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Think about it... the Google Toolbar, Google Analytics and click monitoring on the SERPs give Google an incredible picture of where people are going, what pages they stay on, what sites they frequently return to and where they go when they leave.
We know that Google is pushing the toolbar onto consumers. They're paying Dell a billion dollars to install it onto 100 million consumer PC's. Imagine what the behavior patterns of 100 million Internet users could tell Google about a particular site's value.
What scares me is that this will push the blackhats from link spamming over to the busy spyware world. Imagine if I could pay some shady company to have the web browsers of 100,000 pc's randomly click on my #10 ranked link and stay on my site until Google decides that I should be #1. Who cares if these users buy anything on my site. I just want Google to THINK that they're using it. Will Google start bundling anti-spyware with the toolbar to stop this?
Am I on to something, or has this been going on for years?
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I know a niche site, very focused, and totally original nice content. Their visitors are currently all type-in or from MSN and yahoo. No adsense on the site yet.
For some 3 weeks in March, they were in SERPs. Its a new site, so rankings were nothing great but they were there. Around 300 visitors a day from Google in that period.
Then the pages vanished from Google, and only the homepage remained.
For me, for a niche and new site, the traffic from Google when their pages appeared in SERPS should have at least kept them somewhere in the SERPs, at least deep down in the index.
That doesn't seem to be happening.
One of my own new sites with again excellent content (its an experiment, but I wrote 200 articles for that) has been supplemental forever - once it escaped supp hell and traffic shot up. Back to supp, and no traffic.
That shot at traffic seems to happen - but with no impact for the future.
Does traffic influence Googlebot visitation frequency and, if so, to what degree?
Once we came out of supplemental hell, our traffic numbers picked up suddenly, and I also saw our pageviews/visit increase. Accordingly, I saw the site climb in the SERPs. However the problem that sits with any such conjecture like this is that the conclusions can never really be isolated from other contributing factors.
For example, of course I was also building links and I had added some content a while back. Did the content finally hit? Or was it one of the links that carried quite a bit of weight?
2 of my top 10 referrers are extremely strange sites that are displaying AdWords AND Yahoo Search Ads on their sites simultaneously. My site does not do AdSense or YPN. The sites look too cookie-cutter to have gone through the rigorous Google search partner approval process. The traffic has been extremely low quality for us and results in 98% bounce rates, therefore the terrible # of pageviews/visitor (1.1) could be really impacting the site negatively.
I fear some real click fraud here, b/c one of these sites are showing ads in a very disturbing way. Potential value (ppc) of this traffic has already exceeded $10k. Has anyone else had to deal with this issue? Should I re-post this question somewhere else (although I thought since it had to do w/traffic #'s & Google...)?
Thanks in advance.
[edited by: engine at 2:34 pm (utc) on April 12, 2006]
[edit reason] No specific sites. [/edit]
New sites have a chance now?
Is user data the key to the true meaning of:
"There isn't a sandbox, but the algorithm might affect some sites, under some circumstances, in a way that a webmaster would perceive as being sandboxed."
As for a voting democracy, I've heard some compelling arguments in favour of a benevolent dictatorship, if Google could become just a little more benevolent, I'd be happy to oversee their human slaves in Google's underground PR mines....
Does anyone know if users can delete the toolbar on the Dell computers once they receive their new machine?s The toolbar really is spyware (as has already been mentioned) if you can't "opt out" by choice.
If the results are constantly rotated the little guy will have a chance
And where does that leave the user? Is that in his/her best interest? Users should recieve the best possible results ... not fed some "little guy's" site just because Google wants to "give them a chance".
I would say google is using the data
It's been around for a long time, and there are various ways to achieve it without major detriment to newer sites. But essentially, it would make for much more relevant SERPS. So I for one hope it continues to receive focus.
Google doesn't care about the little guy, it cares (or at least used to care) about delivering the highest quality results to their end-users. So rotating the top 10 or 50 wouldn't make much sense, would it?
Makes perfect sense. Leaving the top 10 or 50 static for extended periods wouldn't make much sense. First, that would leave no way of using click data to correct poor choices that the rest of the ranking algorithm has made. Second, that would leave no way to respond quickly to changes in user needs.
A page that contains the words "Brittney Spears" and "giraffe" might not deserve to rank highly for "Brittney Spears" today. But if she gets bitten by a giraffe tonight, that could change -- much faster than can be handled by the crawl-index-rank-export_to_datacenter cycle.
It's not as though Google has to constantly be making gigantic changes in the top 50. They merely have to conduct sampling tests periodically to see if it reveals that a lower-ranking listing is currently more relevant than those on page 1 or 2.
We had a related discussion recently. Two of us (including me) have an average ratio of 2.5, which seems very few compared to what I personally perform on my visits at webmasterworld, for instance.
Low pageviews per visit and even short visit-time could also indicate a very good usability on the website in question.
I do believe that google does analyse and use visitor behaviour, but I also think the level of mathematical abstraction and analysis is far higher than suggested here. E.g. neuronal networks and statistical correlations we can't think of, simply because we have no insight into that data.
As has been pointed out several times elsewhere by MC and others, big daddy's new infrastucture is very much about improvement on search quality on non-english websites. Any idea whether/how this might be related to traffic patterns?
A site with poor navigation, and/or empty content would have a higher average pageview than a site which gives its visitors exactly what they're looking for within a click or two.
Conversely, lots of pageviews can mean a site has a lot of interesting pages, which encourages visitors to dig deeper.
So, lots of pageviews can mean a site is crappy, but not so crappy visitors leave immediately, or it can mean that the site is relevant and has a lot of interesting content.
Low page views can show that a site is well organized and gives vistors exactly what they're looking for in an easy-to-find format, or that the site has nothing much of interest.
Therefore, pageview statistics should be taken with a grain of salt.
Wouldn't the rate of return visits be a more accurate demonstration of a site's relevance?
If google were to put emphasis on pageviews as an indicator of relevance, would that not encourage webmasters to make their sites harder to navigate?
Someone earlier mentioned that in a Meet the Engineers session a Google engineer had mentioned that they wouldn't use this as a direct method of deciding rankings, but might use it for indirect influence of some unspecified sort.
Here's my take, based on usage analysis of a Fortune 10 company website: Google is not using Toolbar stats to generate a rank of a page (yet), but they are likely using it as a component of their quality assessments to pull bad pages/sites out of rankings.
Consider: if Toolbar and Urchin usage data was used in combination with methods which were proposed in the "Combating Web Spam with TrustRank" paper which was published out of Stanford, Google would have a strong tool for suppressing spammish/low-quality pages from their SERPs in an automated fashion. We know that they, like other SEs, use a number of staff members to manually assess the quality of search results and to identify spammers and other black hats. But, the combination of methods mentioned in their "Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data" patent and the Stanford paper would pave the way to improved automated assessment methods.
Simplistic explanation of how this works: the TrustRank study suggested that human assessors could rate a sample set of internet pages on whether they were good results for a keyword search or not. An algorithm could then be applied to those pages which were ranked as bad, and link structure patterns could be used to take all the pages associated with the "bad" sample set and suppress the low-quality pages at those sites and their related network sites.
Toolbar or webbug usage data could then be used to flag sites with high abandonment rates or links which users never chose to click, and then suppress rankings of all sites with pages associated to the bad ones. This would be fairly trustworthy data, and not as prone to manipulation by black-hats. After all, it would be using negative info rather than positive -- pages not visited, and pages which are not stayed-on longer by users could be automatically dropped in rankings. It's not as prone to manipulation by black-hats because they couldn't generate a negative -- they'd have to stay OFF sites and leave sites in droves, and compared with all the other browser users who are visiting a site, they wouldn't be as able to artificially cause competitor sites to drop in rankings.
So, if my theory is correct, Toolbar/Analytics data is not being used to make your site rank higher, but it could be used to drop you down in the results or smack you out of the indices entirely (if you've got pages that users hate).
Trustrank is my favorite google product, mainly because it seems to once again find a way to reward websites that are actually trying to create unique valuable content. It's very hard to emulate the trustrank link schemes, although I'm sure blackhats are hard at work on the problem, and have been for quite a while. But as long as the initial pool is kept relatively uncontaminated of seo sites, it will be hard to break into that level, although you won't see as much benefit I'd guess in the heavily commercial categories.
It makes total sense to treat this type of data as a negative page ranking factor, when people leave a page in a consistent manner, it's fairly obvious that it's not useful to the searchers.
When I first saw signs of trustrank it gave me a lot of hope that google could start working out a way to both maintain its income and the quality of its serps, that's a fine line, hard for them to walk.
chadlerh: yes, absolutey, we've had test sites spidered because of that issue. No question at all. But that part is just the google indexing system being notified of a url that someone with the googlebar visited. Even if Google isn't currently using the user data in all the ways it can, it's not throwing it away, that's for sure.
The fact that it was too big as a free service and they stopped handng out free accounts tells me they don't care about getting all that data or they are simply not ready to use it all. Otherwise they woul have found a way to make it work so they could continue to get the massive infux of data.
Once it becomes free again then I will muse over what their true intentions with that tool are.
A user clicks on a SERP and leaves quickly leaves the site and moves on. Is the site "relevant" and valuable?
Maybe the user thought the site sucked and left. Or maybe they found their information quickly (price comparing, answering questions, solutions, definitions, etc.).
In virtually every scenario with click metrics, there are completely inverse scenarios that perfectly explain user behavior.
I saw an engineer from MSN speak on this and said their research shows that click metrics has far too many assumptions built in.
site a ranks for green widgets, number 3
This term is searched for 1 million times a day.
If a large percentage of searchers return to the search page and click on the next option, it's quite clear that site a is not what the searchers wanted. Individual behavior isn't that important, but it's clearly one way you can measure how close the serps are to user expectations, that's why google included this in their recent patent application.
It's not the only way, of course, but it is one tool you have. And if I read the msn search javascript correctly, they are tracking clicks, although that script is hard to read, google's is radically simpler. About 1 line versus 50 or so... typical Microsoft.
If a large percentage of searchers return to the search page and click on the next option, it's quite clear that site a is not what the searchers wanted. Individual behavior isn't that important, but it's clearly one way you can measure how close the serps are to user expectations, that's why google included this in their recent patent application.
Suppose a representative subset of them are doing SERP comparisons? It isn't clear (for all searches) that hitting the next link is a sign of dissatisfaction.
Average searchers just know that they typed in a search term, they got some pages, they click on them, if they are right, they stay, if they are not, they go back to the next search item until they find one they like. Google's goal is to keep people using their product, which means to give users what they are looking for. This isn't particularly earth shattering information if you ask me.
Try to step out of the seo box, seos have very little impact on search patterns, we're talking about far too many searches a day for seos to influence things, though of course that won't stop them from trying. Obviously they can and do influence pages landing in the serps in the first place, the trick here is to get rid of garbage and replace it with reasonably good quality results.
Most people type in a search, then go to the site. If they don't come back to the google search, the result can be considered successful, if they do, it can be considered as a failure. There's no need to make simple things complicated.
Keep in mind, if this is being used, it's simply one factor among many, nobody knows what weighting any one factor has, so stressing about one component really isn't worth bothering about.
To keep it ultra simple: it's a good thing if your page gives the searcher what they were looking for. It's not necessarily a bad thing if it doesn't, since it's hard to know what they are looking for. But once the search numbers get big enough this stuff all becomes pure statistics, stuff you can study and integrate into other components.
I do believe that google does analyse and use visitor behaviour, but I also think the level of mathematical abstraction and analysis is far higher than suggested here. E.g. neuronal networks and statistical correlations we can't think of, simply because we have no insight into that data.
I would guess the target is less an undefined quantity that is hard to optimise [the world population over all web pages - good luck to anyone trying], but more a clearly defined target, like maximising income. That is a neat figure you can optimise.
Ranking sites based on visitor time spent/movement would penalize sites with easy/intelligent navigation and Google Adsense with high CTR.
crob305, there's a big difference between a user clicking through to content he finds on the page, and just hitting the back button to find better results on the SERP.
So, using pattern identification based on visitor time spent on a page and movement doesn't necessarily penalize the good sites, and it could likely be used to red-flag the bad ones for special treatment.
as well as move them up in SERP as long as the site has related content and has been around for a while, why not just 'lift' it up a 'notch' just cause there is no budjet in'vested from the site, and 2 below spend like monkies at G-Parade.
G-Parade is a registered XMark of 'Show me the Budjet Corporation'
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So, using pattern identification based on visitor time spent on a page and movement doesn't necessarily penalize the good sites, and it could likely be used to red-flag the bad ones for special treatment.
Plus, it would be only one factor. Let's say that site A and site B both have visitors leaving after viewing only one page. Site A is a dictionary, and site B is a scraper site. Site A is likely to have quality inbound links and a low SEO "spam quotient," while site B is likely to have few (if any) quality inbound links while having site characteristics that make Google's virtual nose wrinkle in any sniff test. Furthermore, site B's users are likely to be leaving via ads or the back button, while site A's users may not have such obvious departure patterns. Given the preponderance of evidence, it wouldn't be unreasonable for Google to assume that site B's lack of stickiness suggests poor quality, while site A's lack of stickiness is neither good nor bad.
Seos and website owners are the only people in the world doing that stuff for all practical purposes, try to think like average searchers, nobody here is an average searcher, the overwhelming majority of users does a search, then either stays on the page, looks at it for a bit, or comes back right away. I believe the patent application referred to this exact behavior though I can't remember the exact wording.
What about people who are shopping for something? They may go to several sites from more than one SERP before they find what they were looking for.
Another reason people may not stay is if there is a long article, one that could be well researched and perhaps with some great up to date information. But people tend to take one glance at a long article and just move on.
I run a few small directories and this is even easy for me to do with my visitors, and I don't have toolbar data, Adsense data, Urchin data, etc. One of Google's patents mentions using previous search criteria to customize new searches for specific users. If Google is aware that when my mother searches for "Turkey" she is looking for recipes and not a geo-location, they certainly know I'm a webmaster with certain search bias's.
And I'm sure Google has a special category for those of us who continually search using the 'site:command'.
I wonder how many of us have helped our competitors by searching our target keywords and clicking on their listings? How much time do YOU spend viewing scraper sites, trying to figure out how to destroy them? Maybe you are inadvertantly improving their rankings.
This will be a serious kill for the new sites.Sandbos and now this one?
i donno where these google people are heading for.
This is a perfect none issue. Until Google implements something why start a row over something that does not exist? Repeatedly in this set of forums advix=se is given on what to do. Why not just follow the advice and stop worrying about the sky falling?


