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SYS-CON Events announced today that SAP will join SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo® as a "Gold Sponsor." Cloud Expo will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Contact @SAPinMemory for your FREE @CloudExpo pass.
What is SAP HANA?
SAP HANA combines database, data processing, and application platform capabilities in-memory. The platform provides libraries for predictive, planning, text processing, spatial, and business analytics.
This new architecture enables converged OLTP and OLAP data processing within a single in-memory column-based data store with ACID compliance, while eliminating data redundancy and latency. By providing advanced capabilities, such as predictive text analytics, spatial processing, data virtualization, on the same architecture, it further simplifies application development and processing across big data sources and structures.
This makes SAP HANA the most suitable platform for building and deploying next-generation, realtime applications and analytics.
Heard about SAP HANA, but not clear what it can do for your business? Watch video here.
SAP HANA Blog: Aerospace and Defense Co. Sagem Enhances Their IT Performance with SAP HANA and SAP MaxAttention
By Jade Vachon
Sagem, a member of the French aerospace and defense conglomerate SAFRAN, is a global leader in optronics, avionics, and electronics for aircraft. It makes the stuff that enables fighter jets to go fast and outmaneuver adversaries.
In a company like this, there is, naturally, little patience for slow reporting and analysis. Sagem expects its IT systems to be as quick and agile as the fighter jets it helps equip. Having data is only half the battle; to be of value, Sagem needs to be able to quickly access and analyze mission critical information.
As any fighter pilot will tell you, speed and agility are always relative. In a competitive contest, its not just how good you are, but how good you are relative to your competitor. [continued]
Cloud Expo's giant Silicon View billboard, on Highway 101 in the heart of Silicon Valley, is viewed by more than 1.3 million motorists per week
The 15th International Cloud Expo has just expanded its conference program, to bring together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC at one location.
The show now has three tracks devoted exclusively to the IoT (with WebRTC present in one of the tracks), a full single track focusing on Big Data, and a two-track DevOps Summit, in addition to four tracks devoted exclusively to Cloud Computing in the enterprise.
Cloud Expo is the single show where delegates and technology vendors can meet to experience and discuss the entire world of the cloud.
With Cloud Computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to learn about the latest technology developments and solutions.
Attend Cloud Expo Nov 4-6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Craft your own custom experience. Learn the latest from the world's best technologists. Find the vendors you want and put them to the test.
15th Cloud Expo Expanded Conference Program
Cloud Expo
Track 1: Enterprise Cloud Adoption
Track 2: APM, Cloud and Hot Topics
Track 3: Cloud APIs & Business
Track 4: Cloud Security - Mobility
Big Data Expo
Track 5: Big Data/Analytics
Track 6: Consumer IoT
Track 7: Enterprise IoT
Track 8: IoT Developer & WebRTC
DevOps Summit
Track 1: "Dev" Developer Focus
Track 2: "Ops" Operations Focus
More than 150 all-star faculty members will discuss the hottest technology topics in November. In addition to the expanded APM and API coverage, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will offer a variety of Linux containers and Docker sessions.
DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo also doubled its content from June, in two full simultaneous tracks for three days.
Tracks and topics for DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo will include:
- Application delivery
- ROI and business value
- Site reliability
- Continuous delivery
- Kanban, Scrum, and Agile
- Continuous integration
- Release scalability
- Continuous release
- Service virtualization
- Operational monitoring
- Capacity management
- Load testing
- Quality assurance
- Manager and exec support
- Release automation
- Cultural change
- Breaking down IT silos
- Cloud development
- Cloud platforms
- Test automation
- Teaming
- Application security
- API management
- Identity and access
- Audit and control
- DevOps and ITIL, ISO, Six Sigma, COBIT
- Mobile DevOps
- DevOps for legacy systems
- Software-defined servers
- Network automation
- Server automation
- Configuration automation
- Continuous support
- DevOps anti-patterns
- Enterprise DevOps
- DevOps system architecture
- IT orchestration
- Containerization
- DevOps skills and training
- WebOps, CloudOps, ChatOps, NoOps
- Change management
Tracks and topics for Internet of @ThingsExpo will include:
Consumer IoT & Wearables
- Wearables
- Smart Appliances
- Smart Cars
- Smartphones 2.0
- Smart Travel
- Personal Fitness
- Health Care
- Personalized Marketing
- Customized Shopping
- Personal Finance
- The Digital Divide
- Mobile Cash & Markets
- Games & the IoT
- The Future of Education
- Virtual Reality
Enterprise IoT
- The Business Case for IoT
- Smart Grids
- Smart Cities
- Smart Transportation
- The Smart Home
- Authentication/Security
- Wiring the IoT
- The Internet of Everything
- Digital Transformation of Enterprise IT
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Local & State Government
- Federal Government
IoT Developers
- Eclipse Foundation
- Cloud Foundry
- Linux Containers
- Node-Red
- Open Source Hardware
- AJAX and the IoT
- Leveraging SOA
- Multi-Cloud IoT
- Evolving Standards
- WebSockets
- Security & Privacy Protocols
- GPS & Proximity Services
- Bluetooth/RFID/etc.
- Nest Labs
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Early Bird Registration Options
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Cloud Expo® delegates can pre-register for Cloud Expo® Silicon Valley with Early Bird savings here.
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Under a new state law, law enforcement agencies are required to report domestic violence related homicides to the state bureau of investigation annually.
A total of 131 people in North Carolina lost their lives due to domestic violence murders last year, according to Attorney General Roy Cooper.
Pitt and Edgecombe Counties had five murders each while Craven County had two. Ninety-nine of the victims were female while 32 were male.
Eight of the victims had a court order against their abuser, but only three were current.
A domestic violence victim herself, Juanita Carraway works at the SAFE house in Lenoir County helping other victims. "Domestic violence doesn't have a particular person. It can happen to anybody. No matter whether you're a superstar or just an ordinary person, male or female. It can happen to anybody."
Carraway says there are over 79 domestic violence help agencies within eastern Carolina for people to seek immediate help.
