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August 2017
"From where I sit, the story of Arthur Less is not so bad."
~ from Andrew Sean Greer's
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The Windfall
Diksha Basu
Mr. and Mrs. Jha have come into a sum of money that will allow them to move to a wealthy community, leaving behind the long-time friends of their humble Delhi apartment complex. But keeping up with the Chopras proves more difficult than expected: while Mr. Jha is eager to fit in (making extravagant purchases at every turn), Mrs. Jha is less enthusiastic. This debut, an engaging comedy of manners, gently skewers India's upwardly mobile middle classes while emphasizing the importance of family bonds.
What We Lose
Zinzi Clemmons
Raised in the U.S., Thandi is the daughter of a mixed-race mother from South Africa and an African-American father. The privilege that her father's career as a professor affords their nuclear family stands in stark contrast to those family members still living in post-apartheid Johannesburg, but it is the death of Thandi's mother that forms the center of the novel. In a life shaped by not-belonging, the loss of her mother threatens to overwhelm Thandi, especially as she deals with an unplanned pregnancy. Written in short chapters punctuated by photographs and other ephemera, this collage-like debut has been garnering praise from sources from
The New York Times
Andrew Sean Greer
Less than a year after their breakup, midlist novelist Arthur Less is invited to his ex-boyfriend's wedding. Not wanting to go but lacking (so far) a compelling reason to RSVP his regrets, he accepts every
invitation that comes his way, traveling to New York, Mexico, Morocco, and other far-flung destinations. In his efforts to run away from facing the fact that he has irrevocably lost the love of his life, however, he finds other reasons to live -- though of course he's got to endure some comically wrong turns first. With a surprising narrator (you'll find out at the end who) and flawed but sympathetic characters,
is a poignant meditation on the universal search for love and happiness.
Hum if You Don't Know the Words
Bianca Marais
This heart-wrenching debut is set in Johannesburg in the 1970s, a time of great upheaval and violence. It features a young white girl, Robin, whose parents have been killed, and a visiting Xhosa woman, Beauty, searching for her own daughter, who has disappeared in the Soweto uprisings. When Beauty is hired as a caretaker for Robin, they build a tentative bond despite the restrictions of apartheid. Both Robin and Beauty share narrative duties, often relaying their perspectives of the same events, and bearing a moving message of equality.
The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo
Ian Stansel
As the title suggests, this compelling, brooding debut novel will appeal to fans of modern Westerns, with its themes of justice, vengeance, and rivalry...as well as plenty of horsemanship. Set in modern-day Marin, in northern California, it opens as Silas Van Loy has killed his brother, saddled up his horse, and begun making his escape. The relationship between the two brothers -- antagonistic, resentful, and competitive -- unfolds through flashbacks as Silas flees, with his sister-in-law in hot pursuit, intent on revenge.
Campus Novels
Ashley Antoinette
In this high-drama series debut, hardworking Bleu Montclair barely survives being shot by robbers one week before her escape from Flint, Michigan by way of a scholarship to UCLA. Though motivated to better herself, she nevertheless falls prey to her roommate, who leads her into a life where partying is prioritized over studying. Soon, Bleu is trafficking drugs in order to make a little more bank, with devastating results. Will Bleu free herself from her dangerous lifestyle and return to her studies? You won't find answers here, but bestselling author Ashley Antoinette will have you hooked and looking to pick up the next in the series,
A Lala Land Addiction
Make Your Home Among Strangers
Jennine Capó Crucet
Cuban-American student Lizet Ramirez has deeply upset her family by choosing to attend a private college far from home -- a school where she feels unmoored both socially and academically. At home, her quickly splintering family has been pulled into the story of orphaned Cuban immigrant Ariel Hernandez (modeled on real-life Elian Gonzalez) and the heated debates that surround him. These two stories -- the racist undertones of a privileged private college and the treatment of immigration on a national scale -- "play off each other in a masterful way" (
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The Devil and Webster
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Naomi Roth is the first woman president of an elite progressive college; her first major challenge had been a transitioning transgender student living in a women-only dorm, so this year's protest against a denial of tenure seems easy enough to handle at first. But that's before a charming student activist steps up to take the lead in pushing things ever further. The students believe the denial is racially motivated (it's not, but Roth can't share the real reasons), and the debate soon captures media attention. Dramatic and centered on very real issues, this novel could be torn from the headlines; for another academia-centered novel from the same author, try
Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher
Sly and satirical, this novel is told entirely through the biting letters of one overwhelmed college professor, who claims that the demands of academia require more letters of recommendation than published articles. Budget cuts, staff eliminations, favoritism, and other small indignities find their way into his endless stream of comical, frank, and sometimes passive-aggressive letters. Pick this up if you enjoyed Aaron Thiel's similarly college-set
Ghost Apple
Teddy Wayne
David Federman is pretty smart but not particularly memorable. Overlooked in high school, he hopes to make a name for himself at Harvard, but (unsurprisingly) things don't get off to a great start. Ignoring friendly overtures from another girl, he becomes enamored of fellow freshman Veronica, and does everything and anything he can to ingratiate himself with her. Soon, his self-absorbed attempts move from pathetic to disconcerting to downright creepy, and we're left wondering exactly what is going on. Readers who appreciate psychological discomfort (think Sebastian Faulks'
) will relish the increasingly unsettling nature of David's actions.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD-Two members of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming performed well as the Corsairs concluded action on the final day at the three-day, Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships at LeJeune Hall Sunday..