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I've often wondered whether federal judges are sometimes treated with too much deference.
Obviously by virtue of their position and authority, and sometimes even their achievement (I kid, I kid!), federal judges deserve significant respect from practitioners and the public at large.
But a few recent examples call to mind whether there can be negative institutional effects when respect crosses the line into outright obsequiousness.
I was struck by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Scalia's shock and dismay over actually having a question thrown to them during oral argument by Solicitor General Elena Kagan:
Two weeks ago, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a leading contender for appointment to the Supreme Court, presented her sixth argument there. She bantered easily with the justices, and she seemed to have a special rapport with Justice Antonin Scalia, at one point responding to a question from him with one of her own.Is this healthy?
Justice Scalia's reply suggested she had crossed a line. "Well, I'm not making the argument," he said, declining to answer her question.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who has had some testy exchanges with Ms. Kagan over the last seven months, made the point more sharply.
"Usually we have the questions the other way," he said.
"I apologize," Ms. Kagan replied.
The American tradition -- unlike that in Europe or Japan or India, for example -- does not elevate people to position of kings or monarchs by their birth or fix them to classes by their social strata. We live in a fluid merits-based society where all are supposed to be equal and respect is typically earned, not awarded.
I wonder what effect there can be on cognitive thinking skills if you are never questioned or challenged on your viewpoints. I really can't think of another example where a public figure (in this case, a public servant) can expect never to be questioned or challenged publicly on their views. Certainly the President gets plenty of public pushback, hail he was even criticized for daring to condemn a Supreme Court decision in their presence.
The cocooning effect also seems to leave some judges out of touch with the real world or the lawyers who practice in it.
Recently we saw Supreme Court judges flummoxed by "texting" technology:
The first sign was about midway through the argument, when Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. - who is known to write out his opinions in long hand with pen and paper instead of a computer - asked what the difference was "between email and a pager?"
Other justices' questions showed that they probably don't spend a lot of time texting and tweeting away from their iPhones either.
At one point, Justice Anthony Kennedy asked what would happen if a text message was sent to an officer at the same time he was sending one to someone else.
"Does it say: 'Your call is important to us, and we will get back to you?'" Kennedy asked.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrangled a bit with the idea of a service provider.
"You mean (the text) doesn't go right to me?" he asked.
Then he asked whether they can be printed out in hard copy.
"Could Quon print these spicy little conversations and send them to his buddies?" Scalia asked.
And I love this footnote by Justice Alito in yesterday's decision overturning the 11th Circuit in a Section 1988 fee-shifting case:
How does the Judge know this (and why does it matter anyway)?
Justice Samuel Alito Jr., writing for the majority, said fee enhancements for superior attorney performance are permissible in exceptional cases. But in this case, he said, the judge did not provide "proper justification" for the enhancement under a series of factors he listed, aimed at proving that the lodestar fee alone would not have been adequate to attract competent counsel.
The federal fee-shifting law, Justice Alito wrote, "serves an important public purpose by making it possible for persons without means to bring suit to vindicate their rights. But unjustified enhancements that serve only to enrich attorneys are not consistent with the statute's aim."
In a footnote, Justice Alito added that if the $4.5 million fee enhancement had remained in place, the lawyers for the foster care plaintiffs "would earn as much as the attorneys at some of the richest law firms in the country."
Also, if you only compensate civil rights attorneys their lodestar when successful, how do you incentivize them to take cases and front all the costs and expenses when they may not, you know, win every time? How does that further the statute's aim?
(Lawyers who do this work, feel free to chime in.)
Then we have a recent incident that shows how contracts sometime operate in the real world:
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.
"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."
GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."
The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they want into the documents.
Gee, I know of some precedent that would indicate this contract is valid and enforceable right here in the SD FL!