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window
Both Lovely and Strange
October 23, 2006
Listened to the show Saturday and it was not bad. I was alone for the weekend as Mr. Sundberg took the kids to the family cabin to get things in order for winter. They had a few days off from school this week so by Friday they'd read enough books and we'd baked enough cookies and they were up early and ready to go. I filled their suitcases with sweatshirts and extra socks and made some oatmeal so they wouldn't chant "We want food" all the way up north. I stood on the porch and waved goodbye until the car was out of sight, and then I stood there a while longer and breathed in the cool air and felt what it feels like to be alone.
Of course I'd made a long list in my head of things to do and I got busy right away. I washed all the sheets and cleaned the bathrooms and dusted and vacuumed and cleaned the mirrors and a window here and there. I swept out the garage and threw out some things I wouldn't throw out with Mr. Sundberg around. He's rather particular about keeping things we never use (just in case) and I'm of the mind that everything has a purpose and a place and if it doesn't then out it goes. I whipped up a batch of pizza dough and some pumpkin pie squares. By then the sheets were done so I made four beds and did a few loads of laundry and swept the porch and the sidewalks and contemplated attacking the basement but thought, nah. Enough is enough.
So I called the beauty salon and inquired about a massage since I'd never had one and Mr. Sundberg gave me a gift certificate a while back and I thought I'd make use of it. Sure enough, a certified massage person had an hour open on Saturday and if I timed it right I'd get back in time for the show.
There's something both lovely and strange about a body massage. You feel a bit unsure about how much to take off and where to put yourself, but once you get situated and the massage therapist begins (mine was named "Roxana"), you pretty much forget about the imperfections you'd rather hide. You just relax and let somebody take care of you. Roxana was sweet and explained what she was doing, and said how I have some rather impressive knots in my shoulders and neck and, let me tell you, she went to town on 'em. I didn't for a minute feel awkward, except when, near the end, I dozed off with my mouth wide open, I imagine, and was awakened with a gentle, "Mrs. Sundberg, it's time to wake up. We're finished now."
Well, I'll tell you, I must have taken Cloud 9 home because I don't recall the drive. I was suddenly here, in a clean house, with no kids around wanting help with their math and no Mr. Sundberg for whom to cook. Just me. Moi. So I drank a couple glasses of water as Roxana had instructed, cranked up the radio, and poured myself half a glass of wine. I cut up a green pepper and while it sizzled in a bit of olive oil, I rolled out the pizza dough. I got to thinking about how they toss and spin the dough up in the air over in Italy and on television ads and I thought, why not, and gave it a whirl, and of course it landed on my head which got me laughing harder than I've laughed in some time. I managed to peel it off in one piece and lay it down on the pan. Half an hour later, if you'd taken your dog for a walk and passed my kitchen window, you'd have seen me there with my feet up on the table next to a half-eaten pizza and an empty wine glass. You'd have seen a rather decadent piece of cheesecake covered in raspberry sauce (must have picked that up at the bakery on the way home) and you'd have heard a woman's voice singing along with the radio. You might have paused and thought, "Oh, for God's sake." Or you might have knocked on my door and asked, "Everything alright?" and I would have offered you a slice of pizza.
People. Get some time alone. Indulge yourselves. Live it up. In no time at all the kids will be there at the door, hollering, "We're home!" and they'll drag in with them a suitcase or two full of clothes needing washing, and your Mr. or Mrs. will follow with a weary sigh, wanting a shower and some cappuccino. And then you'll be back in it, that glorious routine, where a breath of cool air is a mighty rare thing.
Pumpkin Pie Squares
1 c. flour
1/2 c. oatmeal
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 stick butter, softened
Cut together in lightly greased 9 x 13 pan until crumbly. Press flat. Bake 15 minutes at 350.
1 15 oz can of pumpkin
1 13 1/2 oz can evaporated milk
2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. cinnamon (I throw in a bit more)
1/2 t. ginger
1/2 t. cloves
Whisk together until blended.
Pour over cooled crust.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or so, until center is no longer wobbly.
Let cool a bit, and serve with Cool Whip or ice cream.
Or cool completely, cut into bars, and refrigerate.
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The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window Archive
- Prime Time for Deep Thought
- Figuring Out Who We Are
- Wonder and Possibility and What If
- Some Things Work and Some Don't
- The Flour Hit the Fan
- Check Out the Flip Side
- Happy to be There, Happy to Leave
- The Real Comfort
- Where "Home" Comes From
- The Adventure Never Ends
- Not Quite Sex, but There is a Resemblance
- A Mazillion Small To-Dos Before School Starts
- You Never Know What Moment Will be a Golden One
- Be Mindful of the Route You Take
- One Fine Stretch of Days
- Just Be
- This Too, People, Shall Pass
- Mother Nature Will Have Her Way
- Letting Go is Tough
- A Fulfilled Life
- Consider Patience
- Life is Meaningful Because it Stops
- The Celebration of a Life
- A Monumental Act
- Smell the Flowers
- Boredom and Terror, and Sweetness
- An Exercise in Forgiveness
- It's Time to Get Out There
- A Wanted Woman
- Anything Worthwhile is Going to Take Some Effort
- Looking Back Toward Home
- The Journey Changes You
- So Much to Look Forward To
- Anything Worthwhile Deserves Patience
- Go With Whatcha Got
- This Land of Seasons I Love
- A Simple Question
- The change you wish to make
- Where words just don't cut it
- A nod to Pancakes
- When you're sick, you're sick
- A life lived is not about things
- I'm not put off by the thought of my own funeral
- The adventure of the ordinary day
- A lot we didn't get around to
- Where did Christmas go?
- Take Heart
- A table full up with Christmas
- Gifts can be a challenge
- You have each other to love
- The gift of the story of Three Perfect Strangers
- Gemutlichkeit
- For many of the best things in life, a person has to wait in line
- The things we can't not do
- Never met a perfect person
- Just ask a question or two
- What I get in return?
