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The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 19151945
The era between the world wars, from the "roaring 20s" to the grim days of the Great Depression, was a time of tremendous change. The United States became an increasingly urban culture as people left their farms to seek work in the cities. Many blacks moved North to escape the violence and racism of a resurgent Ku Klux Klan in the South. And, while life became more comfortable for many Americans during this period, by 1941 only half the population enjoyed the modern conveniences we now take for granted.
With improvements in technology and the rise of consumerism (spurred by the new "science" of advertising) the country was expanding in every direction. However, for many Americans, daily life was fraught with uncertainty. Jobs and wages were unpredictable, labor unrest was constant, and savings vanished in the stock market. In this vividly detailed narrative, Harvey Green recounts an era of unprecedented change in American culture and examines the impact of these uncertain times on such aspects of daily life as employment, home life, gender roles, education, religion, and recreation.
"The author . . . has filled his exceptionally readable work with minutiae of everyday life, from frozen foods to Superman comics, using these material things to illuminate broader aspects of American culture."
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Harvey Green is a professor of history at Northeastern University. His earlier works include The Light of the Home: An Intimate View of Women in Victorian America (1984, Pantheon) and Fit for America: Health, Fitness, Sport, and American Society 18301940 (1988, Johns Hopkins University Press).


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We are not open yet but soon. Next week we will have some livestock for sale while we are finishing are build
We are not open yet but soon. Next week we will have some livestock for sale while we are finishing are build
No but soon my Friend maybe a week
very cool! i am excited to check it out
We will post our local number on Monday.The store is about two-three weeks from completion but we will have live stock for sale in a few tanks by next Thursday.
I'll have to stop by Friday on my way to work to check out the shop!
I'll head up too. New shops are fun. I started at the other place in Encinitas and DID NOT like their customer service. Congrats to you.
How its this project coming Dan? Very excited to have a store a couple blocks off the freeway on my route to and from work!
dream tank in progress
I will always remember my good friend Larry Montgomery
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Hey Dan, you said you've got some livestock already for sale? Is it in Encinitas? I'm looking forward to the store opening up.
Can't wait.
Pics are nice. But does te prices match the pics. Not trying to be a downer. But with more stores mean what prices drop or go up.
Wow, great store, great prices, best of all, GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.... There is nothing better to set a store over the top than genuine care, knowledge and willing to take the time with your customers.
I cannot wait to come back and buy more!
It's open- Dan is definitely passionate about his livestock. He will definitely help you out.
the store is awesome! ive been there twice in the last two days Dan hooked me up fat each time! he has great prices and an awesome section of nice frags to choose from. Dan is a fun guy to hang out with and chat about corals. i will definatley be making the drive to his often. if you haven't been there yet, i highly recommended checking it out. thanks for everything this weekend Dan!!!
you guys are no where near me?!..but it's always nice to see shops and individuals become sponsors and premiums!!..
Dan the store looked awesome, looking forward to the next visit.
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The Commission on Human Rights,
Deeply disturbed by the scale and magnitude of exoduses and displacements of population in many regions of the world and by the extensive human suffering of refugees and displaced persons,
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 1996/51 of 19 April 1996, as well as those of the General Assembly, and the conclusions of the World Conference on Human Rights, which recognized that gross violations of human rights, including in armed conflicts, are among the multiple and complex factors leading to displacement of people,
Noting with satisfaction the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the framework for coordination activities and projects organized by the United Nations system aimed at evolving a comprehensive approach to address root causes and effects of movements of refugees and other displaced persons and the strengthening of emergency preparedness and responsible mechanisms,
Conscious of the fact that mass exoduses of populations are caused by multiple and complex factors, which may include human rights violations, political, ethnic and economic conflicts, famine, insecurity, violence, poverty and environmental degradation, which indicate that comprehensive approaches, particularly early warning, require an intersectoral and multidisciplinary approach to enable a coherent response, particularly at the international and regional levels,
Noting that the Secretary-General, in his report entitled "An Agenda for Peace" (A/47/277-S/24111), identifies the protection of human rights and the promotion of economic well-being as important elements of peace, security and development,
Recognizing the complementarity between the system for the protection of human rights and humanitarian action, and that the work of humanitarian agencies makes an important contribution to the achievement of human rights,
Welcoming the continuation of inter-agency consultations on early warning of mass flows of refugees, pursuant to the decision of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, with the purpose of serving both prevention of and preparedness for humanitarian emergencies,
Welcoming also the participation of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons in the deliberations of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee established by the General Assembly in resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991,
Welcoming further the cooperation between the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme and other relevant United Nations entities, with a view to ensuring coordination of activities within their mandates and expertise in the areas of returnee monitoring and promotion, technical advice, institution-building and rehabilitation activities,
Recognizing that the human rights machinery of the United Nations, including the mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and the human rights treaty bodies, has important capabilities to address human rights violations which cause movements of refugees and displaced persons or prevent durable solutions to their plight,
Convinced that the activities of these mechanisms, with a view, inter alia, to preventing mass exoduses and to strengthening emergency preparedness and response mechanisms of the United Nations system as a whole, should be encouraged and further developed and coordinated at both the international and regional levels, with priority given to the systematization of the early-warning information collection,
Recognizing that women and children constitute the majority of most refugee populations and that, in addition to the problems they share in common with all refugees, women and girls in such circumstances are vulnerable to gender-based discrimination and gender-specific violations of human rights,
Recalling that States parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees undertake, under article 35, to provide information to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the implementation of the Convention, as was recalled in the General Conclusions on international protection adopted by the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1995 (No. 77 (XLVI)) and 1996 (No. 79 (XLVII)),
Distressed at the widespread violation of the principle of non-refoulement and of the rights of refugees, in some cases resulting in loss of refugee lives, and at reports indicating that large numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers have been refouled and expelled in highly dangerous situations, and recalling that the principle of non-refoulement is not subject to derogation,
Recalling all relevant human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the principles of international protection for refugees and the General Conclusions of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the High Commissioner for Refugees on international protection, and that asylum applicants should have access to fair and expeditious status- determination procedures,
Welcoming the continuing efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in meeting the protection and assistance needs of refugees worldwide and in working to make it possible for refugees to exercise their fundamental right to return to and to stay in their own countries in safety and dignity,
1. Takes note with interest of the report of the Secretary-General on human rights and mass exoduses (E/CN.4/1996/42) and the update to this report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (E/CN.4/1997/42), which are important contributions to efforts to develop a comprehensive approach to the question of human rights and mass exoduses;
2. Welcomes the endorsement by the General Assembly, in its resolution 41/70 of 3 December 1986, of the call upon all States to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms and to refrain from denying them to individuals in their population because of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion or language, and urges States to refrain from denying them because of gender;