For the women, sophomore Katelyn Kidney (Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical HS/Bryant) finished 21st in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:12.75. For the men, sophomore Christian Francia (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet HS) was seventh in one meter diving with a score of 226.55 points.
"It was great to be back at the ECAC meet again," said University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "It is always an exciting meet to participate in, and our student-athletes did well in a strong field of Division I, II and III swimmers. We are looking forward to next season, in the hopes of returning with more athletes."
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Listening to Democrats and the media, you could be forgiven for thinking the point of a deal over the looming "fiscal cliff" wouldn't be to reduce the deficit so much as to reduce the influence of one man, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform.
Known to one and all simply as Grover, he is the keeper of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge signed by almost all Republicans committing themselves not to raise taxes. For this offense, Grover is deemed the enemy of all that is right and just.
The pollster and ABC News commentator Matthew Dowd said on "This Week" that "Grover Norquist is an impediment to good governing. The only good thing about Grover Norquist is that he was named after a character from 'Sesame Street.' " Not everyone has been as juvenile as Dowd, but he captured the gleeful spirit of the anti-Norquist pile-on.
The idea that we'd have "good governing" only if more tax increases were thrown on top of poorly designed, out-of-control entitlements, wasteful subsidies, rotten schools and an ever-growing mess of regulation is fanciful. Obamacare increased taxes by more than $500 billion, and our governing did not noticeably become better.
Grover has three insights that are absolutely correct: 1) Revenues from tax increases will almost invariably be spent. Does anyone believe that if George W. Bush had not cut taxes early in his first term, the Tom DeLay and Nancy Pelosi congresses wouldn't have, in their collective wisdom, found ways to spend the additional revenues? 2) The typical structure of the Washington budget deal is tax increases now in exchange for promised spending cuts over time that don't materialize. 3) The Republican brand is dependent on its status as the anti-tax party.
These aren't alien beliefs foisted on the Republican Party, but they represent GOP orthodoxy. Nonetheless, everyone acts as if Grover is the instrument of the party's Babylonian captivity. If only the dastardly Norquist didn't make Republicans say they won't raise taxes � and put it in writing � the party could fulfill its role in the "good governing" of Washington, namely joining Democrats to raise taxes.
The proof of the supposed perversity of Grover's influence is the widely cited hypothetical example of a Democratic offer to cut $10 in spending for every $1 in new tax dollars. In one presidential-primary debate, every Republican candidate indicated that he or she would oppose such a deal. Of course, it's all academic because such a deal will never, ever be on the table. Hypotheticals work both ways, or they should. What would Democrats be willing to accept in exchange for signing off on a premium support plan for Medicare? Nothing.
The press isn't scandalized by this particular intransigence. It isn't a favorite topic on the Sunday shows whether the influence of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who opposes all meaningful spending cuts, will be broken in the Democratic Party. No one is outraged that the left is mustering a lobbying campaign to keep President Barack Obama from giving anything on entitlements in the talks over the fiscal cliff.
But whenever a Republican says he won't abide by Grover's pledge, the media act like a choir of angels celebrating another saved soul. So far, it's only the usual suspects in the party, although House Speaker John Boehner has signaled a willingness to raise more revenue if the president will cut entitlement spending. What makes this time different than prior budget showdowns is that Republicans can remain technically compliant with the pledge by doing nothing, and taxes will still go up on everyone automatically at the end of the year.
A deal, then, could make sense, depending on the parameters. As the cliff approaches, all the pressure within Washington and within the media will be for Republicans simply to cave to the president. Grover will make it as painful as possible for them to do it and should wear the resulting elite obloquy as a badge of honor.


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Baseball's Brady Rodgers and Deven Marrero Named Freshman All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball
June 9, 2010
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State freshman RHP Brady Rodgers and freshman SS Deven Marrero have both been named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball.
Rodgers (Richmond, Texas) is 4-3 with a 1.96 ERA for ASU this season. He has been both a starter and reliever for the Devils, appearing in 20 games with five starts. He also has three saves. Marrero (Davie, Fla.) is batting .397 in his first season in Tempe with six homers and 37 RBI.
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What's a tip for celebrating a holiday or milestone with your kids when your partner isn't able to be there?
Most families probably feel that it's important for the parent who is away to feel as included as possible on these occasions, despite the distance. There are so many ways to share a big day with a deployed parent.
- If your partner has access to the Internet, set up a video call during the celebration.
- Be sure to capture the big and little moments in photos and video to share by email or in a care package.
- Pre-record a video message from the parent who is away, or send ahead a gift, to share with the kids on the big day.
Above all, I believe it's important to have these celebrations so that our children understand that our lives aren't put on hold because their father is away for work. Perhaps I feel this way because of the nature of my husband's job, which has him deploying and traveling frequently now and for years to come. Of course, there is nothing wrong with delaying a celebration for a parent to return, if that is what works for your family. We military spouses know that flexibility is an essential trait to our lifestyle.


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Recently in my Intro to Proofs class, we've been talking about the fundamental theorem of algebra, which states that all polynomials of degree n always have n, not necessarily distinct, not necessarily real, solutions. Every high school student is taught the formula $x = \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$ for solving quadratic equations, and there exist solutions to the general cubic (Cardano's formula) and general quartic (Ferrari's solution). But what about higher functions?
