maybe I will use them Indian style in dals.
re: clearlysuspect
just boil the aji amarillos for atleast 30 mins, then peel of the exterior film of the aji and throw away the veins and seeds. You should get all of the flavor with none of the spicyness, good eats!!!
re: Perilagu Khan
Aji amarillo paste recipe: in blender put 1 can evap milk. Squeeze 3 tbl lime juice and let it sit 5m (it will have bubbles). Start blender and add 1 block (about 6oz) feta cheese, approx. 3Tbl aji amarillo paste or less if you don't want too spicy. Blend blend blend a good 5m. Drizzle in approx. 1/4C of oil. blend blend blend 5 more min. You can't over blend. Pour into small containers if preferred. It will thicken upon sitting. I make a pot of pasta, add chicken or shrimp, tomatoes, whatever I have and add the sauce to it. Also good on potatoes, rice. It can be frozen although it may be a bit thinner. The paste itself can also be frozen and used later. I have also substituted low fat feta. Make it your own.
Tacu-tacu (together with Anticuchos and Picarones) is probably the most characteristic of Afro Peruvian recipes. Black Africans were brought by the Spanish during the Viceroyalty to work as slaves on the coastal plantations, and they introduced their own cooking styles and ingredients to the Peruvian melting pot.
Originally, tacu-tacu was prepared with leftover seasoned beans and rice, which resulted in a very economical and nutritious dish. Today it's usually prepared on-the-moment, and served in many different ways, from the classical criollo style -accompanied with fried eggs and bananas- to the flamboyant (with foie gras). For great classic tacu-tacu in Lima, you can try José Antonio or Brujas de Cachiche. Pescados Capitales has an absolutely astonishing tacu-tacu with prawn sauce.
2 cups canary beans, left to soak overnight
1 lb (½ kg) pork fat or bacon, diced
1 cups of cooked rice
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
½ cup ají amarillo paste
Salt and pepper
Drain and cook beans in unsalted water together with pork fat until soft (about 90 minutes). Set aside and let cool. Mash beans with a spoon or fork, just enough to obtain a rough purée.
In a large skillet, sauté in hot oil the garlic and onions until the latter acquire a golden colour. Add the ají amarillo and cook for an additional couple of minutes Add the beans and rice, stirring and turning over with a wooden spoon to mix well. Salt and pepper to taste.
To make the tacu-tacu, fry each serving of the beans & rice mixture slightly (in vegetable or olive oil, turning it constantly) and shape into a compact tortilla or tamale.
Serve with anything you like: fried eggs, fried banana, fried tenderloin beef, foie gras, etc.
Tip: to enhance the taste, pour some olive oil on the tacu-tacu tortilla.
Ají de Gallina (Chicken in Chili sauce)
• 1 whole chicken or hen (about 4 lb or 2kg)
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ lb of chopped walnuts
• 1 cup ají amarillo paste
• 3 slices white bread
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 2 oz grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 large finely chopped onion
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 onion cut in halves
• 1 carrot coarsely chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• Pinch cumin
To serve :
• 6 Potatoes
• 1/2 cup of black olives
• 4 hard boiled eggs
• Boiled rice
Boil chicken in salted water together with the stock cube, celery, carrots, and onion halves, until the meat is tender (about 20 minutes after water starts to boil).
Remove chicken and, when cool, shred meat into bite size pieces. Keep the resulting chicken stock broth (but discard vegetables).
In a saucepan with oil, sauté the chopped onion and garlic until the onions are soft (a couple of minutes). Add the ají amarillo paste, salt, pepper, and cumin.
Soak the bread in 2 cups of the stock from the boiled chicken and blend for a couple of minutes. Add the resulting mixture to the saucepan. Cook slowly, stirring to thicken, for 10 minutes.
Add the chopped walnuts, grated cheese, and chicken pieces. Cook until it has a thick creamy texture (add broth if necessary). About 5 minutes before serving add the evaporated milk and continue cooking on low heat.
