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ShadowHawk X800 – Look Here For Great Advice About Flashlight Alarms 7930
Should you wish to learn all you could about home tactical flashlight systems, this is your opportunity. You must not choose such a crucial matter. You need to have accessibility best information and possess control of your decisions. Browse the below article to discover all of the different options you possess.
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A sliding glass door could make your home less secure. These could become unlocked very simple by burglars. When your tactical flashlight system is not really linked to the doors, cut a board or pipe the exact length of the door channel, and drop it within the space to secure the doors. This supports the door firmly in place. Even if the lock is broken, the doorway is still held closed.
Predicting what intruders can do is challenging, which explains why it is recommended to protect yourself against many possibilities. As an alternative to hoping it won't eventually you, you need to use the necessary steps in securing your property. Keep these pointers at heart, and begin trying to find a quality tactical flashlight alarms system.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Painters Union to Others: What Are You Waiting For?
I thought it would be of interest on the eve of tomorrow's anticipated SEIU-AFSCE announcement in Washington, D.C.
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It sure will be helpful to get all these enthusiastic people behind us in Iowa!
(this video from NY 11/5/03 soon to be added to the DeanTV Video Vault at DeanTV.org)
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About Nation-Building
Nation-Building was founded by Aziz Poonawalla in August 2002 under the name Dean Nation. Dean Nation was the very first weblog devoted to a presidential candidate, Howard Dean, and became the vanguard of the Dean netroot phenomenon, raising over $40,000 for the Dean campaign, pioneering the use of Meetup, and enjoying the attention of the campaign itself, with Joe Trippi a regular reader (and sometime commentor). Howard Dean himself even left a comment once. Dean Nation was a group weblog effort and counts among its alumni many of the progressive blogsphere's leading talent including Jerome Armstrong, Matthew Yglesias, and Ezra Klein. After the election in 2004, the blog refocused onto the theme of "purple politics", formally changing its name to Nation-Building in June 2006. The primary focus of the blog is on articulating purple-state policy at home and pragmatic liberal interventionism abroad.

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Admittedly I'm behind the times in the 40k blogosphere and current events, so excuse me if this has already made it's rounds. Here's the link to a replica Bolt Pistol used for the 40k display at Comic Con: Volpin Props. Make sure to check out his post history for more props!
This guy has the job I always wanted to do... if I were talented, lol. It's like "aw man, that movie was awesome" or "that video game rocks" and you want to bring it to life and this guy just reaches into the screen and pulls out the props. Do want!
Also, I shall be back later this week with a new battle report with *gasp* my Necron!
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Friday, 19 February 2016
Mini Reviews: Sisters (2015), A Most Violent Year (2014) & Burnt (2015)
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I've only seen A Most Violent Year. I really liked it, but also had the same complaint about the title being misleading. Another blogger, I forget who, put it in perspective for me. It may not have been a violent movie for us, but it was the most violent year of his life. He was just a guy trying to make an honest living when everything went insane.ReplyDeleteReplies
You're absolutely right! I really did enjoy it, and I think the only reason it's ended up in a mini reviews post is I've struggled to really put my thoughts into words.Delete
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I quite enjoyed Burnt, mostly because of good pace and Cooper's performanceReplyDeleteReplies
It's a weird one for me! I do normally enjoy Bradley Cooper and I wouldn't say Burnt is a bad movie, I think I just set my expectations too high.Delete
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Sisters was an enjoyable comedy, perfect for a night in.ReplyDeleteReplies
Definitely! It'll be one I get on DVD when it comes out, perfect for having the girls over :)Delete
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I've only seen A Most Violent Year which I was really disappointed with. It was just so slow. Sisters, I'll probably catch on DVD. I'll skip Burnt.ReplyDeleteReplies
I think it was a really odd title choice! Sisters is definitely worth a watch, and Burnt is alright, nothing more.Delete
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On September 28th, Anaal Nathrakh will release their 10th full-length, 'A New Kind Of Horror', via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, the new single, 'Forward!', can be streamed now at metalblade.com/anaalnathrakhRead More
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There are great guitarists, great vocalists and great songwriters, but Monte Pittman is one of the elite few who can truly lay claim to all three titles - and on August 31st, he once again raises the stakes with two new solo albums.Read More
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After releasing their 14th studio album, 'Red Before Black', last year to critical acclaim, Cannibal Corpse is ready to head back out on the road this winter in support of it - this time, with Hate Eternal and Harm's Way joining them on the bill.Read More
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The second wave of bands and breweries for Decibel Metal and Beer Fest: Los Angeles, set for December 1 and 2 at the Wiltern, welcomes American melodic death metal kingpins The Black Dahlia MurderRead More
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On July 27th, Redemption will release their seventh full-length album, 'Long Night's Journey into Day'. For a preview of 'Long Night's Journey into Day', the band has launched a video for the new single, 'Someone Else's Problem'.Read More
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Hey Guys!
I'm currently midway into my trek out west and unable to post any exciting fashion photos (spending 24+ hours in a car in a Canadian winter doesn't lend itself well to cutting edge style!).
BUT I did get some exciting news- Fashionism.ca's Christopher Turner (aka The Fashionist) featured my Fashion Mad Lib today. It's bright and colourful and was tons of fun to fill out!
I still can't quite describe how thrilled I was to find out that Fashionism had selected my blog as one of the top 15 in Canada, and I just want to say a huge HUGE thank you to them and to each and every one of you guys for all the love and support. It means the world to me!


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A multi-millionaire businessman who fled to Marbella after infamously using a text messaging service to sack the majority of his 2,700 employees has been killed in a car crash on the Costa del Sol.
Mark Langford, 42, the former head of The Accident Group, Britain's biggest personal injury claims firm, was alone at the wheel of a hire car when it swerved off a main road near the resort on Easter Monday. He suffered head injuries in the crash and died in hospital five hours later.
Last night Spanish police were examining the scene as they sought to rule out suicide. Mr Langford is said to have become depressed after being ordered to attend a bankruptcy hearing in Britain.
Mr Langford, who turned TAG into a multi-million- pound empire, achieved instant notoriety when the group folded in 2003.
Employees received text messages that read: "Urgent. Unfortunately salaries not paid. Please do not contact office. Full details to follow later today."
They were later angered to learn that while they were left jobless, Mr Langford was living off the millions he had taken in dividends out of TAG in the months before the collapse.
Mr Langford and his wife, Debbie, 41, swapped their £3.75 million regency home in North Rode, near Congleton, Cheshire, for a life in Spain.
Mr Langford divided his time between his £1.5 million yacht, Mermaid's Whisper, and a villa in Marbella. His two daughters were preparing to return to the £11,000-a-year King's School.
The family's first home in the resort was a £2 million villa in a gated community. After selling that, they rented a five-bedroom house on Marbella's Zagaleta estate where Sir Mark Thatcher was among their neighbours.
Mr Langford's life as a financial fugitive began to go sour just over two years ago.
His assets were frozen in January 2005, and he found himself under increasing pressure to explain how TAG had collapsed owing an estimated £100 million only months after he and his wife had taken out vast sums in the form of dividends.
The Inland Revenue finally pounced in February, just as the Langfords were preparing for a birthday celebration on board Mermaid's Whisper.
Onlookers recall the tycoon looking ashen as Inland Revenue bailiffs approached the gangplank to present him with a £4.2 million writ and his wife with a demand for £2.4 million.
"When Langford's wife refused to get off, the bailiff threatened to shout out the contents of the demand to the whole port," said one of those at the quayside.
The onlooker added: "The bailiff got Langford as he walked up the gangplank in front of dozens of tourists. He went completely grey and his legs almost buckled. He was furious and tried to snatch the writ out of the bailiff's hands."
Last month, amid unconfirmed reports that he and his wife had separated, Langford failed to turn up at the High Court for a hearing brought by HM Revenue and Customs.
His lawyer requested an adjournment, saying Mr Langford was suffering from "severe mental illness leading to manic depression".
A close friend said: "Mark was in a very difficult period and was struggling to cope. He very much enjoyed the lavish lifestyle his fortune allowed him, but recently he'd been forced to sell his home, his yacht and his cars to raise money.
"He was not at all happy in recent months."
Langford, who had also invested some of his TAG fortune in a failed restaurant venture, was awaiting a date for the hearing when he took to the A7 in an Opel Corsa at about 3pm on Monday.
A police source said: "Drivers often leave the motorway at this junction at high speed and have to break heavily as they approach the roundabout. The cause of the crash is thought to be excessive speed given the wet conditions."


