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SEO v PPC – Which to Invest In?
Which One?
In case you ever wondered whether to invest in SEO or PPC, or both, there was a great article recently published bywhich examined this issue.
SEO v PPC
If you want the short answer "In the ring, neither will win, because they are uniquely different and, when used smartly, can combine to provide the best digital marketing experience for any business."
Full Article
You can read the whole article published on the Advanced Web Ranking Blog here Search engine optimisation or pay per click – which one should we invest in?
Max-e-Biz is 10 years old today
Yes Max-e-Biz Ltd. the parent company of www.getsalesleads.co.uk was founded in March 2006.
So a big thank you goes to all of our customers, suppliers, associates and friends who made it possible.
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How Long Should Your Landing Pages Be?
How Long Should Your Landing Pages Be? Great article from conversion copywriter Jen Havice http://ow.ly/Lqs9v
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Google AdWords Partners Event
Hosted a great Google AdWords Partners Grow Local Meet-Up yesterday for Small Businesses. All the attendees enjoyed it and went away enriched with greater AdWords knowledge. Watch this space for our next event.
5 Star Rating for our first Google Helpouts on AdWords PPC
We did our first Google Helpout for AdWords PPC http://ow.ly/x3VDi
We were even awarded a 5 star rating and a great testimonial. Our customer was in Arizona, their client was in Colorado and our help came from London UK. Amazing faultess technology Google! It's officially a small world now.
How much is spent in the UK on internet advertising?
A recent article published on the Ofcom website shows just how much is now spent on Internet Advertising. Nearly 30% of advertising spend in the UK is on internet advertising
A major trend in advertising markets in recent years has been the growth of spend on the internet (Figure 5.8). In 2005, internet spend accounted for less than 10% of total advertising spend in all our comparator countries, but by 2010 online spend accounted for more than 15% in most countries, and approached 30% in the UK.
The UK continues to have the greatest internet share of total advertising spend (28.7%), followed by the Netherlands (25.2%) and Sweden (23.4%). Reasons for this include high internet take-up in these countries and, in the UK in particular, widespread take-up of online shopping, which is driven by high levels of credit card take-up, high levels of trust in online payments, a previous history of catalogue shopping and the early launch of major online shopping services (Amazon.co.uk launched in 1998, for example, following the purchase of bookpages.co.uk). More information on internet shopping is provided in Section 5.3.4 below.
Ireland's internet advertising market has the smallest share of total advertising among our comparator countries (8.6%), although this may be in part be explained by some advertising being administered in the UK, followed by Italy (11.4%) and Spain (13.9%).
Between 2004 and 2009 the proportion of all advertising spend allocated to internet campaigns has steadily grown. However, in 2010 this growth slowed in some European markets. In Sweden and France the internet's share of total advertising expenditure remained almost constant (up by 0.3 percentage points in both countries) and in Poland the share of internet advertising fell by 0.6 percentage points.
Slower growth in share is not a reflection of a slowing internet advertising market but reflects a recovery in the total advertising market. In 2009 total advertising spend in all comparator countries fell, while internet advertising spend continued to grow in most countries (France and the US were the exceptions, with internet advertising spend falling by 3.3% in each country in 2009). In 2010, total advertising spend recovered and exceeded 2009 spend in all comparator countries except Ireland. In Australia and Poland strong growth exceeded even the peak spend in 2008. Internet advertising also benefited from a recovery in growth, but in Sweden and France at a similar rate to the total advertising market, and in Poland at a slower rate than the total advertising market.
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Lead Generation Tip 2 – B2B: View the Trends First
Make sure you View the Trends before you decide your B2B Marketing Strategy.
With so many channels to choose from, it's important to look at the trends, before you settle on you chosen B2B Marketing Strategy. A recent post by Christopher Ryan originally published on greatb2bmarketing.com included the infographic below showing you the relative merits and costs of many of these channels. Which is better for your business, Email Marketing or Pay Per Click?
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Coming Soon
The Line of Duty
Release Date: October 1, 2020 (Harlequin Intrigue)
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Length: 55,000 words
Series: Blackhawk Security, Book #6
They tried to kill him once. Now she's in their crosshairs.
Blackhawk Security forensics expert Vincent Kalani has experience with survival, but when the small passenger plane he's on suddenly plummets into the Chugach Mountain range, he quickly discovers the saboteur doesn't discern between his intended target and an innocent woman. Stranded, the former NYPD officer fights to protect the other passenger unlucky enough to be on the plane. But with each lead tying back to his past, Vincent realizes he may be the one putting her-and her infant son-in danger.
Shea Ramsey was supposed to be on mandatory vacation until the Internal Affairs investigation against her cleared her name. Not fighting for her life in the snowy wilderness with a far-too-sexy and corruptible ex-cop. The Anchorage PD officer doesn't trust the man claiming he's been framed for taking bribes, but he soon becomes the only one standing between Shea and an officer's funeral.
With a madman hunting from the shadows and the Alaskan wilderness determined to kill them both, Vincent and Shea must learn to work together-and trust each other-to survive.

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Otonomy, Inc.
Founded by Avalon Ventures in April 2008
San Diego, CA
"The ear is one of the last great frontiers of pharmaceutical science… We've got the team, we've got the technology, we've got the money. We're going to make Otonomy the Alcon of ear care."
— Jay Lichter, Ph.D., Co-founder of Otonomy
Otonomy's genesis has all the makings of a biopharmaceutical legend. Jay Lichter, Ph.D., managing director of Avalon Ventures, was driving down Prospect Street in La Jolla, Calif. one afternoon in January 2008 when he was struck not by a great entrepreneurial idea, but rather an unbearable dizziness.
Upon diagnosis of an inner ear disorder called Ménière's disease, Dr. Lichter, who specializes in the field of therapeutic drug discovery, found himself staring into a vast, untapped area of biomedical development.
Significant Unmet Medical Need
There is no known cause of Ménière's disease and no FDA-approved drug treatment to control its symptomatic episodes of vertigo, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and fluctuations in hearing or aural fullness (persistent pressure in the middle ear much like "airplane ear"). Furthermore, there is no approved drug treatment for any form of hearing loss, which affects some 30 million Americans.
"The great challenge in treating ear disorders is reaching the cochlear (hearing) and vestibular (balance) organs in the inner ear," explains RiverVest Venture Partner John McKearn.
"The inner ear is a privileged site. It is physically and chemically designed to reject foreign substances," says Dr. McKearn. "A physician would have to administer enormous amounts of oral or intravenous steroids to get significant drug levels to the inner ear. Such a high dosage would put a patient at risk for systemic toxicity with a full slate of side effects."