Serve with white rice and garnish with halved potatoes, hard boiled eggs, and olives.
Makes 8 servings.
I buy aji amarillo paste in a jar ... can't get the fresh chiles where I live. Mostly use it for lomo or pollo saltado, occasionally for papas huancaina. it's not the hottest chile in the world. It has a flavor that's very distinctive, which is why Peruanos tell you there is no substitute. Make whatever you make, remembering how much aji paste you use. If it's too hot, use less next time. If it's too bland, use more next time. My starting point is a rounded teaspoon per half pound to pound (200 to 450 g) of meat.


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Hi everyone,
I have 2 different GPU's, GTS 250, and GTX 460. Both of them cause crashes, the GTS 250 crashes if i even open a webpage, and my GTX 460 crashes every few hours or so(Mainly during games). These crashes only started recently, i have been running my system stable for a long time. (1 time i went AFK with nothing open, and PC crashed at idle.)
What i have tried:
1:Reconfiguring Windows 7 2:Taking my PC apart, and checking for lose connections 3:Reinstalled drivers properly one million times 4:Updated, and downgraded my Bios Drivers 5:Checked my HDD for errors 6:A lot more things i can't remember lol
I badly need help with this fairly soon, as i'm on the verge of building a new PC here literally. Thanks for any help.
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Posted June 1, 2011 at 7:01AM
Power supply failing perhaps?
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Posted June 1, 2011 at 10:56AM
Agree next item to test / change is PSU
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Posted June 1, 2011 at 8:21PM
This PSU is actually brand new, and my 3rd.(CiT 750Watt PSU black edition)
My first stopped working, second set on fire.. I really thought i damaged the motherboard PCI slots or something.
Is there any Software i can use to test it?
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Posted June 1, 2011 at 8:41PM
Not software have a read here
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you most likely checked for heat, but try running without the side on the box
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Vers une convergence entre réseaux sociaux et moteurs de recherche ? – SMX 2012 – Journal du Net Solutions.
"La frontière entre moteurs de recherche et réseaux sociaux va totalement s'effacer", prédit François Sutter, directeur conseil à l'agence Modedemploi, plantant directement en préambule, le décor de la conférence "Le search sera social ou ne sera pas", qui s'est tenue lors de ce SMX Paris 2012.
Son argumentation s'appuie sur un constat : depuis quelques temps, il suffit que Facebook, Bing ou Google ait une initiative mêlant réseaux sociaux et SERP pour que son concurrent lui emboite le pas peu après. Et la cadence s'est accélérée. C'est particulièrement frappant depuis un an, avec l'arrivée de Google+, quelques jours après l'intégration plus poussée de Facebook dans Bing et quelques mois avant le Search Plus Your World de Google. De quoi inquiéter certains référenceurs, sceptiques sur la pertinence de la personnalisation des résultats (voir notre dossierSEO : personnalisation des résultats, Graal ou enfer ?).
"Nous avons noué des partenariats avec des réseaux sociaux plutôt que de créer le nôtre que nous aurions ensuite favorisé dans nos résultats de recherche", a indiqué de son côté Bernard Lukey, le directeur général Europe du moteur russe Yandex. Une stratégie qui diffère donc notamment de celle adoptée par Google, qui référence particulièrement bien son réseau social, et même de la stratégie de Microsoft, actionnaire de Facebook, qui est aussi privilégié dans Bing.
De droite à gauche : Bernard Lukey, directeur général de Yandex Europe, Fedor Romanenko, responsable qualité recherche du moteur russe, et François Sutter, directeur conseil chez Modedemploi. © JDN
Ces stratégies permettent à Bing de mieux indexer et valoriser des contenus populaires sur les réseaux sociaux. Certaines actualitésbrûlantes bénéficient en effet d'un écho plus important que d'autres sur les réseaux sociaux, ce qui envoie un signal que les miteurs doivent désormais prendre en compte.
|Le "Social Search" rencontre vite ses limites.