- Listen awhile, and you'll hear it, too
- A day of good hard work
- New friends vs. old friends
- There will be joy like this again in my life
- A lonesome place to spend some time
- Whatever makes you grow is gonna hurt somehow
- Hold someone close to you today
- A Postcard from Mrs. Sundberg
- For goodness itself, thanks
- How blessed can a woman be?
- All about purpose and meaning
- As it should be
- This is where the party is
- Our wants have changed and our needs are few
- A day may be perfect, but we aren't
- Nice to have home to return to
- How time moves along
- Feet are a funny thing
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01-31-05 - Senator Hillary Clinton collapsed at an appearance in Buffalo New York Monday where she was delivering a speech on Social Security. The senator and former First Lady was not taken to the hospital according to an aide. She was expected to continue with her schedule. The aide said she was speaking in a warm room in front of 150 people when she had to sit down, and fainted. The aide, who remained anonymous, said Clinton had been suffering from some sort of 24-hour virus.
Senator Clinton was elected to the Senate from New York in 2000. She
replaced Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan when he retired. The 57-year old Clinton has long been a lightning rod for conservatives. She plans to run for re-election in 2006, and is considered a leading
contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Iowa Learning Farms and the East Pottawattamie Soil and Water Conservation District will co-host a women landowner event on Friday, Sept. 28, from noon to 3:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Carson Community Center and includes a complimentary lunch.
Iowa State University President Steven Leath has announced a goal to raise $150 million in private gifts for student financial aid over the next five years. Leath also said another major priority for his administration will be developing partnerships, particularly for economic development in Iowa.
Denny Schrock joined Iowa State University in August as coordinator for the Iowa Master Gardener program. He also will teach students on campus and co-direct the Homegrown Lifestyle program.
A summer of extreme heat and drought did not deter Farm Progress Show visitors interested in exploring the ways soil, water, plants and people influence the landscape — specifically the interactions between soil and water. Displays at the Iowa State University building at the 2012 Farm Progress Show set the stage for conversations and idea sharing between visitors and Iowa State University experts and students.
Homeowners know a well maintained lawn is an integral part of an attractive home landscape. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturalists share mechanical and chemical measures that can be undertaken to remove or destroy broadleaf weeds when they invade lawns.
Iowa State University Extension agricultural engineers say documented cases of manure pit fires and explosions in Iowa highlight the caution needed when agitating and pumping manure from pits beneath buildings. They offer steps to minimize risk of injuries and flash fires.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are again joining forces to present the Annual Forestry Field Day in Lee County on Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day will get under way with registration and a tree identification walking tour, both taking place at the Ron and Carol Fullenkamp Tree Farm near West Point.
The drought of 2012 has taken a toll on many lawns across Iowa. David Minner, ISU Extension and Outreach turfgrass specialist, estimates that most neighborhoods have approximately 25 to 50 percent of the lawns showing some degree of turf loss from the drought and of the injured lawns approximately 25 to 50 percent of the turf in each lawn has been killed.
"Iowa Food Marketing Regulations: A Guide for Small-Scale Producers" offers an overview of various licenses required for selling food in Iowa and state regulations that govern those sales, which are based on type of food, where it is sold, how it is processed, scale of operation and type of customer.
It pays to test your livestock's feedstuffs every year, but it is critical to test forages this fall due to extreme variation in quality of silage and hay produced during the drought of 2012.
Iowa State University agronomy professor Matt Liebman will discuss agricultural stability during the Iowa Learning Farms' webinar Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 11:30 a.m. All that is needed to participate is a computer with Internet access.
The successful distance education program SowBridge will begin its fifth year Nov. 7. Iowa State University animal science professor and extension swine specialist Ken Stalder said suggestions from subscribers help maintain the program's value.
The Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic confirmed today that the spotted wing drosophila (SWD), an invasive pest that can cause damage to many fruit crops, has been found in Story County, Iowa.
Children of all ages are more likely to be motivated in school when parents stay positive about school and homework. In September learn how to make homework a positive part of children's school experience in the Science of Parenting blog from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Geraniums, a popular flowering plant, will be destroyed by the first hard frost, unless gardeners can take steps to over-winter them. Horticulturalists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach tell how to overwinter geraniums indoors.
More Iowa farmers are cutting corn for silage this summer due to the extreme heat, dryness and crop conditions. Because of the increased silage production, the possibilities for silo gas and related health issues have increased, according to Chuck Schwab, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach farm safety and health specialist.
Cherokee, Delaware, Pocahontas and Poweshiek counties have added to Iowa 4-H History by County, a blog detailing the history of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 4-H Youth Development. The history blog is a partnership of the Iowa 4-H program and the Iowa 4-H Foundation.
People who need to be recertified as Pork Quality Assurance Plus® Advisors under the National Pork Board's PQA Plus program are invited to attend a session set for Nov. 19 in Ames. The Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University is hosting the morning session, which will run concurrently with an initial daylong PQA Plus certification session.
Thirty Iowa 4-H'ers received awards during the 2012 State Fair 4-H Awardrobe Clothing Event. The event was held Aug. 9-10 at the Memorial Union on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.
Outstanding 4-H'ers from across Iowa have been awarded 4-H scholarships from the Iowa 4-H Foundation and were honored in a scholarship recognition ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. Information is available about individual recipients by county.
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The aftermath of the Fukishima disaster [2] saw people all over the world ponder the potential effects of nuclear power. German citizens have been particularly vocal in their criticism [3], and now after re-examining the country's 17 nuclear reactors, Chancellor Merkel and the German parliament have announced concrete plans to phase out nuclear energy by 2022 [4], making the country the first major industrial power to take such steps since Japan's devastating incident.
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The plan was approved in the Bundesrat upper house, which represents Germany's 16 regional states. The scheme had previously passed the Bundestag lower house [4] with an overwhelming majority vote.
Germany had already taken action in the wake of the Japanese disaster by switching off their seven oldest reactors [6], and another reactor has been shut down for years due to technical problems. Now Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced plans to officially phase out the remaining nine reactors between 2015 and 2022. The decision, which has come faster than anyone predicted, is sure to find support in Germany where a large number of citizens oppose nuclear power due to the potentials risk involved. Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched in the streets after Fukushima demanding that the country switch to other sources of power.
