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Sep 24, 2013 - By Alejandra Silva, Staff WriterA new set of wheels soon will be cruising around the Riverton Regional Airport.
The Riverton City Council has approved a bid from Jack's Truck and Equipment for a new snow plow dump truck that will fill a Federal Aviation Administration requirement for the removal of snow and windrows at the airport.
The Riverton Regional Airport has a snow removal time frame requirement of an hour and a half. This new truck, airport officials said, will help meet that requirement.
Engineers estimated a cost of about $240,000 for a new truck and the winning bid was for $240,426. The purchase is part of the airport improvement project --93 percent of which is funded by the FAA, 4.5 percent by the state and 2.5 percent by the city.
Mayor Ron Warpness said the estimated $4,800 the city will have to pay is a good deal.
The truck
Airport division manager Paul Griffin said the new "specialty" truck will be built by Western Star and will comprise parts from various companies. He said the company has between 180 to 220 days to make the powerful chromed yellow truck.
Griffin also said he doesn't anticipate the vehicle will be used this winter.
The airport currently has two plow trucks and a blower unit. Staff said plow blades will be attached to the new truck, allowing the blower unit to perform on its own.
The truck also will be used during the summer to maintain the airport's access roads and safety areas along the runways and taxiways. City staff said the airport currently has to borrow a dump truck from the streets and alleys department during the summer.
"We're pleased that we got a chance to get this piece of equipment," Griffin said.
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Are you ready for some football?
You are paying for it regardless.
Although "sports" never shows up as a line item on a cable or satellite bill, American television subscribers pay, on average, about $100 a year for sports programming — no matter how many games they watch. A sizable portion goes to the National Football League, which dominates sports on television and which struck an extraordinary deal this week with the major networks — $27 billion over nine years — that most likely means the average cable bill will rise again soon.
Well, I'm not paying for it: I don't have cable. (Though I do pay an Internet bill to Comcast, so it's possible a few of my dollars go to football. But only indirectly.)
There's been increased talk about a la carte cable purchasing lately, which would allow TV viewers to buy the channels they want and not pay for the channels they don't. But that's hardly even necessary anymore. Between Hulu and Netflix—along with the occasional timely purchases from iTunes or Amazon Video on Demand—I watch what I want to watch and don't worry about access to the stuff I don't. The only problem I occasionally run into is sports, but A) a surprising amount of that is legal and free online, B) I can always walk down to the tavern to see the other stuff, usually, and C) I don't watch that much sports.
We've gotten quickly used to having every bit of media ever created at our immediate disposal, but it's good to remember that (until recently) scarcity has been the rule rather than the exception. But having a little scarcity in my video consumption has saved me money and let me focus on stuff I really want to watch, instead of letting a TV drone on in the background because I'm too lazy to get up from the couch and turn it off. I'm not paying for football because I'm not paying for cable. If you don't like football, why are you paying for it?


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Hello all! First time here!
I was requested to make a Johnnie Walker Blue Label cake, but I can't seem to find an image of just the logo to use for the edible printer! I have a cake supply store that said they will print it for me (since I don't have an edible printer) but I was hoping someone could help or already had a picture of just the blue label logo, not on a bottle. I've searched the internet high and low! Any help is appreciated!! Thanks!
thanks! but I was actually looking to try and get the exact label, like the one below, except flat, so I can print it.
I checked and couldn't find it anywhere. Can't you just crop the bottle out of the picture? Or if you have a bottle with the logo you could use a copier and print it out that way.
AWhenever I have to do something like this I try one of these options:
See if the liquor store has the size that comes with the fancy box. The box usually has a nice flat label on it. You can scan it.
Buy the bottle & scan the label. Sometimes, this means peeling the label. That's a pain!
Call the distributor & ask for a jpg of the label. Worst they can do is say no.
Got this from the internet. hope I will be able to paste it here. get it printed and cut it .


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HOUSTON - The FBI tells Local 2 Investigates agents are receiving many tips and learning about more suspected victims of an international schools teacher thought to have molested more than 90 young men.
"It's hard to put a number on victims because I think this is only the beginning. It is now reaching abroad and so I think the next few weeks we are going to continue to have a large volume of response," FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap told Local 2.
The suspect, William James Vahey, of South Carolina, killed himself after learning the FBI was investigating him. Vahey is not from Houston, but Dunlap says it is possible he had contacts with children of Houston-area families while they lived overseas. Vahey taught at American schools in various countries since the 1970s.
Local 2 Investigative reporter Jace Larson broke news of the investigation Tuesday. Several people have since come forward to Local 2 also saying they were molested by Vahey at various schools around the world.
The Houston FBI was called in to investigate images that FBI agents think show Vahey molesting 90 boys since 2008. Agents think he could have been molesting children since the 1970s when he was convicted of child molestation in California.
"We're hearing that folks are shocked. People are concerned. Folks are wanting to help us. We are going to do the best we can to do a thorough investigation," Dunlap said.
Even though Vahey killed himself, agents want to make sure no one else was involved.
"Just because this specific individual chose not to face justice, doesn't mean we are going to stop," she said.
Vahey, who was 64, has taught in Nicaragua; London, England,; Caracas, Venezuela; Jakarta, Indonesia; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Athens, Greece; Ahwaz and Tehran, Iran; Madrid, Spain, and Beirut, Lebanon.
Dunlap says records show he taught at the Saudi Aramco School in Saudi Arabia from 1980-1992. Saudi Aramco has a division located in the Houston area and Dunlap says children from Texas may have attended that school while their parents worked in Saudi Arabia.
"We want to help these victims, if it's needed. We want to help them bring closure for the horrific acts," she said.
Click here to see a timeline of where and when Vahey taught abroad.
If you have information about the ongoing investigation regarding William James Vahey, or believe you may have been victimized by him, the FBI asks that you complete a confidential questionnaire or submit a confidential email. You can also contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
Have a story idea for investigative reporter Jace Larson? Email him or send him a message on Facebook.
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Seminars topics range from watershed level subjects, and subjects in classical ecology, to highly specialized seminars in advanced biology, taxonomy, and ecological restoration. Eagle Hill has long been recognized as offering hard-to-find seminars and workshops which provide important opportunities for training and meeting others who are likewise dedicated to the natural history sciences.
Eagle Hill field seminars are of special interest because they focus on the natural history of one of North America's most spectacular and pristine natural areas, the coast of eastern Maine from Acadia National Park to Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge and beyond. Most seminars combine field studies with follow-up lab studies and a review of the literature.
Additional information is provided in lectures, slide presentations, and discussions. Seminars are primarily taught for people who already have a reasonable background in a seminar program or in related subjects, or who are keenly interested in learning about a new subject. Prior discussions of personal study objectives are welcome.
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American Gods Film In Preparation
Neil Gaiman is saying nothing...
Development on the Sandman TV series may have temporarily stalled, but work on a hitherto unknown film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods is, according to the author, finally underway.
Gaiman spills very few beans in his interview with Digital Spy, but reveals that the rights to his weightiest novel to date were sold a week or so ago. To whom? That's the question. All Gaiman will hint at is that it's a director who is also a cinematographer, "who has many, many Oscars and who I think is a genius." Not so impressive that Gaiman didn't need persuading though. He says he's been talking to the interested party for some time before being eventually convinced to give him the rights. But "I love the fact that he fell in love with the book about six or seven years ago and has not given up and just kept coming back and coming back."
Gaiman's novel, first published in 2001, and again in an expanded edition in 2005, involves old gods and mythological creatures from various pantheons (Low Key Lyesmith, Mr Nancy, Mr Jacquel), brought to the US by the immigrants that founded it, but whose powers are waning as people's beliefs shift to modern horrors like media and technology. When (ahem) Shadow is released from prison, he takes up with the mysterious Mr Wednesday, on an odyssey across America recruiting old gods for a war against the new.
During the journey, Shadow learns some interesting facts about his heritage, and faces down a child-killer. Characters from Sandman crop up occasionally. The novel's companion piece Anansi Boys came out in 2005, and a follow-up story, Monarch of the Glen, is in Gaiman's Fragile Things collection.