Sustained Release
Recently, physicians have begun using intratympanic (IT) injections to deposit steroids directly into the middle ear via a small perforation in the tympanic membrane (eardrum). Once inside the middle ear, therapeutic drugs are absorbed through a thin membrane called the round window—the gateway to the inner ear.
"The injections are effective," says Paul R. Lambert, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. "But they don't last. The solution drains down the Eustachian tube as soon as the patient talks, swallows or sits up."
To address this problem, physicians administer multiple rounds of IT injections, each round requiring long periods of complete immobility. "It's impractical," says Dr. Lambert. "Patients stop coming after two or three injections."
But what if there was a way to hold the medicine inside the middle ear for longer periods of time? Perhaps a way to make it stick?
That was the question posed by Dr. Lichter to his physician, Jeffrey Harris, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at University of California, San Diego. The answer, believed Dr. Harris, was sustained release.
Powerful Intellectual Property Estate
While Dr. Harris set to work considering different sustained release formulations, Dr. Lichter started writing patents and began testing different sustained release ingredients. "There wasn't a single company working to discover, develop or market drugs for treating hearing loss diseases," says Dr. Lichter. "This was wide-open territory, a very exciting white space."
The doctors filed 25 patents and founded Otonomy within four months of Dr. Lichter's diagnosis. "We've created an intellectual property estate that blocks anybody from injecting any drug with sustained release properties across the eardrum into the middle ear space to treat either middle or inner ear disorders," says Dr. Lichter.
Fast Path to Clinical Studies
Within 18 months, the company was cleared to begin a Phase 1b clinical study of OTO-104 in patients with Ménière's disease. The drug formulation combines a thermo-sensitive poloxamer with a steroid active ingredient to provide sustained release from a single IT injection.
"The poloxamer is liquid and thus easy to inject at room temperature," explains Dr. Lambert. "But as soon as it reaches body temperature, it gels." As a gel, the formulation adheres to the epithelial lining of the middle ear space, where it can remain in place long enough to deliver the drug for a prolonged period of time to the inner-ear fluids.
As the data began to look more and more promising and the company entered a second formulation into investigational studies, RiverVest decided to lead a small financing of about $7 million.
"But the opportunity landscape improved dramatically and there was a huge spike in interest," recalls Dr. McKearn. "Suddenly we were looking at a much larger offering, and we had to understand a very different business model. When we met with Novo Ventures, everything began to click. The opportunity and the challenges were clear to us and our teams were excited to co-lead a bigger financing to make this a full platform company."
"John and Niall (RiverVest Principal Niall O'Donnell, Ph.D.) played a pivotal role in helping to develop a financeable research and development plan that was instrumental in convincing not only Novo Ventures to invest, but also in convincing Domain and TPG to participate in the financing," says Dr. Lichter.
In August 2010, RiverVest and Novo Ventures co-led a $38.5 million Series B Preferred Stock financing. They were joined by Domain Associates and TPG Biotech Ventures.
"This is a very strong syndicate and a groundbreaking opportunity for RiverVest and the other investors," says Dr. McKearn, who has joined Otonomy's board of directors. "The benefit to the patient is going to be enormous."
Proceeds from the financing will support Otonomy's first two product candidates through pivotal clinical studies and move a third program into the company's pipeline of locally delivered drugs to treat disorders of the ear.
Otonomy, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drug therapies for disorders of the inner and middle ear. The company's core technology is a sustained release formulation developed for optimal delivery of drugs from a single intratympanic (IT) injection. Two products have been advanced into active development. The first, OTO-104, is in a Phase 1b clinical trial in Ménière's disease patients, and future studies are being planned for acute onset hearing loss. The second, OTO-201, is a sustained release drug for the treatment of otitis media. OTO-201 clinical trials are expected to begin in 2011.


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For years we have been talking about coming to Orkney. I have posted here about other Scottish islands that have been our holiday destinations in the past, but this year we finally made the effort to drive up here. It's a long way and took us the best part of three days, but the effort is rewarded by staying for a week on a beautiful and fascinating island.
It's an hour and a half ferry ride from a small village of Scrabster, next to the larger town of Thurso on the north eastern coast of the Scottish mainland. The cottage that we are renting is in the west of the "Mainland" as the largest of the Orkney islands is known. It's about 2 miles from the 5,000 year old Neolithic village of Skara Brae, of which, more later.
We have not been disappointed here. The cottage itself is a little bit stripped pine and flowery curtains, but it's comfortable enough. Inevitably, we tend to spend far too much time exploring the island when we are on holiday so the accommodation itself is not a primary concern, provided it's clean and comfortable enough. It's the island and its attractions that drew us here.
Wherever you go, there is evidence of previous occupation by long lost tribes. A quick look on any part of the map will reveal burial chambers, ancient settlements, brochs and so on. There must have been thousands of people living here thousands of years ago and they have left behind a fabulous legacy.
Skara Brae is it the most famous of them. Having been warned not to go on Monday when I enquired about opening times on Sunday afternoon (Kirkwall, the city on Orkney, is the most popular cruise ship destination in the UK, apparently – and incredibly – and two large ships were in on Monday), we arrived later in the day on Tuesday and had the place almost to ourselves. Below is a photo of the biggest and most famous of the dozen buildings preserved by the sands. You can see box beds either side of a central fire, and a shelving arrangement adjacent where food would have been stored and prepared. The only part of the property missing is the roof, which would have been made of timber or whalebones, skins and turf, all long since rotten away.
The adjacent house has a vast collection of the artifacts found within the buildings. This place is almost like Pompeii, only without the bodies, and for somewhere that is older than the pyramids, and older than Stonehenge, it's a must-see when up here.
Not far away from Skara Brae is the Ring of Brodgar, another stone circle that is older than Stonehenge. Again, we were fortunate, or careful, to miss the time when seven coach loads of cruise ship tourists all turn up at once and we were able to enjoy this fabulous place pretty much on our own.
Even when we were there for the actual summer solstice on Monday evening, there were no more than a dozen people there. Compare that to the scenes at the younger upstart on Salisbury plain…
It's a beautiful spot.
Nearby, is an active archaeological site called the Ness of Brodgar, which is similar to Skara Brae, but larger. This isn't open to the public yet as it's an active dig during the summer, but it will be good to return some time and see how it differs.
The ring is beautiful during the daytime too.
At the north end of the island, is the Broch of Gurness, a slightly later farmstead in a fabulous coastal location.