As a result, Merkel, who was pro-nuclear, has made a dramatic u-turn after initially extending the operation of the country's 17 reactors. Of course, there is a drawback — the phase-out of nuclear power plants will mean the construction of new coal and gas power plants, despite the government's assurance it will still meet its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, and by 80-95 percent by 2050.
Via AFP [7]
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[5] World Economic Forum: http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/
[6] reactors: http://inhabitat.com/dismantled-german-nuclear-plant-transformed-into-incredible-wunderland-kalkar-amusement-park/
[7] AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnJH-sZ9D1lD39l-ekmBrnx2xuyg?docId=CNG.789d47896547d432d46c547221e2b880.461
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However what does concern me is the future of aff marketing. As we know Google hates us for starters. Whilst this is fine at the moment and it is possible to stay one step ahead or at least play cat and mouse - it is a worry they might finally crack it and relegate us all to the bottom of the SERPS.
On top of this there is the fact bigger companies seem to be latching on to getting involved in what was previously the realm of the aff marketer. Eg. Yahoo travel. That can't help.
So, what I'm looking for is someone to tell me there will always be aff marketing for the little guys because ...
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My wife is the number one "what iffer". i.e. "What if there's a war?", "What if it rains on the day we've planned the barbecue", etc.
I have enough to do dealing with today's actual issues rather than paying attention to something that may never come to pass. Sure, I make sure that my aff income is as diverse as possible to avoid seasonal/trend based peaks and troughs, but to worry about anything else is a major waste of brainpower.
If you think that it may not last, read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and start investing in rental properties and other long term stuff. The theory is to put your surplus cash into income producing assets in order to build a passive income for the future.
If your aff income today is just paying your bills, look for new and ideally unrelated aff stuff to give you some icing on the cake to spend on investments.
And as for the comment that Google hates aff marketers - ask that to the guys at G that count the Adwords dollars. They may not enjoy spammed SERPS, but they are very happy to take adwords cash from us, and without it there'd be a HUGE cash hole to fill. Ditto Yahoo and OV.
If you were a farmer you would have challenges like floods, insects eating your crops, draught! Every industry has challenges and that's all that changing algos and everything else are. The successful affiliates just learn to overcome and survive. I have been hearing "the sky is falling" in affiliate marketing for years and it just keeps evolving and getting stronger.
Now I'm not a total pollyanna (well maybe kinda) so if I were an affiliate I would always be looking for ways to generate traffic outside the SE. Provide enough unique content that people want to bookmark and keep coming back, build community, generate compatible link swap partnerships, not just for PR but for real targeted traffic. I would try to diversify my traffic sources, merchants and networks to some degree so I didn't have all my eggs in one basket.
Also after being an independent sales rep and sales manager for many years, on straight commission, which is the same way affiliates are paid, I learned a long time ago not to spend extra money just cuz I had a good month. The next month could be a big 0. So always save your money and have a good cushion in this business, because there will always be ups & downs.
surfgatinho, I can't guarantee AM will always be around, no one can. But I can guarantee that if you stay positive, work harder and smarter and learn to go around, jump over or dig under any obstacles that get in your way in this business - you will be MUCH more successful.
Also I am trying to diversify. I currently run mostly travel related aff sites. I guess it's a good sign of my competency that I can make a good living from what is widely regarded as the most competitive area.
I'm looking at computers and accessories - One reason for this (maybe should be a new thread) is as I run an IT consultancy I already have an IT related site with some pr6 pages an 0 reciprocal links. (Any suggestions?)
Corporations will have a greater presence in search engines and compete with their own affiliates.
Then again I guess it's such a good model i.e. the commission based salesman model that it probaly has got some legs in it.
Anyway, all in all I'm fairly confident I will continue to make money out of the web one way or another (and not have to lower my standards too much!)
No, it is a growing industry. Some of the big boys are going to damage the "Mom & Pop" sites because of this fact.....but that is down to growth in the affiliate sector and the power of the players involved.
>As we know Google hates us for starters.
I don't really see that Google hate affiliates, it certainly hates some of my sites, but others it loves. I don't see a correlation based upon affiliate status.
>Short answer is affiliate marketing will always be around but affiliates come and go
Yeah, that is about the bottom line. Look at US GDP, then look at the largest player in the largest contributing industry, heck they can't make a profit from their core business online and have now become a "super affiliate" to subsidize their income in hopes of profitability!
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You forget the medium: in brick and mortar salesmen are needed because they have to PHYSICALLY KNOCK AT THE PEOPLE'S DOOR. But with Internet the distance is reduced to zero. When People will really get used to buy on Internet, intermediates will be less and less needed. At the moment they are still needed to reinforce the habit.
When People will really get used to buy on Internet, intermediates will be less and less needed. At the moment they are still needed to reinforce the habit.
This makes no sense. If everyone on this planet purchased goods online, Affiliates would still be in business because companies always need people to get their products out there and in the case of Aff Marketing, they usually only pay per sale.
All the Best,
Save and invest in something non-internet which can last long say in rental properties as mike suggested! .Becoming paranoid is good as it makes you to exploit fully what is working and find new niches that work , just make sure this dont rob your happiness :)
I remember someone who posted here some time before that they were making i believe 60k/month and suddenly after some time looking for ways to pay the rent! ...
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actually in the uk very recently, when the electricity supply was deregulated, there was a mad scramble for new customers, nearly all achieved 'on the knock' as the trade call it, commisions were high and lots of people made a lot of money knocking on doors, ... of course within a year the game was dead as the marketplace got flooded.
But with Internet the distance is reduced to zero. When People will really get used to buy on Internet, intermediates will be less and less needed. At the moment they are still needed to reinforce the habit.
But the visibility is also zero. It is a huge dark hall in there, not a brightly lit shopping mall. People can't see and reach your store unless they already know your URL.
So what better way than to get the salesmen (aff marketers) to pull the customers in from the dark? And pay them ONLY if the customer buys?
