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'A pure girl with a holy soul'
Meretz council members tour Silwan to denounce Israeli settlement growth
Netanyahu blames Abbas incitement for Jerusalem terror attack
Egypt border attack, injuring 2 IDF soldiers, launched by drug smugglers
Watch: Car drives into crowd at light railway station in capital
Netanyahu moves to tamp down new election momentum
At his birthday party Netanyahu says: Israel does not need new elections
Bayit Yehudi bill would allow Knesset to reverse High Court cancellation of bills
PM pulls support for conversion bill 'in deference to concern for haredi support' ahead of election
Doctors remove pen cap from boy's lung, warn of dangers of sucking on pen caps
Ministry uploads comparative data on health funds
MDA calls for blood donations after High Holidays shortage
Israel Cancer Association to kick off 'Knock on the Door fundraising campaign'
Five scientific balloons to launch simultaneously Wednesday in Israel, Europe
Tel Aviv U. launches fuel substitutes accelerator
US agency gives $1 million to boost Israeli Arabs in hi-tech
Israeli gas firm signs bid to sell natural gas to Egypt
Israel surely in 'front line' for climate refugees, says expert
Renée Zellweger responds to Twitter's shock at her current appearance
Lord of the dance to play 'Dangerous Games' in Israel
Blue-and-white on the silver screen
Show Review: Cirque Eloize - Cirkopolis
IFA punishes Sakhnin with NIS 15K slap on wrist for honoring Bishara
Maccabi Tel Aviv poised for first real test at old nemesis CSKA
Another tight and tough loss for Jerusalem
Sinai Says: Sakhnin scandal exacerbated by Liberman's senseless shenanigans
Israel's environmental health shows progress, but has much room for improvement, experts find
Pro-Israel German-language Jewish magazine launches
Jewish leaders alarmed by UKIP's new European ally
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World Jewish Congress flips on Nazi pensions
Head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: All of Israel within missile range
Clarification and correction
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The Islamic Republic and Islamic State
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Crossroad to nowhere
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A scroll for soldiers
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סִימָנִים עַל הַחוֹל
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Business News
07/20/2012 00:02
Israeli exec of software giant SAP shares vision
shekel versus dollar 370.
(photo credit:REUTERS)
European companies must reinvent themselves if they are to compete with their
Asian rivals, Franck Cohen, president of German multinational software firm
SAP's Europe, Middle East and Africa division, told reporters in Tel Aviv
Thursday."They will not be able to outspend companies in the
Asia-Pacific, so they have to outsmart them," he said.SAP aims to
achieve this by focusing on three major technologies that are all approaching
maturity at the same time: mobile, in-memory computing and cloud computing,
Cohen said.Mobile is becoming more business-oriented, and SAP is starting
to think about developing mobile business applications that could be deployed on
a mass scale through all kinds of tablets and devices, he said.In-memory
computing technology, which the company is developing through its HANA solution,
would revolutionize the way people manage big data, Cohen said."If you
combine these three dimensions and look at what these three new technologies can
bring when they are put together, you can change the IT landscape forever," he
said. "And that presents unprecedented opportunities to companies like SAP – and
also to our customers – to reinvent themselves."Unusual for a European
business executive, Cohen spoke to reporters in both Hebrew and English. Born in
Algeria, he moved with his parents to Sderot in 1960 and finished his schooling
in France but returned alone to Israel at age 17. He served in the IDF
Paratroopers Brigade and studied electronics and electrical engineering at Tel
Aviv University. He joined SAP in 2009, armed with 22 years of experience in the
enterprise resource planning industry.SAP's Israel division is
functioning very well, and was even voted best performer out of all the
company's European branches this year, Cohen said. SAP Labs Israel has been
behind a number of inventions, he said, and more than 100 local developers are
participating in the development of the HANA in-memory solution.Israeli
developers were responsible for the creation of the Real Time Offer Management
solution, which combines with mobile and in-memory computing technology to
personalize promotional offerings. The system is being tested by French
supermarket chain Casino.The system recognizes, via loyal customers'
mobile devices, when they have entered the store, Cohen said. It immediately
recognizes purchasing behavior by examining the customer's past purchases and
social-media profile.Based on this information, it makes a personalized
promotion to that customer. For example, if the customer is a chocaholic, the
system might offer them an exclusive 10 percent discount on chocolates.
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October 1st, 2014.
Google Trusted Stores Now Open In The UK
In 2012, Google launched its Trusted Stores program in the USA. Now, the search engine has opened the program to UK retailers, aimed at creating a better shopping experience for both consumers and eCommerce websites.
What is Google Trusted Stores?
Google Trusted Stores is a program that is beneficial to both consumers and eCommerce sites. With the Google Trusted Stores program, retailers that meet certain criteria get a Trusted Stores badge, which displays on their site, and on paid search engine results. This badge allows stores to show they offer fantastic customer service and consistent, on-time deliveries.