The whole place is full of amazing sights such as these. And we have been very lucky with the weather, too, only getting wet for the first time this afternoon. Which is pretty good for the north of Scotland, even at mid-summer.
Tomorrow, we have booked to see Maeshowe, which is burial chamber near to the Ring. So, maybe I can share some of that later in the week. There isn't much later though, as we have to set off home on Saturday morning. Back to work on Monday. I'm sure I have posted before about the benefits / disadvantages of taking more than a week off at a time, but if my work emails are anything to go by, more than a week this year would be a week too long. Oh well…
Friday, have decided to go to Hoy, a smaller of the islands, just south from here. I can see the mountains from this window. There are sea eagles nesting there for the first time since goodness only knows when. Hopefully, we will get to see them. Our success at seeing the bird life here is somewhat mixed, it has to be said. Puffins = 0. Hen harriers = 2
Oh, and we have had to light the fire tonight. It's a bit chilly.


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Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Why does something Peter out? Poor Peter. His name is a verb, and I know how he feels. #DadDirt
You know that you're a Great British Dad when...
...you feel sorry for other people who have names that are doing words, and don't want to give them to your kids.
And now it's that time of the year - we're barely into March, where everyone's effort to do something new for the year peters out.
Why is it peter?
Poor Peter.
I know how Peter feels, because his name is a verb.
Everyone else thinks when they hear my name that it sounds like an order.
I'm so attached to my name that my brain never links it to that.
But it's not an active thrusting doing word.
Like peter.
Fade. Ebb. Fail.
Maybe I haven't given it enough time, but I can't think of any doing-word-name that pulls its weight.
They're all a bit negative.
Phil. Rob. Nick. Stu.
Dads go for men's names that are hard objects.
Max. Stone. Oscar. Leo.
So why don't we go for hard verbs?
Punch. Flex. Push. Kick. Jump.
Force. Focus. Aim. Power.
Why are these not boys names?
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It's rush hour in Fulton Center and thousands of black-coated commuters stream into the glass building through entrances on Broadway and Fulton Street and funnel down to the hovering circular concourse before branching off to further descend to the many tunnels that transverse New York's five boroughs. A steady hum of voices backgrounds the incessant chirp-crank, chirp-crank of the subway turnstiles and the occasional click of digital shutters Instagramming the conical metal dome that dominates New York City's shiny new transit nexus, which is already being called downtown's Grand Central Terminal. Building anything so complex — especially infrastructure, especially in lower Manhattan — is an impressive feat, but it takes more than efficient planning and techno-artistry to make a space grand…
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Once upon a morning dreary, I left Brooklyn with eyes bleary, Wearily I took the subway to a poet's old forgotten home.
In 1844, Edgar Allan Poe and his young wife Virginia moved to New York City. It was Poe's second time living in the city and just one of many homes for the peripatetic author. Unfortunately, after two years and several Manhattan addresses, Virginia fell ill with tuberculosis. With the hope that country air might improve her condition, or at least make her final days more peaceful, Poe moved the family out to a small, shingled cottage in the picturesque woods and green pastures of Fordham Village – better known today as the Bronx.
The six-room cottage was built in 1812 as worker's housing for farm hands. Poe rented it from landowner John Valentine for $100 per year – no small sum for the constantly struggling writer who sold "The Raven," his most famous work, for a flat fee of $8. During his time at the cottage, Poe cared for his ailing wife, who died three years after they moved in, and wrote some of his most celebrated poems, including the darkly romantic "Annabel Lee"
This modest building also served as the inspiration for the final Poe story published during the author's life, "Landor's Cottage," which appeared in the June 9, 1849, issue of Flag of Our Union, four months before his death. A far cry from the tales of woe and horror Poe is widely known for, the story of "Landor's Cottage" is quite simple: a man hiking through the bucolic setting of rural New York comes across a small house and marvels at its picturesque perfection, finding that it "struck me with the keenest sense of combined novelty and propriety — in a word, of poetry". What follows is the narrator's depiction of the cottage. Warning: in the following excerpt, there's no secret rooms, no woe-begotten protagonists or menacing visions. Just pure, straightforward, even banal description:
The main building was about twenty-four feet long and sixteen broad- certainly not more. Its total height, from the ground to the apex of the roof, could not have exceeded eighteen feet. To the west end of this structure was attached one about a third smaller in all its proportions:-the line of its front standing back about two yards from that of the larger house, and the line of its roof, of course, being considerably depressed below that of the roof adjoining. At right angles to these buildings, and from the rear of the main one-not exactly in the middle-extended a third compartment, very small- being, in general, one-third less than the western wing. The roofs of the two larger were very steep-sweeping down from the ridge-beam with a long concave curve, and extending at least four feet beyond the walls in front, so as to form the roofs of two piazzas. These latter roofs, of course, needed no support; but as they had the air of needing it, slight and perfectly plain pillars were inserted at the corners alone. The roof of the northern wing was merely an extension of a portion of the main roof. Between the chief building and western wing arose a very tall and rather slender square chimney of hard Dutch bricks, alternately black and red:-a slight cornice of projecting bricks at the top. Over the gables the roofs also projected very much:-in the main building about four feet to the east and two to the west. The principal door was not exactly in the main division, being a little to the east-while the two windows were to the west. These latter did not extend to the floor, but were much longer and narrower than usual-they had single shutters like doors- the panes were of lozenge form, but quite large. The door itself had its upper half of glass, also in lozenge panes-a movable shutter secured it at night. The door to the west wing was in its gable, and quite simple-a single window looked out to the south. There was no external door to the north wing, and it also had only one window to the east.
The blank wall of the eastern gable was relieved by stairs (with a balustrade) running diagonally across it-the ascent being from the south. Under cover of the widely projecting eave these steps gave access to a door leading to the garret, or rather loft-for it was lighted only by a single window to the north, and seemed to have been intended as a store-room….
The pillars of the piazza were enwreathed in jasmine and sweet honeysuckle; while from the angle formed by the main structure and its west wing, in front, sprang a grape-vine of unexampled luxuriance. Scorning all restraint, it had clambered first to the lower roof-then to the higher; and along the ridge of this latter it continued to writhe on, throwing out tendrils to the right and left, until at length it fairly attained the east gable, and fell trailing over the stairs.
The whole house, with its wings, was constructed of the old-fashioned Dutch shingles-broad, and with unrounded corners. It is a peculiarity of this material to give houses built of it the appearance of being wider at bottom than at top-after the manner of Egyptian architecture; and in the present instance, this exceedingly picturesque effect was aided by numerous pots of gorgeous flowers that almost encompassed the base of the buildings.