The Abel-Ruffini theorem states that general functions of degree 5 or higher cannot be solved using a finite number of additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and root extractions. Now, that isn't to say that no function of 5 or higher can be solved -- quite the contrary, actually: x5 = 1 has solutions $x = \sqrt[5]{1}\in\{1,-\frac{1\pm_1\sqrt{5}}{4}\pm_2 i\sqrt{\frac{5\pm_1\sqrt{5}}{8}}\}$ where ±1 and ±2 are independent of the other but related to itself (thus both ±1 are the same sign always), producing five solutions, four of which are complex.
But there also exist equations with no exact solutions, such as x5 - x - 1 = 0. Sure, it has a real solution at x≈1.1673, but that's only an approximation, good to 4 decimal places. However, this is not really what my question is about.
While they cannot be solved generally, quintic functions can be reduced significantly. Take, for example, the function x5 + a4x4 + a3x3 a2x2 + a1x + a0 = 0. Making the substitution x = v - a4/4 produces the new equation v5 + b3v3 + b2v2 + b1v + b0 = 0, where the b coefficients are in terms of the a coefficients. Realize that this is just a linear shift to the side of the previous equation, but it becomes simpler to manage, as it's missing the 4th power term.
Tschirnhaus took it a step further, though. He used a method, which is now called the Tschirnhaus Transformation (the subject of my question) to solve the general cubic in a manner separate to Cardano's solution, and proposed that it could be used to solve any polynomial (and was mistaken). My question lies in what exactly it was that he did. Here is a paper which explains his transformation. I've followed it up to (7), and I understand that we're then solving for alpha in order to reduce the equation to a simple y3 + g, but then I am completely lost as to where the resulting equation came from. (7) is $res_{x}(P_{3},T) = y^3 + (p\alpha^{2}-\frac{1}{3}p^2 +3\alpha q)y + \frac{2}{3}\alpha^{2}p^{2}-\alpha^{3}q+q^{2}+\alpha pq+\frac{2}{27}p^3$, and the result is $y^{3} = 9q^{3}\alpha /p^{2}+\frac{4}{3}\alpha pq-\frac{8}{27}p^{3}-2q^{2}$
. Additionally, I followed the separate method for reducing (but not solving) the quintic through to (12), but I don't understand how (13) and (14) are derived.
If anybody here would be kind enough to explain where they came from, then thank you very much. I realize that there may be typos here, but I can't for the life of me understand what's going on anymore.
Thank you in advance.
Gabriel Benamy
PS. If any syntax is off, it's because the preview, auto preview, and tag look-ahead prompt are all down and I had to write everything on Wikipedia (which has somewhat different syntax, anyway).
PPS. Apparently, my notify email address is invalid, but I didn't have the option of changing it, so I had to uncheck "notify me" in order to post. Am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: Because apparently, I am unable to comment (as Mathoverflow functionality has completely died for me), I have to add this as an edit. Qiaochu Yuan said that I've misquoted both theorems. From my understanding, having "n complex roots" is the same as n, not necessarily real, roots. After all, 1 + i is "not necessarily real" but is a root of x3 - 3x2 + 4x - 2 = 0. 1 is also a real root of this (and is also complex, because all real values are complex).
Additionally, he says that the Abel-Ruffini theorem says that "polynomials of degree 5 or higher cannot be solved using the arithmetic operations and root extractions." This is not true, as demonstrated with x^5 - 1 = 0, which is a polynomial of degree 5 and clearly can be solved. The AR theorem states that not all can be solved in such a way, not that none can be solved in such a way.


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But back to my uncles. The younger three, Rodney, Lucius and Julian, unlike their three older brothers, all married, two of them somewhat later in life. My Uncle Rodney was born in 1896, a little less than two years after my mother, and the two of them were very close. Rodney was both my godfather and my favourite uncle.
He was a sugar technologist by profession and this took him to various sugar estates on the island. Here is his entry from the 1940-46 Who's Who Jamaica:
Before Rodney married Marjorie Nash he was engaged to be married to Olive May, a teacher at St. Hilda's Diocesan High School in Brown's Town. I remember meeting her once when she came with Rodney to our home at 5 Holborn Road , and I distinctly remember that she told my mother that she should send me to St. Hilda's when I was old enough to go to high school (I was then at the Cunningham's Preparatory School on Surbiton Road). The realization that this would mean leaving my home and my parents to go as a boarder far away in Brown's Town terrified me. Some time after that Rodney informed the family that his engagement had been broken off. My mother was quite upset about this for a while, whereas I felt an overwhelming sense of relief that I wouldn't be heading off to parts unknown to boarding school.
Looking back now, I see was that I was somewhat unfair to Olive May.Thanks to Donald Lindo I now know more about her and also have a couple pictures of her. She was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1917 and received her B.Sc in Mathematics from London University, as well as a Diploma in Education from the University of Hull. She came to Jamaica in the late 1930s and began her teaching career there at St. Hilda's.