Benefits to Consumers
The Trusted Stores Program benefits consumers in a number of ways. As online stores have to meet strict criteria to join the program, consumers are able to shop with more confidence. Online, there are thousands of stores for consumers to choose from, and often, consumers don't know which ones are going to provide them with the best shopping experience.
When a consumer sees the trusted stores symbol on a store, it differentiates that site from others. It allows shoppers to more easily identify stores that offer a high quality shopping experience. Merchants with the badge will also offer free purchase protection from Google.
Benefits to Businesses
For retailers, the program can be highly beneficial. It provides merchants with the chance to differentiate themselves from their competitors. The Trusted Stores badge immediately makes a store stand out.
For example, a person searching for a floor lamp on Google will see an abundance of stores. However, if they see one store is displaying a badge, they are most likely to visit that particular store. This increased level of visibility will attract more customers, and therefore, increase sales and conversion rates.
Most importantly, however, the objective data offered to consumers through the program can drastically increase a store's customer base. When a consumer places an order with a site, they want to know that it offers a good shopping experience. The Trusted Stores Badge provides consumers with more objective information on a store's quality level.
When a consumer hovers their mouse over the badge, they will see a report card. This card offers information on a store's customer services and shipping reliability. Also, it will display overall data on the store, such as returns, delivery times, email response times and the overall shopping experience. This data is collected through an independent shopping evaluation company called StellaService. With this symbol, the consumer is given an objective review of the site, and will be more likely to purchase with that store.
Applying: Who should Apply and How to Apply
Stores can apply to the Google Trusted Stores program, only if they meet certain eligibility criteria.
- Process a Certain Number of Orders: Your site must consistently process at least two- hundred orders, over twenty-eight days to be eligible.
- Use Shipping Tracking Numbers: On the majority of the orders your site ships, you must use shipment tracking numbers. This is so Google is able to see how quickly your shipments were delivered, and how many were delivered.
- Cannot Sell Restricted Items: If your website sells any restricted items, such as tobacco, weapons, and certain pharmaceuticals, it won't be eligible for the Google Trusted Stores Program
- Must Offer Reasons for CancellationsIf your site becomes part of the Trusted Stores program, it must provide reasons for cancellations. When an order status changes to cancelled, you will be taken to a pop-up screen. On this screen, you will have to state the reason for the cancellation. In order to keep your Google cancellation feed up to date, you have to enter this data.
- Deal with Customer Escalations Promptly: If a customer is not happy with one of your employees, and wants to talk to someone in a higher position, this issue must be resolved within one working day.
- Use a Custom Domain and Have an SSL Certificate: Your website must have its own custom domain, and have an SSL certificate to participate in the Google Trusted Stores program.
Launching in the UK, the Google Trusted Stores program is sure to have a big impact on eCommerce and paid search, and may helpincrease conversion rates for many stores.
December 17th, 2013.
Good Guy Google – Nine Awesome Things Google Have Done That You Didn't Even Know About
Love them or hate them, almost all of us these days use Google as our default search engine, and for increasingly other services beyond that, from email to analytics, document storage to translation. Some strange few even use their social media offerings.
But are Google 'good' as a company? There is plenty of deserved criticism surrounding privacy and tax avoidance amongst other things. supposedly Google still work on the simple premise of 'Don't be evil', although many would claim that this ethos went out of the window a long time ago. Even Eric Schmidt has since come out and said that the claim was stupid.
However, Google do do a lot of 'good'. Here are ten of the best examples of 'good guy Google', and of the search engine giant doing things that, while not driving their profits higher, help to benefit – potentially – all of mankind. And no, this isn't a paid Google post..
Google.org is perhaps the best example of Google doing good, as it exists purely to develop technology with a positive social impact.
Projects range from Google's role in advertising and coordinating crisis response efforts, to heavily subsidised (or free) versions of Google's commercial products for use by non-profit organisations.
Most impressive of all, however, are the Dengue and Flu Trends services, which detect the earliest indications of an outbreak of flu or dengue fever based on the number of people searching for symptoms and treatments.
These can predict epidemics even before doctors have noticed a significant increase in patients presenting with the relevant symptoms, allowing production of the right medicines and vaccines to be scaled up in preparation.
Googling 'Suicide'
Search for 'suicide' and you might expect the usual helplines and support services for your country or location to be among the top results anyway.
However, Google go further than that – in the UK, you'll receive a specific message (which, admittedly, still appears below rather than above the sponsored links) telling you to call the Samaritans for help.
In the US, you'll be presented with an equivalent message for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, while in either country, the organic and sponsored results alike are packed with organisations who can offer advice and support to those going through troubled times.
Breaking Boundaries
Perhaps more than any other big brand, Google work to open doors – figuratively speaking – in developing countries, in order to give people there access to information on as much a free a basis as possible.
The company itself is physically present in over 60 countries worldwide, and the majority of its search results are served to non-US customers.
