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Was O'Brady really in as much danger as he said he was? And how far did he really go, at all?
U.S. explorer Colin O'Brady's claims about Antarctica crossing thrown into doubt by National Geographic
A new investigation by National Geographic has raised suspicions that a cross-Antarctica, record-breaking journey by American explorer Colin O'Brady may not have been what it seemed.
"The Impossible First" saw O'Brady try to become the first person to make the 1,500-kilometre trek across the frozen continent, on skis, unassisted. At the time, his eventual achievement was lauded around the world — including in National Geographic — after he beat Briton Louis Rudd, who had been making the same attempt, by some two days.
It turns out, though, that serious doubts have now emerged about O'Brady's 54-day trip and about the veracity of his claims surrounding it. And those doubts are being raised by those who should know: his fellow elite adventurers.
"With my next steps, I'd be on my own in a way I'd never been before," O'Brady wrote in a book about the adventure. But in an article published Feb. 3, National Geographic said critical inconsistencies have arisen in O'Brady's account, as relayed in his book, also titled "The Impossible First."
In late 2018, the Portland, Oregon native had been locked in battle with Rudd. Both, National Geographic explains, were trying to finish the "first-ever solo, unsupported, unassisted" trek across the frozen continent.
Among the claims that O'Brady made were that he was heading into terrain — tugging a sled weighing 300 lbs — from which he couldn't be rescued; and that he was traversing an "off the map" area. In the end, the 33-year-old novice beat the Briton, 49, who was more experienced than him in such conditions, by some distance.
But was O'Brady really in as much danger as he said he was?
And how far did he really go?
"It's a riveting description, but like other critical elements in his book and promotion of his Antarctica expedition, key details do not withstand scrutiny," Aaron Teasdale wrote in National Geographic on Feb. 3.
"None of the polar experts O'Brady mentions consulting before his trip considered his journey impossible. And in the 'off the map' location he describes, O'Brady was in fact on a graded and flagged vehicle route used frequently by wealthy tourists. A call from his satellite phone on this route could summon rescue by ski-equipped Twin Otter airplanes "within hours."
National Geographic points out that in 1997, Norway's Borge Ousland made a far longer cross-Antarctica trip than O'Brady's and the Norwegian's effort was also made "unassisted." The catch, however, was that Ousland had at times rigged his sled with a small kite, to help him along. Back then, this was not deemed by those who log such records as assistance. Nowadays, it is.
And as well as O'Brady's alleged belittlement of Ousland's effort — made before the days of social media, yet nearly twice as long a trip — the "truncated" trip that O'Brady made is also now raising eyebrows. The route he took, National Geographic reports, is not considered the classic, most difficult "cross-Antarctica" route. Not even close.
O'Brady, it seems, left out one part key in his journey: the actual ice shelves. They can be seen in the map below, coloured grey.
The map of Antartica as we know it is two-fold, in reality. In one — the one we see when we look at an encyclopedia — you see the full scale of the ice shelves. In others, seen only when using hi-tech equipment, you can see the rocky surface of the continent itself, which is in fact a much smaller land mass, buried deep beneath the ice. O'Brady's trip, and the route he described as a "crossing," neglected to include two massive ice shelves — each as big as France. Whereas Ousland crossed both shelves as well as the rocky continent below them, O'Brady only went over the actual rocky part itself, National Geographic reports.
Australian polar explorer Eric Philips told National Geographic that O'Brady simply didn't do what he said he did.
"This wasn't some Last Great Polar Journey. Rather, it was a truncated route that was a first in only a very limited way," he said.
National Geographic added:
"In recent years, adventurers have begun claiming a crossing by citing this unseen 'coast.' Some, in order to please sponsors and media, did this only after failing in their attempt at a full crossing. Suddenly an Antarctic 'crossing' had shrunk in half."
National Geographic reports that, in fact, a couple racing unsupported had cross Antarctica in 2010, using a similarly truncated trip as O'Brady. Their trip — like others made by separate explorers in recent years — was actually longer than his, by about 300 kilometres.
Said National Geographic, "O'Brady took the invisible coastline strategy to its extreme — his journey was nearly 200 miles shorter than these earlier trips, and the shortest route yet that anyone had claimed as a 'crossing of the continent.'"
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TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY – A couple of days ago I was stunned to see a confusing article in Nat Geo about my expeditions. I'm not sure how or why they got the facts so twisted around, but I assure you the article is full of inaccuracies. Here's just one example—the article inaccurately states "O'Brady claims to be the first person to ski alone and unsupported across Antarctica . . ." It's as if the journalist may not have read my book. The photo above is from page 49 of The Impossible First, where I acknowledge and compliment one of the most pioneering Antarctic projects of all time. I write, "The Norwegian adventurer Borge Ousland in many ways defined the terrain of astonishing modern Antarctic feats, becoming the first person to cross Antarctica solo when he traveled eighteen hundred miles alone in sixty-three days from late 1996 to early 1997. Not only did he cross the entire landmass of Antarctica, but he also crossed the full Ronne and Ross Ice Shelves from the ocean's edge. Ousland's expedition, which had deeply inspired me, was unsupported in that he'd hauled all his food and fuel with no resupplies . . ." Ousland used a parawing (kite) and traveled much farther than I did. I was completely human powered, crossing just the landmass. Apples and oranges. I look forward to continuing to express my humility, gratitude, and appreciation for those who came before me, and I'll be cheering from the front row all future expeditions in Antarctica that will inevitably continue to push the boundaries. You all know that a big part of how I live revolves around transparency—sharing my journeys and my ups and downs with the world. It's why I keep my GPS live throughout every expedition so you can see where I am and where I've been. So, I'm going to keep following that practice with this issue. I'm putting together a letter to the Nat Geo editor providing them with the supporting materials they can use to correct the record. Because there are a number of errors, it's going to take me a few days to finish it. When I do I'll post a copy of the letter on my website.
Taking to Instagram to defend his trek, O'Brady said the National Geographic piece is "confusing."
"A couple of days ago I was stunned to see a confusing article in Nat Geo about my expeditions," he posted. "I'm not sure how or why they got the facts so twisted around, but I assure you the article is full of inaccuracies."
After taking issue with particular parts of the outlet's reporting, including whether he ever described the Norwegian Ousland's trip as "unsupported," O'Brady said he will soon provide a fuller response.
"I'm putting together a letter to the Nat Geo editor providing them with the supporting materials they can use to correct the record. Because there are a number of errors, it's going to take me a few days to finish it. When I do I'll post a copy of the letter on my website," he wrote.
National Geographic said O'Brady, after initially conducting some interviews about his trek, later stopped returning its calls. With its concerns in mind, National Geographic has now taken the unusual step of amending its initial report of O'Brady's crossing, which reads:
"We originally reported this story in December 2018. Upon further research, we uncovered important details about Colin O'Brady's highly publicized Antarctic trek that are reported in a new story. We have changed the headline on this piece to reflect our new reporting, but the original story below remains with the reporting we had at the time."
The new headline, less gushing than the original, reads simply: "Explorer completes Antarctic trek."


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Canadian born Lightfoot, known for a string of hits such as 'Sundown,' 'If You Could Read My Mind,' 'Carefree Highway' and 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald,' began his career in a manner similar to that of many struggling young songwriters, with his songs becoming famous before he did. His early efforts were covered by the likes of The Grateful Dead, Elvis Presley and Peter Paul & Mary to name a few.