I don't know how she met Rodney ... he was probably working in the area at the time. It is unfortunate that their engagement did not last, and I never knew the reason why, but I rather think that the disparity in their ages and temperament may have had something to do with it. From what I've been told Olive was a lively and adventurous woman with a brilliant mathematical mind, but she was also twenty-one years younger than Rodney. I hope that they parted amicably. At any rate, Rodney married Marjorie Nash in September of 1941 in Sav-la Mar. I was a train-bearer at this event. Marjorie's sister, Hazel, was bridesmaid and my Uncle Owen was bestman.
Here I am standing in front in the middle. I must say we all looked pretty solemn, except for the bride and groom who are looking lovingly at each other.
Olive May married Leslie Kensett, a British Army officer, in 1945. They returned to England, but the marriage was not a success and Olive came back to Jamaica where she resided until her death in 2000. She taught at St. Hugh's High School in Kingston, where she was much loved and was Head of the Math Department, until she left to go to Queen's High School for Girls in 1958 as Head of the Math Department there. She was universally loved by all her pupils and renowned as an excellent teacher. Looking back now I feel that she had my best interests at heart when she suggested I be sent to St. Hilda's, but I was only six at the time and didn't want to leave my family.
Rodney and Marjore were happily married for twenty-eight years until her premature death at age 59 in 1969. She had been a diabetic from her early twenties, as a result of which they had no children. I loved her dearly and still miss her. I plan to write more about both of them in future posts.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — The Dow transports are doing their part to generate a bullish signal from the venerable Dow Theory. Will the Dow industrials follow suit?
And what would it mean if they don't?
What the Dow Jones Transportation Average DJT, +0.63% has done, of course, is to rally impressively.
Not only have the Transports closed above their September high, they are now just 10 points away from the even higher high that they hit last February — at 5,368.93. It could eclipse that level any day now.
Such surprising strength would certainly appear to be Very Good News. After all, as the old saying goes, the most bullish thing the stock market can do is go up.
But, at least in the case of the Dow Theory, I'm not so sure. Its approach to market timing is based on the joint action of both the Dow transports and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Not only is this Theory unimpressed by strength in just one of the two averages, it views such divergences as potentially quite bearish.
By closing above their September high, and knocking on the door of their February high, the transports therefore have set the clock ticking: Can the Dow Jones Industrials Average DJIA, -0.25% surpass its October high of 13,610.15? That's some 300 points away, of course, and there is limited time in which the Dow can do so.
According to two of the three Dow Theorists I monitor, only if the industrials are able to surpass that previous high, and soon, would this perilous situation be resolved bullishly. Otherwise it would be quite bearish.
How bearish?
Richard Russell, editor of Dow Theory Letters, views such a possibility almost apocalyptically. Earlier this week, for example, he wrote to clients: "For the good of the nation and for the 'health and safety' of my subscribers and my family, I want to add that I certainly hope that the Dow [industrials] confirms the transports."
While Richard Moroney, editor of Dow Theory Forecasts, is less apocalyptic, he said this week that a failure by the Dow industrials to confirm a new Dow transports high would be "discouraging," since "it would set the table for a bear-market signal."
The third Dow Theorist I monitor — Jack Schannep of TheDowTheory.com and the Shannep Timing Indicator — isn't placing as much bearish significance on the possible failure of the Dow industrials to confirm the Dow transports' new high. But that's because, on his interpretation, the Dow Theory is already on a sell signal.
The bottom line, according to the Dow Theory? Either the stock market's primary trend is already down, or is ominously close to doing so. The next couple of weeks will be crucial.
Click here to learn more about the Hulbert Financial Digest.


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Choosing a marquee hire supplier can be quite a tricky task as they are often several low-cost suppliers who may fight for your business, but we believe that the better Marquee can be a cost-effective solution. We know how important your party or event is, so investing in the best marquee hire is of paramount importance and it's a good idea to speak to marquee hire and event planning experts.
Darkstar Discos offers a truly first-class service, we care about supplying the right marquee for your event both in style, price and size. The team here always strive to make sure that any problems are minimised and you're completely delighted with the service that we offer.
Here are some tips from the Darkstar Discos team about getting the most out of your outdoor event with excellent marquee hire options.
Tip 1 - choosing the right marquee.
Murphy's Law sometimes called Sod's law states: "if it can go wrong it will". Parties and weddings outside can truly be wonderful events, but they do require highly specialised planning and thinking ahead to factor in all of those unknown elements. So, for your next outdoor event, you should think about getting a Marquee. It will really serve you well and, regardless of potential inclement weather, it allows us to still enjoy the beauty of the outdoors but retain all the comfort of being safe and warm but free from the rain. If the marquee is a DarkStar tent that can really wow your guests, so much the better!
Tip 2 - Seating planner. Any good host knows the importance of seating and it makes a lot of sense to ensure that your guests are happy and nothing in this area is more important than having some intelligent thought behind where people will be sitting. it's important as well as providing good dining companions to make sure any potential mismatches are identified and sorted out beforehand. Choose wisely; for example, don't place any elderly guests right next to the DJ decks or in front of speakers, don't let the young children run crazy around granny's feet if she's using a walker. People want enough space to mingle after any sit-down meal and there should be room for dancing. Remember to ensure you have enough chairs or other seating to accommodate least 60 to 70% of your guests along with tables so they've got some where to place the food and drinks regardless if it's a sit-down meal or buffet style affair. It's always a good idea to have a few extra chairs or seating available for those unexpected plus ones or additional guess who turn up last minute.
