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In North Alabama High School Swim League action Thursday night, Scottsboro took the boys and Huntsville won the girls in a SportsMed Double Dual Swim Meet at the Alabama A&M Swim Complex. In this meet, 11 boys and 7 girls made their State Qualifying Times for the AHSAA Championship Meet in early December.
In boys action, Scottsboro upset Huntsville 49-44 and beat Madison County High School 79-1. Huntsville boys topped the MCHS boys 82-3. Scottsboro's Kyle Vosen won the 100 Free and 200 Individual Medley, while Scottsboro teammates Alex Herbst (500 Free), Jacob Megehee (100 Back), and Zach Reichle (100 Breast) each won their event. For Hunstville, brothers Austin Smith (200 Free) and John Smith (100 Fly) each won their events.
In girls action, Huntsville beat Scottsboro 65-28 and Madison County High School 79-7. Scottsboro girls topped the MCHS girls 80-6. Huntsville was led by Ragan Weakley's wins in the 50 Free and 100 Free, while teammate Ryan Barlow won the 100 Fly and 500 Free. Huntsville's Faith Tiller won the 100 Back, and teammate Madeline Garding won the 100 Breast. For Scottsboro, Hannah Altonji won the 200 Individual Medley, while her teammate Kate Coleman won the 200 Free.


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In the beginning I honestly just feared it. I had some weird deep-rooted fear that if utter chaos was ever to break out in my classroom - it would probably be during a clay lesson. Clay does has the potential to be a really messy material with your kids - but if you know how to handle things... you're golden.
Kids LOVE clay!
1. They get to build something with their hands.
2. Art class is probably the only time they ever get to use it.
3. They treasure their finished piece of artwork. It doesn't get crumpled up in the bottom of their bookbag because they're too busy admiring it and showing it off to their friends!
Clay is also a GREAT motivational tool for misbehaving classes.
"If we can't listen and follow directions then I don't think we're ready to work with CLAY."
**instant silence**
I wish there was a class in college where they taught us how to manage certain materials in your classroom. Wouldn't that have been useful!?
Either way.. this post is dedicated to all those student teachers and first-year teachers - hopefully the things that I've learned over the years will help you out! :)
this PowerPoint before we started working with clay. It's a super brief intro to clay and the 4 basic techniques used (pinch, coil, slab, and wheel). The last slide (The Journey of Clay) helps to explain to students why it takes a while to get their clay projects back. **The images used for this PowerPoint were all just pulled from google searches.
Clay tips you might find useful:
|At this point I can easily measure out amounts of clay for certain projects in my fist.
|I bought mine at Lowes.
Once I prep my clay I store it in a plastic container. This year I even found a large Ziplock container which has helped to keep my clay super fresh!
6. When firing in the kiln, be sure to write down (I do it on an index card) which class is on which shelf. You'd be surprised how quickly things can get mixed up when you have several classes doing clay at the same time!


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The Predators continue their "best of 19″ series when they face off against the Los Angeles Kings in game 3 of their current 5 game homestand and the first game of a 4 game workweek in one of the toughest weeks of the Predators season
Looking at the Kings: The Kings are currently in the midst of a 3 game winning streak, all 3 of these on the road on a current 4 game road trip. Los Angeles comes in to try to finish their 4 game road trip a perfect 4-0-0. With all 3 previous games being 1 goal victories, including Sunday's thriller against Dallas where the Kings scored in the last 30 seconds after immediately giving up the tying goal 20 seconds earlier, Los Angeles knows how to win the close ones, going 11-0-4 in their past 15 one goal games. Another thing to look at is their special teams. LA is converting at 27% on this road trip (1 goal a game and 11 total chances) and has killed off EVERY penalty they've faced (8 total times shorthanded).
Looking at the Predators: A winning streak, something the Predators haven't seen since early January, however now is the perfect time for Nashville to get it. One point out of the top 8 in the Western Conference and at least one game in hand over all the top 8 teams except Dallas and Los Angeles, the Predators have the opportunity to make their way into the playoffs for the 6th time in 7 seasons. However, what stands in their way is a Los Angeles opponent that knows how to beat the Predators. Nashville is currently 1-2-0 against LA this year, losing by a total combined score of 10-2 and winning the last meeting 5-2…however, you all know I am a superstitious man, so let's check out the SUPERSTITIOUS STAT OF THE DAY:
The Predators have lost one at home to LA and one on the road to LA
The Predators have won one on the road against LA
Leaving just ONE outcome in my opinion…
For the Kings to win: Use your special teams to dominate the game and keep the Predators off the board in the first 10 minutes of the game. The Predators may not score if they get a powerplay, but they have been converting IMMEDIATELY afterwards over the past 2 games, so if Los Angeles wants to win, they'll need to kill off any powerplay the Predators have and then kill off the next 60-90 seconds afterwards. Past that? Johnathan Bernier needs to play like he did in the first two meetings this season and treat Nashville like just another day at the office.
For the Predators to win: Come out strong, come out flying, and score in the first 5 minutes. Getting that first goal of the game can be OH SO crucial to this team. It gets them the momentum they need to at least lean on for 1-2 periods. This team can be lazy, it's shows at times, and having a 1-2 goal cushion can help them out. The Predators need to keep their Penalty Kill rolling and they need to keep their Post-Powerplay scoring alive as well. And if Pekka Rinne acts all Vezina/Hart-like as we know he can? It'll be hard for Los Angeles to leave with 2, let alone 1, point. However, Nashville can't leave Pekka out to dry. The Predators know what 2 points will do here, it's just a matter of getting it done.
Prediction: Superstition rules in my life and I think it will no doubtedly show it's head one more time. The Predators are going to get a goal early in this one, but it's going to be a tough stretch. I don't know if they'll meet the magic 3 goals, but I think they'll win this one on an empty netter. 2-0 Predators final
Playoff Outlook: 80 points, Currently, 9th place – 1 points out of 8th and 2 points out of 6th
Best of 19 Record: 3-1-2
March Record: 3-1-2
What SportsClubStats Says?: Predators need 99+ points to secure a playoff spot. They are currently 19 points out of a possible 26 points behind that
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In the early part of the 1900s, there was an awkward, slender man in New England who dreamt of monsters. H. P. Lovecraft shared the ageless creatures birthed by his imagination with a world he often saw as uncaring, ambivalent, or downright disturbing. Though largely uncelebrated in his lifetime, his influence can now be seen throughout modern popular culture.
From film and TV to tattoos and board games, you'll find tentacled beasts rising from the sea and protagonists faced with forces of evil they could never comprehend, let alone defeat. But as Lovecraft's contributions to literature continue to pervade new works, he remains a topic of great debate, never seeming to fit any prescribed mold that we may apply to him. In a new book author and College of Charleston professor W. Scott Poole examines not only Lovecraft's life and works, but also the growing cultural impact that the late writer has on today's artists. Recently named by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "55 Books to Read this Fall," In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft is set for release on Sept. 13. Weaving together elements of biography, cultural history, and literary criticism, Poole's newest work is as difficult to pin down as its subject.
"I did not want to write another Lovecraft biography. There is, as I mentioned in the book, already a 1,200-page two-volume biography of Lovecraft and then there are three or four other short biographies in the traditional sense of 'this thing happened to this person and then this thing happened,'" says Poole. "I absolutely wanted to tell his story because one of the things that makes him so interesting is that there's maybe as much interest in him as in his stories. But at the same time, the world didn't need another traditional biography."
If Poole was to write about Lovecraft, he needed to expand beyond the scope of the usual biography, and look at what his works mean now. Part of the reason why Poole's examination of Lovecraft gets as personal as it does is the result of him trying to better understand an author who has fascinated him for the past 20 years. But in many ways, Lovecraft remains an enigma. While discussing the complexities of Lovecraft's personal philosophies, Poole is quick to acknowledge the uglier side of the late author. Refusing to apologize for Lovecraft's faults and shortcomings, Poole paints him warts and all, providing his audience with an honest portrayal of a complicated man.
"Throughout his whole life, from the time that he was writing anything, his juvenalia that he was writing when he was a teenager, he essentially always displayed the ugliest version of racism that you could display. A misconception about Lovecraft — as is often said about people who we want to admire — is that in his final years he let that go. I found no evidence at all that he let that go," says Poole. "He generally saw race as the way to understand history. That was sort of his guiding principle for understanding history, and history was really important to him. The notion that there had been races that had risen and races that had fallen and races that had attained a certain level of sophistication and races that had degenerated was always part of him."
But despite Lovecraft's bigotry and what Poole describes as the "flexibility of his sexuality," the author was for a time married to Sonia Greene, a Jewish woman of Ukranian descent and exactly the sort of person he railed against. In this way, Poole says Lovecraft is a man who didn't completely understand himself. Race was almost a sort of phobia for Lovecraft — one in a long list of anxieties that colored his understanding of an uncaring universe.
"He called his world view 'cosmic indifference,' by which he essentially meant that his view was that whatever human strivings are, whatever human beings love, whatever they hate, whatever they fear, ultimately the universe doesn't care," says Poole. "And this is actually, I think, the key to understanding why Lovecraft is so important to modern horror because he was the first person to take horror to the darkest place that it could possibly go."
Stories of heroes triumphing against all odds, vanquishing monstrous threats, and saving the day — these tales never seemed to make sense to Lovecraft. His brand of nihilism has become much more common in popular culture over recent decades, seeping in at the fringes and affecting independent horror films before gaining widespread influence. Now, it's much more common to find our heroes fail. What we've always known to be true in real life is better reflected in our art: The good guys don't always win, and happy endings are no guarantee. But what Poole has realized is that there exists a large number of Lovecraft fans who don't realize that they're Lovecraft fans. They've been captivated by his themes, imagery, and are perhaps familiar with his name, but have never read his works.
In modern popular culture, we subsist on a type of cultural soup in which artists combine their own personal influences to create something new. According to Poole, it's a situation where fans develop a taste for Lovecraft through other, more modern works, before they learn that he was a key ingredient in their creation.
"It's definitely a Lovecraft renaissance, although one that's been building for a long time, and it's one that was built in a strange way because there are so many — not just my students or twenty-somethings, or thirty-somethings, but even my generation, Generation X — who kind of came to Lovecraft backwards," says Poole. "And then you read the stories, and finally, you're like, 'Oh wait, I recognize this.' And it seems like that's what is happening and that's exciting for me as somebody who loves books. That's an exciting thing."