Google Search itself is available in over 130 different languages, while Google Translate translations can be manually improved by international readers to give a better version of the text than is possible through automated translation.
This is helping to make every web page – regardless of its original language – accessible to web users worldwide, putting all countries and nationalities on a level footing in terms of their access to knowledge and information.
Google Doodles
When Google's homepage logo changed to a 'Doodle' – originally a stylised version of the logo that paid homage to a famous person born on that date, or some other such achievement – it used to be big news.
These days, Google Doodles appear much more often, and are much more complex, often involving some kind of game or other interaction.
However, they also serve to raise awareness of scientific achievements, independence days and cultural celebrations, helping to unite people all over the world every time they make a search.
In rare instances, Google will also add a text message below the main search box on their homepage – they did this, for example, as a mark of respect to Apple innovator Steve Jobs upon his death – and this is a further means by which they can raise awareness, as well as showing a little of their human side on what is otherwise a sleek corporate homepage.
The Return of Authorship
It's worth taking a moment to look at some of the more recent 'good things' Google have done specifically for the way the web works.
For instance, since introducing their own Google+ social network, Google have made it possible for authors to effectively connect their work directly with their Google+ profile.
This in turn allows seasoned professionals to be given added significance in the search results by placing their author image alongside their work.
Supporting Journalism
The web has often been portrayed as the enemy of traditional journalism, with print news publications finding it difficult to compete with real-time 'news' via social networks, and to maintain editorial standards in the face of bloggers who are often not subjected to the same levels of scrutiny on grammar and spelling.
In February 2013 though, Google took the first plainly visible steps towards overcoming that (outside of simply carefully selecting the sources of content that are included in the Google News search index).
A total of eight students from 2,300 applicants were selected for fellowships at seven different organisations with links to journalism, from research centres and training facilities, to action groups that aim to protect investigative journalists while they carry out real-world research.
The response to the scheme was so great, Google had to extend the application review period by a full week, and received an application every two minutes on the last day of the deadline; the chosen students will also spend a week working at Google, and learn about how the worlds of journalism and technology can overlap in the years to come.
Safer Internet Day
Each year, on Safer Internet Day, Google make efforts to raise public awareness of online security – particularly among those users who might not be so experienced at using computers or searching from smartphone handsets.
The brand's commitment to security is built into its products – Google Chrome automatically updates to apply any new security patches, while both Google Search and Gmail transmit data only via encrypted connections.
But its public awareness efforts go beyond automation, encouraging best practices among human users of its services, and of the kinds of technology on which those services are delivered.
In 2013, for instance, the Safer Internet Day campaign from Google focused on issues like locking and password-protecting PCs, laptops and mobile phones, to prevent unauthorised access.
Scrolls and Santa
In December 2012, Google made two announcements with close links to Christmas – one of which was a frivolous bit of fun, while the other was a major archaeological advance.
Once again, the search engine ran its annual 'Santa Tracker' service, giving people worldwide the ability to "see where Santa's headed next" on services like Google Earth, and on devices ranging from PCs and laptops with the Chrome browser installed, to Android-powered mobile devices.
Around the same time, Google unveiled the further digitisation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, putting 5,000 images of the scrolls online, and with detailed information for 900 individual manuscripts.
Google provided the storage for the data – which includes colour images at 1,215 dpi resolution, along with infrared scans – and added supporting information through Google Maps, their own imaging technologies, and even YouTube integration.
Whatever your religious beliefs (and that extends to non-religious beliefs like atheism too), Google strive to cater for cultures and communities of all kinds through these kinds of projects, whether they are academic in nature, or simply a fun way to celebrate an important date on the calendar.
Google Goats
In 2009, Google stopped using noisy, air-polluting lawnmowers to clear the grass and brush from the hills around their Mountain View headquarters (a necessary task to reduce the risk of a grass fire close to the building).
They instead hired a herd of goats to come and eat their way across the hillside, clearing vegetation as they went.
'Mowing' using goats takes the company about a week each summer, and has the dual benefits of reducing carbon emissions while also naturally fertilising the land – and for approximately the same cost as using petrol-powered industrial mowers.
May 13th, 2011.
Does anyone else find Google this annoying?
Did you mean…/search instead for…?
YES, of course I meant that! – And If I left a vowel or a connective out because unlike you I am not a robot & I like to use computer-speak, then so be it. The bottom line is you knew what I meant – so did you have to be as condescending as that and point out the mistake I made?
Google Instant
Really Google? Finishing the search before I have written it? I mean c'mon – it's one thing that you're arrogant enough that you feel you need to tell me the speed in which you gathered my results, now you're finishing my sentences for me like we're in a marriage?