3. Strongly deplores ethnic and other forms of intolerance as one of the major causes of forced migratory movements, and urges States to take all necessary steps to ensure respect for human rights, especially the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
4. Takes note of resolution 1996/9 of 23 August 1996 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, entitled "The right to freedom of movement";
5. Invites again all Governments and regional, intergovernmental and humanitarian organizations concerned to intensify their cooperation and assistance in worldwide efforts to address the serious problems resulting from mass exoduses of refugees and displaced persons, and the causes of such exoduses;
6. Emphasizes the responsibility of all States and international organizations to cooperate with those countries affected by mass exoduses of refugees and displaced persons;
7. Urges all bodies involved in inter-agency consultations on early warning to cooperate fully in and to increase the necessary commitment and resources to the successful operation of the consultations;
8. Invites the special rapporteurs, special representatives and working groups of the Commission and the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, acting within their mandates, to seek information, where appropriate, on problems resulting in mass exoduses of populations or impeding their voluntary return home and, where appropriate, to include such information, together with recommendations thereon, in their reports, and to bring such information to the attention of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for appropriate action in fulfilment of his mandate, in consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
9. Requests all United Nations bodies, including the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, acting within their mandates, the specialized agencies, and governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to cooperate fully with all mechanisms of the Commission and, in particular, to provide them with all relevant information in their possession on the human rights situations creating or affecting refugees and displaced persons;
10. Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the exercise of his mandate, as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, for preventing the continuation of human rights violations throughout the world and for coordinating human rights activities throughout the United Nations system, and in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to pay particular attention to situations which cause or threaten to cause mass exoduses and to contribute to efforts to address such situations effectively through protection measures, as well as emergency preparedness and response mechanisms, including information sharing and the provision of technical advice, expertise and cooperation in countries of origin as well as host countries;
11. Welcomes the efforts of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to contribute to the creation of an environment viable for return in post-conflict societies through initiatives such as the rehabilitation of the justice system, the creation of national institutions capable of defending human rights, and broad-based programmes of human rights education, as well as strengthening of local non-governmental organizations through programmes of advisory services and technical cooperation;
12. Welcomes the establishment by the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Humanitarian Early Warning System, and calls upon the High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue his cooperation with the Department in this regard;
13. Urges the Secretary-General to give high priority and to allocate the necessary resources to the consolidation and strengthening of the system for undertaking early-warning activities for the purpose of ensuring, inter alia, that effective action is taken to identify all human rights abuses which contribute to mass outflows of persons, and to invite comments on this issue;
14. Welcomes with appreciation the contributions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the deliberations at the fifty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights and to other international human rights bodies and mechanisms, and invites her to address the Commission at its fifty-fourth session;
15. Encourages States that have not already done so to consider accession to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol of 1967, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, relevant regional refugee instruments and other relevant international human rights instruments;
16. Encourages States parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to provide information to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in accordance with article 35 of the Convention;
17. Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees through, inter alia, respecting the principle of non-refoulement;
18. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to invite Governments, intergovernmental organizations, specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to provide information and to prepare, within existing resources, and submit to the Commission at its fifty-fourth session an update of his report, including information on and recommendations and conclusions emerging from the action taken pursuant to the present resolution, with particular attention to defining appropriate early-warning capacities and ensuing implementation procedures and activities necessary to respond promptly and effectively;
19. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its fifty-fourth session under the agenda item entitled "Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission", under the sub-item entitled "Human rights, mass exoduses and displaced persons".
69th meeting
18 April 1997
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David McLaughlin and his coaching staff announced the dates of their youth camp as well as their elite camp during this summer.
One month after being introduced as Dartmouth's new head coach, David McLaughlin announced that Pete Hutchins, Mike Quinn and Jabari Trotter will comprise his coaching staff for the 2016-17 season.
The Dartmouth College Department of Athletics and Recreation hosted its annual Celebration of Athletic Excellence on Monday evening inside Leede Arena, honoring the achievements of teams and individuals for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Dartmouth athletics department will conduct a press conference on Wednesday in the Floren Varsity House to introduce the new men's basketball head coach, David McLaughlin.
Dartmouth Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy announced that David McLaughlin has been hired as the 28th head coach of the Big Green men's basketball program.
Ten Dartmouth student-athletes were honored with Academic All-Ivy recognition for the 2015-16 winter season, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Dartmouth Athletics Director Harry Sheehy announced today that men's basketball coach Paul Cormier will not return to his position for the 2016-17 season.
The Dartmouth men's basketball team gathered for its end-of-year banquet to distribute the team awards.
The Ivy League is set to add another milestone, adding men's and women's basketball tournaments to its slate of conference championships beginning with the 2016-17 academic year.
Not only did freshman Evan Boudreaux earn All-Ivy League second-team honors, he was chosen as the league's Rookie of the Year, the second straight year the award went to a Dartmouth player.
The United States Basketball Writers Association announced its all-district teams today, and Dartmouth freshman Evan Boudreaux was among the 10 players selected for District I.
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Drill Team Night is Saturday at Humboldt High
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The drill team clinic for girls and boys grades preschool through eighth grade takes place starting at 9 a.m. They will perform routines they learn from HHS Drill Team members in the evening show.
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 126.96.36.199
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Is anybody else in this situation?
One, the advertisers who use to bid for my entire block, are now bidding lower, and only being seen in a single ad block, in position 3 to 8 where I run two ad blocks on my site.
Second, recently I have been seeing TWENTY ads in one block, where before there had only had been 4 or 5 maximum.
I was trying to figure out the very question this OP asked, and was collecting data. A quick view of my site found little arrows on the bottom of my ad blocks, with no explanation what they were.
Of course, I was scared to click them, not knowing what they were or what they might do. I ultimately decided if in 3 years one little click on a ad by mistake, wouldn't hurt my account.
So, when I clicked the arrow, four more ads came, then four more... until I had seen 20 different ads. I can only imagine how that would affect my ctr and ecpm. This change in ad blocks ended up comsuming the rest of my day, as my partner and I mulled over the impact this new feature would have on us.
I surfed my site some more (something I rarely do) and saw more ads, no arrows, just a link to see more ads.
If . . .
advertisers all had to bid agressively to be seen in one of the eight spots on my site, but suddenly there were 40 blocks on my site, how agressively would they have to bid in order to be seen? Not very. This would mean lower bids.
I'm not sure how long this has been going on and how long it has been affecting my earnings, which are still down 25% from 2006, inspite my return to 2006 traffic levels since October.
But, it now makes sense why Google wanted to remove the "advertise on this site' link on the bottom of the ads, They had bigger and better ideas for that space at the bottom of ads.