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Tweeting to the end: Peaches Geldof, Amy Winehouse and Alexander McQueen share final words
TRAGIC Peaches Geldof's last tweet was a snap of her with mother Paula Yates saying "Me and my mum".
She had also posted an image of singer Elliott Smith with the words "my kindred spirit".
Smith is thought to have killed himself aged 34 in 2003, by stabbing himself.
Twitter accounts often live on long after a star's death with fans speculating on the meaning of last messages.
Singer Amy Winehouse's last tweet before her death in 2011 aged 27 read: "oinka oikna oinka why you awake."
The Twitter account of Reeva Steenkamp, girlfriend of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, 27 – on trial for her murder – is still on the web. Her final tweets on the day before she died aged 29 on Valentine's Day 2013 include: "What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow #get excited."
Fast And Furious star Paul Walker, 40, died in a crash last November.
"From heaven to hell and back again, life is a funny thing. beauty can come from the most strangest of places"Alexander McQueen
He referred to his new film, saying: "The boys are back, will you be ready?"
One last tweet that has become iconic is New York rap legend Heavy D's. It read "BE INSPIRED." Heavy D died aged 44 in 2011.
Singer Andy Williams, who died aged 84 in 2012 posted simply: "Sigh."
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, who died aged aged 62 in 2012, was still dedicated to his craft, tweeting: "My new album The Titanic Requiem is in stores in UK today."
Designer Alexander McQueen, who killed himself aged 40 in 2010, showed no sign of his state of mind when he tweeted: "Here with my girl annie tinkerbell wishing kerry the s***, happy birthday."
But earlier he posted: "From heaven to hell and back again, life is a funny thing. beauty can come from the most strangest of places."
Glee star Cory Monteith was enjoying life before an accidental overdose last July aged 31.
He referred to a 2013 B movie called Sharknado. asking: "What the c*** is a Sharknado?" Then: Oh. IT'S A SHARK TORNADO."


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Ransley Coffee Company Limited previously known as Esco Kenya Limited has been operating in the Coffee Business since 1932. During this long period of trade in the coffee market , we have managed to acquire the best experience, knowledge and management skills to supply the best quality of Kenya's Specialtity coffees to the Worlds market.
We have a well equipped laboratory for coffee analysis. The coffees are ready for export to various clients in the coffee world. Our staff are multitasked in quality control to make sure we always supply the best coffee qualities. The stock we have in place in our warehouse is from the following grades; AA GRADE, AB GRADE, PB GRADE, TT GRADE, T GRADE, AND C GRADE.
We export our coffee to various countries according to the regulations of the importing countries and we always make sure our coffee attains the international coffee organisation standards and quality control and assurance, in conformity with the set health standards of coffee consumption. These coffees are produced from various parts of Kenya from Mt. Kenya region to Central region, Western region, Nairobi region, Nyanza, Eastern region and some partsof the Coast Province. We buy coffee from the Nairobi Coffee Exchange which comprises of various Marketing agents.


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Hooking up an FM antenna? Answered
I recently got a new power amplifier/tuner from my dad's buddy.
On the back, where you hook up the antennas, there are 4 terminals: 2 for FM and 2 For AM.
One on the AM side is for the antenna, and the other is ground.
This make sense to me, because an AM loop antenna has two wires which need to be hooked up.
On the FM side though, it also has a terminal for ground... From what I understand, FM antennas are composed of a single "wire", like those coming out of radios or the ones on cars.
What's the ground on the FM side for?