Mais le "Social Search" rencontre vite ses limites : il y a de nombreux thèmes qui ne sont pas du tout abordés sur les réseaux sociaux, ou pour lesquels ces réseaux ne sont d'aucune utilité… Mais cela ne veut pas dire pour autant qu'ils ne doivent pas apparaître dans lesSERP", rappelle Fedor Romanenko, responsable de la qualité chez Yandex.
Ce dernier reconnaît que les internautes peuvent apprécier de voir les avis de leurs amis influencer les résultats d'une requête concernant des restaurants ou des loisirs, mais ils peuvent aussi être déçus sur d'autres thèmes. Tous les sujets ne se prêtent pas à la personnalisation des résultats par les réseaux sociaux, comme l'expliquait également récemment au JDN un haut responsable de Bing.
Mais, même si les moteurs semblent avoir conscience des limites du "Social Search", leur intérêt pour les réseaux sociaux ne montre aujourd'hui encore aucun signe d'essoufflement, en témoigne entre autres le lancement du réseau social de Microsoft, So.cl.
Search and social media marketing spend remains strong – new report | Econsultancy.
Good news @Havas Media Brussels we have focussed a consequent part of our development on Search & SoMe
"Digital marketing budgets in search engine and social media marketing are continuing to rise despite challenging economic conditions, according to research released today.
The UK Search Engine Benchmark Report, published in association with NetBooster, has for the past five years shown that companies have continuously invested in the opportunities present in SEO, paid search and social media marketing.
According to the research, based on a survey of over 300 UK in-house marketers and over 200 agency employees, nearly two-thirds of companies (62%) plan to increase their social media spending within the next 12 months, with 57% increasing spending on SEO and almost half (49%) increasing spending on paid search.
Over a third of companies (38%) are spending in excess of £100,000 on paid search advertising each year, with 12% spending similarly in SEO.
The report also found that the three most commonly cited barriers to success in paid search were the strength of competition, keywords being too expensive, and a lack of budget, with over a third of companies citing these three challenges as some of their most significant issues.
The most commonly cited barrier to success in SEO was listed as a lack of resource, with 42% of companies stating that this was a problem. Such findings are in line with the trend towards higher cost-per-click rates and an increasing emphasis on the production of high quality, original content for SEO.
Commenting on the research, Edward Cowell, SEO Director at NetBooster said:
This year has been a period of the most rapid and interesting change we've seen in digital and search for a long time. I am delighted to say that the search sector is still evolving at pace, and the outlook for investment in search marketing remains positive.
Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter.
The Google Search of the future is here. Now. Today. The long-talked-about semantic web — Google prefers "Knowledge Graph" — is rolling out across all Google Search tools, and our most fundamental online task may never be the same again.
Starting today, a vast portion of Google Search results will work with you to intuit what you really meant by that search entry. Type in an ambiguous query like "Kings" (which could mean royalty, a sports team or a now-cancelled TV show), and a new window will appear on the right side of your result literally asking you which entity you meant. Click on one of those options and your results will be filtered for that search entity.
To understand the gravity of this change, you need to know about the fundamental changes going on behind the scenes at Google Search. As we outlined in our report earlier this year, Google is switching from simple keyword recognition to the identification of entities, nodes and relationships. In this world, "New York" is not simply the combination of two keywords that can be recognized. It's understood by Google as a state in the U.S. surrounded by other states, the Atlantic Ocean and with a whole bunch of other, relevant attributes.
As Ben Gomes, Google Fellow, put it, Google is essentially switching "from strings to things."
To build this world of things, Google is tapping a variety of knowledge databases, including Freebase, which it bought in 2010, Wikipedia, Google Local, Google Maps and Google Shopping. Currently, Google's Knowledge Graph has over 500 million people, places and things and those things have at least 3.5 billion attributes.
That's a lot of things. According to Google, search users will see these new knowledge graph results at least as often as they see Google Maps in results. In fact, this update will have a greater initial impact than the updates that brought Google Images, videos, news and books, combined. It's big and it's probably going to be everywhere.