They don't always appear which leads me to believe that if Google is displaying $0.01 - $0.05 ads in those slots then once in a while they'll open up the ad spot to an entire slew of cheap advertisements in order to increase the potential for a click, albeit a low paying click. Chances are if a user can be bothered to cycle through the links they'll be more inclined to click.
If well targeted and higher paying ads are displayed, presumably the arrows and links to more ads are never displayed in order to encourage clicks on the higher paying ads.
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Since they're only an experiment, aren't being used consistently, and seem to be invisible to a lot of people, it's highly unlikely that they're the reason why some publishers have had sudden, dramatic drops in earnings.
I think it does come down to multiple elements. We have seasonal traffic flux, seasonal low bidding as a result of seasonal traffic flux, we have site targeted maximum bidding and we have those darned ad units with 20 ads.
I was actually looking at my site, as mentioned, thinking of pulling the second ad unit for testing and considering the link unit, which I have never used when I stumbled on this 20 ads in a block problem.
Since my maximum cpc had been so severely lowered, we had thought maybe to limit the number of number ads shown on the site, and force them to bid higher in order to be seen at all, or just not be seen on the site. Imagine my surprise to see four times the ads, which seems to only make the matter worst.
Now, with my site flooded with four times the normal amount of ads, it seems puling that second ad unit is a must. 40 ads on a page is just WAY too much. It has to be hurting us.
A little calculation showed us that we can pull the lower ad unit, replace it with another ad server cpm, non-contexal ad, and increase our earnings, with little damage to our Adsense ctr, because the Adsense ad is very high on the page, above where the cpm ad will be.
We had actually done this before, and when we quit and put the second Adsense unit on, our earnings skyrocketed. That is why I'm dragging my feet.
Though, when we did this before, it was a few years back, it is was a much different time in Adsense. Things have changed, and maybe this is now the right time for this particular shake up on our site.
One thing is clear, we have to force the advertisers to bid higher, or they will continue to beat us down.
It really sets me on edge, because I know who about a quarter of my advertisers are, who have reduced their bids. I know they have targeted my site, and I know I give them excellent value, and a good ROI. My site is an excellent match for them, I have the exact, quality traffic they need.
Some, I have spoken with on the phone, as they tried to cut a deal for dirt cheap ad space on my site, without using Adsense.
The only problem was, what they were offering was an outrage. So, in all cases negotiations broke down. Though neither of us ever spoke the word "Adsense" in talks, it was obvious to me when they submitted my contact form, they wanted to circumvent Adsense. So, I listened to see what they were up to.
Oddly, when negotiations broke down, they increased their bids at Adsense, and took over the entire blocks on almost all my pages, and earnings went up considerably. We were delighted.
These are the ones who have pulled back their bids, to see how cheap they could be seen on my specific site, since this option was introduced at Adsense.
In the last day, I have seen one of them jump to take up the entire ad unit again. Maybe it is time to push some buttons to see if we can 'encourage' them to bid higher, or not be seen at all.
The way I would expect it to work is that the ads that are visible initially (without scrolling) would be priced at the normal rate.
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As Jomaxx says, Google wouldn't have any reason to implement a feature that would trash its own revenues.
This HAS to be hurting their traffic from me, that traffic I know they covet, as they tried to deal direct. My traffic is unseasonably high right now because Google opened up the supplemental results again in search. I 'should' be making a killing in Adsense.
Here is another thing. In the last day with the one bidder taking the entire ad unit, he was being seen in the lower ad unit, not in the top one with the scroll bar with 20 ads. He was obviously the highest bidder, but he was not in the top ad unit shown on the page, which would reduce his ctr as well as mine, and my earnings. This is crazy.
Right when Google does one thing to help in search, they do another to counteract the effect seen in Adsense.
It is a combination of problems I listed that have created a "perfect storm" that combined to drive down bids.
Ever wonder what happens to the publishing dollar pool when Google strikes a deal with MySpace and adds a few million publishing pages? Ever wonder where most of the advertising money comes from? The US economy has not really been performing well the past year. Ever wonder what happens to overseas publishers when the value of the dollar drops?
Ever wonder what happens when US business in general slumps? Ever wonder what happens when American Express (Who only approves companies and people with great credit ratings) announces that they are starting to see more late payments and defaults?
I think a lot of answers can be answered by those questions.
If web traffic is growing and publishers are increasing, the opportunity to advertise grows alongside them, right? And if an opportunity exists expect the market to tap it.
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If web traffic is growing and publishers are increasing, the opportunity to advertise grows alongside them, right? And if an opportunity exists expect the market to tap it.
Opportunity and ad budgets are two different things. And I find it very easy to imagine that the number of pages with AdSense ads is growing at a faster rate than advertising budgets are. Last April, Technorati estimated that the blogosphere alone was growing at the rate of 120,000 new blogs (not pages, but blogs) per day, and the average daily blog-posting rate was 1.5 million posts. For a more general view of Web growth, take a look at the Netcraft Web Server Survey [news.netcraft.com], which showed the Web growing by 48% between December, 2006 and December, 2007 (or 38% if parked domains and other "inactive sites" aren't counted). According to NetCraft, the Web grew by some 50 million sites during that 12-month period. Granted, not all of those 50 million new sites are running AdSense ads, but AdSense ad units on even a modest fraction of those new sites would represent a lot of click inventory to fill.
Granted that number could be skewed and since 2005 web traffic has obviously grown, but lets say for the sake of argument there are 600,000 active publishers on January 11, 2008. For reference purposes, Adbrite, well known and popular, has just under 50,000 publishers according to its website.
Given the hypothetical figure of 600,000 Adsense publishers the ratio of Adsense sites to non-Adsense sites across the entire Internet is gargantuan, for lack of a better term.
I'm simply unconvinced that in the last few months publishers have outpaced ad inventories given the growth in online advertising investment and continued growth of online business ventures. The Internet is still an unknown to the majority of businesses but, coincidentally, it's the mom and pop shops that are getting into the online advertising realm through Adsense. If there's a substantial void still left to be filled and Adsense has a knack for attracting non traditional advertisers, where's the inventory problem?
[edited by: CentennialEmpire at 7:33 am (utc) on Jan. 12, 2008]
[edited by: jatar_k at 2:02 pm (utc) on Jan. 12, 2008]
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Now, there are so many new advertisers, I can only name about a quarter of them, and they are the ones advertising on my site since before 2006.
I am in a rather narrow nitch. It was very narrow in 2002, and still so in 2008, though there has been some modest growth, mostly scraper sites and half-hearted wannabees.
I went out the back door sometime in mid 2007, and attempted to advertise within my nitch, from my Adwords account. As a matter of fact, that was only a few days before Adsense dumped a truck load of arbitrageurs and there was major chat about it here. I never did manage to get a campaign off the ground, only today found out why.