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Pittsburgh-based Deeplocal sealed its reputation as an innovation specialist in 2015, particularly with its outstanding work for Netflix.
Based on the insight that people's love of watching Netflix leads to devoted rituals, it developed the "MakeIt" campaign, which comprised a series of working gadgets that address what people really want out of a custom watching experience. The first project came in the form of The Netflix Switch, a hack that turns on your TV & brings you right to Netflix, dims the lights, silences your phone, and even orders your favorite food with just one button. It was important that the gadget be real and that fans could build their own, so DIY instructions on MakeIt.Netflix.com served as a guide. Fans were encouraged to suggest further products, and in December Deeplocal developed an ingenious pair of socks that pauses your show if you fall asleep.
Work for Google similarly helped bring a digital brand into the physical world. The Google Pay With a Photo Truck highlighted the search functionality of Google Photos by asking people to find a specific photo on their phone in 20 seconds and rewarding them with free food if they could. The truck toured New York, L.A., Portland and Austin; thousands participated and the campaign gained over 25M social media impressions.
For Halloween, Deeplocal "planted" a pumpkin patch for Google in Times Square, allowing visitors to pose with pumpkins and see their photos displayed on an electronic billboard while some were randomly selected to their photos carved into gourds.
Meanwhile to promote the first Google Retail "shop-in-shop" in London, the agency developed the "Doodle Wall," based on Google's daily "Doodle for its homepage logo. Store guests could use a physical spray can to paint on a digital wall, primed with Google's logo. When their Doodle was finished, they could generate an animated GIF.


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So I am currently studying abroad in Rome, Italy. Obviously there to learn some recipes and such for this website 😉 But actually, I am. So I will not be posting on here most likely for a few months, but there are plenty of food pics and things about Rome (plus basically my honest thoughts which I guess I do not care who reads or hears or judges since I am just laying myself out here on the open internet) in my study abroad website:
Alrighty then, A Dopo-


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AT&T accuses FCC for Sprint, T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling favoristism2015-10-05 02:12 by Daniela
Tags: AT&T, FCC, T-Mobile
AT&T has recently complained to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler about its inability to launch the service "Wi-Fi calling", due to regulation obstacles. The company is accusing competitors of launching the same feature without legitimate approval from the government agency.
Wi-Fi calling makes it possible to make and receive phone calls and to send and receive text messages via a Wi-Fi network, instead of using the traditional mobile network. It mainly benefits those in poor signal areas or budget-conscious users, since it essentially allows them to make calls for free.
Rival companies Sprint and T-Mobile have already started offering WiFi calling even though the FCC hadn't granted a support waiver for teletypewriter communications, also known as TTY - which are typically required for providing accessibility services.
According to AT&T, there seems to be a double standard when it comes to enforcing agency rules.
"There is growing concern at AT&T that there is an asymmetry in the application of federal regulations to AT&T on the one hand and its marketplace competitors on the other hand," Jim Cicconi, head of legislative affairs for AT&T, wrote in a letter to Wheeler. "This situation simply adds fuel to the fire."
"T-Mobile and Sprint were already advertising and providing Wi-Fi calling services without having sought or obtained a waiver of the Commission's TTY rules," he added. "From a business perspective, therefore, we were faced with a Hobson's choice: enter the market without a waiver, as our competitors had done, or approach the Commission with a technology solution that would provide an alternative to TTY technology for IP-based Wi-Fi calls and request a temporary waiver of the Commission's TTY requirements until that technology could be implemented."
The FCC hasn't commented the issue yet.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's finance minister says he is "close to" completing marathon negotiations with the debt-mired country's bailout creditors.
But Yannis Stournaras says he doesn't know whether an agreement, following six months of on-and-off talks, will emerge in a meeting Monday, a day before the debt inspectors were due to end their visit to Greece.
Greece has survived on international bailouts since it nearly went bankrupt in mid-2010. Payments depend on its compliance with demanded spending cuts and tax increases and pushing on with wide-ranging reforms.
The latest talks with representatives from Greece's European partners, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund have dragged since September. The main sticking points include public sector layoffs and pressing ahead with policies to make it easier to sack people in the private sector.