In addition to the window which will help users find the right "thing," Google will also surface summaries for things, which, again, will try to be somewhat comprehensive by tapping into the various databases of knowledge. A search for Frank Lloyd Wright, for instance, will return a brief summary, photos of Wright, images of his famous projects and perhaps, most interestingly, related "things." People who search for Wright are also looking for other notable architects. It's a feature that may remind users of Amazon's penchant for delivering "people who liked this book also bought or searched for this one" results.
Gomes said that the search results are tailored to deliver information that best relates to the initial search result. So the details delivered about a female astronaut will likely outline her space travel record, because that's what people who search for her are, according to Google, most interested in.
Since this is a knowledge graph ("Web" might be a better word), the results are designed to help you dig more deeply into related topics. Google showed us how someone might start by searching for a local amusement park, find an interesting rollercoaster as one of the "things" that relates to the park and end up digging in on details about that coaster and other similar rides. It's a "skeleton of knowledge that allows you to explore information on the web," said Gomes.
There is the potential, Gomes added, of serendipitous discovery. The more you dig into things, the more things you learn about.
Of course, not every "thing" is the right thing. Wikipedia is, for example, a community-sourced encyclopedia that is known for both its breadth and depth of information and the occasional whoppers of misinformation it stores. Google's Knowledge Graph includes an error reporting system. When users find misinformation, Google will share it with the source and the knowledge graph will get just a little bit smarter
For now, though, the Knowledge Graph is not getting any smarter about you. If you search for an ambiguous topic and then guide Google Search to the more defined set of results, the same query later will not go directly to that filtered information — at least not yet. "We don't have anything to announce for personalization," said Gomes.
Google's chief search competitor, Microsoft Bing, also has millions of entities, but it's not aiming for the purely semantic model of search results. Instead, Bing execs told Mashable that it's focusing, in part, on much smaller set of segments that its users typically search on (i.e.: restaurants, hotels, movies) and trying to surface relevant information regarding those segments. A search result for hotels, for example, might include reservation tools. And while Google search now blends in Google+ results, Bing's latest instantiation has moved social information to the right side of its search results page
It's unclear for now how the Google Knowledge Graph, which pushes aside keyword results in favor of relationships and artificial intelligence, impacts all the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) many web sites have done to push their search rank ever higher. Also unknown is how, if at all, Google's sea change will impact Google+. Gomes revealed that some Google+ changes were coming "independent of this" update and that Google will be talking about them separately.
Eventually, Google's search will get smarter and will stop asking for your help to understand your query and start answering complex questions like "What is the coldest lake in the world in July?" It doesn't matter why you want to know that, just that, someday, the right answer will be a click away on Google Search.
Google's Knowledge Graph will roll out across the U.S. (and on all Google platforms: desktop, mobile, tablet) in the coming days. Eventually, it will go global. Give it a try and let us know what you think of the brand new Google Search in the comments.
Analyst: Mobile To Overtake PC For Local Search By 2015.
Analyst firm BIA/Kelsey has projected that by 2015 there will be more local searches coming from smartphones than PCs in the US. It's a bold prediction and one that has logical merit: smartphone search volumes are growing faster than search on the PC. While local search is at least 20 percent of total queries on the PC (per Google) it's at least 40 percent of smartphone queries, also according to Google.
Mobile vs. PC Local Search Volumes (BIA/Kelsey Forecast)
Source: BIA/Kelsey (2012)
In some categories such as restaurants and travel, mobile searches represent 15 – 20 percent or more of overall query volumes. There can be no dispute that mobile search is now a huge phenomenon. But will it eclipse PC local search query volume in three years?
Let's think out loud a bit, shall we?
Using the Google 20 percent figure as a guide we can estimate that in March there were approximately 3.7 billion local searches on the PC in the US. In the absence of significant month over month growth that would translate into roughly 44 billion annual local queries coming through US search engines on the PC. But let's assume modest local query growth and say there will be something on the order of 50 billion local queries on search engines in the US in 2012. (The number could be higher of course.)