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Locals crowd around long communal tables for Mediterranean small plates, such as crushed tomato and olive oil–braised octopus, pheasant sausage with brussels sprouts, and house-cured salumi.
Foodies are swooning over this candlelit wine bar and eatery. The simple and rustic menu is heavy on sharing (think flatbreads with serrano ham and marchego cheese or a simple braised rabbit over fettuccini) while the extensive wine list boasts nearly two-dozen wines by the glass, each for less than 10 bucks.
This newbie pizzeria has the distinction of being the only restaurant in the Midwest that's 100% certified organic. Everything here is as earthy as it gets, from the delicious, cracker-thin-crust, nouveaux pizzas right down to the crunchy waitstaff. During summer months, relax with a killer cocktail (try the blackberry mint julep or one of the offbeat vodka infusions – everything from espresso and cardamom to horseradish) on the outdoor patio.
Tired shoppers seek refueling at this basement collection of fancy food stands where guests can choose from over a dozen different culinary styles.
Hot Doug's
The hour-long wait is worth it at restaurateur Doug Sohn's self-described sausage superstore and encased meat emporium. Never mind the Chicago-style dogs; it's creations like the Chardonnay-infused rattlesnake sausage with bacon-garlic dijonnaise and Mirabo walnut cheese that everyone's swooning over. Don't miss french fries rendered in duck fat on weekends.
Molly's Cupcakes
The cupcake craze shows no signs of slowing, as evidenced at this sugary sweet bakery frequented by soccer moms and their bratty broods. Confections are simple, delicious, and easy on the wallet (and try finding another place this side of the Mississippi with swing-set seating at the counter!).
Chef Homaro Cantu's marriage of food and science has rocked the culinary world. Think servers in lab coats, edible menus, and utensils that release aromatic vapors.
Nella Pizzeria Napoletana
Don't expect Chicago-style deep-dish at Nella Pizzeria Napoletana, a Lincoln Park eatery helmed by Windy City native Scott Harris (of the Francesca's chain fame). Do look forward to Italian antipasti and airy, authentic Neapolitan crusts buckling under the weight of classic ingredients like sweet salami, fresh arugula, prosciutto di Parma, mozzarella di Bufala, and San Marzano tomato sauces.
This West Loop restaurant has already been dubbed an instant classic. Think roasted rabbit with ricotta dumplings or slow baked veal breast with mint noodles in a setting that marries Art Nouveau with simple modern.
"The Donald" is determined to put his indelible stamp on Chicago's dining scene and he's set to do so with this restaurant inside his eponymous Trump Hotel. Thirty-foot floor to ceiling windows are matched only by chef Frank Brunacci's robust modern American dishes like a slow-poached red snapper with Yukon Gold potato puree and bacon drizzle.
Tank Sushi
Gastro-centric Lincoln Square has its finest culinary expression at this much ballyhooed fresh-from-the-sea sushi and Japanese restaurant.
The Lobby at the Peninsula
The Windy City isn't big on late dining, but for an only-in-Chicago experience, head to the Pen's fifth-floor lobby, order a 12-ounce rib eye, and take in Michigan Avenue through the 20-foot windows.
The Signature Room and Lounge
At the bar and restaurant on the 95th and 96th floors of the John Hancock building you can have cocktails and a sumptuous dinner with your view.
The Wiener's Circle
This iconic hot dog stand is where drunken North Siders come to trade barbs with the acerbic staff and dine on greasy food. Not for the faint of heart.
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text: Hi Everyone, We just got back from a GREAT trip to Universal. I wanted to share my experiences regarding Alamo and prepaid gas. Here's a little background - I reserved a standard car for 5/1/12 -5/8/12 for $99.33. This was a fantastic rate!! When we were checking in to get the car, the desk agent didn't give me the typical discussion about the car insurance but she did ask me several, several times if I would like to prepay for gas. The rate that she quoted me was for approx. $76 dollars. She stated that the gas "around the area" was about $5.00 per gallon and they could fill it for $3.67 per gallon with this option. There is no refund for unused gas. Now, initially DH wanted to get the option. But I asked exactly what kind of car would be getting - $76 seemed pretty high to fill a standard car even if we drove it down to the fumes. The desk agent said that the typical "full sized" cars we would get (no standards in MCO) would Altimas, Malibus or Camrys. At that point, I said it seemed high for a pre-paid option. She said that it would be adjusted for the type of car . That didn't make much sense to me at all. So we declined. The Desk Agent told me what a great rate I was getting and I should really get the gas option. Now, we had been up since 3am(6am flight from Chicago to Orlando) and it was 9:45 a.m. and I was starting to get a wee bit annoyed when I told her again that we declined. So, we ended up getting a Camry LE with 32k. We stayed at the Portofino Bay Hotel on Universal's property, drove to Sea World, down I-drive several times and round trip to Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay. The TOTAL amount we spent on gas for the 8 days we had the car as $31.78. This included stopping at the gas station and topping off before we got the airport. The only way that it *may* have been a good choice for us to pre-pay for gas would be to completely drive the car down to empty fumes- something that most responsible people don't do when they are at home, let alone when they are on a family vacation in a different state. I'm sharing this because I know that sometimes travelers are tired and hungry and stressed and may agree to things that really don't make economic sense. I also understand the desk agents at Alamo have a job to do - which is to upsell when possible. That said, just be careful and don't feel pressured into buying things you don't need. I've read the DIS for years and consider myself pretty savvy but I would have totally wasted money on this part of the trip if I hadn't been careful.


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Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 04, 2016
The joint research team of Prof. Yoon Seok Jung (UNIST, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) and Prof. Seng M. Oh (Seoul National University) discovered a new way to develop all-solid-state lithium batteries without a risk of conflagration or explosion.
It is the method of melting the solid electrolyte and coating that melted electrolyte around the electrodes. This research outcome was introduced on Advanced Materials on December 22, 2015.
The organic liquid electrolyte, mainly used in existing lithium-ion batteries, has a characteristic of easily getting gasified or burned. Therefore, all-solid-sate lithium batteries are now getting an attention as the alternative option since they are non-flammable.
However, the powder type of solid electrolyte does not permeate, compared to the liquid electrolyte. If the contact between electrolytes and electrode active materials is not active, it would be more difficult to move lithium-ion to the electrode. Furthermore, it will not be simple to elevate the performance revelation of batteries.
To solve these problems, Prof. Jung's research team developed a way to coat the active materials with the solid electrolyte. This process called the solution-process works by diffusing the powder type of active material in the liquid from melted solid electrolyte and vaporizing the solvent. After the solution-process, it became more possible to coat the layers of solid electrolyte on the active materials.
The research team also developed a material for the solid electrolyte by adding the iodized lithium (LiI) to the methanol liquid which is the compound (Li4SnS4) based on tin (Sn).
The compound's ionic conductivity was originally low, but it got increased by getting mixed with LiI. Consequently, by combining two materials together, it became possible to develop the solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity and air stability.
Prof. Jung says, "A newly developed solid electrolyte has the high ion conductivity and no toxicity problem. In addition, the prices of a raw material and a solvent (methanol) are comparatively low. With this technology, commercialization of solid lithium battery will be available sooner than we thought."
For this research project, Prof. Ju-Young Kim (School of Materials Science and Engineering), Lawrence Berkely National Lab (LBNL), and Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) participated as the partner researchers. This research was sponsored by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
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Hello guys this is a new ROM based on CM10.1 by OWL-Project
WonderSY10.1 means:Wonder from Wonderful,SY:from my country "Syria",10.1:from CM10.1
I am not responsible for any bricked device Your warranty is now void YOU are choosing to do this
-Based on latest jdevs
-Added some apps
-Added many useful tweaks
-Init.d Tweaked
-Great City Wallpapers
-Removed buggy browser and added Boat Browser Mini
-Added CMWallpapers
-OTA updater"COMING SOON"
FM Radio "install spirit FM" A2DP Lag Wi-Fi Tethering "download any third party app"
This guide is especially for WFS 2012 Ed. "it will work on other WFS devices"
-Do a NAND Erase "or use superwipe" (wipe data and cahe then mounts and storage format everything EXCEPT SDCARD then Wipe dalvik cache and battery stats under advanced then POWER OFF and go back to RECOVERY
-Install the ROM
-INT2EXT (Opt.)
Put INT2EXTV2+ in THE ROOT OF YOUR SDCARD then flash it and Reboot then reboot recovery
-Flash Gapps and reboot
-Flash the ADD-ONS "PURE-PERFORMANCE,AGPS PATCH etc."
Guide coming until next build
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-Jeeko for his PurePerformances Tweak http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2360985
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text: Gents, it's been a while since we've gotten together for a good run. Last time we met in Crieff and then shot over to Oban before heading off our seperate ways. All in all it was a good day out. Let's have some suggestions for destinations, routes and dates. Personally I'm very interested in Steve's (Rev-head) S2 Avant since I think that's the route I'm going to go down. Cheers Andy