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Google AdWords can be a great source for generating targeted traffic to a site in order to generate sales or leads from visitors. You can target users in its Search, Display and Video networks which essentially guarantees you'll reach people.
The trouble is, if you don't set your campaigns up properly then these campaigns will waste your money with very limited return. In this post I'll focus on the Google AdWords Search Network, the most common mistakes made in it and how you can avoid them and get better results.
There are many ways in which you can inadvertently waste your account's budget, miss click opportunities and increase your Cost Per Click. Below are a few of them; there are more but these are the top ones we've found when we initially appraise any prospective new client's current AdWords account.
Issue: Not Researching Keywords Properly
Within the Google AdWords Search Network, doing your keyword research is absolutely essential. If you aren't targeting the most relevant terms to what your customers are searching for as well as the products and services you offer your account won't perform well. We've seen furniture companies who are very bespoke and offer a Pine 4 Poster Bed but only target the term 'Bed.' Sure, it brought them some traffic to the site, but because it wasn't relevant to what they offered they sold nothing.
Fix: There are loads of good tools out there to research keywords such as the Google AdWords Keyword Tool, WordStream and SEMrush for example (with SEMrush you can even look at what your competitors are targeting). You need to be looking at your products and services, determining a base list of what you think are relevant terms and then using these tools to understand what variations of them people are using when they search.
Making use of your own sites search reporting in Google Analytics as well as using Google Search Console will also give you an idea of what is most relevant to you and your customers.
Issue: Only Using Broad Match Terms
This one we see a lot, ad groups with only Broad Match keywords in them. It's likely that we see it as often as we do because it's the default match type that AdWords sets a keyword in unless otherwise directed. What this means is that your broad keywords would serve your ads; to anyone searching for your search phrase in any order, Synonyms of your keywords and any other relevant variations of the search term.
It has its positive side however, if you are able to monitor your account closely to minimize wasted spend having Broad Match terms can help you to discover new variations of a term that the tools didn't show.
Unfortunately, as its name suggests, it is broadly matching your desired terms which can mean that your ads serve for much less relevant searches. This would then potentially cost money if you receive an irrelevant click or lower your click through rates because the user doesn't click your ad at all.
Fix: As mentioned, if you have the time or have hired a decent AdWords Specialist then there is no reason not to include some Broad Match terms in your account. If you are limited on budget or are trying to drive highly targeted sales or leads, it's often less risky to target using Phrase, Exact Match keywords or if you know your stuff, Modified Broad Match. It's also much more transparent when it comes to measuring success.
Issue: Not Using Negative Keywords
Again this one is most likely due to the fact that the current AdWords web platform doesn't make it clear that you even need negative keywords, meaning there are a lot of accounts out there not using them.
Essentially a negative keyword acts in the same way as a keyword you target but in the opposite way. For example if I targeted 'Free' as a Broad Match negative then it would prevent any ads showing if I'm not offering something for free. Simplified, if a user searches for 'Free Red Hats' then my ad targeting Red Hats would not show to them.
Fix: In a similar way to regular keyword research you must ensure you research your negatives. This will prevent wasted money on clicks for irrelevant terms and help to improve the account health overall. There is a great list here to look through but be careful how you add them. If you inadvertently negatively target a term that you want your Ads to show for you'll be blocking them from the user.
Issue: Not Considering Mobile
It feels like everyone is going on and on about mobile these days in both SEO and PPC as well as UX and CRO (pretty much all the digital marketing acronyms!). Well that's kind of because day by day, month by month, mobile users are growing.
Mobile users search and engage differently than they do on a Desktop or Tablet and because of this you need to consider a mobile audience when you create your campaigns. This covers ad copy all the way through to extensions and even some targeted keywords.
Fix: There are a number of ways you can ensure your campaigns are also suited for mobile such as:
- Mobile-Specific Ads – These would be shorter in content, only show the domain as the display URL and are clear in what you want the user to do (buy or signup for example)
- Click To Call Extensions – Ensuring your ads have a click to call extension included can help to drive engagement in the ads by offering an alternative to clicking through and navigating the site.
- Mobile Bid Modifiers – (I'll go into more detail further in the article.) If you know that your site has more mobile traffic or a better (or worse) conversion rate on a mobile then setting bid % modifiers can add or remove budget for mobile searches. This will mean that ads will show more or less frequently to the user depending on the modifier.
- Short Tail Keywords – Mobile searches are often shorter and use fewer words. Consider targeting some shorter tail terms to mobile users.
Issue: Generic or Poorly Implemented Dynamic Ads
I'm still quite often shocked at this one.
Generic Ads – Some accounts that we've looked at only have one generic version of an ad set up across all ad groups. This means that no matter what keyword targeted or search term used your user only sees the one ad version. It's not tailored to their query and is unlikely to get the click. This lowers the CTR and works to increase CPCs as well as get you less traffic and conversions.
Dynamic Ads – If done correctly, dynamic keyword insertion (DKI) Ads can work beautifully to appear super tailored to a users query. Unfortunately, as we, and many others have seen I suspect, it's easy to get it wrong. Poorly implemented Dynamic Keyword Insertion can be the killer of clicks for your campaign. Harming the campaign in the same way as Generic Ads with one added bonus; If it looks stupid or unprofessional it could harm your brand. There's a great post about it here.
Generic Ads – Ensure that each one of your ad groups has ads tailored to the keywords in it. If there are multiple keywords in an ad group then ensure that they are thematically tailored.
Dynamic Ads – Simply put, only implement this if you understand them and know DKI best practice.
Bonus – You should always have at least two variations of an ad in each ad group. This allows you to split test and improve CTR based on better performing ads.
Whichever way you chose to have your ads, ensure that they are relevant, contain a good, clear CTA and where possible a USP to differentiate you from the competition.
Issue: No Tracking Set Up
How can you run an effective Adwords account if you don't know how it is performing? How can you make optimisation decisions without all the available information? You can't!
Google AdWords allows you to link your account to a Google Analytics Profile and a Search Console verified website. This then allows the account to collect much more data that can be used to decide which terms are performing well and which are in need of some attention (or pausing). AdWords may show a Keyword has a great CTR but when you look deeper, say in Google Analytics, you can see that term doesn't convert well or has a high Bounce Rate. That kind of information can really help you effectively optimise your account.
Fix: To link your accounts you need to go into the Google AdWords settings, linked accounts and pick the appropriate Analytics and Search Console profiles. You then also need to link AdWords to Analytics and its admin area too. Just pick the correct profiles to link and you'll have Adwords data in Analytics and visa versa. Using Google's Search Console linked to Adwords allows you to produce a 'Paid & Organic Report' which can be pretty useful to understand the two traffic sources and what they mean to your site.
Issue: Too Many Keywords In an Ad Group
At the fundamental level, in order to effectively target an ad to a user's query, you need to make sure that your ad groups are set up right. Having a lot of similar keyword in an ad group may sound logical, the ad group is thematically relevant that way. The trouble is, having too many in an ad group can make it harder and less likely that the ad in that ad group to match the users query. This will lower the CTR and harm the health of the campaign.
Fix: Have single, or at least 2 to 3, keyword ad groups. This then means you can tightly control the ad copy the user see's and make it super relevant to the query they made. It will boost your CTR which will in turn help to lower your CPCs for the target terms and hopefully get more conversions, if everything else is correct that is.
Issue: Not Considering Ad Scheduling
There are lots of reasons to set up Ad Scheduling on your campaigns that will help to improve their performance. Often we see campaigns that are set live for all hours of the day and all days of the week. This can constrain the account and limit its potential. There are some good reasons to set up scheduling such as:
- Business Hours – If your business cannot serve your customers during specific periods or you know very few people will be awake and searching at 3 a.m., then there is no need to have the account live at that time.
- Limited Budgets – If your account budget its limited then it would make sense to reduce the time that it is live for each day to only the prime search or buying times of the day for your business. This will reduce the amount of time that your budget is spread over.
- International Campaigns – You may need your campaigns to be live in different countries at different times of the day or night depending on how you serve your customers.
Not considering setting up Ad Scheduling can add limitations to your account or waste budget on clicks that are much less likely to convert.
Fix: Make use of Google Analytics and AdWords data available to segment by the time of the day and or the day of the week to determine the best times to have your campaigns live. If certain product or service performs best at a completely different time or day it may be appropriate to migrate that ad group into its own Campaign and set up specific scheduling for it.
Issue: Incorrect Use Of Bid Modifiers
Bid Modifiers can be a great way of directing a little more budget into your campaign based on pre-set rules. You can add manually Bid Modifiers based on the following;
- Time of the day
- Day of the week
- Device type
- User Locations
You can also set automatic bid modifiers up that add to your CPC to push ads to the top of the page based on the data AdWords has (for example).
The issue arises when you mix too many modifiers that are running at the same time. For example You have user location and mobile device bid modifiers in place at +10% each. When a user from your modifier set location searches using a mobile device you can be, in effect, doubling up on the % of CPC added to the bid for that term. That can end up costing you more money unnecessarily.
Fix: Plan ahead when using these Bid Modifiers and double check with a few mock scenarios how they may affect your account budget. Google has a fairly simple and concise guide here that might help.
Issue: Missing Opportunities By Not Using Ad Extensions
Ad extensions are ways that you can add more to your ads without paying more. They are known to improve CTRs as well as help improve conversions. Many accounts simply don't use them or don't use them to the best advantage possible.
There are so many different ad extensions to use (here's a list with what they do) that you'd be mad not to make use of them. You can offer alternative landing pages to users offer additional USPs as well as integrate reviews too. You can also set whether they appear on mobile only or across all devices.
Free additional ad real estate that improves your CTR! What's not to like?
Fix: Review your targeted ads, what your priorities are and where you think you can use ad extensions to stand out against the competition. Take some time to look at what extensions they use and how you can improve on them. You'd be mad not to!
There are plenty more mistakes that can be made such as:
- Misspellings – Can be a good or bad thing depending on what the misspelling is or appears to look like.
- Redirected Landing Pages – Can cause higher Bounce Rates and break click tracking.
- Broken Landing Pages – Fairly obviously, this damages the user experience and conversions, too.
- Automatic Bidding – Can be dangerous if not set up intelligently and monitored.
- Bad or No Location Targeting – Can accidentally waste money on clicks in India for your hair salon in London, for example.
- Not Bidding On Brand Name – Check it out, for some industries and brands you'll see the competition are bidding for your name!
- Not Monitoring Competitors – Use Google Adwords Auction Insights and SEMrush Advertising Research to keep ahead of the curve.
There are so many and I can't list them all, but it all boils down to a few main things really: plan your campaigns, research their structures and targeting, scrutinize your account and keep monitoring and optimizing it.
If you have any big mistakes that you've come across and want to share them please add them in the comments below.


