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The issue of University engagement with the community is prominent on the agendas of both national and international forums of higher education. Increasingly, universities are playing an integral role in their regions, contributing to the sustainability, wellbeing and economic vitality of their communities while becoming catalysts for positive change and development.
Recognition of the role of higher education institutions in social, economic and cultural development has led to the formation of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA). AUCEA is auspiced by the University of Western Sydney (UWS) and guided by a Steering Committee made up of 10 Australian University representatives.
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As a follow up to my previous article on the discrepancy between Google and MyBlogLog in regards to click counting I present the following information:
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I'm not sure why March numbers are off by so much but most of the time my numbers are within 10% of each other. Then something happened in August.
Look at September! If MBL click data is correct and Google is discounting clicks it considers to be fraudulent then why have I not yet recieved one of those "you have been banned from AdSense" emails? With a click-fraud rate up near 620% I should be banned from AdSense!
I can understand Google blocking it's "10% of all clicks are click-fraud" clicks but this is far worse than that. To make matters even more interesting I am finding that the discounted clicks look to be from articles that have gained attention on social media sites.
Is Google looking at how a reader came to my site and discounting a click if they came from digg, netscape, stumbleupon, etc? It looks that way to me.
I have been in contact with some of my fellow bloggers who also use MBL on their sites and some of them are also noticing big differences in the numbers being reported.
I realize that in August I split off the Pokemon content over to PokeFarm and that may account for some of the drop off in clicks but if that were the case why did MBL track so many more clicks than Google did during that same month?
In May the Pokemon content was very minor and August should have reverted to the same click levels as May. I base this on the fact that overall traffic levels and patterns returned to my pre-Pokemon levels.
Like I said before, the tracking for PokeFarm clicks is still very very close between both services. PokeFarm also gets zero traffic from social media sites.
The only thing I can see (since Google does not provide any real information to its AdSense and AdWords members) is that the articles that were getting serious attention via the social media networks have had their clicks discounted in the 95% range. I still can not believe that MBL is mis-reporting on clicks because I have other sites (with no social media attention) where the click data is still within 10% across both services.
If you are a blogger who runs AdSense and MyBlogLog please let me know if you are also noticing this social media discounting. I would like to think it is only me and not something Google is blindly doing in an attempt to take care of its click-fraud problems.
I just found this article on click counting with Shuman Ghosemajumder. I will provide the interesting bits below:
We monitor signals like Internet protocol addresses and the kinds of browsers people use--for traffic to look real, it has to have the right proportion of visitors using the Firefox browser, Internet Explorer, et. cetera.
Does this mean that if you get a high number of Firefox users coming to your site you will also be assumed to have a high number of fraudulent clicks?
When they land on the advertiser's site, they click on products, hitting the "back" button to go back to the landing page. Many browsers reload the landing page each time. We don't count those as clicks, but third-party auditors actually register each click on the "back" button as another click on an ad, which grossly overestimates the number of ad clicks.
That would not apply here because MBL only tracks the click when they leave and does not follow through to the site they go to next.
A very simplistic fraudster might just click on ads, over and over. But of course, we've learned to recognize spikes in the click-through rate, the number of times the ad is clicked on for every time it appears.
Translation: If you have a traffic spike we will discount those clicks. (Social media anyone?)
The number of clicks that we proactively throw out is less than 10%. So then the question is really: How much are advertisers getting for free thanks to our detection methods?
No, the question is, "how many of your AdSense publishers are you screwing over by not paying them for legitimate traffic?"
The problem as I see it
AdSense and AdWords are two halves of the same program, you can not have one without the other. Yet Google continualy treats their AdSense side of the house as a bunch of criminals by "assuming" that 10% (or more) of clicks are fraudulent.
Shuman Ghosemajumder talks a good game about providing a great ROI for AdWords users but the simple fact is that when someone clicks on an AdSense ad and arrives on the AdWords member's site it is up to them to make the conversion and earn their ROI not me. My job is to send them the traffic. If someone arrives on your landing page and bounces away there are a few things that may be happening:
1. Click-fraud
2. Your site sucks
3. Your ad did not properly convey what your site is and the clicker did not find what they were looking for.
Of those three only the first one should result in the click being discounted and the AdSense member not being paid. I would further postulate that someone who is attempting to do click-fraud would tell his/her friends to be sure to click through a few pages on the destination site to make it harder for the system to tell if it were true click-fraud. Why do I say this? Because I read an article a while back about a "click-fraud ring" that does exactly that!
I think it is high time that Google acknowledges the fact that if there were no AdSense program there would also be no AdWords. The two can not survive without each other.
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Our numbers have always been drastically different between the two systems.
August 2007:
– Adsense 1576
Sept 2007 (so far):
– Adsense 1244
August was way, way off between the two. I'd love to get credit for those missing 800 clicks.
Your August numbers are not as far off as mine were!
The thing is, out of all of the sites I run both MBL and AdSense on this one (hmtk) is the only one showing this huge difference. It is also the only one with "spikey" social media traffic.
I am seriously beginning to think that Google is looking at social media (as a whole) as click-fraud and discounting clicks that come from soneone who arrived via social media.