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Gordon was born in Bothell on November 26, 1921, and died from metastatic prostate cancer on November 3, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 89. His parents were early Bothell residents, Charles Henry Green and Sarah Elizabeth Simonds Green. Gordon attended Bothell schools through 9th grade, then went to Roosevelt High School in Seattle, where he graduated in 1940. He enrolled at the University of Washington and completed two years before joining the Army Air Corps early in World War II. During training, he contracted rheumatic fever and received a medical discharge. He completed his college education at UCLA. Subsequently he earned M.A. (in Drama) and Ph.D. (in Communications) degrees from the University of Southern California. He was especially proud of his Master's thesis, "An Analysis of The Importance of Being Earnest as a Satire on Victorian Conventions," which has been consulted frequently by students and scholars in the years since its 1950 completion.
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After his retirement as a full professor at Los Angles City College in 1983, he moved several times, usually to senior communities, first in San Diego, then Las Vegas, Bothell, Kirkland, Pompano Beach (Florida), Bothell again, San Antonio, back to San Diego for one year, and then the final five months of his life once again in San Antonio. He was restless, ever searching for the perfect place. In early September, he made his final trip to Bothell to be honored at the University of Washington Bothell groundbreaking ceremony for the Sarah Simonds Green Conservatory. This educational facility is to be built with his money in memory of his mother and her love of plants.
Gordon never married and he had no children. His only sibling, his brother Ron, died in 2010. Gordon is survived by his sister-in-law, Eleanor Green in Kirkland, and her children, his niece and nephews, Ron Green, Jr. in Bothell, Jan Hunter in San Diego, and Darrell Green in Redmond. He is also survived by his first cousin, Marjorie Olmsted in Mountlake Terrace, and her children David Olmsted in Edmonds, Paul Olmsted in Woodinville, Jan Fitzpatrick in Seattle, and Richard Olmsted in Seattle. All of them loved him and miss him very much. At a recent family gathering, he was remembered especially for his enthusiasm, his energy, his appreciation for natural beauty and the arts, his strong sense of gratitude, his keen intellect, and his hearty laugh.
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I got word this morning, December 16, that the most iconoclastic journalist of his time, Christopher Hitchens, died yesterday. I thought you might like to hear of my one interaction with him.
It was June of 1998 in Washington, D.C., where I led a small delegation from C-ville Weekly to the annual convention of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. It was quite the weekend event!
For starters, we all went out to a bar where the thumping bass and cacophony of lights couldn't overshadow the treat of the evening: Mayor Marion Barry. Having regained the mayorship despite an embarrassing bout with crack cocaine and prison, Barry arrived at this official convention social event at a bar on a cobblestoned alley which his dark limousine ably traveled. Thrilled to meet a man who had turned himself into a public tragedy, members of the gaggle of hard-drinking journalists took turns introducing themselves.
Speaking of hard-drinking journalists, Hitchens was the star of the weekend confab. I say this because at the next day's quite sober programs, Hitch was booked into a large ballroom while a simultaneous or near-simultaneous speech by Ralph Nader took place in a room not much larger than a storage closet.
Anyway, in that standing-room-only space, Hitch proceeded to gently scold the so-called alternative press for failing to investigate, for failing to take chances. That resonated with me, someone who has long been perturbed by the preening self-satisfaction of some newspapers that elevate style over substance. So I threw him a softball. In fact, his response was so savvy that it was as if we'd rehearsed.
"Mr. Hitchens," I said, "What do you think about the fact that nearly all the newspapers represented in this room– certainly a majority of them– publish the same canned astrological advice column."
"You mean a psychic column?" he asked.
"Yes, and I'm embarrassed to say that the column– Free Will Astrology– actually runs in our paper too."
"Well," said Hitch. "It's long been my hope and my joy to take the reins of a local newspaper that has been running the prognostications of a psychic. In fact, it would give me great pleasure to type up the letter announcing his or her termination. It would start like this: 'As you have no doubt already correctly predicted...'"
And that brought the house down.
In the years following, Hitch turned his pen on institutions far more powerful than psychics, eventually becoming one of the leaders of the so-called New Atheism movement with his 2007 book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
A brave man. A bold man. And, as I learned first-hand over 13 years ago, a very funny man.
The above dialogue was drawn from memory. A few days after I published this story online and after it had been quoted in other media, I found an online video of the 1998 speech, including my question; and the wording was a little different. I captured the spirit of the exchange here but not the exact words. Sorry!Read more on: christopher hitchens
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Uhm how do you really say it ... the guy had huevos?
Tyler, cojones.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have thoroughly enjoyed Christopher Hitchens' essays and comments over the years. His passing is a great loss. By the way I do like reading your work as well. Always look forward to reading your comments.
So smart he know there is no God; I bet he has changed his mind now and bet they saved him a seat by the fire.
BB, post your proof.
Sad to lose another great original mind to cancer this year. Many do not realize that we have a challenging thinker on the subject of religion right here in Charlottesville - Psychiatrist, Andy Thompson.
Join the 400,000 others who have listened to his engaging talk - "Why we believe in Gods "
I love reading and re-reading Hitchens and enjoyed this reportage/eulogy from Hawes.
Only a brainless hippie idiot (like Spencer Hawes apparently) would idolize such a bitter man as Christopher Hitchens. Wow an alcoholic that lived for nothing but to destroy - such a great man. Certainly says something that the skeptics these days aren't like Mark Twain, a man who could intelligently critique while still being full of wonder, but are broken records that live to bring everyone else to their level of misery. Leftists judge people by their ability to not be better than anyone else, in which case a drunk hatemonger like Hitchens is going to be their idol.
Hippie? Ever met Hawes? Last thing I would describe him as.
"Mother Teresa" was a byword for goodness & saintliness until he pointed out she not only had arch conservative theology, but palled around with right wing dictators in their Lear jets. Unless he lied about it. He even got into some delicate issues about saintly people indulging in the suffering of the poor...
Similarly, when I was growing up, "Albert Schweitzer" was the byword for goodness & saintliness. Say, on Johnny Carson's tonight show, that's what his name meant. "Oh, you're a regular Albert Schweitzer." John Gunther, a popular writer of doorstop books in his time, had already demolished Schweitzer's pretensions to charity by any fair reading, twenty years earlier. Yet the myth persisted. (Albert Schweitzer had won the Nobel Peace Prize before Gunther's book came out.)
Cristipher Hitchens was a gas bag and a chickenhawk. He became a toady for George W Bush and the Necons that perpetrated one of the greatest swindles and lies ever put over on this country, the Iraq war. He is not to be celebrated. I do not mourn his passing. I'll save my grief for the 4500 Americans killed in action, the thousands more greivously wounded or maimed, and the hundreds of thousands, even millions of innocent Iraqi civilians murdered, tortured, injured, starved, dissapeared and forcibly relocated due to the policies this man shamelessly promoted.


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(#05103) NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and the VI Waste Management Authority have reached an agreement that will improve conditions at a scrap area open dump alongside the Anguilla Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in St. Croix. The agreement, in the form of an Aministrative Order of Consent, will not be finalized until the public has the opportunity to review and provide comment on it. The agreement calls for the Virgin Islands to remove all scrap metal and other waste materials at the site, clean up any contaminated soil that may be discovered and restore the area.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Who Is Adrienne's Favorite?