Despite the patoral setting, it seems clear that Landor's cottage is an idealized vision of Poe's own Fordham residence. Beyond the formal resemblance, the interior layout of Landor's cottage, described briefly by the narrator, is very similar to Poe's cottage, with a kitchen, main room and bedroom on the first floor. Poe ends his architectural fiction by noting that another article may elaborate on the events that transpired at Landor's cottage. Had he not died, perhaps we might have discovered more about the kind but enigmatic residence and his picturesque cottage.
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The September issue of Smithsonian Magazine features an insightful profile of Rem Koolhaas written by former New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff. As a companion to that article, I wrote a piece on Design Decoded, Smithsonian's blog on design and everyday life, looking at some of the unbuilt high-rise towers designed by Koolhaas and OMA. I absolutely love these buildings. I find them witty and subversive yet still incredibly respectful and contextual. As a sort of B-Side to the Design Decoded piece, I wanted to elaborate a little more on one building in particular, Koolhaas's planned Manhattan tower at 23 East 22nd Street, and its connection to some of the architect's more provocative writings.
According to OMA, 23 East 22nd Street is a "luxury residential tower in a culture of congestion." This description succinctly expresses Koolhaas's approach towards both the design and marketing of what would have been his first building in New York City; he appeals to a high-end clientele while simultaneously referencing his own book with a description of Manhattan as a "Culture of Congestion" – a phrase first coined in his 1978 "retroactive manifesto" Delirious New York.
Like the nearby Flatiron Building, whose triangular shape is a result of Broadway slashing diagonally across the Manhattan grid, 23E22 is also shaped by the local context Midtown Manhattan. However, Koolhaas's building isn't primarily a response to the physical context of the city, but to the building and zoning codes that have regulated New York's streetscape and its iconic skyline. The building setbacks mandated by the city are interpreted quite literally as large portions of the structure are set back to create a series of stacked cantilevers, shifting the building's mass to the side. By appropriating of the standard language of the high-rise –a gridded facade of glass and stone– then subverting it with single, deceptively simple move, Koolhaas wryly satirizes city planning policy.
The subversive nature of the structure is downplayed when it comes time to market the building. On OMA's website, 23E22 is described in market-friendly terms:
"This asymmetrical form simultaneously provides views of Madison Square Park whilst maximizing light penetration to the neighbors below. Mirroring the traditional New York setback, the building's form is at once familiar and unique."
That relatively generic pitch uses terms taken directly from Koolhaas's 2001 essay "Junkspace".
"Junkspace thrives on design, but design dies in junkspace. There is no form, only proliferation…an authorless world beyond anyone's claim, always unique, utterly unpredictable, yet intensely familiar."
Blurring the boundaries between artful critique and real estate strategy, Koolhaas lampoons the authorless high-rises of the city while simultaneously marketing the building with a language first developed in an essay that laments –or, depending on your reading, celebrates– the labyrinthian, generic architecture of a globalized society. Does marketing the building as junkspace undermine his own work? Is Koolhaas just fulfilling a prophecy he wrote himself?
Hyperbolic writings such as "junkspace" are as important to Koolhaas's career as hyperbolic buildings such as 23E22. His polemics are those of a professional provocateur and often cause people to think his architecture is cynical, or at the very least to question the sincerity of declarations and designs. But hyperbole, whether in writing or in a skyline, is rooted in the context of a basic truth; it's not a pure fabrication. Independent of any context whatsoever, 23E22 would probably seem ridiculous. In the context of Midtown however, it's contextual to the point of absurdity, illustrating that Koolhaas is most reverent of context when he is trying to subvert a dominant cultural paradigm. It's architectural satire. Deadpan humor in built form.
I wrote a review for Domus of Aesthetics/Anesthetics, the current exhibition running at New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture. Here's an excerpt:
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Storefront for Art and Architecture was founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of architecture and the built environment. Ten years after its opening, artist Vito Acconci and architect Steven Holl were commissioned to rethink and redesign the façade of Storefront's narrow, wedge-shaped exhibition space. Their solution, a façade with 12 puzzle-like rotating panels, gave the organization a striking new identity and the Kenmare St. gallery quickly became a New York City architectural landmark. It has now been twenty years since Holl and Acconci's porous façade first dissolved the boundary between street and gallery, and Storefront has once again commissioned artists and architects to rethink their space. Aesthetics/Anesthetics is an exhibition of 30 architectural drawings depicting Storefront's gallery created by an international coterie of emerging and established professionals, including Teddy Cruz, Sam Jacob, Jimenez Lai, Luis Callejas, MOS, Interboro Partners, Perry Kulper, Jorge Otero-Pailos, LTL, and many others.
Though the gallery itself is the subject of the exhibition, the content of the drawings address a larger question about architectural representation: "What is it that an architectural drawing does and how does it do it?" This question was prompted by what Storefront identified as a concerning preponderance of new representational clichés that serve only to obfuscate architecture with a variety of utopian — or, at the very least, idyllic — embellishments. These crutches can be found on every blog and in every magazine; they include images of birds soaring through impossibly beautiful skies, children running with balloons, and mysterious patches of "green" that presumably represent the anticipated development of an architecturally-perfect plant. Storefront plastered their interior with these carefully manicured renderings in a chaotic interpretation of the "Post No Bills" wheatpaste aesthetic prevalent in New York City — an appropriate gesture considering that, like the posters adorning the city's scaffolding, these trope-filled images are little more than advertisements. With drawings covering even the gallery floor, visitors literally walk all over them.
The following post was originally written as an entry to McSweeney's 2011 Column Contest. It didn't win. But I had a lot of fun writing it so I thought I'd post it here. As proposed, it was an architectural criticism column written from the perspective of a somewhat emotionally dysfunctional critic who sees his own failures in the monumental structures that obsess him. In the resulting reviews, personal narratives converge with professional critique. Descriptions and opinions of the buildings emerge through seemingly inadvertent revelations of his personal crises and social conflicts. Over the course of the columns, a larger narrative is revealed in which the reader learns more about the critic – his failures, fears, aspirations, and his romantic and professional pursuits. In this introductory column, your critic experiences the five stages of grief –denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance– in his critique of the Lower Manhattan skyscraper New York by Gehry.


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Series: Titan, #2
Published by Spencer Hill Press on February 23rd 2016
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Greek & Roman, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 344
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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With any great change, there is always strife, and the Covenant University has become the frontline between pure-bloods who want the Breed Order reinstated and the half-bloods who want the right to control their own destinies.
Fate has other plans.