Personalised results
I'm at work, I'm signed into Google. I search a keyword phrase I'm using in Google Adwords & bingo – I'm ranking number 3 on the 1st page! That's weird, yesterday I was on the 5th page, I haven't upped the bids in-fact – I haven't made any changes, but I'm not complaining at all, instead I sit & wait for the money to roll in. I get home from work and quickly carry out a query and sit back waiting to see my site turn up on the first page for that particular keyword and… hold on, it's not there? I click to the next page and nothing. I carry on until get to page 5 and there my ad is. I find and ask an SEO expert why this has happened & I'm told that when I'm signed into Google, the results differ from when I am signed out. I feel as though I've been living in the Matrix. *sigh*
Google seasonal/holiday/anniversary/event themes
I know its Christmas when the streets are paved with sleet and debris and every shop I go into leaves me that little less well off than I was before I walked in. I know its May-Day when I get that extra day off of work, I know its election day when people lie to me about which policy I ought to be interested in because the amount of tax I pay will go down. Nevertheless, Google wants in on the reminders too. I guess its okay, but sometimes I just don't want to care. I'm sorry.
Google Chrome's Sloth
Look. I want a *extremely mild expletive* homepage button on the interface without having to go into the settings and put one there! Is that too much to ask? – Surely not if Firefox and IE understood it.
Sorry, we own YouTube so you can't sign in without us knowing
Now, they may say a change is as good as a rest but I beg to differ. I've been signing in with the same username & password since I opened a YouTube account but Google wants more of a direct approach. Now you cannot access your settings unless you sign in via your Gmail account, which is reasonable enough – but what if you have multiple Gmail accounts? I don't really have a problem with this one, but imagine if Google started buying up everything on the internet enforcing this same sign in rule or else no access. While it may not be that bad, it's the principle…
…Oh well, as Google grows stronger by the query, I'm sure there will be more to add to this list soon!
September 22nd, 2008.
The Definitive Guide To Website Geo-Location In Search Engines
Being based in the UK I find that SEOs on this side of the pond have to get very familiar with website geo-location factors. It's an unfortunate quirk of search engines that one of the main criteria that search engines use to determine a websites location is the location of its webhost.
If you're looking to target a specific locality, then it's vital that your site is recognised by search engines as being from that territory. Local websites are featured more prominently in local versions of the search engines, there are also surfers are given the option to see only pages from their location excluding foreign based sites.
Up until fairly recently UK hosting tended to be fairly expensive in comparison to our US cousins. For this reason many UK based sites found themselves running into problems when they tried to save costs by hosting their sites in the USA.
Don't take it for granted that by hosting with a UK based company that their servers will also be based in the UK. Many UK hosting companies locate their servers overseas including one very well known host that bases their servers in Germany. I'm sure this is the case the world over. When signing up for hosting contracts, if location is an issue for you, always check that the servers are located geographically where you would expect them to be.
There are several factors that are theorised that effect the location of a site in terms of search engines. This list tends to include,
- The top level domain extension (.co.uk, .fr, .de)
- The location (IP address) of the website host
- The geographic location of the domain registrar
- The language that the site is written in
- The location of incoming links
- On page factors (addresses, telephone numbers)
- Registering with Google Local
Obviously some of these factors hold more importance than others, some I theorise are used marginally, others I believe not at all, or their effect is too minimal to test.
Using The Correct TLD (Top Level Domain)
This is your best case scenario. You have a site that you're targeting to UK consumers, holding a .co.uk site will pretty much guarantee that you'll be found in the UK search results, even if you choose to host out of the country. For example the server for whois.co.uk is based in the US, but the site is still returned in the UK only version of a Google search.
Website Host Location
There are of course many instances of websites that are targeted to a specific country but are using a generic top level domain such as a .com or .net. In these cases simply ensuring that your hosts servers are geographically located in your marketplace should ensure that the site is recognised as being local. The Datadial site for example is using a .net TLD, but as its host is located in the UK is still appears for UK only queries. ASP.net which is located in the US does not appear for the equivalent query.
Geographic Location Of The Domain Registrar
I feel this is a factor that is sometimes overlooked by many webmasters, but as Google has access to the geographic location such as the location of the domain registrar it would make sense for them to make use of this as well. This along with other registrar information such as Whois data could well be used as a 'tie-breaker' when country-specific TLDs are hosted elsewhere. For example many country specific TLDs such as .fm, .cc, and .tv are now being used because of the brandability of the domain extension. In cases such as these where the TLD extension is indicating one location and the hosting location indicating another then it would be a logical step to make use of the information available from the domain registrar.
Site Language
Obviously as well as it making sense to make sure your site is written in the language of the search visitors that you're looking for, it may well be one of the factors that a search engine may use to help determine the location of a site. It certainly isn't a defining factor though as it's relatively easy to find foreign language sites within the UK only search results.
Location Of Incoming Links
As above, the idea is that a search engine can use the location of incoming links to determine the site location. Again, I'm sceptical if this is any more than of marginal importance. I have seen lots of sites with low quality link profiles that consist of largely overseas located links and of course news sites with very few links seem to have little problem get geographically placed before backlinks have had a chance to develop.