Now, how many local-mobile search queries are there?
Answering that question depends on whether we include app-based local search (e.g., Yelp, Foursquare, yellow pages apps, Urbanspoon, etc.). Data from comScore, Localeze and 15 Miles finds that half of US mobile consumers (survey respondents) say they use apps at least some of the time for local search. However, we don't know the frequency or the volume of in-app search because no one is really tracking those numbers today.
Let's limit the definition of "mobile search" to browser based search through one of the major US search engines. However right now Google represents about 95 percent of the total "mobile search" market in the US.
If there are roughly 125 million smartphone owners in the US (50 percent of 250 million mobile subscribers) and a large number of smartphone owners do an average 20 mobile searches per month, then there are something like 30 billion mobile searches annually right now in the US. (Let's leave out tablets of this discussion.) If 40 percent of that overall mobile search volume is local, that would mean roughly 12 billion annual local searches on mobile devices. (This number may be slightly inflated today.)
We can assume growth in smartphone penetration and some growth in per-person mobile search query volume — though this assumption is a wild card for several reasons. It also may be a bit risky to assume that the percentage of overall mobile search that is local will continue to climb significantly, though it could reach 50 percent (which is what Microsoft says it is today on Bing).
Let's assume smartphone penetration reaches 75 percent (say 187 million people) and each person does 40 mobile searches per month (doubling our per-person monthly query assumption). That translates into 90 billion annual mobile queries. If the local percentage of mobile search volume grows to 50 percent, we'd have 45 billion annual local-mobile search queries.
That event would get us pretty close to PC-mobile local search parity, if there weren't dramatic PC local search growth. However a number of factual assumptions must come to pass. And the future is not guaranteed to look like the past.
The proliferation of mobile apps (whether native or HTML5) combined with the rise of Siri and other voice assistants could mean that browser-based mobile search doesn't grow much over time. Google has cited figures of 130 percent year over year mobile search growth. But there are reasons to believe that the current PC search model on the smartphone small screen will be supplanted, at least to some degree in the relatively near future.
More than a couple of years out it all starts to get very speculative, since mobile is evolving so rapidly. However, regardless of whether the BIA forecast comes true in three years — I don't think it can without including in-app search volumes — it's certainly directionally accurate. And one day in the relatively near future it's clear that people will be using mobile devices to find local information as much or more than their laptops and desktop PCs.
Paid Search, Mobile Spending Increase in Q1 2012 – Search Engine Watch (#SEW).
Adobe's report has U.S. marketers increasing their mobile ad spend to 8 percent of all search spend, while those in the U.K. allotted 11 percent to mobile in Q1. Tablets alone accounted for 4.25 percent. Adobe predicts mobile and tablet advertising will continue to appeal to advertisers in the short term, given their "disproportionately" low CPCs, compared to desktop PCs.
IgnitionOne put the amount of U.S. paid search spend dedicated to mobile slightly higher, at 12.4 percent. This represents an overall increase in mobile search spend of 221.1 percent over the same quarter last year, though the report warns that this growth rate has slowed since Q4 2011. Clicks on mobile ads increased 246.1 percent YoY.
According to IgnitionOne, Yahoo/Bing had their best quarter since Q2 2010, with a 46.4 percent increase in U.S. search advertising spend YoY. For their part, Google saw lower but no less impressive 26.6 percent growth YoY. Compared to Q4 2011 (the holiday season), Bing actually saw total ad spend increase 14.3 percent, while Google's spend fell 5.4 percent.
Adobe notes that Google's CPC fell 5 percent over last year, while Yahoo/Bing CPC rates were 18 percent higher YoY.
"As a result, the Bing/Yahoo ROI advantage over Google no longer exists," says the report. "Note that when Yahoo Japan converted to the Google ad serving platform from Bing/Yahoo, CPC rates dropped significantly. This indicates that Google, on average, charges a lower premium to search advertisers."