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Shari's Catering & Company
Catering is available for parties of 10 or more guests, to enquire details about a catering contact us at (989)662-6621 or by email email@example.com
Shari's New Beginning
Congratulations to Chef Shari Smith and the restaurant of Shari at the Willard Hillton on an amazing 28 years. Yet her journey is not finished. Chef Shari is closing her doors to Shari at the Willard Hillton on July 15th, 2017, and is moving onto a different chapter of her journey. Instead, she has decided on focusing her energy into her passion of food in a different light. The Willard Hillton will still be open Thursday through Saturday evenings from 5:00pm to 9:00pm until July 15th.
Shari plans on reopening under their new name, Shari's Catering & Company, in conjunction with On Eagles Wings Inn. She plans on providing the area with both in-house and off-premise catering for all occasions, as well as holding cooking classes, gardening classes, and attending multiple farmers markets around the Tri Cities. Alongside all of these, Shari is currently working on a cookbook that will be up for sale to the public soon.
Shari says she couldn't have gotten to where she was today without everyone who has supported her. "I would like to thank everyone for all of the years of love and support. Special thanks to Grandma Pat, and my daughters Timmi and Samantha Baird. Also a special thanks to my regular customers, my close friends, and especially my staff over the years for all of the hard work that you have put in. I cannot thank you all enough."
Keep your eyes out for Shari's Catering & Company at your local farmers market, or feel free to book your catering events with them. They are designing multiple menus within your budget, and are also taking reservations at the moment for anyone interested. You can reach them through email at firstname.lastname@example.com, phone at 989-662-6621, or check out their website shariatthewillardhillton.com.
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Counterfeit Bill Found Circulating Kearney Area
A counterfeit bill was reported to the Kearney Police Department Thursday.
According to police reports, a Five Points Bank employee received a counterfeit twenty dollar bill in one of the bank's business deposits.
The bill came as part of a deposit from Buggy Bath carwash. It is currently unknown where the money originated.
The public should be on the lookout for more counterfeit bills and report any suspicious money to the authorities.


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County Collector of Revenue Linda Emmons wants to make a temporary employee of her office a full-time worker.
The move will help with the heavy workload in the collector's office, Emmons said.
She noted that the cost of bumping the worker up to full-time status would be covered by her tax maintenance fund.
The plan is for the tax maintenance fund to reimburse the general fund for the cost of the employee, she said, adding that the employee's cost could come to about $34,000 a year.
Her office currently has five full-time employees, and this move would bring the total to six.
More help is needed especially when it comes to having enough employees when other workers are at lunch or on vacation, Emmons said.
The tax maintenance that would cover the cost the cost of the employee gets funding through a 2 percent fee paid when people pay their property taxes late, she said.
On Friday the fund had $219,922. Each year, it may generate $130,000 to $140,000 depending on the amount of delinquent taxpayers, she said.
Emmons can also use the money in the fund for other expenses such as buying equipment, she said.
The employee that may be moved to full time has already been helping in the collector's office during busy periods such as when tax collection is taking place.


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"An antique was once well-loved, and carries a history with it. That should be embraced"
58 Antique & Vintage Collector's Medals Many Rare
is a collect of 58 Medals.
In this collection t is:
T is a large Mary medal. 1 1/2".
T is another larger Mary medal. 1 1/8" by 3/4".
T is a 3 dimensional design John Newman. Our lady of Perpetual help. The size is 1".
Large Pope Joannes Pavlvs II and Our Lady of Czestochowa. 3 dimensional design medal. 1".
Rare Large Note Dame medal. The size is 1".
Large 3 dimensional design medal of Joannes Pavlvs II with Roma on the back. The size is 1".
T is a rare St. Cecil and St. Genesius? medal. The size is 7/8" by 1/2".
Rare Joane Ora Pro Nobis and Mater De Bono Consilio.
The size is 1 5/8".
Rare Girmoaldo Santamaria Passionista and Beato Grimoaldo Prega Per Noi. The size is 3/4".
St. Catherine Laboure I will be with you. The size is 3/4".
2 Rare antique Blessed Martin. Pray for me. The size is 7/8" by 5/8".
2 Rare St. Philomena Virgin and and martyr. Pray for us. The size is 3/4".
Mater Dolorosa Pray for Us. The size is 7/8" by 5/8".
Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our lady of Mount Carmel. The size is 7/8" by 3/4".
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SACRAMENTO (KCBS) — A lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the President's Health care reform law has caught the attention of Democratic attorneys general around the nation including California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Critics of President Obama's health care reform say it's unconstitutional to force people to carry insurance as the new law mandates, and they have filed suit to undo that provision. Now nine attorneys general, including Harris, have joined together to file an amicus brief in defense of the law.
KCBS' Barbara Taylor Reports:
"The minimal coverage provision is essential to the regulatory scheme of providing affordable health care and insurance to all Americans," she said.
Harris said if the court throws out the minimum coverage provision, costs will rise, premiums will rise and insurance companies will continue to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.
Lawsuits are pending in several states, and last month one federal judge ruled that while the overall law is legal, the mandate that requires everyone to have health coverage is not. While a legal battled is being waged in the courts, Republicans are trying to undo health care reform in congress.
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At an elevation of 8,000 feet and easy access to the San Juan National Forest and Weminuche Wilderness Area, it offers a variety of accommodations and recreational opportunities. Relaxation is the way of life whether you're looking for summer boating, horseback riding, hiking, fishing or Jeeping. Or in the winter, enjoy cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and sleigh riding.


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Skip to comments.Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 22
Posted on 05/03/2005 8:23:05 PM PDT by Mo1
Tomorrow it will "be in the mail"!! UGH!
The nice thing about the very long threads is we don't have to be reminded so often by Nully that He's Number One.
Nice sunny day here, but cool. It's getting pretty and green tho. Spring is springing. ;)
Hey, hey! A new thread, awesome! Good morning everybody. Great Lakes area remains very chilly but at least the sun is out. Mr Prairie and I hope to get some golf in this weekend, weatherman saying perhaps into the 70's by then. We will see....
Dyan had the day off yesterday, so came down here to clean...(she didn't have to, the house was immaculate, guess it's us that make it dirty and dusty)... and made a big pot of chicken soup for all of us.
So we had a great party on arriving, from soup to..., kids, more kids, dogs,.....to nuts. We had a ball, and Grannie was baaaaaad and got right back into the swing of things. It's good to be around young people again, and be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! lol
Had a great flight and had no trouble at the airports. The TSA agent in FL was wonderful. Kept us all laughing and talking, gave explicit directions, which we all followed and went right through.
It's nice to be home...and I love my bed..lol. Slept like the Angel I'm not. ;)
Oh, this won't do at all!. You have responsibilities. I mean, think of poor Catpuppy and those long, arduous days he is forced to endure
doing those tedious inspections walking on the beach in that brutal sun. He can't be concerning his fragile self with late support checks. He requires a LOT of sunscreen! Have you priced that stuff lately? Now, I think you need to get right to work and get your boss set straight about his priorities.
Still chilly here too. We've had a stretch of cool weather. Funny thing is, we've got these German students here for a few weeks who can't believe how warm it is. I had the heat on last night!
And just when did you stop being bad? I must have been gone that day.
My furnace is running like top. Don't want to see the gas bill that's coming.
I can believe it about it seeming warm to the Germans. I traveled Europe in April in the 70's and nearly froze. I was a youngster, did the backpack routine and my trusty sleeping bag saved me on multiple occasions. Those people don't believe in heat!
Greenery means pollen, pollen means allergies, allergies means more sneezing.
I just got done sneezing my brains out over the weekend and week beginning.
We know better.......
Thank you, sl. It's nice to know that someone appreciates the vital work I do.
They can't pull that one. The checks were delivered yesterday, I signed for them.
That's OK, as long as you never forget it...
Absolutely! I'm worried about Catpuppy, too! Poor man...
We do, we do. Need an assistant?
and funkle!
First and funkle, want some salt with that???
What more can you ask than to come home to a clean house and a cooked meal. Your daughter is a jewel. Now you can get busy and put out your tomato plants.
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The body representing Egypt's judges called on Saturday for an immediate strike in all courts and prosecutors offices in protest against President Mohammed Morsi's decree expanding his powers.
At a meeting in Cairo, the Judges Club called on Morsi to retract the decree and to reinstate Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, the Hosni Mubarak-era prosecutor general who was sacked as part of the decision unveiled on Thursday. (Reuters)