Question for you Matt. Look at your incoming numbers, is your click data off every day or only on days where you get a large amount of social media traffic?
I just looked at the month as a whole. I'll have to go back and spend time with all the data and look for patterns.
Steve, check out getclicky.com as another stat tracker. I'm setting it up tonight to give it a try (1,000 pageviews/day for free, you can pay to raise that limit).
I'm now in the middle of replacing my AdSense blocks with AdBrite blocks. I'm going to do this for a week and see if my CTR jumps back up or not. If it stays low than odds are MBL is at fault. If my CTR jumps back up to the normal level that I will take that as indicator of something fishy going on over at Google.
I have already dropped the Google Ads from rotation on PokeFarm (may take time for AdBrite to adjust) except for the very bottom one on site. I may not be a huge AdSense publisher but I do provide Google with over 400K AdSense impressions every month when you factor in all the various sites I own.
If there was some way I could test the tracking without resorting to click-fraud I would. The only thing I could think of would be to open up an AdWords account and pay for CPM on my own site and ask people to click ONLY on my own CPM ads but that is just too much work and a pain. Instead I will just replace the Google AdSense blocks with AdBrite blocks and see how the CTR goes.
It will not be foolproof because it also depends on how relevant the resulting advertising is. I'm trying to get into Yahoo Publisher but no response from them yet.
Very nice research and great findings. Sorry I couldn't help with my MBL stats, but I've been really busy and didn't have time to pull all the data in time. So will there be a follow up article on AdBrite? Seems like a cool alternative.
Granted, your job is to send traffic to advertisers, but you need to be realistic about the bind that the advertisers (and engines) are in. There is no foolproof way for anyone to determine that a publisher has not clicked on his or her own ads. Furthermore, even if the clicks are not fraudulent, they're not converting (at least not to the advertisers' expectations), so a rational response is for them to spend less money. In order to keep their business, Google must somehow make it worthwhile for them to continue advertising, and discounting ads is one way of doing that. But the unearned money has to be accounted for somehow, such as what is paid out to publishers, employees, or shareholders.
If click fraud became a more serious problem, and Google (or someone else) could not contain it, they would be forced to drop the sources of traffic that are the most difficult to determine whether fraudulent activity occurred. This means they would need to continue to drop AdSense sites that are questionable sources of traffic, or even close down the program altogether.
If you sold space on your sites directly to advertisers, who were getting low ROI, what would you do? How would you convince them to continue to advertise?
In general, I have expressed my doubts about Google's claims, but I can't fault their decisions to issue refunds (if the alternative was that they would drop out of the program altogether).
WRT browsers, my guess is Google keeps trends of various types of usage on sites, and they look for overall correlation with other sources. So if the Firefox (for example) usage exceeds some threshhold on some sites, it raises a warning flag. I wonder how they will handle mobile AdSense, however. For example, there are people who use the browsers that come with phones, but others who use browsers from tablets and PDAs. Some of these are from well-known companies, but others are of the homebrew open-source type. So a spike in that usage could be fraudulent, but could also constitute broader adoption of one of the newer browsers. This is just an example of how difficult it is to detect fraud, because there are other possible scenarios. But the fraudsters know this, so they can exploit the uncertainty. But there is no win-win situation, because either advertisers are overcharged (for poor ROI), they drop out of content networks, or the engine has to issue refunds.
I have no problem with Google refunding advertisers but they are doing it at the expense of publishers and bragging about it as if they were the only ones taking the financial hit!
I am currently phasing out AdSense. I'll get paid at the end of the month so I will turn off all of my ads before then. The ads on here are already gone.
As for direct publishers, I charge a flat monthly rate and offer no guarantees. the only thing I can point to is past performance which can not be used as an indicator of future results (just like the stock market). What I also offer many advertisers is a 15 day free trial. If after 15 days the ad is not making you happy than I remove it and you are out nothing.
Click fraud is likely to be very hard to detect but in my particular case if all of my clicks are fraudulent i would expect to be banned from Google. Look at the numbers because the discount rate applied to me is far higher than 10%!
I opined some time ago that the quickest way to kill CPC advertising (and AdSense) would be for all of the diggers in the world to turn off their AdSense and be sure to click an ad on every site they visit via digg. Perhaps they have already started doing this and that is why Google appears to be discounting all of my social media traffic that generates clicks?
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I came across a Delta Contractor saw Model#34-444 listed as excelent condition, this was on Craigslist @ $250.00 not sure how old this saw is, but looking for input on the price ,any info would help
That saw was a top of the line about 20- 30 years ago, and still considered a good saw today. $250 isn't a bad price, especially if its the cast iron version. I have seen them go for about half that price though....
How old is it?? The older ones are better, new stuff is just not the same. That one is a belt drive. There was a model just under that which was direct drive amd very underpowered. Bought mine in '91, has had few problems. I wanted a cabinet saw, but could not justify the money. Contractors saw has done well for me.
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Taking their turn on the red carpet, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Benedict Cumberbatch obliged the paparazzi stationed outside the TCL Chinese Theatre before heading inside.
Keeping up the promise they made about still being a family, Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom took to the streets of the Big Apple today (November 30) with their son Flynn.