Besides, AMs are one of the best way for merchants to leverage on other people's assets without risk :)
There is no doubt affiliate marketing is just the online version of the traditional commission sales and no question about its future ...
But the real question is what is the future of free Search Engine traffic based Affiliate Marketing? .
I think Gopi's above post hits the nail on the head. I am sure that Aff Marketing is here to stay (That is why the industry continues to move up), but who knows about the free SE's.
We do know that the SE's HAVE to provide relevant results preferably as close to the top as possible, to their users. I am not really sure what the future holds in this department, but better to move forward and spend a lot of time worrying about it.
All the Best,
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If this is the future, not that I necessarily agree, then we all need to improve our PPC skills.
Then again, doesn't someone always kinda kill these threads by making the well worn statement that any business model that depends on an algo that it can't control is seriously flawed?
As someone with mediocre SEO skills, I've always used PPC first and foremost and treated any free SE traffic as a lucky bonus - this attitude has paid my bils and then some for several years now.
So I guess my answer to the free SE traffic gravy train question is - who cares? It won't impact my earnings anyway :)
Look at the world's oldest profession to seek inspiration on where the future is, they do everything that you can draw an analogy on.
Yellow pages, post it notes in the phone booth, drive by traffic, semi legitimate cloaked fronts ..
They've all got an affiliate manager and several affiliates in the picture .. since biblical times.
Point is... when there is money to be made for the middle man, people will find ways to make money.
LOL , so we are just pim*p's , huh? , ya i'll say traffic pim*p's :)
Shri , i got what you say . But the current draw of SE based AM is how easy its to make truck load of money with your knowledge to exploit the algos ...When it goes beyond SE's to offline advertisement methods it will become just another business with normal margins!
I am not predicting doom or something but IMHO assuming that we can expect the same kind of predictability/guarantee as say a restaurant business in AM is pretty naive!
I think the real question is whether the free SEM techniques that most use to generate their traffic/money will still be around.
For this to remain profitable, 2 things need to happen.
1. At least one search engine that has significant market share must have its search results based on an algorithim.
2. That search engine must not move to a solely pay per click model, or some other pay model that destroys margins. Pay for inclusion would not be a problem for most, and it would reduce competition by eliminating many not for profit sites.
It appears that Google at least will maintain its stand on unbiased results generated entirely by an algorithim. As long as an algorithim is used to deliver search results, it can be manipulated. Manipulated can mean anything from "black hat" seo to having a desirable, on topic, content site.
Basically as long as search engines send traffic for free to websites, we are fine. The barriers to entry will become higher as the algorithim improves.
I would be more worried about a business based entirely on PPC actually. All that has to happen to those people who rely on PPC is for a couple big spenders to move in and take over. However, I believe this will take some time. In many areas it might not happen for quite a while.
Thats all i pray the Good Lord mike!
Nice analysis conroy! , i expect things will change in few years after Google goes public when it drastically needs rev growth that justify its astronomical PE multiple
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1) Affiliate sites that exist solely to sell.
2) Content sites on which affiliate links are a type of advertising.
Changes in the marketplace (or in search engines) might well affect the two groups differently.
I am certain it will not last for me. Not at this level. Not for PPC or SEO stuff at least. Actually, I see PPC getting worse before SEO but that's another thread. 2-3 more years of this would be nice though
Yeah, but by then I'm sure something else will have come out to help promote the affiliate market.
I'm wondering if all these small PPC guys who want to rise to become the cream of the crop will remain an "affiliates friend" and allow advertising with them. Although the traffic is terrible, it'll be there. Your thoughts?
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Think Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Disney and Starbucks in the bricks and mortar world. Online, pick the biggest players in porn, meds, casino, loans etc. A few years of aggressive PPC and mergers with high producing competitors and portals and they'll squeeze out all the little guys.
What'll survive are the niches where the market is too small or specialised to be worth the big guns' attention. So we son't be selling just widgets, as this market will be dominated by big players, but "long green smelly widgets for outdoor use" might still pay our bills.
Glad you are doing well.
If your income is coming from adsense, I would worry. I think the advertisers are overpaying and that Google is timing it to improve their revenue while they go public (Google Auction Gets Under Way [reuters.com]). We need to find others to take their place when necessary.
Don't think we'll be sent to the bottom of the SERPS, though. Their algo isn't going to get any better at penalizing affiliates.
The bigger companies, as you've mentioned, are already in the game. So that's not going to change much.
I don't know anything about PPC.
Affiliate marketing will always be there for the little guy because there are hundreds of thousands of us showing up on the SERPS. Merchants and advertisers can't afford not to work with us.


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When searching for ideas to build out the interior of a gourmet food shop in Bangkok, Architectkidd [1] came across a community of carpenters in the nearby slums utilizing scrap wood from shipping pallets [2] to make small items and knick-knacks. Architectkidd was impressed with their resourcefulness as well as their carpentry skills and hired some of them to build out the interior of the shop, which happens to be in an upscale part of Bangkok. The resulting project is an interesting collection of simple, stackable wooden boxes called "Klong Toey Boxes", named after Klong Toey slum where the workers came from.
It may seem a little odd to hire carpenters out of a slum to build the interior for a gourmet food shop, but in a sense, that was exactly what Architectkidd was going for. They were interested in juxtaposing two very different ways of life within one project – luxury lifestyle society combined with migrant working class. The workers were consulted for their expertise in building with scrap and found wood [4], and a collaborative idea resulted: outfit the interior with simple, stackable boxes made from wooden pallets [2], which were easily found around the city.
The carpenters were hired to build over 200 "Klong Toey Boxes" in a workshop, which were then installed in the gourmet food shop. The boxes were arranged on the walls to serve as displays as well as seating, lighting fixtures, grocery containers and signage. The effect, as you can see, is clean, neat and visually interesting. Hopefully this commission for the carpenters brings on more work. This is Architectkidd's second project that involved repurposing waste into architecture, although this time they acted as facilitators in order to demonstrate how migrant and temporary labor in Bangkok can influence existing design, materials and construction practices.