Gaiman will be meeting with the newly anointed rights-holders in LA shortly, to "see what he can do to help". But, speculating hats on, who's he meeting with? Neil Jordan is a good fit for Gaiman's universe, but he's already involved with The Graveyard Book, and only has the one Oscar. Ridley Scott doesn't have any. James Cameron seems unlikely. Ron Howard is somewhat busy with The Dark Tower. Ditto Peter Jackson with The Hobbit. An Oliver Stone American Gods would be something to behold, but would you call him a cinematographer? Steven Soderbergh is retiring from filmmaking. We can't imagine Steven Spielberg would have taken seven years to convince Gaiman. Clint Eastwood? Nah. Danny Boyle? Hmm, Danny Boyle... Now if we were talking multiple Oscars for single films, and including nominations...
We could say names all day though and not get anywhere near the truth. It's out there, and we'll have it as soon as it's revealed, but in the meantime, give us your thoughts below. Who fits the description, and who'd fit the material?
Incidentally, we've just discovered that if you type "multi oscar director" into Google, the first name you get is William Friedkin. Somebody call Mark Kermode!


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Adam Williamson wrote, On 04/20/2009 03:37 PM:
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:01 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:Adam Williamson wrote:At present, the status is that these are more or less ignored by Bugzappers and most maintainers; some maintainers use and set them for their own packages according to their own system. The reason for their neglect, as I see it, is that there's been no convention for their use, and no overall responsibility in setting them - they're usually set arbitrarily by reporters, and thus convey no useful information.This is offensive. I am one such user.I set fields as thoughtfully as I'm able, given the lack of guidelines. I've mentioned my thoughts on reasonable values and meanings here before.As I mentioned, I didn't want to go into this topic in too much depth in the mail to developers because it's irrelevant, and it's never a good idea to have meat in a mail that can fuel a debate you really don't want to get started. The fact that there are no agreed definitions of what these fields actually means is enough to make them useless. No matter how thoughtfully you set them, at present, they are not doing anything - you wasted your time. This isn't your fault, it's just the way things are at present :)
Thanks for trying to get them defined for fedora.Something that is a little irksome, is that at least qualitatively, from reading this thread, it seems that at least some of the developers
1) are not interested in having the use of these fields codified. 2) think that users *never* follow directions.Like John, I have always striven to set these values reasonably and in accordance with the directions of what ever project I was submitting them to.
when looking at redhat's set[1], High and Low severity are the only ones with nearly objective measures, which I find somewhat problematic when submitting RH bugs (under subscription). RedHat's set of Priority's are completely subjective, and thus ONLY useful to developers/RH task mangers, which seems to fit well with what RH defines it for[3]. looking at the new fedora set[2], I find the severity fairly well developed and useful, I believe I could rate my problems using this description, such that a triage team member would likely never change the severity more than one place and only then if they (or other commenter's) knew of a workaround I did not.
In the fedora set[2], under priority I find myself asking `"affecting ___quantity____ users" of the _package_ or of the _distribution_?`.
And on the matter of user re-rating... I _might_ ask the triage team member to justify (if they did not already) in a comment, but I understand getting in to a twiddle field battle only annoys folks to the point that my bugs would probably get ignored, and so I would not be changing the field after initial submission. (ask for change, I may. make change I would not.) I don't think it would be a bad thing for those fields to only be available to the reporter to be set initially, and *possibly* until after the first other comment/maintainer change is submitted, i.e, give me a chance to say OOPs that was not the severity I thought it should have.
Again thanks for the work you are doing on this, I believe it should be able to help both user and maintainer get better bugzilla use.
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Beland/Bugzilla_Legend#Severity_and_Priority
modified on 17 March 2009, at 18:52. [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter


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The Near-Term Potential of Manufacturing in Space
Published: Jan 1, 1980. Publicly Released: Jan 1, 1980.
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This article appeared in the GAO Review, Vol. 15, Issue 4, Fall 1980. Aerospace feats have brought economic benefits both directly and indirectly. While direct benefits are significant, the majority of economic gains have been realized through indirect benefits such as solid-state technology. In judging the future potential of space programs, this is an important point for consideration. Programs of the past were not directed toward economic gains, but programs of the future will be. The advent of the space shuttle will bring prospects of manufacturing in space to take advantage of the unique characteristics of space. For space manufacturing to become a reality, much research and development is needed. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is stressing the need to establish a firm scientific basis to better identify the benefits expected from materials processing in space. Industry's partcipation is absolutely essential to the program's success, guiding NASA toward the types of research needed to be done. Only after a solid scientific basis has been established can commercial applications be adequately supported. This is the point at which private industry will begin to consider actively investing in space-related ventures. Because of the uniqueness of materials processing in space, the time from basic research to marketing for products from space will be longer than that for products manufactured on earth. Budget approval is linked to measurable results; and, in this program, results cannot be measured. The number of scientists involved at the basic research end of the spectrum is relatively small compared to other stages of the program. Emphasis on space manufacturing by other countries could lead to technological and economic advantages which will be hard to overcome. Most basic research in the program and part of the developmental and demonstration research will have to be funded by the Federal Government. Private industry is not likely to fund materials processing in space.
Aug 9, 2017
Space Launch:Coordination Mechanisms Facilitate Interagency Information Sharing on AcquisitionsGAO-17-646R: Published: Aug 9, 2017. Publicly Released: Aug 9, 2017.
Jun 9, 2017
Satellite Acquisitions:Agencies May Recover a Limited Portion of Contract Value When Satellites FailGAO-17-490: Published: Jun 9, 2017. Publicly Released: Jun 9, 2017.
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NASA:Assessments of Major ProjectsGAO-17-303SP: Published: May 16, 2017. Publicly Released: May 16, 2017.
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NASA Human Space Exploration:Delay Likely for First Exploration MissionGAO-17-414: Published: Apr 27, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 27, 2017.
Mar 23, 2017
Commercial Space Launch Insurance:Weakness in FAA's Insurance Calculation May Expose the Federal Government to Excess RiskGAO-17-366: Published: Mar 23, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 2017.
Feb 16, 2017
NASA Commercial Crew Program:Schedule Pressure Increases as Contractors Delay Key EventsGAO-17-137: Published: Feb 16, 2017. Publicly Released: Feb 16, 2017.
Dec 7, 2016
James Webb Space Telescope:Project Meeting Cost and Schedule Commitments but Continues to Use Reserves to Address ChallengesGAO-17-71: Published: Dec 7, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 7, 2016.
Sep 8, 2016
Environmental Satellites:NOAA Needs to Ensure Its Timelines Are Accurate, Clear, and Fully DocumentedGAO-16-767: Published: Sep 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 8, 2016.
Jul 27, 2016
NASA Human Space Exploration:Opportunity Nears to Reassess Launch Vehicle and Ground Systems Cost and ScheduleGAO-16-612: Published: Jul 27, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2016.
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:Action Needed to Improve Visibility into Cost, Schedule, and Capacity to Resolve Technical ChallengesGAO-16-620: Published: Jul 27, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2016.
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Earth-985 is an alternate reality in which the Silver Surfer bonded with the Carnage symbiote of that universe.
In Earth-985, The Carnage symbiote was able to bond with the Silver Surfer long enough to allow the manifestation of cosmic powers. After a battle with the Avengers and Spider-Man.
During the second battle with the Carnage, Spider-Man and the others were once again easily bested by Carnage. Firestar managed to harm the symbiote enough to allow the Silver Surfer control over his body.
Realizing that there was only one way to stop the Carnage symbiote, the Silver Surfer flew himself into the sun, destroying both himself and the symbiote.


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Communities in HyderabadThere are many communities, which co-exist in India and contribute in strengthening the overall development of the country. The directory on Indian communities is an effort to present the various communities of India on a single platform. Here under the online community web guide view website related to different communities of India offering plethora of information such as history, philosophy, practices, literature and several online discussion forums. Access online community websites to get further insights into the society and culture in India.
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- AP Telaga Kapu Balija Sangham we are provides economic, Social, cultural and educational activities of the community.
- REDDY JANA SANGHAM Reddys are an agrarian community to the rural areas and mainly interested in cultivating their own land.They had enough to sustain themselves and therefore,they were not much interested in modern education.With the national awakening and the struggle for freedom in the beginning of the century touching the Reddy community,they became aware of the need for education.