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Tip 4 - Staging. The staging for your event requires the perfect setting and often can include special equipment. You may need microphones, you may need a raised area such as a platform so that your speakers and entertainers are visible from all areas within your marquee. There's so much more to staging than appears at first glance and there's a lot that you can achieve so it's often best to speak to the expert about what the endless possibilities are to make your event truly special.
Tip 5 - a Bar. Dark Star Discos You can choose to have the Bar with bartenders and mixologists or you can have a self-service bar. It is often best to set up away from any main Marquee entrances so you don't create an accidental bottleneck of people waiting to get served but it's also a great place for guests to be together and mingle. Need a bar but not sure of the best option? We are the experts and we can advise you on the best layouts available to you to suit your desire and your budget.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
My Click Fraud Theory
Click fraud takes place when someone clicks on a PPC ad with no real intent of actually following the link. The result, of course, is that an advertiser has to pay for a bogus click. Many advertisers are complaining about being charged for bogus clicks and are even demanding refunds. Somehow they managed to force Yahoo to settle a lawsuit for about $5 million and Google actually coughed up $90 million in a similar instance.
This baffles me because any reasonably sophisticated advertiser shouldn't really care about click fraud. Why? Because if they're using any of the dozens of off-the-shelf tools to measure their PPC ad conversion rates, they would be automatically lowering their PPC bids to maintain an acceptable ROI. An advertiser simply shouldn't care if he pays $1 per click for 10 clicks that yield 10% conversion and a single customer or if he pays $0.50 per click for 20 clicks that yield 5% conversion and a single customer. In either case, the advertiser has paid $10 to land a new customer.
Given the real-time tracking capabilities inherent in auction-based PPC, click fraud gets priced into the equation automatically. In my example above, the bogus clicks drove conversion down by 50% (from 10% to 5%), and advertisers adjusted their bids from $1 to $0.50 per click. Yes, in theory the advertiser may suffer temporarily from fraudulent clicks before he has a chance to adjust his bid downward to compensate for the lower conversion rate, but today's automated systems figure this out pretty quickly. Any real damage to the advertiser is inconsequential.
So why are advertisers complaining? I don't get it. Perhaps they haven't all figured out how easy it is to use tools from search engine marketing (SEM) experts such as Efficient Frontier, SearchRev, iCrossing, iProspect (or many, many others). These SEM experts offer reasonably cheap software to solve the problem through automated bidding.
Perhaps some advertisers believe only their ads are being clicked fraudulently. Click fraud targeting a specific advertiser, does, in fact, hurt that advertiser. He can reduce his bid to maintain his conversion rate and ROI, but now he will get a much lower number of clicks because his competitors can afford to bid higher if they aren't suffering from the same click fraud. Though I acknowledge that advertiser-targeted click fraud is possible, I believe most click fraudsters are just trying to make money for a certain publisher rather than trying to deplete the ad budget of a certain competitor. So, I'm at a loss to explain why advertisers seem to care so much about click fraud.
Even more confounding, however, is that the companies who are really getting screwed haven't started screaming about it. In fact, we haven't heard anything from them. The companies on the losing end of click fraud are high quality web site publishers. When an unscrupulous publisher engages in click fraud to increase revenues, the result is reduced conversion rates for advertisers, who, naturally, lower their bids. Because of the way most advertisers participate in Google and Yahoo PPC auctions, when they reduce their bids, the reduction applies to every publisher in the Google and Yahoo networks.
If publisher A is engaging in click fraud, which causes lower PPC bids from advertisers, publisher B gets screwed. Publisher B doesn't generate any additional clicks, but now he's getting less revenue for each click. In a sense, publisher A just stole money from publisher B. My theory is that the publisher getting screwed the most is probably AOL.
I suppose it's not too surprising that high quality publishers aren't complaining because it's virtually impossible to detect this phenomenon. This is especially true because Google provides publishers with such a minimal amount of information about their advertising performance. Perhaps one reason Google is holding on so tightly to the lack of transparency in its system relates to keeping click fraud off the agenda of high quality publishers.
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- Sean Tierney said...
Jeremy, you raise a good point and probably the reason that high-quality, scrupulous publishers haven't said anything thus far is the same reason honest retail shoppers don't all complain about shoplifters - it's such an indirect effect. Same with CC fraud, same w/ ID theft, same w/ tax evasion...
As with most phenomena, the thing most important is the _perception_ of what's occurring. Google clearly sees advertisers feeling like they're getting screwed (even though the automated bidding tools exist to nullify this as you point out) but they have to do something. So they're delving into the CPA model now to tie the cost to an action. If I were CJ.com I would be thinking about what my next business will be as the Google steamroller is headed their way.
- Jeremy said...
Sean, you're right that the click fraud effect is indirect much like credit card fraud. And I agree that perception is often more important than reality. Both of those rules of thumb generally apply to individual consumers. I would have expected something different from large, sophisticated companies like AOL. They should have figured out that they are getting screwed by click fraud, and unlike individual consumers that face higher prices because of credit card fraud but don't have sufficient clout to do anything about it, a large publisher like AOL can certainly impact the way Google and Yahoo do business if it chooses to do so.
- EliteSEM Inc said...