I checked out the list of those publishers who would allow site targeting, and it was a short list. I don't remember how many, but I would guess off the top of my head, about 24 or less. Today, there is about double.
But, of that twice as many, very few of the new sites actually should be targeting my nitch. They are really not in my field. I can only guess why they are listed for my non-applicable nitch.
This means while my legit advertisers have grown, and are paying much less, my 'real' competition has not grown very much at all... maybe a handful of sites. Search results confirm this. There is not a big difference in the amount of pubishers in my nitch carving up the limited ad budgets. Of those competiting with me for my #1 keyword, there are only about a dozen of us any advertiser would consider for site targeting.
And... this lower bidding only became a problem AFTER Google decided to let advertisers cap the max bid on specific sites. Not all year long as suggested. It happened within a day that I noticed the drop. Day 3-4 I began to investigate the problem as it seemed not likely to go away.
Anyway, I have begun pulling the second ad block and replacing them with cpm from another non-contextual ad server. It will be interesting to see the results. I can only hope that it pushes advertisers into higher bids, who are intent on being seen on my site specifically.
The original thought went like this:
Or could it be that totally outside factors have combined to create a perfect storm for a portion of those here? Like real storms, there is one blowing somewhere every minute, every day, resulting in the always present mix of some who are up, and some who are down.
And that AdSense, instead of being the cause, is only the yardstick by which the outside factors are revealed.
The point being that its possible --no, make that 'highly likely' -- that some publishers are being whacked by a brew of small factors which in total have a profound effect on their earnings.
It's an observation not meant to be disrespectful to anyone. When AdSense performance goes down (or up!) I believe in looking at market/economic issues and traffic factors (serps, Google penalties, etc) before even thinking about AdSense mechanisms. It works for me, and I thought it fair to offer up in a balanced discussion that included all sides of this problem.
AS can't help but follow economic trends. Case in point: one of my niches is based on a market that's been going through a miserable slump that was caused by inflated prices and over-easy credit. (I am sure all US readers of this can easily identify what niche I am refering to.) It currently stinks as an advertising market, and there's no need to look beyond today's newspaper to understand why.
I have other niches performing just opposite of the above example --that is, increasing in earnings-- and I believe the reason is also to be found in the market trends of certain sectors.
I know these are over-simplified examples, and I don't offer them up to insult the knowledgable, capable publishers who have been involved in this discussion. But it shines a light on outside factors, and, perhaps, deserves consideration alongside the focus on AdSense mechanics.
BTW, I was starting a monthly "How was it for you?" survey. Perhaps we should keep it running in '08.
...the number of pages with AdSense ads
Anyway AdSense has been around for quite a few years now, and I doubt that the total penetration of AdSense as compared to overall eCommerce levels has changed significantly in the last year. My guess would be that any appropriate metric could only have changed 10% or at most 20% in the last 12 months. Certainly there's nothing that would have caused a short-term change since October, which is what the OP is claiming.
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My guess would be that any appropriate metric could only have changed 10% or at most 20% in the last 12 months. Certainly there's nothing that would have caused a short-term change since October, which is what the OP is claiming.
That's why the "perfect storm" hypothesis makes sense unless one believes that Google has singled out certain types of publishers, content, ad-unit usage, audience demographics, or whatever for changes in ad allocation or compensation. Mind you, the second possibility is just as reasonable as the "perfect storm" scenario, but until the victims start sharing more information about their sites, we'll never even begin to know why some publishers are seeing an 80% revenue drop while others haven't been affected.
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It seems to me that the arrows within an ad unit are just another (and less in-your-face) version of AdLinks.
The first time I saw this on my sites I went straight in and clicked since I want to know precisely what Google are doing on my sites. I love this feature since the ads are superior to the AdLinks I run.
Does the EPC reduce the further along it scrolls, I suspect so however I have to say that I feel possibly one of the reductions in my CTR has been the fact that my sites have been targetted and these ads are paying well yet however testing my sites the ads hardly ever changed because, I presume, this was because Google was providing me with the highest paying ads.
My AdLinks EPC is now considerbly lower than my Leaderboard yet it gets more impressions...is this visitor boredem with seeing the same ads? I know I have that attitude on sites I regularly visit, something new with good ad copy and I'm very likely to click.
This applies to only what I am seeing in the UK/Europe however my metrics also scream loudly that the EPC in my industry, assuming that metrics normally update within about 30 minutes, that USA/Canada EPCs have dropped considerably the past few months.
"Perfect storm" scenarios do occur and during Sept/Oct a lot of unusual financial circumstances were brewing especially so in the USA. I do still find it difficult to believe that it also happened on the same weekend as a maintenance update if I remember correctly!
but until the victims start sharing more information about their sites, we'll never even begin to know why some publishers are seeing an 80% revenue drop while others haven't been affected.
I feel that the affected have shared enough to know that there was a "common factor" in that we were penalised for some unknown reason with the usual denial wall of silence from Google.
Insofar as I am concerned 2008 AdSense has started much better than I expected and I have delayed the introduction of our own advertising programme to see how the rest of the month progresses.
Current total earning v 2007 are 22.17% lower however, if previous years are anything to go by, this next week usually sees a dramatic upturn in traffic and earnings, heh, that's put my neck on the line!
And to really put the "cat amongst the pigeons", a very good friend and business colleague swears that his YPN ROI is far, far superior to AdWords basically owing to much less competition in our sector!
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Not trying to be pedantic, but the number of pages with AdSense is irrelevant. I could add a billion, or a trillion, webpages with AdSense tomorrow, if I chose to. It really comes down to the number of pageviews.
Actually, the only thing that really matters is the actual clicks on AdSense ads running on the network, relative to the demand for those clicks.
So, if there were billions, or trillions of new pages (to take your example) of new pages showing AdSense ads, those pages, even though low-traffic and low-CTR, are capable of siphoning off a significant amount of advertiser $$. Casting a wide net is an effective method of catching fish, isn't it?
I would expect this flood of new pages to contribute to a lowering of payouts to the other low-traffic publishers who haven't similarly flooded the web with new pages.
When advertiser daily budget limits are reached, the remaining ads in the system are competing against fewer advertisers, on the same number of publisher pages. Do you think Google's auction pricing system will raise or lower the per-click payout when this happens?
Do you suppose that smart pricing takes into account *only* the site on which the ad is running? I think that would be a totally naive assumption.
Google's system must ensure an adequate supply of ads to run throughout the day - or serve up PSAs or blank ads, which would alienate publishers, to be sure. So, what do you think Google's system does to system-wide pricing in order to ensure a match between supply and demand?
Regardless of other theories, the AdSense and AdWords pair form a supply (pages running ads) and demand (Advertiser budgets) system, and when supply of ad *clicks* grows relative to the demand for them, per-click payouts are likely to drop.