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Well, Adrienne, I can understand how you are not able to pick a favorite hero of your books - they are all great in different ways. How about your favorite story of them all? I think mine is still Risking Trust. I am a sucker for couples that are reunited. I just love how after so much time and crap that happened to Michael and Roxann they still found their way back to each other.ReplyDelete
As for a favorite character from a book, it is hard to say. There are so many great ones out there. The ones that I tend to pick out are the ones either I want to be more like and are usually the least like me. I like the strong heroine that kicks butt and stands up for herself. I like the heroes that are intimidating on the outside and can kick butt, however, they will do anything for their woman even if it goes against their "image." Congrats on Negotiating Point! Gavin is an awesome hero!
Hi, Amy! Thanks for popping by. You are such a loyal reader! Thank you. My favorite story? Hmmm, that's a tough one too. I think I had the most fun with Man Law because Vic is, well, he's Vic! I also loved revisiting Michael and Roxann while I was rewriting Risking Trust. I think that one would have to go at the top of the list for emotional reasons. Risking Trust was the first book I'd written and it took a lot of rewrites and edits to get it ready for publication. So, in my heart, that has to be my favorite because it proves to me that hard work pays off.ReplyDelete
I just LOVE your books. You're killing my book budget! LOL I confess that so far, Vic is my favorite. He had the hardest journey to love, don't you think?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the free book offer. Of course I already HAVE THAT BOOK! But I'll help you spread the word. :)Replies
Hello, Ms. Cynthia! Thank you for stopping to say hi. I regret to inform you that it is my goal to kill your book budget. :) Kidding! Maybe.Delete
Thank you for all the support of this series. I think these characters have all taken a little piece of me and I'm grateful readers have connected to them. It's just a darned fun series to write!
I think Vic (and Izzy from A Just Deception) both had a tough journey in different ways. Vic was most definitely the hardest to break. He just refused to go down. Then I had to get mean and he finally gave in. :)
Hi, Adrienne. I'm an avid fan and, like Cynthia, so far Vic's my favorite. But I love the way you describe Gavin. He really came alive for me just in this short post. Can't wait to read the book!ReplyDelete
Hi, Melissa. Vic is one of those characters who refuses to go away. LOL. He somehow manages to worm his way into every book. I had fun putting him at odds with Gavin in Negotiating Point. Gavin isn't afraid of him and, as much as it secretly drives Vic crazy, he also respects him for it. The heroes in my books all tend to be alphas, but Gavin is a little different. He's definitely an alpha, but he's sneaky about it.:)Delete
By the way, I'm running a contest on Twitter and Facebook for a free advance copy of Negotiating Point so jump over and check out the tweets!
Thank you for stopping and for being such a loyal reader! You guys make this fun for me.
I loved that about Gavin! He isn't afraid of Vic at all. I fell in love with Gavin when I read his story, too. While I thought Michael was most like my husband, I now realize Gavin is (which is why I have a soft spot for Gavin). Gavin is very logical and doesn't want to go all tactical and crazy until he tries things calmly. Gavin is sneaky about being alpha - and I realize my husband is like that, too. One of my friends (a husband of a friend) told me my husband needs to be in charge in all situations but you would never know by just meeting him. He is so right! Your stories are fun, Adrienne! Everyone will love Negotiating Point!Delete
I really (really!) tried to have him be a "quiet" alpha. It was a lot of fun. Glad it worked for you. :)Delete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Hi Adrienne,ReplyDelete
I like all your covers - that is a tough choice. There are so many heroes I like, but Archer Daniels in Pearl Cove by Elizabeth Lowell is still one of my favorites. Thanks so much for the free book too.
I like a character who is believable!ReplyDelete
Thank you for your generosity! I'll have to head over there & download your book.
- Colleen C.June 1, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Thank you for sharing the free book code with us! I know I have 2 of your other books on my NOOK, but I have not gotten to them yet... looks like I am missing some interesting characters. I will have to try to get to them soon! :)ReplyDelete
Hi, Colleen. Thank you for downloading the other books. Risking Trust is the first in the series, so you probably want to start with that one.ReplyDelete
As for the characters, I like to torture them. :) Thanks for saying hi.
Congratulations, Adrienne!!! Love the covers and the premise. :)ReplyDelete
Hello, Julie Moffett. Thank you. My cover artist rocks! He's the best. He seems to read my mind with the guys. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping!
Hi, Adrienne! LOVE all your covers. :)ReplyDelete
Wow, picking a favorite character? I don't know if I can do it...although there are some who stick with me, and I want to reread their stories, so maybe there's something about the characters and what they go through. Lately, I've wanted to reread a Nora Roberts trilogy I read long ago...I think it's Sister Island, or something like that? There were three heroines in that trilogy, if I'm remembering correctly, who didn't get along or were very different, but had to get past their differences to work together (to save themselves...I won't give more away than that. ;) ). It was an interesting dilemma.
Love your heroes...and I still think about those Man Laws. LOLReplies
Hi Ann Marie. I'm glad you enjoy my heroes. They're a handful! LOL.Delete
I'm a big Nora fan as well. I think my favorite series of hers is the one with the Quinn brothers. It always one of my go-to books when I want to curl up.
Thanks for popping by!
Thanks for offering the free book :)ReplyDelete
Look forward to reading your book.
wow thank you so very much cant wait to read itReplyDelete
WOW! What a generous giveaway! Thank you so much! I look forward to reading this book! This will be my first of your books :) I had this book on my wishlist and I'm so excited to start this series!ReplyDelete
I don't have any fav characters that necessarily stand out (well right now, it's kinda late and I'm all brain fuzz). I guess it's whatever book I'm reading at the moment and if I like it. Right now I'm reading Blue Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells and I'm really enjoying Sabina and company.
My favorite hero is Max Savoire in Nancy Gideon's Moonlight series. Max is dark but at the same time, there is a vulnerability about him. He is strong physically but at the same time he has his own demons to face.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the book.
Hi, Erin and Kai. Thank you for stopping in! Thanks also for some new books to add to my TBR pile! I've never read either of those books so I'm off to download. :)ReplyDelete
I hope you enjoy Risking Trust.


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AccessoryFest 2010: Helping Hands Mittens
by exercisebeforeknitting
These started as a stashbuster but at the urging of several friends, I wrote up the pattern to contribute to the Help for Haiti effort on Ravelry. I will donate all proceeds of the mitten sales to Haitian relief efforts for as long as the pattern is available. To be honest, I feel conflicted about urging people to buy things because portions of pattern sales will go to charity. If the cause is compelling, we should not be goaded into supporting it with cheap or free items. Perhaps I sound cynical; I do not mean to be. All I'm saying is that the best way for any of us to help in the earthquake relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti is to give directly to reputable aid organizations doing good work. Buy my mitten pattern if you like the mittens, but if you really want to help, bypass me and give directly to aid organizations now. And, perhaps more importantly, give again in March. And in July. And in September. And in 2011 and 2012.
And of course, enjoy the mittens!
This pattern is available as a Ravelry download for $6.00. For the lifetime of the pattern, all proceeds will be donated monthly to Partners in Health's Stand With Haiti campaign.
Skills used
Reading a chart, knitting in the round, knitting with two colors, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches.
Model shown in size S.