Jeremy, Finally someone has put in writing what I have been saying all along. Click Fraud is inevitable in PPC advertising. As an advertiser on Google I will always click on my competitors to see what their pricing is, and what their website looks like. I don't click on them to sink their budget, but just to size them up. There is no way for anyone to know my intentions for clicking on all of them. Google and Yahoo both have fraud filters in place to weed out obvious bad clicks, such as clicking on ad twice in a row, or clicking multiple times within a certain time frame. Outside of the obvious it's nearly impossible to predict or catch it. So we lower our bids to take into consideration that it does happen, and move on. there is a reason the word insurance has a $6.00 bid on Google a $5.50 bid on Yahoo and a $0.40 cpc bid on Findwhat.com. It all comes down to conversion rate. If the conversion rate goes up so does the bid. If the conversion rate goes down, so does the bid.
Jeremy, If click fraud reduced conversion by 50% and your solution is to reduce ad spend by 50%.... You will still have 50% waste. Your cpc adspend doesn't discriminate between good and bad clicks so your are still wasting 50% of your budget.
- Ira
- Jeremy said...
Anonymous, you're not understanding my point correctly.
As a direct marketer, if your goal is to acquire customers for $10 each, it makes no difference whether you buy 10 clicks for $1 each and then one of those clicks becomes a customer or if you buy 20 clicks for $0.50 each and then one of those clicks becomes a customer.
My argument is that advertisers who experience click fraud will get more clicks and will pay less for each click, but in the end they'll have paid the same total dollars and they'll have acquired the same number of real customers. In my examples above, both advertisers paid $10 and acquired one new customer. The fact that the second advertiser spent half his money on bogus clicks is irrelevant.
The only losers from click fraud are the legitimate publishers who have no click fraud on their sites. They are making half as much money as they should. Yet, ironically, they have not been complaining.
> Click fraud targeting a
> specific advertiser, does, in
> fact, hurt that advertiser.
You need to get a little closer to how PPC search actually works... your logic is a couple of years outdated. And, in some cases, just plain wrong.
Google/YSM factor in CTR not only into placement (ranking) but into CPC as well. So, someone clicking on your ad and only your ad doesn't actually cost you your CPC x the number of clicks, because they will have also LOWERED YOUR CPC. In some cases, the CPC effect on cost is stronger than the additional paid click % effect... meaning click fraud of this type can *help*.
I've seen more than a few great PPC click on their own ads when starting a campaign... mainly to generate quick positive history and avoid the so-called "google death spiral".
Second, you seem to miss the fact that while your logic would apply to a scenario where all clicks are worth the same (because conversions rates are the same without fraud), but that simply isn't the case.
The bidding tools you speak of have a hard time breaking up between content sources. If your conversion rate is 5% on one type of traffic, and 10% on other types, but your bidding tool only sees the average and bids accordingly (assuming a 7.5% conversion rate, lets say). This means you are overpaying for some conversions, and underpaying for others. In short, you are NOT optimized.
This is partially because of engine limitations, and partially because Google doesn't always give you 100% of the picture.... because they profit from the mistake.
The engine companies try to be a magical solution for all, but, in their efforts to become a one-size-fits-all solution, they leave a LOT of money on the table.
Its mistakes in logic like this that allowed Efficient Frontier to raise money... and they've pretty much hit a brick wall.
- Jeremy said...
Anonymous, I wish you would have posted with a real name. You claim that savvy PPC advertisers actually click on their own ads to game the Google/Yahoo systems? I would be quite interested to see data that supports this as a smart advertiser strategy.
It's the sum of click fraud, @Elite's competitor clicks, accidental clicks, habitual clickers, and some % of truly interested buyers.
The WSJ had an article about eON buying 65,000 keywords, netting millions of visits per month for a year, and yielding a few hundred thousand repeat users. I think VC's and SMB's are getting screwed. Just my opinion.
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Obama: No "excessive celebration" of bin Laden's death
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President Obama responded on Monday to criticism that he is engaged in a "despicable" "politicization" of the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying "I hardly think you've seen any excessive celebration taking place here."
"I think that people, the American people rightly remember what we as a country accomplished in bringing to justice somebody who killed over 3000 of our citizens," he said. "And it's a mark of the excellence of our intelligence teams and our military teams, a political process that worked. And I think for us to use that time for some reflection, to give thanks to those who participated, is entirely appropriate and that's what's been taking place."
Mr. Obama has come under fire from John McCain, Arianna Huffington and others for a video released on Friday in which former President Bill Clinton was shown lauding Mr. Obama for deciding to approve the mission to go after the terrorist leader.
"Which path would Mitt Romney have taken?" the ad asks, before pointing to an April 2007 comment from Romney in which he said of bin Laden, "It's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."
Speaking during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Mr. Obama said Monday afternoon that people should "take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into Pakistan and take out bin Laden."
"I assume that people meant what they said when they said it," he continued. "That's been at least my practice. I said that I would go after bin Laden if we had a clear shot at him, and I did. If there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they would do something else, I'd go ahead and let them explain it."
Asked Monday if he would have authorized the mission Monday, Romney said, "of course."
"Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order," he added. Romney is set to mark bin Laden's death tomorrow in New York City, accompanied by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Mr. Obama has taped an interview to coincide with the one year anniversary of bin Laden's death which is set to air tomorrow. The interview, set in the White House Situation Room, is part of an effort to "present the definitive account of what took place leading-up to and during the tension-filled hours of the mission targeting Osama bin Laden," according to a release from NBC News.