The violence is escalating and war between the races seems inevitable, and it couldn't come at a worse time. Hyperion may be out of commission, but Josie and Seth know they have only earned a reprieve. Seth must get Josie fully prepared, which means controlling her newfound abilities, and they need to find the other demigods before the Titans do.
But the gods are sensing a greater threat.
Only one thing is more dangerous than a bunch of starved Titans, and that's an out-of-control Apollyon. The aether in Josie is drawing Seth in deeper, and when lust mixes with love and gives way to power, he knows being close to her is not only dangerous to her, but to everyone around them, but letting her go requires a level of selflessness that just isn't Seth's style.
The paths taken in the past are becoming the roads of the future.
Just as chaos breaks out, familiar faces from the past return, complicating the already strained bond between Josie and Seth, and when the danger from the Titans erupts with devastating consequences, the dark allure of power calls to Seth again, but this time Josie might not be able to pull him back.
And when the struggle between power and love becomes the deadliest battleground, there may be no salvation.
It feels as if I've been waiting for this book to be released for forever, and now the wait is over. Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to her Titan series with the second entry, The Power. This book picks up not too long after the events in The Return, and finds Seth and Josie settling in to their relationship. At least Josie is. Seth is still grappling with feelings of inadequacy, and trying to be "Super Boyfriend," so they he "earns" Josie. Normally a hot guy having instances of severe doubt would annoy me, but it works in this case. Seth has done many bad things, and it makes sense he would feel like he doesn't deserve to be happy.
What I loved the most was the surprise guests, though they weren't a surprise if you read the first novel. It was great seeing how Josie fit in with old characters, especially given her relationship with Seth. I also loved Seth and Josie's relationship. It's come a long way from where they began, and JLA didn't make it seem rushed, but completely natural. In fact, all of the relationships in the novel felt normal. Deacon is still one of my favorite characters, and I enjoyed every scene he was in. Seth and Josie may have the main relationship in the series, but they aren't the only one. Deacon and Luke are still too cute for words, and I wish there were more scenes with them, but it's not their book. Maybe one day… Just a thought 🙂
Aside from the romances, The Power picked up the fight the gang is fighting with the Titans. Josie is still training to use her powers, but as her powers grow, Seth becomes more and more unstable. Now the Titans may not be the only threat she has to stop. I'm interested in seeing where this storyline goes. I really like Seth, and want him to get the happiness he desires, but I'm preparing myself that it might not be in the cards. The book ends on an interesting note, and now all I want is the next installment. If you haven't decided to read the spin-off of JLA's The Covenant series, you're missing out. The Titan series is well-written, geared towards a more adult audience, and filled with sexy goodness.


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I have a fun little Memorial Day treat for you today! It's adorable Rice Krispies stars, covered with white chocolate and decorated with chocolate Sixlets, all made in red white and blue theme!
I'm sure that you noticed the title says "giveaway" but don't rush to enter and run away, check out these adorable treats first!
These Red White and Blue Rice Krispies would make such a fun treat for Memorial Day and Fourth of July celebrations. The part that makes it most fun is that you can have a great time decorating them with your kids. You can play around with different shapes and different ways of decorating.
This combination of rice krispie treats, white chocolate and chocolate candy will make any kid jump for joy. The adults will love it too, so don't discard it as just a kid treats. Trust me, little man caught me enjoying "his stars" and I had some explaining to do…good thing all I had to do is hand him one and all was forgiven!
Red White and Blue Rice Krispie Stars and SweetWorks Giveaway
- 6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 4 cups of mini marshmallows
- 4 oz white chocolate baking bar melted
- About two cups of red Sixlets
- About 1 cup of blue Sixlets
- Place marshmallows and butter in a large, microwave-safe, mixing bowl. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute. Mix well and heat for another 30 seconds or until completely melted.
- Add the Rice Krispies cereal to the marshmallow mixture and mix well.
- Cover a 13x9 cookie sheet with aluminum foil and lightly grease it with cooking spray.
- Spread the rice krispie mixture evenly and pat it tight, make sure that it's nice and dense.
- Place in the refrigerator to set for about 30 minutes.
- Using a star cookie cutter, cut out star shapes.
- Melt the white chocolate in a microwave (in a microwave-safe container) for 1 minute, on half the power. Stir and heat through for another 30 seconds, again on half the power.
- Spread melted white chocolate on top of the stars and decorate them with colorful Sixlets.
- Let the stars set and chocolate to harden in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
Alright, alright…here is the giveaway!!
SweetWorks and I want to help you with your summer fun baking by giving away an assortment of their products. SweetWorks is known for their premium confections with leading brands like Sixlets®, Celebration by SweetWorks®, Niagara Chocolates®, Ovation® and Oak Leaf®. Personally, I love their chocolates and they are great for decorating baked goods!
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What you need to know when responding to digital interviews that will help you optimize your response for the reviewer.
When responding to a digital interview the system may be using some kind of analytic assessment that looks at the content or data from your response. This can analyze not only the video response but all other submitted data including a resume, application data and any other documents provided including a cover letter.
The key elements a cognitive assessment will consider are:
- Natural language classification
- Concepts
- Personality
- Tone and cadence of delivery
- Visual and expression analysis (if this is used)
A cognitive assessment will take all of what you say and how you say it into consideration. It's not specifically looking for keywords like an ATS scanner but it may take keywords into account in the broader context while analyzing everything you have submitted and matching overall concepts that do not necessarily match verbatim. The recruiter could ask to isolate and look for specific keywords as well.
The system can take a collection of words and expressions and assess meaning.
For example, with the videoBIO Recruiter system, it uses IBM Watson as its cognitive engine for processing cognitive assessments.
IBM Watson describes natural language classifier as follows:
Watson analyzes text to extract meta-data from content such as concepts, entities, keywords, categories, sentiment, emotion, relations, semantic roles, using natural language understanding.
Cognitive assessment works best on unstructured data from responses when they are longer. This would ideally be video responses longer than 2 or 3 minutes in length. A company could also create customized scoring models based on what they are looking for. In this case they could teach the system to learn from actual employee profiles that demonstrate high performance or high potential. They can teach the system based on role descriptions, company culture profiles and other information they want to be considered in the assessment. The cognitive system analyzes all the in-house company data as it does the candidate submission and then uses the total data available to compare both sides of the equation.
When answering your questions you want to consider what you are saying and how you are saying it.