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It was only with the greatest reluctance that the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists decided to strike in May, knowing the negative impact it would have on our members and our colleagues in the production community.
We were frankly bewildered that the advertising industry -- in one of the best economic years in advertising history -- insisted that SAG and AFTRA agree to scrap the central element of our bargaining agreement, payment per play. This has been the most important component in our commercials contract for some four decades.
In addition, we struggled to understand why the ad industry depicted actors as greedy and overpaid. While celebrities may earn well-deserved fees for their endorsements, the overwhelming majority of SAG and AFTRA members struggle to make a living. To claim that actors are selfish to seek a proportionate share of the advertising dollar commensurate with their contribution to the finished product is unfair.
Why shouldn't performers who so expertly sell the products and services that have created the best year in advertising history equitably share in the wealth their performances in radio and TV commercials have helped to create?
It takes the efforts of a large team of specialists to produce commercials, so why were actors -- the part of the creative team that brings all other elements in the commercial to life -- basically told through the proposals brought to the table by the ad industry that the ad industry wanted to cut our pay and cut us out of the future of advertising by refusing to grant SAG and AFTRA jurisdiction over commercials to be made exclusively for the Internet?
That's a question we still don't fully understand, and the hard feelings created by its implications will be something our memberships will no doubt carry with them for some time to come.
As creative types, we have always looked forward to working in partnership with everyone involved in the large team necessary to produce the best and most effective commercials in the world. That's the "show" part of the phrase "show business."
As workers, we simply were out to protect our earnings and our livelihood, a "business" decision that anyone with a life and family should understand.
The fundamental lesson to be learned is that regardless of how deep the perceived labor/management divide, negotiations are called talks for a reason. SAG and AFTRA were not allowed to even discuss several key issues at the table -- summary rejection without consideration. This is not negotiating.
Both sides must continue to communicate in meaningful, illustrative ways to explore solutions to complex economic questions. Level heads and open minds should prevail so that labor peace can be preserved and our collective futures can be protected; otherwise things break down. We now know what it looks like when things break down and it's not a pretty picture.
Believe it or not, actors closely follow the ad industry and are aware of the developments that occur in the advertising/marketing mix. In the last year, earnings to SAG and AFTRA members under the commercials contract were about $725 million. A small group of major advertisers spent far more than that amount -- some $900 million -- just on sponsorships for the recent Olympic Games in Sydney.
So in the total amount of money advertisers have to spend on image and sales, there is obviously more than enough money to pay actors an equitable share for their performances in radio and TV commercials.
All it may take is willingness to readjust and rethink total advertising/marketing budgets. Putting just 5% of the money allocated for Olympic sponsorship toward paying actors in commercials might have made a strike unnecessary.
Mr. Amorde, a commercial actor based in Los Angeles, is chair of the joint national strike committee of SAG and AFTRA, and is a national board member of SAG.


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Keshini Hair Gallery
These pics will show you just how versatile our silky straight hair is. This is beautiful straight hair with a hint of natural body wave.
It can be waved and curled up with low heat, it's truly the most wonderful straight Indian hair extensions that will last through multiple installs


text: PCG:Those with prior tycoon experience may find the simplistic supply chains, limited upgrade opportunities, and lack of ledgers disappointing. Gazing down on the atmospheric maps with their beetling streetcars and cruising jalopies, it's sad to think that individual Omertians can't be selected, mind-read, or caught in crossfire. This isn't a game for avid anthill watchers.


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Solving Customer Challenges
Dynamic Conveyor recently introduced a new line of conveyors to the food processing industry. The DynaClean conveyors are custom designed and easy to disassemble for quick and thorough cleaning. Processors of snacks, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, bakery and prepared foods are reducing their cost of ownership with DynaClean conveyors. Learn what just a few of these customers have to say.


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Recently we learned the details of how the "Six Strikes" punishments will work. For those who don't already know, the production studios made a deal with your ISP to notify — and then punish — you if you're caught using BitTorrent to (illegally) share movies online. Your ISP doesn't really care about this, but they likely made this deal so they can maintain safe harbor and say they're not at all complicit in your nefarious file-sharing actions. And it shows in the punishments they're all planning to levy. The worst punishment is a bandwidth reduction after six strikes that stays in place until you have a conversation with your ISP about what's right and what's wrong. It's like those speeders who take defensive driving courses to lower the cost of their speeding tickets. No one really thinks they're paying attention during those classes, right?
But this (somehow) makes the studios happy and, as I said, keeps your ISP from being blamed for your questionable downloading decisions. So here we are with everyone happy about the solution. Oh, yes, well, everyone happy except us, the consumers of BOTH of these businesses' products. Yes, we pay for bandwidth from our ISPs for sure, and I bet we'd all (OK, most of us) pay for movies if they'd simply let us have them when and how we want.
When and Why I use BitTorrent
I use BitTorrent as a complete last resort. I don't like it for a lot of reasons. It's not overly difficult, but there are solutions that are much easier to use. If I can download a movie or TV show from AppleTV or Amazon or Hulu+ even Netflix (though we gave up on them a while back and haven't missed it), I'll do that: it's simple and the prices are mostly fair.
However, if a movie I want to see isn't available through any of these sources, I can almost guarantee that a quick search of The Pirate Bay and a few hours of download time will make it available to me. Free. Ready to watch in most cases, or with a quick 45-minute Handbrake conversion in others. But sometimes those downloads aren't of an acceptable quality, and sometimes they aren't at all what I thought I was downloading in the first place. Even in the best case it takes a little waiting time and a moderate headache to get it to my TV.
The net: it's easier for me (way easier) if I can simply buy it and get exactly what I want. In most cases of using mature, existing services like AppleTV, Amazon, Redbox, Hulu+, Netflix, etc., I don't even have to leave the couch. Make all movies available to me on release day through one or more of those services (or another, new service that the studios like better) and I'll stop using BitTorrent forever because I now have a much-more-convenient alternative.
But What About The Movie Theaters?
Good question, and you're right: it's mostly the release delays that cause me to look with my pirate-patched eye at "alternative" sources. But here's the thing: the delay that theaters have negotiated between their release dates and the availability of these titles on DVD or streaming is nutso. It doesn't serve me, the consumer, at ALL. It solely serves the theaters and, in the minds of some execs, the studios.
It's not my job as the consumer to support the studios' business model, it's their job to change their business model to serve me.
And for those out there that whine that the movie studios would lose money releasing titles simultaneously through all channels (theater, DVD, streaming) I say take a look at any iPhone release. Throngs of people line up outside their Apple, AT&T and Verizon stores to get their hands on the new iPhone on release day even though most of them could easily just have pre-ordered it online and have Fedex deliver it to them in their pajamas at home. And they all pay the same price regardless. Different people want different things, and there are those who relish in the theater experience. It's a social thing, the screen is bigger, the sound is (likely) better, and you're part of a shared experience. Many people want that and will still want it regardless of other options.
The Declining Price Model
If the studios are still worried about losing money even after reading this, then just go with a declining price model. For the first month or two charge me $30 to stream the movie at home. Don't even let me buy it right away, just stream. That thirty bucks is not much different (on average) than what I'd pay to see the movie in the theater with my wife and/or kids, and if I want to save money I wait a few months and then it's cheaper and I can own it. But at least I have the option of watching it when and where I want. It's that classic algorithm: there are three things that matter (when, where, how much) and I get to pick two of them. Fine. I'm an American consumer, I'm used to this.
But just sell it to me when and where I want it, would you please? I'd love to have the convenience of not stealing from you.