Site Addresses/Telephone Numbers
Again, it's just good practice to have local contact details for local markets. There is also speculation that this may be used to place a sites location. Again this is difficult to test but I'm doubtful if this is would be anything more than of marginal importance.
Registering With Google Local
Again, hard to test, but it would make sense for Google to make as much use of all the information that was made available to them. Yahoo and MSN also have similar local services.
Going back to our original list I would place the factors in the following order of importance,
- TLD extension
- Hosting location
- Domain registrar
- Google local registration
- Incoming links
- Site language
- On page addresses/phone numbers
Of course, many of these factors are very difficult to test on their own as it's difficult to isolate individual factors on their own. Certainly the first three seem to influence the outcome the most.
Site Targeting In Google Webmaster Tools
Last year Google added an option in Webmaster Tools to define a geographic location for a website. Unfortunately this is only an option if you site is already on a non-specific TLD. Vanessa Fox wrote on SearchEngineland,
If your domain is a location-specific TLD (such as the .fr example above), Google will show you the country that your site is associated with but won't let you specify something different. However, if your domain is not country specific (such as a .com or .net), you can indicate the location of the site…
You can provide information at a more granular level than country. For example, if your site is for a pizza restaurant in Seattle, you can specify up to the street address (although you can input any granularity that makes sense for your business such as city or state).
One of the most useful things about this tool is that it lets you specify different locations for each subdomain. This can be extremely helpful for large corporates which could save them from having to purchase domains and/or source hosting in many different localities.
Geo-Detection Tool
The SEOMoz Geo-detection tool is is a useful way of checking how well a website is targeted to a specific country or market.
More resources
Get Elastic – Location Targeting In Google
Webmaster Central Blog – Better Geographic Choices For Webmasters
Search Engine Journal – On Site Geotargeting And SEO
Search Engine Land – SEO And SEM Outside The US
June 24th, 2008.
Google Is More Than A Search Engine 10 Tools You Should Know
As well as being the United Kingdoms most used search engine with almost a 90% search share, Google also spend a considerable amount of time developing and making available free tools that will help a small business owner to develop and market their website. Below is a rundown of the more useful tools, an overview of how they work, and links to more in-depth tutorials and analysis.
Google Sitemaps (Webmaster Tools)
What is it? Google Sitemaps, recently renamed to Google Webmaster Tools is a control panel that enables you to access a multitude of information about your site and how it performs in the search engines. You are able to check when Google has visited your site, if there were any errors found while trying to index your pages, you are also able to submit a sitemap, download lists of internal and external links pointing at your pages, view search queries that people used to find your content, set a geographic location and a preferred domain. Signing up to this really is a must considering the extra data and functionality that it gives you access to.
Key Benefits: Quickly diagnose indexing problems with the site, add a sitemap.
Further Reading:
Google Webmaster Tools – A Quick Start Guide
Google Webmaster Tools – A Comprehensive Guide
Google Trends
What is it? A good way to comparatively track keyword search volume over time. Not sure which keywords people search for more? Just enter them into here and you'll know within seconds. Data is also given about the geographic regions that search for terms the most and also how often they appear in Google news.
Key Benefits: A quick check to ensure that you're targeting the correct keywords.
Further Reading:
Using Google Trends For Search Engine Optimisation
Using Google Trends To Help Guide Your SEO
Using Google Trends To Research Your Brand
Google Trends For Sites
What is it? A very similar tool to Google Trends, though this can be used as a competitive analysis tool. You can check to see traffic levels for sites as well as some basic visitor data such as geographic location, top searches and additional visited sites.
Key Benefits: Competitive analysis
Further Reading:
Google Trends For Websites
A New Layer To Google Trends
Google Trends Comes To Websites
Google AdWords Traffic Estimator
What is it? Another good way of seeing how much traffic certain keywords can potentially send. Although this is aimed at people using the Google PPC service, you can also use it to estimate how many visitors you will receive from the natural results.
Key Benefits: Access to Google keyword search data
Further Reading:
The Traffic Estimator
Google AdWords Traffic Estimator Explained
Google Analytics
What is it? A free web traffic analytics package. By adding a short snippet of code to your page Google will track important visitor data including metric such as visitor numbers by date and time, referring sites, keyword data, geographic location and content analysis amongst others. In terms of gathering important marketing data about your site getting this installed is a must.
Key Benefits: Access to important visitor metrics
Further Reading:
Google Analytics Setup Guide
Google Analytics Video Tutorials
Advanced Use Of Google Analytics
Google Analytics Relaunched
Google Alerts
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Approximately 2,500 people from 20 countries and 55 exhibitors attended last week's Portable Media Expo & Podcasting Conference in Ontario, California. Organizers of the show reportedly anticipated only 1,000 attendees.
"We had two groups of people attending," show organizer Tim Bourquin told Marketwatch. "The first was folks who just want to do better podcasts and who wanted to meet other podcasters. Then there were the corporate folks who work for companies which want to get into podcasting and do it in a way that puts them in a good light."