Strolling in style, the high profile family stayed close together, Orlando wearing a blue overcoat and button down, as well as a pair of dark skinnies. Miranda showed off her bright red lipstick, holding an over-sized purse, donning a black wool coat and dress, tights and designer high tops.
Showing his support for the arts, Orlando Bloom was on hand for the opening night of "Waiting for Godot" in Sunday (November 24) in New York City.
Handsome in dark pants and a blazer, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" hunk, who is currently starring on Broadway in "Romeo and Juliet," obliged the shutterbugs outside before heading in for the show.
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Spending some time with grandpa before the whirlwind holiday season hits, Orlando Bloom took Flynn and his father to lunch in Tribeca in New York City on Monday (November 11).
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His split from Miranda Kerr went viral a few weeks ago, and Orlando Bloom is ready to open up about the finale of his three-year marriage.
During an interview with CBS "Sunday Morning," the 36-year-old actor revealed the real reasons behind the couple's decision to part ways.
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Bonding with his little one, Orlando Bloom spent the day with Flynn in New York City on Tuesday (November 5).
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Giving fans another look into his highly anticipated flick, Peter Jackson released another trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" on Tuesday (November 5).
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Opening up a bit about his tenuous relationship in an interview with the one and only Katie Couric, Orlando Bloom spoke briefly about Miranda Kerr, his son, Flynn Bloom and the family they will continue to be.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - You may be surprised to hear there are marijuana stores scattered throughout New Mexico. Each one is regulated by the state to sell medical marijuana to licensed patients.
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"I've seen over and over with my own eyes, the people that have been helped by this program. I'm convinced it's legitimate," said Mandy Denson, one of the owners of Compassionate Distributors.
Out of a small Western-looking building, a Ruidoso couple is helping hundreds of patients with all kinds of medical conditions.
Denson and her husband run Compassionate Distributors, a non-profit medical marijuana store licensed by the state department of health.
"Patients who have a card to be able to have medicinal cannabis can come in, register with us and we make a copy of their ID," Denson said.
Denson said the process to open the store was long and thorough. She must submit quarterly reports to the state and each year the store is audited.
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Studio and Year: Paramount - 2009
MPAA Rating: PG
Feature running time: 107 minutes
Genre: Family/Comedy
Disc Format: BD-50
Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
Video Aspect: 2.35:1
Resolution: 1080p/24
Audio Format(s): English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French/Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English. English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Ronny Cox, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Martin Sheen
Directed by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Music by: Mark Mancina
Written by: Ed Solomon & Chris Matheson
Region Code: A,B,C
Blu-ray Disc release Date: October 6, 2009
"All you need is love"
Film Synopsis:
What if your daughter's imagination was the secret to your success? When a highly competitive money mogul (Eddie Murphy) finds his financial kingdom slipping, he turns to his 7-year-old daughter (Yara Shahidi) and her fantasy world of imaginary princesses for help. Embarking on a whirlwind journey of comic proportions, father and daughter are about to discover that sometimes all you need is a little imagination – and a lot of love.
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Those that follow my reviews know of my soft spot for feel good movies. That is to say feel good movies that are well done. I like Eddie Murphy and have for many years. It seems that his latest efforts haven't been very memorable which has been disappointing. I recall seeing the trailer for this one but really had no desire to see it during its theatrical run. It didn't do very well but I am not so sure that the reason has anything to do with its worth as a film. I found it to be charming, fun, well directed and heartwarmingly entertaining. While it is supposed to be a comedy I found that its dramatic elements is where it excelled. Its story about a divorced father that makes a connection with his 7 year old daughter after he discovers that her imaginary friends can accurately predict the course of events in the financial world (where he works). It takes them both on a journey that will ultimately allow him to understand the importance of his relationship with his daughter and that when it comes down it, all you need is love. Murphy seemed to regain his form in this role and gave a genuine, and charismatic performance. He and newcomer Yara Shahidi had wonderful chemistry onscreen and her alluring charm and cutesy looks made her a complete scene stealer. The cast was loaded with some of my favorite character actors, several of whom only had cameo appearances. If you look carefully you will see, Bruce McGill, Richard Schiff, Mel Harris, Stephen Root and Martin Sheen. Ronny Cox and Thomas Haden Church had supporting parts and while I am a fan of the latter I found this character to be annoying and a poorly written antagonist. Other than that the script was cohesive and smoothly paced. I also appreciated the fact that its focus remained on the relationship between Olivia (Shahidi) and Evan (Murphy) rather than trying to also incorporate a romantic aspect for him that might have detracted from it. This being director Karey Kirkpatrick's first full length feature film I think he did a commendable job. Imagine That is a delightful and touching film that is made all the better by the charming performances of its two leads in Murphy and newcomer Yara Shahidi. I enjoyed it and imagine that you will too.