Finished measurements
Circumference: 7.25 (8.5, 9.75)"
Length: 8.5 (9.5, 10.5)"
Thumb top length: 2 (2.5, 3)"
26 stitches and 28 rounds = 4″ in stranded stitch pattern on US 6 (4 mm) needles
Berroco Ultra Alpaca [50% alpaca, 50% wool; 215 yd (197 m); 100 g skein]; color: #6289 Charcoal Mix (MC), #6201 Winter White (CC1), #6234 Cardinal (CC2), #6294 Turquoise Mix (CC3), 1 skein each.
US 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 32″ long or 1 set US 6 (4 mm) DPNs
Stitch markers
Waste yarn
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Quote:Red card appealed and quite rightly rescindedTranmereFan
How come Blissett was playing for Macs tonight when he got a straight red on Saturday?
Quote:SilkoQuote:Red card appealed and quite rightly rescindedTranmereFan
How come Blissett was playing for Macs tonight when he got a straight red on Saturday?
Half time I was consulting my doomometer ,watched Liverpool .then checked scores ,fell of the couch .you never know what's coming next .4goals for the main man Cook .who was the last Tranmere player to score four goals .i can't remember ,but well done team .Halifax won again that could be sticky next Tuesday .wrexham failing again .chester done us a good turn .a good nights work
Well, that was a game of two halves, if ever there was one. First half was verging on nightmarish, but Cook's last minute goal was a psychological game-changer. Going in at 2-0 down, I personally think it would have been a different outcome. The second half was like retro Rovers and gave me flashbacks to some of our memorable comebacks; it's been a while! Cook had an outstanding all-round game and you get the feeling we must go up for him to stay.
In the first half we seemed to sit off them, giving them too much time and space on the ball, which epitomised both goals. Second half we harried them more and got in their faces, which they struggled to cope with.
It's a shame Macclesfield won, which took some of the gloss off our victory, but hats off to them as they've won yet another fixture we failed to win (that's a fact, not pessimism!).
Second place now looks very achievable and don't mind who we play; would be great to play Wrexham, with PP packed to the rafters. However, I have predicted that Wrexham will miss out on the play-offs and currently that's where it's heading; wher's Dai when you need him!!
Noooo not Fylde you can see the headline ex rovers players meet as managers etc I really don't fancy Fylde they score to many goals you don't want them over 2legs .wrexham have surprised me the number of points dropped the last 2months is amazing they could have given Macc a run for their money ,what has happened is that my brother lives opposite Wrexham training fields and his wife is always watching them through the kitchen window she has a face only a mother could love so I reckon they have been traumatised .cant think of any other explanation .its between 8 teams for 7play off places at the moment they could fall out of contention .we have to keep winning we will lose one I think Aldershot Halifax Dover could be potential banana skin games I would take one defeat 4 wins now
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so Macc need 4 pts from their final 3 games to be champs.. hoping results go somewhat like this..
H Leyton Orient lose 1-2 ( Orient in good form at the mo )
A Eastleigh draw 2-2 ( long trip n could be a tricky pitch )
H Daggers draw 1-1 ( they blow it )
They bottle it and Rovers win their final 5 games to take the title by 1 pt.
HKR, it's much better being on the Saturday with a day off work on Sunday. I'll be either getting over the biggest celebration hangover for many a moon or drowning in self-pity. So will it be Sobering Sunday or Suicidal Sunday?
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hi phil, have just found out the reason why the play off final is on Saturday, the sunday is the final round of matches in the premier league season and tottenham v leicester is on the sunday at wembley.
I think scotty will be disappointed with the 2 goals he conceded having watched the highlights
I think scotty will be disappointed with the 2 goals he conceded having watched the highlights
Not a Scott fan but no real chance with the second, it skidded in and bounced right in front. More of a worry is our tendancy to not pick people up in the box and picking up players on the edge of the area is defending corners 101. They had a disallowed Tap in to. Get away with it against likes of Gateshead but it's why we have struggled against top sides, and have that regular L in amongst our W's, we don't do the basics well and the top sides are good enough to exploit.
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TWELVE THE BAYONET: CAMP LEE, VA., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 would certainly get at the job promptly that afternoon. The rookie walked away apparently quite satisfied. The Third Battalion Headquarters' men are once again with us for mess. "Louse" Lappin and Nick Honsaker as usual amuse us with their tales of wild life. Forty-first Company. On May 1, 1918, the 41st Separate Company was transferred to the 11th Provisional and organized as the 41st Company of that battalion. The recruits assigned to this company come from the Virginia quota of the April draft. At the present time the company has not distinguished itself, but each day brings to light the latent abilities of the various recruits. Notably that one recruit is a glass and fire eater with the ability to drink forty (40) gallons of water. The men physically are in fair shape, but it has been noticed by several of the officers that after an hour or so of hard drill that even the strongest develop bad cases of "blind staggers." Will some kind "medico" describe the symptoms of the disease so it can be detected in its early stages-we have the cure. Forty-second Company. "It takes a long, slim, dark-skinned man to make a German lay his rifle down." We are on the job all right-we have about 250 in this company. Perhaps some will be slimmer later and some might be darker like some of the rest, and what some of us miss in being "long" we make up in pep. We are sure to get those rifles. We have a veteran of the Eightieth Division in our company. Moses White served in this division last fall. For some unaccountable reason he was sent home, and he is now having a fine time drilling us when the officers find we need extra instruction. We went on guard this week. The guard house was not finished, and when we heard were to sleep in the mess hall as a guard house we had pleasant anticipations. Hang that cook. He locked everything up tight. Corporal X-Sir, I have a very important question to ask. You say the corporals can't roll bones with the privates, but is there any objection to the corporals having a few friendly passes just 'mongst themselves? We had a sociable gathering the night we all got settled. We had a sociable gathering the night we all got settled. We had songs. Songs we used to sing and new songs taught us by the engineers, who came over to teach us. We had a few buck-and-wing selections, too, by members of the company. Man, you just ought to hear our harmony. Ask "stove pipe." Thirty-third Company. The 43d Company is one of the newest in the Depot Brigade. It's in a battalion that is as equally new, but it certainly means business. Its ball team has already defeated the old 41st Company's team to the tune of 7 to 6. Acting Corporal Rufus E. Knox, of the 43d, claims to be the best trap drummer in seven counties, and he promises to beat them all as soon as he gets his drum. We hope that the supply officer has a supply of large hats in stock, as we have appointed several acting corporals. Acting Corporal Burrill Woods had $60 the other night. He didn't tell us, but we think we know where he got it. Woods doesn't think much of the man that sleeps next to him, for he wanted to leave it in the orderly room, but as we didn't think we could get away with it, we made him keep it. Gee! I wish I was an observation man. All they do is eat and sleep. Forty-fourth Company. The Forty-fourth Company was organized Sunday, April 28, with 250 colored recruits, all from Virginia. While the uniforms have not arrived, it has not deterred their military accomplishments. Twenty-six non-coms. have been appointed and are doing good work. We can forsee quite an article for next week. Ninth Company. The Ninth Company played a game of ball with the Eleventh Company the other night of which the less said the better. The only bright feature was the playing of that shining star, Sergeant Ow, behind the bat, although Sergeant Doutt didn't do so bad. The score was 16 to 1, in favor of Eleventh Company. Reason for defeat: Sergeant Kelly was out rooting for Ninth Company. Our new recruits are a likely looking bunch of men. If they only keep on sending such to the new army it will not be long until we have the Kaiser with his back on the Rhine. The men enjoy the music given after retreat by the Brigade Band. They dance on the parade ground, but they have nothing on Sergeant Lewis. At 9:15 o'clock last night Looie was dancing and prancing around the floor looking for Ege and about nineteen other men at the dance in Petersburg. The girls were there, but owing to kitchen and other police duties the fellows were not. Mess Sergeant Traub has an easy time these days. All he does is catch flies and place them in our new-fangled fly-traps. 