Bourquin said next year's event, scheduled for Sept. 29 and 30, will be larger and better structured. "We were sold out this time, and lots of people couldn't attend the sessions they wanted to," he said. "We'll probably be creating 'tracks', maybe five or six. One for hobbyists, one for the business side of things. With more room, we'll be able to break it down."
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Mother Nature inspires Portland florist Francoise Weeks
Her works are a naturalistic yet fantastical composition of textures and shapes created with treasures from the garden, woods and market, says Natural Gardener columnist Valerie Easton.
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PORTLAND FLORIST Francoise Weeks is a master at using every part of a plant to great effect. She might wrap a shoe or purse with a pleated begonia leaf, or center a tabletop arrangement with kumquats or a spray of fuzzy green blackberries. Each of her works is a naturalistic yet fantastical composition of textures and shapes created with treasures from the garden, woods and market.
"Asian grocery stores have a thrilling selection of unusual — to my eyes — fruits and vegetables to use in centerpieces," says Weeks, who has been known to drive 20 miles to Uwajimaya in search of a fragrant herb or unexpected leafy green. And yet this creator of botanical shoes, purses and hats is practical as well.
"Fruits and vegetables emit ethylene gas that wilts flowers," she explains. If you're making an arrangement for an event and don't care if it lasts more than a day or two, go ahead and mix grapes, persimmons and miniature eggplants with flowers and foliage. But if you want an arrangement that holds up more than a few days, keep fruits and veggies away from the ornamentals.
My eye was first drawn to Weeks' work at the Portland Yard, Garden and Patio Show. She'd made a centerpiece for a plank table in an edible display garden. Her arrangement featured Brussels sprouts and spirals of acid-green romanesco broccoli. It was a work of art using familiar ingredients in a new context; I'll never see these vegetables quite the same way.
"My biggest inspiration is Mother Nature," says Weeks. From spike heels gussied up in leaves and flowers to lush woodland arrangements, each piece is dense and layered. Raw ingredients like moss, seedpods, grapes, tiny artichokes and sprays of herbs are surprisingly harmonious. Weeks encourages the students she teaches in her backyard studio to express their creativity and learn to work with gifts from their own gardens.
Weeks grew up in Belgium with a gardening mother who always brought flowers into the house. In her own Portland garden, she has dug up the lawn and replaced it with perennials, shrubs, annuals and succulents. Weeks even has a rack of houseplants in her studio so she can snip their foliage for arrangements.
When it comes to vases, Weeks is both purist and improviser. She sticks to classic glass cubes and cylinders, then wraps the inside with leaves before adding water. She's collected hundreds of plastic yogurt containers, transforming them into bespoke vases with glue, leaves, moss and bark. She fashions her delicate woodland arrangements directly onto small logs and pieces of bark.
Weeks creates botanical fancies like shoes, purses and hats for parties and fundraisers. At age 59 she bought, at Goodwill, her first-ever pair of high heels. Not for attending one of the parties herself, but to turn the shoes into seductive floral concoctions to grace the tables.
"I love the detail in composing with all these ingredients," says Weeks. "I find nothing more boring than just roses."
Learn more about Francoise Weeks' work, her botanical-couture workshops and seasonal arranging classes at www.francoiseweeks.com.
Valerie Easton is a Seattle freelance writer and author of "petal & twig." Check out her blog at www.valeaston.com.
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The sanctions came into force on 1 August 2014 and include a military arms embargo on selling all military items to Russia, which includes Russian state entities, companies and citizens or any items for use in Russia…
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Intel's Bay Trail processor is a bona-fide 64-bit chip, but right now, pretty much all Bay Trail-powered Windows 8.1 tablets come pre-installed with the 32-bit version of the OS. Happily, that may be about to change. Or at least, CNet News says it's going to.
The site got word from a "source familiar with upcoming plans for those tablets" that, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, "at least one major PC maker" will show a Bay Trail tablet running Windows 8.1 x64. There's no hint of when such a tablet might hit stores, but in a statement to CNet News, Microsoft said 64-bit Bay Trail systems will turn up "in the coming months."
What's taking so long? Apparently, there's a small technical hurdle on the road to 64-bitness: connected standby drivers. Nathan Brookwood of Insight64 told CNet News that a 64-bit version of those drivers was "prioritized toward the end of the list last year." The way he explains it, those drivers are needed to ensure good battery life.
Fully 64-bit Bay Trail tablets will, of course, be able to address a full 4GB of system memory—or more. But there's another selling point. According to Brookwood, "IT organizations want to standardize on 64-bit images and 64-bit apps." If Microsoft wants to sell Bay Trail tablets to businesses—and those devices are certainly speedy enough for productivity work—then 64-bit could be a big deal.
As for us non-enterprise folks, I think we'll enjoy the support for extra RAM. Bay Trail isn't a speed demon by any means, but it does have four cores and the ability to run the same software as higher-wattage desktop and notebook chips. 2GB of RAM does limit one's multitasking options considerably.