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April 29, 2010
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CTV News has learned of a plan to try to keep activists far away from the G20 meetings at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this June, by creating a designated protest zone in Trinity Bellwoods Park.
The park is located roughly 2 kilometres away on Queen Street.
Police spokesperson Meaghan Gray would not say whether officials are expecting violent protests.
"I don't know what we are expecting," she told CTV Toronto. "We are strongly encouraging anyone who wants to protest during the G20 to use that location."
It's not the first time a designated protest zone has been created for the G20. Last year, police used the same tactic in London.
One woman who lived in London at the time, and who now resides in Toronto near Trinity Bellwoods, says she can understand the reasoning behind the zone.


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Timbers vs. Chivas USA | Aug. 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m PT | KPTV
The Portland Timbers duel with Chivas USA in an important Western Conference battle Saturday night at 7:30pm at Providence Park, presented by KeyBank.
Tonight's game will be televised on KPTV with Keith Bleyer and Ross Smith providing the call. The radio broadcast is on 750 AM The Game with Jake Zivin and Andrew Gregor. A free online audio stream is available on 750 The Game.
The first 5,000 fans tonight will receive a coffee cup sleeve courtesy of KeyBank.
The Timbers will be wearing their Primary Green kits this evening.
Providence Park Notes
- Check out the Stand Together 50/50 raffle. Learn more about its impact with AC Portland and in the community.
- Visit 808 Grinds in the SE corner of the stadium as part of the Portland Timbers Food Cart Alliance (PTFCA).
- Read about the numerous Oregon-based menu items at Providence Park.
- Find the free Timbers Photobooth and get your picture taken for free at the game.
- Info on water policy can also be found on The Backcut blog.
- E-cycle your old mobile phone.
- Sign up for Timbers Match Text Alerts. Text "ALERT" to 27299 to join. Match day alerts will send you notifications for goals, cards & more for instant updates on the match.
Providence Park
Check out ProvidenceParkPDX.com with a full Timbers MatchDay Guide.
1. Get To The Stadium
2. Buy Tickets
3. Choose Your Entrance - KeyBank Club seats open two hours prior to kickoff. Gate 3 (Timbers Army Gate) opens two hours prior to kickoff for people with wristbands (see below) and then 90 minutes prior without wristbands along with Gates 1, 2, 4, & 5 - SEE SPECIAL ENTRY PROCEDURE FOR GATE 3 BELOW
4. Find Your Seat
5. Enjoy The Match
6. After The Match
Also read our guides on TriMet, Parking, and Guest Guide.
Timbers Army Gate 3 Procedures
Due to the high demand for the best seats in the Timbers Army and our desire to provide a fair and consistent early entry procedure, we will be once again using a system of wristbands to help facilitate early entry at Gate 3 for Timbers Army fans at Providence Park. This has been done after consultation with the 107ist Board who will assist with additional volunteers to help with education and execution. For more details, please visit the Timbers Army Gate Wristband FAQ.
Tweet your photos, stories, videos around the match with hashtag #RCTID.
View photos from the match, comment on articles, and get exclusive content.
Check in at Providence Park when you arrive for unique badges and specials.
KEYBANK SCOUTING REPORT MATCHDAY PREVIEW: Timbers take on Chivas USA at Providence Park
WATCH: Caleb Porter & Donovan Ricketts discuss facing Chivas USA
READ: Quick Strikes: Five numbers to know for #PORvCHV
READ: All-Star Game finished, Timbers remained focus on crucial match versus Chivas
READ: Gallego returns from U.S. U-23s national team camp
MLS: Chivas draw strength from last performance
CHV: Goats acquire Luis Bolaños
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MS Project assistance
Section 1: MS Project Exercise
1. Develop a multilevel work breakdown structure (WBS) and create a detailed project schedule in MS Project for the project you identified. Note: The project must consist of at least twenty-five (25) tasks. Each task must have a start date, a finish date, and assigned main staffing and non-staffing resources.
Section 2: Project Management Process − Initiation Paper
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
2. Define the scope of the project in which you include the project goals and objectives, deliverables, tasks, costs, deadlines, and expected main staffing and non-staffing resources needed.
3. Determine the phase of your project which will present the greatest challenge. Next, provide one (1) strategy that you would use in order to address the challenge in question. Provide a rationale to support your response.
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If you're looking for an all-encompassing look at tonight's national title game between Connecticut and Kentucky, including each team's strengths and weaknesses, you want Matt Rudnitsky's full preview. Here's one thing Matt didn't mention, however, which I think bears noting: UConn is one of the best foul shooting teams in the country. Kentucky isn't even in the top 200.
The official numbers, which were updated yesterday:
Kentucky: 39 games, 768/1122, 68.4 percent — 221st in the country.
UConn: 39 games, 634/819, 77.4 percent — 5th in the country.
Connecticut's sample size is noticeably smaller, but in the tournament they've gotten even better, shooting 86 percent from the line. Kentucky has improved as well, but their 70.6 percent mark still pales in comparison.
Personally, I think intangibles like "clutch-ness" and "coach-osity" make a difference in big games, when nerves and emotions can run rampant and ruin the statistical patterns developed throughout the season. But free throw shooting is huge in close games, and if the 2.5 point spread here is any indication, that's exactly what we should expect.
Here's to hoping UConn doesn't snap the ball over Shabazz Napier's head for a safety on the first drive.
[h/t to Sam Mee for pointing out this enormous statistical gap.]
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Spot Instances
Spot Instances enable you to bid on unused EC2 instances, which can lower your Amazon EC2 costs significantly. The hourly price for a Spot Instance (of each instance type in each Availability Zone) is set by Amazon EC2, and fluctuates depending on the supply of and demand for Spot Instances. Your Spot Instance runs whenever your bid exceeds the current market price.
Spot Instances are a cost-effective choice if you can be flexible about when your applications run and if your applications can be interrupted. For example, Spot Instances are well-suited for data analysis, batch jobs, background processing, and optional tasks. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
The key differences between Spot Instances and On-Demand Instances are that Spot Instances might not start immediately, the hourly price for Spot Instances varies based on demand, and Amazon EC2 can interrupt an individual Spot Instance as the price for, or availability of, Spot Instances changes. One strategy is to launch a core group of On-Demand Instances to maintain a minimum level of guaranteed compute resources for your applications, and supplement them with Spot Instances when the opportunity arises.
Another strategy is to launch Spot Instances with a required duration (also known as Spot blocks), which are not interrupted due to changes in the Spot price. For more information, see Specifying a Duration for Your Spot Instances.
Before you get started with Spot Instances, you should be familiar with the following concepts:
Spot Instance pool—A set of unused EC2 instances with the same instance type, operating system, Availability Zone, and network platform (EC2-Classic or EC2-VPC).
Spot price—The current market price of a Spot Instance per hour, which is set by Amazon EC2 based on the last fulfilled bid. You can also retrieve the Spot price history.
Spot Instance request (or Spot bid)—Provides the maximum price per hour (bid price) that you are willing to pay for a Spot Instance. When your bid price exceeds the Spot price, Amazon EC2 fulfills your request. A Spot Instance request is either one-time or persistent. Amazon EC2 automatically resubmits a persistent Spot request after the Spot Instance associated with the request is terminated. Your Spot Instance request can optionally specify a duration for the Spot Instances.
Spot Fleet—A set of Spot Instances that is launched based on criteria that you specify. The Spot Fleet selects the Spot Instance pools that meet your needs and launches Spot Instances to meet the target capacity for the fleet. By default, Spot Fleets are set to maintain target capacity by launching replacement instances after Spot Instances in the fleet are terminated. You can submit a Spot Fleet as a one-time request, which does not persist after the instances have been terminated.
Spot Instance interruption—Amazon EC2 stops or terminates your Spot Instance when the Spot price exceeds your bid price or there are no longer any unused EC2 instances. Amazon EC2 provides a Spot Instance interruption notice, which gives the instance a two-minute warning before it stops or terminates.
Bid status—Provides detailed information about the current state of your Spot bid.
How to Get Started
The first thing you need to do is get set up to use Amazon EC2. It can also be helpful to have experience launching On-Demand Instances before launching Spot Instances.
Get up and running
Spot basics
Working with Spot Instances
Working with Spot Fleets
Related Services
You can provision Spot Instances directly using Amazon EC2. You can also provision Spot Instances using other services in AWS. For more information, see the following documentation.
- Auto Scaling and Spot Instances
You can create launch configurations with a bid price so that Auto Scaling can launch Spot Instances. For more information, see Launching Spot instances in Your Auto Scaling Group in the Auto Scaling User Guide.
- Amazon EMR and Spot Instances
There are scenarios where it can be useful to run Spot Instances in an Amazon EMR cluster. For more information, see Lower Costs with Spot Instances in the Amazon EMR Developer Guide.
- AWS CloudFormation Templates
AWS CloudFormation enables you to create and manage a collection of AWS resources using a template in JSON format. AWS CloudFormation templates can include a Spot price. For more information, see EC2 Spot Instance Updates - Auto Scaling and CloudFormation Integration.
- AWS SDK for Java
You can use the Java programming language to manage your Spot Instances. For more information, see Tutorial: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances and Tutorial: Advanced Amazon EC2 Spot Request Management.
- AWS SDK for .NET
You can use the .NET programming environment to manage your Spot Instances. For more information, see Tutorial: Amazon EC2 Spot instances.
You pay the Spot price for Spot Instances, which is set by Amazon EC2 and fluctuates periodically depending on the supply of and demand for Spot Instances. If your bid price exceeds the current Spot price, Amazon EC2 fulfills your request and your Spot Instances run until either you terminate them or the Spot price increases above your bid price.
Everyone pays the same Spot price for the same period, regardless of whether their bid price was higher. You never pay more than your bid price per hour, and often pay less per hour. For example, if you bid $0.25 per hour, and the Spot price is $0.20 per hour, you only pay $0.20 per hour. If the Spot price drops, you pay the new, lower price. If the Spot price rises, you pay the new price if it is equal to or less than your bid price. If the Spot price rises above your bid price, then your Spot Instance is interrupted.
At the start of each instance hour, you are charged based on the Spot price. If your Spot Instance is interrupted in the middle of an instance hour because the Spot price exceeded your bid, you are not charged for the hour of use that was interrupted. However, if you terminate your Spot Instance in the middle of an instance hour, you are charged for the hour.
Spot Instances with a predefined duration use a fixed hourly price that remains in effect for the Spot Instance while it runs.
View Prices
To view the current (updated every five minutes) lowest Spot price per region and instance type, see the Spot Instances Pricing page.
To view the Spot price history for the past three months, use the Amazon EC2 console or the describe-spot-price-history command (AWS CLI). For more information, see Spot Instance Pricing History.
We independently map Availability Zones to codes for each AWS account. Therefore,
you can
get different results for the same Availability Zone code (for example,
us-west-2a) between different accounts.
View Billing
To review your bill, go to your AWS Account Activity page. Your bill contains links to usage reports that provide details about your bill. For more information, see AWS Account Billing.
If you have questions concerning AWS billing, accounts, and events, contact AWS Support.