Marketers are missing out if they're not targeting mobile, said Roger Barnette, President of IgnitionOne.
"While the growth in mobile ad spend has been an ongoing trend, I am impressed by the level of activity and click-throughs on tablets. This should be a wakeup call for marketers who are not yet leveraging search advertising on these devices," Barnette said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Adobe predicts U.S. search spend will increase 10 to 15 percent throughout 2012, with tablets and mobile taking up to 20 percent of all search spend by Q4 2012. Marin Software also recently predicted that smart mobile devices will account for a full 25 percent of paid search clicks on Google by the end of 2012.
Adobe also offers a bit of advice to marketers in their report: "In a rational marketplace, the CPC rates on tablets should be identical to desktop CPC rates if the conversion rates are comparable. Furthermore, current trends indicate that tablets may cannibalize smartphone and desktop search spend as investments continue to shift to tablet devices."
Consumers Concerned About Personalized Search Results – eMarketer.
Search and social media are becoming more interconnected, particularly as Google works to integrate social media content into its search results.
In January 2012, Google announced that, as of March 1, 2012, search results on Google.com will incorporate content from users' Google+ social network, highlighting links, photos and comments from Google+ within search results. This has led to some concern from users, particularly about privacy.
AYTM Market Research asked US internet users if they liked the idea of personalized search results. Of respondents, 15.5% said yes, they would like personalized search results, while 39.1% said yes, but that they were also concerned with privacy. Additionally, 45.4% said they would prefer everyone to see the same search results.
RKG, a search marketing company, found in its "Digital Marketing Report Q4 2011" that 83.5% of the organic search traffic of companies worldwide was through Google. While Google is by far the most popular search engine, another concern with Google's search-and-social plan is that Google+ may not fully represent consumers' social media lives.
According to AYTM, only 19.3% of respondents actively use Google+, while an additional 20.3% have an account but do not use it. Nearly one-fifth of respondents (19.5%) reported that they don't know what Google+ is.
Twitter, in particular, took offense to Google's plan to integrate Google+ content into search results, while not including that of Twitter and Facebook. Twitter and Google previously had a relationship where Twitter content showed up in Google's real-time search results, but the two companies were unable to come to an agreement to continue the partnership in July 2011.
In a statement, Twitter said, "As we've seen time and time again, news breaks first on Twitter; as a result, Twitter accounts and Tweets are often the most relevant results [for world events and breaking news]. We're concerned that as a result of Google's changes, finding this information will be much harder for everyone."
Google faces an uphill battle as it works to connect its social content to search results, including determining how users prefer to connect the two. No matter what happens with Google+, though, marketers must find a balance with search and social media marketing, as the two are becoming more connected every day.
How can marketers use TV ads to drive people online? | Econsultancy.
In a multichannel environment, brands and marketers need to think carefully about how customers will respond to offline advertising.
If people see a product or service they like, will they open up their laptops and type the URL used on the ad into a search engine? Will they search for the brand online instead? Or will they use the smartphone in their pocket?
For example, if I see an advert for a car and type the make and model into Google, I want to see a landing page that matches my expectations; providing details of the car, some nice photos and videos, and a link to find my local dealer, or book a test drive.
Whether this was the aim of the ad or not, TV campaigns will drive spikes in search activity online.
According to a recent study by Efficient Frontier, TV ads can drive an 80% rise in branded search.
In the study, searches during an eight-week TV ad campaign will typically jump between 60 to 80% on the brand name, and between 40 and 60% on generic terms related to the brand.
Online offers an immediate response mechanism for viewers of TV ads. It allows brands an opportunity to capitalise instantly of the effect of the ad.
If a customer has seen a pair of shoes they like on an M&S ad for instance, they can head online and purchase it within minutes.
If it's a car insurance advert, customers can open their laptops and start the quotation process straight away.
Even when the product or service cannot be purchased online, then the internet offers a way to capture customer details, for people to book an appointment or a test drive within minutes of the ad.