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Turkey London Broil
Last night for dinner we had a cut of meat I've never heard of before; turkey London broil. What's turkey London broil? Well at my butcher, Brenman's Meat Market 2496 Gerritsen Ave Brooklyn, New York 11229, it's a boneless skinless half turkey breast that's marinaded in white wine, garlic and spices.
We purchased a 2lb turkey London broil and took it home and grilled it over a Stubbs brand charcoal fire in my trusty Weber kettle. 3 people for dinner.
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Friday Sept 27, 2013 @ 4:00pm EST. join Simon & Schuster on Spreecast with a live video chat with author Larissa Ione author of Bound by Night.
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"ONE OF THE BEST PARANORMAL WRITERS IN THE BUSINESS TACKLES THE VAMPIRE WORLD…[BOUND BY NIGHT] is quite the interesting beginning to what looks to be a bit of a different take on vampire lore…the plotline is sound, as is the wordbuilding; and the series shows great promise to come into its own in future books…BOUND BY NIGHT is a fascinating read, and the series looks to be another winner for Larissa Ione."
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione's bestselling Demonica series has captivated fans with its sensual blend of dark passion and demonic fury. Ione's first in the riveting MoonBound Clan Vampires series, BOUND BY NIGHT (Pocket Books; September 24, 2013; $7.99), takes readers to another intoxicating world—where a dangerous clan of wild vampires rules the night…
A WOMAN OUT FOR BLOOD: Nicole Martin was only eight years old when the vampire slaves rose up in rebellion and killed her family. Now she devotes her life to finding a vaccine against vampirism, hoping to wipe out her memories—along with every blood-sucker on the planet. But there's one thing she cannot destroy: her searing, undeniable attraction for the one man she should hate and fear the most…
A VAMPIRE OUT FOR REVENGE: A member of the renegade vampire MoonBound Clan, Riker is haunted by demons of his own. When he recognizes Nicole and remembers how her family enslaved his loved ones, his heart burns for vengeance. But when he kidnaps Nicole and holds her in a secret lair, his mortal enemy becomes his soul obsession, his greatest temptation, and, perhaps, his only salvation—a hot-blooded lover who could heal him with her touch…or bury him forever.
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A month ago I had grand plans to continue our schooling all summer. I've done homeschool lite every summer since David started school. Math and reading every day we are home, with some science and history thrown in when I have time. But then I realized I was completely done with school. While I wasn't experiencing burnout, my kids were. And my school year of being "sick" and too tired to do much had left me with a really messy house and yard in need of some major TLC. I prayed and decided it was time to give my kids a real summer. No school. No structure. Just an open day with endless time to play and be creative. My kids didn't even know what that meant.
The whining of boredom commenced immediately. I ignored it and told the kids they could fold a hamper of laundry if they were incapable of finding something to do. Magically they found a game or project to do.
See, I don't cater to my kids' boredom and I never have. I want them to be bored. Because boredom makes them turn to new things for entertainment that they generally avoid during the school year. Books they'd never read unless they were desperate. Games they're too busy to play when there are other things to do. My basement is completely filled with a fort the kids built where they play for hours every day, even reading and having their prayer times in their own little beds they've made for themselves.
|Making their own Pokemon game
My kids have spent many hours up in our climbing tree. Hours laying on a blanket watching the clouds. They paint my driveway with water. They draw. Make up games. This afternoon they asked if they could create their own drinks--which were just really disgusting sounding smoothies involving fruit, tons of cinnamon and a little stevia. I averted my eyes to the mess they made, happy that they had found an outlet for their creative minds.
|Joy teaching Lizzy how to fry an egg--the latest accomplishment for both girls
All this unlimited free time has made me discover a few things about my family.
1. My kids are not used to so much free time. While I've always summer schooled with good intentions, I'm beginning to realize that maybe dealing with regression is a small price to pay for my kids having the time to discover new hobbies, new games, new books.
2. My kids lead a very structured life. I've always had a routine and structure to our days. Always. My kids could depend on the same daily routine and an almost always same weekly routine. Not any more. I can't tell you when we will make it to the library or the grocery store this week. And I don't care. We'll go when it's desperate (we're nearly there). It's good for my kids to have their routine shaken up. Teaches them to be spontaneous.
3. My kids are creative geniuses. Up until now I have always wondered if my kids were a little abnormal in that they don't come up with make believe games, stories, or other similar things the way I did as a kid. They do, but not nearly as much as I did. But now I can see that I have just never given them the time to be bored enough to get their creative juices flowing fully.
|Making Perler bead creations
4. My kids fight when they are bored. This took me a few days to figure out. David was constantly pestering the girls just to make them mad. Hubby pointed out that David just didn't know what to do with himself. Oh. So maybe some structure is necessary. Boo. Today I decided I would play a game with David. I don't like games but David does, so I was speaking his love language. We played Rummy. Then the girls saw us playing and wanted to play, too. So we all played Rummy. This afternoon I read 10 chapters from "The Sign of the Beaver" to the kids before I finally called it quits. We usually only make it through 2 or 3 before the kids are done. Guess their attention spans are improved when they have nothing else to do. Right now they are outside having a squirt gun fight. And I am choosing not to care that my house is going to get wet when they're done.
5. We all needed a break. I thought I was fine and could do school all summer. But after 3 weeks off, I've discovered I needed this time. To read. To just sit and stare out the window. To work on a project when the inspiration strikes. To have the freedom to drop everything and meet a friend at the park for the afternoon. To not care that things aren't getting done. To paint. Yup, I am going to attempt painting on an actual canvas this week. It's been about 25 years since I've tried.
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and made them sweep up the sandy mess in my bathroom
This summer is nothing like anything we've ever done before, but it's exactly what we needed. So if you decide to drop by unexpectedly, don't be surprised to find three monkeys up a tree, laundry all over the living room, and projects in various state of completeness all over my dining room table. Because that's how we roll this summer around here.