Taking this one step further, I'd suggest the influx of new supply would NOT evenly distribute accross all available topics (niches). Which would then impact publishers to a varying degree, depending on their niche. Some would feel the hit to the max, while others dodge the bullet... and all the in-between possibilities.
Or am I wrong?
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That doesn't necessarily explain why Publisher X or Y has saw an overnight drop of 80%, though. I'd be more inclined to blame such sudden, dramatic drops on changes at Google's end--not penalties, but new policies or algorithms that are bad news for publishers who fit certain profiles. And there's way of knowing whether such changes are "glitches" (as some have suggested) or intentional.
Some topics are flooded with forums, blogs, you name it, while others--and not just obscure topics--have relatively few sites covering them. What's more, some topics probably attract more junk sites or send more non-converting referrals than others do, making advertisers leery.
EFV - if you don't mind me asking - do you feel that your sector (which I understand to be travel, right?) belongs more to the first or the second category? In other words, is there a glut of low-quality travel sites?
First, your niche's relation to popular themes. For instance, a site on Presidential campaigns or Hollywood personalities might rank as a 10, and a site about Elbonian sewer systyms would get a 1 (or maybe a 0.01).
Second, your yes/no answer regarding the "October crash": a simple 'impacted' or 'not impacted' would suffice.
Would this possibly be meaningful data, or it it frought with bad polling design?
From within Adwords, there are only double the 2006 amount of publishers' sites with my keyword, who have elected to be targeted. I think that growth within the targetable sites is indicative of my nitch in general.
The publisher and advertiser growth in my sector has not grown proportionately. I am in a 'publishers' market, where we have the advantage and my nitch is not one likely to be found within text in a peer to peer network or blog.
Because my site has only about a 25% "addict" (returning visitor) rate, I have a continued large base of new visitors, who have had no chance to become 'ad blind'.
I was looking at a particular area of my site late last night, trying to work through this problem the OP and I both have. The area targets a specific foreign market. During a site expansion, I added the major section to my site, as a result of a then recent huge traffic plunge after a Google dance, trying to offset losses. It has taken a while to get rooted in the engines and gain a following.
That section, because of the information I needed to get on the page, and the way it needed to be designed, was not possible to put up any of my standard ad unit sizes. I had really no choice but to use the 728x90 format, which I have always hated. If not at the top of the page, right across the entire page, it does not perform well.
But, in this particular case it performns very well at the top of the page, and with blending it was not overly obnoxious. My point is, while looking at it, I was thinking that I had not seen the scroll bar in that type ad unit, and that perhaps Google was not using that format for serving their 20 ads. As much as I hate the format, I may consider using it in some other areas of the site. My ctr is a decent single digit on the section, and the average click is .25, with highs over $1, even lately. But... this is targeting a foreign market, and has advertisers from that nation.
Now, when I first launched that area of the site, for the first year I would say, it was penny click hell. If I got a click for a nickle I was thrilled. Still, it added up, but I pretty much just put it on the backburner for checking income stats, it was so insignificant. In looking last night, I see the average is now $.25, with highs over a dollar. It is now comprising several hundred dollars of my revenue from that site, all on that 728x90 ad unit. It was a seed planted, that took a long time to grow, but grow it has.
The foreign advertisers from that nation, or targeting that nation have upped the ante significantly, while the cornerstone American advertisers I had to come to depend on are bidding lower, beating me down with their bids with maximum bid site targeting. As I said before, had my revenue not plunged with a day of them offering that feature, I might not be so inclined to say this is the key factor.
This other nation doing so well on my site, could be a combination of factors though, including national economics. Other factors might be there is only one ad block on the page, none with a scroll bar, none with the option to 'view more ads', it is the only ad block on my site that is that high on the page, and the only one that stretches across the entire page.
So, I continue to pull second ad blocks, replace with cpm image ads, and see if this helps push up the bids and lessen the cheap choices.
As a footnote, when I first started with Adsense, I used the maximum three ad blocks on the pages with one 300x250 and two sky scrapers with the addition of two search boxes, one top and one bottom. I tested this for a few months, then withdrew the third ad block and the second search box at the bottom of the page. That seemed to help at that particular time in Adsense history. Maybe reducing to one ad block now, will have the same effect. No word today on the test area, Adsense stats are down.
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EFV - if you don't mind me asking - do you feel that your sector (which I understand to be travel, right?) belongs more to the first or the second category? In other words, is there a glut of low-quality travel sites?
I don't think there's a simple answer to that question, because it depends on the specific topic. But don't forget that "quality," in the context of AdSense referrals, has as a lot to do with audience and why readers or users are on the site. A site of questionable editorial quality might still be valuable to advertisers if the average reader is researching how to spend money on a trip or widget. (Remember Google's examples of "a page of photo tips" vs. "a camera-review page" when Smart Pricing was introduced in 2004?)
FWIW, I was reading an analysis of the U.S. economy on a major, influential newspaper site last night and saw a Google ad for horoscopes. That's a good example of a topic where AdSense probably doesn't work very well, and where clicks aren't likely to be of top quality. (The same ad on a horoscope or fortune-telling site would have reached a much better-targeted audience.)
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FWIW, I was reading an analysis of the U.S. economy on a major, influential newspaper site last night and saw a Google ad for horoscopes.
ROFL...classic...you'd probably get just the same forecast!
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My guess is that the sites I have benefit from the fact that I have made a physical exertion and expended money to come up with the research on those pages. The high earning sites I have are not niche. What they have though is lots of pictures and hints / tips that prove I was there or actually did what I'm talking about. With many other sites on the same subjects, it's hard to judge if the writer actually did / does what is being written about.
So what is the relevance of the above paragraph to ecpm? I believe the viewers on my sites are "in depth" interested in the subject of the sites, not just passing half-interested. Possibly this makes them more likely to click on text ads. They are more interested in the subject and because the site has proof that the author has really "been there and done that" they believe the ads may be of value.
One other attribute of the high earning sites I have is a unique (or uncommon) feature that is truly useful to the reader. This reinforces the thoughts expressed in the above two paragraphs.
Ad blindness is kicking in, volume is no longer the key. Content is no longer the "be all and end all". Readers need to believe in the author of the content. So much of the content on the net is scraped or just superficial. Easily assimilated proof of expertise is needed nowadays to increase the liklehood of users clicking on ads.


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The UK-wide GP contract: still fit for purpose?
Authors: Kathy Oxtoby
Publication date: 11 Apr 2012
As NHS reform in England removes working lives ever further from those in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, will a UK-wide general medical services contract for GPs look increasingly redundant? Kathy Oxtoby reports
Ever since 1911, when David Lloyd George, then chancellor of the exchequer, set out doctors' terms and conditions under the Insurance Act, general practitioners have had a UK-wide contract.