People are increasingly using different kinds of media while they are watching TV. With laptops, smartphones and tablet computers like the iPad, many viewers are likely to have the internet at their fingertips while watching TV.
For example, a recent IAB study found that 49% of mobile internet users will often watch TV while browsing on their phones.
This offers an excellent opportunity for marketers to get viewers to respond to TV ads by going online.
Place a URL in the ad
An obvious way to do it – the URL both indicates that a brand is online, and directs the viewer exactly where they need to go, though how many users type the exact web address into their browsers is questionable.
This is becoming common practice in the majority of TV and print advertising. A recent survey by Nominet found that 65% of all UK print and television advertising now includes a web address.
There is a disparity between print and TV though; 83% of print ads now feature a URL compared with just 61% of TV ads, a missed opportunity, especially when you consider the higher costs of TV advertising.
A URL in an ad gives customers a response mechanism and, if they type in the correct web address, they'll go to a dedicated landing page.
Unique URLs also provide a mechanism for marketers to track response to offline advertising.
However, URLs need to be memorable, and not too long, otherwise people will make mistakes.
Search calls to action
Another option is to direct people to search for a particular word or phrase online.
Users often prefer to search for navigation purposes online, rather than using the browser bar to type in the web address and go directly to a website.
The fact that major online destinations like Facebook, eBay and Amazon regularly feature in lists of top searched keywords is evidence of this behaviour.
Given that people responding to ads online, it makes sense to take account of this behaviour, and direct users to search for a particular term.
This approach has the added advantage of making the offline campaign more trackable, as brands and advertisers can monitor any spikes in searches for keywords and phrases used in offline advertising.
There are some potential drawbacks to this approach though. Firstly, the use of a unique search keyword or phrase tells competitors about your search strategy, and gives them the opportunity to bid on these terms and hijack traffic driven by the ads.
Make it easy for users to search for the brand or product
Whether you include a URL or a search call to action on the ad or not, it's likely that many people will respond to ads by searching for the brand or product name online.
This is often the easiest way for users to respond to ads, so brands need to have done their homework so that they are highly visible in the search results pages for these terms.
Facebook landing pages
Another recent trend has been for brands to direct viewers and readers on TV and print ads to a Facebook page.
This is something Ford has been doing in its recent campaign for the new Focus, and visitors arrive at a landing page with videos and information about the car.
This approach can help brands to build a following on the site, as hopefully users will arrive at the Facebook page while logged into their own account.
Then, if they hit the 'like' button, the page will also be promoted to that user's Facebook friends.
Create a unique phrase or character
By using Aleksandr the meerkat, and inviting viewers to search for Compare the Meerkat, the insurance firm managed to create a clear call to action which, given the unique nature of the search phrase, made It easier for them to ensure that the landing page was highly visible in search results.
It was also an excellent way of saving money on paid search. When the campaign was launched in 2009, the cost per click for the word 'meerkat' was 5p, compared to £5 for the keyword 'market'.
This allowed Compare the Market to achieve search visibility in a highly competitive market at a fraction of the normal cost.
QR codes
The use of QR codes isn't yet widespread, and mobile users do have to download a code reader application before they can scan them, but this does offer a potentially valuable direct response mechanism.
By showing QR codes in offline ads, brands could send mobile users straight to a dedicated landing page, a video showing the product, or a voucher to be redeemed at their local store.
According to a recent MMA/Lightspeed survey, 31% of UK consumers would be more likely to respond to an ad if there was a mobile response mechanism on offer.
The same survey found that sending a keyword by SMS to a shortcode was the most widely recognised mobile response mechanism.
Getting people to search online after viewing an ad is just the first part of the challenge. Next, they need to be directed to the correct website or landing page, and this is all about having the right search strategy in place.
This is something that should be planned well in advance so that brand and non-brand search terms are in high enough positions to capture the extra search traffic that TV ads will generate.
How hard this is to achieve will depend on the brand and product name. If you have a more generic brand or product name, then creating a unique search phrase or URL may be an alternative strategy.