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City Named Most "Disability Friendly" In UK
By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express
October 1, 2004
NEWPORT, WALES--The Disability Rights Commission has named Newport as a top city in the United Kingdom for being accessible to people with disabilities.
According to a DRC press release, "mystery" shoppers with and without disabilities were sent into several cities with instructions to buy an article of clothing, take in a movie, go to a pub, and have lunch. Then they were to rate the accessibility features of those businesses, along with the attitudes of owners and employees toward patrons with disabilities.
In Newport, the shoppers reported that staff in cafes, pubs, and buses were particularly alert and helpful to their needs.
"It was one of the few city centres I've visited which was totally disabled-person friendly," commented one shopper.
Still, the surveyors found a lack of large print signs and menus for partially-sighted shoppers, along with few accessible main entrances.
Across the country, shoppers with disabilities found shopping trips took them about two hours longer than their counterparts without disabilities. Nearly one-fourth of the 88 major stores visited were considered "poor" or "very poor" by the shoppers. Nearly one-half of those with disabilities rated their movie-going experience "poor" or "very poor". Three cinemas could not be entered at all.
Eighty percent said they ran into problems with a lack of space between tables in restaurants, cafes, and pubs.
Businesses are supposed to make "reasonable adjustments" to be accessible under the third and final phase of Britain's Disability Discrimination Act 1995, which goes into effect October 1. Those who fail to comply could face legal actions and fines.
The Commission reminded readers that there are about 10 million people with disabilities in the UK, with an annual spending power of £50 ($90 U.S.) billion a year.
"Welsh city outperforms others on disability access but challenges remain" (Disability Rights Commission)


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My Mother-in-Law made this brown sugar shortbread some years ago and I think I ate more than my fair share then begged for the recipe. I can't remember if it came from a cookbook or magazine but I've had it in my recipe box all this time. I came across it the other day while looking for something sweet to bake that didn't use white sugar. I ran out of white sugar, imagine that. I blame it on all of that sweet tea that we drink. Anyhow these are so simple and so delicious and the whole clan loved them. I was getting ready to take these pictures when I remembered that I had a little dulce de leche in the fridge and wondered how that would be spread on these here delicious cookies. Well as if shortbread could get any better, you know it was. You can't go wrong either way and I know you will love them.
Brown Sugar Shortbread
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup dulce de leche, (caramel) optional


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Royal Fremantle is one of the few golf clubs that still occupies its original site. The course can be tamed on a still day, but when the prevailing sea breeze, colloquially called the "Fremantle Doctor" arrives, after midday, only the best swings survive.
Royal Fremantle at 6168m is not long by modern standards. Plans are in place to lengthen some tees as part of regular course maintenance and development plans but this will be done only in keeping with the original intentions which were to provide a course for all players and to encourage participation in the sport. Royal Fremantle is not solely about providing a championship venue for professional tournament play to be utilized once a year. The course is well maintained with clearly defined Kikuyu fairways that are amongst the best all year round in the country, tidy tee boxes and Bent grass greens that are deceptively quick. However, when a shot goes astray the penalty is fair and there is always a chance to manufacture a shot from under the trees to get the ball back into play.
That said, the Course Record of 64 was set in 2009 by our own Paul Fenton during that years Club Championship qualifying round. Ric Kulacz, a notable West Australian amateur player also had a 64 in 2006 but the course has been lengthened and greens changed since then, it is testament that the course is no push over. The previous record of 66 had stood for over 25 years. In 2001 the WA Amateur Open was held at the club and only the rising star and Australian Amateur Runner-Up, Michael Sim, was able to record more than one sub-par round over four days of tournament play.
Since then the game has changed dramatically and the leading Amateur in the 2006 WA Amateur Open held at the Club was 21 under the card!
Royal Fremantle has also been shown to be able to develop players the equal of anywhere with Australian Amateur and Open Champion, Craig Parry, two-times winner on the USPGA Tour, multiple Australasian Tour Winner, and Presidents Cup Representative, Greg Chalmers and Champion Amateur golfers Dennis Bell and Glenn and Peter Carbon amongst those who have graduated through the Club's junior programs.