Over the years differences have emerged between the four nations in how they deliver healthcare, shaped by individual governments' visions of what form it should take. In Wales and Scotland, for example, it is policy for GPs not to commission services, but in Northern Ireland they do. In England, GPs were encouraged to embrace practice based commissioning. And the enhanced services that GPs are expected to deliver, such as those for obesity and diabetes, vary between the four nations, with the aim that they should be based on local healthcare needs.
Despite differences between individual governments' health policies, the principle that the GP contract should be negotiated on a four country basis has remained. In 2004, when GP negotiators agreed a new contract, it was on the understanding that it would ensure the same standards of care for patients across the United Kingdom. "This contract strengthened the equitable provision of general practice through the introduction of a quality and outcomes framework. This has meant patients with a range of clinical conditions can expect equivalent standards of care, no matter where they reside in the UK," says Chaand Nagpaul, a negotiator for the BMA's General Practitioners Committee and a GP in north London.
But healthcare reforms in England could be about to dramatically change the role of some GPs, prompting a debate as to whether a UK-wide contract is still relevant. The passing of the Health and Social Care Bill means that GPs and other clinicians will be given more responsibility for spending the budget in England; and greater competition with the private sector will be encouraged—a policy at odds with some GPs' views on how they want to deliver care. For these practitioners the reforms highlight a growing divide between how GPs in the four nations want to, or are able to, practise, to the extent that they believe a UK-wide contract to be no longer fit for purpose (box).
Pros and cons of a UK-wide contract
Why GPs support the contract
The bigger the collective for bargaining, the greater ability that GP negotiators have to bargain on behalf of their members
At times of economic uncertainty it is better to negotiate nationally rather than locally
It ensures the same standards of care for patients across the UK
It has inbuilt flexibility to deal with local needs
Why GPs reject the contract
The contract is too England-centric
GPs living in rural areas—many of whom are in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales—earn less under a UK-wide contract
Extended hours are relevant only to GPs working in the commuter belt, not in rural areas
It lacks flexibility to deal with local healthcare needs
Contract is too "London-centric"
For Sandy Sutherland, a GP based in Midlothian, Scotland, these latest reforms are yet another reason why UK-wide terms and conditions for GPs are not viable. He says that when the new GP contract came into force in 2004 it meant that practitioners in Scotland lost money because their income was calculated on the basis of how many people they could potentially treat. As Scotland has more rural areas, GPs inevitably lost out under this contract, he says.
Sutherland has regularly called for a separate GP contract at the conference of Scottish local medical committees because he believes that a UK-wide contract does not serve the interests of Scottish GPs.
"We only get short term funding for enhanced services, and the amount of money we receive for new patients in no way adequately recompenses us for the work involved.
"We've been totally stitched up, but the General Practitioners Committee is reluctant to accept that or discuss the idea of a separate contract," says Sutherland.
Richard Williams, chairman of Lothian Local Medical Committee, believes the GP contract to be "very London-centric." He says that the extended hours part of the contract is geared to the needs of London commuters, who have difficulty accessing services during working hours, and is not relevant to most Scottish GPs whose patients live in rural areas and so find it easier to get to their GP during normal working hours.
Alcohol and drug misuse, smoking, and obesity, though covered by the enhanced services aspect of the UK-wide contract, would be better dealt with by a Scottish GP contract that focused on areas of deprivation and need, rather than list size and activity, he says.
This March Williams's proposal for a wholesale renegotiation of the UK-wide general medical services deal for Scottish GPs was rejected at the Scottish local medical committees conference. Speaking at the conference, Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee, warned delegates that renegotiating a separate contract for Scotland would be "suicidal."
Marshall told BMJ Careers that any moves to alter the GP contract would be a reaction by the Scottish government to changes taking place to healthcare in England. He describes the current contract as "world leading and incredibly successful" and says it has meant that "GPs have been able to withstand attempts by politicians to bring in policies where there is often little evidence that they are either required or beneficial to patients.
"Our position is that until someone comes up with a proposal that delivers a better contract than the one we have got, we choose to stay as we are," he says.
Change in Scotland
Delegates at the conference, however, overwhelmingly backed the call from the Scottish health secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, for a "tartanisation" of the GP contract north of the border. The move indicates that Scottish GPs believe that their contract does not fully reflect the healthcare needs of their patients.
In her keynote speech to the conference Sturgeon said, "We've got a health service in England that is barely recognisable. We don't want to get dragged along in the slipstream of that; we need to be thinking now about what's right in our interests. It's not about ripping it up and starting again, but there are aspects we can do better. That's the discussion I want to have."
GPs were in favour of using flexibilities in the current UK-wide contract to make it more appropriate to the Scottish population, such as focusing on the scale and nature of the country's public health priorities.
England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Governments from the other three nations seem not to have ruled out changes to the GP contract that would make it more flexible to individual nations' health needs. A spokesperson for the Department of Health for England told BMJ Careers that the government is "happy for officials to explore how best to ensure that we create greater flexibility for each government to deal with issues of particular concern in each country."
Asked whether a UK-wide GP contract was still fit for purpose, a Welsh government spokesperson said that given "the differences in health policy and priorities between the four countries, further flexibility within the contract to address issues specific to Wales is currently being explored."
In Northern Ireland a spokesman for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety acknowledged the advantages of a four nation contract, adding that "moving away from that model would require careful consideration."
However, all governments emphasise that changes to the contract are matters for the BMA's General Practitioners Committee.
Backing from BMA
BMA leaders are united in their belief that a UK-wide GP contract is the best way to represent GPs' and patients' interests. Laurence Buckman, chairman of the General Practitioners Committee, says that being able to speak on behalf of GPs across the UK, rather than from individual countries, enables the BMA to have more bargaining power to represent clinicians and the needs of patients. "Having a UK-wide contract means we can negotiate on a bigger scale," he says.
Although healthcare policy varies in different countries, this should not detract from the need to have consistency in general practice, which a UK-wide contract can help deliver, says David Bailey, chairman of the General Practitioners Committee in Wales.
"The benefit of having a UK-wide contract is that patients can be certain that they will be given the same kind of service from their GP wherever they are," he says.
Tom Black, chairman of the Northern Ireland General Practitioners Committee, says that one of the benefits of the current contract is that it still allows GPs to respond to specific health needs of different areas, through local enhanced services.
GPs on the ground have also voiced their support for a four country contract. Andrew Deardon, a GP in Cardiff, says that there is "overwhelming backing" for the contract in Wales and warns that any move to negotiate country specific terms and conditions by GPs would be "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
"We need to be careful not to sacrifice something that makes us relatively secure. There is an assumption that having more local contracts would mean GPs get a better deal for their local areas. But given the current economic situation there is not a lot of money around for everyone. At times of economic uncertainty it is better to negotiate nationally rather than locally," he says.