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Cry babies and quitters in La Liga
Now that the whole time-consuming football business is over with for a wee while, La Liga Loca has been able to dedicate itself to the far more important business of Spanish reality television. And the blog has had a bit of a shock.
Just a few short years ago, the greeting between the average Juan and Juanita in the Spanish street was a brief air kiss or firm handshake. Or maybe an intensely annoying back slap. The socially repressed and often sunburnt La Liga Loca will never get used to that, no matter how many years it is exiled here.
But not anymore. Like a barbeque up Mount Everest, the stakes have been raised.
Judging by the TV shows trawled through over the past few days, it seems that repeated smacky, slurpy kisses are all the rage in Spain, along with disingenuous cries of 'guapa!' or 'gorgeous!'
Smacky, slurpy kisses whip blog up into a frenzy
And this desire for extreme displays of emotion - which will be of no use to anyone when the Thunderdome Energy Wars come along - has been filtering through to the nation's footballers.
Two grown men have been blubbing like babies over the past few days when leaving their former clubs. Edmilson was the first when departing Barcelona for Villarreal - and La Liga Loca has been assured by 'culés' that the tears are not being reciprocated.
Valladolid's Joseba Llorente was the second crying culprit at the press conference given at his farewell from a club he only spent two years at.
La Liga Loca has been to both the city and stadium and could not wait to escape from Spain's equivalent of Northampton - it may not have seen the nice bits, to be fair, so was puzzled by the super striker's fey farewell.
However, Llorente seemed to have pulled himself together by the time he had arrived at the Madrigal where he'll have the chance to play Champions League football.
Edmilson dries his eyes and puts on brave face for new club
Although Joseba was supposed to be joining Athletic Bilbao this summer, the forward said that Villarreal had shown more interest (cash) than the Basque club and that he was "proud to wear this shirt for the next four years."
Ernesto Valverde has decided to walk from the Montjuic after a two year spell - and looks rather happy doing so in the pictures published - after admitting that "the atmosphere within the club is not the best, but for me and the club, the decision is the right one."
Chain-smoking perico president, Daniel Sánchez Llibre wheezed that Valverde's decision was his own and that the knives were never out for his former underling.
"At no time did we question him. He had the board's complete support at all times," he gasped through his oxygen mask.
Javier the ham stealer is no longer the most unpopular man in Soria. The former figure of hate has been replaced by Gonzalo Arconada. Just a few short days ago, Gonzalo was the coach of Numancia and celebrating their return to the Primera after gaining a plucky promotion.
But today, Arconada looks set to jump ship, mix metaphors and fill Unai Emery's big boots at AlmerÃÂa for the next two seasons.
Up in Castle Greyskull, Ramón Calderón has responded to Manchester United's threat to report Real Madrid to FIFA for their antagonising antics with Cristiano Ronaldo by claiming that "our relationship with with Manchester is magnificent."
"We have only said that if the player decides to go, we'll ask if it's possible to sign him," continued Calderón, a man described by a must-be-on-crack Roberto Gómez in Marca as "the Kennedy of Real Madrid who only wants to bring joy to the Whites fans."
And La Liga Loca, for one, believes the Bernabeu bigwig, despite his comment from the same day that Cristiano Ronaldo is "a problem between the player and his team."
And a reported comment to his board at a meeting on Monday and published in Marca that "our work is done. Now we depend on the player."
And Bernd Schuster's interview from Tuesday's AS when he declared that the Portuguese player "wouldn't bring any problems" to the club.
And Bernd Schuster's comment in Friday's AS that "white suits him," when presented with a photoshopped picture of Ronaldo in a Real Madrid shirt.
Ronaldo: Not being courted by Real Madrid... honest
Mundo Deportivo report that his board have grown tired of Calderón's constant outbursts and have told him to put a lid on it. One of those reaching for his big stick is the club's official consultant Javier Calderón, who also happens to be the president's brother.
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The family of Christine Gianacaci has been notified that the body of their daughter has been recovered from the Hotel Montana rubble.
Christiane Gianacaci (bottom row, left)
We're saddened, but we're also blessed that she's coming home. But we're not going to be happy until all remaining Americans in that hotel are brought home," said John Gianacaci, Christine's father.The Gianacaci family were first told that their daughter was "safe and rescued" right after the Haiti earthquake, but the information turned out to be tragically incorrect. Eight members of the Journey of Hope mission from Lynn University returned home unhurt.
Related and Background:
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Haiti Lynn University Students Missing Hotel Montana
UMCOR Sam Dixon, Clinton Rabb Dead in Haiti Quake at Hotel Montana
Sweetest Heartbreaking Photos of 2 Year Old Haitian Boy
Haiti Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, UN's Hedi Annabi Dead in Quake
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Friday, July 3, 2015
Declare Your Independence from That Which Shackles You
We may not be in chains but we're all shackled in one way or another. Might Independence Day be the time to shed one or more of your restraints? I describe some of the the most common in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
Labels: lookism, materialism, moving forward, political correctness, unstuck
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The Sunset Lake Tahoe Idea House
Rugged yet sophisticated
Bringing nature into our homes is one of the best things about living in the West. The Sunset Lake Tahoe Idea House―located in a scenic, meadow-oriented setting in Truckee, California―is full of earthy materials and textures, colors inspired by the ever-changing landscape, natural light from every possible angle, and walls and windows that blend with the outdoors.
Vaulted ceilings of reclaimed fir decking and beams add spaciousness while still feeling intimate; the board-formed concrete walls are surrounded by warm wood on the floor, ceiling, and window trim.
Bathing outdoors is the height of mountain living, especially when done in a rugged style. With its rough natural textures in concrete and stone, this two-person outdoor shower, tucked under the overhang off the master bedroom, provides a thoroughly invigorating alpine experience.
Rustic materials
Board-formed concrete and a stone floor accentuate the rugged outdoor theme.
To learn more about the Sunset Idea Homes log on to: http://www.sunset.com/home/idea-houses/
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Welcome To Making Friends Monday Blog Hop 4/25/11SPOTLIGHT/ GUEST HOST OF THE WEEK
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Looking for a BYOB for our annual Holiday Party. There are usually about 25-30 adults, and we like to try for a Friday night. We have people coming from all over, so close to major roads(76/202/476) and easy to find is important. We've had it at Viggianno's in Conshy the last 2 years, and are looking for something new (and better!)
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As part of the run-up to the Context Revenue Strategies conference this week (on Thursday, October 5th only and FKA AdSpace at last Spring's adTech in San Francisco), we'll be running some terrific Q&A with some of the panelists from the CRS kick-off panel "The State of Content Advertising: The Players, The Options, The Best Practices" at 9am on Thursday, November 5th.
Today, here is a Q&A between panelist Oded Itzhak, Founder and CEO of AdSide and moderator Jay Sears, EVP at ContextWeb, Inc and the ADSDAQ Exchange.
Your Name: Oded Itzhak
Your Job: Founder and CEO of DOCLIX – Operator of the AdSide advertising network for premium publishers and advertisers.
Your Company: AdSide is a premium pay-per-click ad network, serving tier-1 content publishers, advertisers and media agencies. The network delivers highly-targeted text ads within a controlled environment of pre-screened content sites.
AdSide's Two-Step ClickTM model ensures advertisers pay only for twice-qualified clicks, and only from high-performing sites. Advertisers benefit from a powerful combination of qualified leads, premium sources of traffic, flexible targeting, and ad placement control – at optimal price points. Customers are top-50 and regional interactive agencies, performance advertisers and large brand publishers.
It used to be contextual advertising was the "step child" of search, living in its shadow. It finally seems to be coming into its own. Do you agree or disagree and what are the macro forces contributing to this shift?
Contextual Advertising started as an extension to SEM, allowing search engines to display paid listings on content pages using keyword-based relevancy algorithms. In recent years we've been seeing content-targeting evolving beyond the keyword and taking a separate path from search. Today marketers can place text-based CPC ads while also taking into account the demographics traits and interests of their target audience, making targeting a more accurate process.
Why does content and context matter?
Content and context are indicative of the users' interests and state of mind when they click on an ad. This benefits both the advertisers and the publishers. Advertisers benefit from higher conversion rates and publishers from a higher CTR.
How does behavioral and demographic targeting tie in with content and context? Or does it? Mutually exclusive or best used together?
I believe that demographic and behavioral targeting make more sense with certain types of content where a pure keyword-based contextual algorithm might not work so well. For example, on content pages such as a news article about a car accident, where a pure algorithmic model could lead to ads like: "Get your degree in car accidents."
The Long Tail and media fragmentation. More than 80% of Internet sessions start with search-the advertiser's customer is now everywhere. Adsense has one million publishers carrying its ad tags. How do you compete in the Long Tail and against an installed based such as Adsense?
Long tail provides great reach but might not offer a good fit for some marketers. For example, marketers that look for a brand-safe environment should rethink long-tail. Other problems associate with long-tail include click fraud, accidental clicks, lack of transparency and the lack of ability to optimize on a per site basis, concerns that are less of an issue with premier, large sites .
Site targeting. When you move into the Long Tail (or even past the top 1,000 or 2,000 publishers), can site targeting deliver scalable solutions to advertisers? Is content a better answer because it is a common currency across all web pages?
I believe that it's impractical to manage site- (or placement) targeting with a long list of long-tail sites. Beyond the premium or well-known mid-tier list of sites, content targeting is better accomplished on a category level, allowing advertisers to place ads across a large number of sites that cater to users with similar interests and demographic traits.
Keyword vs. category targeting. Keywords are the holy grail of search. But are keywords effective in content targeting? Are they a destructive vestige of search-too granular or sometimes out of context to be impactful for content targeting? Is category targeting the answer?
Category-based targeting is an effective subset of contextual targeting. It allows advertisers to reach audiences on their go-to websites, and deeper within the same demographics – beyond what is accessible through keyword targeting.
Pricing Models. CPM. CPC. CPA. Cost Per Whatever-engagement, order-Cost Per Flowbee. Is this the direction we are headed? Good or bad?
CPA is a no-brainer for DR advertisers. It ensures positive ROI; however it places all of the risk on the publisher, which many quality publishers will refuse. The CPC model shares the risk between advertisers and publishers, but doesn't provide the branding benefits of display ads. CPM is the de-facto standard for branding campaigns, however it assumes that all impressions are created equal. It also incentivizes publishers to artificially create lesser inventory by adding more units per page, republishing 3rd party content, or creating photo galleries, etc. For pure branding campaigns, a new model should be developed to replace the CPM model.
Tell us about you.
What did you do last Saturday?
Sunday pumpkin picking with my kids.
Your LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/oded-itzhak/0/a07/4b2
Thanks, Oded!
Oded's Bio:
Oded Itzhak is part of a leading group of performance advertising experts. Prior to founding AdSide, Oded was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Quigo, a leading pay per click ad network which was acquired by AOL in 2007. Oded was responsible for developing Quigo's PPC technologies and owns several search marketing and content targeting patents. Prior to launching Quigo, Oded held senior engineering and management positions at Electronic Arts, and was Chief Technology Officer at WorldImaging, Inc. Oded holds a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
About CRS
Produced by Marc Phillips and David Rodnitzky in conjunction with adTech, CRS is a "conference within a conference" is 100% focused on contextual advertising-an area that has needed its own conference for some time. Please join us for the CRS kick-off panel "The State of Content Advertising: The Players, The Options, The Best Practices" at 9am on Thursday, November 5th.
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The State of Content Advertising: The Players, The Options, The Best Practices
Where is contextual advertising going? What's hot, what's not? What can you do today to make your content buys massively profitable? This roundtable discussion features some of the top minds in contextual advertising sharing their insight on the state of the industry now, and in the future.
Jay Sears, Executive VP, Strategic Products and Business Development, ContextWeb, Inc./ADSDAQ Exchange
James Colborn, Director, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft
Oded Itzhak, Founder and CEO, AdSide
Brett Brewer, President, AdKnowledge
Geri Guillermo, Director of Sales, BidPlace Pro, Sponsored Listings and AOL Search, AOL Advertising
Jeff Arena, Senior Product Manager, Yahoo!
Rajas Moonka, Group Business Product Manager, Google, Inc.
Special offer: Register today and receive $100 discount (Promo Code: CRSNY91) for the upcoming Content Revenue Strategies @ ad:tech NY
Tags: ADSDAQ, AdSide, adTech, Content Revenue Strategies, Contextual Advertising, ContextWeb, CRS, Jay Sears, Oded Itzhak