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This is an excellent high definition presentation that is on par with most newer release films that come to Blu-ray disc. It boasts plenty of high level detail, strong contrast, warm, well saturated colors, and three dimensional acuity. Blacks are stable with good dynamic range and punch when onscreen with mixed light/dark elements. Visual perspective in low/uneven lighting is estimable which enhances dimensionality. An example of this can be seen in chapter 10 as Evan enters John's house during the middle of the night in search of Olivia. Plenty of discernible detail can be seen in the shadowy filled background in the upstairs hallway and in Ella's bedroom. Images onscreen are dynamic, clearly drawn, eye catching and perfectly suited for the film's source material. The lossless DTS-HD MA soundtrack has good dynamic range and detail rich clarity that enables the detection of subtle background sounds within the acoustic environment created by the surround mix. The soundstage is wonderfully balanced as it realistically replicates the various settings depicted in the film. Mark Mancina's eclectic music provides an energetic and expansive presence that brings the sound field to life. Dialogue is firmly planted in the center channel which clearly renders voices and effects with appropriate distinction and tonal balance across the front of the room. Low frequency effects aren't intense but the subwoofer is kept busy as it works in tandem with the rest of the system to appropriately convey the low level bass associated with the film's recorded elements and music.
Bonus Features:
- Commentary with director Karey Kirkpatrick and Yara Shahidi
- (HD) A playground of the mind featurette - 9 minutes
- (HD) Getting that part - 2 minute featurette on Yara Shahidi
- (HD) Yara Shahidi set tour - 7 minutes
- (HD) Star blanket: Native American influence featurette - 3 minutes
- (HD) The king and his jesters - 7 minute featurette on director Karey Kirkpatrick
- What were they really saying? - 5 minute feature on the faux BFFN (Big Fake Financial Network) and associated financial analysts/people that ran in the film's background
- (HD) Johnny Whitefeather outtakes - 5 minutes
- (HD) Evan and Olivia outtakes - 5 minutes
- (HD) 4 Deleted scenes and alternate ending
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Eddie Murphy is in good form and 7 year old newcomer Yara Shahidi will steal your heart in this well conceived, fun, and family oriented dramedy that can be enjoyed by all ages. Imagine that comes to Blu-ray Disc from Paramount featuring pristine quality high definition video, lossless sound and an average but pertinent set of bonus supplements that look behind the scenes and include production staff /cast interviews. This makes for great family entertainment and is worth checking out.
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Dominant people are the ones we love to hate. Get off on the wrong foot with one and your career can take an unwelcome sidetrack. Have them on your side and you have a strong champion. So how can you effectively communicate with such a power personality?
Direct, decisive, determined, domineering. These are just some of the words that describe a highly dominant personality. Everyone knows one. You might even be one. Dominant people are the leaders, the pioneers, the risk-takers. Companies are run by them, wars are led by them, innovation follows in their wake. These are the people that we look to lead us where we might not otherwise go. If you are lucky, you will work for one. If you are really lucky, their office will be in another state.
Recognizing the Dominant style:
Look for strong confidence, which may even seem like ego or bravado. They are results-oriented and usually make decisions quickly. They are very direct and assertive, even aggressive at times. Most have little patience with details or lots of questions. In a meeting, they will take charge (even if they're not in charge) and drive the discussion towards their goals. Put several in a meeting and you'll have instant, if a bit bloody, entertainment! Some will temper the more difficult aspects of their dominant style with good people skills, but you will still feel the power underneath.
Seeing life from the Dominant perspective:
Dominant people measure others on competency and directness. They look for confidence and see anything less as potential weakness. Without recognizing it, they often "test" the confidence of others early in a relationship through some kind of challenge. They drive themselves hard and usually assume that others want to do the same. They tend to measure everyone by their achievement yardstick. Problems are seen as interesting challenges to overcome, with risk a necessary means to the end. They have little patience for resistance to change or lack of progress. The dominant person is perplexed when people take their assertive behavior personally; they certainly don't intend it as a personal attack.
Dealing with the Dominant:
If you are a detail-oriented person, communicating with a person of dominant style can be very frustrating. They may get impatient with your questions and even perceive you as incompetent because you need to ask them. You may only get high-level direction and feel uncomfortable with filling in the many gaps left behind. The dominant person may not understand why you don't make faster decisions or change direction more quickly.
- Keep your questions to a minimum. Focus on big-picture questions and get your details from a different source when possible.
- Be direct in asking for what you want and in stating your opinions. Focus your confidence on what you do know, rather than feeling the gap about what you don't.
- Don't view the dominant person as incompetent because they don't care about details. Their strength and focus is just in a different area - the bigger picture. Together you make a fine team!
If you are an outgoing people-person, dealing with a dominant type can frustrate your need to feel connected. They may see your people-orientation as frivolity and not take you seriously. You may perceive them as rude and unfeeling. You may find it difficult to meet their expectations for specific results. Ego clash between you is a strong possibility.
- Be clear about the value you bring to the team/relationship. You can help pave the way in terms of building relationships and getting things done through people.
- Put your effusive personality on ice when dealing with the dominant person and understand their need to get down to business.
- Have a goal to listen 50% more than you talk. This is tough for a people-person but worth the effort.
If you are a quiet, supportive type, an hour with a dominant person can make you feel like you've just survived a train wreck! They may see your quiet demeanor as weak and ineffective. You may feel personally attacked by their direct approach. It can be very difficult to get them to listen to your perceptive ideas. They will have little patience for your need to control change and pace your work.
- Don't rely on an avoidance strategy! Instead, plan for your encounter and fully prepare what you need to say. Practice speaking out when you have a valuable contribution.