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An employee of Best Buy who would obviously like to remain anonymous had sent a scan this morning displaying the fact that Best Buy will be discontinuing the 80GB model of the PlayStation 3. The scanned copy of what appears to be a staff letter reads, "The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won't be replaced at this time," it further goes on to say, "It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB version of PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at this time."
With the recent rumors of a 40GB price drop down to $299 and the desire to further push the PlayStation 3 games library, some would speculate that this move only makes complete sense. It would also give some valid claim to the recent rumors around the subject as well.
We could very well see Sony releasing the 2 SKU's for the White/Black models of the 40GB PS3 at a price point of $299. This would inevitably force Microsoft to also cut their prices as well. With the latest announcement that the production cost of the PS3 has been effectively cut in half, it all certainly adds up to the probability that this could all in fact be true. We'll have to keep our eyes open for more updates on the matter.


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Now Audrey Rhimes, a police investigator with an agenda of her own, is determined to connect Nick to the homicide. In the meantime, Nick begins to unravel a web of intrigue within his own corporation, involving his closest colleagues, that threatens to gut the company and bring him down with it. With everything he spent his life working for hanging in the balance, Nick Conover discovers that life at the top is just one small step away from a long plunge to the bottom.
©2005 Joseph Finder; (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC
"A frightfully good suspense thriller." (Booklist)
"Mr. Finder's Company Man confirms what his Paranoia made clear: he has unusually keen instincts for back-stabbing in the business world. And somehow or other, exotica about the workings of a company that manufactures office furniture become unnaturally interesting here." (The New York Times)
"Nail-biting suspense"
For the first hour or so I believed the plot was so transparent that I would not finish the book. Even so there was plenty to keep me going until I realized there were layers and layers of plots and that I should ignore what I thought I knew.
It's a good thing I did because this novel delivers a lot of bang for the buck. It's a thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat (or driving around and around the block) with very human characters that really grab you. There are a number of characters I hope the author follows in later books, but to protect the suspense I won't say who they are.
Paranoia was good, Company Man is great.
Joseph Finder is now on my list of favorites authors along with Nelson Demille, ahead, even, of Robert Ludlum.
"He Does it Again"
I loved "Paranoia" the last of Finder's books. But this novel far surpasses it. There are many characters in this book and they are all well drawn. I loved many of them even if they were working against eachother.
It is exciting from the beginning: heart pouding. So well written that I thoroughly enjoyed the way he brought instant life into every scene
After I finished it I felt the way I did after Hoag's "To kill the Messanger" - Satisfied!
"Very entertaining!"
I too previously listened to PARANOIA and enjoyed it enough to give COMPANY MAN a try. I was not disappointed and feel that COMPANY MAN is a better book overall, with more plot twists and detail. Like PARANOIA, the author writes in a contempory fashion, describing modern mundanities like corporate politics, instant messaging, Google, Voicemail, Spam (Nigerians who wish to share their pilferred millions with nobody but you), and infuriatingly slow-moving gates at the "gated community."
This book is NOT by any means a "classic," brimming with eloquent, inspirational prose. However, I did not expect it to be. COMPANY MAN is pure entertainment, easy to listen to, keeping one looking forward to the next chapter. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Cliches? Sure, plenty of them. Predictable? Sometimes, but so what? That is part of the fun, like watching a Hollywood thriller. Certainly well worth the price of admission and one of my more enjoyable listens from Audible.
"Scott Brick"
While hesitating to purchsase this book, I saw that Scott Brick had narrated it. That made up my mind. I was instantly mesmerized; Scott's incredible vocalizations makes any book he reads come alive in a way that no other narrator can.
Company Man kept me awake, especially towards the end. The amazing twists and turns were completely unexpected. There aren't enough stars to rate it fairly. Thanks for a wonderful "read."
A very good, entertaining read/listen... I enjoyed it very much, but the ending was a bit pradictable. I like all this writers book, and especially I enjoy his narrator, Scott Brick. This one I found to be not quite as good as "KILLER INSTINCT", which I enjoyed ALL the way till the end and wanted more ...
Absolutely worth it!
entertainment rating = 8/10,
intelligence rating = 7/10,
artistic rating = 5/10
As with his first book, Paranoia, this book had me hooked from the start. Very real, hard lessons and consequenses of the corporate world as well as how it can spill over into your personal life. Full of twists and turns.
I can't wait for his next book.
"I read a hundred novels a year..."
I read a hundred books a year, most of them thrillers, and I'm a very picky reader. I abandon half the books I start because they just don't hold my attention. Bearing all this in mind, COMPANY MAN just claimed a firm place on the list of the top ten thrillers I've read. Ever. It's a pressure cooker of tension from the beginning and it never lets up. Finder has become one of those few authors whose next book I anxiously await.
"Unique With Characters You Can Identify With"
It is a great thriller involving a man I am sure most of us know. Well worth a credit. Finder is a great author.
"Excellent Listen"
I am a big fan of Joseph Finder ever since I listened to Paranoia (a must listen as well if you have not already done so) and I really enjoyed this title. I enjoyed the narration by Scott Brick, as always and I like Finder's ability to create a "young" corporate thriller that captures the business landscape that many of us find ourselves in. Often times corporate dramas are set in old, dark and dry settings whereas his backdrops effortlessly weave small town America with big money, high stakes corporations. His protagonists are always well developed and likable and leave you rooting for them to pull through. Well done and a must listen!
"Fantastic Story."
I went back and forth about whether or not to buy this book for months; I had loved other Joseph Finder books, but the synopsis for this one just didn't look that interesting to me.
I'm so glad I finally got it. I found this story far more interesting than the summary represented. The part of the story that focused on the corporate issues was awesome, and the storyline about the police detective was fantastic.
I'm a fan of Scott Brick (the narrator) but BE WARNED - he tends to inspire a strong reaction from people, either very positive or very negative. If you aren't already a fan of Scott Brick, make sure to listen to the sample before making a final decision on whether to buy.
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J. Michael Libbie, the spokesman for Democrat Desmund Adams' campaign, spoke to the West Des Moines Patch.com affiliate today to respond to TheIowaRepublican.com's in-depth investigation of Adams' background.
Unnecessary disclaimer: despite my last name, I have no affiliation with the AOL-owned network of Patch.com sites. It's interesting that Libbe chose to selectively respond to Patch.com writer Beth Dalbey, who was the communications director for liberal Democrat Francis Thicke's 2010 campaign for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. Beth is a fine journalist, but the Adams campaign seems unwilling to step out of their political bubble, and Desmund still has yet to respond himself to this serious issue.
Libbie claims that TheIowaRepublican.com is practicing "gutter politics" by dredging up an old story. But this incident didn't happen that "long ago," when Desmund was a teenager or a young adult (such as the Sears theft charge mentioned toward the end of the story). He was in his mid-thirties. It was just over four years ago. The abuse was not alleged. It was admitted by Desmund. What was at issue was whether or not it was a felony. Does the Adams campaign dispute any facts in the story?
Despite Libbie's claim that "[t]here is no story," voters have a right to know this sort of information about candidates. Virtually no voter knew about this information until now, and certainly very few voters knew about this incident before the general election. Would Libbie really claim that if Adams were a Republican, there would be no story? State Sen. Majority Leader Mike Gronstal has had no qualms about going after state Senate Republicans for much less severe criminal, civil and legal issues.
Furthermore, Libbie attempts to distract from this issue by blaming the campaign of his opponent, Charles Schneider, with absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support his baseless claim. The first time I met Schneider was Saturday at the Waukee candidate forum. Before then, I had never so much as spoken to him over the phone or exchanged an e-mail with him. Neither Charles nor his campaign had anything to do with this story. I did not even seek their comment.
I admit I am a registered Republican and that I occasionally write for TheIowaRepublican.com, among other libertarian, conservative and non-partisan news outlets.
Desmund, in contrast, has not been frank, candid or honest with voters. It's too bad Desmund didn't get in front of this issue earlier in his campaign instead of trying to hide his failings from central Iowans for nearly two years. He has no one to blame but himself.
Note: This post has been updated to correct an initial misspelling of Libbie's name.
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|Gustaf Skarsgård
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|Sven Skoogh
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A gay couple, Goran and Sven, want to adopt. But through a mistake on the adoption papers, they receive not a 1.5-year-old child, but a 15-year-old delinquent, Patrik, who happens to be homophobic. With the agency unable to fix things for at least a week, the couple is forced to deal with Patrik's belief that all homosexuals are pedophiles. As Goran and Sven's relationship grows strained, all three learn something important from each other.