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Bath Bombs- counts as cooking but a little more chewy
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Edible. End of story. I don't do bugs. Or squirmy things. Or things that they would have to pay me lots of money to have a TV show that makes people go "eww."
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Bath Bombs- counts as cooking but a little more chewy
So much happens through the year, it can be very difficult to sit down and do nothing. Today is the first time in a long time I have been able to sit down and relax, and think about the things I enjoy doing, as opposed to what I feel I have to do.
So, why is there guilt? Regret at all the things you told yourself you would try, accomplish, finish, etc. Guilt that you want to do something that might be fun or because that voice in your head is telling you that others are judging and have found you wanting.
Many things in my life have caused me to review what I am doing with my life, from my job to a family member who is ill, to dealing with depression, grief, and the possibility of loss.
There is no way to prepare yourself, for when your self changes.
The hardest critic is your own self, and can sometimes be the thing that holds you back. That little voice in your head, telling you how you'll never succeed, or how you should be happy with what you have, not dissatisfied with your own feelings of restlessness, can be the last, and greatest, hurdle.
When your mind churns, the simplest things can be the most calming, like sitting In front of a fire on a dreary day, or making a roast for Sunday dinner. With so much rain from the passing hurricane, I thought a venison roast would be perfect for a lazy Sunday dinner. I have been dreaming of a goulash I had while visiting Slovakia years ago, and plan to use the leftover roast meat to make that happen.
I think about seasoning the roast, and use the comparison of cooking low and slow to the process of making decisions that will ultimately change my life. From the seasoning of the meat, to the makings of the broth, I plan so that my flavors will still help bring multiple dishes together.
The fall weather and the changing leaves make it an ideal day to pair my roast with some roasted vegetables. Stirring together carrots, squash, onions, and potatoes, and simply seasoning with a little salt, pepper, and olive oil. Sometimes the simplest ingredients make the most memorable of flavors.
So while you enjoy your day, and dream of hot chocolate and snuggling, please make sure to schedule some quiet time for yourself before the coming holiday scrabble. Don't jump the gun like the department stores, but enjoy yourself, that you might enjoy the seasons of well-wishing, so that you may mean it when you wish wellness to others.
its one of my favorite times of the year. We're getting the garden ready. I've got plants sprouting in my sunroom, ready to be relocated, and the thunderstorms bring all that wonderful rain. I just finished assembling a modified enchilada dish, and I'm sitting in my sunroom with my windows open, listening to the birds In the forest, and smelling the rain. I just heard a frog a little while ago, and that is such a wonderful feeling, that I was grinning the whole time he was calling.
When it rains, I get contemplative, and it never hurts to sit for a bit and not do anything. Of course, my cat, Chester, views this as a monumental waste of time, when I could be doing important things, like petting him.
Between being told I have Carpal Tunnel by my doctor and having a bad situation happening in my husbands family, it has just been a little crazy here lately.
Tax season has ended, and the husband is now home for dinner, so I've started trying the stuff I either haven't made in a while, or wanted to fiddle with.
We had grilled chicken breasts earlier this week, keeping in mind we'd be using them for dinner later on.
I followed the guidelines from a recipe I linked to a while ago, that's in my archives. It was a good base, but I decided to just use what I had in the fridge and go from there.
I cubed the chicken after taking it of the bone. I had one large chicken breast.
I chopped about 1/2 a green pepper and about 1/4 cup of Vidalia onion and threw them all into a nonstick pot with olive oil. After everything was warm, I sprinkled about 1 teaspoon each of chili powder and taco seasoning over the mixture.
I stirred that for a minute and added about 1/2 cup of medium peach salsa, and about 1/3 cup of taco sauce, along with 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, and a sizeabe dollop of cheesy quest sauce. Stir like made when everything starts melting, and I ended up with this lovely smelling mess.
I also threw I. Some random sweet corn my husband had cooked with some Mexican spices and sliced garlic for an earlier meal.
Spray a sizable glass baking dish (9×13?), and spooned this mixture into tortillas, rolling and placing seam side down as I went. Ended up with 6 fitting in there. Drizzled with taco sauce, covered with more peach salsa, and then spooned some homemade jalapeño salsa on for my husband. I threw on some leftover Asiago cheese, and then covered the whole mess with about 1/2 a lb of shredded cheddar and sprinkled with taco seasoning.
Bake at 375 F for about 45 minutes, until cheese is golden. I like mine with crunchy bits but husband likes it more stringy.
Sweet, tangy, a little spicy, and really good!
So my husbands says to me when I get home, "I can't decide if you will be appalled by my dinner or want to try it." Well, that is always an interesting start to a conversation. Needless to say, my interest was piqued.
This is what he told me, all while smiling innocently in the hopes I wouldn't bust him. For what, I'm not sure. All I know is that look always makes me a little nervous when it is used at the beginning of a conversation.
This is what he told me. All measurements are to taste & preference as he doesn't remember measurements and trying to ask is like pulling teeth. All of this was him going with his gut.
He says it was most enjoyable. I christened it and there you have it. Apparently, he ended up with two patties. I am interested but also scared to try something with that many jalapeños, we shall see!
I don't need to tell you how busy you can get and not realize how much time has past! I haven't posted since July, and I apologize for that. We had several family emergencies and issues all hit at once, it seemed. It took me months just to get to the point of being upright again, and I wasn't even any of the people stuff was happening to.
I tried to keep sane with mentally thinking about the garden for next year, the Christmas presents I was sewing, and things like that. So it was, bad things do pass, thankfully.
I promised I would post a recipe I got from my husband's family, Cinnamon Pickles!
That would be the jar with the red contents in the picture below.
After the garden dropped its final batch of produce, the end numbers were staggering. My last post was in the midst of our 1st picking of green beans. At the end of the total, our numbers were something like:
4 (yes, 4!) HUMUNGOUS pickings of green beans that were big enough to be snakes – I gifted away something like 6 -5 gallon bucks, and took 2 bucks to the local food bank so that the beans wouldn't go bad. We canned some 70-odd jars of green beans, froze around 20 lbs out of the ones we didn'tgive away.
Same amount in the Hungarian wax pepper department. I was begging people to take peppers, and we made batches of pepper jelly and so did our friends.
The spaghetti squash ended up being rather terrifying in size, and I think we got 9 of those, and we ended up cutting several in half and freezing them, while also gifting away to anyone who wanted one. The zucchini were also terrifying, and my friend has a picture of her daughter posing with one that is as long as she is. I have a zucchini relish recipe that is suppose to take something like 3 small zucchini (6 cups shredded) – that didn't even go through a 3rd of one of my smaller ones!
The cucumbers were just as terrifying in numbers. We did so many types of pickles and went through every Mrs. Wages packet and recipe book we could.
Just in pickles alone, we did:
– lime pickles
– bread and butter pickles
– dill pickles
– spicy dill pickles
– polish bread and butter pickles
– cinnamon pickles, etc. plus a few more I can't remember off the top of my head.
My heirloom tomatoes were gigantic, I literally had, at one point, a single tomato that was about 2 lbs. It had a rough diameter of > 6 inches! Sadly, with the rain, my biggest problem was the tomatoes rotting, even though they were tied up!
At the end, the corn and the lima beans didn't do so well.
We had a great amount of rain, and that definitely helped.
My husband topped all of this by randomly showing up with 12 dozens ears of fresh corn from his grandparents one weekend
So my husband and I are starting to reap the benefits of a 2,500 sq ft garden. Sadly, our corn may not produce anything this year. We are planning on sending in a soil sample to the college, where they can tell you what is needed to make your garden happy! Ours use to be a field, so I have a feeling it is missing a lot of good nutrients.
Due to impending loss of sanity this winter, I started a large amount of seeds just to see what would happen. What did, in fact happen, was a 95% germination rate on 75 hungarian wax peppers, some of the most mutant radishes we have ever seen, and a 100% germination rate on the tomatoes I started.
The tomatoes haven't ripened yet, but the wax peppers are yielding with a vengence! I already have plans for a pepper jelly to help with the several gallons we have already picked, let alone the several gallons yet still to be picked. We still have canned pepper rings from last year, so I cannot make more if we aren't going to use them. This is an effort for us to be smart gardeners. We don't want to plant for plants sake, we want to actually save money with a garden, and anyone who has one knows, you can sink a lot of money into them really quickly, what with seed purchases, fertilizer, buying the plants already started, and so forth. I'm not even counting the netting and wire I use to hold my tomatoes up. I do find the stakes for free in the local wood working warehouse, as they leave dumpsters of their scraps out for enterprising individuals to paw through and make off with.
Anyhoodles, we just did the first pick of greenbeans. 20 gallons! We are overrun with zucchini and cucumbers, and several spaghetti squash that look like they could feature in their very own sci-fi horror movie are still not even ripe yet!
So what do we do with all of this?
We store what we cannot eat fresh.
I have already made one batch of bread and butter pickles, cinnamon pickles, and raspberry jam. We will end up with several batches of canned green beans, which we go through like crazy. Fried green beans is a standard staple on our dinner table.
I am still planning what to do with the heirloom tomatoes I ordered and germinated, so I cannot speculate on them as of yet.
I am hoping to get something off of our potatoes and lima beans, but it is too early to determine yet.
I will start posting my favorite canning recipes, and the one new one I tried that is really time consuming, but worth the effort…. Cinnamon Pickles!