Flexibility is needed
But some GPs, while supporting the UK-wide approach to negotiating GPs' terms and conditions, would like to see more flexibility built in to the contract so that they can better serve the needs of their local communities. "What we need is a nationally negotiated framework with local sensitivities to take into account local needs, which isn't happening at the moment, as the contract is not nearly sensitive enough," says Sam Everington, a GP in Tower Hamlets, east London.
Although he believes that the current contract is still "fit for purpose," Mike Dixon, a GP principal in Devon, can envisage a time when commissioning GPs in England who are working within integrated care organisations may require a local rather than a national contract that best serves their interests and those of the communities they serve.
For the present, it seems that many GPs still recognise the benefits of having a four nation approach to negotiating their terms and conditions, and they will continue to back this approach, because it is in their best interests and those of their patients.
As Buckman puts it, "While we're not complacent about it, the UK-wide contract has stood the test of time. I believe that the bigger the collective for bargaining, the greater the ability you have to bargain on behalf of your members. And what unites us is bigger than what divides us."
Kathy Oxtoby freelance journalist, London, UK


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May 06, 2012 09:05 PM by Veronica Dudo
And then there were five. On tonight's episode of Celebrity Apprentice, the remaining five celebrities must create ad campaigns for hair care products. The reality TV competition airing on NBC is coming to a close and Donald Trump will soon be hiring the 2012 Celebrity Apprentice. But, first two celebrity contestants are fired! Keep reading to find out who will be leaving the contest.
All of the contestants are working to raise money and awareness for their charities. Each celebrity contestant on season 12 is fighting to be hired as The Celebrity Apprentice. The last one standing will have the honor of delivering a $250,000 bonus check to their charity. The remaining five business-savvy celebrity contestants are Aubrey O'Day, Arsenio Hall, Clay Aiken, Lisa Lampanelli and Teresa Giudice.
The contestants' challenge this week is to create an ad campaign for a Chi Touch hairdryer that will appear in Elle magazine. Both teams will be judged on brand messaging, the ad campaign itself and the overall pitch.
It's truly a battle of the broads tonight when Teresa decides to be the Project Manager for Team Unanimous and Lisa Lampanelli steps up to the plate for Team Forte.
Team Forte is made up of Lisa and Clay while Team Unanimous has Teresa, Aubrey and Arsenio. First, both teams must negotiate which teams will get each model. Lisa and Teresa meet face to face to duke it out. Unfortunately, in the beginning Teresa gushes out the models she wants and right away Lisa realizes exactly who Teresa's team wants and decides to manipulate her. Arsenio surmises the situation by commenting, "It seemed like Lisa was running mad game."
Clay is listening at the door and cracking up since they never cared what models they ended up with from the beginning! Teresa gets the redheaded model she wants but not the male models. When Teresa realizes what went down she is livid! But, she controls her anger and doesn't flip any tables.
Team Forte decides to show "regular" people in their ad highlighted with informational text about the product.
Right out of the gate, Aubrey takes control of the ad campaign by chatting it up with the Chi executive and talking about connecting meditation with the product. At the photo shoot Team Unanimous chooses to send home the redheaded model they fought so hard for and replace her with Aubrey! The model isn't happy and tells Teresa she should have told her before it was time for the actual shoot. Team Unanimous uses the models holding the hairdryer in peaceful poses but opt not to offer any information about the product.
Later, Donald Trump enters the boardroom and starts it off by asking Teresa, "Did Lisa play you for a fool?" To which Teresa says no. Donald continues with the hot button issues by then asking, "Did she outsmart you?" Again Teresa says no. Lisa responds saying, "To me it was amusement."
Donald announces that the executives liked Lisa's campaign better so she receives $100,000 for her charity.
Back in the boardroom, Team Unanimous is facing elimination. When asked by Donald who should be fired Teresa says Arsenio should be fired. He responds back by saying he is a photographer and actually was the one who shot some of the photos. Teresa says she doesn't know what he's talking about because there was a team of photographers. The conversation continues to escalate and Arsenio says, "Don't throw me under the bus because I'll back it up and hit you with it!"
Arsenio says Teresa is in over her head and Donald asks her if she is. She says she is not. Donald says Teresa led the team to a fail and messed up her presentation so he fires Teresa!
While the final four are celebrating they get a phone call that Mr. Trump would like to see them back in the boardroom. The drama continues! He tells the final four they will be interviewing with the 2011 Celebrity Apprentice, John Rich and runner-up Marlee Matlin. The interviews are grueling even making Aubrey teary-eyed! John and Marlee question Aubrey's sincerity. Next up is Clay who John and Marlee question whether he is a leader or a follower. Arsenio meets with the returning apprentices to talk about his time on the show. Marlee calls him out on his blow-up with Aubery when he called her some choice words. Lastly, Lisa meets with John and Marlee and one of the most talked about issues on the show this season comes up. Marlee asks Lisa if her behavior in the competition is that of the "Celebrity Apprentice."
Back in the boardroom Donald announces that John and Marlee had both negative and positive things to say about the final four. Donald says the returning apprentices think Lisa isn't in control of her emotions and Donald agrees so he fires Lisa!
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19 Responses to "Celebrity Apprentice Recap: Chi Campaign"
kacy Says:
May 6th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
So Lisa got fired over Teresa, sort of a surprise… but the criticism was exactly what I called it too — lack of self control. Glad at least that she won before getting fired, LOL.
lon Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 12:15 am
I could never stand that bitch and wish she would have never been on the show.people like her hurts the shows pazazz
Kathy Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 6:24 am
Lisa is the most viciously awful person I've ever seen on TV. Aubrey follows a close second.Is she for real? An advocate against bullying? Really? More of a role model for bullies!
buddy potter Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 11:33 am
happy to see lampy gp, hope clay is next
tom Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Lisa is a BITCH should have been gone a long time ago.
Rose Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 11:46 am
So Theresa was fired.
Then Donald said two more but only Lisa went?
She should have. Vulgar and unprofessional.
stewie Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Lisa finally got fired but I wasn't happy to see that we have to wait until next week to see which of the remaining three gets fired. As long as it isn't Clay…
Sue Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Lisa was so potty mouth, she should go, BUT, she was the best player. Aubrey is so stuck on herself I hope someone else wins. I can not stand her whinny self glorification. That leave Arsenio and Clay. Clay should win. He isn't perfect, but he showed restraint at the right time. I want to see Clay or Arsenio win.
gail Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Lisa is a truly horrible person— unreal. She seemed to be a good match for Donald Trump though. I don't think Trump looks for what most consider 'good qualities'. I believe he likes aggression and manipulation so I'm shocked Lisa didn't actually win. I've never seen anyone so absolutely nasty and out of control; she'd be hell to work with.