- DHANWANTARI FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL With above views Dr. P. Kamalakara Sharma, Managing Director of Sree Raghavendra Hospitals, Mylardevpally, Rajendra Nagar Mandal, R.R.Dt., Hyderabad with few like-minded Medical Doctors has conducted initial meeting at his hospital premises in January 2004 and later regularly at Sri Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Barkatpura every month. Such one year relentless efforts have identified about 350 Medical doctors in Hyderabad and Secunderabad and led to organize a forum called DHANWANTARI FOUNDATION
- Telugu One We at telugu one emphasize and stress that the best service is delivered to you on time with a smile. So why wait go ahead and start searching till your heart find its suitable mate. Search for your soulmate from a wide range Profiles present in our databases.
- Idont Want Dowry The website is restricted to those brides and grooms who oppose the dowry system. The like minded aspirants can contact the listed people through our website and find their suitable match. We proudly inform you that this is the first of its kind of service ever in the history and it has been dedicated to the people who oppose dowry.
- The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industy The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce was Started in 1917 as a Chamber of Commerce representing the entire old State of Hyderabad. The work of the Federation is carried out by a Secretarit consisting of a Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, Senior Asst.
- Any Caste Matrimony Any caste Matrimony is an exclusive matrimony site for people who look beyond the caste system and are willing to marry from any caste. Lakhs of people from totally different castes and lifestyle come together in their partner search on this site. This portal will help connect all people who are looking to marry out of their caste.
- sakshum cultivating dreams Sakshum means 'Being Capable'in hindi is a tender initiative for children with special needs to provide holistic treatment and integrate them into the main-stream.By special need we mean to address all children who are diagnosed with disability Cerebral Palsy,Autism,Down's Syndrome and other childhood disabilities.
- Pelli Sandadi Pelli Sandadi provides an opportunity to the Telugu speaking community of the world to reach out to each other for finding suitable marriage alliances.The site displays matrimonial ads about the registered members who are looking out for the marriage alliances either for themselves or for their kith and kin.
- Arya vysyas My name is Javvaji Nataraj.I formed Aryavysyagroup to formalize to all my Aryavysya's. This website is to communicate the most upto date information on what and where the community is growing. Hopefully, this will lead to action on your part and you will support them.
- Jyothi Matrimony Once a Profile is registered Online, the profile will be recorded in our Application form and deleted from our database. After due verification of profile from our end we follow up for Paid Registration and the same profile will be incorporated once again with a different number.
- Doshiza Matrimonial today holds a much more advanced position when compared to the past Unlike ancient past where to find the right choice to marry one relied on grandmother or grandfathers or the local matrimonial channel, however same would not be the case today.
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Golden Princess to Alaska June 30, 2012: Golden Princess Cruise Review by expdek
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Golden Princess to Alaska June 30, 2012
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Seattle
Embarkation at Pier 91 in Seattle was relatively painless given our Princess Platinum status. Despite cautions about staggered boarding times, no direction was ever given on this. We arrived at the pier at 11:30 and were aboard the ship as soon as it opened at noon. We went to our cabin, D523, a mini-suite on the Dolphin Deck.
This was our 11th Princess cruise, so the general layout and accommodations on Princess ships is very familiar to us. Perhaps too familiar -- we found little need to "explore" the ship this time. Golden Princess is now 11 years old and, frankly, it's starting to show its age in many respects. We found significant rusting around our balcony area, tile in the bathroom had been cracked and (poorly) patched. The mattresses on the beds sagged, the pillows had no More stuffing, and the sofa bed had only a very thin mattress...but it didn't sag because it had no springs and rested on wooden slats. Talk about firm. Carpets in some of the common areas appeared to have been replaced fairly recently, but the cabin decor is looking quite tired after all these years. The ship was in good condition but didn't seem to show the standard of maintenance we've seen on other Princess ships.
As this was an early summer cruise, the ship was packed with families, and many cultures were represented. We found that parents of nearly all cultures now allow their young children to run around destroying everything in their path. The ship's putting green and "lawn" area were practically unusable due to unsupervised young children wielding golf putters like swords and golf balls flying everywhere. The same behavior could be seen around the ping pong tables and pools. On several occasions children got on an elevator, pressed all the floor buttons, and then ran off. It is unfortunate that so many parents do not see the need to manage their children, especially in the limited confines of a cruise ship.
The hotel and dining staff on this cruise was overwhelmingly Philippine, and unfailing smiling and happy. Unfortunately, they also spoke the least English of any crew on any cruise we've taken to date. This made it very difficult to make even very simple requests or ask questions. Most requests went unfulfilled (but with a smile) due to this language barrier.
The cruise director's staff suffered from a similar case of language barrier. Sammi Baker, the American-born cruise director, was outstanding, reflecting a genuine enthusiasm for Alaska and cruising. Most all her assistants were not native speakers, and often tried to turn their lack of English speaking skills into jokes...bad ones. In one trivia game session, the leader said there were two goals of the game: answering the questions correctly, and understanding the questions in the first place. All too true.
Our cruise featured Michael Modzelewski, naturalist and expert on all things Alaska. His speaking style reflects his passion for the grandeur of Alaska, and takes some getting used to. Some liked him, others did not. He presented a number of lectures and spoke over the sound system at key times like the period in Tracy Arm Fjord. There could be no disputing his knowledge.
We did not attend any of the song and dance shows, finding them to all be re-runs of past cruises ("Motor City" must have been running for at least 10 years now). We did enjoy the comedian Rollin' Jay Moore and magician Alexander.
Food on this cruise was mostly standard Princess fare. We did notice that Indian food was always available in the Horizon Court -- perhaps in recognition of the large number of Indian passengers on board. There was a goodly amount of seafood, as expected on an Alaska cruise. The seafood barbeque lunch on deck was particularly good. We ate in the Crown Grill on the second formal night and found the food to be excellent and the $25/person upcharge to be a good value for what turned out to be a 2-hour-plus dining experience.
We did several side trips worth mentioning: In Juneau, we booked the Sled Dog Summer Camp through Alaska Sled Dog Tours. Our party of four were the only people on the late-afternoon tour and we got a very personal view of the camp, the dogs, musher Austin Barr, and the puppies -- the main attraction. The price of $129/person seemed steep, but where else could you go to see and learn about this sport and its people? We also ate King Crab at Tracy's Crab Shack. If you go, head there straight from the ship to beat the crowd. It's worth it.
In Skagway, we took the White Pass Railway. This was our second time on the WP&YR and, frankly, it gets a bit long. Something you should do, once. In the afternoon, we took a Hike and Float trip with Skagway Float Tours. Our guide, Ian, was very knowledgeable and led us through a 2-mile hike in the temperate rain forest followed by a 45-minute float down the Taiya River. The hike is quite strenuous, but they can accommodate non-hikers so I'd advise checking them out.
Our time in Tracy Arm Fjord was short but very good. Our captain was able to maneuver our ship up very close to the Sawyer Glacier. Rain and fog at the beginning of the Arm cleared up as we got farther in, giving us a good view of the blue ice at the face of the glacier. We heard that our ship got closer on this trip than any other trip this year. For me, the complicated navigation through the fjord was as interesting as the view of the glacier itself. If you want to see glaciers, Glacier Bay National Park is a much better choice. Tracy Arm is spectacular as much for the journey as it is for the destination.
In Ketchikan, we had only a short few hours in port in the early morning. This was a big disappointment to many people on the ship for two reasons: lack of time to really see much, and it was the best weather of the whole cruise. All we did there was walk around the town and do some shopping. I noticed that it took almost 45 minutes after our scheduled departure time to actually leave due to the large number of passengers returning at the last minute.
In Victoria, we took the Butchart Gardens tour. The gardens are beautiful, but with two ships in town for a short few hours (in the evening) it wasn't a great time to see the place. Very crowded and felt rushed. We would have had a better time had we stayed in town and explored Victoria. We will be back to see it another time as it looks like a fascinating place.
There is quite a bit of sea-time on this cruise: the whole first day sailing to Juneau, then a whole day at Tracy Arm Fjord and cruising to Ketchikan, and another whole day on the way back to Victoria. If you like sea days, you'll like this cruise. The weather on our cruise was very cool and cloudy for all except the last day, so this pretty much forced all the passengers to stay indoors, making the ship's public spaces and elevators *very* crowded. We all had a bit of "cabin fever" as it was even too cold to sit on our balcony very much. We enjoyed very smooth ocean conditions the whole week.