105TH ORDNANCE DEPOT CO. Last week the office force dreamed a dream, and in this dream they could see, arrayed in all its glory the office baseball team winning from the work-house team. The following day, May 1, they challenged the warehouse to a game, thinking they could make their dream come true. Oh! what a false thought! It was, indeed, pitiful to see the office rooters fade away as their men walked away from the plate after making a great effort to his something they couldn't possibly see., for Private John D. Blair was doing the remarkable pitching that could not be equaled. No doubt the surrounding companies felt the awful wind from the bat as the office team fanned, and fanned at the little thing they heard buzzing by. Sergeant Glasgow, who played short for the warehouse, was much "peeved" at the office not giving him more than two chances to make a throw to first. Now since this game is seems that none of the office have more money than 30 cents. They tried to double their money, but- By ginger, next t' bein' able to pick up a three-cent piece with a boxin' glove on, is to try to edit an "Ordiance Harold." It must be awful t' hev t' live in a city during one of them campaigns fer a "business administration." Unlce Ezra Braddock McCracken is a direct descendant of a family of Norse baseball men, and was born at Cat Creek He is supposed to be able to play himself, but it can't be done. He has marvelous memory and little or no regard for the truth. Sergeant Dwyer thinks something of going with a troupe. His uncle was quite an actor, and tore paper for the snow scene in the "Two Orphans," when that play was popular. Hence his would-be jokes. Lots of seemingly intelligent folks keep on saying "butatoes" fer "pertaters," Fitts." I'll bet th' editors thet hev been flyin' over th' country fer years on railroad passes wish they'd paid more attention to th' scenery while they hed a chance. "Black." The "Ordnance Harold" wants to know from Novotny, and Duff, why we are at war? Why! we are surprised at their ignorance. . The reason is this" We are fighting that Democrats might live. Old Specks Byers is the blamdest fellow to be blowin' off all the time about his army record. Wants to buy two gold bars and thinks he is a baseball rooter. Ha! Ha! Kill him while he is happy. Forty-seven West Philadelphians are among the three hundred men connected with the 26th Company. This delegation sports "A Mutt and Jeff" act in "Heavy" Atkins and "Kid" Bradley. Joseph P. Devir, a Philadelphia newspaperman, is with us. Joe is writing so many postcards and letters to his friends that Corporal Robert E. Lee has named him "Post Card" Devir. Jimmy Edwards has taken to the culinary art and every other day our James makes "chow" in the kitchen. Jim's intention when he gets back to Philly is to open a restaurant at Forty-ninth and Woodland Avenue. "We'll patronize you, James, on Saturday nights" -when the war is over. Jules V. Leclere, who has seen service in the U.S. Marine Corps, for a period of more than eight years is first sergeant of the 26th Company. Two McDevitt and two Smith brothers are privates of this outfit. Captain Harold L. Brown is our leader issisted by First Lieutenants Claude E. Schools, Earl E. Hodges and Second Lieutenants Percy V. Hendricks, Clinton P. Simpson, Roy C. Smith and L. Laurier. Private Bradley woke up the other day with an unusual dream or something He's says, "There is something on his mind." Q.-M. OFFICERS TR. CAMP The following notes were sent in by men formerly of the Eighth Division, who were recently transferred to the Quarter Master Officers' Training School at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. Military police upon seeing Sergeant Major Morgan board a boat for Jacksonville without collar ornaments: M. P.-"Where are your collar devices?" Morgan-"I have none." M.P.-"To what organization do you belong?" Morgan-"To none. I belong to the Depot Brigade." Sergeant Sommers doesn't know yet, whether he is present or accounted for at Camp Lee Sergeant Major Plunkett is set in his ways. He is trying to persuade us to stand all formations. Seven of our party motored to St. Augustine Sunday. Great was the envy of others who saw them racing up South Beach at 65 per. For some reason the ladies all execute eyes right when Sergeant Major Edwards is near. He has even been known to stop Ford racing cars containing the feminine sex. Sergeant Williamson had his little finger badly sprained in a recent baseball game. He is soon to claim exemption. Sergeants Sommers and Meidel and Corporal MacGaffin and Matson are mingling with the English nobility at the hostess house, according to their own statement. HEADQUARTERS TROOP This troop is much set up over the fifty new tan saddles, which arrived Wednesday. The horses have been scrubbed and groomed until they fairly glisten in the sunshine, and now that we have the new saddles, we will "knock 'em cold." Private Warden says that he enjoys guard duty on Sunday night. It amuses him very much to make the belated troopers advance 100 yards or so "to be recognized." In his zeal, he halted Hans Hess, the stable guard, who, in reply to the challange, "Who goes there?" answered "Stable guard." As he did not receive the order to advance he sang out "He-e-doubles" and could not see why the sentinel insisted on calling "Corporal of the Guard No. 1." Privates Owen and Berkey have returned from their leaves of absence and report a splendid time. Private Cottrell entertained First Sergeant Turner, Sergeant Knox and Corporal Reames at dinner at his home in Petersburg Tuesday night. The boys have been giving glowing accounts of his hospitality and the enjoyment of the evening. Sergeant Knox seems to have been the "rookie" in the rook game. Bugler Enos, who astonished the troop by blowing "First Call" at 10:45 P. M. Tuesday night seems sad and forlorn these days. Reason? His star dancing pupil, Sergeant Widdows, has been transferred to the Depot Brigade, where he expects to teach the rookies some new steps. The inspection Saturday morning went along finely until two pairs of B. V. D.'s were found in Luigi Carlozzi's locker. We draw the curtain in the subsequent events. Corporal Corby has been put in charge of motor transportation, Vice-Sergeant Benz, who was transferred to Motor Truck Company 329. Corporal Sadler has a new mascot in the shape of a French saddle. MUSTERING OFFICE Our motto-Bring your bread and meat and get mustered. Private Harry Davis, supervisor of reviewing table, says "It certainly is wonderful the way business keeps up." Private Waller is always wanting passes to Hopewell. He says, "like Grape Nuts-there's a reason." Corporal White, of insurance fame, says he is going to retire on his commissions on sold insurance, which he does not get. Private Carter certainly does get a lot of good things to eat from Richmond. It pays to be popular with the ladies. Private Samuel Schiff, our renowned interpreter, states "that it is as easy to speak Russian and Lithuanian as it is Chinee." He ought to know. Private "Tubby" Smith bemoans the fact that the large influx of recruits keeps his nose to the "Bible" and away from his favorite pastime of baseball. Private Mitchell to negro recruit from Virginia-"Do you wish to take advantage of the government insurance?" Negro Recruit-"Naw suh Cap'n, I'se doan wanna take no 'vantage ob the gobernment no time a tall." Sergeant Campbell tells us to make preparations for another big draft. Have a heart, Sarge, we haven't finished this one yet. Tony-"Hey Giacomo, youra arm ees hurta you wherea da man steeka da needle?" Giacomo-"Was dat a needle?" "I tinka she essa da railroada spike." Private "Blondy" Cobbs, our Angel Faced Child, is trying to beat Private Schiff for his job as interpreter. He offers in proof the fact that he now speaks "English," "Profane," "Slang" and "Pig Latin." MOTOR TRUCK CO. 329 First Section. Sergeant Davis has been converted, and is now playing tennis. (Watch him boys, hemay use the net for fishing.) It was an awful blow for the married men, when they were restricted to quarters last week. What would Jimmy Cairn's little girl say, if she heard he was caught in a crap game? Second Section. Lieutenant