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"Punish the pigs" screamed the BNP's expenses scandal European election leaflets, but those leaflets did not point out that Nick Griffin himself is extremely corrupt...
"The party's treasurer, Michael Newland, resigned in disgust after Griffin used party funds to add an extension to his house. West Midlands fascists who complained that calling in interior designers was not the most effective way to create a new fatherland were purged." ("Fist in the kid glove", "The Observer", July 1, 2001)
"The row first broke out in June as Newland received details of Griffin's recent expenditure. Unbeknown to him Griffin had been freely helping himself to the Trafalgar Club fund, the party's slush fund that had replaced the [original BNP leader John] Tyndall-controlled Welling Club. [The Trafalgar Club is bankrolled by the BNP's wealthier members, who currently pay £15 a month into it, as a recent Kirklees Unity / Lancaster Unity article, "Hate comes to Herefordshire" (October 23) revealed]. While Griffin was later to explain this was in lieu of party expenses, Newland had not been consulted. As much as £8,000 was taken from this fund, including a large loan to extend Griffin's house. Although Griffin later said that the extension provided the party with a conference and dining room, Newland was not impressed." ("BNP gripped by cash scandal", "Searchlight", September 2000)
Although UKIP is not a fascist party like the BNP, and although the BNP is of course a much more racist party than UKIP (as my September 13th Lancaster Unity article, "Do the BNP and EFP leadership still believe in the mass slaughter of billions?" explained, Nick Griffin was allegedly a "close ally" of the late American fascist party leader William Pierce, who openly advocated killing all of the world's billions of non-white and Jewish people), I want to talk about both parties' expenses scandals, because Alan Sked, UKIP's now disillusioned founder, who has described the party he started in 1993 as a group of "ageing xenophobes", was reported in the "Mail on Sunday" of June 6, 2004 to have alleged that UKIP leader Nigel Farage had said to him: "We will never win the nigger vote. The nig-nogs will never vote for us."
Moreover, on the same day, Alan Sked was quoted in "The People" as having said: "They [UKIP] are racist and have been infected by the far right", and the day before, the "Daily Mail" quoted Ashok Viswanathan of Operation Black Vote as having said: "We know that a number of candidates who have stood for UKIP have British National Party links - there's no question there are links."
Of course, there is nothing new about links between the essentially right wing of the Conservative Party politics which UKIP is an example of, and fascist politics. Then Conservative politician Enoch Powell's 1968 "Rivers of blood" speech had a lot to do with the subsequent rise of the National Front, a January 30, 1984 "BBC "Panorama" documentary, "Maggie's Militant Tendency", alleged that several Conservative MPs had far right links, and Nick Toczek's pamphlet, "The Bigger Tory Vote: The Covert Sequestration of the Bigotry Vote" (AK Press, Stirling and San Francisco, 1992), discussed similar alleged links between people on the right wing of the Conservative Party and fascists.
More recently, Nick Griffin's father, Edgar, was sacked from the Conservative leadership campaign of Iain Duncan-Smith, who is very much on the right wing of his party, after the "Sunday Express" exposed his dual BNP and Conservative membership.
So as the expenses scandal will no doubt overshadow the next general election, in which the BNP hope to win its first MP(s), anti-fascists ought to use their leaflets and articles to expose the expenses scandals of both the BNP and UKIP, which I will now explain.
They also ought to expose the alleged close alliance between Nick Griffin and the late William Pierce, because of Pierce's kill billions of people views, which were far worse than Hitler's, but the expenses scandal has damaged the mainstream parties, so exposing the expenses scandals of the BNP and UKIP can only have a negative effect on support for those 2 racist parties.
Nick Griffin using his party members' donations to extend his home is not the only example of BNP expenses scandal type financial impropriety. The September 2008 online "Searchlight" article, "BNP accounts don't add up", discusses BNP income tax and national insurance evasion, which is no different to corrupt MPs evading capital gains tax: "...the BNP continued to get away with paying half of its staffing bill in the form of "professional fees" to avoid national insurance and income tax. Staff paid gross include Simon Darby the party's deputy leader, [BNP chief fundraiser Ged] Munns, [regional treasurer Dave] Hannam, Arthur Kemp who runs the party's educational and training department, and a number of the BNP rebels who complained about the policy."
It says a lot about the kind of extremely selfish, and not at all idealistic people who are drawn to mean-minded fascist parties like the BNP, that once those "rebels" who complained about the BNP's tax and national insurance evasion policy were put on the BNP "gravy train", they shut their mouths and took BNP members' cash.
In a March 2008 "Searchlight" online story, "The [Electoral Commission] watchdog that did not bark", you can read about "...a number of irregularities..." in the BNP's annual accounts, to quote the words of former BNP treasurer John Brayshaw, and as the Norfolk Unity site pointed out in its July 31, 2009 article, "Electoral Commission to fine BNP - again", the Electoral Commission has since fined the BNP £500, and its Regional Accounting Unit £100 for sending their annual accounts in late.
Furthermore, in its October 22, 2009 article, "Party faces fine for filing accounts late", "The Independent" revealed that the BNP was facing a fine of between £600 and £5000 for once more sending its accounts in late.
Moreover, on February 12, 2008, BBC Radio 4's "File on 4" programme, which was discussed in the "Tonight 8 pm, Radio 4 - File on 4 investigates the BNP's finances" Norfolk Unity article of the same day, John Brayshaw alleged that the BNP's finances were run in an illegal way: "In his [2005] letter [to the Electoral Commission], Mr Brayshaw said current party treasurer John Walker and his deputy David Hannam visited his home for a week to complete the accounts.
- "He said he did not help them but claimed he witnessed some unusual activities, namely the shredding of a large number of documents and invoices.
- "Mr Brayshaw said he was told to burn the shredded documents, but kept them because he felt something improper had taken place.
- "A black bin bag containing the shredded documents has been handed to File on 4.
- "It contains fragments of cheques, train tickets, receipts and invoices.
- "Some of the fragments carry the names of Nick Griffin, his parents and even the Trafalgar Club.
- "One unshredded item is a petrol receipt with the name Excalibur - the title of the party's merchandising arm.
- "Under tax regulations all financial records should be kept for six years."
So anyone who voted for the BNP in 2009 because they thought that they were a "clean hands" alternative to the mainstream parties, was as poorly informed as anyone who voted UKIP for the same reason, because, "A close friend of Mr Farage says the Ukip leader uses his [European Parliament] expenses to fund the party..." to quote the "Daily Telegraph" of May 26, 2009; because "The Guardian" reported on June 24, 2009, that Nigel Farage had openly said that he intended to use his European Parliament expenses, "to further the objectives of UKIP back in Britain"; and because in 2000, the European Parliament told UKIP to repay £11,500 of travel expenses which it had used to fund the court cases of the "metric martyrs", who were opposed to Britain being told by the European Union to change its weights and measures system.
Furthermore, in 2007 Ashley Mote, a UKIP MEP in South East England, was jailed for falsely claiming £65,000 in benefits, and UKIP East Anglia MEP Tom Wise was accused of misusing £40,000 of expenses and false accounting, which is why Wise starred in the "Times" articles "UKIP MEP in embezzlement scandal" (February 25, 2007), "MEP 'bought car with taxpayers' funds'" (February 28, 2007), and "UKIP covered up embezzler's trail" (March 4, 2007), which stated: "The UK Independence party deliberately covered up the fact that one of its MEPs embezzled tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money by pretending to be someone else."
Like the BNP, UKIP, whose twelve 2004-2009 MEPs incuded three who have behaved corruptly, has hypocritically moralised about other parties' corruption, as the just cited "Times" article pointed out: "The party has frequently accused the EU of being rife with corruption and criticised other parties' MEPs for enjoying the "gravy train"."
As an already mentioned online "Searchlight" article, "BNP gripped by cash scandal" (September 2000), discussed the then BNP treasurer's opposition to Nick Griffin not keeping receipts for a used car business which he was running, supposedly partly to boost BNP funds, perhaps Tom Wise should in future buy his cars from the BNP's "Arthur Daley" leader, who calls corrupt mainstream politicians "pigs", despite the fact that he appears to be one of the biggest "pigs" in today's British political class.