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Land at the Ballywalter Park Estate has been transformed into the trenches of Ypres, for the movie The Wipers Times.
Starring the likes of Michael Palin and Emilia Fox, the film is based on the true story of how a printing press found in the ruins of the town was used to publish a magazine during the Great War.
Captain Fred Roberts, played by Ben Chaplin, decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres.
The magazine, described as "full of gallows humour", was poignant, subversive and very funny.
Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the Western Front and was a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.
In his spare time Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
"I am the sergeant of this band of men," Steve Oram Actor explains on set.
"He is the second in command to Ben Chaplin, we are the people who help make this paper, The Wipers Times. I am just a lackey really."
Fellow actor Julian Rhind-Tutt said after six days of filming they were beginning to get an idea of the horrors of the trenches.
The Wipers Times is the latest production to come to Northern Ireland as tax credit breaks for filming are helping underpin the industry in the region and create local jobs.
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"If you look around here you will see that a lot of the crew are local, ancillary staff, vehicles, catering, all local.
"They come here because we have got the skills and talent in Northern Ireland."
Staff at Ballywalter dug the trenches on the 1,100 acre farm to create the battlefield.
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"We are fortunate, Northern Ireland Screen have brought a number of films to us now which we are grateful," owner Lord Dunleath said.
"The first was divorcing Jack way back in 1997 when the producer was one Robert Cooper. "Then Robert and his wife Kate were back just before Christmas when we had another film being shot here called an Innocent Aboard, PG Woodhouse being interned by the Germans during the Second World War."
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In recognition of the United Nations designation of 2010 as the Year of Biodiversity, the Four Rivers Environmental Coalition and The Rock River Times presents this bi-weekly series to help readers discover the amazing array of plants and animals in the rivers, prairies and woodlands "in our own back yard." FREC is an alliance of 35 member organizations "dedicated to educating and advocating for the plants, animals, natural resources and ecosystems of the Four Rivers Region." Please visit fourriver.org.
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Most of us think of Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden as a spring, summer and early fall experience, and as a special place known for its signature events, such as the annual Garden Fair, Woodsong Concerts in the Garden, and Autumn at the Arboretum.
As important, however, Klehm stands as a significant repository of trees found nowhere else in the northern half of the United States. This land was originally owned by the Taylor brothers as Rockford Nurseries in the 1920s. Their foresight and imagination brought trees native to Asia, Africa, Europe and other regions of North America to the Klehm grounds, long before conservation and preservation were widely accepted concepts.
Many of these exotic species are best viewed during the tranquility of a winter walk. Klehm's 155-arce experience is especially magical after a light snowfall when the contours of the unusual firs, spruce and junipers are outlined by a blanket of white.
With more than 4 miles of outback trails, Klehm is a wonderful backwoods experience for adults and children. Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and hiking can be enjoyed throughout the Klehm grounds.
A stop in the Visitor's Center will arm you with a map and interpretive trail guide for those who wish to investigate the unique species throughout the arboretum. For those who wish to simply wander, enjoy the quiet of the woods and relish the beauty, the trails are well marked, and all lead back to a main 1.5-mile paved path.
You are invited to enjoy one of the most unusual outdoor areas in northern Illinois at Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden during the fourth season of winter! The Nikko Fir, Dragon Spruce, Katsuratree and the many other trees made possible by the vision of the Taylor family many years ago, are here for us to enjoy!
Members at Klehm enjoy free admission year around! Klehm welcomes volunteers with a variety of opportunities as another way to support and enjoy the wealth of Klehm! Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, during the winter season. Visit klehm.org or call (815) 965-8146 for info.


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The Celtics beating the Magic was the game of the day (and we're just now sure how good Orlando really is).
Heat 97, Clippers 79: Both teams started this game out looking sloppy — poor shooting, lots of turnovers. The Clippers shot 31.6 percent and had 11 turnovers in the first half. The difference is the Heat have a couple players who can power through the slop and still get points on the board, and it was Dwyane Wade's turn Sunday. He was on — when Wade is pulling up knocking down threes early in the clock you know he is feeling it — and he finished with 28.
This game started at 9 a.m. to the Clippers players' bodies (noon start on the East Coast) and it looked like it as they just couldn't get going.
Pacers 105, Nets 86: Indiana is attacking and pushing the pace again. That is the one thing Frank Vogel has done as head coach, they are coming hard at teams again, off misses and makes. That overwhelms teams, like it did the Nets. Great performances by Paul George and Dahntay Jones sealed this one away.