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My name is Dominica. Born in March, 1993 in a small town called Ziebice, Poland. Currently I'm located in London, United Kingdom. I am a certified masseuse which I thought was my passion. On the 14th of February, 2015 I've got engaged to an amazing man called Callum who's stole my heart. We've been together since the 8th of August, 2014. On the 7th of April, 2017 our first beautiful daughter, Christianna was born.
In early 2009, I've entered the online social scene. My first ever blog was about the LGBT community and the following grew to the 5 digit mark in a very short amount of time however I got bored of blogging after a while and totally ran out of ideas... Now I'm back.. ;-) I've been writing this blog since February, 2015. I cover everything from fashion, beauty, lifestyle to my life and many more..
A little bit more about my background.. When I was entering secondary school my father decided to pursue an education in London and move the family to the United Kingdom. Arriving to England wasn't such a comfortable experience for me. Me and my family often found ourselves moving from home to home. While continuously having to pack my bags, I've never really had the opportunity to develop strong relationships with friends. With the desire to express my feelings I began writing a blog and posting real and controversial statuses on my twitter and facebook account, an open-diary posts all over the internet. I now have a very successful lifestyle blog which is also my full-time job.
One of my readers quoted "Whenever I'm down, I always go on Dominica's blog and it leaves me with a smile or in stitches." My audience really make it worth it and keep me going. Thank you to everyone who takes the time out to comment and show such an interest in the things I post about and things I have to say.
Read some of my life posts:
Our engagement / How we've found out I'm pregnant / Daughter's 3D scan / My labour story
Read some of my life posts:
Our engagement / How we've found out I'm pregnant / Daughter's 3D scan / My labour story


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It goes, "Quack!
It is not my cow.
Super Fancy Dancing will be involved; I don't expect there to be much soup, though.
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Forget cake toppers, there's a new cake decoration in town! And it's so simple, you can make it yourself in just a few short minutes. Let Serena from The Farm Chicks tell you how to make a full cake bunting out of them and where she got her wonderful idea from, along with many other tips and tricks on how to make the ordinary into something beautiful.
For a vintage themed cake, a going away party or a simple cupcake topper; party flags offer a more affordable alternative to traditional cake toppers and add a little fun to boot!
Thanks Serena!
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2. Florida
More than any other battleground state, Florida has ridden the highs and lows of the housing bubble. After the Great Recession, real estate prices plummeted and foreclosures soared. The Sunshine State is still struggling.
Florida has the second-highest number of foreclosures after California, according to foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac, based in Irvine, Calif. Seven Florida metros rank among the top 20 in terms of foreclosure rates. In all but one of them, foreclosure rates are increasing.
Of the 800,000 jobs the state lost since the Great Recession, only a quarter have been regained. High growth in professional and business services has been offset partially by losses in construction (down 5,000 over the past year) and government (down 11,300). By one estimate, the state won't regain its prerecession peak for another seven years.
Long periods of unemployment will be especially hard on the unemployed, since the state ranks last for the share of people who qualify for unemployment benefits. Starting next year, the state will cut the allowable weeks of unemployment insurance from 23 weeks to 19.
Not all is gloomy. A recent American Express survey found that 54 percent of Florida business owners had a positive outlook on the economy and 82 percent (versus 69 percent nationally) are planning to grow their business over the next six months.
Advantage: Romney, but within the margin of error.


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Tue 31st May 2011 10:00amBurton H's Racine Surf Report
Waves for today here in the Racine County area on Lake Michigan are in the shin high range and under and surfing conditions are very poor.Not much either in the forecast for waves for the next several day's here in Racine County. Have a great Tuesday and check for a mid day report on Wednesday. Happy Surfing The Great Lakes 2011. Burton
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In summary, for the chosen benchmarks, in June 2012 the Rakudo compiler was about 10x to 100x faster than it was 18 months prior, but still about 100x slower than mainstream languages/compilers like Perl 5's perl.
It's gotten faster since, but in late 2012 Larry Wall said on #perl6 "performance is still the main blocker to widespread adoption of Perl 6".
I agree with Larry. (There are other issues of course. Carl Mäsak immediately added "and CPAN/Perl 5 integration". But, as Larry went on to say, "if Perl 6 were fast enough, we couldn't stop people from translating Perl 5 CPAN into Perl 6 CPAN in droves".)
strategy tactic to speed up Rakudo would be to speed up the VM on which it runs. Currently Rakudo Perl 6 runs on the Parrot VM. There's been effort to speed up Parrot for years. Another approach would be to target a different VM. And there's been effort in preparing for that for years.
Rakudo is written in a mix of languages. For Rakudo to target a different VM than Parrot, a key chunk of the work involved is to port a small language called NQP that until very recently only ran on Parrot.
Jonathan Worthington began preparing a port of NQP to the JVM late last year. Jonathan has been making rapid progress on the port of NQP to JVM. Today he posted an outstanding blog post about the JVM port.
Then later today on #perl6 Nicholas Clark said "not exactly comparing like-with-like, but for various fibonachi example scripts, NQP on the JVM is 8 times faster than on Parrot and runs in about 60% of the time of Perl 5".
Early results often obscure all the work that is to come. Jonathan clearly thinks it'll take another few months to port Rakudo to the JVM. So don't expect a much faster Perl 6 this month. But it's clear that Perl 6 is going to get a lot faster in 2013.
I've been watching Perl 6 since the start. I recall the excitement and fun on #perl6 when Audrey was pushing Pugs forward very rapidly. I see the same signs this year, with Jonathan the genius at the center of a whirlwind of progress. If you love Perl and want to have a lot of fun, consider dropping in on #perl6, the freenode IRC channel.
In reply to Perl 6 is going to get a lot faster in 2013 by raiph