Trecartin inadvertently broke in on a little prayer meeting, and confiscated a leaf of the Bible, which was lying on the floor. Deacon Wallace was presiding. Binkie Bell, while talking in his sleep, keeps murmuring about Bert. We fear that modest Binkie has a sweetheart. The canteen seems like a modern business house, since Abel has taken hold of the reins. Third Section. Judging from the expression of Jack Evans face, we would say, he has considerable trouble with his feet. We are wondering why the boys were hurrying down the hill, towards the incinerator, one evening last week. Reo Detachment. At last Sergeant Ruoff has discovered the nice little girl that he has been scouting for. We did not know it was in her. There was considerable excitement at the Liberty Theater, when Vause, the supe, dropped the curtain at the wrong time. Ask Ryan how he enjoyed his trip to Richmond. AMBULANCE CO. 319 "Fatty" Lucille and "Slim" Blanche are frequent visitors. "Hill-billy" the embryo non-com, and Grandma, the overall entertainer, who constitute the reception committee, are advised to match their step. Red Face Creepy Northen often breaks the stillness by calling to the fair ones around the base, but even though he is always in the most optimistic frame of mind he never is noticed. We have been getting practical experience in digging trenches. It matters not how hard the monkeys and the what no ride it has to be done by the count. We are still hearing the echoes of the big Sunday Pow-wow which cast its shadow over the entire Sanitary Train not so many moons ago. War whoops are continually heard emitting from the throats of Standen Bull Fulton, Chief Heap Big Bones Sidenberg, Open a Can Mimms, Minnehaha Remsburg, Pocahontas Ferguson and Chief Side-o the Mouth Powell. "Gloom" Snellings is still on a grouch, but we still wonder when, where and how 319 will get like she ought to be. Parson Eastburn, the sky pilot of the company, is often found navigating around the camp trying to steer his congregation of Philadelphia prodigals down the straight and narrow path. "Nev-er-er m-m-mind, I'll e-eat a h-h-handful of bub-bub ball bearings," said Bob Williams trying to explain how he was going to knock the examining officer cold. Q. M. DETACHMENT McMonigle-"Why don't you talk United States?" Selig-"Excuse me, I was trying to speak your language." Corporal Rollie distinguished himself by a very thrilling drive to a fire on the Richmond Road last week. He had to stop and explain to the police force on his way back the reason for his haste. He says the police force is a nice man. Several of the fellows who were on the front row at the Liberty last week want to know how much it costs to get on the stage. Don't know who the guy is who's making those announcements in the mess hall, but he better wise up and lay off that Mark Antony style. It's not in keeping with the job. Then, too, it's not really appreciated. Famous sayings by famous men-"Hap" Holman-"Attention! Pass me the prunes." Pengelly wants to know if he will be allowed to take toilet water overseas. Sanford believes in the old saying about: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." You ought to see the eats he brings in with him. Madvihill is trying to get a job as assistant manager at Lakemont. Says he kind of likes the ladies. Seitz and Carpenter are conducting a class in fancy work. Pillow tops are their specialty. 313TH FIELD ARTILLERY Battery B. Songer weighs about eighty pounds in light marching equipment, and Meadows and Harmon reach within close touch of the seven-foot mark. All the men were working in the dugouts, and Songer approached the place of endeavor with a smile. "Say, men, orders just come down for a good man to be added to this outfit, and I picked myself out for the job; where are the picks." Despite the rain, mud and all other things making trouble on the field, the regiment started out for a short stay at the range, and from all reports things are moving along nicely, the batteries taking over the guns at all hours of the twenty-four. When the scoring is being done, we are sure our gunners will live up to their previous record. Clendenen looks blue, radiates blue, talks blue and is blue. The girl who invented sunshine failed to write last week. If there is any one any busier than our supply sergeant, "Pat," please call us up at the office on the Gap line, and give us his name. It can't be did. The laundry again reduced one of our corporals to the ranks. They put a measley private's shirt in the place of the noncom's. Recruit: "What is that building?" Corporal. "That is the Liberty Theater." Recruit: "What's that for?" Corporal: "For fun!" Jim, to new man: "Don't you wish you had joined the army a year ago, think of where you would be by now?"" Recruit: "I wish I had joined the Quakers a year ago, so I'd know where I'd be a year from now!"


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So you've hit that point where if you spend more on broad terms you will start to lose money, and you're already at the top for the other keywords you're targeting and you've separated your matches out so specifically that you can't improve on CTR. You've even tried setting your daily budget to way beyond required levels but your PPC campaign just won't show any more Ads…
What Now?
We take a look at scaling tips for Adwords and beyond and how to get more traffic from other sources.
Reasons Why It May Be Hard To Scale PPC
There are some obvious reasons and some not so obvious to new advertisers, but before you spend countless hours trying to increase your reach, consider the following:
- Budget – Can you afford to scale up? Costs increase as terms become more broad or generic
- Niche – The more competitive it is, the harder you have to work
- Platform – Are you only trying to scale on Adwords because it's what you know?
- The Bigger Picture – What about your conversion rate? (surprisingly often overlooked when trying to scale!), are you also considering SEO, more brand visibility etc etc
- Implementation – Ok so agency fees and/or software may be an extra cost, but how much is your time worth? – could it be better spent building the business? Often the business owners stand in their own way when it comes to scaling or growing online.
- Desperation – Trying everything at once because you HAVE to make it work is the worst possible standpoint for intelligent scaling! If the business is not working out – we are back to that bigger picture – PPC is not a be all and end all saviour of an already shaky business model or low converting website (sorry!)
Setting Expectations
"I don't care how much it costs, I want to be in that top 3 area"
"I want more traffic but I only want to advertise on exact match"
"I have spent $100 more this week and there has been no returns so can we switch off the campaign/keyword?"
"How little can I spend to make more money?"
"But I don't want to change the website, can't we just advertise more?"
All Clients – Everywhere In The World
All great questions and as a consultant, these are phrases I often hear in meetings where a client wants to not 'spend too much' with initial scaling. Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that scaling is going to cost more and there may be an initial investment required before you start to see return and here is why:
- Higher impressions – going broader means you are going to be more visible
- Lower CTR – when appearing higher up or in more competitive areas, your CTR% will go down. This is often a surprise
- Lower Quality Score – due to the above – so you may start to see "rarely shown" or "first page bid" notifications in your campaigns
- Higher competition – you are not more likely to win the race because there are more people running
So you can of course scale up but you also want a campaign that makes you more money. In theory, increasing your CPC will give you higher visibility but due to the competition, quite likely to not give you the same percentage return initially. (Disclaimer Alert – it may not bring you any more return – these are just things to try before giving up!)
If you want to be careful to not spend out on Day 1 – this is what I suggest:
- Start small – Give yourself a set extra budget per day and stick to it – then gradually add more broad match terms
- Separate out performing keywords – Target them in their own specialist groups
- Further separate into keyword matching groups – That way you can keep an eye on your more broad terms and assign separate budget
- Negative out exact matches from your broad matches – Exact match traffic is then driven to your exact match campaign for less
- Don't give up after 1 day – Review your current buying cycle and how much it brings back in brand traffic – then set your expectations accordingly
Are You 'Really' Using Everything Within The Adwords System?