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Irra Verbitsky (b. 1939) is an independent animator who contributed several films to Sesame Street. Verbitsky is also partner in a Polestar studio with Don Duga. Verbitsky is actually now a professor at the School Of Visual Arts in New York.
Sesame Street Filmography
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|Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, a boy sneezing, a police car, a helicopter, and rain.
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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim talked about tonight's semifinal matchup with UConn after his Orange defeated St. John's Thursday in the quarterfinals. Scoop Jardine offered some thoughts, too.
Do you think fatigue will be a factor for UConn in the semifinals, playing four games in four days?
"They're one team that I think can do that. I really do. Kemba Walker could play eight nights in a row. I guarantee it. Eight nights in a row, 40 minutes. Their other guys - they play a lot of guys, and I don't see that being a factor tomorrow night at all. The year we won four games, we were playing six guys and it was a factor. We got through it, but we didn't have much left."
You beat UConn earlier in the season in Hartford, but how different does the team look now, and what concerns you?
"I don't think Connecticut played well [in that first game]. It was a little bit like when we played St. John's the first time. I don't think St. John's played well, so I don't take anything out of that St. John's game. I don't take anything out of the Connecticut game. I don't think they played well. They just didn't have a good night. Kemba had probably his worst night of the year, and we know that won't happen tomorrow night. I watched the game today and I thought Pittsburgh played great. I don't know what they ended up shooting, but I think at one time, they had to be shooting 60 percent from the field. I don't know what they ended up shooting for the game - had to be in the high 50s or something - but it looked like they played great. And Connecticut played better. Pittsburgh's a tremendous team, and for Connecticut to beat them says a lot about how they're playing. They played great today."
"It's going to be a great game. Last time, I saw all these commercials about the six-overtime game and it's going to be great. UConn's a team with a lot of offensive firepower. We were really good on the defensive end and we beat them out there in Hartford the first time. We played defense and we matched their intensity rebounding. Going into the game, we know we have to contain Kemba Walker and shut down other guys."
Can you go six overtimes?
"I've got it in me. You know, this year, we play a lot of guys, and as Coach said, when they went six overtimes, they only played six guys, so we've got a lot of guys. We play nine or 10 a game."
Does it matter to play four games in four days?
"It doesn't matter. Kemba can play basketball whenever. He's got a strong engine. He can play whenever. The same with us - I think we can play four games in four days. That's what you want to do. You want to play basketball. I give them credit - they came in here and they keep moving, keep moving on. That's what you want to do."
Can you play Kemba the same way you did the first time?
"Definitely. Stay in front of him and contain him. He's a great player and he'll find his buckets like Dwight Hardy did today. I think he made some tough shots. That's what we need - we need to limit his easy shots, make him make tough shots, and I think he'll do a good job."


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Policy Update Week of September 6, 2010
- SAF Encourages All Members to Comment on Important Forest Issues For America's Great Outdoors Initiative
To Visit America's Great Outdoors Website Click Here: http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf
- SAF Sent a Letter From 114 Scientists and Academics to the US Congress Expressing Concerns Regarding Biomass Energy
To read the letter click here: http://www.eforester.org/fp/policy.cfm
In the Administration
- EPA Call For Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with
Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources Deadline is Monday September 13th
For More Information click here: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/biogenic_emissions.html
- Forest Service Plans Attack on Colo., Wyo. Beetles
The Associate Press, September 8th
The U.S. Forest Service plans to cut about 14,000 acres of trees near communities and in more than 350 recreation sites as it deals with damage from an insect epidemic that has killed millions of acres of pines in Colorado and Wyoming.
The agency has mapped out the projects in response to questions from U.S. Sen. Mark Udall about how $30 million will be spent on Colorado's bark beetle problem. The Colorado Democrat said in June that he was worried the money might not be enough to address the problem. To read more of this article link to:
This Week in Congress
- The House of Representatives is in recess until September 13th.
- The U.S. Senate is in recess until September 13th.
National News
- Conference Updates Biomass Potential
Prairie Business Magazine, Published by Alan Van Ormer, September 6th
Upcoming projects and the future of biomass in the United States and across the world were highlighted during a two-day Biomass '10 Renewable Power, Fuels and Chemicals Workshop. For Gail Leverson, executive director of the Cass County Economic Development Corporation, in Backus, MN, the workshop is important to the region because it provides new ideas on how to use natural resources. To read more of this article link to: http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/11173/
In the States: New York
- DEC Releases Strategic Plan for State Forest Management
Newport Television WWTI, September 7th
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the release of a draft "Strategic Plan for State Forest Management."
The plan will guide management of the 786,000-acre state forest holdings and is available for public review and comment through Oct. 29. Key goals of the draft plan focus on eco-system health and diversity, economic benefits, forest conservation, recreation and sustainable management. To read more of this article link to: http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/DEC-Releases-Strategic-Plan-for-State-Forest/kSSo-6ohHkO8z71UI_LDgA.cspx
Wildfire Update
- Colorado Wildfire Torches 54 Homes, 8 People Missing, Officials Say
CNN, September 8th
At least 54 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colorado, and eight people are unaccounted for, Boulder County Sheriff's Office Commander Rick Brough said Wednesday.Authorities initially had 20 missing people reported, Brough said. Twelve of them have been located. Of those remaining, "many of those were people who did not evacuate," he said. To read more of this article link to: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/wildfire/#fbid=XG0EuPp-C_9&wom=false
- USA Catches a Break This Year With Mild Wildfire Season
USA Today, Published by Doyle Rice, September 7th
The USA is enjoying an unusually quiet year for wildfires, the least fiery of the past 10 years, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.Both in terms of total number of wildfires as well as acres burned, 2010 is the least active year of the past decade. Weather conditions have been ideal this year for a calm wildfire season, particularly in the fire-prone West. To read more of this article link to:
Additional Information:The SAF National Office serves as the voice of professional forestry through its active role in several forestry, natural resources, and agricultural groups and coalitions…
25 x '25 (www.25x25.org) – SAF is a proud member of 25 x '25 and currently sits on its Sustainability Working Group. The goal of 25 x '25 is to have 25% of our energy needs being fulfilled by renewable resources from our nation's farms, ranches, forests, and other lands by 2025.