As a candidate, Mr. Obama was mocked as naive by McCain and then-rival Hillary Clinton for stating that "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and [then-Pakistani leader] President Musharraf will not act, we will."
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After noticing that many of you ladies are interested in this Givenchy replica bag, I decided to make a "How To Spot A Fake Givenchy Antigona" guide with lots of pictures to get my point across. Here are the essential elements you should check for this bag if you want to protect yourself from fake Givenchy bags!
First of all, let's start with the construction of this bag. The Givenchy Antigona is meant to be a structured tote, so this goes for as well. A good Givenchy bag replica should be able to stand on its own, so if the leather is too soft or slouchy and the bag loses its shape easily, then it's a bad copy. This applies to the Givenchy Antigona medium smooth leather tote and the Givenchy Antigona Small Sugar Goatskin Satchel Bag as well, this is a structured tote no matter the leather type.
Then there's another major giveaway that makes most Givenchy Antigona knockoffs easy to spot. It's what I call the "logo triangle pad" – the leather patch that's right in between the handles and that has the metal Givenchy logo on it. The pointy part of the triangle pad should be placed in the middle of the two handle tabs but let's say this is not so obvious for an untrained eye. What is actually more important in my opinion is that the leather pad shouldn't be neither too flat nor too "puffy". I think these are the best words to describe it, I hope you girls can get what I mean. I have to say, I've seen some Givenchy knockoff bags with really flat triangle leather pads and they looked awful. Here are two examples that prove my point:
There's another major flaw that many Givenchy knockoffs have and that is a really poor logo. You can easily notice that if you pay a bit of attention. For most Givenchy replica bags the metal letters in the logo are either misaligned, poorly cut, put too close together or they have different fonts or thickness. Just look at the photo below: notice how the "G" is much thinner than the "N" or the "C"?
Here is a clear photo with the original logo so that you study the font, the thickness of the metal letters and the space between them closely:
The handles of the Givenchy Antigona tote are tubular, pretty thin and stiff enough to stand on their own in a U-shape. If they are flimsy, then the leather/material used for that Givenchy fake bag is not the good type.
Look at the handle tabs/holders – first of all, check their shape and also the stitching. The first leather patch should be rounded at the bottom, tubular and not too wide and the second handle base has four corners at the bottom. The handles should have tone-on-tone, clean, sturdy stitching.
Now look at the two leather tabs on the bottom of the bag. First of all, they should both have the same size, obviously. They should neither be too wide not too thick. And again, look at the stitching and see if it's uniform and clean. The stitching should be ON the base tabs, not around them. This is one of the most common flaws Givenchy fake bags have and an easy way to spot a fake Antigona bag.
Just like in the case of the handle holders and the base pads, the shoulder strap should also have just the right width. The thickness of the Antigona's shoulder strap is great because it's neither too slim not too thick (so the width should be medium-sized), so it feels really comfortable on the shoulder. The two metal buckles on the shoulder strap can't be moved and they only serve decorative purposes.
It's not true that the Givenchy Antigona inside should always feature black fabric lining no matter the color of the exterior like some people claim. For some colors Givenchy uses beige canvas lining, like the one you can see below. What is true though is that the color of the lining should not match the color of the exterior of the bag unless it's the black Antigona! If we were to make a Givenchy Antigona vsPrada Saffiano, I think the Givenchy Antigona inside would lose because it's not very luxurious. But anyway, if your Antigona has a different type of material in the interior, then it's probably a replica Givenchy bag.


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Funny tribute to the sex hair by GQ's associate editor. Enjoy!
GQ.com- AndrewRichdale R.I.P. The Best Hair That Ever Was, 2008-2011
I'll never forget when it came into my life. It was one of those glass-half-empty days when you have a pounding headache and the spins and you're beginning to believe that myth about your body slowly coasting downward after 21 may be true. I was eating cold pizza. My DVR was broken, and, so, I was also not fast-forwarding through the commercials when it started—a Volvo ad. What kind of Volvo? I couldn't tell you. You see, it wasn't the pretty car my eyes were fixed on. It was Robert Pattinson—specifically his hair region. I bit my knuckles. I can't remember if I said "shit" audibly or just to myself, but that moment signified a new beginning.
There are dudes out there, girl-liking ones mind you, who dig looking at pictures of other dudes, say, oiled up on Venice Beach throwing 450 pounds of iron over their bare chests while grunting. Motivation. This was the same. Except my guy was clothed, fully and decently, and had a mane that could put any other juiced-up coif to shame. I was sure of it.
It's foolish the things we do out of desperation, but, me being a dreamer, I tried to grow some of my own. One summer, I gave up cutting my hair only to discover that mine grows out rather than down and is littered with cowlicks. Still, I pushed on through fro-dom against my better judgment, reminding myself regularly of the goal. After reading Pattinson forwent shampooing, I went days, weeks, hell, even a month (true story) without washing so I could build up a nice, malleable coat. I'm certain I smelled—miserably. I saw an interview wherein Kristen Stewart revealed he pulled and twisted his righteously-splayed locks in the mirror and so, I, too attempted to become the master of my do, twirling and knotting with reckless abandon until someone asked me what that nest on my head was and I died a little inside and later gave in to my barber.