The words you use are important but the phrasing and actual delivery is also important. Here are some tips:
- Be natural and be yourself
- Do your best to avoid long pauses, ums and aahhs since you will then be considered "tentative" rather than deliberate and confident
- If responding to a situational question on leadership be sure to describe how you would handle the situation and describe your leadership style in your approach the system will take all of that into the analysis
When thinking about your responses and what you are saying remember that in addition to skills, achievements and experience, an employer could be looking for characteristics like:
- Team player
- Agreeableness
- Openness
- Reasoning and decision making approach
- Judgment
- Objectives
- Performance targets
- Thinking process e.g. analytical vs. instinct
Naturally all of these things will depend on the role and question being asked. The question could be more skills and experience focused.
This information is designed to provide you with practical information on how cognitive and predictive analytics can be used alongside digital interviewing. Not every system will use cognitive analytics as part of its digital assessment. In summary, don't let this intimate you. This is no different from any other data analysis used by systems in traditional interviewing methods and in applicant tracking systems.


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How Can You Help Yulin Rescues?
The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation has done some amazing work rescuing many of the victims of the dog meat trade overseas. But what happens to the hundreds of homeless pups after they've been saved? Another task of the foundation is to rehabilitate and find forever homes for the animals. This involves bringing them back to the U.S. Unfortunately, shipping and transferring all the pups at once isn't feasible since they are constantly saving more and more animals' lives in various parts of Asia. We are asking for your help.
If you're planning a trip to China in the near future, please consider taking a pup on your return flight back to the United States. Of course, it will not be any extra cost to you and we will make the process as simple and convenient as possible. Your destination can be any international airport in the United States. You can make a true impact in the life of a Yulin Survivor by allowing him or her to live a peaceful life with a loving family here in the States.
As the holiday season approaches us, think about the thousands of animals suffering because of this horrific festival and what you can do to help. For more information on the dog trade in Asia, please visit www.animalhopeandwellness.org.
If you're not traveling to China, there are many other ways to contribute to the cause. The temporary shelters in Asia always welcome donations along with the volunteer opportunities at the Animal Hope and Wellness facility here in Sherman Oaks, California.
For more details regarding travel/flight arrangements, please contact Valerie or Suki (China).
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Notice all the options—from Name to Product Versio n (click on the down arrow to see the rest of the list). Put a check next to the details you want displayed. For most folders I check just four details: Name, Size, Date Modified and Date Created . You can customize each folder. Notice, too, you can rearrange how the details line up on the screen by adjusting the Move Up and Move Down buttons.


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"But hey, at least we'll have this strange story to tell, love and death and blood and daddy-issues. And holy crap, I am a psychiatrist's wet dream."
Anna is a strong, saucy, certifiable insane, serial killing "ghostess with the mostess". Since her brutal death, she has killed anyone who has ever stepped into the deserted house she use to call home and was murdered in. Of course, this all changes when she spared Cas Lowood's life, even though Cas has come to town with a mission to destroy Anna. See Cas has an unusual ability, he can kill the dead.
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake was sooooo much fun! It was a wild ride but totally worth it. I could not put this book down and probably read it in less than 24 hours. I had thought that this book was going to be scary and sadly it wasn't. Yet it was so much fun that I am okay with that.
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"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting." (Job 8:21)
Fight sadness with gladness so that when you are tempted to torture your mind with sad thoughts, you will choose instead to fill it with glad memories of good things.
Yes, pain is ever-present. Emotional pain may emerge often, your physical pain may be perpetual, and financial pain could be flirting with your peace of mind. Relational pain may be assaulting you with rejection. Pain is a part of life, but do not allow pain to pin you to the mat of victimized living. Pain will try to steal your gladness and replace it with sadness. It will show up on your face as a scowl or a jutting jaw. Be glad instead, and allow the calm of Christ to caress your countenance. Slow down and let your trust in the Lord massage your mind. Trust in Christ brings you glad tidings.
This is why we worship God in place of the things of this world. Anything outside of the Lord has the potential to let you down. Money will fall short and even contribute to sadness. Children can break your heart, and your spouse will make you sad. Friends will fail you, and circumstances can crush your motivation to care. But Christ-followers have a heavenly Father who gives gladness in the middle of sadness. Abandoning yourself to the Almighty is like tilling fertile ground for a growing faith and a glad face. You cannot remain sad if you are fully abandoned.
Unconditional surrender to your Savior elicits gladness, and a triumphal spirit comes from being in Christ. Peace and contentment are first cousins and fruits of a glad attitude. Anybody can live a chronically sad life, but those who look to their Savior, Jesus, cannot help but be glad. He is the giver of all good things that satisfy. Therefore, be glad for the grace of God that gushes from heaven like a generous geyser. See gladness as a result of your resting in the presence of God and engaging with a community of Christ-followers. Allow grace to govern your thinking, because gladness grows in a heart overflowing with gratitude for God's grace and all His good gifts.
"[Bless the Lord]...who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." (Psalm 103:5)
What sad situation do you need to give over to God and become glad in Him?
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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." (John 3:16-17)
Don't miss meeting the Lord in simple faith because of the pain or problems you have encountered in this world. There is no lasting peace to be found on earth. Jesus said:
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)
Your part is to confess faith in Jesus Christ and His part is to forgive you of your sin and give you eternal life in heaven. The Bible teaches:
"...if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." (Romans 10:9-10)
Have you simply placed your faith in Jesus Christ for the salvation from the penalty of your sins? Have you made public your confession through baptism and engagement with a community of believers?
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"Jesus said to him, 'No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'" (Luke 9:62)
Is it your sense of control over the outcomes that draws you to serve where you work? You feel empowered, you are able to expand your skills and you can make a meaningful contribution in your community as a parent or an employee. Vocational fulfillment flows from a heart engaged in a mission that means something to you and to the Lord.
If Christ has placed you where you are, can you be content to serve Him wholeheartedly? The Almighty's vocational assignment carries its own sense of satisfaction. Joseph found favor because God placed him in his leadership role. In the same way use your workplace platform as a launching pad for the Lord. Your ability to support others, offer promotions and create a caring culture facilitates fulfillment for everyone. Vocational fulfillment is a faith journey that brings out the best in you and those around you. God blesses the work He assigns. Have you accepted the Lord's assignment?
"From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field." (Genesis 39:5)
What brings you fulfillment in your job? How can you help others find fulfillment in their work?
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Seasonal Sunday:
With this Seasonal Sunday, we are still on a New Year's resolution kick! We are all looking to treat our bodies better after all the holiday indulgences. Some of mine are to drink more water, exercise regularly, eat healthier, and spend more quality time unplugging with loved ones. Easy to list, but not easy to do! Instead of being overwhelmed, I am taking things one baby step at a time. Happily, some of those steps are super delightful…and this post just happens to be one of those!