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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. - Buck and Bill, two Australian Shepherds set to be euthanized after attacking a 13-year-old boy, will be put down Thursday morning, according to their owner, Karen Erskine.
The Manatee County Animal Services facility in Palmetto was shut down early on Wednesday. According to the owner of Buck and Bill, the decision to close the doors early was made out of fear over a small group of people protesting a judge's recent order.
Earlier in the day, waves of cars left Animal Services under supervision of sheriff's deputies.
"If that mass exodus of vehicles with the last car having my dogs in it, then my dogs are on their way to their death without me." Karen Erskine is the owner of the dogs, who have been on doggy death row for more than a year. Wednesday a judge issued a ruling denying Erskine's request to release to animals, which she says lifted the temporary stay the animals were granted back in February. "That essentially means that this is the dog's last day. I was also promised by the county that I could be with them and I could make arrangements for them to pass into the next life, and I've been denied that."
Buck and Bill were set to be euthanized after attacking a 13-year-old boy on December 24th, 2012. Since then, Erskine has been fighting to reverse the decision, saying Buck and Bill made one mistake, but it shouldn't cost them their life. "I've never seen a government entity go to such extent to kill, and such waste and expense of county time and money, not to mention the staff's lives, the public's time and life, my time and life, my dog's time and life...I've never seen anyone go to such extent to kill."
But as the animals' final hours approach, Erskine says she's losing a lot more than just a legal battle. "I've been offer $10,000 for Bill, and that wouldn't even come close to what I feel about him. He saved my life, physically saved my life twice, and that's the kind of commitment and bond I have with my dogs, and they're family members and I promised I wouldn't let them down."


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Titanium Core, a security outfit out of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has earned itself a cool million-dollar deal from Jerusalem Venture Partners.
The funding was secured as the top prize in a cyber security competition held at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week.
"Our patented technology can provide an unbreakable security layer around core, mission-critical systems," said Mimram, co-founder and chief technology officer for Titanium Core, in a statement on the news.
"This funding, along with the guidance of the Cyber Labs incubator, will allow us to bring our vision to market and ensure that this technology can be used to protect the world's critical IT assets."
Titanium Core uses multiple layers of security to repel attacks, show real-time data in the event of an attack, and even keep security threats from spreading to other systems.


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Handbag Designer Spotlight: psnob
In fashion we always like to talk about the fusion of art and style, and nothing in that mix speaks louder than designer Rebecca Robinson's psnob handbags.
They truly are a work of art. Somewhat of an art snob, Rebecca set out to create unique, hand-painted clutches, which will one day become collector's items. That is yet to be seen, but one thing is apparent now: Her creations, retailing from $500 to $1,200, are stunning.
Rebecca's background in Visual Communications includes fine art, art history, printmaking, photography, graphic design, and advertising. Unlike a real snob, however, Rebecca is all about giving back. Her special donation program, Collage for a Cause, offers an organization the opportunity to auction a psnob accessory in order to receive profit towards the charity or benefit project.
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In South Florida, 69% of all home sales this summer were cash, with a statewide rate of 66% according to data from RealtyTrac.
Mortgage Bankers Association says 25% of home sales currently are cash deals.
Thanks to the real estate bubble and its aftermath in the Great Recession, housing finance has become an increasingly important driver for credit union membership, according to credit union executives around the country.
Find out in this preview from next week's print edition how revived housing demand is driving credit union membership growth.


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" Brand: Asda / Type: Cake "
I enjoy a nice chocolate éclair, that is the sweetie rather than the cake although I am partial to the cakes too, anyway, I digress. I do enjoy a good chocolate éclair but these smart price ones are anything but good.
For anyone that doesn't know a chocolate éclair is a toffee sweet with a helping of chocolate inside it or in the case of these particular éclairs a helping of dry chocolate flavoured something or other inside.
Where the Cadbury ones have a very nice tasting toffee outer and a delicious Cadbury chocolate inner these ones have a rather sticky toffee outer that tastes more of sugar than it does of toffee and a powdery chocolate flavoured centre that is just not nice at all.
Due to being in the smart price range the packaging is very plain and cheap looking but they smell deceivingly good, however the taste is on a par with their look, cheap and nasty and as mentioned the toffee is very sticky and even after you have chewed it for some time it doesn't really change whereas the Cadbury ones begin to melt in the mouth.
There are 25 individually wrapped sweets in the bag and although at only 32p per bag they might seem like a good buy with the Cadbury ones being around £1 per bag, trust me these are not to be entertained as a replacement for the Cadbury ones because apart from the name being the same you wouldn't know they were the same sweet.
NUTRITIONAL VALUES (should anyone care after what I have told them):
PER 100g:
Calories - 442
Carbohydrate - 65.3g
Fat - 19.4g
OF which saturates - 10.6g
Whilst browsing in the sweetie section of my local Asda, I came across these and bought them mainly for the price - 32p!!!!!!! What a bargain.
I absolutely love toffees, so I gave these a go. I was pleasently surprised as I was not expecting something really tasty for such a cheap price.
The toffee part itself is a nice golden brown colour, not too soft but not too hard - don't worry you wont break your teeth when eating these. It does become chewy when eating, but won't stick your teeth together (great for those with false teeth - this has been tested by my dad.) It has a lovely creamy, rich taste, that isn't too sweet or sickly and has a lovely smooth silky texture.
The chocolate part itself is not great quailty chocolate and slightly too sweet, but is still nice enough and does taste nice with the toffee outing, that is I wouldn't eat the chocolate if it was on its own, but it works well when combined with toffee.
These can become quite addictive, so it's a good job you get plenty in a packet. Each toffee comes wrapped in a pleasent gold wrapper, which prevents you ending up with one big ball of toffee. The actual bag itself is very plain, but this is what you expect when paying such a cheap price - the cost is going towards the product, not the packaging, and is what Asda's "smart price range" is about and is the category these sweets fall into.
The downside to these sweets is like most sweets they are full of sugar and fat so really have to be eaten in moderation.
Now I'm quite partial to a chocolate éclair or two (or three) and I'm also quite a fan of Asda's own brand of sweets. For that reason and that reason alone I splashed out the 32p to buy myself a bag of their chocolate éclairs.
Asda's Chocolate Éclairs come in a very plain and therefore rather cheap looking bag. The bag itself is made of plastic has is green and white in colour with a clear sweet shaped window that allow you to see the plain wrapped sweets inside. The name of the sweets in question is then printed on the front of the bag in along with the information that the sweets contain no artificial and no hydrogenated fats as well as the fact that they are suitable for vegetarians.
The back of the bag has all the storage instructions, ingredient lists and allergy advice (contains milk and Soya) as well as the nutritional information you would expect to find.
Nutritional Values (per 100g)
Calories - 442
Protein - 1.6g
Carbohydrate - 65.3g
Of which sugars - 41.0g
Fat - 19.4g
Of which saturates - 10.6g
Fibre - 0.6g
Sodium - 0.21g
Equivalent as salt - 0.5g
Opening the bag you will find roughly 25 sweets. Each one is individually wrapped in a dull looking gold paper as is the average size and shape you would expect an éclair to be. Picking one out and twisting off the wrapper a sweet smell greets you almost immediately and is followed by a hint of chocolate. The sweets themselves are somewhat golden in colour and look lovely.
In this case however both the look and the smell of these sweets is somewhat deceiving as the éclairs are well and truly disgusting in my opinion. When you first pop them in your mouth they are exceptionally creamy and everything seems good, the chocolate then filters through and although this is very sweet things are still looking positive. It is when the sweet is completely finished that things get bad. Somehow the creamy taste that possessed your mouth while the sweet was there is replaced by an increasingly musky taste that ruins the entire eating experience and puts of you off eating another one.
In conclusion therefore I wouldn't recommend these sweets at all. Ok the price is enticing rather like the look and the smell but I found that after eating one I did not want to touch another.