New features come fast so if you're not checking the Adwords Blog for updates and then being pro-active in using them once they roll out to the UK, you could be missing tricks.
Common Adwords areas that I find are not being utilized as they could be:
- Site Links – if you're not using these to direct customers straight to Products & Services – why not?
- Call Extensions – Likewise – I am not sure why you would not make your phone number accessible
- Product Listing Ads – These guys are the new black – seriously get your products on the Merchant centre – check out some PLA stats from e-consultancy
- Local Marketing – including Google Map Advertising
- Re-marketing – one size does not fit all, so look to creating campaigns specific to customers that left the shopping basket or specific product sets using Dynamic re-marketing – PPCHero has a great guide
- Display Text Ads – seriously – most campaigns I have looked at recently have the text Ads (Adsense Network) switched off. It is not like it used to be and you have much more control of where your content appears these days, so give it another shot! Check out the SEW definitive guide to display
- Video – uh oh – this is not going to work for everyone, but it is worth looking at part of display so check the same SEW article
Try Other Platforms
It's common knowledge that Ads are less likely to have the same traffic on Bing as they are on Google, but that does not mean it won't bring you any more return. Bing has it's own PPC Desktop Editor now, they also do re-marketing – as does Facebook. Things have moved on and you may have not looked at PPC beyond Adwords or seen the improvements in Facebook, Bing and the soon to be public Twitter pay per engagement model for some time.
With Bing, you no longer have to set up a separate account and you can import your successful Google Adwords groups with a few clicks. This of course is based on the premise that your Adwords account was set up effectively and that you don't have rogue groups everywhere. If you were getting ready for enhanced or have long been a fan of an organised account that mirrors the structure of your website, then this is a very easy fix.
Make sure that you tag your Ads so that you can track those additional sales otherwise your SEO department will be taking all the credit from that extra Bing traffic 🙂 – I still use manual tagging for Bing – I tried some tools but they actually didn't show up in the account but the manual tags were fine!
Platforms to consider for additional Advertising
- Bing Ads
- Facebook Ads
- Twitter Ads
- LinkedIn – doesn't work for everyone but at least give it a try!
- Other re-marketing platforms such as Adroll – be warned you may need to spend a LOT more
- Dare I say re-visit traditional advertising such as local papers to drive traffic to your site? Yes I do Dare!
NewsJacking Is Not Just For SEO
Introduced by David Meerman, you can pretty much jack any sort of news. Local, national, competitor…
Set up Google Alerts and Social Alerts for anything and everything. If anything comes up, make sure your Ad is visible when the searches start. Set up another campaign so that high impressions and low clicks does not affect other successful campaigns. Stories are also likely to have a short life span so you need to be quick to set these up and take them down when the story is old.
A Word of Warning: Don't fall foul to negative stories that could adversely affect your brand – not even just for the fun of it as it is not cool (*ahem* but may get you listed as a bad example so I guess there is some link win).
There are many posts on Newsjacking and how to use your brand content alongside news but the main rule is – try to connect, don't just shoehorn in your product to the Britney Spears World Tour. This may not be as powerful as Newsjacking with articles for SEO purposes but if you don't think this way – how are you going to find the potential gaps in your market?
Find New Opportunities
You know those keywords that when we first started we ignored or added to negative because they were not as relevant as the main keywords? Now maybe a time to test some of those for marginal relevance.
Keyword Crunching
Back to good old fashioned searching for keywords and variants and seeing who is advertising. Search in the AdPreview Tool though so that you don't 'taint' the searches with personalisation due to being logged in.
If there are areas of less competition, it may be worth testing some Ads.
Negative Keywords
Now I'm not suggesting you un-negative everything as negative keywords help reduce unnecessary costs but think about it. When did you set up those negative lists? Have you reviewed them or tested them since you first set up the campaign?
Product Reviews
Anyone searching for a review is probably interested in buying the product. There will be other marginal areas that may be worth re-visiting now you are an established advertiser. It may even be worth setting up some dedicated review landing pages. This is something that Amazon and Ebay have been dining out on for years!
Local, Local and did I mention Local?
Even though customers can buy online from anywhere, there is still merit in targeting local terms outside of Pizza Delivery and local stores. You may also deliver next day. Local and next day go together. Check your Analytics – I'll bet there is at least one location based term. Start trialling local terms.
I have kept this as a new opportunity as if you are starting out – chucking a few videos together is probably not going to get you 100% more business advertising your product videos in a pre-roll, but if clients are looking for reviews, give them what they want with your videos not other peoples.
Conversion Improvement
Of course, the best way to make more money is to spend some time on your conversion improvement. You would be surprised how many advertisers scale up without testing how to make more money on site with their current spend. Improving the site for higher Quality Score can also help your Ads to appear higher up for the same or less Ad spend.
Of course, switching the site and working on pages is always going to be more time consuming than adding a few more Ad groups but there are quick and easy tools to help you test pages without you having to alter your site.
Software for landing page testing without having to change your site:
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Every one of these areas warrants an individual blog post or even a series, but it's a start at least to get you thinking differently or re-visiting old campaigns that may have been set up and optimized without anything being changed because if it aint broke don't fix it.
I think if it aint broke, it doesn't mean things can't improve!


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Research Review: Teacher Expectations Matter
A research review by the Education Commission of the States concludes that teachers' expectationsoften influenced by factors such as race, ethnicity, and family income levelscan significantly affect students' academic performance. Negative teacher expectations account for an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the variance in student achievement and contribute to achievement gaps between white and minority students, according to the findings.
The ECS's brief, which was published last month, emphasizes that learning opportunities are often dependent on a teacher's expectations for an individual student. For instance, it states:
A teacher might set lower standards for historically low-achieving students or he/she might perceive various students' behaviors differently. A delayed response from a non-minority, more affluent student might be perceived as thoughtful consideration, while the same delayed response from a minority, lower-income student might be considered as a lack of understanding. These differences in teacher behavior convey expectations to students, which can significantly affect their own behavior in ways that impede academic achievement.
To be clear, the idea of there being a strong correlation between teacher expectations and student achievement is nothing new. The ECS says the link was explored in a 1968 study by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson entitled Pygmalion in the Classroom. The group also looked at four other studies, published between 2006 and 2010, that highlighted the impact of teacher expectations on performance.
The brief explains that, while the 5 to 10 percent variance is "relatively small, the effects on individual students, especially minorities and low-income, can be great."
In what's really the meat of the brief, ECS offers recommendations for policymakers and education leaders to consider in light of the findings. These broad propositions include:
- Using implicit attitude assessments to identify and weed out out teacher candidates with "inflexible perceptions" about student ability.
- Teaching pre-service teachers about the "risks of inequitable expectations" and offering training to amend negative perceptions.
- Tracking current teachers' interactions with students and providing professional development to help them improve those interactions.
- Adopting teacher evaluation systems that measure expectations and perceptions of students.
- Ensuring PD around the Common Core State Standards emphasizes the need for high expectations paired with the high standards.
When asked why ECS pushed this research review out now, Chief of Staff Kathy Christie referred to the need to raise awareness about instructional issues while states begin implementing the Common Core State Standards.