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Short Story Judge: Jane Gardam
Novelist Jane Gardam was born Jean Mary Pearson in Coatham, North Yorkshire on 11 July 1928. She was educated at Saltburn High School for Girls, and won a scholarship to the University of London where she read English at Bedford College. In 1951 she worked as a Red Cross Travelling Librarian to Hospital Libraries, afterwards taking up editorial posts at Weldon Ladies Journal (sub-editor, 1952) and the literary weekly Time and Tide (Assistant Editor, 1952-4).
Her first book for adults, Black Faces, White Faces (1975), a collection of linked short stories about Jamaica, won both the David Higham Prize for Fiction and the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Subsequent collections of short stories include The Pangs of Love and Other Stories (1983), winner of the Katherine Mansfield Award; Going into a Dark House (1994), which was awarded the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award (1995); and Missing the Midnight: Hauntings & Grotesques (1997).
Jane Gardam's first novel for adults, God on the Rocks (1978), a coming-of-age novel set in the 1930s, was adapted for television in 1992. It won the Prix Baudelaire (France) in 1989 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Her other novels include The Queen of the Tambourine (1991), a haunting tale about a woman's fascination with a mysterious stranger, which won the Whitbread Novel Award; Faith Fox (1996), a portrait of England in the 1990s; and The Flight of the Maidens (2000), set just after the Second World War, which narrates the story of three Yorkshire schoolgirls on the brink of university and adult life. This book was adapted for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. In 1999 Jane Gardam was awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in recognition of a distinguished literary career.
Her non-fiction includes a book about the Yorkshire of her childhood in The Iron Coast (1994), published with photographs by Peter Burton and Harland Walshaw.
She also writes for children and young adults. Her novel Bilgewater (1977), originally written for children, has now been re-classified as adult fiction. She was awarded the Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Hollow Land (1981) and is the author of A Few Fair Days (1971), a collection of short stories for children set on a Cumberland farm, and two novels for teenagers, A Long Way From Verona (1971), which explores a wartime childhood in Yorkshire, and The Summer After the Funeral (1973), a story about a loss of innocence after the death of a father.
Jane Gardam is a member of PEN and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is married with three children and divides her time between East Kent and Yorkshire. Her latest books are The People on Privilege Hill (2007), a collection of short stories, and the novel, The Man in the Wooden Hat (2009).
Peotry Judge: Lavinia Greenlaw
Lavinia Greenlaw was born in London, where she has lived for most of her life. She has published four collections of poetry: Night Photograph (1993), A World Where News Travelled Slowly (1997), Minsk (2003), which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot, Forward and Whitbread Poetry Prizes, and The Casual Perfect (2011). Her first novel, Mary George of Allnorthover, was published in 2001 and has appeared in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany and France, where it won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger. A second novel, An Irresponsible Age, appeared in 2006, followed by two non-fiction works: The Importance of Music to Girls (2007) and Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland (2011).
In 2011 she received a commission from Artangel and Manchester International Festival which resulted in the sound work Audio Obscura, installed at Manchester Piccadilly station in July 2011 and St Pancras International, London, from 13th September to 23rd October.
She has an MA in Seventeenth-Century Art from the Courtauld Institute and was awarded a three-year NESTA fellowship in 2001 in order to pursue her interest in vision, travel and perception. She has held a number of residencies including at the Science Museum and the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Chair of the Poetry Society, and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she directs the Poetry MA.
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"Who do you hate more, my friends? Me... or Commander Feral?"
Aching for vengeance against Feral for firing them, they became Dark Kat's lackeys instead of his arch-enemies, and went down a dark one-way road to a rude, crude life of crime. The working relationship with the Great Purple One was rocky, though, because although Chance and Jake hated Feral more than Dark Kat... they still hated him. Hence their frequent insubordination towards their erstwhile master, who tolerated their lip - as long as they were useful to him.
Very probably he was planning on either eliminating them or shaking them loose or reducing them to the roles of menial muscle or otherwise not properly rewarding them for their service once he succeeded at taking over the city, while they themselves planned to do the same thing(s) to him once they decided they no longer needed his backing. 'Cause the villains in SWAT Kats, no matter what universe they're in, suffer from bad cases of chronic backstabbing disorder.
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This season's first episode will feature an in-depth look at the Northern Adirondack Trading Cooperative. Host Dan Dullea will be speaking with Ruby Moore, Business Development Officer of the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, about the partnership that the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce has initiated between North Country businesses, Clarkson University and Ebay.
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According to reports from the Northern Echo, Sheffield Wednesday have entered the race to secure the services of Blackburn Rovers star Grant Hanley.
It is no secret that Newcastle United want to sign Blackburn Rovers skipper Grant Hanley this summer but the Magpies have had two bids of around £3.5 million and £4.5 million rejected.
Recently, Newcastle returned with a bid of around £5.5 million for Hanley but much to their dismay, Blackburn have now decided to raise the asking price for the defender to a sizeable £8 million (Daily Mail).
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Hey my sexy bumchums!
Currently 11PM at the moment and I am resisting the urge to scratch myself (this sounds misleading lol). I have so many mosquito bites right now. Not sure if it's because of the construction works opposite where I live or the season but MAN, mosquitos are practically eating me alive. I have a question though. Do you think that you are more likely to be bitten by a mosquito if you are.... on time of month? LOL ok fine this is probably TMI but seriously, it COULD be right? I hear some girls can't go camping in certain areas if they are on their periods because they could attract bears and stuff. What? *tumble weed* Ok fine, we'll talk about something else XD
ONLY 10 weeks till the wedding! Man, I am getting so excited and nervous already. The girls and I were thinking of ideas of the chinese wedding gate crash. It's when the groom & groomsmen go through a series of hilarious obstacles to enter into the house to see the bride. My little sister suggested "Get them to snort udon noodles up their nose". As much as that made me laugh, what the heck??? LOL That is just wrong so I vetoed that.
The snorting udon noodle idea reminded me of this video I came across years ago. Man, there are no words to describe this video O_O
I wish I can spend ALL DAY looking up cute weddingy stuff but man, this week has been tough dealing with shop orders. Thank goodness for my hot bubble bath because all that lifting and standing is taking a tole on my little feet and back. It's all good though because I actually do enjoy it quite a lot. Maybe I should be a professional packer one day XD. Oh, if you haven't seen my most recent Vlog,you can check it out below.
A Wedding Planning Vlog: Show & Tell (Get to see The bridesmaid dress too!)
Some of you mentioned that despite me looking super happy in the video, I look a bit tired. I had just woken up and I didn't bother doing my hair or makeup since it's just a vlog (and it's just you guys hehe). I have been a little more tired these days from staying up a bit later to work on your orders but don't worry! I am taking care of myself. Thanks so much guys.
We haven't even had time to pick up our wedding rings or plan our honeymoon yet. It's all good though, all in good time. Oh be right back!