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects and Diseases
(www.continentalforestdialogue.org) – SAF sits on the organization's Steering Committee and assists in its mission of "cultivating and catalyzing collaborative action among diverse interests to abate the threat to North American forests from non-native insects and diseases." The 4th meeting summary of the Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects and Diseases is now available online at:
Additional groups in which SAF plays a role include:
Core Group of the Roundtable on Sustainable Forests"
Forest Carbon Education Group. The FCEG's Guidance Document on Managed Forests in Climate Change policy can be viewed on the SAF Policy Webpage:
Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Western Governors' Association Forest Health Advisory Committee
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Indigenous peoples
In North America, indigenous peoples include American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
Navajo woman and child taken near Canyon de Chelly in 1941 by Ansel Adams.
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Arctic climate change case studies using indigenous knowledge Last Updated on 2015-07-09 00:12:54 This is Section 3.4 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Lead Authors: Henry Huntington, Shari Fox; Contributing Authors: Fikret Berkes, Igor Krupnik; Case Study Authors are identified on specific case studies; Consulting Authors: Anne Henshaw,Terry Fenge, Scot Nickels, Simon Wilson Indigenous perspectives on the changing Arctic vary widely over time and space, as may be expected given the differences between the histories, cultures, ways of life, social and economic situations, geographical locations, and other characteristics of the many peoples of the region. These perspectives cannot be illustrated by generalizations nor, in the space allotted and with the materials currently available, comprehensively for the entire Arctic. The case studies used in the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment were chosen as illustrations of indigenous perspectives on climate change, and were drawn... More »
Changes in the Landscape of Arctic Traditional Food Last Updated on 2013-10-21 23:45:06 This article, written by Tim Lougheed*, appeared first in Environmental Health Perspectives—the peer-reviewed, open access journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The article is a verbatim version of the original and is not available for edits or additions by Encyclopedia of Earth editors or authors. Companion articles on the same topic that are editable may exist within the Encyclopedia of Earth. The Changing Landscape of Arctic Traditional Food The earliest European explorers seeking a northwest passage to Asia did not know what to make of the indigenous inhabitants they encountered in what is now Canada. In the 1500s, Martin Frobisher thought they were Asians and took a number as slaves; none survived more than a few weeks in captivity. Later adventurers acquired a profound respect for the knowledge that had enabled Inuit ("the... More »
Climate change impacts on Indigenous peoples of the Russian North Last Updated on 2009-09-28 13:44:23 This is Section 12.3.4 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Lead Author: Mark Nuttall; Contributing Authors: Fikret Berkes, Bruce Forbes, Gary Kofinas,Tatiana Vlassova, George Wenzel This case study is based on the ongoing work of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), together with the NorthSet project of the Institute of Geography at the Russian Academy of Sciences. This work concerns the assessment of climate change impacts on the indigenous peoples of the Russian North within the context of broader social, economic, and political changes. This case study is based on the preliminary results of initial research, but is included here because it illustrates the tremendous challenges faced by indigenous peoples throughout the Russian North. The indigenous peoples of the Russian North have depended on traditional hunting,... More »


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Christian Aid Mission Helps Victims In Philippines
Among the many organizations trying to help the victims of the Philipines is the Christian Aid Mission of Albemarle County. Steve Van Valkenburg of Christian Aid says his organization is connected to about 90 ministries in that nation. Christian Aid has photos (pictured) of the destruction caused by a deadly typhoon. More information about donating can be found at christianaid.org


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May 4, 2016
Monticello - May 22, 2012 - 11:44pm
The Florida Department of Transportation is thinking ahead to any changes that could be made to I-10, particularly the stretch along Gadsden, Jefferson and Leon counties.
These changes could happen about a decade from now but the planning needs to start now.
FDOT isn't just concentrating on the interstate, but also the roadways that feed into I-10. Tuesday night in Monticello was the second of three public meetings. The first was in Gadsden County. The next and final meeting will be Thursday at Tallahassee City Hall.
For more information on the I-10 Master Plan Project go to http://www.i-10masterplannwflorida.com.
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On the ice edge
ANDRILL gathers data to drill through moving ice shelf into ancient seafloor sediments
Posted July 29, 2011
For some scientists, Antarctica's ice is the main focus of their research. For others, the continent's vast cover of frozen water is an obstacle to be overcome, an impediment to the secrets buried below.
In the case of a team of researchers hoping to recover sediments tens of millions of years old in the Ross Sea region, the Ross Ice Shelf is not an insignificant barrier. In fact, a proposal to drill into the seafloor in the next few years meant traveling to the edge of Antarctica's largest ice shelf this past summer season to determine if such a feat is even possible.
The answer appears to be "yes" based on the results of a three-month operation that required driving tractors and sleds through crevasse fields and melting multiple holes through ice more than 250 meters thick.
"It was a good test of the full capability of the ANDRILL hotwater drill system," said Frank Rack at McMurdo Station as the field season drew to a close. "We ended up making quite a few holes."
ANDRILL, for ANtarctic geological DRILLing, is a multinational program with its own tagline — drilling back to the future. The line refers to the project's main goal of reconstructing Antarctica's past environment by coring and recovering sediments from the continent's margin to help predict how the continent's ice sheets might respond to future environmental changes.
Sediment cores — composed of things like glacial rocks, sand, volcanic ash, siltstone and mudstone — represent layers of time millions of years in the past. Physical and chemical analyses of the sediment can tell scientists what environmental conditions dominated and how the ice sheets responded at a given interval in the past.
For example, glacial rock types represent periods when the ice sheets were large, while the presence of fossil diatoms (planktonic algae) indicates marine conditions when ice sheets had retreated, and the oceans were too warm to freeze.
ANDRILL scientists drilled two sediment cores near McMurdo Station in 2006 and 2007, each more than a kilometer long, covering about 20 million years. One significant find: Between 2 million and 5 million years ago, when Antarctica was warmer than today and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels higher, variations in temperature caused numerous advances and retreats of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Now the target is much deeper in time, more than 34 million years ago when Antarctica went from the so-called greenhouse world to the current icehouse where it has remained relatively frozen through the millennia.