Disembarkation in Seattle, using the walk-off method, was a breeze. We gathered with our bags in the Casino and at 7:45AM were allowed to disembark. Passport control was no problem and we were outside the terminal in 10 minutes, on an independent shuttle to the airport in plenty of time for our 11AM flight. We will definitely use this walk-off method again.
In summary, we enjoyed this cruise, but it did not have the "wow factor" of our other cruises or even our last trip to Alaska five years ago. There was nothing terrible about the ship, but it didn't feel as nice and new as some of the others, reflecting the wear and tear of the mass market it serves. The crew was fine if uncommunicative. The food was Princess standard. The passengers seemed to be more rude and pushy than we are accustomed to, perhaps due to the lengthy time confined on the ship. The time ashore in Ketchikan and Victoria was too short. If you have never been to Alaska, and you enjoy sea days, this cruise would be a good choice for you. Less
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On Wednesday, President Obama gave a speech (full speech below) on the brutal murder of journalist James Foley, who was gruesomely beheaded in a video released by the Islamic State (ISIS). The Islamic State clearly wanted America to watch the video, as many radical Islamic freaks have been gleefully posting it under the hashtag #AmessagetoAmerica. In the video, the Islamic State also threatens to kill American Steven Joel Sotloff (pictured) if President Obama does not stop military strikes.
A new video (full video below) is also intended to dissuade America from pursuing the Islamic State. The sad truth is that the Obama administration is not worried about the Islamic State. However, they are worried about politics.
Wayne Dupree, CEO & Founder at WAAR Media Group, weighed in on the senseless and cowardly slaughter of Foley in a video the prominent conservative posted Wednesday. Dupree always speaks his mind; but his usual banter has been replaced by an angry frustration that surely matches the sentiments of many Americans.
In the video, Dupree addressed President Obama directly, saying that he is responsible for the death of James Foley due to his "policies" and "inaction." Dupree then referenced an article in the New Yorker from January, where President Obama compared ISIS to a "jayvee" team.
Dupree continues,
Your golfing! Your vacations," he lamented. "You are supposed to be the g**damn President of the United States!
Watch his comments here:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fnCdsfqCIs]
The Islamic State has been sending other messages under the hashtag, as well.
@jackcp12 #AmessageToAmerica you will see days like this once again! ⬇ pic.twitter.com/qIen0OgjXn
— المرقّع لولاة الخمر (@Tr8e3) August 20, 2014
It should be noted that the embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also addressed the gruesome video saying that it was reflective of "barbarism" and "savagery," and further said that ISIS and Hamas are "branches on the same tree."
In President Obama's speech Wednesday, he said in part, "[P]eople like this ultimately fail because the future is won by those who build and not destroy" and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Obama, of course, went golfing after his speech.
According to WH travel pool w/POTUS, the president arrived at Vineyard Golf Club at 1:05 p.m., following statement on #JamesFoley and #ISIS — Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) August 20, 2014
POOL REPORT: "Obama stepped to a podium and delivered his remarks… Afterward, the motorcade drove to the Vineyard Golf Club." — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) August 20, 2014
Watch Obama's speech here:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPl5qu_eAaQ]
A new video has been making the rounds, presumably to scare the United States military. In addition to this video, the Daily Caller reported on yet another message to America, warning that ISIS "will drown all of you in blood."
The latest is not explicitly violent, but it does show journalist James Foley:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5DF1B3x1Cg]
CBS News declared today,
The Islamic State militant group is so ruthless in its attacks against all people they consider heretics or infidels that it has been disowned by al Qaeda's leaders.
Yesterday, the Yemen Times reported that Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen declared "solidarity" with the Islamic State,
We announce solidarity with our Muslim brothers in Iraq against the crusade. Their blood and injuries are ours and we will surely support them…
It almost seems that the mainstream media wants to isolate the Islamic State as somehow "more radical" than other terrorist organizations. However, in this author's opinion, anyone who kills innocent people in the name of Allah stands shoulder to shoulder with the Islamic State. The Arab Spring is no more. Now, it is the Islamic Spring, and murderous radicals are not diminishing in number, but increasing exponentially.


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Ndarake Aniefiok (Nigeria) - 2015 Teacher Training Scholar
By Billy Sadia
Posted in Africa Yoga Project Blog, on May 30, 2015
Ndarake Aniefiok (Nigeria) - 2015 Teacher Training Scholar: His journey across Africa
Am so happy being selected one amongst the numerous number of participant to take part in this great game of reality, I call it "GAME OF REALITY" because my mentality has been change and have been intuited mentality of Love, Peace, Joy, Unity and numerous to mention, I can't believe myself being real and sincere to people, but just a game of 200HRS I was transform, Flexibility, Body stretches, Life expansion, Peace of mind is being accountable for in my Life.
I want to use this medium to advice and encourage people living with the Word "Stereotype" this word is so powerful in human life which make one stuck in life and career, So my advice is please fellow Africans use this sentence "GIVE UP WHAT YOU MUST" for stereotype so you can move forward in Life, They is proverb that says "NO GOOD THING COMES EAZY" people have start criticizing me of worshipping idol, indulge in cultism but I never mind because if nobody talk about you that means you are nobody, so I now realize that am somebody and am also taking a good steps.
In just 200HRS in Nairobi, Kenya am transform, Empowered and have become person many are looking-up to, person who give breakthrough to people living in Stuck Or Stagnant situation, my vision has shifted from imagination to reality, am made to understand that Great men of today started from One step yesterday, so what am I waiting for pushing my steps to success and reality to diminish imagination.
These is a One in a Life time experience, which every person had to be indulge and engage, I want to acknowledge Africa Yoga Project for shifting my vision and giving nuclear vision in Life, If not for Yoga game of Love who will I be in my home country.
They story has just begin sit-back and relax for continuity of my story, thank you each and everyone in Africa Yoga Project. -Ani


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Australia's swelling casualty ward now includes captain Michael Clarke after he retired hurt on 57 on day four of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Bellerive.
Clarke appeared to have injured his right hamstring during his 46-ball innings.
He consulted team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris and immediately left the ground with Australia's second innings score at 5-238, a lead of 352.
Cricket Australia confirmed Clarke had suffered a right hamstring injury that was being assessed by medical staff.
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When set up correctly, AdWords can bring you a steady stream of leads to fuel your business. However, if you don't take the time to learn how to make it work first, you will likely find yourself throwing money down the drain.
Whether you are a consultant that manages accounts for clients, or you are handling the PPC for your own businesses, you need to set the right goals from the beginning.
The first step is to make sure you ask the right question at the start- What are you trying to achieve? When you ask this question you are really trying to get to the bottom of the most important goal behind it all.
It is important to refine it down to the number one goal because you will often have conflicting goals that do nothing for you. So once you have a list of things that you or the client is trying to achieve, go through the list and work out which one is the most important.
Often, people will want to grow revenue and care very little about brand awareness. In this instance, a good strategy is to focus on keywords that are high volume, and ensure that you are consistently trying out new opportunities and quickly dropping them out if they don't provide a return quick enough.
The second step is to work out how much room you have to manoeuvre, if you or your client wants to grow revenue by 20% but don't have the correct budget to handle it, you are going to encounter issues further down the road.
Make sure you provide estimates for how much needs to go in, in order to meet the goals set at the beginning.
Thirdly, you need to decide if you are going to use analytics or AdWords to analyse the data, and make sure you have taken into account any seasonal jumps that might skew data.
During the Christmas period, the sales of toys naturally go up and that 60% increase to sales might not have anything to do with AdWords. Make sure things like this are accounted for at the beginning.
You also need to set a timeframe for how long the goal needs to be achieved by. If you have 12 months, your approach to AdWords will be entirely different to a timeframe of 3 months.
Finally, make sure that you review the goals every single week. If you are not constantly checking to see how far you have come, you will become unfocused and the goal will be less likely achieved.
Often, it's the things that we say that we don't have time to do that could provide the biggest benefit to our business. This is especially true in Google AdWords.
There is so many different variables that we could be split-testing, but we never seem to find the time to do it.