- Know that you are the means by which the dominant's goals get achieved. Ask directly for what you need from them to be successful.
- State your personal and professional boundaries clearly. Ask that they speak to you privately and in professional tones when there is a problem. Frequently remind yourself: "It's not personal".
Being an effective Dominant:
If you have a dominant style, you can achieve your goals with greater efficiency by being aware of the impact your assertive approach has on others. There are times when you can be more powerful by taking it down a notch. By adapting your approach to the situation, you will achieve your results faster.
- Listen more, particularly to the quiet ones. Some of your most intuitive and innovative people may be kept silent by the force of your personality. Make it safe for them to come out and play and you will have a bigger think-tank to draw from.
- Give your detail- and task-oriented people time to catch up to your ideas. A bit of patience and support on your part will result in a major return of effort when they get up to speed. Remember that these people are the engine that implement your ideas. Detail and a solid foundation are their fuel.
- See and use the value of those high-energy "people" personalities. They usually hate task-oriented detail as much as you do, so use them for what they are best at: motivating and getting people working together. They can help smooth out your rough edges!
It takes all kinds of people to make the world go 'round. I encourage you to embrace the dominant personality in your life and learn effective ways to communicate with them. Together you make a powerful team!
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Azerbaijani documentary to be screened at international film festival in Austria
"The Native Hearth", a documentary by Azerbaijani filmmakers, will be screened at the international LET`S CEE film festival in Austria. This festival showcases contemporary European films, documentaries and short fiction films, and also aims to encourage film trends in Asian countries, AzerTAc reports. The festival provides an opportunity for young directors not only to learn the secrets of world cinema and film production, but also to participate in the formation of the Central European auteur cinema. Partnering with notable film industry companies, film educators, directors, producers, and writers, competition provides a forum for talented filmmakers to be recognized for their work, creativity, and achievements. The festival`s opening film will be Daria Onyshenko`s drama Eastalgia, a Serbian-German-Ukrainian co-production. The Feature Film Competition will include eight films, the Short Film Competition will feature seven participants and the Documentary Film Competition will feature six contributions. "The Native Hearth" is a co-production between Azerbaijan ("Cinema house") and Russia ("DS Films"). The production of the movie was funded by the Azeri Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Russia` Ministry of Culture.
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips Chats with the Rumpus
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club posted excerpts from a virtual discussion with Rowan Ricardo Phillips about his debut poetry collection, The Ground. The group discussed the importance of place in poetry, and examined how place is established in Phillips' work. Phillips, who was born in New York but has family ties to Barcelona, made a few interesting points in response:
What I find is that you can re-inhabit spaces, territories, buildings, etc. But that spirit of that place as it was, if you are indeed searching for that, is impossible to find again. I'm influenced by the process of the search. The poem is more often than not what's found during that search. What's found, if you will, in the ground.
…Regarding world-making, whether we're from rural Texas, New York, the suburbs of Paris, wherever, the world comes to makes less and less sense the deeper we immerse ourselves into art. Poets, especially, as they're in search of a sustainable way of creating with their language, absolutely must find a way of unraveling the world and making it again. Heraclitus, I believe, said that geography is fate. That, then, is what tethers us to the world. The rest is pulling on that tether.
To learn more about this debut poet, head on over to The Rumpus.
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About Harvest Home Fair
Harvest Home Fair History
Early in its history, the Kiwanis Club of Cheviot-Westwood was confronted with a community challenge that it accepted at the urging of its charter president.Only a year after Kiwanis was established as the community's newest organizational the demise of the community's oldest organization appeared inevitable. Bankrupt and with aging leadership that recoiled from the challenges of changing times, the Green Township Harvest Home Association directors voted to discontinue the annual festivals, which had been held on the last Thursday in August for 78 years without a miss, during times of war and peace, prosperity and depression.
Enoch and Ashsah Carson had settled on 20 acres of Green Township land in 1806 with their eight children. When their first harvest was abundant out of this fertile land, they invited the other settlers to rejoice and give thanks for the harvest, and in a grove outside of their cabin they held the first of many annual "festivals." The Green Township Agricultural Society was organized to hold the annual festival on Carson's ranch from 1855-1859. Then the newly organized Green Township Harvest Home Association continued the Festival in Cheviot beginning on Friday, August 17, 1860 in Carson's beautiful grove and yearly after that until 1939, when the young men of the infant Kiwanis Club of Cheviot-Westwood took over the reigns for the 79th annual one day festival. The Green Township Agricultural Society held the deed for the Harvest Home Park and this ownership was transferred to the City of Cheviot with the stipulation that the City of Cheviot permit the Kiwanis Club of Cheviot-Westwood to use the Harvest Home Park for the Fair.