Mello Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Glad Lisa is gone – Hate Aubrey but i have a feeling it will be Arsenio against her for the finale….Go Arsenio!!
sioux Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
I think the firing was in the correct order and hope beyond hope that IBrayAllDay goes next. Have never in my life met a more self-absorbed person. And I believe she's a big liar, as well. I think the final two will be Arsenio and Clay and I hope Clay wins. He's been the most consistent and smartest player since the first task.
Georgia Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Aubrey is worse than any of those people and she lies all the time. Donald should have fired her a long time ago. She is only out for herself and no one else.
At least Lisa tells it like it is.
Jade Sullivan Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Teresa being fired should have happened before now. Lisa has a foul mouth and could never be a true leader. Aubrey still doesn't realize there is no "i" in the word team.She play on her seductive appearance too much. My 2 picks who will be up for the selection is Arsenio and Clay. Although I feel Clay doesn't have the backbone to lead.
anthony marinelli Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
I enjoyed watching these celebrity apprentice shows. For years i was not able to watch these programs but i find them informative in what needs to be presented to make a producted good to bring to market,the elements involved in presentation,the tv show as entertainment,and what is tells us both in terms of microcosm and macrocosm about the divergent facets of the american economy…and it is entertaining just the colors absorb me
Lupe Alfaro Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
I hope Aubrey wont be in the final two. She is the worst I wish I could have gone in my TV and told her off.
alianna Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
About time Lisa got fired! She's rude, unprofessional, a baby, and no control of her emotions. Teresa IS out of her league, and Aubrey rides on coat-tails and doesn't have good input. I like Arsenio and Clay, they're both team players. Both are creative too. I'd Love to be on Apprentice myself. Good Luck Arsenio and Clay!
Marta Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
I understand what makes good reality TV. I quit watching Celebrity Apprentice several weeks ago when I got fed up with Lisa' behavior. The Donald has finally fired her but it took him way too long and I doubt I will watch it anymore. She is at best a mediocre comedian that is jealous and disrespectful of others. She needs anger management classes. He should have fired Aubrey a long time ago, taking credit for ideas that weren't her own and the ideas she suggested caused her teams to lose.
Kyle Says:
May 8th, 2012 at 7:15 am
Go Arsenio! Be The Apprentice! Fire Aubrey and Lisa is a wise choice. I dont wanna see them both in the Finally!
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May 13th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
There's certainly a great deal to learn about this issue. I like all of the points you have made.


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April 30, 2012 08:07 PM by Shayla Perry
Tonight on NBC's The Voice, the final eight artists from all four teams take to the stage, performing for a chance to make it to the finale, and everyone's bringin' their A-game! Get all the highlights after the jump!
It's getting down to the wire!
For the first time, the members of Teams Adam, Blake, Cee Lo and Christina all perform, and the stakes couldn't be any higher!
Not only is each artist vying for votes from viewers, but the coaches' scores will also be tallied to determine who's going home at the end of tomorrow's Results Show, and who's moving on to compete in the finale.
The first performance of the night is from Team Adam's Tony Lucca. After killing Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time," the former Mouseketeer is taking on "How Ya Like Me Now," hoping to build on his success.
It's a definite break from what he's done on the show thus far, and we're liking the bolder Tony Lucca — so is Blake Shelton.
Following Tony is Team Blake's Erin Willett, singing "Without You." It's an emotional performance for Erin, who lost her father during the Battle Round of the competition, but will it be enough to beat her teammate Jermaine Paul?
Next, Chris Mann of Team Christina is finally doing some opera again with "Ave Maria," bringing Cee Lo Green to tears and his coach out of her chair to give him a hug on-stage. Um…Where are her pants? (Seriously, Christina…it's a family show.)
The artists are definitely bringin' it tonight!
Jamar Rogers of Team Cee Lo is doing his own rendition of "If You Don't Know Me By Now." It's another stellar one from Jamar. No surprises there at all.
In a Voice first, Teams Adam and Cee Lo join together for an amazing performance. Okay, can they all win?
Next up, Jermaine Paul with "Open Arms." As Christina says, "he murdered" the song — in a good way. According to Adam, as of tonight, Jermaine is no longer a background vocalist, but Blake tells his fellow coach that he got one thing wrong… A few weeks ago when Adam told his team that Jesse Campbell was the one to beat, Shelton says that he should've been talking about Jermaine all along.
Katrina Parker of Team Adam is taking on "Killing Me Softly." Again, Christina slams Adam's work as a coach while complimenting Katrina, who has quickly become a favorite in the competition, and begs him to consider giving Parker more points than Tony, even if he's the obvious choice for him.
After a performance from Papa Bear himself, Blake Shelton, Lindsey Pavao sings "Skinny Love," reminding us all of why we are fans of hers to begin with. Great strategy by Christina (still with no pants).
Teams Blake and Christina get together for a joint performance before Juliet Simms takes to the stage with "This Is A Man's World."
It's definitely Juliet's world, and after this one, all of the coaches are thinking that maybe she's the one to beat.
What did you think of tonight's show? Which performance was your favorite? What artists have your vote?
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m jacobsen Says:
April 30th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Tony Lucca needs to sing Santana "Why don't you and I" it is so perfect for him
jim Says:
May 1st, 2012 at 4:46 am
What's up with Christina & Tony Lucca? She has been SO negative about him all season. If she gives him ANY kind of compliment it's like "well that was a nice performance"…then last night she goes so far as to tell Adam to consider Katrina INSTEAD of Tony…hey if you like Katrina ….fine…but a judge should NEVER tell another judge who THEY should be considering keeping & who they are dropping. I'm beginning to think Christina is a spoiled brat who thinks she's the greatest thing to ever come along & can't stand anybody else….especially someone from her own past….being as successful as she is…it's very petty & small of her. I am disappointed cause i was a big fan of hers, but this show has brought out the worst in her. Maybe she's ashamed of her "Mouseketeer" past, but she shouldn't be. Hell if it weren't for that show, she'd never be where she is to today!!!
Duke Says:
May 1st, 2012 at 9:36 am
Without a doubt that Tony Lucca is a good performer but the Voice belong to Katrina. Xtina
was right that Adam should pay more attention to Katrina becuase of her uniqque voice. As a recording artist Katrina's voice can sell records, with a the right choice of songs, Katrina
can be a big recording artist……I follow the
series and have learn to like Katrina so much.
Juliet Says:
May 1st, 2012 at 10:49 am
The Voice needs to let voters decide who stays and who goes in later rounds.
I noticed after the episode with the special judges choice elimination, the ratings took a hit.
Same thing with American Idol and Dancing with the Stars.
What does everyone else think?


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