If we committed ourselves to testing these out, and actively checking the results on a weekly basis, you would surprise yourself at how much more money you could make from your ads.
Today, we are going to be exploring a few different things that you should definitely be split testing in AdWords to see which performs better. In doing so, you can potentially cut costs and increase conversion rates.
Title Case Or Sentence Case
The first split test that I advise you undertake involves something that appears seemingly small.
Sentence case is where the first word is capitalized, as well as all nouns. Title case is where the first letter of every word is capitalized, with a few exceptions.
Whilst this test may seem minor at first, you would be shocked at the way that your market responds differently to the different cases, so it's definitely worth comparing both to see which one performs better.
Putting Questions in Ad Copy
This one is much more likely to result in massive differences in data in each different marketplace.
Using questions in copy is nothing new, but every market responds differently and you need to see whether yours respond well to questions or not.
Dynamic Keyword Insertion
When you use dynamic keyword insertion (often abbreviated to DKI), Adwords will automatically use the keyword targeted in the ad, as the ad copy.
It makes it much easier to create tons of ad groups without worrying about them not seeming relevant when they go live.
The target keyword will appear bolded, re affirming to users that your ad is what they are looking for.
It's worth testing out both dynamic keyword insertion and normal ad copy to see which performs better, as you will be surprised at the differences.
Display URLs
Unless your web address is particularly long, there is a great deal of room after the URL to make your ad stand out from the crowd.
Normally, it makes sense to use a keyword after the dash to make your ads seem more targeted to what they searched. But, it can be worth trying different things out as well.
Price Range/Starting From
If you are using prices in your ads, then this is definitely a big one for you. There are two ways to display pricing, you could use a price range, or starting from.
Here's examples of each:
Price Range – "Anywhere from £10 to £30"
Starting From – "Starting from £10"
Try both out, and see which one performs better.
With Christmas quickly approaching, it's time to start looking at your ads and changing a few things.
People will often be searching in Google with Christmas in the back of their mind, and if you can do a good job at integrating a bit of Christmas spirit into your copy and landing pages, you will get much better results.
Lets take a quick look at some of the things that you can do to take advantage this Christmas.
Site links are a great way of directing visitors to a more specific page on your site. During the Christmas period, you can utilize sitelinks to send visitors to any Christmas offers that you might be running.
Last Year's Data
If you have any data from last year's Christmas, then you should definitely be taking advantage of that. People send to click on completely different things during Christmas, so it's important that you know what people are clicking on in your market.
If you have any ads that performed particularly well last year, then now is the time to use that data to get even better results this year.
Compelling Call To Action
Having a compelling call to action is always important, you want to make sure you are enticing visitors to click and simultaneously encouraging them to convert once they are there.
During the holidays, you can use some Christmas related copy in the call to action to give them that little extra reason to click.
Switch Up Your Landing Pages
There is so much you can do with your landing pages to give it that bit of chrismas cheer, and it does a great deal towards boosting your conversion figures.
If you can get some attractive Christmas graphics designed to go on your pages, your visitors will be more likely to convert during the holidays.
Too often, business owners will dip their toes in the virtual waters of AdWords, only to be crushed, disappointed, out of pocket – and never to return again.
The thing is, if you don't know what you are doing, you won't ever have success.
You have too many competitors, and AdWords is a big complicated system that takes time to master- and is unforgiving to the newcomers.
But when you do figure it out and set things up correctly, it can be extremely lucrative. (Like a magic machine where you put a 1$ in and get $3 back)
Now I'm not saying that AdWords will work for every business- because it's just not true.
But I am saying that it will work for most businesses, and there are two important mistakes that I want to discuss today.
These mistakes are the most common reasons why people give up on AdWords when it could have worked for them.
Not Differentiating From The Competition
On any query you are normally going to be competing with 10 other advertisers.
What have you done to make yourself stand out from everybody else?
The good news is that since everybody has hundreds (if not thousands) of keywords in their accounts, not many have spent the time to make their keyword and ad combinations stand out.
This means that you will normally find 10 ridiculously similar ads for every query.
Now, if you put the extra effort in to make your ad resonate more with users, you get the jump on the competition.
As a result, not only will you be getting more visitors to your site, but you will receive cheaper clicks as well. (The ads with the most clicks will be rewarded with a higher quality score-which means cheaper clicks.)
So to summarise:
Stand out from the competition by writing better ads > get more clicks > get cheaper clicks = Able to get more visitors & test more ads.
Targeting The Wrong Traffic
You might think it's great that visitors are flooding through to your site from your ads, but is it the right traffic?
If I was selling red bikes, I could spend my entire budget on people searching for 'bikes' when I could make a killing if I just targeted people searching for 'red bikes'.
Of course, it's more complicated that that, but do you get the point I am trying to make?
Targeting the wrong type of traffic can be devastating, especially during the early days.
When you are first starting out, you want to begin with keywords that are laser targeted towards what you are selling. Then you can branch out and experiment further down the line once you are already turning a profit.
Also, make sure you are checking through your search query reports and countering searches that you don't want your ads to show for using negative keywords.
And another thing – make sure you have conversion tracking set up properly. You can use the data to pause or delete keywords that are not converting enough to make it profitable.
AdWords can be a big complicated mess if you don't know what you are doing. We train business owners and marketers to get it right the first time. Check out our free webinar here to learn more about AdWords.
Google has recently announced that they will be making a change to the ad copy across mobile ads in an attempt to improve performance.
The change is set to start on October 15th, and Google say that the second line of ad copy on mobile ads may or may not show- depending on how well the Google's algorithms expect it to perform.
In cases where the second line of ad copy is removed, ad extensions will take its place. Google say that ad extensions will take it's place, to give consumers easier access to different information about businesses.
The extensions will likely show information about specific locations of the business, as well as unique product offerings.
More info from the product manager at Google…
"By eliminating the second line of ad text, we give businesses another point of engagement with customers in their ads – in this case, it's the additional location extension," writes Senthil Hariramasamy, product manager at AdWords, in a blog post. "With just a single click on their smartphones, consumers can now directly engage with Flowers Forever in three ways: they can visit the mobile website, place an order, or get directions to visit the store."
Google suggest that AdWords advertisers will see better performance on their ads because their products and services will be highlighted to consumers.
For people that are using AdWords, make sure you go through and ensure that the most important information in your ads is in the first 35 characters of ad text. (the top line).
That way, you can be sure that your ads wil have all of the information your prospects need when the change goes live.
It doesn't matter how long you have been doing PPC. It doesn't even matter if you become an expert capable of squeezing every last bit of profit out of any account…
…If you are launching a new campaign, you need a checklist to follow. There is simply too much that goes into a new launch to be able to keep a track of without some kind of guideline.
In this post we are going to be looking at the key areas of any new campaign and providing some basic guidelines that need to be considered for each area.
Let's get into it…
• Double-check the campaign settings. E.G- Make sure you are targeting the right location and check ad scheduling to ensure the campaign will be live at the right time.
• Make sure your campaign is set to the right network. (Including the display network is a common mistake that people make)
• Check the daily budget. It would be painful to accidentally spend 10x what you wanted to by mistake on the first day.
• Watch out for duplicate keywords.
• Ensure that keywords are in the right ad groups.
• Make sure you are using the right match types.
• Don't put too many keywords in the same ad group (It will kill relevance, which causes lower quality score and more expensive clicks.)
• Check the negative keyword list.
• Ensure that the headline of each ad matches the keyword in the ad group.
• Make sure you have mobile specific ads if it makes sense to use them.
• Always test 2 different ads against each other in each ad group. Check to confirm.
• Use a relevant keyword in each ad's display URL if possible.
Ad Groups
• Double-check that correct keywords and ads are in each ad group.
• Check the ad group default bid.
• Confirm you are happy with the naming of each ad group.
Landing Pages
• Make sure every landing page has a powerful call to action.
• Ensure that the content matches the promise made in the ad.
• Make sure that keywords used in the ad are also used on the copy of the page.
• Check navigation and page load time.
Ad Extensions
• Make sure you have used every extension where it makes sense to do so. Every single one can be a benefit if used correctly and makes sense with your business. (sitelink, call extension, location, seller ratings etc)
• Make sure you have included a goal within your analytics which is tied to the ad. This, as well as adding the adwords conversion code to the thank you page is needed to track conversions.