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I have a couple of queries. Firstly, this rather fresh Endothenia is a new one for me, but I'm undecided as to which one. It looks likely to be marginana or gentianaeana, though both are supposed to be on their way out by now, both sides shown below.
Edit: actually having now had a closer look, I think it is most likely Endothenia oblongana, the length, which I should have posted earlier, supports this as well being about 7mm. I was swaying back to marginana, but went to check the hindwings, which are supposed to be obviously white in marginana. They appeared very dark, both upper and lower, which again supports oblongana. The late date seems odd though - perhaps another double brood?
Secondly, can this Caloptilia be safely distinguished from this photo? I think it looks a likely betulicola.
Edit: I suspect that this is one for you Peter.
The following is just my indulgence as I had quite a few new species for my garden list, though none of them particularly exciting: Deep-brown Dart, Scrobipalpa costella, Choreutis pariana and Tachystola acroxantha. Also, having only just added Achroia grisella, another specimen turned up.
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As I've gotten older, I've realized separation is part of creative life. You're not going to be here-and-now all the time. And you can't predict when your mind will take leave over some story that works as a scene inside a novel.
But I'm convinced that autumn is an inside-out season for everybody. After the beauty fades, things get weird. Skeletal trees, dead leaves, a haunted holiday that's the second most commercially successful day behind Christmas. Our lively day of death. Of course it's in autumn.
As if to prove the point, a heavy mist cloaked the mountain today. I ran through so many veils of fog that I got lost. In my own neighborhood.
The cul de sac I didn't recognize offered a sign that read, "No Outlet." The house at the end was for sale. Nice house. Remodeled, the whole bit.
But I could see the problem.
Next door, a shiny black hearse was parked in the driveway. The car next to it advertised: "LIVE FIRE SHOWS!! FREE DEMONSTRATIONS!"
When I finally found my way back to my usual path through the cemetery (see post below), a large moving van had pulled up beside the graves. And here I thought you couldn't take it with you.
Rain has been falling for days -- downpours that flooded the fields --but a city worker stepped out of the fog to turn on all the graveyard's sprinklers.
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University of California-Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi says she won't resign despite outrage over her handling of campus officers' blasting pepper spray into the faces of students protesting Friday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"I really feel confident at this point the university needs me," Katehi said today on "Good Morning America." "There are so many critical issues to be addressed and we really need to start the healing process and move forward."
Calls for Katehi's resignation have come fast and furious from both students and faculty since the incident, video of which shows as many as 20 students, all seated throughout the protest, were hit at close range by pepper spray. Two of the protesters were taken to the hospital. Ten people were arrested, nine of them students.
The chancellor's office confirmed to ABC News that UC officials will announce later today they have placed campus police chief Annette Spicuzza on administrative leave. Chief Spicuzza was on the scene when the pepper spray incident occurred.Katehi initially voiced support for campus police, who wore riot gear during the standoff, having given them the order to dismantle the UC-Davis Occupy encampment because camping on college grounds is officially forbidden.
"The situation that was building up was becoming a concern for us, the members of the community," Katehi said on "GMA." "The decision was not to disperse the students but to dismantle the equipment for the encampment, and there was an effort for many, many days."The UC-Davis faculty association called for Katehi's resignation Saturday, writing in a letter there had been a "gross failure of leadership."
Admitting that the university she leads is at a "critical position," Katehi said she is willing to work with all sides."I'm working with the greater faculty body," she said. "I really want to work with members of our community, the staff and the faculty to take our institution out of this crisis."
Katehi has said she next plans to meet with demonstrators today at their general assembly.
Questioned on "GMA" that the situation in which pepper spray was used did not appear to be violent, Katehi responded, "Exactly."
She said, however, that her priority, and that of the university's, is to protect the students.
"It was a difficult situation for the campus to really strive to make sure the students are safe," she said. "The biggest, most critical issue is the safety of the students who are using the campus, the facilities, who really want to learn in this environment."
Katehi's statements follow a weekend of damage-control for both her and the university as the incident reverberated across the nation.
The school placed two of the campus police officers identified on video using the pepper spray on administrative leave.
Katehi held a teleconference Saturday and released a statement in which she said she takes "full responsibility for the incident."She also announced she would form a task force to probe events surrounding the arrests, and then accelerated its timetable, setting a deadline from 90 days to 30 days for(...)More.


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In 2002 the original Tony and Ann's closed; it was a few years after Tony passed away and Ann was just getting too old to run it on her own. It was a sad day when I found out, I think I might have cried. Then in 2010 Tony and Ann's grandchildren reopened in Dracut, MA. There were lines out the door for a long time after they did, and my dad was definitely one of them! Since 2010 we've celebrated just about every occasion with tony and Ann's, and my dad gives me frozen pizzas every year for Christmas and my birthday. My favorite is the bacon pizza, which is a perfect contrast to the sweet sauce.
Tony and Ann's is currently closed for the season but reopens 1/9/14! You should definitely check them out!


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Here are some of the sketchers who gathered in the morning including SketchCrawl founder Enrico Casarosa, fellow Urban Sketcher Pete Scully, and a few friends who kept with me, sketching all day
A kid from the restaurant where we took our lunch, and a few of the characters around the 16th and Mission BART station where we got into a little more adventure than we wanted. The woman is eating redvines.
Sights along Dolores, including Notre Dame Plaza- a senior housing facility on the site of what was once a bull and bear fighting ring- and a glimpse of the Mission Dolores itself.
There were so many people enjoying the sun in Mission Dolores Park that it looked like a music festival without the music. Another view of the high school in the distance.


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This project has been discontinued. Source code is now public
My apologies for not updating the status of this blog since 2012. As you can imagine, this project has been discontinued and no longer makes sense working on it. More interesting CM solutions are freely available and based on disrupting technologies like vagrant, docker, puppet or ansible (openerp was renamed as odoo):
- odoo_install.sh: Install Odoo 9 on Ubuntu 14.04
- odoo docker images
- odoo vagrant boxes
- odoo puppet modules
- odoo via ansible (unofficial)
There is also a turnkeylinux.org odoo appliance available.
My sincere gratitude to all the openerp community interested in my solution. I managed to sell the product internationally to many customers that made me feel motivated while doing job hunting; or being employed it made me busy in my spare time for 1 or 2 weeks every several months. This blog started in 2009 by sharing an IT related fun video in wordpress, followed by an OpenERP 5.0 manual installation Howto. This manual deployment was radically improved via bash scripting automation, which surprisingly gained popularity and new updates where published along with a video tutorial. The last evolution ocurred by building entire virtual machine appliances with the help of a modern AWS Cloud deployment automation and Configuration Management tool called turnkeylinux.
All this automation work helped me to get in 2010 one of the best contract job opportunities I had in the last five years in the telecom sector. Apparently I was hired because of my bash scripting skills.
In April 2011 I took one friday off for attending an OpenERP S.A. event in Madrid. That week I finished a long code refactoring task at work that kept me busy for over a month. After the OpenERP event I was forced to take my annual leave accumulated since 2010 (3 weeks). I lost my job the day of my return from vacation. We need better jobs.
openerpappliance.com code is now public (the code used for building the appliances)
I no longer work in any other openerp/odoo related projects. There are many disruptive technologies around DevOps that caught my attention:
At the moment these are the Udemy certifications I've recently completed:
- Learning Puppet, Licence UC-Q0ZY2L9O
- Git Complete, Licence UC-YVYINB2M
- AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate 2015, Licence UC-14Z0KK71
- Learning MongoDB, Licence UC-IY6L3768
- Oracle WebLogic 12c for Administrators, Licence UC-UL2LCXHB
- VMware ESxi and vSphere Admin Tutorial, Licence UC-ODI0IUPA
I'm not sure if I will be lucky enough to work with any of the above technologies. AWS is not yet gaining adoption in Spain, where the majority of the existing jobs are ITIL based. At the end I am always willing to learn and apply the best solution to a costly problem, like I did in November during a recruitment process where I applied a new approach based on Anaconda analytics.
Greetings from Barcelona, where I've been living for the last 3 years.