1. High in Antioxidants
2. Loaded with Catechin, EGCg
3. Enhances Calm
4. Boosts Memory and Concentration
5. Increases Energy Levels and Endurance
6. Burns Calories
7. Detoxifies the Body
8. Fortifies the Immune System
9. Improves Cholesterol
10. Amazing Flavor
I absolutely adore a glass of hot matcha mixed with some almond milk and honey. It is honestly a little slice of heaven. The fact that it has so many health benefits is just a bonus (a major bonus!). If you are scratching your head as to what the heck matcha is, let me explain. Quite simply, it is the Japanese answer to green tea. As opposed to the standard brewing of the tea leaves in hot water, matcha is all the tea leaves ground into a fine powder. Essentially, you ingest the entire leaf, as opposed to drinking water that has absorbed some of it's nutrients. With that said, I am sure that it seems completely logical now that matcha holds a ton of nutritional benefits.
So, I decided to think outside of my usual cup of hot tea and explore some ideas of making this beauty into a lovely morning smoothie. After all, if it was going to help my body, why not figure out how to incorporate it into my routine in other ways. The result of my experimenting was a super tasty little treat filled with honey, bananas, ginger and (of course) matcha!
Unfortunately, I did not find pure matcha when I stopped into my local Cost Plus World Market. I know that pure matcha would have more impact, so I will try my local Asian market next. However, I did find this super yummy matcha and ginger mix. The smoothie I made is simple and crazy delicious (I had to fight my husband for a taste because as soon as he realized I was making a matcha smoothie, he whisked into the kitchen and grabbed it as soon as I was done taking pix).
Matcha and Banana Smoothie with Almond Milk
2-3 tbls matcha powder
1 knuckle of ginger
1 banana (over-ripe makes for a sweeter smoothie)
1 cup of almond milk
1 tbls honey
Directions: Put all the ingredients in a blender, and blend til smooth. Serve cold.
The result is ridiculous! I mean, I think I have a new addiction. Thank goodness it is good for me!!


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What's poppin friends? I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to GirlsGoneStrong for granting me the opportunity to contribute a bodyweight training piece to their site!
I had the inspiration to write the piece since I officially live in NYC where the brutal winter makes anyone want to skip the gym and stay at home! I designed a workout including 3 foundational Calisthenics moves that everyone should practice with progressions from Beginner to Badass! No excuses not to continue your training even while hibernating!
I'd love to hear your feedback or comments if you got the opportunity to try it out! If you have any suggestions for tutorials or other quick bodyweight workouts, give me a shout-out, ninjas!
Thanks again for all your support!
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If Felicia is going to bake Christmas cookies for the Lounge Christmas eve party, which she is, then they are going to contain booze. Enter Mom. Mom first made these bourbon balls in 1983. ("We let you kids eat them - do you think that was okay? It was only a half-cup of whiskey.")
Like all bourbon and rum ball recipes, this recipe contains Nilla Wafers. (I'd love to hear your recipes if you've ever made them from scratch.) And like all good cookie recipes, it starts with a glass of wine.Bourbon Balls
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 Tablespoons corn syrup
1/2 cup bourbon (I used Makers Mark)
2 and 1/2 cups finely crushed Nilla Wafers
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup nuts (I used pecans)
granulated sugar
1. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler. I made a makeshift double boiler out of a pan and a metal bowl.2. Remove from heat and add corn syrup and bourbon, mixing thoroughly.
3. In a separate bowl, combine vanilla wafers, confectioners sugar and nuts.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.5. Cover and let stand 3o minutes. Don't skip this step!
6. Form into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar.7. If you can stand waiting, let the balls season in the fridge for a few days before eating them.


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University of Utah T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic Medicine
The University of Utah Health Sciences T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic Medicine prepares physicians and basic scientists to be leaders in genomic medicine. Building on a strong institutional record of training in genomics, the two-year basic research track training program consists of coursework, a mentored research experience, extensive interactions with a broad community of genomic medicine researchers, and career development activities.
The coursework includes foundational training in genetics, statistics, epidemiology, data management, and clinical trial design. Two newly designed courses focus on key aspects of genomic medicine. One explores the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genomic medicine, including the challenges of communicating genomic information to research participants. The other teaches practical skills for applying computational tools for disease-gene discovery, patient genome interpretation, and big data management in research and clinical settings.
A mentored research experience in a team science environment is the heart of the training program. Each trainee will have a multidisciplinary mentoring committee, drawn from a mentor pool of 37 MD and PhD genomic medicine researchers. This highly collaborative mentor community possesses expertise in the many disciplines that underpin genomic medicine, including human genetics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, statistics, molecular diagnostics, and pharmacogenomics.
The research experiences will include structured exposure to practical applications of genomic medicine in both clinical and diagnostic laboratory settings. Trainees will benefit from several unique resources: the Utah Genome Project, an independently funded research project in which thousands of members of large Utah disease pedigrees are undergoing whole-genome sequencing; ARUP Laboratories, the University's national reference lab and a leader in developing genomics-based clinical diagnostic tests; and four UUHS hospitals committed to integrating genomic medicine to improve health care. Each of these will provide immersion opportunities in genomic medicine.
T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant in Genomic Medicine: Call for Applications Closed
Eligibility Requirements
- NIH requires that trainees be U.S. citizens, U.S. noncitizen national or a permanent resident of the U.S.
- Candidates must be within five years of completing their training for a doctoral-level degree (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD).
- Candidates must not have had prior Kirschstein-NRSA postdoctoral support.
Acknowledgement: The University of Utah Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic Medicine is supported by an institutional training grant (T32HG008962) from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institute of Health


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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sunday in the Park with George
I went to the new Mad Cow, Blackbox Theater (54 West Church Street) where Lisa (pronounced Li-za) Buck was working on a huge set painting for Sunday in the Park with George. The painting was based on the large pointillist canvas now hanging in the Chicago Institute of Art in Chicago. The painting leaves out all the figures which will have the cast stepping in to fill the roles.
Lisa used long bamboo poles to hold her paint brushes. Painting was like an act of ballet with Lisa in constant motion. She had slated two hours to paint in the water. She was using old scenic paint which was chalkier than she was used to. This meant her brush dried out quickly with each brush stroke. This kind of forced her to work in s semi-pointillist manner. Overall she takes about 22 hours to finish a piece be it this large, or small. Lisa will be doing the set design for an upcoming Mad Cow production called The Road to Mecca.