• Make sure you have used the right tracking parameters to the destination URLs of the ads where required.
That's everything covered. With so much to do with a new launch, it can be hard to keep track of everything. With this checklist, you will be able to set your new campaign live without having to worry about what you might have missed.
At some point in late September, there is going to be a massive change to close variant matching in AdWords; a change that will see everybody using it.
Previously, you had the option of turning it off (it is estimated that 3 percent of advertisers did so), but after September, there will be no option to turn it off.
Close variant matching was first introduced in 2012, and gave advertisers the ability to have their ads automatically matched to plurals, misspellings and close variants of their original keyword.
The vast majority of advertisers have close variant matching enabled across their keywords. (It's the default setting) But the minority of people that don't will be forced to use it too.
It's easy to see why so many advertisers choose to use it; the old way of doing things took much longer….
…Including every possible keyword variation across multiple match types meant that we had ten times the number of keywords in ad groups.
…When it came to optimising our accounts further down the line, we had so many different keywords that things got incredibly confusing.
With close variant matching, we are able to minimize the number of keywords in our accounts, allowing us to expand our reach to long tail keywords that would previously be tagged as having low search volume, and would not show as a result.
There may be cases where advertisers would want more control over every individual keyword. For example the plural of a keyword might convert at a cost effective conversion rate whilst the original is leaking cash.
But these cases are the minority, and we will still be able to simply add an exact match negative keyword to the relevant ad group in order to ensure that certain keywords never show.
Overall, close variant matching is a massive time saver, and having the option to turn it off is not a big deal. Those that chose to turn it off will have to adjust to the change.
The change likely came about because Google is constantly searching for ways to increase revenues. With more advertisers having their ads showed to close variants, it will mean more clicks and more money for Google.
We rarely take a close look at the structure of the site when it comes to PPC, like we do with SEO. Despite this, it is just as important.
We are going to be looking at the 3 areas of your site that need to be structured correctly in order to get the biggest return out of your PPC.
URL Structure
If you have not setup your URL structure correctly, it can have a negative effect upon your remarketing.
Ideally, your URLs need to follow a cascading format. That way, you can easily add lists of URLs to be remarketed to, and correctly target a whole section of your site accurately.
Without proper structure, the process of tagging different URLs to be used in remarketing takes much, much longer.
Unique Thank You Pages
Similarly to the URL structure, there is an ideal way to structure thank you pages. Remember that the conversion code is placed on the thank you pages, and goals are registered in analytics using it.
Sometimes, the form will resort back to not having a unique URL, which is obviously going to cause problems when it comes to tracking your data.
So it is important to set up unique thank you pages in the correct form for the beginning.
Page Titles
You are able to target certain pages with your ads based on the page titles. For example, you may wish to send ads to very page whose title includes the word "holidays in spain".
Having well written page titles will allow you to effectively target certain aspects of your site efficiently, allowing you to make the most from your efforts.
With PPC, there is so much work to do. So, being smart about the way you work and setting up your site for success for the beginning will save you a lot of time in the longrun; allowing you to focus your time on things that will have a positive effect upon your ROI.
There is a great deal of information inside Google analytics that can be used to help with your AdWords efforts.
Today we are going to be taking a look at 3 different reports inside analytics that can be used to get a better return from AdWords.
The devices report can be found by going to audiences > mobile > overview.
It will help you see the different devices people are using whenever they visit your website. (tablet, desktop, mobile)
You can use this information to give you an insight into your different visitors, allowing you to make structural changes to both your site and your adwords account to get better results.
The overall report itself shows various potential improvements. You can take a look at paid search traffic by clicking on "choose a segment". From there, simply select paid traffic. You can also use this to make bid or ad adjustments for ad copy and devices.
The location report can be found by going to Audiences > Geo > Location.
It provides you with essential information about the difference locations that visitors are converting from.
You can see all of the visitors by country, and then clicking on each country will allow you to delve into further details like city or state.
Work out which areas are converting the best for you and make an effort to focus on those areas and ignore ones that aren't performing as well.
You can even simply add a bid adjustment to increase top locations by 10%.
Landing Pages
The landing pages report can be found by going to Behaviour > Site Content > Landing Pages.
You can acquire ideas for expansion with these reports by taking a look at the top visited pages on your site.
It's also important to recognise that certain pages may have a very high bounce rate. (over 70 percent is worrying.) Note that these pages should not be sued as landing pages for AdWords, since the high bounce rate means visitors aren't engaging well with that page.
Take note of the pages that have extremely low bounce rates and aim to use them as your AdWords landing pages. You will keep more visitors on your site, meaning better quality score, cheaper clicks, more sales etc.
That's it folks. I hope you get some use out of these analytics reports!
We can all agree that the higher your click through rate is, the better. But with so many different factors determining CTR, it's impossible to simply judge CTR without first taking those factors into account.
Before working out whether or not your CTR is good, lets take a little look at some of these factors…
Arguably one of the biggest factors, the relevance across your account will massively determine the strength of your CTR.
Ad copy needs to be relevant to keywords; keywords need to be relevant to the landing page.
This is the first place you should look before determining whether or not your CTR is as good as it could be.
You also need to take into account the fact that CTR differs from each device. Generally, mobile CTR is going to be much higher than desktop and tablet because the paid ads take up most of the screen.
Quality Score
Even if you do a great job with your account, you will sometimes find that your ad rank is causing your ads to appear far below the fold
This could be because the account is new, or you have made mistakes with it in the past.
Either way, this is going to cause your ads to show in a bad position, and your CTR will suffer as a result.
Certain terms are going to have tougher competition than others. For example, the payday loan market is huge, and extremely skilled adwords managers handle these accounts.
You are going to struggle to maintain a high CTR when you are competing in tougher markets.
If you don't have enough data, your CTR is not going to be accurate. If you have 10 impressions on an ad and receive 10 clicks, that 100% CTR is going to be impossible to maintain.
Make sure you have enough data on your ads before jumping to any conclusions.
In the same way that mobile almost always has a higher CTR in comparison to other devices, search network text and google shopping campaigns will normally have higher click through rates than display.
With so many different factors affecting CTR, the true answer to the title of this post is really hard to answer.
There is no definitive percentage that marks a good CTR. Instead, consistently focus on these factors, and aim to increase your CTR wherever you can.
Over time, you are almost always going to find that the CPC on your keywords is going to go up, not down….
Bids get increased to keep up with the competition, the competitors increase theirs to overtake you, and new competitors enter the market…
A rise to your CPC is pretty much inevitable, right?
But instead of accepting the rise in costs, take a step back and make some a change to the way that you approach CPC rises, with these concepts:
Focus On Quality Score- Take it back to the basics and focus on increasing your quality score. This might mean putting certain keywords on pause, and spending time on ad improvements. Either way, make sure you maintain a high quality score throughout the account.
Search Through Your Search Query Reports- You may find that your most expensive keywords are actually being clicked on for irrelevant searches, and you need to counter them with negative keywords. You might also find certain keywords that are relevant, but are just costing too much to remain profitable in the account.
Go After The Long Tail- Take the time to do some thorough keyword research to uncover keywords that have less competition, and cheaper CPCs as a result. You might be able to get the jump on the competition and find some low-hanging fruits amongst the long tail.
Is Your Ad Position Really Helping You?- Often, you find that less experienced AdWords users are too focused on achieving a high ad position. Don't fall into the same trap. It might actually be profitable for a certain keyword to remain in position 3, and unprofitable if it rises to position 1. Make sure you analyse your account to find the ad position that provides you with maximum conversions at the cheapest CPC.
New Traffic Sources- There will be scenarios where it is simply impossible for you to get CPCs down. More and more people are jumping onto AdWords every day. Instead, explore other sources of traffic like social, display or organic.
Adwords can be pretty complicated at the best of times. You have different metrics like quality score and click through rate to track. You have to make sure that you watch your account closely for any keywords that are draining your cash…
It's tough right? And easy to make mistakes…
…Which is why today we are going to be taking a look at some of the most common mistakes that people make in their Adwords accounts.
Let's get started!
Too Many Keywords In Each Ad Group
There is a metric called quality score in Adwords. Quality score is a score out of ten and it is given to each and every individual keyword.