BACK! Just went to blast some hot water into these freaking mosquito bites. It felt AMAZING!!! Makes me thankful for hot water. Hmm, I can hear my neighbours playing majhong tiles at 11:36PM. It's weird because my neighbours (who live in the same floor as me) don't smile at me at all. Sometimes, we end up being in the elevator and I smile politely and they look geniunely uncomfortable. Makes me wonder if my smile is too enthusiastic. I miss my neighbours back home in UK...
Awww! Look at little Chubbi napping on top of my couch cushions. She loves doing this. The higher she can sleep, the better.
Today Tim and I passed a pet store and we were aww-ing the puppy beagle when I noticed a pretty girl standing in front of me. Turns out it was Ella Koon!! I nudged Tim right away because she is one of his celebrity crushes. So cute because he was trying to act all normal. He said he wasn't star struck at all and it made me realise, I don't really go crazy when I see celebrities either. I think I fangirled the Jayesslee girls though LOL. It's just because I've always admired what they do and I believe they are truly led by The Spirit.
Either way, Ella was absolutely stunning in person.
Ok... I think I'm gonna have an early night so I can wake up early tomorrow for another productive day. Oh, stay tuned for a Girl Talk video on procrastination coming up soon!
Oh, here is the previous vlog if you haven't seen it yet. It's got lots of Chubbi & Domo in this one. Find out how to refine your pores and brighten your skin too:
Let me tell you that no amount of makeup can conceal immense dark circles. I caked my undereye areas with concealer and I still look like a little panda. What's the best remedy? REST! I'm off to get someeeeeee yippeeeeee! Oh darn it, just remembered about the neighbours playing mahjong.
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This is the 4th Quarter 2008 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings preface.
Next up, we have Harbinger Capital, a $13 Billion firm ran by Philip Falcone. Harbinger was started in 2000 with seed capital from Harbert Management ($25 million). And, just recently, we've learned that Falcone is buying out Harbert to be the owner of the firm. Falcone made a name for himself in 2007 when he started shorting subprime mortgages and returned 117%. He focuses on intensive credit research, on bankruptcies and proxy fights, and was previously involved with high yield debt trading. Lately, Falcone has been focused on equities it seems, but Harbinger's new fund will redirect Falcone's focus back to his roots.
At one point during 2008, Harbinger was up as much as 42%. But, their fortunes turned as their Offshore fund finished -22.7% for the year as noted in our 2008 hedge fund performances list. One position that treated Harbinger nicely was its short of Wachovia (NASDAQ:WB), which we detailed here.
Back in September, in a letter to investors, Falcone had assured investors that Harbinger was adequately positioned to stave off any further volatility the markets may bring their way, noting that the firm had reduced exposure to some of their higher volatility holdings (both on the long and short side).
In Harbinger's latest letter to investors, the firm noted that it had covered its shorts on metal producers and financials and also got out of some credit default swaps. While it has been winding down equity positions, Harbinger is sticking with its major stakes in Calpine (NYSE:CPN) and the New York Times (NYSE:NYT). Falcone also mentioned that Harbinger had added trade claims on an energy company and credit default swaps on various consumer plays (retailers, products, & services). The fund has also been selling off some Cliffs Resources (NYSE:CLF), essentially to ensure that their portfolio balance is where they want it to be. Harbinger was +0.74% for March and sits at +4.06% year to date for 2009, as noted in our hedge fund March performance post. Lastly, Philip Falcone was recently unveiled as a part of Forbes' billionaire list.
The following was Harbinger's long equity, note, and options holdings as of December 31st, 2008 as filed with the SEC in Harbinger's Master Fund filing. We have not detailed the changes to every single position in this update, but we have covered all the major moves. All holdings are common stock unless otherwise denoted.
Some New Positions (Brand new positions that Harbinger initiated in the last quarter):
Consol Energy (NYSE:CNX)
Electronic Arts (ERTS)
Williams Sonoma (NYSE:WSM)
ICO Global (NASDAQ:ICOG)
Some Increased Positions (A few positions they already owned but added shares to)
New York Times (NYT): Increased by 68%
Some Reduced Positions (Some positions they sold some shares of - note not all sales listed)
Mirant (MIR): Reduced by 96%
Southern Union (NYSE:SUG): Reduced by 96%
General Moly (NYSEMKT:GMO): Reduced by 95%
Ultrashort Financials (NYSEARCA:SKF): Reduced by 92%
Spectrum Brands (SPC): Reduced by 87.5%
RTI International (NYSE:RTI): Reduced by 85%
Media General (NYSE:MEG): Reduced by 67%
Medivation (NASDAQ:MDVN): Reduced by 64%
United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) Puts: Reduced by 61%
Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG): Reduced by 40%
Cablevision (NYSE:CVC): Reduced by 14%
Removed Positions (Positions they sold out of completely)
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
Ultrashort S&P500 (NYSEARCA:SDS)
Nicor (NYSE:GAS)
Ultrashort Dow 30 (NYSE:DXD)
Sunoco (NYSE:SUN)
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO)
Cablevision (CVC) Calls
Northwest Airlines (inactive)
Green Builders (GBH)
Top 15 Holdings (by % of portfolio)
- Calpine (CPN): 23% of portfolio
- Cliffs Resources (CLF): 10.5% of portfolio
- Consol Energy (CNX): 9.85% of portfolio
- Cablevision (CVC): 9.6% of portfolio
- New York Times (NYT): 9.1% of portfolio
- Leap Wireless (LEAP): 8% of portfolio
- Navistar (NYSE:NAV): 6.5% of portfolio
- Atlas Air (NASDAQ:AAWW): 6% of portfolio
- Solutia (NYSE:SOA): 4.2% of portfolio
- Electronic Arts (ERTS): 3.32% of portfolio
- Constellation Energy (CEG): 2.1% of portfolio
- United States Oil Fund (USO) Puts: 1.6% of portfolio
- Hughes Communications (NASDAQ:HUGH): 0.9% of portfolio
- Medivation (MDVN): 0.8% of portfolio
- Ultrashort Financials (SKF): 0.6% of portfolio
Yet again we see another fund with some massive deleveraging and equity exposure reduction. Harbinger runs a somewhat concentrated portfolio in that a large percentage of their equities exposure is in the top 8 or 9 positions, with Calpine far and away the largest holding. Their Puts on USO worked out well as oil prices declined steeply (remember, these positions were as of Dec. 31st, before oil started to rebound).
We also want to make sure to highlight that you've got to monitor their Cliffs Resources (CLF) position almost on its own, since they have such a large stake in it but have been actively selling. In the past, they have sold some shares because they were bringing their portfolio percentage allocations back in line. So, this 13F is not necessarily up to date with the most recent changes to this position. And, as a matter of fact, they just filed yet another amended 13D on CLF yesterday which we'll be covering in a separate post.
We also want to note that since this 13F filing, they've also made numerous other SEC filings with regards to both current and (now) old positions. Assets from the collective long US equity, options, and note holdings were $4.8 billion last quarter and were $2.2 billion this quarter.
This is just one of many funds in our hedge fund portfolio tracking series in which we're tracking 35+ prominent funds. We've already covered:
- Well known gurus such as: Carl Icahn, Warren Buffett, & George Soros
- 'Tiger Cub' portfolios: Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine Capital, Andreas Halvorsen's Viking Global, Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital, Chase Coleman's Tiger Global, Chris Shumway's Shumway Capital Partners, Touradji Capital Management (Paul Touradji), and John Griffin's Blue Ridge Capital
Global macro giants: Bruce Kovner's Caxton Associates, Louis Bacon's Moore Capital Management, Peter Thiel's Clarium Capital, & Paul Tudor Jones' Tudor Investment Corp
- Value & Activist players like: Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, Seth Klarman's Baupost Group, John Burbank's Passport Capital, Art Samberg's Pequot Capital, & David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital
- Concentrated portfolios like: Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital, & Timothy Barakett's Atticus Capital
- Some solid names: Paulson & Co (John Paulson), Thomas Steyer's Farallon Capital Management, and Eric Mindich's Eton Park Capital
- Newer funds on the scene: James Pallotta's Raptor Capital Management, Anand Parekh's Alyeska Investment Group, Stanley Shopkorn's Hilltop Park Fund (no 13F yet) & David Stemerman's Conatus Capital
- Troubled funds: Jeffrey Gendell's Tontine Associates
- Quant & high frequency trading funds (purely for fun/entertainment): Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies (Rentec), Steven Cohen's SAC Capital
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