Dr. Foster Williams, whose grandfather, Dr. Peter Williams, M.D. and father, Dr. John Williams, M.D., were presidents of the old Green Township Harvest Home Association, became the first chairman of the Kiwanis committee. He continued in that capacity for 32 years when he became Chairman Emeritus in September, 1970. John J. O'Rourke, our club's first president, was General Manager of the first 18 festivals until Oreste Barone took over in 1958 for the next 13 years. Fos and John accepted the "lumber, the seats, ropes, flags, tables, and building" at Harvest Home park and started working on the 79th festival. Lacking operating cash, it was necessary for the Kiwanians to raise a "starter fund" to underwrite the first festival. $270.50 was subscribed by individual Kiwanians and community business establishments with the largest contribution of $25.00 from the Western Hills Publishing. With that boost, the first efforts of our young club wound up with $112.25 in the black. Some of the "Display Exhibits" the first year were Vitt and Stermer, Western Hills Press, Rebold Funeral Home and Wullenweber Motors. Gate receipts were $477. The largest expense item was advertising and printing, $149.56, by the Western Hills Press.
The first major decision under Kiwanis management in 1940 was to extend the festival to two days in an effort to provide more time for 4-H and other youth activities and a more effective means of raising funds for its youth and community program. On the recommendation of Mayor Edward C. Gingerich, Cheviot Council approved the Kiwanis request to extend the park use from one to two days. The dates were changed at that time to the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day. Even with 25 cents admission fee, the festival grew in participation, attendance, and revenue slowly but consistentiy until it reached a peak of net earnings of $2,388 in 1948. The first serious weather adversity came in 1950 when a deluge washed out the Friday evening and swamped the Saturday event. In desperation, the Kiwanians decided on the first-time-ever Sunday rain date but that only yielded a net profit of $296.35 for that year. With Cheviot officials and public concurrence the 92nd Annual Festival, in 1951, became the first three-day event.
In 1951, the first three day festival brought new attendance and new proceeds records. The $4,028 net profit enabled the Club to appropriate $3,000 for developing the Harvest Home Park baseball diamonds and lighted horse show arena. These were the first of many Kiwanis-funded improvements at the historic Harvest Home site. The $5,970.84 net in 1952 was the highest yield until 1961, when $6,898.00 was realized. By 1968, $19,837.00 was raised but profits waxed and waned (a loss of $3,344.75 in 1965 - our only red ink). It wasn't until the last 26 years that the Fair has achieved its greatest potential, surpassing over $60,000 per year for Youth and Community programs. That's when Charles W. Reusing took over as chairman and manager and tightened the Kiwanis belt on expenses and free-bees. Jack Weber, Jr., Chuck Mitchell, John Rathkamp, Tony Upton, Bill Small, and now Pastor Phil Dumke have continued the austerity program that Charlie started in 1972 after he began his 5 year chairmanship in 1971.
The Harvest Home Fair, as it is now billed, has come to be known as "the biggest littie fair in Ohio," and probably the single largest Kiwanis project in the State and one of the largest in the nation; so wrote Al Huneke before he died. Indeed, so interlaced are Cheviot-Westwood Kiwanis and the Green Township Harvest Home Fair that the Club's history which began 61 years ago is, in large part, the Harvest Home story which began 59 years ago! Our club has always relied totally on the proceeds of the fair to support our community efforts and we've come a long way, baby, from a 1939 profit of $112.25 to our best net of $97,205.05 in 1995. Harvest Home Fair profits went over the one million mark in 1988 and the 1997 Fair brought the profits to $1,695,507.66
Our Club's Major Community Contributions:
There's much more to the Harvest Home Fair than profits and projects.The planning and work go on for a year. When Fair time rolls around we are all one big family. It's a good time and there's a lot of satisfaction in putting on the Fair. Cheviot-Westwood members give 2500 to 3000 volunteer hours each year at the Fair. The Thursday evening parade is truly a community venture with 200 units, 10 high school bands, 50 floats, and 5,000 neighbors enjoying the two hour extravaganza. An average of 40,000 people attend the fair. 7,250 exhibitors share their talents and accomplishments, peddling their wares or entertaining with games and music.
When the Kiwanis Club took over the Festival, the 1940 theme was "Boys and Girls of the Community". The 1959 theme was "Harvest Home Centennial".
Other Important Milestones:
The theme of our 1995 Fair was "Fiftieth Anniversary of Victory, World War II," and our own Tom Griffin, a navigator with General Doolittle's Raid on Toyko, was Grand Marshall of the Fair Parade.
The 1996 theme was "Music, Music, Music" and Andy Brady was Grand Marshall.
The 1997 theme was "Salute to Sixty Years of Community Service" to commemorate the Cheviot-Westwood Kiwanis sixtieth anniversary and 26 year member Nick Wersel, long time Parade Chairman, was the Grand Marshall.
The 1998 Theme was "Local Independent Businesses" and the Grand marshall was Ron Roth, a 38 year member.
4-H Club ParticipationThe 4H Clubs have been major participants in the Fair. We have been giving a 4-H college scholarship for 38 years. Initially a $200 scholarship was awarded in 1959 - today it is $1,000. It has been given in Dr. Foster Williams' name each year.
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Quarterpanel and Trunk Replacement on 78 Camaro
Howdy all,
I normally am just a engine and suspension mechanic, but I decided to take on a restoration project. I have to replace both quarter panels and trunk in my 78 Camaro. Ive found some sites for some tips but nothing concrete for this specific year, make and model.
I was just going to use a skin since its just the lower parts of the panel that need replaced. The trunk needs replaced because the shock tower busted through the trunk. I am a pretty decent welder but I have never done any body work like this before. So any tips or links to sites would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I faced the same situation two years ago. I don't believe you will find a specific site that will lead you through it step by step.