The higher your quality score, the less you pay for clicks. The lower your quality score, the more you pay for clicks.
In order to get a high quality score, you need to maintain a high click through rate on your ads.
To get a high click through rate, your ad copy needs to match what the user searched for.
If you have too many keywords in each ad group, which is a mistake that most people make, it is near impossible to match the ad copy to what they searched.
So trim down the number of keywords that you put in each ad group to make the ad copy more relevant.
Setting It And Forgetting It
You need to remember that things in your AdWords account need to be tracked, and things need to be changed.
The worst thing you can do is set up some keywords to run and then not watch how they perform.
You need to closely watch the account, keywords may need to be paused, bids need to be adjusted, negative keywords need to be added and more.
Problems With Tracking Code
Google make it sound really easy to install tracking code properly, but it's actually pretty technical. If you get it slightly wrong, your data is going to be completely skewed.
It is essential that you follow the instructions closely when setting up the tracking code. And if you are handling the AdWords for someone else and need them to install it, make sure you give clear instructions for getting it done.
No Conversion Tracking
Even worse than installing conversion tracking the wrong way is not even trying to get it there in the first place!
Without conversion tracking, you are optimising completely in the dark, and you will never get optimal results that way.
This is normally seen in AdWords accounts owned by old school business owners- they are too accustomed to traditional forms of advertising and don't understand the power of tracking results.
Always use conversion tracking. You will make less money if you don't.
Whenever you take on a new AdWords account, there are 12 steps that will help you be more productive and help your accounts perform better.
This list is more aimed at the PPC account manager- so if you are taking on PPC clients right now, this will help. However, there is still a ton to be gained for the business owners that are managing their own account.
Let's get into this.
1) Set Clear Objectives
Having a set goal is a critical step because it allows us to implement strategies that align perfectly with the objectives of the company.
If the goal is to raise brand awareness, your approach with the entire account will be different to a goal of selling more products.
2) Work On Tasks That Give The Most Benefit
Due to the very nature of AdWords, there is so much to do. You can sometimes find yourself working on a task that is of less importance.
Create a list of everything that needs to be done, and make a prediction of how much benefit each task will bring when completed.
From there, you can focus on the tasks that will give the biggest return for your efforts.
3) Routinely Audit Your Account
You may often find yourself so involved in the nitty gritty details of an account that you fail to see the bigger picture.
That's why it's important to routinely take a step back and look at the overall performance of the account. Make an effort to identify areas of potential growth.
4) Automation Is Your Ally
It is hard to effectively manage AdWords accounts without some form of automation.
When used properly, automated tools, alerts and scripts can help you manage your account without you being there. Bids can be adjusted automatically and problems are spotted as they arise.
5) Track & Analyse Every Aspect Of The Account
There is so much data to analyse inside your account, yet I bet you are not paying close attention to as much of it as you should.
We need to know and understand everything that is going on if we want to achieve the goals that we laid out at the beginning.
The paid search platforms provide us with unique insights into the behavior of users, it is essential that we analyse and track that data if we wish to succeed.
That's all of them. We will be covering some more concepts in another blog post this Friday, so make sure you take a look.
Adwords can be pretty overwhelming, especially for newcomers. There are different metrics to track, improvements to make, and constant learning to be made.
We are going to be looking at 5 different mistakes that marketers make when using Google AdWords.
Destination URLs
This might seem like an obvious one, but you will be surprised how often the wrong destination URL can cause a problem.
Make sure you double-check them before putting anything live, especially if you are adding tracking to your URLs- these often cause problems!
Dynamic Keyword Insertion
If you are using dynamic keyword insertion, you need to be especially careful. A simple mistake can make your ad look completely ridiculous.
Make sure you take a moment to think about what your ad is going to look like with the dynamic keyword insertion in place. Otherwise, your ad is going to look funny, nobody will click it, and this will have a negative effect on quality score causing bid prices to raise.
Repeated Keywords
If you are using search query reports often to come up with new keyword ideas and to add negative keywords (which you should), then you need to watch out.
You may accidentally add duplicate keywords to your account, and whilst this might not sound like it could cause much harm- it can.
The keywords will be competing with each other, which again will lower quality score and raise your bid prices up.
If you are adding new keywords from a search term report, there is actually a column, which should tell you if you have already added certain keywords to the account. Pay attention to this column.
Ad Rotation
It's really important that you split-test your ads against each other, in order to keep improving upon the ads for better results.
When doing so, make sure you select the following ad rotation setting: "rotate indefinitely: show lower performing ads more evenly with higher performing ads, and do not optimize.
This setting will make sure that your ads show evenly, regardless of how well that they perform.
This is essential to ensure that your split-test is fair, allowing you to analyse the data effectively and properly decide which ad did better.
Forgetting Negative Keywords
The final mistake I want to talk about is neglecting negative keywords. Without properly negative keywords in place, you are throwing money down the drain.
Make sure that you add negatives for keywords that are not converting, for certain themes that don't make sense, and for irrelevant queries.
That's all folks. If you don't want to waste money, make sure you don't make any of the mistakes outlined in this post!


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Last week, I wrote about when Dr. James Kline passed away in 1932 and his son, Dr. Harry Kline, became the proprietor of the Kline Sanitarium and operated it until 1935. In 1938,
Paul Pierce bought the property and remodeled the interior into apartments.
The Pierce Apartments and Hotel, which it is now called, provided shelter for about 30 victims of the 1939 tornado.
Paul Pierce III owns and operates the historic building today. In 1980, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
When Dr. Harry Kline took over the operation of the sanitarium, he was making plans for a new clinic next to his new home at 317 Rice St.
Construction on his new home began in 1924, and took several years to complete before he and Mrs. Kline moved in in 1930.
After he sold the sanitarium to Mr. Pierce, he started to build the new clinic next to his new home but never finished it because of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the shortage of materials leading up to World War II. Meanwhile, he made the entire top floor of his home into a clinic and practiced there until his death in 1946. Most of this information was related to me by Mrs. Kline.
Dr. Harry Kline, in addition to being a popular and famous physician, was also a skilled surgeon.
He also practiced manipulation of the spine and other chiropractic skills which is why he was not allowed to become a member of the American Medical Association.
He had many other interests and ideas. He converted a large recreation room in the lower level of his home into a wood working shop and made many of his office cabinets.
My family has two of them at our hunting camp up north.
He also had an idea for a massive farming project, just outside of Anoka, on the east side of Seventh Avenue, where he had several huge road building tractors, earth movers, and graders to level the farms he bought and raise crops. He was way ahead of the times with that idea.
All of that property was later bought by the Ghostley chicken farms.
He also owned two 1930s front-wheel drive Cords, which were way ahead of the times.
Most of today's cars are front wheel drives, but in the '30s most of them had rear-wheel drive.
He had them serviced at the Neumann Chrysler-Plymouth Dealership on West Main, which I later purchased in 1957.
When we remolded the dealership, we hauled many things to the landfill next to Forest Hill Cemetery, which later became John Ward Park.
Included in the stuff hauled to the landfill were many Cord parts (still new in their boxes). I wish I had them today.
I hope this revelation does not start digging in the middle of the night by antique car buffs.
I know for a fact there are brand new parts in boxes for Cords, Chryslers, and Ford Model Ts under that Park.
I'll write more on Kline's beautiful home at 317 Rice Street next week.
Editor's note: Tom Ward serves on the board of directors for the Anoka County Historical Society.


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Comments about PBS Peter, Paul & Mary Carry It On - A Musical Legacy DVD:
This excellent documentary took me back to the 60s (when I was a teenager). I first heard them while watching the March on Washington on TV and have loved them ever since. I remember some of the kids complaining that they'd commercialized the songs; I still believe they brought some wonderful folk songs to the attention of a larger audience (as well as creating some of their own songs that have since become standards).
Though I've loved their music for 50 years, I didn't know anything about their lives; this PBS documentary filled that gap. If the 60s mean anything to you (or if you'd like to get a feel for those days, you'll want to watch this film.


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Everyday Food added the iPad to its menu, as parent company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced the launch of the Everyday Food Magazine App for iPad.