Prints are available for each sketch for $250 and many originals can be purchased for $400. White museum grade shadow box frames are $100 more. You can e-mail Thor at email@example.com
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What are the show dates and opening hours?
The Expo hall will be open on the following timesWednesday November 20, 2019 - 09:00-19:00Thursday November 21, 2019 - 09:00-17:00
Conference and Keynote program will start from 8:00 am on both days, so visitors with Full Conference and Expo + Keynote pass will have early access.
What does it cost for me to register as a visitor at the show?
Please see up to date rates and passes here.
What is included in my visitor pass? Each pass allows different levels of access to the event. Please see full details here. We advise that you arrive at least 15 minutes before conference sessions are due to begin, to ensure that you get a seat in the theatres.
What is included in my visitor pass?
How do I pre-register for workshops with limited space?
There is an option to indicate your interest for each workshop when registering for Infosecurity ISACA North America 2019, you will receive an email closer to the time of the event with further joining instructions.
Will I be able to print off my visitor badge at the venue?
We have PC screen terminals for you to print off your badge at the venue. You will need to enter in your registration code or details and our system will be able to recognize these details if you pre-registered with us.
Can I bring my child with me to Infosecurity ISACA North America 2019?
Unfortunately, we do not allow any children in the exhibition halls under the age of 18.
Will there be Wi-Fi inside the exhibition halls?
The exhibition hall is Wi-Fi enabled but due to the high volume of people the connection is not always reliable.
How do I navigate my way around the exhibition?
The Infosecurity ISACA North America show guide will have a floorplan. This will be available to pick up onsite and on our website during the event.
How do I access My Event?
Once they My Event portal is active you will receive log in details. Go to the website homepage and click on 'login' in the top right hand corner and then enter your login details. If you have not received these details then click on 'activate your account/reset password' and these details will be sent to you in an email.
Are there any group discount available?
ISACA offers discounts to organizations sending 4 or more employees to a single conference. Group registrations must be processed in a single registration transaction. Please contact the ISACA Conference department for more details at +1.847.660.5505 or www.support.isaca.org; cannot be combined with any other registration discount offerings.
Do government employees receive discount?
ISACA offers a $350 conference registration discount to government employees. Please contact the ISACA Conference department for more details and eligibility verification at +1.847.660.5505 or www.support.isaca.org; cannot be combined with any other registration discount offerings.
Are there any academic and student discount available
ISACA offers a $350 discount to academic institution employees and students. Please note that you must be an ISACA Student member in order to receive the student discount; additional membership and qualification details can be found here. For additional registration details and eligibility verification, please contact ISACA's Conference Department at +1.847.660.5505 or www.support.isaca.org; cannot be combined with any other registration discount offerings.
Will there be volunteer opportunities at Infosecurity ISACA North America?
We will have limited volunteer opportunities at this inaugural event. We rely upon the support of volunteers to facilitate smooth conference operations and an incredible attendee experience. We are currently building out the positions and will post the opportunities to the website in June. Volunteers receive a discount on conference registration in exchange for at least one shift. Those who do not sign into their shift will be charged the regular conference rate.
What time can I enter the exhibition hall on the show opening days?
Exhibitors will be able to enter the halls from 08:00 - 19:00 on show days.
How do I access the Exhibitor Portal?
Go to the website homepage and click on 'login' in the top right hand corner and then enter your login details. If you have not received these details then click on 'activate your account/reset password' and these details will be sent to you in an email.
When will the Exhibitor Manual go live and how can I access it?
The online manual that contains important deadline dates will ONLY be available to main stand holders who have signed and returned their contract. The manual is in the Exhibitor Portal and it is very important that you grant access to the individual(s) responsible for managing your participation. Your unique access details can only be issued to agents and/or contractors on receipt of written authority from you.
How do I register my sharers?
As Reed Exhibitions and Infosecurity ISACA North America only have a contractual relationship with main stand holders, the sharer fee will from now on be charged to main stand holder companies - not sharing companies. Sharers wishing to pay for their own registration fee should make payment arrangements directly with the main stand holder. The main stand holder will be able to register each sharer via the Exhibitor Portal after having informed the Infosecurity team of the exact number of sharers required.
How do I book a meeting room at the show?
Please contact your local Sales Manager via our Contact Us page.
Is there Wi-Fi inside the hall?
Yes, but it is highly recommended that you order a hard-wire internet connection for your stand via the Exhibitor Manual, as the Wi-Fi is public and only strong enough to send and receive emails.
Is there a cloakroom at the show where I can leave my bag?
Yes, we will be providing a cloakroom at the show for you to store your belongings and this will be located near the main entrance.
I have a question about my exhibitor badge, who do I contact?
Please contact our customer services team who will be able to assist you with this.
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SUB-standard coverage, simulated sex, bad language and gross innuendo yesterday had Channel Ten's inaugural coverage of the New Year party being labelled the worst ever.
Viewers yesterday inundated Sydney radio stations with complaints after the family-style show, screened by the Nine Network in previous years, was replaced with one pitched at a younger demographic.
But the audience Ten was aiming for was anywhere but in front of a TV.
"They just treated the punters with utter contempt," caller Tony told 2GB.
The harshest criticism was reserved for the antics of Channel 9 star Bert Newton's son Matthew, who appeared on the John Foreman Show, aired between the 9pm and midnight fireworks.
Callers to 2GB yesterday said the noted party animal simulated oral sex with Foreman while the two sat at a piano.
Many claimed he also appeared to be affected by alcohol.
His antics follow former Ten Video Hits presenter Axle Whitehead exposing himself during the ARIA awards. He left the company soon afterwards.
Caller David, from Padstow, said Newton pretended to play the piano with his penis.
He said he rang to complain because Ten had given no indication of what was coming.
The Daily Telegraph understands the John Foreman Show was recorded several days ago, giving the broadcaster the opportunity to warn viewers about the content.
Radio station 2GB averaged more than 10 complaints an hour.
Caller Sally was critical of a promo for a new musical based on the film Priscilla – Queen of the Desert, screened at 9.25pm.
"It was just straight out sexual . . . men dressed as women with great big boobs and whatever," she said.
During the promo, the characters said: "Get your tits off my feet" and "Go poofters".
A Ten spokeswoman said: "Last night nearly 1.5 million people watched a fresh and innovative approach to Sydney's New Year's Eve celebration on television. Material broadcast was within classification guidelines and deemed suitable for the timeslot."
A spokeswoman for Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore last night distanced the city from the broadcast.
"Channel 10 is responsible for the talent on the broadcast and ultimately it is their call on who is on the broadcast and the City of Sydney had no involvement in suggesting which talent appears," she said.