From then on, I was put in my place—still I watched Pattinson's mane grow and evolve over the course of its few short years with us. At times it was a pompadour of restrained heights. At others, it was a finger-messed mop of prophetically tousled matter. In its last days it was quieter and more subdued, short and textured with an oily sheen of immortal glory. Of course, its days were numbered.
It's funny—looking at a wild head like that you always had the feeling it might live fast and die young. Things that great never stick around. But that didn't make its departure any less tragic or absurd. It's been almost a week, but I can't stop thinking of that image. Mangled and dismembered. Half-shaven like Rosie. Paraded around at fucking Comic-Con like a prize! No.
Still, we'll always have that moment, crystallized in time, accessible through YouTube— that Twilight bastard exiting some four-door, hair styled as if by accident, every strand quivering in the wind, godlike, forever young.
And here's more of the sex hair from the GQ pictorial. I'm just reposting these goodies because you all know what happened to my pics, yada yada. lol Thanks to RPLife/pattinsonlife


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DevExpress has announced that it will release its upcoming AgDataGrid Suite for Silverlight free of charge to the developer community. This includes full source code. The DevExpress Grid for Silverlight has been engineered to exploit the Silverlight platform and will ship with advanced data visualization and data shaping features -- from column grouping and sorting, to summary calculations against multiple columns.
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Jimmy Graham's bid to be formally recognized as something other than a tight end fell short on Wednesday. Contemporaries of the Saints star are taking note.
Arbitrator Stephen Burbank ruled Wednesday that Graham is a tight end, ending a process that began when Graham filed a grievance arguing that he deserved to be designated as a wide receiver under the franchise tag.
Part of the case against Graham went back to his own Twitter bio, where Graham describes himself as a tight end. Following Wednesday's decision, Cleveland Browns tight end Jordan Cameron made a not-so-subtle adjustment to his own blue bird profile.
It didn't take long for Cameron's edit to earn attention.
Thought no one would notice that minor change in the bio. Thanks @darrenrovell for calling me out.â
Jordan Cameron (@jordancameron)
July 2, 2014
The NFL's a copycat league. Expect other tight ends to adopt Cameron's ambiguous self-description in the near future.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" ranked the top quarterbacks in the NFL today.


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eMediaWorld.com Reports Chiefs Drop Giants To 0-4: Kansas City Remains Unbeaten With 31-7 Win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Even in a league known for quick turnarounds and breathtaking free-falls, this seems preposterous.
The Kansas City Chiefs, one season removed from a 2-14 debacle that cost the coach and general manager their jobs, are 4-0 after pounding the New York Giants 31-7 on Sunday. Only one other team, Detroit in 1980, has done it.
The Giants, the proud Super Bowl champions of 2007 and 2011 season, are 0-4 for the first time since 1987, a mass of injury and disarray.
Alex Smith threw three touchdown passes, Dexter McCluster returned a punt 89 yards for another score and the Chiefs went to 4-0 for the first time since the 2003 team started 9-0.
The injury-ravaged Giants trailed only 17-7 after three quarters. They managed only one TD, on a 69-yard catch-and-run from Eli Manning to Victor Cruz.
Smith, obtained in the offseason from San Francisco, hit touchdown passes of 4, 2 and 35 yards. He was 24 for 41 for 288 yards. He was intercepted twice and the Chiefs also lost a fumble, their first turnovers in what may be turning into a magical season for a franchise which hasn't won a playoff game in two decades.
Manning, operating behind a banged-up offensive line, was 18 for 37 for 217 yards and the one TD. He was sacked three times and intercepted once, but harried and hurried much of the bright, sunny afternoon.
Late in the first quarter, Smith hit Sean McGrath, Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe for gains of 12, 17 and 14 yards on successive plays. McGrath, the heavily bearded tight end and Seattle Seahawks castoff, got free in the end zone to catch Smith's 5-yard TD pass to cap the 11-play, 98-yard drive.
The drive took 5 minutes, 38 seconds. To answer, Manning needed only 54 seconds.
On second down from the Giants 31, Cruz went streaking down the right sideline – turf normally patrolled by injured cornerback Brandon Flowers – caught Manning's pass in stride and raced into the end zone. Trailing far behind was Dunta Robinson, a backup cornerback who had moved over to the left side.
The Chiefs led only 10-7 when McCluster fielded the ball and set sail on the first TD punt return the Chiefs have had since Sept. 13, 2010, when McCluster took one back a team-record 94 yards against San Diego during a rain storm. He juked one tackler, put a dizzying 360-degree spin move on another and then broke clear up the middle.
Ryan Succop, who kicked a 51-yard field goal in the second quarter, connected on a 53-yarder a few minutes later.
In the fourth quarter, Smith fired a 2-yard TD pass to Charles and a 35-yarder to Bowe, who twisted free of a couple of tacklers.


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Once the home of poor Irish and Italian immigrants, Brewster Place, a rotting tenement on a dead-end street, now shelters black families. This novel portrays the courage, the fear, and the anguish of some of the women there who hold their families together, trying to make a home. Among them are: Mattie Michael, the matriarch who loses her son to prison; Etta Mae Johnson who tries to trade the 'high life' for marriage with a local preacher; Kiswana Browne who leaves her middle-class family to organize a tenant's union.
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