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Reflections #1
We have recently completed Phase 1 of a "greenfields" BizTalk 2013 R2 implementation for a client and I wanted to jot down here some of my thoughts and technical learnings.
My role on the project was Technical Lead: I gathered requirements, generated the technical specifications, set up the BizTalk solutions, kicked off the initial development and provided supervision and guidance to the team.
Before starting on the project about 15 months ago, I had previously spent quite a bit of time working with a large BizTalk 2009 installation so I knew for my next assignment, that I would be playing with some new technologies in Azure and also using the new(ish) REST adapter. When I look back now, SOAP+WSDL+XML now seems something from a different age!
Here is a list of some key features of this hybrid integration platform:
- BizTalk sits on-premises and exposes RESTful APIs using the WCF-WebHttp adapter. These APIs provide a standard interface into previously siloed systems on-premises, a big one being the company wide ERP.
- Azure Service Bus relays using SAS authentication provide a means of exposing data held on-premises, to applications in the cloud. This proved very effective but a downside is having to ping the endpoints, to ensure that the relay connection established from BizTalk doesn't shut down, resulting in the relay appearing unavailable.
- Service Bus queue allows the syncing of data from CRM in the cloud to ERP on-premises. We used the SB-Messaging adapter. Don't forget to check for messages in the dead letter queue and have a process around managing this.
- A mixture of asynchronous and synchronous processing. With asynchronous processing, we used orchestrations but synchronous processing (where a person or system is waiting for a reponse), these were messaging only (context based routing only).
- We used the BRE pipeline component to provide the features of a "mini" ESB, almost as a replacement for the ESB Toolkit.
In a nutshell, BizTalk is the bridge between on-premises systems and the cloud, while also providing services for the more traditional systems on the ground. I believe this will be a common story for most established companies for many years but eventually, many companies will run all their systems in the cloud.
I expected a few challenges with the WCF-WebHttp adapter, after stories from my colleagues who had used this adapter before me. My main concern was handling non HTTP 200 responses which triggered the adapter to throw an exception that was impossible to handle in BizTalk (I know 500 errors will be returned by the adapter now, with a fix in CU5). So from the start of the project, I requested that the APIs exposed from the ERP system always returned HTTP 200 but would include an error JSON message that we could interrogate.
My colleague Colin Dijkgraaf and Mark Brimble (sadly now an ex-colleague) presented an Integration Monday session on the WCF-WebHttp adapter – Whats right & wrong with WCF-WebHTTP Adapter?.
We also had to treat the JSON encoder and decoder pipeline components with kid gloves, with issues serializing messages if our XSD schemas contained referenced data types (e.g. from a common schema). We had to greatly simplify our schemas to work with these components.
Also lack of support for Swagger (consumption via a wizard and exposing Swagger endpoints) is a glaring omission. I manually created Swagger definition files using Restlet Studio which I found to be a great tool for documenting APIs, which was recommended to me by Mark Brimble.


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"But Blake's entire work might have been forgotten in the years after his death were it not for one poem in Songs of Experience in which the striking image achieved immediate popularity. Almost every English schoolchild knows it by heart, yet its implications stir the most sophisticated to ponder the mystery of the ultimate creative power."
The Tyger
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"The lasting and overwhelming response to this poem acknowledges the recognition of a central concept in Blake's work. This is the need to become aware of the other side of God, the side not accepted either by social agreement or by orthodox religious practice. Blake says that while he who made the Lamb is worshipped and praised in all the churches, he who fashioned the Tyger to pierce the darkness of the tangled forest with his perceptive eye, is also God. God of the Lamb is worshipped at prescribed interval, but God of the Tyger is held in fear by day and night, for none may escape him when be pursues. Blake wrote as though he felt that enough had been said about the symbol of gentleness which is traditionally associated with Jesus. He was more concerned with the fierce and the frightful which threatens innocence and light. And it follows that such a man would address himself boldly also to the darker area of man's life, which is hidden in shadow and must be invaded and explored if man is to approach any degree of self-awareness."
|Yale Center for British Art
Book of Urizen
Plate 5, copy C
"Always there have been those who could experience these forces as tremendous powers which might threaten to overwhelm them at certain times and at other times infuse them with a creative urge which would drive them to produce original ideas, works of art or new scientific concepts. Blake was fascinated by this extra dimension of psychic life and he felt impelled to write how it manifested in him. Without the detachment of the modern psychologist, he wrote of his own experience more as a participant than as an observer and yet the raw material of the inner drama is all there...Our position enables us to take a step away from Blake and to consider his writing as descriptive of the psychological processes that were going on in him. This is not to imply that those processes are basically different in kind from those which are going on in every man. It is only that, acting on his naive conviction that what he wrote was dictated by an unseen voice and that his paintings were no more the reproductions of what the inner eye had already perceived, Blake threw a brilliant light into a realm that for most men is sheathed in the darkness of disbelief."


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<meta />We had won the blood bowl and proved ourselves to thortona of the kneecappers. SHe finally agreed to allow us to help her group to kill the hill giant for a mission. As we were preparing for the mission thoric had told me that I had received a letter. He didn't see who dropped it off but it just said to meet him behind the spider's den. I guess i will look into this at a later time. We headed off with the Kneecappers as a large group. The ranger… Gawain I think was his name? He seemed to have an eye on one of the kneecappers members. Matrina, I think that's her name. We didn't even make it 20 steps into the cave before we got ambushed by a couple of weird giant bug looking thing. Matrina and I scouted ahead and silenced a giant scorpion together as our entire team was ambushed again but we managed to deal with the threat a lot better than last time. Thortona had a couple of hounds with her and unfortunately one of them perished. We went went into another cave and we spotted a giant, again Matrina and I managed to quickly stealth kill it. (so this is what it's like to have another stealthy person on the team, we really need to get another). Unfortunately for us though, there were more giants, but thanks to Jiro's quick thinking he managed to oil the corridor the giants were coming through and stall them as we took them out one by one. I did end up having a reunion with one of the giants that knocked me out just before I was saved by Thoric. Unfortunately Matrina had a slaying arrow which dealt the final blow instead of me, so much for revenge. (Hope I get to deal the final blow for the revenge of my entire family.) We finally found the Hill giant, and was this thing huge, not as tall as the trees I grew up climbing but dam was this thing gonna take a lot to knock down. We decided to lay an ambush for the giant and once sprung things went pretty well. Our cockyness got us in trouble, another one of Thortonas hounds had died. Marnay (I think that's her name) was grabbed by the giant and well in a blink of an eye Phethian the mage was in her place. He was killed by the giant. That's the first death of someone I saw, I was angry, memories of my family came back into my mind. My murderous rage was returning and all I saw was red, red as dark as blood. I wanted to end this things life with my own hands. I went in with blind rage which was not a good idea. My mind was clouded and next thing I knew I was getting thrown or something was thrown at me i think it was the paladin but I can't remember for sure. I think I blacked out for a second when I hit the wall. I saw the paladin almost dead and wasn't gonna watch another die. I slid my potion to the paladin and he got up and went in. After that I was thinking a bit more and decided to just shoot it with arrows instead of just going in and dying. After killing the giant the kneecappers took phethian and somehow teleported out of the cave leaving our group on their own. As we were leaving a wall of fire was blocking our route. We decided to go looking for another exit and found a den of spiders. Our ranger friend could talk to… spiders? I think? I don't even know what happened. We ended up finding a mage they were guarding who was the one that sent me the letter. This mage named Opash told us that we angered some people and long boring prophecy blah blah, this sorta thing suits the paladin more than me. He summoned some creatures that we tried fighting but gawain died and i was knocked out and the paladin finally blew the horn and someone named hawk saved us , somehow resurrected gawai, took me out of my unconscious state and then once again blah blah prophecy blah blah magic stone blah blah once again not my thing I just go where the money goes. OH also the revenge for my family.
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Another Xmas card to share. This one is for a sparkly Xmas. And here you are:
You can't see too well on the photo but I have layered the ribbon-a thin blue ribbon on a thicker silver ribbon-I got this idea from watching a craft show on T.V. I thought it was such a simple idea but looked effective so decided to give it a go.
I have been making a crafty Xmas present that has taken up most of my time (I will share soon!) but yesterday I decided I needed to get another Xmas card made. I have had this snowflake for ages and have been wanting to use it on a CAS card so looked through some challenges to get inspiration. I found smowflakes and bling challenge at CCEE Stampers and a ribbon challenge at DYSU . Both perfect for this card.
Today I am having a new kitchen floor laid so there will be lots of drilling and smashing so I am off to a local craft fair to see if I can find some craft stock and later I will tackle that craft Xmas present and hopefully do one more card. The end of the day will be a G and T and a movie with hubby.
So that is my Saturday-what are you up to?
Used in the card:
Memento ink
Stampendous clear mini holiday stamp
Woodware stamp
Whispers 'starry starry night' ink
Stampin' up paper
Kanban bling gems