The app includes videos, slide shows, audio, animation, scrolling recipes, and the ability to share recipes via email and to shop directly through the Apple tablet's touch screen.
The January/February issue is available free-of-charge with the download, and it includes 74 email-ready recipes, 14 videos, and three slide shows. Individual issues starting with the March installment of Everyday Food will be available for $2.99 apiece via in-app purchase. The March issue will feature 52 recipes, 15 how-to videos, four slide shows, 15 animations, and links to Web sites for purchasing products.
Everyday Food editor-in-chief Anna Last said:
The iPad is an obvious home for Everyday Food magazine. It keeps our content portable and accessible, while allowing home cooks to use the magazine in an even more comprehensive way. Our digital issues are packed with interactive features that let readers tap and swipe their way from the supermarket to the kitchen for a richer experience than ever.


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The BFI Film Fund looks after the UK's biggest public film fund, with the aim of supporting UK filmmakers both emerging and established. As the film industry prepares to descend on the Cannes Film Festival, the team took part in a Twitter Q&A to answer your questions, give advice and share their plans. Here we present the highlights.
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The text adopted the idea to add different compound additives to the anaerobic fermentation slurry, and carried on experiment research about the result of the anaerobic fermentation slurry to kill aphides. Finally it indicated that the five kinds of the compound additives selected in this text were able to enhance the effect to kill aphides when they were put into the anaerobic fermentation slurry. It proposed that the volume ratio between the anaerobic fermentation slurry and the additive BP05 is 10000–15000. Meanwhile, it also analysed the mechanism and function of anaerobic fermentation slurry mixture to kill aphides.
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Institutional Fleecing: The Slow Death of Dutch Provinces
Many theories on organizational change depart from the assumption of change for the better, that is, change in order to gain a stronger position in relation to its competitors, to become more effective or efficient, or at least to improve the organization. It is our idea that the theories developed on this basis are biased. Contrasting to this dominant approach, this article gives a longitudinal analysis of the development in an organization in decline. It is directed at explaining the downfall of a Dutch province. In the medieval empire of Charlemagne it was one of the most powerful duchies of Europe. Later it became one of the seven provinces in the powerful Dutch Republic, and nowadays it has lost nearly all its tasks and functions. Departing from neo-institutional theory this paper seeks the major causes for this downfall and specifies some of the relations in the theoretical model of punctuated equilibrium. It concludes that the historical institutional dynamics can be seen as a self-enforcing process in which punctuations can be explained by the increasing distance between individual preferences within the organization, and the pressures originating from developments in the environment. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers. Manufactured in The Netherlands 2005
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Moscow (Nov. 9)
Half Million Desiatin May be Made Available Through Drainage for Jewish Settlement (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The survey of the Azov Sea region, inaugurated by the Soviet authorities to ascertain the possibilities for Jewish land settlement there, has been concluded.
The data obtained by the survey is now being examined with a view to ascertaining the possibilities of draining the swampy stretch of half a million desiatin land. Eighty specialists with 100 assistants including engineers, topographers, hydro-technicians and geologists, made the survey.


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Puppets and dance combine for performance on the North Side
For years, Beth Corning has been yearning to do dance theater with puppets, a desire realized in a new piece by Marina Harris called "The Life & Death of Little Finn" for which Corning created the choreography.
"For me, puppets are the essence of nuance," Corning says. "I love the small gestures, small details. I love it that they create the opportunity for my imagination to kick in. Puppets are so evocative. One tilt of the head, and they evoke an entire lifetime of emotion. They are so simple and, yet, audiences, even adults, watch with childlike wonder."
Corning Works will present the premiere of "The Life & Death of Little Finn" at performances Wednesday through Sept. 16 at the North Side's Children's Museum theater, which seats 30. The show is for adults 18 and older.
The dancers will be Melinda Evans, a former principal dancer with Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, Corning and Harris — plus six puppets.
Harris, who has created costumes and choreography for Corning for 25 years, says she's wanted to do something with puppets for a long time. She imagined a piece set in an intimate theater, with a portable set.
And, she knew she wanted to keep it pretty simple. "The body can express emotions, but really can't express ideas," Harris says. "It can suggest a kind of dramatic arc, but can't do anything like a mathematical problem or something philosophical. Dancers who try to do that usually have copious notes in the program, and if you didn't see them, you wouldn't know what it's about. The visual stuff just has to work on its own."
But as much as Harris was drawn to puppets, she knew an hourlong piece would require a strong visual context.
"Puppets can be really boring, because they don't do very much. Each has a very few things it can do. You design it to do that thing, and once you're done, that's it," she says
Thus, in addition to creating the story line, costumes and puppets, Harris decided she needed to create an animated back drop, before which all the action takes place.
Harris has been working on "Little Finn" for about two years. She says puppets are pretty slow to make, but that creating animation is much slower. She did cut-up animation rather than drawing, many showing Little Finn's inner life.
Her husband, architect Kip Harris, designed and built the stage, which is made of aluminum and fairly abstract. He also put together the lighting and wired the lighting board.
But he wasn't done, because Marina Harris says she was maxed out from her animation work.
"I thought I would probably blow up if I had to learn another software," she says, "so I made him program the whole show, which he'll run off a laptop."
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I am the kind of guy that will make you laugh often sometimes with silliness other times with sharp witted observations or a humorous quip possibly accompanied by hilarious pantomime
enjoy reading a good book going to the park especially the botanical gardens I like to take the time to smell the roses there and also in life probably best suited for an unhurried romance with someone I care for
I am confident and secure enough with myself to be able to allow you to be who you are without feeling threatened and treat you with tenderness and sensitivity without clinging to your ever move
Jeans and a t shirt are only Ok sometimes if were going out someplace a nice dress and my arm around you is more my style more comfortable with a feminine woman who wants to be treated like a lady
Good in public kind and decent discrete pda is ok. Prefer to be open about emotions and feelings not afraid to say I love you in public or privite I ABSOLUTLY will not play the "fine/nothing/I don't want to talk about it" games.
I was a crew chief on a Pro Stock motorcycle drag race team for about 17 years lol guess if you don't know what it's really like it sounds a little like being a rock star fly in and do a 2 or 4 day show sometimes in front of 100,000 people fly out travel all over the country and see the sites. The reality is 100 hour work weeks, motels, Motor homes and 34-36 weeks a year on the road under constant pressure to perform from big sponsors = not much of a social life. Was it fun? You betcha lol. Did it get old? You betcha closed tha chapter of my life willingly got a regular job in auto parts because I want to settle down with the love of my life. Am I rich? Nope will I ever be rich? Probably not but who knows. So what do I have to offer? Kindness, love, good sense of humor, nice disposition, good charactor, old style gentileman ways and good values.


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According to ohloh slightly more than one dollar per line. But as the site clearly states: it is an estimate of the costs of devellopment of the whole project from scratch. What should be mentioned too is how much is gained by having such a beautiful product as Racket just for free. I am sure that when deducting the gains in education and program devellopment, Racket not took one single dollar more from the world community than it returned in terms of good educational material and the devellopment of a very good tool for cheap and fast development of programs of any sort. Jos -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces at racket-lang.org [mailto:users-bounces at racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of John Clements Sent: jueves, 25 de agosto de 2011 17:23 To: Racket Users Subject: [racket] Ohloh now sees racket Firmly in the "if you care" category, Ohloh now recognizes racket files: https://www.ohloh.net/p/racket/ This means that Racket is now "valued" at $20M, rather than $2M.... John "Thursday morning ego boost" Clements
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Approximately 440 yards of Northbound Knitting MCN DK
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YORK City were denied a much-needed npower League Two victory as Rotherham United netted an injury-time equaliser at the New York Stadium.
The Minstermen looked to be heading for a 1-0 victory after Matty Blair's 63rd minute goal, but Daniel Nardiello struck in the fourth minute of injury time to snatch a point.
Results elsewhere mean City are now only four points above the relegation zone, but it could have been so much better.
Striker Jason Walker hit the top of the crossbar in the first half, while Blair was denied by former City goalkeeper Andy Warrington on 56 minutes.
When he broke clear again seven minutes later, Blair rounded Warrington and gave the visitors a precious lead.
However, the Millers piled on the pressure in the latter stages and Ben Pringle's cross was turned in by Nardiello.