Ford has managed to get the SEO right, and people searching for the Ford Fiesta currently being advertised on TV shouldn't have any trouble finding the right page:
Paid search
The one guaranteed way to top the search engines around the time of TV ad campaigns is buy the related paid search keywords and phrases.
While brands may be worried about spending on paid search straight after a TV advertising campaign, they will often see higher than average conversion rates, which should justify the extra expenditure.
Getting users to respond to ads by searching online is just the first step. To make the most of these leads, an effective landing page is the next step.
Create mobile-friendly landing pages
People are increasing watching TV or reading newspapers while using their mobiles to access the internet, and are increasingly likely to use their phones to respond to ads.
If they do this, only to find a slow-loading page that has not been optimised for mobiles, containing Flash elements and videos that won't work, then the effort made by the advertiser to get a response has been wasted.
Brands don't need to 'dumb down' landing pages just to cater fro mobile users, they can simply detect the device accessing the page and divert mobile and tablet users to the most suitable version.
Clear link from main homepage to landing page
Brands may have included a URL or a clear search call to action in the ad which leads to a dedicated micro site, but many people will just end up at the brand's main homepage anyway.
These visitors should be able to see a link to the micro site and images or copy that matches what they have just seen in the offline advertising.
For example, though Ford's ad campaign for the new Focus invites users to its Facebook page, visitors to its website will immediately see links and information related to the new car and the ad campaign.
Include clear calls to action on landing pages
Whatever the purpose of the landing page is, inviting people to make a purchase, sign up for newsletters, or book a test drive, it should be unmistakably clear to visitors.
Your landing page should include clear calls to action that make the next step you want visitors to take as clear as possible.
Continue the ad experience onto the landing page
If customers have taken the trouble to head to your landing page after seeing the TV or print ad, then it must have been effective.
Continue this effect through to the landing page by using images, language and even video which matches the offline ad and reinforces the message you were aiming for.
In Ford's landing page for the current Fiesta campaign, visitors can see an annotated version of the TV ad, as well as a wealth of information on the new car:
Add sharing options
If you have created a great TV ad and attracted visitors to your landing page, make it easy for them to share it with others, and extend the reach of your campaign for free.
Add links to allow users to easily share the content with friends via email or social media sites.
Don't ask too much
If you are asking people to submit their details or sign up for a quote, then make the process as smooth as possible.
Asking for too much information at this stage risks frightening them off and wasting the investment you made getting them there.
Don't drive people away by asking for anything you don't actually need.
Provide a range of contact options for visitors
You may have created the perfect landing page, but some people will still not respond, so give them options.
Provide different contact options, including email addresses, contact forms, phone numbers, so they can choose how they would like to contact you.
Here are a few ways you can measure how effective TV ads have been in driving traffic online.
Ask customers
If customers have arrived at your site, you can simply ask which media channel influenced their decision to visit.
However, if you make this a compulsory field during the checkout or registration process, then the answers given may be less reliable.
Monitor brand traffic
A simple measure of the impact of an offline campaign is the traffic driven by your brand keywords.
If a TV advert has encouraged people to think about your brand then you should see more people searching for your brand.
Hybrid traffic
Hybrid traffic combines a brand term with either generic or specific terms.
This could be a combination of brand name and product in the term, or some other feature from the ad. This would show that this search traffic is directly related to the ad.
Catchphrase Traffic
Some of the best adverts create memorable slogans or catch phrases. If you have optimised for this phrase, and people are responding to the ad, you may well see more traffic based on this.
Geographic analysis
Many analytic packages allow you to view where in the country traffic has come from. This is ideal if you are running a geographic specific campaign, on regional TV for example.
Paid search clicks
As with brand search terms, you should see a higher click through rate from paid search ads related to the TV campaign.
Conversions / sign ups
The conversions from traffic related to the TV ads, or for the products advertised, should give an idea of the ad's success.
Unique URLs
If you have a URL that is unique to a TV ad campaign, then traffic to this address will be directly attributable to the ad in question.