By reading many sites you'll get a sense of the steps involved. One area that is rarely talked about but controls the success of your patching is taking measurements. Before you cut, you need to know where the locating points will be when you start hanging that metal back in thin air.
I found it imperative that I make measurements and mark dimensions on adjacent good metal - even scribe lines in the metal to guarantee they'll still be there after a wipe of lacquer thinner.
Look at these:
I have many pictures of the '86 Dodge truck that I'm putting supports and floor panels in if you have specific questions - just ask.
Wow, those are some really good links! Lots of good info there I really appreciate it!
There is some info in my Project Journal for a 73. Pretty sure its the same.
1.) The frame (unibody sheetmetal formed into a channel thats spotwelded to the body) will be JUNK. Pretty much a lock on that! I dropped the rear end out, and traced the outline on construction paper. Transferred it to 14 ga. sheet metal. Do it for inside AND outside of EACH rail. They are all going to be different. Clean off the old "frame" down to bare metal. Find a GOOD ground. Drill 5/16" holes in your NEW frame rails, and plugweld the new pieces to the old. After all 4 are in, trace a new bottom piece. Trim and weld in. Clean up your welds and bury it in POR-15.
2.) Do the same for the shock mounts
3.) If the fender is eaten away in front and behind the wheel, you will likely need a new wheelhouse. To do that right, its almost easier to hang a new 1/4. And trunk extensions, while you are there.
4.) Doing the trunk CAN get tricky. Where the 1/4 comes down into the trunk opening, you have to be careful!! There is a strip that runs from the back of the window to the rear tail light panel. Thats HAS to stay there!! The quarter overlaps it. Sandblast it clean so you can see what you are working with.
TAKE PICTURES BEFORE YOU START of all your gaps. ESPECIALLY the gap under the tail lights where the valance and the quarters meet.
Plan on a couple hundred hours!
If you have any specific questions , post them up.
If the shock towers are eaten through, watch for the spring mounts. They are next.
To do it over, I would look for a Southern Car, or Backhalf it!
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Naturally this was because of the claque, instructed by the whips to whistle and cheer him and jeer at everyone else. Who would have thought that people brown-nosing in unison, essentially a slithery activity, could make such a loud noise?
But there, sitting between the toadies, we could discern the quiet opposition. The opposition which sits opposite the Opposition, if you see what I mean. Think of a class told they'll be kept in until someone admits spray-painting the gym. Resentful. Sullen.
Or soldiers learning their tour of Iraq has been extended by three months. It was the surly silence of men who are seething with barely repressed dumb insolence.
Mr Clarke had decided on a policy of mild, sweet reasonableness. Now we were on the deck of the Bounty. Cap'n Bligh was explaining how, contrary to what he had promised at the start of the voyage, he regrettably had no choice but to halve the rum ration.
Oh, and when they thought about it, the crew would realise that being flogged until their skin hung off their backs like stewed rhubarb was really the only way forward. He said it so gently that for a while no one quite knew how to react.
In these ways Mr Clarke turned what might have been a disaster for him and his career into - not a triumph, but not a catastrophe either.
In fact, much of his speech was hard to follow, being crammed with statistics and the creation of new bodies (why does it cost such a lot to spend money under this government, quite apart from the money itself, that is?) that MPs were bewildered.
The only time they seemed to get really angry was towards the end when he announced that he was offering "a coherent package, to be taken as a whole or not at all ... it is not a pick and mix menu".
The implication, that if the Commons didn't do exactly as he insisted, he would pick up his balls and take them home, was the equivalent of the Cap'n announcing that weevils in biscuits were now obligatory. That made them cross again.
So Tim Yeo, the new shadow education secretary, decided to be furious. Seeing Mr Yeo get angry is like watching a duck lose its temper; you're impressed by the extent of his rage, but not exactly terrified.
And when he claimed that Tory opposition to the bill was "principled", Labour MPs at last had an excuse for heartfelt, scornful, pipe-clearing laughter, the principle in question being part of Michael Howard's creed: "I believe it is necessary to get rid of Tony Blair in any way possible, even if it means going against what I believe."
Mr Yeo quoted the Labour manifesto: "We will not introduce top-up fees..." with the implication, "which part of 'not' don't you understand?"
He concluded: "It MUST be defeated!" and you could see the feathers fly harmlessly across the dispatch box.
Bit by bit the Labour ratings plucked up their courage to tell the minister that they still could not accept variable fees. Most were courteous, hand-wringing, clearly afraid of the skipper's wrath. Only Martin Salter (Reading West), who stopped caring what he said quite some time ago, told him: "You're asking an awful lot of us to play fast and loose with our own manifesto, on which all of us were elected." Keelhaul him!
The only question remaining now is whether the bilges are big enough to hold all the rebels, groaning in chains, scurvy eating their bodies. Some will have to be lashed to the mast instead.


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twi said
The comeback of the dead thread, the return. I just got a dribbble invite : http://dribbble.com/karimhossenbux
That's a good first shot! Loving that slider! Well done on that one!http://dribbble.com/kiwistudio – Still a prospect though
Yaeko said
I think I'm the smallest here , 158cm
Just when I was about to post, thinking I'm the smallest. 168cm.