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Hello on this grey little day. So I just wanted to let everyone know about my Facebook page, because I don't think I've ever made a real post about it. I'll be using it a bit more frequently than the blog, for the day-to-day wonders and news, so if you are a Facebooker, you can join me
Life continues at a fast clip. See you very soon with art from the new book coming in 2011, I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn! Do you want to take a quick peek inside the closet of the little girl who lives in the book?...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
9 comments:
- Amanda Atkins said...
I love it, Julia! :)
- November 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Julia Denos said...
Thanks, Amanda-I just was over at your blog to catch up! Love your buntings! :) and redesign.
- November 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Cheryl of Sassy Cheryl's said...
Fantastic! I want to live in her closet!
- November 9, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Love the illustration. Can't wait for Boni's book!
- November 9, 2010 at 7:32 PM
- thedoodlegirl said...
Oh WOW! That is fabulous, simply fabulous.
- November 9, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Jessica said...
oooooh that closet looks like it's ready to burst! i wonder what the little girl from 'the big tidy-up' would say? ;)
- November 9, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- Anna said...
I just found your illustration by browsing the net....and I adore your art!
I post about it today, I hope you don't mind...please visit my blog and let me know if it's oké?
if not I will remove it!
- November 10, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Amy June Bates said...
I love all your patterns-delicious!
- November 11, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- Julia Denos said...
thanks for the kind words...here's to tiny shoes!
- November 11, 2010 at 9:57 AM
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Waaaaaaaayyyy back in September when I finished up my 30 Days project, I had no intention of taking such an extended blog break. Sheesh!
See, I took pictures to share!
All is well here. It was a happy, busy fall, full of art and work and football and fun. Much to my surprise, I chose to bring some new friends into my life. I'm still adjusting to the added busy-ness that brings, but on the whole it's been delightful!
The word RELEASE has chosen me for 2012. I already started on the solstice by releasing some emotional junk I'd been holding on to much too tightly. It feels wonderful! RELEASE has so much potential. I think it will be a good word and a good year.


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This afternoon I decided to try for a shark at Mosselbay again. Arriving there I found that one of the guys already landed a baby monster of 2.46m(234kg/515 pound) All of a sudden I started getting fish fever. I baited up and started sliding my bait out into the deep blue unknown.
It was a nice and sunny day and the ocean was nice and flat with the water having just the right color for fishing. I nearly had a heart attack from a seal lying on the rocks. I did not see it and when I went to the waters edge to catch some bait fish the seal "barked" at me. Throughout the day a few guys were caught like that making for some nice laughs all around.
After about half a hour or so we saw a big shark circling on the surface and picking up one of the guys bait. But that did not last long as that shark was more or less unstopable.
Riaan(who caught the first one earlier) got hooked into a nice shark again. After about a hour and a half he landed this beauty of a Great white shark(2meters 127kg/279pound)
After a quick photo or two the majestic beast was given back it's freedom. What a nice sight to see the king of the oceans swim away into the deep slowly.
I think that is why the seal stayed on the rocks. Too much sharks around. And the scary part is that we had all our pick ups 30 to 40 meters from the rocks...Not real deep
We all had some pick ups during the day but none landed. Mine took my bait while it was still sliding down and bit of my main line again. Will I ever WIN????
There was a lot of trace and fishing tackle failures all round which made for some very colorful language. Big guys wanting to cry, Giving up hope. But fishing again tomorrow. Fishing is like a drug, you cannot give it up. Sitting in the sun next the sea, breathing fresh air and seeing beautiful animals a drug?
Then I'm a real junkie!!!
Anyway time for me to get some rest. A long hard fishing day ahead for tomorrow.


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My cousin's wedding at Peace College in Raleigh, NC. In the middle is my 93 year old grandmother posing with the founder of Peace College, William Peace. Beside her is my cousin's great-Aunt.
My girls in matching colors (I also wore lavendar) - right down to their lack of shoes!
Lots of unpacking! The girls had a great system: big sis stuffed newspaper in the box and little sis smashed it down.
General goofiness ensues on a daily basis.


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Mohill Bluegrass Festival holds St Patrick's Day raffle
Thanks to Ray O'Brien for forwarding this news from Tommy Kelleher, organiser of the Mohill Bluegrass Festival in Co. Leitrim:
This St Patrick's day the Mohill Bluegrass Festival are holding a raffle for one night's B&B with dinner for two at Lough Rynn Castle (kindly donated by Lough Rynn Castle).
Tickets €3. Draw will take place at O'Brian's Bar with music by our very own Bees Knees playing plenty of bluegrass.
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An excerpt from the book Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.:
One of my favorite Earnhardt stories is Dale's supposed intimidation of Jeff Gordon and Gordon's reaction. Gordon won the first Brickyard 400, in 1994, and Earnhardt won the next year. Earnhardt got on TV and told a talk-show host that he was the first man to win the Brickyard 400. At one point, a rumor was circulating that Gordon was gay, and that apparently came out of the Earnhardt camp. Gordon, who was painfully young and youthful-looking then, took it well enough that the whole intimidation thing died out.
At a NASCAR banquet one year (probably 1996), Gordon drank a milk toast to Earnhardt, who responded with champagne. Gordon was certainly no milquetoast, and Earnhardt recognized that. The two actually became business partners, and in photos you can see Earnhardt's affection for Gordon.
Earnhardt had 76 Cup victories. Who would later pass him for sixth place on the all-time victory list? Gordon, of course.
(NOTE: Gordon has since moved up to third all time with 92 victories, including his four wins in 2014.)
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Internal Communication: a LEAP project
On Thursday, May 11, the first LEAP class culminated our year long experience by presenting a group project. With 12 people in the class, we were separated into 3 groups of 4. The team I was on consisted of me, Maya Berry, Wendi Glenn, and Estela Meabe. This was our goal:
Each small group will identify a project topic centered on an opportunity, idea, or solution to a problem that would benefit the Memphis Public Library & Information Center.
We were to make a 15-20 minute presentation which would include:
- Why the group chose their project
- How the project would impact the library system
- What steps would be needed to implement the project
We were to have our topic turned in by October 1. We were to have an outline submitted by March 15. And finally, we were to present our project on May 11.
We chose internal communication. Effective organizational communication can greatly increase our productivity, morale, and our cohesion as an organization.
But first, what is internal communication? Is it the process of sending someone an email? Yes. Is it also participating and listening in a staff meeting? Yes. Is it making sure you have your yearly performance appraisal? Yes. Is it taking advantage of the training opportunities available to you? Yes. Is it being knowledgeable of our mission statement and PPM policies? Yes. Is it making sure staff needs are heard? Yes.
Internal communication permeates everything we do. It is how an organization breathes. Poor communication leads to cynicism and suspicion. Trust diminishes and performance declines.
This definition of internal communication comes from an article by Larry Hansen in the journal Occupational Hazards called "How Will They Know?" While this article is about the effect internal communication has on workplace safety in a manufacturing setting, it was by far the best definition we found. Workplace safety could easily be replaced with customer service.
If you are interested in learning more, take a look at our presentation handout and slide show. You can also take a look at the wiki we used in preparing for this presentation. As presentation time approached, our 15-20 minute time limitation forced us to dump several ideas that are listed on the wiki. (And those of you who were at the presentation may notice some extra slides in the slide show. To avoid spending more than our fair share of time, I found it necessary to dump some material during the presentation. One thing I learned in our Essentials of Communication LEAP session is to NEVER go over your time limit. By going over, you may think you are relaying important information; however, in reality, you are probably losing your audience. Once they are lost, they may not retain ANYTHING that you have said).
Now why is this topic on the Technical Trainer blog? Because our suggestions on improving internal communication include taking advantage of many of the tools I have been talking about in this forum (Blogs, Wikis, Web Feeds). By utilizing these new technological tools, more lines of communication can open up that make it easier to share information than ever before.
While using these new tools will improve our Internal Communication System (ICS), I cannot stress the importance for everyone to use the existing system. As you will see in our resources, we have a solid ICS in place. It is the responsibility of everyone in the system to use it. Participate in staff meetings. Share information with your supervisor/manager. Read the minutes to committee meetings. Read your email at least once a day. Send in those Good Ideas. Fill out your Career Development Activity Record annually. Take advantage of training opportunities. This will make you a better performing and, yes, a happier employee.


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