Knicks 117, Sixers 103: Second game of a home-and-home, and frankly the Knicks won seven of the eight quarters, but the Sixers won the fourth quarter Friday and got the split. After that game Amar'e Stoudemire chided his teammates about their play and it seemed to have an effect Sunday as the Knicks played with a lot of energy. Landry Fields had 25 and was knocking down threes. What a steal he has been. Elton Brand with 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting, he really is playing better than people realize this season.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv poised for first real test at old nemesis CSKA
Thousands pack Masada for Dead Sea Rave -424
Barak: I'm not planning on returning to politics
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Poland bids to reclaim forgotten past as haven for Jews
Pro-Israel German-language Jewish magazine launches
Jewish leaders alarmed by UKIP's new European ally
Jewish leader compares eastern Ukraine to Gaza
Israeli youth now eligible for work permits in Australia
Sisi responds to Sinai terror attacks: Egypt to establish buffer zone on Gaza border
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Jordan's Arab Bank starts appeal against Hamas finance ruling
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WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives will vote next week on legislation
aimed at slashing Iran's ability to export any oil.With 360 co-sponsors
in the 435-member body, the bill will pass, and is expected to be matched in the
Senate after Congress's August recess.The sanctions bill requests that
the US president, under his authority provided by the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, come up with a strategy within two months to cut Iran's
remaining export sales of roughly a million barrels a day.After a year,
exemptions granted to countries such as China, Japan, Turkey and South Korea –
which continue to import Iranian oil – will no longer be granted. Companies in
those countries doing business with Iran previously given a pass will be cut off
from the US economy.American officials are confident there is spare
capacity in the global market to replace Iran's exports. Libya is back to
producing oil since its revolution ended in 2011, and Saudi Arabia is prepared
to accommodate Iran's customers, with spare production capacity already at 2 million to
2.5 million barrels.Previous US efforts cut Iranian oil exports by
more than 65 percent, devastating the economy of the Islamic
Republic.Foreign officials and private industry leaders have been
briefed on the language of the US bill.China stands the most to lose:
Iran remains its third-largest source of oil after Saudi Arabia and Angola, and
the companies that facilitate that trade have major assets in the United States.
PetroChina, China's largest oil producer, is one such company listed on the New
York Stock Exchange.These Chinese firms, vocally opposed to
extraterritorial sanctions and to taking orders from the United States, will
have to decide within 14 months whether to have a business relationship with
Iran or the US.The House bill also targets other loopholes in the
current sanctions regimen, including foreign exchange reserves that have allowed
Iran to deal in euros. These exchanges over the past year have been primarily
facilitated by Chinese banks. The bill attempts to strangle the banks' ability
to operate with foreign partners of the US. It also targets Iranian shipping
with stricter inspection and flagging regulations.The bill is a
significant response to the election of incoming Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani, who campaigned on a platform of reconciliation with the West. US
officials and experts have questioned the authenticity of Rouhani's intentions,
and his ability to deliver, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is still
firmly in charge of decision- making on the country's nuclear
program.While the sanctions will be harsh if and when executed, the
timeline for their full implementation – a year from passage, likely in
September or October – grants the Iranians another year or more to acquire
nuclear weapons capability.As one source close to the drafting of the
bill conceded: If Iran chooses to press full speed ahead on uranium enrichment,
no sanctions bill can stop it.
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Jejudo faces oversupply of lodging
Publication Date : 06-03-2014
South Korea's southern resort island of Jejudo faces an oversupply of hotel rooms, according to local officials and industry insiders.
As more and more tourists complained about the difficulty of booking rooms due to a shortage of hotels, the Jeju government eased regulations and stepped up efforts to attract builders and investments. However, their efforts seem to have gone too far.
"Hotel rooms have outnumbered tourists. Unless the number of tourists increases remarkably, we will have a problem," said an official of the Jeju Special-Governing Province government who is in charge of managing and issuing construction permits to developers, on condition of anonymity.
Jeju hoteliers are not so upbeat about the increase in tourists.
"An excessive number of hotels have been built on Jeju. But there might not be an equivalent increase in tourists due to several negative factors such as the North Korean issue, local elections and the weather," said Nam Kyung-tak, sales manager at Lion Private Town on Jejudo Island.
Weather on Jejudo Island is fickle compared to many foreign resort islands, with typhoons almost every year and sudden wind gusts.
Last year, a total of 16,265 rooms at 191 hotels and other types of lodging were added on Jejudo Island, a 33 per cent increase from 2012. The number of travelers to the island increased 43 per cent from 7 million in 2010 to 10 million in 2013, while the number of accommodations added over the same period surged 75 per cent.
Industry insiders expressed concerns that the current growth in the number of hotel rooms could damage the island's accommodation sector.
"Things will get worse during off-season, from November to March. To fill empty rooms and draw guests, hotels will have to lower room rates. More hotels will struggle to make ends meet because staff salaries and utility prices continue to go up," said Jang Jung-hun, chairman of Daekuk Isleinn Hotel, who also teaches in the tourism management department at Jeju National University.
Jang expects the number of hotel rooms to continue to increase until the end of 2015. The special law to stimulate expansion of hotel facilities implemented by the Korean government will be effective until Dec 31, 2015.
"We don't know how many hotels will go empty after that," Jang added.
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