Now it's working fine for my items.
If you plan on selling the HTML (here or anywhere), you should purchase a commercial license.
WordPress themes from TF are split license: PHP code is GPL , CSS/JS/Images are not gpl.
For quite some time IE7 is no longer mandatory. Providing support for IE8 & IE9 is a good practice though
But with the latest news of IE autoupdating… our life will be a whole lot easier.
This is my guess :http://www.dafont.com/sketch-block.font
Mine also supports bbPress as a standalone, without BP . What you're asking for is pretty easily achievable.
wptitans said
I'm a little confused about this is and where this is based upon by the reviewer. Or was it a decision by the author himself?
I can confirm that I didn't request a certain price for my latest theme.
There is no software in this world that will replace the human brain
-> Custom Handcrafted Code will always be better than code generated by a software.
premitheme said
Thank you everybody
i already use add_image_size and then grab that size with the appropriate function for the use. But I use TimThumb (for now) for images with dynamic size (for example giving the user an option to decide the height).
But you gave me a good idea, since the most optional value I use in my themes is the height (mostly the width is predefined and should be fixed), so i can use add_image_size with the needed max width and semi-open height (say 9999), this will generat an image size with the right width with its auto height, then I can achieve the optional height with css.What do you think? any one tried that successfully before?
Or you could just leave the height field blank, instead of '450' it should be ''. I guess it doesn't break things, haven't tested yet.


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Checkpoint car bomb kills 10, wounds 40
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Smoke rises from the site of an explosion at the entrance of the so-called "Green Zone" in Baghdad, Iraq yesterday. Photo: AP
Checkpoints may stop bombers entering central Baghdad's "Green Zone", but that was little consolation for Iraqis and others queuing up to be searched outside the area's thick blast walls yesterday morning.
At 9.15am (1515 AEST), as many Iraqis lined up to start a new working day inside the security zone, a suicide bomber waiting in line to get in blew up his car, killing 10 people and wounding 40 as shards of hot metal tore through bystanders.
"My God! My God!" screamed one woman, cowering with others against a wall at a checkpoint a few dozen metres from the point of the explosion as a cloud of dust enveloped her.
Tears streamed down her stunned face as the dirt settled to reveal a flaming wreck and a plume of black smoke above what had been a queue of cars waiting to enter the zone that is home to the US and British embassies and the interim Iraqi government.
Iraqi contract workers in neat blue overalls, who had been waiting patiently to enter, fled through the checkpoint into the zone as an orderly line disintegrated into chaos.
Some shots were fired even as bystanders' ears still tingled from the blast. Witnesses said the shots were probably Iraqi police firing into the air to clear the area.
Ijwad Qadhim was slumped down on a curb and nursed a wound, still unable to hear properly. Standing near him, a US contractor shouted: "Has anyone got a first aid kit?"
It was not the first time a bomber has struck an entrance to the Green Zone, a sprawling, heavily defended complex on the banks of the Tigris River. In May, a suicide bomber killed the then head of Iraq's now-defunct Governing Council as he entered.
Despite two relatively quiet weeks since US authorities handed power back to Iraqis, the latest bombing showed the crowded entrances to the Green Zone remain enticing sites for guerrillas looking for a soft target.
The former busy crossroads, once a major city artery, now has two roads blocked off, creating a chokepoint for cars and people. Most of those waiting to enter are Iraqis, usually stuck in slow moving queues under the scorching summer sun.
The four-metre concrete blast walls only offer protection to those who have already entered after searches.
Militants, who still view the US presence as an occupation, have often targeted those working for the Americans. But it is an inexplicable tactic for most Iraqis.
"This is never going to stop ... What's the point, it's just Iraqis (getting killed)," said Radwan, a security officer at the British embassy, which is a few hundred metres down the road from the site of the blast.
Emergency vehicle sirens started wailing moments after the blast, and dozens of US military vehicles raced to seal off the area with razor wire.
Fas, an interpreter with the US forces who only gave his nickname, spends every day around the checkpoint translating Arabic for US soldiers.
He threw himself on the ground at the sound of the blast, then turned to see the mangled vehicle.
Blood streamed from a small wound in his neck, which a US army medical team on the scene had bound with a bandage.
"They took me to the hospital, but I was sent back because they thought I was not badly injured. They didn't even clean up my neck or put on a plaster ... I work for the US forces, they should treat me like any American," he said.


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This is a question that has come up as I've watched the Ravens play not only this year, but in previous years as well. Not only do the Ravens rarely run screens, but when they do, they seem to have all the grace of those "end around" fiascos we run from time to time.
There is an art to drawing up and executing a timely screen play, but that art seems to be lost to the Ravens. With all the other short, "garbage" passing formations we use (i.e. curls to the backs thrown behind the line of scrimmage, etc.) why not incorporate the screen? It's perfect when D-Lineman get to the point where they're frustrated, and pin their ears back and try to blast through the line. What better way to frustrate them even more than to LET them through -- like releasing water from behind a damn -- and ALMOST get to the QB...right before the QB dumps the ball off to the back or receiver packed in behind a wedge of blockers?