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Morning Five: 04.01.14 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on April 1st, 2014
- South Florida appears to have its next coach and hopefully he has completed the coursework that he says he has. Yesterday, the school announced that Orlando Antigua would be its next head coach. Antigua is expected to continue to serve as an assistant at Kentucky through their Final Four run. The deal, which is reportedly five years, adds Antigua to a growing Calipari coaching tree that already includes Josh Pastner, Derek Kellogg, and Bruiser Flint. Antigua is best known for spearheading Kentucky's recent ridiculous recruiting run. He will not be recruiting anything close to the same caliber of player in Tampa, but getting better players into the program will be the first step in making it respectable.
- Antigua is just getting his head coaching career started while across the country Mike Montgomery appears to have decided to end his. Yesterday, Montgomery announced that he would be stepping down as the coach at California and retiring. Montgomery coached at three schools–California, Stanford, and Montana–for 32 seasons and in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors for two seasons. Outside of his time in the NBA during which his teams went 34-48 in each of his two seasons, Montgomery was very successful at all three schools he coached at going 677-317, but will be best remembered for making Stanford into one of the top programs in the country before he left the Farm to head to the NBA.
- Staying in the Pac-12, Washington State announced that it hired former Oregon coach Ernie Kent to be its next head coach. After having a degree of success under Tony Bennett (not exactly shocking anymore) the Cougars went through a rough patch with Ken Bone, who was fired after five seasons. With his 13 seasons at Oregon, which included two Elite 8 appearances, Kent would appear to be ideally suited to compete in the Pac-12. Having said that perhaps the biggest key for Kent was his relationship with athletic director Bill Moos, who had hired Kent to his first head coaching position at St. Mary's.
- Former Arizona star Jason Gardner (last seen having this done to him by Jason Williams–seriously, no foul was called on that) was named as the new coach at IUPUI yesterday. Gardner is best known for his time at Arizona, but he subsequently played overseas before serving as an assistant at Loyola then Memphis. Outside of his professional experience and name recognition, Gardner also was a Mr. Basketball in Indiana in 1999, which could serve him well as he tries to recruit within the state although he will have an uphill battle trying to get recruits over much more well-known in-state schools.
- We had two players announce that they were entering the NBA Draft yesterday. One had been expected for over a year while the other one was a bit of a surprise. The first (and obvious) one was Andrew Wiggins, who announced that he would be leaving Kansas after his freshman season. Wiggins' draft stock may have dropped from what it was before the season (an unquestioned #1 overall pick), but he is still a top-five pick at worst. The announcement out of Missouri was a little more surprising as Jordan Clarkson has elected to enter the NBA Draft after his junior season. While Clarkson's numbers this season may have been close to what Wiggins put up, he is closer to a late first round pick at best so this might end up backfiring on him if he were to slip into the second round.


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SummerFest in Milwaukee this year. The annual festival runs from June 27 to July 1, and the July 3 to July 8.
C2E2 - The Chicago Comic and Entertainment EXPO returns to the South Building of McCormick Place this weekend, celebrating every imaginative form of pop culture. It's always a fascinating event to take in high tech promotions and exhibits, celebrity guests, and loads of people in sci-fi, superhero, ultra villain, monster, and sexy costumes. Rows of vendors offers comics, t-shirts, games, action figures, and all sorts of imaginative memorabilia. Local artists and writers get their shot at selling stuff too. This year's guests include musician/spoken word artist Henry Rollins; Caity Lotz and Dominic Purcell from DC's Legends Of Tomorrow, Charlie Cox from Daredevil; Daphne Zuniga from Melrose Place; Gina Torres from Firefly; Khary Payton from The Walking Dead; former White Sox star Ron Kittle; and Svengoolie.
The Bad Examples perform at FitzGerald's in Berwyn this Saturday night. Lead vocalist-guitarist Ralph Covert (of Ralph's World fame) often calls to mind Squeeze with his vocal style on The Bad Examples' catchy pop tunes.
Chicago Repertory Ballet is presenting Modern Motions at The Atheanaeum Theatre on tomorrow, April 6 and Saturday.
The English Beat, one of the best ska revival bands that sprang up in the UK in early 1980s, will have people up and dancing at City Winery Chicago tomorrow, April 6 and Saturday.


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Climate change refers to any change in the climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.
The IPCC defines climate change as it has been done above. This definition differs from the one made by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They have chosen to define climate change as: "a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods".Our environment consists of many things, the climate being only one of them and this should not be mistaken for weather. Climate is generally defined narrowly as "average weather" and is usually calculated over an amount of years. According to The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the usual time span is 30 years. "Average weather" generally consists of surface variables including temperature, precipitation and wind.
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Nothin' but Nuggets at the Nugget Spot
The woman behind the counter at the recently opened Nugget Spot is well rehearsed in explaining the ordering process to first time customers, "Choose between chicken and pork, then pick one of the four coatings. Each order ($7, eight nuggets) comes with your choice of sauce."
In short, the Nugget Spot fits the mold of a single item restaurant that offers creative variations of an iconic dish. The playful theme of the menu at the Nugget Spot is reinforced by incorporating ingredients like Cheez-Its, Ritz crackers, pretzels, and rice crispies.
The nuggets differ from a fast food product though in that they are not molds of forcemeat, stamped and fried in uniform oblique shapes; the use of my chunks of breast meat may cause the chicken nugget enthusiasts to proclaim they are actually mini tenders. Nevertheless, they are crisp, fatty, and salty with a juicy bite—exactly what you would look for in a nugget. The pork nuggets are also whole chunks, but are just slightly tougher than their chicken counterparts, and don't have a noticeably strong pork flavor.
Of the four options for coatings, the Southern Fried style closely recalls the craggly batter of a McNugget, though much more peppery; an order of the Southern Fried nuggets with their honey dijon or barbecue sauce is a safe bet for those who prefer not to tinker with a classic combination. But the boldest flavor comes from the Ritzy Ranch coating which is dusted with a powdered ranch dressing, rich in tangy buttermilk. The Cheez-it and Pretzel coating both fail to deliver any strong cheddar or pretzel flavor.
Many would consider the nugget merely a vehicle to deliver dipping sauce, so it's no surprise that the Nugget Spot offers eight varieties. If you're looking to stray from the aforementioned classic honey mustard or barbecue sauce, the wasabi mayonnaise offers a pleasant latent heat that's not at all aggressive to your sinuses. Their blue cheese dressing is also surprisingly funky, removing any doubts that it may be from a bottle. And if you're a fan of McDonalds green packets of sweet and sour sauce, the Mumbo sauce comes closest, only bringing much more sour to the party.
As is the case with most fried foods, your nuggets are at their best when eaten immediately, which makes me wish that their space was more inviting to dine in. The narrow store that the Nugget Spot occupies is brightly lit, economically packed with seats, and generally feels like a fast food joint—not exactly the kind of place you want to linger around, even if they do offer affordable beer and a big screen TV.
Ultimately, that seems to be a common thread amongst the one item restaurants in New York City, they offer no more than what their name promises, not on the menu nor in their atmosphere, supposing that it's enough to be the definitive destination for one particular dish. For the Nugget Spot it just might work; if a friend of mine ever has a hard craving for chicken nuggets, I know where to take them.
About the Author: Paul Yee is a brooklyn based filmmaker who loves cooking and eating. He also runs the Brooklyn Table supper club..
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