"Now we're truly trying to step back to the period before Antarctica got glaciated," said Rack, principal investigator for the site survey project on the Ross Ice Shelf at a location called Coulman High.
"If we can get back in the Eocene, we can look at what ice-free Antarctica looked like," added Rack, who serves as executive director of the ANDRILL Science Management Office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The problem is that those sediments sit underneath the 250-meter-thick Ross Ice Shelf, which spreads northward toward the ocean at a rate of about 2 meters per day. ANDRILL's drilling platform, which sits on the ice, sends a riser through the ice after first melting a hole with a hotwater drill. The riser drops down through the ice and the ocean below before hitting the seafloor. The drill string itself then snakes down this protective tube and begins its work collecting cores.
The shifting shelf means that the riser will bend over time, eventually stopping the drilling. Rack and his team need to understand the fine details about how quickly the shelf truly moves and in which direction. The oceanographic conditions below the ice shelf are also important variables as they develop a drilling strategy.
That required hauling people and equipment nearly 150 kilometers from the U.S. Antarctic Program's largest research base at McMurdo Station to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf using tracked vehicles, as well as helicopters. A third of the journey closest to the station crossed the so-called shear zone, an area of crevasses in the ice.
Using ANDRILL's hotwater drill system, the scientists and support personnel punched several holes in the ice shelf. Oceanographers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand deployed instruments through two holes to measure tidal and ocean currents, as well as the temperature and salinity of the water.
"Both of those deployments went really well," said Rack, adding that the current meter moorings had brought back the first real-time velocity and water property data throughout the water column under the Ross Ice Shelf.
"We really tried to think about what was the ancillary science that could be done as part of this survey activity," he added.
Through another hole, the scientists dropped a video camera that allowed them to examine the ice shelf cavity and seafloor. Starfish, sponges and other benthic, or bottom-dwelling marine critters, were spotted.
"That turned out to be real interesting," Rack said.
The Coulman High site visit also offered an opportunity to test the capabilities of a underwater robot called SCINI (Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging), developed by engineer Bob Zook at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
Shaped like a torpedo and designed to fit through holes made in sea ice that is only a few meters thick, SCINI sports a manipulator arm and camera. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) made a series of dives over 10 days, reaching a maximum depth of about 300 meters, and made a significant biological discovery that is currently being documented.
"It roamed all underneath the ice shelf," Rack said. "It bodes well for trying to increase its depth capability to the seafloor and also give it more missions than just seeing and looking."
SCINI could play a pivotal role in the final drilling operation, which will likely involve coring into one site on the seafloor for as long as technically feasible. SCINI could observe the bending of the riser and help determine when to terminate drilling. The drillers would then start a second hole, drilling as fast as possible to reach a depth that matches up well with where the first hole left off before returning to coring.
Rack said the ANDRILL team would submit a proposal to drill two sites at Coulman High within a couple of years. The New Zealand Antarctic science program is already on board, and he expects other nations will also join the effort. South Korea, Brazil, the United Kingdom and other European countries have expressed interest the Coulman High Project, according to Rack.
The two previous field campaigns involved Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United States, with about two-thirds of the $30 million coming from the National Science Foundation.
Eventually, Rack said, he would like to see a sustained international ANDRILL effort, akin to the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE), a program involving about 20 nations studying recent climate change through the collection of shallow ice cores and other data from field observations.
"The preparation for this future effort would first involve conducting surveys to identify prospective sites where scientific drilling could take place," Rack said. "What we're trying to do is coordinate site-specific activities, while also expressing a circum-Antarctic, long-term sciences strategy."
NSF-funded research in this story: Frank Rack, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Award No. 0839108.
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Issues with HP device monitor/Mac
So while I'm home during winter break, I needed to use my dads printer. So I downloaded the drivers and whatnot, and I guess it installed (or tried to) something called HP device monitor. Since then I shut down my computer. Now every time I turn my computer on, I continuously get errors saying it isn't responding (the device monitor) and all the options (ignore, relaunch, etc.) do nothing. Is there something I can delete to stop these error messages?
Delete the offending software?
Macs don't actually need downloaded drivers for printers, at least not HP's. I have an HP at home, and I just have it set up under the "universal printer driver" that OSX has.
You probably downloaded a virus.
Macs don't need to download printer drivers, especially for major brands like HP. My guess is that it tried to install incompatible software.
I had this problem too, stupid printer device installer. I went out and bought a lap top rather than fix it.
Sorry, not much help but I can sympathize. Wipe and reinstall everything? That's all I got and it's extreme.
^ That sure is true. You may have changed some default settings or a virus that is really bugging you every time you turn it on. Well, the best thing you can do is to uninstall the driver that you recently installed there.
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Man wants Boone Board of Education to boost salary
Harmon Marks Dec. 18, 2012, 12:51pm
MADISON - Attorney Bobby R. Hale of Madison, representing himself, filed for a writ of mandamus in Boone Circuit Court to compel the Boone County Board of Education and its superintendent to properly compensate him for services as a "Plumber II."
A petition filed Oct. 12 says Hale "has been previously employed by the Board of Education as a math teacher and building construction teacher, both of which are professional positions and petitioner has 11 allowable credited years of experience as a professional employee."
Hale asserts he has "the salary class: Doctorate Degree and highest degree: Doctorate Degree" in determining salary mandated in the State Code (§18A-4- 8a). At issue is School Board and Superintendent John G. Hudson's refusal to pay Hale in accordance with his experience and salary classification.
Petition seeks back pay compensation, court expenses, pre- and-post-judgment interest and such other relief Court considers necessary.
Defendants' response denies several of Hale's allegations, including his Paragraph V relative to 11 "allowable credited years of experience as a professional employee..."
A hearing on the petition was scheduled Nov. 14, but was not held by Judge William S. Thompson.
Boone Circuit Court case number: 12-A-215